Signal of Liberty. - Ann Arbor District Library

««Tlie inviolability of Individual rights, is Me enly security of public Liberty."
Edited by tbc Executive Committee.
ANN ARBOll, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1842.
THE SIGNAL OF L1REKT7,
principle in slaves; iben it becomes the!
Willie
publishedevery
Wednesdaymorn
duty
of Congress
to legislate
for the protccj
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j
;
y
c i i m i ; iur uiu proiuci
g of Abolitionists.
d e c i s i o n of t b c S u p r e m e C o u r t .
According to the construction given to*'
jng in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw county, Mich- . tion of the slaveholder in the unrestricted ' rative from the Philanthropist, rffnnt the pected to be as fervent as ever in their at- \this decision t>y the newspapers it appears'
ng *ofnb- tachment to a Union, which, while it pro- that the liberty given and secured by the
i«n by ^ ^ ^ ^ f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ m a i
of this specie, of propriety; Slaveholders have made the huu'ng
.. regular l.aHea
tiadeaslhc tects the meanest dog from the South who people in consequence of the great and
Mtch.gan Slate Ann-Slavey Society.
wherever he be, within '.he limits of theVoiffonists as much a
Umofl, if unprotected by ihe local law. j hunting of slaves. In the North are nt barks on (he track of a fugitive in the ;glorious struggle of the Revolution, after
tf. SULLIVAN, PRINTER.
5th. If a slave holder sojo'urn three,) leasl 50,000 men, who at ihe south would North, leaves them to the tender mercies la lapse of s-ixiy years has been decided lo
j.--$2,00 per annum, MI advance. |Six, nine, or ar.y other number of months be in precisely the condition of Mr. Hon-of a bloody slaveholding inquisition.
j be the liberty of being seized and enslav0 jn six months. $3:,00, if payment bo i,, d free stale, the law nf Congress would' kins-u.en of all professions, conditions
ied at the discretion of any real or preter.Fiom
the
A.
S.
Standard.
b r t I l l s frhl(ild
o above TERMS will be o W
°! promotion HO far ns his j and employments. Is it to be expected
jded slaveholders; without law, judgo or
Progress,
&
?*}*ye pi-operiy is concerned and hence j ihixi they should be ardently devoted to a
, 'jurv, and that the people and the State
L.ilrie,
All nlonj;
along our course, even!?, which •{governments are bv (he constitution a b •No paper will bo discontinued until all | U o n . S r e s s c:»»» o t l constitutional grounds. Union of the States under which they cancould ne
neither
couia
ner foresee
lorcsee rfor
nor control, • , , ,
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*
arrearages are pa$.«£I)
jsuiject the free stales to the degradation' not peaceably visit one half of their native we
,
•, ,
..
,
. ' polutely deprived ofc the
right to protect
0
is powe
have aided us with miraculous
power. It ,,
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ADVERTISEMENTS
luankfully
received
and
j
'
.
derating
slavery
with
ils
incidents,,
land?
ADVERTISEME
y received and i .
g
y
,
liberty against the intrusions of
is curious now lo imagine what' inieht
inserted at the usual prices in fhis vicinity, within their limits, although the local Con- Mr. M. W. Hopkins is a respectable have been the present state of things,» i....the sluvehunter, by any law describing the
t?l' '
MI i i m u r
in
u liii>!i
t ti n
M i n n U ' C i l * shall
c \\ ii 1 t be
K ii
the
runaway
Any friend of human.ty desiring to aid the 'siitulions declares that slavery shall not citizen o£ Columbus, Ohio, an artist by Garrison had never been imprisoned
at
profession, a man, so far as we know, ol Baltimore forpuulishingnn article against
from ihe citizen unlawfully
couse of Liberty, is authorized-to act as exist wiihiu-their several localities.
Agent.
»
0;h. If it \a lhe duty of Congress" toj great amiability and moral yvprih. In
claimed. This is our boasted American
protect
the right of preperty in slaves 'all November last, by the advice of his phy- a slavelrading yankee, and if the kind liberty.
All nod
REMITTANCE.*
and all
communications
for
publication
or
m
any
manner
i
..,,„_
,i,
heart
of
.Arthur
Tappnn
had
not
been
stir.i
„ir
j r- r •> . ii -ii L ! o v e r t l i e U n i o n ,
that
having been sician, he left Columbus to spend the winWe established u Government, called
""g to the
"Signal
of Liber y," \vi be
j'acquired under the local law, then it must ter in Louisiana on account of his health. red thereby to pay his fiuo of a thousand it freo; and invited all Christendom to
hereafter addresse J
dollars.
11 be protected in the District of Columbia,
A few months before leaving, he became
''SIGNAL OF LIBERTr; nn Arbor, Mich.
In our small beginniugs, lhe Faculty of watch its wonderful workings; and warnod
wiiere congress has, oy the coustitution acquainted with James Clark, cf Jackson,
all tyrantG to tromhle while we should
OUT T r a v e l l i n g asad L o c a l Agents, "exclusive legislation, in all cases whatso- East Feliciana parish, La., who cordially Lane Seminary, did us most important procluim the great and overwhelming inservice. For the sake of securing southTHROUGHOUT THE STATK, ACE ESPECIALLY ever." Hence Congress cannot exercise! invited bim to call at his residence,imimafluence of our free principles. For sixty
REQUESTED TO N0T10B TUB T E K . M S ON sucii "exclusive, legislation," and connotI ting that he would give him employment ern patronage, they made a strong effort to years we have bid the nations behold our
suppress
tho
utterance
of
free
thought;
WHICH THIS PAPER 19 PUBLISHED
AS IT
abolish slavery there so far as sojourners | us an artist, and recommended the town
which were to extend
IS EXPECTED THEY WILL MAKE THKJTT COL- and present residents are concerned.
of Jacksoa as a healthy place fur invalids. and thus they sent forth the flower of the
throughout the world, and sweep
institution
to
become
anti-slavery
lecturLECTIONS AND REMITTANCES IN ACCORDANCE
7tii. If a Federal Judgo order- the de- He assured him also that the fact of his
eft' tho last vestige of tyranny; and the
THEREWITH, IN EVERY INSTANCE.
livery over of a fugitive slave, if he be being an abolitionist would not endanger ers, at a time when they were most need- astonished nations have looked on with
[?Bfi PROPOSITION'.]
paiJ fur so doing from the national treasu- him, so long as he remained tilctit t-on* ed. In the words of George Thompson, awe and admiration, as if determined tr»
"ihese young m°n were firebrands, which
catch the mighty spirit of freedom which
r>; it to unnecessarily detain stolen prop* ceruing it, there. Mr. Hopkins arrived
SIGNAL O F L I B E U I T .
cr'y from its rightful owner (in this cuiie at Jackson about the nvd'Jie of December. Dr. Beecher, finding too hot fur his hands was to produce the political millcnium
to manage, threw from him, and scattered
the man being (he property, and himself Five or six weeks after Mr. Clark return- all over the land."
throughout the world; and what have they
W e d n e s d a y , A p r i l 20, 1842.
ihe real ownci) be a perpetuation of the ed, and without having ?een Mr. II. visitThe outrage on the United Slates mail, discovered? At the end of more than sixcrime of theit, then the judge, nay theed a groggery, and gave out that there the murder of Lovejoy, the Boston and ty years, it 19 ascertained that we have
For the Signal of Liberty.
whole federal Government, from the Pres- j was an abolitionist in town.
A mob soon
Declsiosi of t h e S u p r e m e Court,
New York mobs, the burning of Penn- cherished in our midst a nest of the worst
ident down to the Marshall, may be com~j collected, nnd despatched two of their buU
sylvania Hall, and innumerable other tyrants that inhabit the earth, and have auPONTIAC, April 7;h, 1842.
ilu-m to deprive us of ouj* existpelled to become implicated in thav crime;' lies to Mr. H , who was quietly engaged
ME?S?.S. EDITORS :—It would seem, by and the natonal treasure prostituted toj at his work, with orders to bring him forth, cidents of the same- character, all con- enccas men, and to reduce us lo chattels;
the decision of the Supreme Court of the perpetuate the Mcuven-daring crime of and unsw< r for the crime of thinking, spired to do our work, in a manner and this, without even the application of
perceptible
enough to us, though
United Staes, in the Pennsylvania and man stealing.
p
g not the law they themselves have made.—
(not sa\ing) that slavery was a sin. AtMaryland case, us reported in the Emanto
the
world.
Slaveholders
and
their Now let us hide our heads from the gaze
c'patorof March llih, 1812, that the fo!» Can it be that slavery, which was once ler several violent speeches, Mr. I I . by abeltcrs have been our most powerful of the world; nor peep again1, until, like
generally supposed to bo so confined with-! permission, addressed the meeting, and
lowing points are stabhshed.
in thy southern portion of the I nion, that | frankly told them that he believed slave- agents from the Legiuning; and they will FREEMEN in deed, we shall have altered
l3t. That the slave holder i?, by vir-that the North hud nothing to do with it, &• ry io bo a sin and a curse, but, in accord- be so unto the end. They cannot help it, our constitution, or have abolished it, and
tue of a right CREATED by the FEDERAL was not affected b) it,is so entwined around j unco with the advice of Mr. Clark, who let them resolve as much discretion as they established a belter one in its stead.
CONSTITUTION, legally entitled to the pos-the constitution it self, that it becomes the stood before them, and who hud invited may; their free-will 13 evermore girt
A CORRESPONDENT.
session and services of his slave. That duty of the general government tofos-;him to that place, he had said nothing round by the iron ring of necessity, forged
April 11, 1842.
"it (the Constitution) establishes the right ler and protect it wherever the cupidity! about it, while there, and did not wish to by the circumstances of their own false
of the owner without qualification or r e - or caprice uf the man sleulers shall chance | disturb their peculiar institutions. His position. Would it have been safe for
HORROR8 OF INDIAN WARFARE.—Tho
restriclion, all over the Union; the same to carry it within the Union? Is it so in- [only olject was to spend the win'er there their system to have Congress receive pe- N. 1 . Coimhtrcial publishes the the folright which he had in the Slate where the terwoven with the very h'beis of the Union | quietly, solely for the benefit of his health, titions for its abolition, and allow free disslave is held, and suljoct to nil the inci- ns to derange its vibrations, and cause i t s ' H e produced written testimonials to his cussion ihcrecn? Most manifestly not.— lowing letter, from which the nature of
dents of that right. One of these inci- morbid throbbings to impel the vitiated j character, from the North, and one from So they made war upon the right of pefir the enemy our troops in Florida have to
dents, universally enjoyed in the slave principle of vitality through the whole; a gentleman or established character in lien, and thus compelled the North, griev- encounter, may be seen. The occurrenholding States, is the right of recaption." structure, carrying chiiis and 4death to ihe the vicinity. Mr. Ilagerman, the Presby- ously against her will, to calculate the ces alluded to we have before noticed.
On what principle is (he right of recap- very extremist s? Is this indeed a slave- tenan clergyman, with whittn he had been value of the Union.
Fort White, E. F. March \6th, 1842.
And how strange il is that a man should
tion based? I) >es the skive holder claim holding nation? Is the general govern-j lodging, certified that Mr. II. h;id b t h a v About the24th of lost month ft party of
the possession and services of a slave on inent made subservient to the vile purpo- ed in all respecis both as a g'.ntioinau and have been trained, as it were, fur thirtythe ground of a contract mutually entered sesof sla\ery by the constitution itself ? a Christian—that he hud said nothing that years, on purpose to do our work in Con-the red devils attacked a Mr. Tillis's famiinto by the parties, binding the one lo the What! the Federal Constitution, the s u - couid lead to the belief that he was an ab gress. John Quincy Adams has long been ly, in his absence, about thirty miles from
behind the scenes, in the great game of this fort, shot his wife down in the yard,
other for any term of years? No. There preme law of the United States of Amer- olilionisf.
'politics. He knows all the dirty be.l- stabbed a young lady-, ehot an arrow into
is but one party in the case, who holds ica, asserting the right to hold property in
After several speeches and violent
the other by virtue of the local law of a man! And then the government, of course j threats, a resolution was offered, that Mr. ropes, phosphoric lightning, and tin kettle | e ach of his children", und after plundering
State, in legislature of which he was not clothed with plenary power to enfurce the! 11. be ordered to leave the place by three thunder. He knows too much not to be [the house retired.
represented, and to whose acts he never principle, and this power coeval und con;- o'clock, P . M. It was then about noon.— afraid, and far too much not to be feared.
As soon as news was brought me I r e He has been President of the U. Stales,
assented. The local law makes the slave mensurate with the constitution!
j Mr. Catlet, the Mayor, said, that be w«n and, like his father, thrown out of office by paired to the spot, with what force I could
muster f*»r a portion of my command waa
a "chattel pesonal." The slave holder's
Horrible! If ibis be the character of; ted every abolitionist driven not only out,
claim, then, is based upon the chattel the constitution.proclaim il from the house of-ihe South but out of the United Stales, the slaveholding power. If this has not scouring the hammocks west of the Suawprinciple. The man becomes a mere an- tops, and in les.s than ihrce years tlielib-juud into Great Britain, where they be- embittered his feelings, il has at least made nce river, and found the mother and on*
imal for the purposes of labor, correction, erty loving freemen of the north will rise, longed, bui ho did not wish the man to go him Keenly observing of southern trickery d l l I d d c a d a | i u , G b o y o f e i x y e a r g old,
' h w J | b fln ^ b u , a l j
1U.
and merchandize: and j e t the right to enmasse, and demand a thorough remodel- back to the North, and report that he hadand usurpation. 1 hus has the South, u,, no j g h ( j l ( h
sma.l
degree,
prepared
htm
for
the
arduL
^
.
J
g
abwi
s
e
v
e
n
l
c
e
n
w
i
l
h
u
n
a
r
row
claim him, though in the non slavchoiding ling of that instrument.
been treated like a savage, especially as
ous task, winch he performs like u orave g U < £
f r o m h e r t a c k a o o r , i u , eb o y
Sate, for all these purposes, they being
But is there not some mistake, some he stood before them as a peaceable gen«
e
local and legal incidents of slavery, is, misapprehension in this matter? Ti.e ob- tleman. l i e would therefore move so to
two years old, with one slicking from his
according to the reported decision, '-crea- ject of this communication is to elicit light modify the resolution, as to give him time kept strong enough to do the work of mind left breast, and the young lady stabbed
ted by the Federal Constitution,1' and is upon tins immensely important subject.— to close his business, even if he should and heart!
twice, once on each side, nearly undejf
But of all events having
to be enforced "all over \\\e Union."
It is'hoped that abler pens will lend their be obliged to slay till the morning. Loud bearing on our cause ving an important h e u
a n d apparently with u bu'.chej
Verily 1 Huvc we of the North "noth- aid, and guide us to right conclusions.
threats, however, wero made against any remarkable as that ot there.*
none
so fe i f plunged up to the handle.
the
case
of
the
ing to do with slavery?" Is there no slave
J. M. house that should give him n, night's iodg Amistad. That those Africans should
I had taken our surgeorfS
ry in the Constitut • a-?
ing, and he was allowed only tiil 5 o'clock
l a s l litll
have been cast upon our 8hore7,"of al'lThe i
.« bo >' d i o J VAidetJ
A
LlIILD A» A , to get readv for leaving.
2nd. That Congress has "exclusive
,x MOTUKU
Hiwr£juc B&LUM Hiii LH.Lu
shores
of
this
wide
earth;
that
they
should
!
extracting
the arrowg
. f ?
legislation in the matter of returning fu- SLAVE. - A strange and revolting cast- earned f,
Ho left
for BBayou sSara, 12 miles, ihe have entered a northern, instead ofu jj^e m;M day. 'I'M
gitives—not from justice—NO, but from before one of the courts of Baltimore on nearest landing plaGe on the Mississippi,
11 l h eb u r l ) e d
inud
W
"""'ovubly
unrequited 'labor'—alias injustice—alias Saturday last. A colored girl named Sul- where he arrived about bed time, follow- southern port; that public opinion should i^
have
been
wrought
up,
by
proceeding
;
^
e
d
in
the
baci
ly
Jeffries,
the
daughter
of
a
white
woman
'durance vile'—alias the land of cow skins
ed by some of the mob, who seemed bent
, Z*31*, e
and of bloud, for the period of their whole named Ann Connor, fiiled a petition for on stirring up another mob to lynch him events, to just the right pitch to make the i
proper moral improvement of these inci- j overlooked by
lives; and this necessity to legislate for freedom, against her mother, who hadbefore he could gel beyond their reach.
f
dent?; that the slaveholding influence in u11 l h e s c l u o m ! »»ousc, unddfancy my feetrecapturing the noble spirits who had, taken the girl to the house of a slave dealMr. Mark?, the landlord, being inform- the Supreme Court should have been di- m& m s e 0 1 n « l h e f ^
without a crime, freed themselves from er in that city and offered to dispose^ of ed of ull the circumstances by Mr. Haga&£ 1ft c u
n eil
their galling chains, and to remand them her as a slave for life. The mercenary erman, who with u noble disregard for hi* miriURed by the sudden death of a Judge, ! "* » . «'"g ; l
'
jnoceni children, for •
back to the great southern prison house— mother pertinaciously claimed her dough o w n 8 u f e l y h a d a c c o m p a n i e d the perse. truly these'thingsaro wonderful.
i\ot less wonderful is the fact, that the i ^ ' f 1 1 '
plfaoge a s ^
ihe Inquisition and Golgotha of American ter as her slave and said that the child was c m e d m J
ised t o
olect him. Tilis
t h l u k th ut l h e
, , >LullI1g l a d y ^ H
trivon lior
it5 own
«nvinf
.
.
.
• .i
! i . Amistad case should have prepared the |
liberty—is ihrust upon the national legis- given
her \tv
by its
own faillpr.
father, not.
not ndenying
wh sc bofl
prevented disturbance through the night,
:.. y lh A e 1 , ar , r0VV ..^
lature by thai constitution w-hich was pro- ihat she was herself the girl's mother.— but the nexi morning, a band of twenty way for .he Creole. A few years ngo, 1 ? recover.
y>lltheresi a r e uead who
Mudisbn
iVashin^ton
would
have
been
fessedly reared upon the broad platform of The court desired her to acknowledge the ruflians collected in the bar room, expressdismissed
by
ihe
American
press,
as
a
our declaration of Independence—that freedom of her child by filing a response ing a determination lo lynch him at all
Again, (since) a woman, near tnfl
constitution which now binds together lo the petition to thai effect, or give bail for Hazards. The landlord, with a generous "base wretch," a "cut throat," &c. Now
ural bridge, when stooping down to dip
the
press
of
the
free
states,
with
few
extwenty six sovereignties for their "mutual her appearance tounswer the charge of be courage, at once interposed, &. announced
wattr, had an arrow shot by a Indian^
benefit"—that Constitution which was lo ing the mother of the petitioner. To this to them that he would spill his own blood ception?, utters no condemnation, while about fifteen paces off, through her frock
secure an asylum, a safe and happy r e - decision she attempted lo respond by s.ty- before he would suffer one of them to very many pour forth their expressions and out through her bonnet. Shefled-for
of sympathy, not unaiinglcd with admiratreat from ihe uuholy exactions o! despot- ing she woud acquiesce, ".._ the court toOdl':,ba „ „ - ( ,H i sr C 8 O i u t e b e n r ) n
tion. The spontaneous gushings of lhe hur life and eseuped.
ism, "(or the oppressed of ail nations!!1' would make the girl go home wi'h her and
Again, four days after the first occurtimidoted
them,
nnd
Mr.
Hopkins
owes
it
popular heart in favor ofthe Amistad capMy cheek sufluses> with the blush of shame be her servant," she was not permitted to
rence, an old lady named Ogsby, sent her
while I write, und my heart burns within insult the court by adding more, and was to his efi'nis and these of Mr. Ilagerman tives doubtless performed a large share of son to grind meal: ho fell in with another
me, fired with indignation at this solemn, ordered to be removed. Shortly after- that he is now safe in a free State. We this worje.
young man, and seeing smoke proceed
saw him a lew days since in Cincinnati,
this euper inhuman mockery!
wards she stated her willingness to file the
Mr. Nurris, s the celebrated locomotive from the direction of his mother's, they
3J. If the slaveholder's title to theacknowledgment, and the girl wa3 releus- and the facts stated above are furnished engine maker, has received from the Em- proceeded in that direction, and saw the
by himself.
possession and services of his. slave, all !cd. She refused her mother's proposal to
There is another fact whicfi^he had peror of Russia a splendid ring, valued at yard full of Indians, and the houso on fire,
over the Union, is created by the Federal [go home with her and well she mighty
while in the Souih/rom the best authority. $0000, as a compliment to his skill and and ufier alarming the neighborhood, and
ingenuity.—Phil. Enq.
Constitution; and if that title is based on
going lo the spot, the old lady's bones
QUITE A FAMILY.—A hollow tree was It is a horrible fact, but there is nothing
were found among the embers, and the Inthe chattel principle, then tfie Constitution
wonderful
in
it.
We
wish
the
people
oi
The Spanish brig of war Cubano captur- dians gone. This was about fifty miles
recognizes slaves as property, the decision lately felled in Bucks county, which mea- the free States to weigh it well.
It
is,
of the same court in the late Mississppi sured seven feet in diameter, and contain- that standing committees arc#appointcd in ed a Portugese slaver offSf. Jago, a short iVom this post.
case to the contrary notwithstanding. I ed, as inhabitants, a swarm of bees, three most or all of the principal towns in thetime since,conlaining 320 slaves. This is
I: is gratifying to know thut by a rapid
first slaver ever captured by a Spanish
must confess I do not quite comprehend grey squirrels, two large hooting owls, a Slave States, especially on the Mississip- the
mar. of war, and speaks well for their de- '"^ement tfce'dragoons crossing at Fort
nest
of
flying
squirrels,
and
a
largo
cumthe harmony of these decisions.
pi, whose dwty i'. is to collect and keep s> termination to abolish the traffic.
Funning, these Indians were trailed tu
4th. If the Federal Constitution guar- ber of mice.
list of the names of Northern abolitionists ;
.
Itheir camp, within about two miles ot old
antees to the citizens of the States the
IOWA MARBLE.—A quarry of Bird's Eye to search the baggage of travelers, and
WHAT NEXT.—The iast Utica. Diiily Fort Baker, and 6even oi their wives and
right to be secure in the possession and Marble has been discovered near Iowa tavern registers, for the name of every News conlains a prospectus for punlishing children taken. The Indian warriors, auuse of their "effects;" if the term effects, City, thai bears u polish equal to the finest man from the North who may stop in anyon board a Rail read car, between Roch- ihors of this tragedy, were fired upon, and
in ita legal signification, includes chaule3 italian. Specimens have been taken to of those towns, and if it be down on the ester end Albany, a neat unique, original [on;; of them shot down; but owing to ihe
persona!; if Congress only can legislate St. Louis, where they have been set inlist, lo report the case at once as afitonedaily pnper, entitled the Locomotive Glea-fdarknons of the night, they finally escaped
under the Federal Constitution; and ifgold for breast pins.
in a state of nuditv.
for the application ofLjnch law!
ner.
that Constitution recognizes the chattel
J
And under provocation so bruial, so in'
Volume I. Nnniber 63.
ff nar- fernaf, the freemen of ihe North arc ex*
It win
will uc
beseen
seen irom
from the
the tollo\vin
following
it
Wai-!
j
CONNECTICUT.—The Tribune says the
Foreign News.
Massachusetts A. S- Society,-—tlie
The papers furnish abundance of epecu-j Tho last arrival from England brough Locos have made a clean sweep of ihe St
Difference.
le proba
In Massachusetts are two State Anti-slav
scarcely any thing of importance. The About two thirds of each House are Locos'
Wednesday, April 20, 1842.
with England. Some think the gov- Bank of Messrs. Wjgrjey &, Co. for forty Francis Gillett, the Liberty candidate for
ery societies—known-there by the appellation of old and new organizations. The ernment very remiss in providing for-public years the most eminent banking establish- Governor, received about UoO votes: lo or
LIBERTY TICKET.
members of the latter are generally attached defence—some think British steamers ought ment at Brighton, stopped payment on th e 12 towns to be heard from. In many towns
For President,
to the Liberty Party, and are consistent po- not to be allowed to enter our harbors, lest
no Representatives were elected.
5ih of March.
JAMES G. BIRNEF, of Michigan.
litical abolitionists. The Liberty Party in they learn to enter without a pilot. Some
The Tribune eays, mosl unjustly and
Debts
due
from
American
States.—We
For Vice President,
that State gave upwards of 3000 votes at the are furious for war, saying we ought to have
falsely:
understand" that very decisive measures
THOMAS MORRIS, of Ohio.
last election,und holds on its course without been fighting long ago. Others think there are about to be adopted for the recovery ol
"The Abolitionists have done the beat
is
no
prospect
whatever
of
such
an
event,
debts due by 6tates of the American Union they could to insure the triumph of that
"IN ESSENTIALS, UNITY; IN NON-ESSENTIALS, faltering.
because
it
would
be
the
very
height
of
madBut the members of the ofcf organization,
LIBERTY-; m ALL THIN.GS, CHARITY."
to British subjects. Mr. R. Crichton Wyl- party which would gag them today and
r us to eugage in it, and especially • lie, himself a creditor, authorized by other hang them to morrow, if it had full powerare generally, and have been from (he begin
State Anti Slavery Meeting.
niog, opposed to the formation of the Liber- ruinous to the booth. In attempting to oh- h o , d e r g o f American securities, to repre- and have prevented a choice of sornj
(XI^A special meeting of the State Anti ty Party, although they refuse to vote for tam pay for 19 slaves, they might lose all 8 e n l t h e m j has embarked in the Columbia thirty or forty whig Representatives."
steamer for New Yoik. His first object
slavery society will be held at Praire Ronde, pro-slavery candidates. Their ranks em- the rest.
Now we venture to say, that the.Liberty
Brother Leavi It, whose location at Wash- will doubtless be to resist and counteract
Kalamazoo county, on
ters of Connecticut detest with all their
brace a great variety of combinations of senThursday, May 5, at 2 o*clock, P. M. timent, such as Non-Resistance, Women's ington has given him greater advantages the dangerous doctrine of the repudiation hearts the servility of both the slavery parbeing the day after the grand Temperance Rights, No Human Government, Transcen for observation than some others, seems to of certaiti English claims on American ties; and that they supported only independ.
havecume to the conclusion that war is al-j states,—a doctrine equally
dishonest and enf, upright men of their own principles.—
qy
Mass Meeting at Kalamazoo.
dcntalism, Anti Church, Anti Sabbath, Anli
dangerous,
but
set
up
by
some
authorities How unjust, then, is the sneer of the Tribmoet
inevitable.
He
says;
C. H. Stewart of Detroit, Rev. J. P . Ministry, and others too numerous to men"Why is there no prqsent danger of in the Union. The amount of British mon- une! As to the party that would hangU8
Cleveland, and ether public speakers will be tion.
war? Surely, our demands are sufficient- ey invested in Americun slate bonds, to morrow, &c. Mr. Greely would do well
present. Will our fiiends in the West
By confounding the doings of this latter
banks, canal and railroads shares, is from
make the necessary arrangements, and s e -society with the former, some persons have ly peremptory, and England's answers suf- 20 to 25 millions.
to remember the adage about glass houses
ficiently decisive. How can they end but
cure a general rally. Let it be an anti-slave- jcen led to think that the Liberty Parly in in war. But it would be such madness,
TEXAS.—Nothing of much Importance Did not forty seven Whigs, only four weeks
ry mass meeting!
that State are renouncing their politico you say, in the slaveholders, to go to war! has been heard from this country. Orders since,vote to censure a member of Congress
for performing^ official duties? Who de1 ask, in return what mjiluess can be
have been given the Texan army to cross
LIBERTT TICKET.—Saline 19—last fall principles. Nothing can be more erroneous.
nies ill Hanging indeed! It is said that
greater than that of cleuving to slavery
The
doings
of
the
two
bodies
are
totally
dis
the Rio Grande, preparatory to an aggres- the National Convention of France began to6. Pittsfield 28—last fall 20. Webster
tinct, and in many points as wide asunder as with a death-grasp? Those who set up sive movement on Mexico.
15: last fall 12. Sylvan 34: last fall 25.
slavery as the interest by which our couti
use the guillotine upon obnoxious individuthe poles. The old organizationists have a
try stands or falls, are mad enough to do •Volunteers and supplies are continuallv als within twelve rnomlia after they began to
Vole of 8 townB in this county last fall
)eculiar faculty of abusing, by whole sale, any thing. And lei any one say, what
211—average vote this Spring 286—in- arge bodies of men, to which the Liberty
furnished from the South for the Texan censure tfirm. Should human nature be the
can the) do better than go to war?" They!
W h do we not have a proclama- same in this country, /re may expect that in
crease in 5 months 75?arty cannot, in all cases, subscribe. The
r
.,
March, 1843, forty seven Whigs will vote to
Pontiac, 32 votes. In Norwich, Con ast Liberator brings us tho doings of the are shut up in it sea ot difficulties, and a! l .I o n f-r o m l h, e n
war has at least iho recomn.endaiion that!
*Wdent,such «* was .ssued
75. No choice of Representatives. Tha 3ssex County A. S . Society* of which Eli it is a change, and a change which hasj <Dy t h e Government during ihe Canada hang Mr. Giddinga. In fact, several of his
N. Y. Courier says; "it will thus be seen za J. Kenny was President. This society not been, like every other, tried and found disturbances? The following extract from broUier members of Congress publicly threat
that the Abolitionists have defeated the s a constituent part of the Massachusetts A. ineffectual.
the Memphis Enquirer shows the[Southcrn enedhim with hanging a year or two since.
They aro none too good for hangmen: their
Let
those
rely
on
the
blandishments
of
society,
and
the
following
resolutions
whig candidates, and we have little doubt
feeling towards Texas.
Mr.
Clay,
who
will,
1
believe,
if
the
slavthreats and their deportment at Washington
TEXAS.—A gentleman arrived this mor- show they aro well qualified for that busithat they have done infinite mischief were unanimously adopted,which we extract ocracy can secure, as they have heretofor a sample:
ning irom
from New
ves
through the State."
fore, the silence of northern statesmen, n»>g
i\ew Orleans,
urieans, states
slates that
that n
a ves
ness. It may be said tbat the Locojs who
Resolved, That tho great body of the in the Senate and the House of Represen-; s e l W l t h m u n i l l o n s a n d supplies, and 500
voted
to censure were double the number of
V
u
l
u
n
t
e
e
r
s
At H o m e .
Nforthern clergy, a few individuals only latives, they will have war. The silence'
» 'eft this city for Gajvcslon on the whigs. What of that? Suppose they
MB. GIDDINGS-—We have just eeen a gen excepted, by their continued silence on of Webster and Davis and Prentiss on the Tuesday.
A l h i r d a n d s t l 1 1m o r e
lleman-direct from the District of Ohio, he wrongs of two and a half millions ot passage ol Calhoun's resolutions in 1840,
enthusiastic and are a little more servile, and betterfittedfor
meeting of the ciiizens of mem- sub overseers, need the whigs contest willi
that Mr. Giddings represents. He says the slaves, their malignant and persevering op ihe silence of Senators Bates and Choate protracted
)osition to the Anli Slavery enterprise,and and lluniiogtun and Evans, on five succes-jP hls w a s h e l d l a s t ni S ht > a t w h i c h a h o u t them the prize of infamy ? We regard both,
enthusiasm of the people of all parties in faei ht h u n d r e d
heir manifest determination to fellowship
vor of his election was great; and it was southern man-stealers as Christians and sive occasions that the subject has been! b uSt e d b t h e dollars in cash was contri- as parties,as incurable serviles—as to whrch.
brought up during the present session, the
?
gentlemen and ladies.
can bow the lowest to the Slave Power, we
doubtful whether any candidate would take Christian minis'ers, have proved themO u r ailanl
dead silence of the other House, sffurding
g
volunteers, from80 to 100 save them to settle between themselves.
the field against him. Orders from the selves, b)' their own professions, a great to the slaveholders a pretext for saying' i n n u m b e r > a r e expected to leave on M«nN. B. Politicians will plaase remembo
Governor to hold another election were daily brotherhood of thieves: and, instead of be* that Congress are unanimous in support pTj da y» o r Tuesday at the furtherest. B e ing1 supported as the rninisters of right- a peremptory claim—the apathy of i h e ! t v v e e n I . 5 0 0 and $2,000 have been raised that the Liberty vote in Connecticut in I84i
expected.
eousness, should be held (on their own Northern press,—all these are favorable If o rt h e m b y o u r n o b l e a n d v a ' ' a n l hearted
was 174—in 1842,17 months after.say 1200;
The Irish Address.—The Letter of Mr. principles) in execration and abhorrence to the designs of the conspirators. It may ! citizens and sirangers. We also learn Thus wo "die away" from year to year, and
1
Birney to the Free Press, concerning this by the whole human race.
be that Giddings resolutions have broke that our Somerville, LaGrange, Holly )ehold we live!
document, will be read with interest. The
Resolved, That the sectarian corpora- the charm. It' so, they have saved us Springs, nnd other sisler towns, are moving
facts mentioned concerning tho Irish Liber- tions, and other bodies called churches in from the horrid disgrace of a war against in a similar manner.—GLOBY!!!e cut the following from the Deator are in perfect accordance with his char our country,—that not only refuse to bear the whole civilized world in defence of
roit Advertiser. It may serve to convince
Decision
of
the
Supreme
Court.—This
a
faithful
testimony
against
slavery,
but
acter. The authenticity of the address will
shivery. Let us hope and pray that it
iro ortant
decision begins to receive the con any who are not convinced, that the Tariff
not be questioned long. The Advertiser has recognize as Christians, "southern men- may"be'sor"TheouVbreak"between MeV-i P
stealers
and
adulterers,
and
in
many
inico
and
Texas
will
hasten
the
crisis—be
it)
sideration
it deserves. Two sensible com- party is not in any sense an anti-slavery
published Mr. Birney's letter, and the Free
stances have excommunicated for their
municationson the subject will be found on party. They "wage no war with southPress a part of it, and both concede the gen fidelity to the slave, those who dare not what it may."
We confess we cannot yet bring our- t n e first PaSe- I* practically makes the lib- ern institutions."
The party does not
uinenes3 of the Addreaa.
be partakers in their sins,—have shown selves to believe -that either the North or| erty of every citizen of the North, black or
meddle with slavery any where. It is
themselves to be like Babylon, in apocaRHODE ISLAND.—The citizens of little lyptic vision, the habitation of devils, the the South have become sufficiently "msd"to' while, dependent on the decision of a U.S. simply a northern party, but one that inRhoda are getting into serious trouble. It hold of every foul spirit, and a cn<je of eve- engage in a war with tho most powerful Jodge. Suppose Gov. Barry should be claim ends to put into lhe presidential chair,that
fi
is well known that the people of that State ry unclean and hateful bird; and that it nation on earlh,in defence of the slave trade, nd by J. C. Calhoun as his slave. Mr. Cal- oted duellist and slave breeder, HENRY
is
the
imperious
duty
of
every
abolitionist
when
the
government
camua
muster
funds,'
°un could lawfully take his Excellency by
have never yet had a constitution, but have
tit come out of them, that they be not par- by taxation or borrowing, to pay its daiJy: t n e throat, without any warrant or judicial 'LAY.
lived under tho Charter of Charles II, takers of their sins, and that they receive
expense. To a war prosecuted for such a process whatever, and haul him before a U. The Jackson Democrat thus insinuates
granted in 1G63. By tbat Charter,none are not of their plagues.
vhat it dare not assert, and knows to be
purpose, a large minority would be strenu- S. Judge, and his liberty for life might be
voters except freeholders and the oldest
Two other resolutions were laid over for ously opposed, and it would be well for determined by said Judge in five minutes, " I e :
Query.-— Did George Dawson leave
sons of freeholders, agreeably to the old discussion, declaring that the doctrine that those who are determined to rush into it, to|an<* l i e •^nc' himself a slave for life, without
ho editorial charge of the Advertiser, in
English law. Rhode Island being largely rwe are required to belong to some organiz- remember tho scripture admonition on that R J u r v itlah o r t n e least rational hope of obrder that Bates might advocate the'cause
a manufacturing State, about one half her ed body calling itself a Christian church, is subject,and count the cost before they com-j t a i n »'g bis liberty, unless by that vulgar pro f the abolitionists? Late numbers of the
citizens are thus disfranchised. Various not from heaven, but of men;" and that the
cees—running away. To such a condition \dvertiser would certainly lead a disinattempts have beeD made to form a consti- prevalence of this doctrine is chargeable to a
~ „ „ ,T,-JJ- ^ .
" every northern citizen reduced. Nor let eresied person to come to that concluion."
corrupt
sectarian
priesthood.
O5
a
l
l
.
<^2uuing[S).
tution on a more liberal basis. Jt seems
We have defended the right of petition
The
Boston
Connor
says:
The following on politics was adopted,and
that the Liberals last year held a Convennd the freedom of debate; we resisted
•'During the last six or eight years, the
s
in
keeping
with
the
others:
. the south, and the whitening he encroachments and dictation of the
tion, and formed a State constitution, and
following cases of personal and most disResolved, That the three organized poprocess is constantly progressing. One outh; we have demanded protection for
the election is to be held under it April
orderly brawla have occurred, viz:
.itical parties are giving most undoubted
j point in this decision we did not mention be industry and all the great interests rf
WISE and BYISUM,
18. In the meantime, these proceedings evidence thut, as parties, they are destihe north, and this the puny scribbler af
! last week. C. T . Torrey writest
BELL
and
TURKEY,
are all illegal, and the present Governor, tute of moral principle, and are not the
' " The law of Slavery is extended over he Jackson Democrat seeks to stigmatize
JENIFER and BYNUM,
serving under ihe old Charter has no reli- genuine friends of liberty; and we would
; the Union"' only so far as it relates to ru- as abolitionism.
OAKLAND arrd BY.^UM,
tyTe aro northern men with northern
•t public order but upon the solemnly warn all true abolitionists against
j GITIVE slaves. Slaves coming inlo a free
WISE and STANLEY,
wasting
their
political
influence
in
their
military, awl it is feared that the entire
RAYKER and MONTGOJIERY.
| Slute with the consent of their masters, rinciples and northern hearts, but wage
upport.
All,except ihe last, were in the pres-'are not affected by the decision. So the,TO war against southern institutions. Is
B t a constitution, and
Resolutions similar to the last have been
he doughface answered?
thus the Jegi'imate government be com-adopted by the State society. From the ence of ihe House iu fujl session. The court expressly stated. They were not
last occurred just outside of the door of the "fugitives from service or labor," in the
pletely overthrown. Application has been tenor of the last resolution, the State Jour- House, and at the moment of adjournment, proper meaning of ihe terms. ConsequentCushing, in some remarks in
the aid of the Na- nal will see, that could all the Liberty men All the above named individuals are from ly, they are as safe as before the dicision.1 the House of Representatives, on the resi l Governor, and of the State be converted to the doctrines the south, and belong to Slave States. In; MINISTERS.—The Rock River Congrega~ olutions of Mr. Giddings, characterized
no one of these cases, disgraceful as they!
them as a British argument on a great pub*
the Free suffrage party also. It is repor- of the old society of Massachusetts, the whig all have been, and worthy only of the tip-, tio J? al Association oHIIinois, tell their con- lie question between this country and Great
ted that the suffrage party have obtained vote would not be increased in the least, be- ler'sden, and the lowest order of barrooms stituents in a Pastoral Letter:
Britain; AND VIEWING IT AS SUCH BBITZSI*
"We know that in the estimation of ARGUMENT, AND APPROXIMATION TO A
3 from Bostoq, and there cause the whigs, in common with the other —in no one of these cases has a vole of cen\
parties, are here declared to be "destitute of sure or reprimand been adopted. Several'many, ministers are tucked iy> in theTREASONABLE VIEW OF THE SUBJECT, Said
is *>considerabl<pBk" of fighting. People
moral principle," and unworthy of support. of them were referred to committees and, public to grind out, like so many'thachines,, if he was called upon to vote, he should
are furbishing their arms, and preparing Consequently,the'diminisning of the whigs,' evaporated in a report. And ail of them just so much stereotyped theology—to go
vote "no" on them, &,c.
ly. One Irishman has procured 600 which the Journal justly laments as a neces- passed off as very gentlemanly and very! the dull round of the tread-mill, like sightMr. Cushing may be able to show that the
muskets, which he is distributing among sary consequence of the existence of the chivalric flare-ups—growing out of the! less Sampson, or the dumb ass; but as for Resolutions take British ground, but if h&
his countrymen.
Liberty party, would be in no degree aba- impulsive propensities and sensibilities of those themes that come to "men's bosoms thinks he can make them appear untenable
and their homes," they must not be touch- or false,or treasonable, he will do well to try.
ted by the application of the remedy it has the generous and sunny South,"
DISMISSED.—The Legislature of Maine proposed. The Journal must find some othYet Mr. Giddings was censured for dis- ed. But we have no ambition, brethren, So far as we have seen, this has not yet
cussing in his place a subject which had sev- of being thus transformed, and if any such
have voted to dismiss their chaplain, be- er panacea for the disease.
...
,
J • .1 o . u metamorphosis should take place, it will been attempted. Mr. Giddings has done
r
cause he was a Peace man, and in one ol
, „ , , in, the„Senate by
v certainly
be much, against our
eral
times
been
discussed
. , ".
' will.
.,, We
, . , service to his country by presenting them in
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.—A correshis Sermons took the ground that Gen.
southern members. Will the Freemen of
^
^
,
T
e
made
to tho House, and thus secaring their perusal
v dcertainly
be
much
against
our
will
We
om ) t
h a tm n i s t e r s w e r
Washington and his coadjutors were not pondent of the Emancipator writes from the North ever awake? Do not these facts; float « | i k e r o t t e n W00( j a n ( j d e a d foh> d o w n by hundreds of thousands. Those papers
and men who sneer at them find it much
ehow beyond a doubt that the slavebreeders: the stream of public opinion."
justifiable in using arms to redress their Maine t
"When I am asked, "what Congress is rule the nation at their will? Why then
easier to cry out "treason," and "British
grievances. These Legislators doubtless
doing this winter?"! say,"MakingLiberly
HOKRID TRAGEDY.-Murder of an Actor. party," than to overthrow the principles laid
thought they must do something to keep up voters," for no convention which has ever talk of Whig and Democratic parties govern
A most horrid and fatal tragedy occurred down in the resolutions.
ing the tfetion'!
with the times, and concluded the expul- mot in our country ever made so many
at the theater last night. After the curDr. Lardner—This notorious English asion of their chaplain would be just the practical abolitionists as Congress has
made
this
winter,
if
I
may
judge
by
the
duiterer has had great success as a scientific tain had dropped at the conclusion of the A Valuable tree.—Messrs. D. C. &PeII»
thing to demonstrate their patriotism.
feeling in this vicinity, with respect to the lecturer in the large cities. In Philadelphia first act of the first piece, a quarrel ensued sold yesterday at auction, two logs ManThere have been some tremendous fires action and inaction of Congress. When he has had large audiences of the most re- behind tho scenes between Mr. Ewing sanilla Mahogany, for $1,265; being at the
in New York of late. Two occurred the we voted for the whig administration of the spectable inhabitants—among whom were and Miss Hamblin,both attached to the the rate of $1 65 per foot. This, we are told,
general government, we had not the foresame day, and destroyed about one hun- sight cf the fox, who would not permit the several Judges of Courts, and Ministers of ater, in which the latter plunged a dagger is a higher price than the same article ever
before commanded in this market. The
dred buildings, and some three hundred swallow to drive away the flies which were the Gospel. So much for public morals.
to tho heart of Mr. Ewing, which caused
two logs above mentioned, were but one
sucking
his
blood,
but
were
nearly
gorged.
families have been turned out of doors,
almost immediate death. After the perpe- quarter of tho tree from which they were
the town of Croyden, N. H. at the
most of them with the destruction, or great We got rid of one set of vermin only to
recent election.they ballotted fourteen times tration of the awful deed, Miss. Hamblin cut. Another quarter wrs sold (he other
make room for a more hungry set"
damage of their property.
and then gave up the hopo of an election in made her escape by jumping outofthc win- day for $1,200. The whole tree accorfriend writes, April 15: "We had Wheat.—Accounts from Ohio, Tndiana & despair, the Liberty men being determined dow and at 12 o'clock Ia3t night had notding to these rates, was worth in this mardollars.
a grand meeting at Union City a week ago. Illinois say that the wheat crop never look- to hold on. In Sandwich, the Liberty pzirty been arrested. She left in her theatrical ket very near^ue thousand
N. Y. Journal'(oj''Commerce.
attire dressed as a page.—Mobile Chron.
They are all going over to Anti-slavery." ed more promising for an abundant harvest. elected a full board of select men.
SIGNAL. OF LIBERTY.
Congressional.
To the Editor of Ike Free Press.
CLINTON SEMINARY.
/just such an address as I should expec
Terrible Accident!
r
We cannot find that Congress has done
SIR—In your paper of the 23d instant, (from the clear and comprehensive mind o
The Washington papers of yesterday W^ HE above namo is given to an English*
much business since they censured Mr. just put into my hands, there is an extract 'Mr. O'Connell in such a case.
states that notice hnd been received by th -"• and Classical school in the village of
Giddings. When (hey accomplish any of a publication made by Bishop Hughes,
It was no part of my object, at the out Navy Department that ihe U. S. stean Clinton, Lenawee county, Michigan; the
is conducted by George W. Bancroft,
thing of interest,we shall apprise our read- of New York, in which a doubt is insinua* set of this communication, to examine th frigate Missouri in ascending the Potoma school
assisted by Mrs Bancroft, and is open for
ers. The correspondent of the Philan- ted a? to the genuineness of the anti sla- soundness of the reasoning, by which on Monday ran aground some sixty o the youth of both sexeB. The summer term
thropist says of thataffair, "the northern very address, to Irishmen in this country Bishop Hughes has been led to declare eighty miles below Washington, opposit will commence on Mondajr, May 2nd, and
"that it is the duly of every naturalized the harbor of Port Tobacco. Every effor continue twelve weeks.
members were intensely excited. A sam- by Mr. O'Connell, Father Mathew, Doc- Irishman
to reject and repudiate the adtor Madden and sixty thousand Irishmen.
ple or two of remarks will show you the In the extract, which is all I have seen of jdress tcith indignation." I shall not insis was immediately made to get her ofl by Tuition is to be paid in advance.
backing her engines and taking the gun
For the studies of the young children m
feeling prevalent. Habersham of Ga. was the. publication, there is nothing to show on doing so at thiB time, characterized, as and other weighty articles aft. Lieut the Primary Department, #2,50.
justifying the vote of censure, in the pres- that Bishop Hughes adduces any evidence every one must see it is, by passion and JOHN. F. BORDEN was sent out in charge For the ordinary English Branches, includeclamation, and fallacious as it could of a boat's crew with an anchor, for the ding English Grammer, Geography, Arithence of Mr. Adams. The latter with even to give color lo the charge.
great energy exclaimed against it as de- It seems abundantly strange that one so easily be 6hown to be; but shall con ten purpose of heaving the vessel off, when by metic, Natural Philosophy. Geography of
the Heavens, Botany, &,c. $3,00.
structive of the freedom of speech.— intelligent as the Right Reverend gentle, tnyselfwith exercising the right which some means the anchor got overboard, car
For Latin and Greek, Moral and Intellec'There ought to be no freedom of speech;' man, and so weil informed as he ought to as one of (he public, but more especially rying with it the chain cable, which in run tual Philosophy, Geometry, fcc. §4,00.
as
a
Jmaligned
abolitionist,
I
possess,
of
ning
out
either
killed"6r
carried
overboard
Special attention given lo young gentlesaid the consistent overseer! 'That,' said be, m.ust bo, as to the sentiments of Mr. inquiring how far the Right Reverend gen
every one of the sixteen men on board, in
preparing for College.
Mr. A. "confirms what I have often said, O'Connell, Father Mathew, and Dr. Mad- tleman has qualified himself for the post o eluding the Lieutenant, and all perished men
Tho Teachers will make no efforts to
aed the Irish at home universally, on
that the spirit of liberty cannot exist in a den,
the subject of slavery, and in absence of guardian of the publiic welfare in the The Madisonian says that so far as the render the school attractive lo the indolent,
slave holding community, All pretentions all evidence, should deny the genuineness piemises.
facts have come to the Department every the refractory or the vicious; but for the inthe teachable and the good, no
to it are hypocrisy."
of so rumarkable a document. One BO 1st. By not being himself an Irish re- precaution seems to have been taken, and dustrious,
Cravens of la., was talking to a group sceptical must be prepared almost to doubt pealer, or connected with the repeal as- there is no reason to attach blame to any pains will be spared lo make their etoy with,
ue both pleasant and profitable.
of slaveholders and scrviles on the subject. the existence of Father Mathew himself, sociations in this country.
one. The Mississippi had been despach- GEORGE
W. BANCROFT, Principal.
2nd. By huving used his influence ed to render aid.
Said he, addressing a Kentuckion, "Trip- and of the glorious temperance reformation,
Clinton, April 6, 184£.
50-Sv
lett! Tell us, how long waa it after they with which he has been the instrument, with his Irish fellow citizens in this counpissed voles of censure in the national under God, of blessing not only his own try, to prevent their Lrming repeal asso- RIOT IN NEW YORK —At the recent
THE NEW YORK WATCHMAN,
assembly, before they began to use the country, but ours. Nor is it, for one of ciations ; "to operate on questions of1 (Bri-charter election, a band of rioters, en lied Devoted to^ the interests of protestant
guillotine? About a year, was il? I reck- Bishop Ilughes's character and official tish) domestic and national policy.' '' Forthe Spartan Band, made a general attack Christianity, Literature, Science, 'Education,
on ii1will be about 18 months in this coun- station, putting hut a trifle to hazard. It if Bishop Hughes is himself a repealer in on the Irish population. The hUft rallied the Arts, Agriculture, the moral enterprises
try r Their faces looked black, as the is no light thing many one, and it is a ve- name—or if he permits himself to be re- their forces, and commenced an attack al- of the age, and to the diffusion of general
intelligence. "Knowledge is as (he light of
ecorching rebuke tingled in their ears."
ry serious thing for him, who stands be. garded nsa repealer—or if ho has not re most without discrimination on all they heaven; free, pure, pleasant, exhaustless. It
In the House of Representatives the fol- fore the country clothed with the influence buked the cause of repeal as it is carried met. Some of the time from ono to two nvites all to possession; it admits of no prelowing resolution was adopted.
of a diocesan teacher of Christian ethics, on in this country, (I sny this without in- thousand were engaged in the fight, and •mptioi), no rights exdusiye, no monopoly.1
On motion of Mr. Green, of Kv.
recklessly to impute a base fraud to his tending any thing for or against the cause many were .dreadfully beaten. The con For six yearn, this puperhas been gaining
Resolved, That the committee of Ways neighbors and fellow citizens; for right of repeal among us,) well may Mr.O'Con- test lasted with intermissions, till late at n the contidenco of the public. Its characand Means be instructed to inquire into well does the Right Reverend gentleman nel and Father Mathew, and Dr. Madden night. Several buildings were complete er as an independent, literary and religious
the expediency of increasing the duties know, that the guilt of thus making such and their sixty thousand warm hearted as- y riddled, Mid tho windows of the House journal, is now fully established, as iu evident
rum its circulation among all classes of tho
upon wines, silks, linens and luxuries, an imputation is, in a moral point of view, sociates in (he cause of- human lib- of Bishop Hughes were broken in. The lommunity.
Those who desiro
generally imported into the United S'ates but little behind the guilt of perpetrating erty, reply to his impassioned objurgato- •athredral was saved by the presence of
A GOOD FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
nn armed force. A number of persons
from governments receiving tobacco pro- the fraud itself.
riee, "Physician, heal thyself."
have been arrested for participating in the FVee from those features of sectarianism,
Respectfully yours,
duced in the United States, and imposing
I propose, now, Sir, through the medium
JAMES G. BIRNEY. riot, but had been discharged for want of which are so offensive to the spirit of Chrisheavy duties thereon, twenty per cent. of the Free Press, the'same that has givianity—a paper which admits suitable ar»
estimony.
ad valorem from and after the
day of en currency in :his part of the country, if
idea on all subjects upon which the commuFor
the
Signal
of
Liberty.
——, 1842, with un additional increase not approbation, to the fraudulent charge,
nity need to be informed—a paper open, esMURDER.—The
overseer
of
Messrs.
Letter from Rev. J. Cross.
of twenty per centum ad valorem annual- to furnish some evidence in the case: not
to the claims of suffering humanity,
3rown &, Grady, of Woodford county, Ky. pecially
inny be assured that no efforts will be spared
Salem, Mich. April 10,1842.
ly, un-til sui# government reduce ihe du- conclusive, I readily admit; but such vis
MESSRS EDITORS:—Passing recently was killed on tlur 28th ult, by a negro, :o render this acceptable and worthy of their
ties on tobacco" produced in the Uni'ed will, I think, bo found worthy of consid-vhom he had threatened with correction. patronage. It has a large number of ablo
States, and received into their ports, to eration by all who have an interest in the through the sixteenth congressional dis- They
were alone in the hemp house,when and intelligent correspondents, whose comthe same scale of duties levied upon such subject; especially worthy is it of the re- trict in Ohio, lately represented in Con- he overseer
attempting to take hold of the munications will onrich its columns from
articles aforesaid received into the ports spectful consideration of the Right Rever- gress by that fearless and independent negro, the latter
drew a knife and killed lime to time, on natural and revealed theolof the United States.
end gentleman, in as much as it is fitted statesman, J. 11. Giddings, Eeq., I was him. The negro has been lodged in jail ogy, revivals, missions, human rights, temWe hear nothing of an increase of du- in some degree to relieve his mind from induced to spend a few days in observing o wait his trial.
perance, education, sabbath and common
ties, with a view to induce England, to the uneasiness it must now be laboring un- ihe pulsations of the public heart, under
schools, moral reform, health, ogriculture,
admit our bread stuffs to. be carried there der, by showing him what his generous the operation of the quack nostrums of
physiology, natural and mental
And yet another serious Fire. A lnrge geology,
philosophy, uiU6ic, reviews of books, &c—•
to feed her hungry and starving people; spirit ought to rejoice to hear, that the ab- "Botts" &. Co. I found a strong feeling barn
owned
by
Stephen
Garrison,
of
Ha.rbut the tobacco interest must receive the olitionists are, probably at least, innocent of just indignation for the injury inflicted simus, near Jersey City, together »with a Jn a word, it occupies a field of usefulness,
special favor and patronage of the govern- of the base trickery which, in his preju- on them, through their representative, al- considerable quantity of hay, were consu- not appropriated by any other periodical in
or uny other country.
ment.
dice and rashness, he has_ unhappily im- most universally prevalent. Mr. Giddings ned yesterday afternoon. Thirty cows, 'hisThe
seventh Volume commenced January
represented
a
free
population
of
about
a
April 7th. Lord Ashburton had a long puted to them.
1, 1842. The price is only two dollars a
hundred thousand souls, with an elective which were in the barn, were burnt to cin- year,
I
became
acquainted
with
Mr.
O'Conin advance; and this is sufficiently low
ders. The man being employed at some
interview with the Secretary of state, and
nell in the summer of 1840 whilst attend- franchise equal to one fourth of the 'old dolo put it witlfin the reach of all.
it is supposed matters will soon come to a ing the London antislavery conference,to- minion.' The outrage perpetrated by the distance from the barn, the fire is thought
Reader, you have a personal interest in
o have been the work ofan incendiary.
he New York Watchman! For, "he who
crisis.
gether with some fifteen or twenty other House in censuring Mr. G. unheard, un•ms a heart to know his whole duty, whose
American delegates. Mr. O'Connell was der the gag of the previous question, has
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.—It hti<? been SOUL thirsts for information on ail those
.—In a welt wrriten ar- also a member of tho conference, & allho' roused the spirit of Ohio freemen, and
decided in the Court of Common Pleas of
ticle in the Detroit Adverliser,by J. Snow, Parliament was in session at the time, they will speuK m iho ballot box a lan- Philadelphia county, that the Bankrupt ubjects most directly connected with MAK'S
highest happiness, will find assistance in the
uagc
not
to
be
^misinterpreted,
or
misunentitled, "Western products versus south- was daily present at the anti slavery meetjaw of the United States does not super columns of this paper.
derstood."
edo the Stale Laws on insolvency, but
The W ATCHMAN is published every Satern, as to foreign markets," wo find the ings, partaking in the proceedings,
A few illiberal and narrow minds only,
soon as Mr. O'Connell learned that
following quotation, which expresses much countrymen, who had sought in the United were found to sympathise with the majori- nnt boih may exist together, and that the jrday. at 126, Fulton street, New York,
may apply for the benefit of either, i'here subscriptions are respectfully solicited.
truth in (aw words. It is gratifying to find States, a higher liberty than they were ty of the House, while the great mass of debtor
Dec. 29,1841.
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as he chooses.
public attention awaking to these fuels.
permitted to enjoy, or even hope for in intelligence, and influence, will rally to
COPARTNERSHIP.
"The entire cotton crop is much less the land of their birth, had been beguiled the polls, and send back the man, through
Q
Tariff or compromise act of
KflE undersigned, JAME3 JONES k. C A than the annual productive industry of the into cooperation with parties here opposed whom the overseers with their subs, and 1833, which goes into complete operation
LEB N. ORMSBY, under the name and
laqueys,
sought
to
give
a
death
stab
to
the
single state of Massachusetts! Yet for to liberty, with parlies who were seen
next June, provides that, with the exeep- firm of J O N E S ~ V ~ O R U " S Y Y 7 have" tbia
twenty years has this cottun interest, a rivaling each other to gain the favor of liberty of speech in the House, and the ion of a few articles admited duly free, day formed a copartnership for the' manumere fraction of wealth and strength of slave breeders and slave sellers, the great rights of northern freemen at their own all imported merchandize shall pay a duty facture and sale of PAPER, of various descriptions and quality. They have connectthe nation, set itself up to govern the enemies of American liberty, and this by fireside's. Large and respectable meet- )f twenty percent on its value.
ed with their Mill, a
whole. It has 'alternately threatened, incessantly heaping on the abolitionists, ings have been held in different places in
combined, nullified and conspired to^make (the only parly representatives of the cause the district at which whigs, democrats,and
BOOK BTNDER'Y,
The British naval force on the North
the grain growing and manufacturing of liberty among us,) all manner of oblo- abolitionists, have all voted unanimously American station consists of thirty two where all orders in that line m^y be met with
interests of the nation, subservient lo its quy, contempt, injustice and oppression, to sustain Mr. Giddiogs, and there can be eesels, carrying five hundred and forty neatness and dispatch. They are now in*
creasing their machinery, by which they
the propriety of an address to them, by an no doubt that he will be returned to Con- hree guns. *
domineering and selfish spirit.
will be enabled moro promptly to anaTCor or"Congress legislated for cotton; Mr. old well known and well tried friend, very gress by an overwhelming majority; per*
ders for Poper, &c.
haps without any organized opposition.—
Biddla. and the banks discounted for cotton; naturally suggested itself to him.
NEW TITLE.—Colt, the celebrated manJAMES JONES,
Mr. O'Connell seemed to think, that all Their highanded measures are unmasking ufnetorer of pistols, Hi New York, labels
and men traded in their fellow men for
C. N. ORMSBY.
the
patriarchal
institution,
&
making
even
that
was
necessary
to
be
done
to
insure
cotton. And, what is the result? Hunome of the pistol cases, "Laws of Texas." Ann Arbor, March 8. 1842.
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dreds of millions of dollars are sunk; from his American countrymen such a the most stupid, and heedless feel, that ["Land of rascals" would be better.]
DISSOLUTION.
banl«s are broken; and congress is many course in future, as he felt confident was slavery has something to do with northern
IHE copartnership heretofore existing
in strict unison with their unperverted rights and liberties, and they are beginmillions behind in its revenues "
M
A
R
R
I
E
D
,
between the subscribers, under the
feelings and judgement in every conflict ning to echo the rallying shout, TO THE IH Manchester, on the JOth inst. by the
firm of / . JONES, & SOJVS, was tHu
Yours fraternally.
Terrible death of the lion. Robert Por- between freedom and slavery, was to RESCUE."
Rev. Win. Wolcott, of Adrian, Rev. A. N. day dissolved by mutual consent. All busiJ. CROSS.
PRENTICE of Grass Lake, to Miss ELIZA- ness relating to said firm will be settled by
ter.—The Picayune has the following no- bring them seriously to reflect, to exhort
them faithfully but affectionately to turn
BETH FREEMAN, of tho former place.
JAMES JONES, whoJH ly authorised to sot.
tice taken from the Caddo Gazette, of the from
their error; and to fell them how
Me the same.
The
Mormons
have
found
a
new
book
death of Col. ^Robert Porter, who seems much they have grived their fathers and called the book of Abraham. It purports
5. K. JONES;
DIED,
to be a well known individual in the South mothers and brothers and sisters and their to have been written by that patriarch, On the morning' of the 111 h inst. at his
6 . C. JONES.
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and Southwest. What was the occasien whole kith and kin left behind, by dishon- and is said to have been fount! at the Cata- residence in Soulhfield, Oakland Co. Mich. Ann Arbor, M B 3,1842.
the cause of liberty now everywhere combs of Egypt by an English traveler PITTS PHILLIPS, Esq. He has left a wife
of th$ attack upon him it does not say, but oring
MASSAOH
U
s
™
3CH
6
QLI5f
BR Aassociated with the name of Irishman.—
and daughter, an only child, and a numerous
the affair looks like one of those outrageous Mr. O'Connell at once, gave the Ameri- who brought it away with 11 mummies.— circle of friends and relatives to mourn his
IUES,
Jo Smith is engaged in translating this
Lynch cases which frequeutly disgrace the j can delegation to understand, that, if he book for the Nauvoo 'Times and Seasons.' loss. In him is lost a tender husband and 'ublishcd under-the direction of themBoard
father, and a devoted friend of universal libof Education.
could command the necessary time from The first chapter appears in the last num- erty.
land;
Ho was ever ready to go any lengths
"He was beset in his house by nn ene- his official and other indispensable duties, ber that has reached us.— Tribune.
in justice and truth to destroy slavery where OR SALE BY J . L A M B ^ V F A M ARBOR.
HIS LIBRARY is recommem
ever it exists, and in him the slave has lost
my named Rose. He sprang from his he would prepare an address inkisowti
the Superintendant of Puw
couch, seized h,ijs gun, and in his.night name, before they should sail for the U.^S. THE TAX BILL SIGNED.—Gov. Seward a great and bold and fearless defender of his
Jan. 2!
clothes rushed from the house. For about Multiplied and incessant public engage- has signed the bill passed by the legisla- rights in this part of the country. He was ion
not an open professor of religion, yet we are
two hundred yards his speed seemed to de- ments, it is supposed prevented him from ture of New York, fixing a direct tax and not
"ECONOMY IS WEALTH."
hopes ot his happiness. He
it is now a law. The wbole amount which was without
fy his pursuers, but getting entangled in a doing so.
HE subscribers will pay two cents pei
a
zealous
friend
to
good
order
and
relithicket, he was captured. Rose told him My last interview with Mr. O'Connell will be realized from this lax of one doll- gious freedom.— Communicated.
pound in Goods or Paper for any quantity of good clean SWINGLE T O W ,
that he intended to act a generous part and was in October 1840, a few days before I ar on a thousand, will be in the stale nt,
elivered at the Ann Arbor Paper Mill.
give him a chance for his life. He then sailed for New York, at a repeal meeting large, about $600,000; of which about
JONES & ORMSBY.
told Porter he might run, and that he in Dublin. Notwithstanding his almost two fifths will be paid by the city of New
Ann Arbor, Jan. 12, 1842.
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should not be interrupted till he reached a unremitted personal occupation for three York.—Ledger.
SPECIAL
PROPOSITION.—NOW
OR
certain distance. Porter started at the or four hours during-the meeting, he found
NEVER.
ORK AND WHEAT wanted by P .
SPECULATION IN ICE.—Mr. James A.
word of command, and before a gun wastime before hs left it, to speak to me about
DEMSON, for which goods or money
fired he had reached the lake. His first the address; and to assure me, (and it Black, and Mr. C. H. Turner, of Troy, TWO DOLLARS INSTEAD OF THREE. ivill be paid at fair rates.
impulse was to jump into the water and was among the last things he said,) that I New York, have sold of this article, the
Ann Arbor, Dec- Si, 1841.
£0 tf
To ihe Patrons of the Signal:—A comdive for it which he did. Rose was close might rely on its being neither forgotten former $2,200, and the latier, $1,000
Produce
of
every
Description*
bination
of
circumstances
of
a
pecuniary
nabehind him, and formed his men on the nor neglected—and on its being written worth. The cost originally was only from
D in payment
pyment for Job work,
bank ready to shoot him when he jose.— and sent to this country as soon as it could $70 to $100. It was sold to ^peculators ture has induced the subscriber to make to ""*> ECEIVED
Advertising
and
Subscriptions
the
patrons
of
the
Signal,
ono
nnd
all,
the
ucriptions to tha
be
prepared.
Thatit
was
not
sent
out
as
from
the
South.
In a few seconds he came up to breathe,
LIBERTY," if delivered at tho
following proposition, viz: That all those IOXALL OF LIBERTY,
and scarce hud his head*reached the sur-soon as was expected, was, doubtless, owwho will remit to -us through their Postmas- Office, immediately over the stjre of J .
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce says: ter, the amount of their indebtedness to the Beckley, & Co
face of the water when it was completely ing to the judicious change of the original
ipnJ 28
riddled with the shot of their guns, and he plan, and to the time required for obtain- "It is stated that there is now due from the Signal, be it much or little, so that it reaches
NTI-SLAVERY
ALMANACS
FOR
ing
the
signature
of
sixty
thousand
of
his
government to Indian Agents near three us by the FIRST DAY OF MAY next,
sunk to rise no more."
1342—just received and for sale at this
countrymen, who desired to be associated millions of dollars. A large part of this shall have their Paper at the rate of TWO JOSLoffice.
Price Cceirts single ;50otsvpei
the recent State Convention in with him in the sublime, yet peaceful ef- money is due from the Agents lo Merchants DOLLARS per annum. This proposal is ozen.
made
with
the
hope
that
the
subscribers
to
fort
to
advance
the
cnuse
of
human
liberty
in
New
York.
This
is
ono
fact
illustraNorth Carolina, some300 wings being preson every soil, pressed by the fool, or tilled ting ihe internal connection which exists the paper, generally, throughout the State,
"NO REPUDIATION."
ent, Henry Clay was nominated for the by the hand of an Irishman.
between the integrity of the nation and will avail themselves of its advantage, and KJTATK SCRIP will be taken at par for
thus
benefit
themselves
and
accommodate
Presidency.
j r Goods at the 6torc of the subscribers
The address I send you, trusting you that of its citizens."
the subscriber.
few days.
JONES & ORMSBY.
Mississippi has raised uncom- will republish it; if on no other ground as
N. SULLIVAN, Publisher.
Ann Avbor, Jan 12, 1841
Fare
to
Boston
Reduced.
The
Wesa
matter
of
information
to
which
your
B, Those who refuse
this proposifj^
f
pp
monly high, and is rapidly rising. It is an'LANKS of every description ncatlj
l
if
if we exact
ticipated that murch damage will be done by many Irish fellow citizens in Michigan are tern Railroad Company have reduced the tion, will not of course complain,
1
fare
to
$5
for
the
whole
distance.
executed at this office.
entitled
from
tho
public
journals.
It
is
the
[published]
terms
in
every
case.
its' overflowing.
m
ducts. It ia in effect a partnership be- THE F O L L O W I N G W O R K, W e e k l y a u d s e r a i - W e e k l y N e w - ( A m e r i c a n JLatSic*' ' N a t i o n a l M a s a '
York Courier a n d Enquirer.
zinc.
tween them and the government to gel
HAS BEEN COMPILED FROM THE
ToTHEPuBLic.-From
and
after
Friday,!
^fETS
LADY'S
BOOK, FOR 1842.
money out of the people.
LONDON PICTORIAL BIBLE;
For the Signal of Liberty.
ilih instant, the Weekly and Semi-Weekly
Ih
e moat splendid and valuable Monthly
rlo
The
General
Government
levies
other
WIIICII
SELLS
IN
THIS
COUNTRY
FOR
$
1
8
TIic S e a Gnil.
Courier and Enquirer will bo enlarged to, P*; '^al ever published. The only m a & !
taxes in the shapo of Clerks', Marshals*,
TO S2& PER COPT.
the size of the Daily paper, and uiFer. induce-! oz«ne devoted.to Ladies and conducted by
TONE—"Old Cedar Tree."
Attorneys,' and othor fees in the adminis- Every man. woman and child in the Uni- ments to the advertiser and general reader, j ™mbera- of their own sex. Composed en,
A song to the gull, the brave sea gull
tration of justice and otherwise, to no small
such aS have rarely been presented by any ntlrel
- v of original articles, by the most emited States, who possess a Bible., ivill
Who ruleth o'er old ocean free;
napers in the United States.
| e n u l w . n t e r a o t l i e a S e 5 anil embellished
surely furnish themselves with the
amount.
a lar er
What recketh he, that the waves deth lull,
jollowing beautiful series of
SKMI-WEKKLY.—This sheet wU1 be pub-' w r lLn
. S number and a greater variety
The next Tuxing power in our country
C(>8tl
Or that the wind bloweth o'er the sea.
Scripture
IlluUrations.
lished
on
WEDNESDAYS
and
SATURDAYS.—
?'
y> elegant and attractive pictorial ili9 the State Government. Their system.lustratl0
On the outside will be placed all the contents:
" s , than any similar publication,
PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE
Chorus.
are vurious, but most of them impose direct
of tho Daily sheets for the two precedin'
BIBLE,
Then sing to the gull, the brave sea gull. taxes on lauds and buildings,so that every
AND VIEVT OF TUB
days, together with appro|.riate matter for, M
{*}"• * r., j *t l a l e ' W o r l o n M'Michael,.
.Farmer lives in a taxed liou?c,'burns tuxo.i
H O L Y
L A N D .
the general reader selected for the purpose: r s " L ' l i - »«goumeyfL. A.Godey.
Ho lougheth o'er the feathery foam
wood, shelters his stock and bis crops in a
ro KACH NUMBER.
J\'ev>, cheap and valuable "publication.— and th« insido will be the inside of the DaiThat danceth o'er the wide, wide sea,
taxed barn, culiivntes taxed fields, and Four
hundred paifes, 8 vo. fine papcr.hand- ly paper of the same dny. Thus all adverV-, M ' *?bd£w«l<> N - P - Willis,
For in its arms, he findeth his home
feeds his cattle on taxed pastures. Nor is somehi bound. Price only TWO DOL- tisernants in ihe Daily paper on -WEDNESDAYS
S T A * ™ •E
« IrS% C" Lee
And revels in its purity.
there any oiher tiling belonging to man, or LA US. The subscriber respectfully in- and SATURDAYS will also appear in the Semi- 7rs
Lmbury, 1 . S. Arthur,
Then sing to the gull, the brave aea gull. any private business carried on by him vites the attention of Clerj»ymt>n, Teachers Weekly paper for tht-se duyp, without any jl* l! i e'o df"o r e<^b
- *?W'
Mrs. E. F . Ellet.
which the State may not tax, and many of Sabbath Schools, Heads of Families,and additional charge to the adverusor. This
the l nodin
p
g , numorous
rangement
A song to the gull, the etorm-wing'd gull, things nnd some kinds of business they do Booksellers throughout Uie United Ma'.es,to • publication will of course, be mailedd with iho
«nnouncmg
to his
patrons
rl h e
carry to lL* id ibe
, J^ar
public
1B42,
i,t tht;
large,
proprietor
hie arrangement*
of Godey'
Who flitteth gaily o'er the 6ea;
I he above New, C/teap and splendidly Illus- Daily puper of the sume date, andd latest
tux.
Book
ins eo, eyl f e
'1B42
«*«?•h occasion to ackuowl
the reader in the country the very
Tho' Btorm3 may rage, or billows lull
Subordinate to the States, tho Counties. tnucd work, published and for sale at No. lelligence.
j ,g . rh uopBrnllel.eirand triumphant succes
122,
.Nassau
strce',
New
York
city.
Its
b
Cities, Towns, and Parishes, exercise the
Ho wmgeth it oo, right msrrily.
E SKMI WF.EKLT PAPER.
| tJ"/c & ^Bg-izine, v.hicii has tiuw reached'
TEKMS OF THK
[H»wet of taxation. Generally, »he Suite features ure better defined by the title:—
exirtkordm.Hty uuKiher of forty thousand.
Four Dollars per aunum, payable in adThen sing to thegull, the brave sea gull.
Two
hundred
Pictorial
Illustrations
of
the
and General Government do not tax the
, » " 0 " ^ ; b<Mng a .larger eoition than has evvance.
D. B. B, Freeman's head: but these autbuilies, in
SCRIPTURES, C0t«SI5ThN'G OF
b
f any other work of any
Five Dollars per annum, in all cases when•« been
_ printedd of
payment is not made in advance.
j description in America. This euccss he isVIEWS IN THE HOLY LAND;
J
most
parts
of
the
Union,
finding
man
taxeri
Speaking Kindly.
Any person forwarding twenty-dollars in oa wn! a rve wu™ ) e el !"i attained
l.y the vast superi*j in every thing else, seize upon his scalp. Together with many of the most mmark.ible
e
A little word in kindness 6poken,
!
",
Lady's Book Ims alwaysSo that mau getting up from a tuxed bed, objects mentioned in the old and new testa- money not more than five per cent below
»»a«»»ained over the contemporary magazines
A motion or a tear,
covering himself up with taxed clothing, ments, representing sacred historical events, par, free of postage, will he entitled to ei-ven • vv
from celebrated pictures, principally copies to bo sent to the same post office; and '1"-"'1 h r ' v c !l^«:»ptod to rival its merits, aHath often healed the heart that's broken,
eating taxed food from taxed plates with u copied
by the old masters, the landscape scenes, at similar rates for any larger number otsub-: superiority which he » atiirdetermined tu
And made a friend sincere.
taxed knife and fork, goes forth, from a tax- taken from original sketches made on the scribers. When tbe money sent ia mure' preserve by keeping r , in all its departmentsed
house
to
cultivate
taxed
fields
with
taxspot, with lull and interesting letter-press than five per cent below par in this city, it Mernry, intellectual and moral, as well aa
A word—a look—has crushed^ to earth,
ed implements of labor.
einb.einatic, artistic, and-mecbanidescriptions, devoted to an "examination of will be sold at the current rates, the proctedu cPhonal,
Pull many a budding flower,
carried to the credit of the subscriber, und t oa lt-h e f h a t lln6 l3 n u l d ! e bms^ be appeals
Nor do these authorities content them- the objects mentioned in the sacred text.
Which had a smile but owned its birth,
txperitoce of the past twelve years,
selves with taxing the poll. Tlxey inOn examination this will be found a w ry the papers sent for a;;ro rata period of
[.in all which tune, he has made no promise
Would bless life's darkest hour.
crease the burden upon property and labor pleasant and profitable book, especially for l j n i e .
Y POTTIiTFR 4 N n V \OII1 R i?TJ t0 lhe public which he has not strictly.pcrin various ways, and sometimes to a great the perusal of YOUNG PEOPLE, abounding in IVFFTT
COUKILR^NDLISQUIRER formed)
Then, deem it not an idle thing,.
I)Or u n ( i t : r i a k e n anything.which his
• be most valuable information, collected with ttEELL\
exieut.
This sheet, also of the size of the Daily means did not enable him to.&ccomplish to
A pleasant word to speak;
great
care,
from
Ihe
best
and
latest
sources.
The citizens is taxed to make and r e - It may, very properly, be designated a com- Courier, and the largest weekly paper issued die utmost. Entering, oa he is about to do
The face you wear the thoughts you bring pair roads, streets and bridges.
mon place book for every thing valuable re- from a daily press, will be published on Sat-' Oo the ,24th Volume of the Lady's Book',
An heart may heal or break.
He is taxed to pay preachers,shooimas- lating to oriental mauners, customs, ikc.and "urdays only; and in addition to all the mat- with increased energy and accumulated reters and magistrates.
comprises within Uaelf a complete library of ter published in the Daily during the week, source.s;;viUi nn ample knowledge of the buFrom Kendall's Union Democrat.
He is taxed to build meeting-houses and religious and useful knowledge. A volume tt ill contain at. least one continuous story siness in which be is engaged, acquired by
Taxes o a { l u m a n JLabor.
school houses—court houses and jtiU\to likti the present, is far superior to Uie com- and a great voriety of extracts on miscella- long years of unremitted application:'with a
Annuals—it wil! never ba out of date. nsous subjects, relating to History, Politic?, subscription list unparalleled in the annala
Few persons are aware of the mmy free rogues and felons, to try criminals mon
Jt \< beautifully printed, in now long primer Literature, Agriculture, Manufactures, and of literature; with numerous facilities notanil
hang
murderers.
ways in which the industry of the people
i possessed by any other publisher: with wellbound in Muslin, gilt a;.d. the Mechanic Arts. .
EJe is taxed in every civil suit brought type—handsomely
ia taxed to support Government and tbe
It is iutended to make this sheet the most digested and wide-extended' nrguments; and
lettered; and ia dtcidedly,t!ie best and chea
by him or against him, the clerk's fee*, pest publication (for the price,) ever issued perfect, as it will be one of the laigest of the above all, with a steadfast purpose of mainother institutions of society.
kind, ever offered:to the reading public; tlin.t taming the lofty elevation his work has'
At the head of our Taxing Power in our lawyers' fees, magistrate*-' fees, sheriff's from th<! American Pr^es.
country, stands the General Government. and constables' fees and commissions, and
Clergyman, Superintendante and Teach- is a newspaper in the broadest sen.se of the reached, the proprietor has not hesitated to
ers of sabbath schools, sgenlB of religions term, as it necessarily will be, from ontain- incur expenses, which under other circurs
It taxes almost every thing that we eat, loss of <ime.
newspapers and penodicals,»ost(n;isteis and ing all the matter of the Daily Courier, and stances might prove startling, but by means
He
is
taxed
for
the
record
of
deeds,
and
drink, wear and use.
at the same time very miscellaneous and in- o f which he will be enabled to make the LaIt taxes U3 in our salt, so that every a h e r popers,for certificatesand cf)[)ies,upon booksellers, throughout the country, are re- eiary, by reason of selections and n'publiea- ( j v 's Book, the richest, the rarest, the most
spectfully
requested
to
act
as
our
agents.
n\outhful of bread and meat we eat, as well his marriage license, and upon the prooi o/
tions set up expressly for insertion ui this attractive, and the most valuable periodical,
No letter will be taken from the olji.ee pap%v
wills and the administration of estates.
j ijijtrineical and extrinsically, over offered to
as most of our vegetable food, is taxed.
He is taxed irr toll upon bridge?, ( u u i - unless post paid.
The politics of the COURIER fy ENQUIRER UIR American public.
It taxes all liquors, so that we cannot
Splendidl> colored platVe of tho fashions,
make merry with our friend? or take a pikes, railroads, and canals.
To Publishers of Papers throughout the are too well known to the public to require
In addition to these taxes imposed by United States.— Newspapers or Magazines, any explanation. It wasJLriis paper which will also be given every month, containing
drop for medicine without paying a tux.
public authority, there are almost ritfrnjbetUie above entire without any alter- first gave the name of WHIGS ann Loco- at least four female figures, and embodying
It taxes ull the broadcloth, cotton, linen, less modes by which men's income or copying
ation or abri.lgB.wnt (including this notice,) Focos to tbe two great parties in the United in every instance the latest costumes, recetehemp, woollen, leather and silk which en- capital is abstracted from them by what ;iiul giving it Vl inside insertions, pliall re- States; ond could its counsels have prevailed e<J directly from a correspondent at Paris,
Address
L A. GODEY,
ters into our clothing, so thkt our coats, may be called voluntary laxuion. Such! ceive u copy of liic work, (subject to their at Ilarrisburg in December, 1639, HENRY"
101 Chesnut street, Philadelphia.
pantaloons, jackets, shirts, flannel, stock- are contributions, regular and irrpgulur,; order.) by Bending directions to the Pub- CLAY would now have been President of
ings,, mittens, gloves, hats, shoes, pocket- for the support of churches, missionary lisher.
£9 12vv the United Slates. Ita motto is ''Juslico to
MORTGAGE SALE.
OFTHK WKST,' let the consequenhand-kerchiefs, stocks, collars*cravats, wo societies, bible societies, rrrnsbnu; swie>n\-;,<' l£r°T!ie above work may Jje had at the 'HAURY
H.EFAULT having been made in the
ono 0C)r ec-s be what they may;" and it is tho only
men's dresses, as well as men's, our bed- and all oilier societies and twociai./iis,! B >ok *tore of Dea. ebae. Mosel^
^
ptrpef iii t!ic great commercial emporium of
eonditiun of a Mortgage executed by
ding, tablecloths, curtains, hed-cords, car Religious, Moral, Philosophical, Literary, west of tho Lafayette House, Ann Afbof.
the United Slates which has assumed and Rufus Croesman and Lucy"his wife, to the
A liberal discount made to.wholesale purpets, rugs, towels, every thing of tbe cloib Historical, Professional, Musical, or ul
will maintain this position.
. undersigned, January fifteenth, eighteen
or leather kind we use,, pays a tax to tho what nature soever pertaining to the r e - chaser?,
TERMS OF TUB WEEKLY COUKIER AND EN- hundred and thirty eight, and recorded in
Pureons
in
the
country,
wishing
to
act
Government or to tbe manufacturers.
tiUiRKu.
the Register's Office, in the county of Wash
latit ns of man to ni.in pc »non to nature, as agents, may obtain all the necessary rn^
It taxes iron in all its shapes and forms. and man to Gi>d. The contributions made formation, by addressing their letters to the T\> jingle subscribers, three dollars per tenaw, in Liber, number seven, page three
hundred and one, of the equal undivided half
Tho farmer ploughs his field with a taxed fey many for such purposes, are more than subscriber, No. 122, Nassau street, N. Y. annum.
To two or tupn? subscribers less than six, vof the "Scio mill property," including the
plough and trace-chain.-1, while with taxed all its institutions.
ROBERT SEARS. Publisher.
to be sent to the Su'ine Post-Offices; two dol-. oter-pt.wcr, Mills, and Machinery, and aline* he guides his horse, clad in taxed harlars and fifty cents p?r annum.
bout twenty-five acres of Land, adjoining
THUKSHING MACHINES,
nea and shod with taxed shoes. He cuts
W A U . — i'tio followingSai'pttstic recomTo six bubscribers arm' less than twenty- othe
village of Scio, in said counly, and fying
POWER, MILLS, fee,
n
wood with a taxed axe, hoes corn with a mendations are given by Dr. Benjimin
HE undersigned ore manufacturing and five, to be sent to not more tu*n three differ- Wlt both sides of the River Huron, together
taxed hoe, digs his garden with a taxed
h the rights of flowing lands covered by
will keep constantly on hand at their •em Post-Olfices, two dollars per annum.
spade, raises rocks with a taxed crow bar, Rush, an eminent American physician and I
To classes and committees ovef Jweuty- tthe
mill pond, (for a more particular descripshop two and a half miles west of Ann
l
philanthropist,
who
died
about
thirty
years
reaps bis wheat with a taxed sickle, mows,
the promisee, reference ia made to
Arbor, near ihe Rail Road, HORSE POW- five in number, to be sent in parcels not >ss t h°e"r oof
cori!
of mortgage,) and no proceedings
hia grass with a taxed scythe, pitches his ago,
ERS and THRESHING MACHINES— than ten to any one Post Office, one dollar
law
, &<•'
having been instituted to collect the
The horse power is a new invention by and seventy-five cents per annum.
hay with a taxed pitch fork, and hauls it
"In order lo impress more deeply tho
In no case will a WEEKLY COURIER be insta^ieM which became due on the sixhome on a taxed wagon. His house is minds of the citizens of the United States S. VV. POSTER, and»is decidedly superior lo
built with a taxed hammer; his doors are with the blessings of peace, by contrasting any thing of the kind ever before offered to forwarded from the office for a period less teenth ckV of November, in the year of our
Lord, eighteen ^hundred and forty-one, or
hung on taxed hinges, and fastend with them with the evils of war, let the fullow- the Public. The price of a Four Horse than one year, or unless payment is made ati
Power, with a good Threshing- .Machine is IN ADYANCK; and when the funds sent are y Pai't thereor,
taxed latches and locks; he makes his fire ing inscription be painted on the sign lsiO
dollars, at
the shop; without below par, they wili be solu at the current
Notice is hereby given, that said morfon taxed andirons and stirs it with taxed which is pi;iced over the door of the war the Machine, ninety dollars. These Horse rates and the discocnt be deducted from the g a g e wjjl be foreclosed D;' a sale of the morta
tongsj the light shines upon him through oflke at Washington, namely:
Powers can be used with two, three or four amount cirried to the credit of the subscri- g £ed premises (or some pa.rt of them) at
itaxed glass, hi3 candle burm upon a taxed
Three men with ber. In like manner, when postage is not public vendue at the Court House in Ann
An office for butchering the human spe- horses to good advantage.
candlestick, and he sleeps upon a taxed cies.
two hotses, can thre6h one hundred bushels paid, it will be deducted from the amount Arbor, in said county, on the the" twentyof wheat per day (if it yields middling well,) enclosed.
bed. His food is cooked in taxed pots and
^ ^ ° day of April next, at noon.
A widow and orphan-making office.
and it will not be. hard work for the horses.
SAMUEL W. FOSTER, Mortgagee'.
pans, is served upon taxed dishe3, and he
All
Postmasters
are
authorized
by
the
A broken-bone making office.
The Horse Power and Thresher can both be Postmaster General to forward funds fro
Scio, January 24, 1842.
4(M3H?
eat3 it with taxed knives, und forks, and
A wooden-leg-making office.
•
put in a common waggon box, and drawn subscribers, fxee of postage] and ail remitspoons.
An office for creating public and private any distance by two horses. The Two tances made tiirougu Postmasters will be at
It taxe
jar and molpsse?, so that we vices.
Horse Poioer will be sold at the shop, with our risk.
[UST PRINTED, on fine paper and;
the Thresher for one hundred dollars; withdrink taxed coffee and ten, made in taxed
An office for creating public debt.
' in a superior style, a large assort
Gonerul Agents, Carriers, Stc. fyc. will
pots and supped from taxed cups and sauAn office for creating pestilential dis- out the Thresher, for seventy-five dollars. alwiiya be supplied with any number of cop- ment of blank summons, subpoenas, Execu*
They also manufacture STRAW CUT- ies they may require, on giving two days' tions, &ic.—For sale at this office,
:ers; the wo<
Ktaxed, and the eases.
i Ann Arbor, Nov. 17, 134l.
Bread, and cries
An office for creaipg poverty, and f<»r TERS, recently invented by S. W. FOSTER, notice, at four dollars per hundred.
which aro decidedly preferable to any others
The Daily Morning Co,urier and JYew- ^z
'
~~for taxed bread-and-molasses.
the destruction ojf liberty anil national for
cutting straw or corn stalks, by horse or York Enquirer, in consequent of us gn-at F | t o O T H Y SEED AND HIDES.—
The blacksmith hammers his taxed iron happiness.
water power. They also work by hand.— circulation, has been appointed the OFFICIAL -*- Cash will be paid at all times for TIM*
with a taxed sle ige up >n n taxed anvil; the
lu the lobby, let there be painted rep- Price, fifteen dollars.
PAPHR of the Circuit and District Courts of OTIIY SKED. HTDES und WHEAT, when de—
oarpenter and cabinet-maker measure with resentations of the common in=irurnenis of
—ALSOthe United States to publish ALL notices and livered at my store in Ann Arbor, (Up>er
taxed squares, bore with taxed augurs, and death; also human skulls, broken bones,
CAST-IRON MILLS for grinding prov- other proceedings in cases of BANKRUPTCY Tuwn.)
F. DRNISON.
mortice with taxed chisels. The shoema- hospitals crowded with sick a^id wounded ender, at the rate of six to eight bushels per in the Southern District of the State of
CASH FOR WHEAT.
ker cuts his taxed leather with a taxed soldiers, villages on fire, ships sinking in hour, with two horses or hy water,
JVew-York; and all such notices will be iu«
DENISON will pny cash for Wheat
—ALSO—
serted at least once, in both the weekly and
knife, pierces it with a taxed awl, and tho ocean, rivers dyed in blood and exon delivery at. his store.
sews it with a taxed thread. The miller tensive plains wiihout a tree or fences, or (LT^SMUT MACHINES of superior con- semi-weeldy papers. In addition to which,
runs puni'l upon taxed gudgeons, and any other object but the ruins of deserted struction. Invented by S. W. FOSTER.— we shall also publish in our Daily, Weekly, -—
Price, sixty dollars.
and SeiHUWeukly papers, a full list of all ' AGENTS~i^OR T H E SIGNAL.
ogs with a taxed saw.
farm houses.
S. W. FOSTER, k. Co.
the applications in tho United States for the A. McFarrand, Detroit
In fine, there is no business in society
Above this group of woful figures, let
Scio, June 2d, 1841.
10-ly
benefit of the Bankrupt Law.
j II. H. Griffin, Ypsilanti,
which the tax on iron does not reach and (he following words be inserted in red
Prices Current and Review of the Market,
Samuel Dutton, Pitiefiekl.
^affect; for noariicle enters more generally characters to represent human blood:
COPARTNERSHIP.
will of course, be published at length in each
Thomas McGee, Concord.
into the occupations and comforts of civili H E undersigned, JAMES JONES &. CA- of the three papers.
•'NATIONAL GLORY!"
J . S. Fitch, Marshall. LEB N. ORMSB?, under the name and
ized man.
Country Puperd with which we exchange,
E. Child, Eaton.
L A T E DECISIONS LN BANKRPTOY -JWge firm of JONES to ORMSBY, have this are respectfully requested if convenient, to
Taxed ihus from infancy in almost all
W. W. Crane, LitonRspids.
day
formed
a
copartnership
for
the
inanugive
this
advertisement
one
insertion
and
call'
we eat, in most that we drink, in most that Story of Boston, decided — 1st. That a
R. H. Riog, R i v ^ .
faciure
and
sale
of
PAPER,
of
various
deattention
to
the
same;
and
every
daily,
week-]
we wear, in our business and in our pleas- debtor is entitle to all his earnings from scriptions and quality. They have connectly, or semi-weekly paper in the United States,' R. B. Rexford, Napoleon.
ures, in our habitations and .our beds, we the day that he files hU petition to take I be ed vvilh their Mill, a
with which we do not exchange, will be en-j L. H. Jones, Grass Lake.
lake taxed medicines from taxed phials, benefit of the general bankrupt law. 2nd
titled to an exchange for at Uast one year) Rev. Sam'l. Bebons, Plymouth.
B
O
O
K
B
I
N
D
E
R
Y
,
Joseph H. Pebbles, Salom.
die upon taxed pillows, are wrapped in tax- That between the date of ihe petition and
all orders in that line may be met with on giving this advertisement an insertion and
iNathan I'ower, Farmiagton.
ed winding sheets, carried to the grave in he ;ippomtuj<?ot of the assignee, the debt- where
neatness and dispatch. They are now in calling public attention to if.
Joseph Morrison, Pontiac
taxed hearses, and aro buried in taxed or is Jjniind to tttke care of the property creasing their machinery, by which they
The weekly and eemi-wcckJy ofSaturday
.James Noyes, Pavilion.
coffins.
fur the benefit of the creditor, and i9 enti- will he enabled more promptly to answer or- next, will contain the first four chapters—all) N. M. Thomas, Schoolcraft,
that
have
appeared—of'-Our
Mess,
or
the
These taxes, and almost numberless olh- tled (o the allownrfce of the same as a ders for Paper« &c.
W. Smith, Spring Arhor.
Life Guardanjun," by the author of'Charles
ers,are imposed upon us through the in- trustee. 3d. That a wife c;:n be depiivJAMES JONE&
U. Adams, Rochester.
O'Malley."
C. N. ORMSBY.
strumentality of a Tru-ifF of Duties on im- qd of her jewelry given her by her husR. L. Hall, Tecumsctu
>
New-York, February 8,1812. llfltdfclt
47-lf
ported products and merchandize. The band, but not ofjewelry owned by her be* Ann Arbor, March S> 1842.
L. Noble, Pincknny.
Wood! Wood! Wood!
Dr. V. Meeker, Leslie.
whole amount paid, however, does not go fore marriage, or given her i^fter marriage
P r o d u c e of every p
Clark Parsons, Manchester.
ANTED IMMEDIATELY, a few
into the Treasury of tbe United Stales.— b
by persons other
husraand.
h than
h her h
h d PreP
ECEIVED in payment for Job work,
Ebas Vedder, Jackson.
cords of good hickory wood in exThe Tariff of Duties increase the prices, (sects to any persons made by an insolvent,
Advertising and Subscriptions to the change for the "SIGNAL OF LIBERTY."
M. Aldin, Adrian.
not only of the imported articles, but of ail can be clnimet! by the assignees.
" IGNAL OF LIBERTY," if delirered at the
Joeinh Sabine, Sharon.
Ann Arbor, Dec. 22, 1841.
articles of a similar character mrtnufactuOffice, immediately over the et^re of J.
M. Lang, Northfield, Wash. Cored or produced within our <j>vn country;
L'.ickley, &c Co
\pril 28
NUMBER OF TETOTAZ.L'BBS V*
I. Ponnington, Macon, Len. Co.
"NO REPUDIATION."
;
and while the government obtains i reve- —The ticket eays tbe Lord Mayor of
^ T ATE SCRIP will be taken at par for Janus Ballard, Graml Rapids. >
NTI-SLAVERY ALMANACS
nue on ihe imported articles, the favored Dubliny eigned by Father Mathew, wa,«
II. B. Kement, Litchfield, HillsdaieGo.
£^y Goods at the storo of tbe subscribers
1842—just
received
and
for
eaje
at
this
manufactures and producers obtain an marked Jive millions two thousand tivo
Henry Brovvnson, Franklin, Oaklaad Co.
J ONES & ORMSB Y.
office. Price 6 ceifts single;50 els* pof a few.days.
S. B. Thayor, Clima.v, Kai« Co»
equal revenue uppon their fabrics and pro- hundred and two.
Arbor, Jan 12
dozen,
POETRY
I
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m