Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, February 13, 1852, Image 2
The Loss of the Amazon?Interesting Inci- (
Arm's?Xobh Conduct of a Yom g Pwnotc Passeti
/ r?Miivrni-itrs I'scojn.? i he steamer Grand
Turk, Smith, arriwd Imo to-day, froth
Havre, briii^in^ the majority of th * survivors -if
;hr> wreck of i!ie Amazon, who v.vre landed at I
j.?rest on the oth inst.
(Jut of the twenty-live savul by the Hatch ,
bark, twentv-one have been brought to South- |
i- -i!.. ai v...in,l
nmpton. l ney consist 01 ni!>. .u.iunin.u.
child, awl Mks Smith, j r,-seng< rs; Mr. Jacob'
Alien, (foreman of Messrs. Seward and Capel.) |
Mr. William Stone, (fourth engineer <f tin* Ainu- |
zon.)aad Michael Gould, (the second steward.) j
the remaining fifteen being seamen, firemen, (W*. j
The whole of these unfortunate people who j
escaped, many ?>f them in a state of s? mi-nudity, i
have evidently experienc d great hardships since t
their provid;*iit:al deliverance fr- ni the burning .
sliip, being exposed to the incl-mency of the j
weather, with insufficient clothing to protict 1
them from the cold, and from the heavy seas |
which constantly washed over tliem, nearly |
swamping their frail hoats. For forty-eight iiour> 1
thev were tossed ahout, having no provisions or j
water to sustain tlieir sinking spirits, and being
nlm.-.it left to d snair of cv-r retelling a ]??>rt of '
snfdv. ? >me of the men l>ok very ill, and boar '
the appearance of having undergone much suf- j
fering and trials. "When neatly ready to give I
up their painful and almost hopeless task at t ho !
oars, the mm were sustained and prompted to
fresh efforts hv the kind and cheering words of
the ladies, whose painful situation, destitute of
all comforts and necessaries, it is almost impossible
to appreciate.
The sufferers wore received and treated at I'rest i
with the utmost kindness, attention, and hospi-j
tality, both by the French autlioritics'and also by j
the British Consul and English residents. At
Havre the English resid ents made a subscription |
to the amount of nearly , 20 for their benefit,
with which to supply their most pressing necessities.
The escape of Mrs. Maclennan was almost a
miraculous one?she was twice separated from
her child, an infant of tender age: yet the courage
she displaj-ed in foeo\ering it, in the mid-t of
the scenes of horror attending the rapid conflagration
of the ship, show the enduring love of a
mother, which no circumstance of danger to her-1
. self could cause her to forget. We regret to i
ad-1 that the husband of Mrs. Maclennan is a-!
moug the fearful li>t of the niis-ing by this terrible
catastrophe. She, however, entertains a
firm conviction that Mr. Maclennan escaped in
one of the boats which lias yet be accounted
for, and we understand express s an expectation i
that he may }*et lx* heard of. Mrs. Maclennan
is severely bruised, and her h'-alth is consi?l.?ra-1
bly shaken by the fearful suff.rings through j'
which she has passed. On landbgai Soiithamp- (
ton to-day, she was powerfully affected. She i
was met by her brother-in-law, and left South?
atnpton to job her relatives by the three o'clock
train.
Miss Smith, the other female pa -sengor, had
displayed a heroism and intrepidity throughout
these painful scenes which place her almo-t in
the rank of Grace Darling. She i- a verv prepossessing
young lady, and wc understand took
a jiassago by the Amazon t > join a family in j
Porto Rico, with whom she had obtain d the ap- J
pointment of governess. Miss Smith >t ties that,
after having retired to rest on the cv.-ntful night,
she was aroused by a sudden noise nTid a cry of
"Fire!" She rushed out of her berth in her
nightdress, but wes met by some gentleman,
who conducted or carried her buck to her cabin,
enjoining her not to be alarmed as the Raines
would soon be subdued. From the increasing
confusion, she, however, thought it b- t to provide
for her own safety, and accordingly obtained
possession ofa blanket and a petticoat, (snatching
up the first articles at hand,) and rushed upon
the d ick. The appearance of matters there,
it appears, impressed her with the conviction
that Capt. Syill >ns had lost all control ovyr his
crew, who were rapidly launching the boats and#
getting away from the ship as f.*t as theyc"uld. j
Miss Smith, therefore, form d the r.-solve of J
saving her own life if possible, and set about it ,
with a coolness quite extraordinary. She put on
her poticoat, enveloped herself in the blanket, and
and then making t'a-t one end of a rope to som ;
part of the bulwarks of the ship, and securing J
the other end to on* of her arm , she threw h r-;
self overboard with the intention >f getting int j
one of the boats, but, if unsitcc-ssful in tlii.s en-'
deavor, to remain suspended as 1 >ng as .die could, '
and then t > drop into th" sea, prof- rring d*\ith
by drowning, to th" horrible alt rnativo of j?r-r- (
ishing by fire. The flam's \wiv> rapidly a]-!
?vao..!mti ih.i v.oia i.f flirt tY.iin whirl: sht*
.... J ..HI. V. ... .... . . ..... ,
wa; suspended, when Miss Smith, observing a favorable
opportunity, threw heVself into one of
the boats that happened to pries Ji- ur !i^r, and
which was totting away from t!i bhr.iug wreck;
slie fell heavily on one of the s< ats or thwarts of
the boat, and one of the seum-n f? ll upon her, !
her chest being ther*-by severely bruised. She;
was, however, snatched from iium"dinto d- ath,
but only to encounter the horrors ami uncertainties
of a stormy sea and a furious gale.
In all the trying scenes which followed, her
lirmness and courage never d>-scried her; in fact, !
on several occasions she took her place at the i
oars, and helped manfully by her bodily exertions
to propel the boat. So destitute of clothing
were the crew of tie- boat in which this young i
lady was a fellow-suff rer, and such an entire absence
was there of anything with which t>> make
a signal, that she was obliged to take oil" !i r pctticoat,
in order that it might be a'tached to an
oar and hoisted as ati emblem of distress to invite
the attention of passing vessels.
A volume would li.ne to be written to eliron
iele th*? incidents attending this appalling calam- j
ity, and the personal experience and observation
of each survivor. To most of them it appeared
as the operation of a frightful dream, 1 >ut events
passed before their minds, and impressions were
formed with a horrible distinctness and rapidity,
which a life-time will not obliterate.
The most conflicting statements are given, and
the m<>?t contradictory opinions formed and advanced
by the survivors, not onlv with ref'.-renee
tothe primary cause of the conflagration on board
th" Amazon, hut also in relation to several other
points connected with the di-ciplino of the ship, j
the efforts that were made to subdue the. flames.
arid may other mat tors. To none of these state-!
ment- ,jo we feel at liberty to give |niblicily, more '
than to ' tate that all aeeounts in bearing I
testimony to the gallant and selfsacriticing brave- J
rv of the unfortunate Captain Svmons, whose or- s
dors. if implicitly obeyed by trw crew, there is
reason t.? : his.k wmld haw |-rovie! d for the safe- i
ty of a far yivMter nmnb'. r than tlio-<- wlnoe names t
ire ?:v< a as having aelu:d!y >ur rived. ;
J'lO'jHctx of the Cotton Trade.?Messrs.
Bourne, Latiiam and Co., Cotton Brokers of '
Liverpool, say: M
' Seldom perhaps in tlie ahnals of commerce {
has a new rear o].cncd with a more favorab! sis- '
peet than flint which now attends the cotton trade.
Though the consumptive ]>owers of the 1
eoiititrv have tor twelve months past heen stretch- '
cd to the utmost, there oxi-is no accumulation
In re of manufactures. The ahundaiit harvest '
which lias this vear heel) realised rentiers the no- |1
cessaries of iito cheap: the larg^picrca-c ot hnl- *
lion in the cotihrs ?>f the Hank and the stream '
of >]ncio continually flowing into this country
give promise of the eontinu.mee of an 111011
ev market. Tin? aggregate stocks of the raw
material held here, though not large, are sutli- '
eiont for present purposes, and the probability of 1
ahundaiit .-applies from the l aiteil States, the '
crop of which country i< g-lierally estimated at '
2,700,000 hales, guaraiit?es tin- continuance of n !
low scale of prices, and the aliseiicc of injurious 1
speculation. '
The home trade at present is governed hy the
imposing influ iu*es of pro?| rilv among one por- f
tiou of tlie community, and the comparative pov- 1
erty of others; hut upon the whole it maintains 1
a steady position; and there appears nothing '
wanting hut the establishment of permanent
tranquility upon tlm European coiitinont, t<> in- 1
duce tin' Ini]k* that throughout the coining year '
tlibrancli of commerce. the cott??n trade, may 1
be characterised !?v regularity and prudence, and i I
crowned with prosperity. '
< hi the sanie subject Messrs. George Cook and i;
Gair say: 11
"'l he belief is gen' ral that the present cfop of j1
the United States will reach '2,800,000 bales.? 11
This belief may prove correct, but the realization j1
of it will greatly depend upon the aspect of the ( '
growing crop next summer. But if it should :
prove correct, prices have already declined so '
much, and the consumption so greatlv increased. 1
that we see no ground for expecting that prices '
will be permanently lower than at present, un- 1
less political affairs should produce an injurious 1
effect on commerce generally."
Sii.yku Mine.?The National Intelligencer :
says that a despatch litis been i^ceived from an 1
officer of th" army stationed in New Mexico, 1
>!;:-iin_f that a:t i x.ensive and rich silver mine 1
has been discovered in the public lands, in the
vicinity of Fort F-Hnwrc, in that Territory.?
The main or chief vein is said to be over five in- :
die- in width at th "snrfice, and is exposed from t
the summit of n Mountain fift en hundred feet j
high to its base, over a thousand yards in length. I
i he eastern slope only of tin1 mountain lias been !1
explored. but there is no doubt that, tin1 vein pa-- i
-e< oiitif.-ly through it. An analysis of the on
has boon made hy a M -xican silvt-r worker, who '
prunounvs it, \ery reh. Fort Fillmore is about "
twenty mile# north of El Pa-o. t
* Tun M.vxckacituk os" Pkooiih Hoots and ^
S11 olis.? A lai nuniW of tin- Plough, the !
Loom and the Anvil contains a *iiort article on <.
"the trade in pe^ed boots and shoes?its his- i
ton* and its connection with agriculture," from i
wliicli wc derive the following interesting liisto- i
ry of the origin and progress of that branch of ;
industry: j
Soin > lays since, in a store in Xew York, i
chance threw in our way a link- printed "report,'.' by
J. It. Pitken, 03 P?roadwny, David Stevens, t
and John II. Cornell, "Commissioners of the <
American Union Company," formed for what f
does the 'reader suppose.- Why, for manufac- j
lurino "staple, or p-^-pd boots and shoes!" t
Well, tin! curiou? (hots <li-closed in tliis report
arc anions others, t!;:it in I -mber of la I year,
.bis. i.h \\ ,i!!;. r. or' Iloiikinctou. Massachusetts.
"who made the fi:M pair of peg.p d shoo ?>v.r j
seen in this or any other country," was still alive, j
and that ha hn<l <n<' on, making liis pegged i
hoots and sho^s, tor more than ten years, without
competition; after which, while h was (as <
w hope lie i>) still living, th" t"ad<1 in th-ar- \
tide had increased in !ii- State to til- amount t
of eighteen millions of <1 i!:tr- annually, giving, i I
as <tat d i:i hi- rport, :t. h??:iorib!* and 1
pr litaM" e;!i| ! ?vin nt t > sixty and inliahi- t
tants of Ma- aehu- !tand y?-t -ay t!i1 commi;- j
donors, thrt demand for the manufacture exceeds <
the supply?which they ur_f -, should li ?w l?c ?
met by rh> proposed I'liiou manufactory in -i
NVw Y'.rf;, with branches in t!i surr ninding 1
country. c
.Vow, to a contemplative mi a.1, how various t
and iinpre sive are the reflection-, that arise on j
a view of facts corning thus casually under one's
notice. The first impulse is to acknowledge the t
benefit to society, from this simple invention of
an unpretending individual; now affording, as it ?
d k?, employment and sustenance to so many ,
thousand of his fi-!lo\v*citizcns; au?l then one is
led to marvel at the perversion of political jus- t
tic, which continu -s to Ik-practiced all around i
?<, in this boasted age of re.-isoii and of pro- t
gre?ss! For if, instead of inventing a process in j
shoe-making, whicli secures to the State a husi- t
ri"ss amounting to eighteen millions of dollars, r
and giving employment, and clothing, and >us- ,
tenance and education to Mxty thousand m<-n |
and women, Joseph Walker had invented a ri- c
tl" or torped >, that would economically destroy i
sixty thousand in a day, no honor would be i
denied too high, 110 reward too great, f >r the <
in\> nter of the death-dealing impl'-un-nt. Where- t
its, who cares for?who beyond the village of <
Ilopkington, will ever hear of Joseph Walker, ;
the inventor of pegged hoots and shoes! I
On nii-u, some of tliein, he. it admitted, true I
patriots in the true sense, of the word; some of i
tliom cosmopolitan vagabonds, without country
or principle, and loo lazy to work at any honest
trade?nion who volunteer or enlist to march f
and carrv death and destruction anion" distant and
unoffending people?on all such men, be- 1
sides their pay and rations, go\enunents are ev- I
cr ready to ljestow rank and honors, lands and
nendons. And yet, could the rising generat ions
1)0 schooled and educated, as thev should be, in ]
the true spirit of Christian civilization, and in t
anything approaching to a ju-f appreciation <>f |
the public welfare, (as they would be educated 1
f the cultivators of the soil would compel the <
establishment of agricultural as well as military <
=?**=Kim*_m^3Snj.:?accrrzra n
ichools throughout (he land,) we should then
public land' and public honors meted out
m something hke n just, suid politic reference to
ho tendency of men's lives and actions to pronote
the public happiness.
Louis jVujuifcnuls Ma ma ye.?For some time
xd'ore the late coup d'etat communications had
>een going on between the President and Queen
Christina of Spain, with a view to a marriage
?etween hiniselfand one of the daughters of her :
dajestv hv her second husband, Munos; and if
1 ??,.c I
" ??K IIUl llimillVH IIICVI) OVUig jULUIUUlf UUM??iv< ^ ,
ad actually pr<crdi'd this matrimonial contract. 1
? However this may be the negotiation lias now i
> i ii broken otr. the money repaid, and the El-1
rt of the -Oth lM-enilx-r now looks for a con-1
"it among the legitimate issue of the crowned 1
i'-ads of Europe.
The Court to which the attention of'Louis
S"ap..| (,n has been naturally directed is that of
v\'d--n, for the C'ueen of Sweden is a daughter
>f Eugene !' auhariiois, married to King Oscar, ,
lie son of Uernadotte, and their daughter, the !
i Tin cess Charlotte Eugene, of Sweden, is said to
" the object of this projiosal. We do not proess
to l.c initiated in the secrets of the Tui I lores,
and we always receive with some suspicion
' ports whicli are so j ilausil -leas to suggest theme!\cs
readily to the imagination. J hit we have
(round- for believing that, in this instance, the
icgoliatiou is actually on foot; and certainly it
von Id be diticult for Louis Napoleon to contract
i more suitable marriage.
The princess i> in her twenty-second year,-and
nay l?e considered to be French in descent from
xuh lather and mother. She owes her rank to
,he sole survivor of the Imperial fortunes, who
reserved his throne at the expense of his alleging
to the French Empire; and if the preteniioii>
of the Imperial dynasty are to he revived
a our generation it would be no more than j octi
al justice tiiat they should be represented oyuie
le.-cciidanLs of the repudiated Josephine.. J'oliic>
are not often governed, however, by such ronantic
considerations, and in relating this story
i< it rendu's i:s we await its further confirmation.
!t has at hast the merit of affording some little
"ari. ty to the dreary and revolting records of
jj'jtn ssion and arbitrary power which heap in:r<
adng burdens day by day upon every intellirent
profession and every independent class in
lie French nation; and we shall welcome the ,
narriage of Lai is Napoleon, if it induces him to
(i\e moderation and stability to his Government
nstead of maintaining its revolutionary charac,er
by d une-tic proscriptions and by foreign aggressions.?Loudon
Times.
Louis Napoleon's principles of government are
is great a practical contradiction as his title is a
nisiioiner. Prince-President is no worse a conunction
than a standing army and universal sufiage.
There is one trait, however, of his policy
vhich has not characterized the supreme autho ity
of Franco since the expulsion of the' elder
Napoleon. lie has nerve. lie hits not rascilla;od
or temporized, lie has not played hide and
leek, as did so many of his predecessors whom
hauce had brought to the head of affairs. Such
vholesale deportations no man except his uncle,
vliu has exercised rule in France, would or could
i.nve had tli" political courage to make. It shows .
fi'eat force ofindividual will. To nil" "by terror
<, however, in this period of the world, an expo-:
anient. The man who sacrifices his political en inies
in this wholesale man tier, by banishment,
' rpetual or at his pleasure?who confiscates the
'fuperty of opponent ;, the rights of, which, even
tinier th" late republican regime were respected
?must have a better title to plead for these acts i
ban bis conceptions of State necessity. It is sellout
that men who have achieved great glory
or their country can hazard so bold a game of
tower. For a mere adventurer the stroke, al-i
hough skillful, mint lead to a r.nvi!.
Jlrcuiny i\ri tr.*.
The position of parties in England is now
11 ore anomalous than at almost any previous
i riod of English history. The \\ liigs are in
iomiii.nl possession ?.f t !iGovern merit, 'but disrganized,
divm:i"d. The Tory party are more
onipaet, but iV>l? from want both of Parliamentary
lead r- and practical ability. The in
rru li.at", or P'v I party, are good d -baf-rs, and
i:iv-' i vf orb-nee, but an- too weak in pariatneniarv
inthi'-ne", without a union with either
h" Whi^s or Tories. ?tioh union appears imile.
The Tories hate tin* l'eoIiti?.s as sece-1
I in from their party. The Wlikjs are joal-uts j
'tTh"ir talents and \v >uM lw coinjx-lled to take j
in inferior position, if power is shared with them.
I'he oth?r seetlon of the VYhi^s, or rather Radial
| artv?' the politicians as they are called, of
h-- Manchester school, have not the public con-,
id- no", if th'-ir numb-rs and influence wore
ipial t) their cleverness. The coaleseesco with
liom or eitii-r of the other divisions is impossible,
,n th" subject of reform ?rennrally, although
vrmvitbis-n" with the old Po'Titcs on 'inestions
?f commercial policy. i
Ilow thn Oovernrnnnt is to be carried on with
hose irreconcilable divisions and hostile elements
t. is impassible to conjecture. The Whigs will'
?e very feeble with the loss of Lord Palinerston
ind his friends. The Tories cannot supplant j
hem without an infusion of Parliamentary talint
and official experience, which th-y would
lisdaiu to borrow from the IVe-litcs, the only j
olit c il parly with which they have any points
>fassimilation. lie only possible conibination
s that of the old Whigs, of which Lord Russell;
s the head, and tic politicians of the Manchester |
chool, c.f which Mr. < -obdeii is the chief, looking !
.u certain pohtcal affinities. But such n coalition ;
oiild not be durable. The Free Traders are j
ilso wholesale J'arliamentary reformers. Their j
redilections are too radical for the old Whigs? i
or Lord John Russell, who, although a reformer, i
s also of the Patrician order, and is opposed to
udd'-n innovations, lie would not march with
aiilicient rapidity ov er the lidd of general reonn
for the adherents of the Manchester radical
chool. We arc all anxiety to see what develop- i
neat and new com hi nations the opening of I'ar-1
lament will nrodltCC.?H>.
Xi:\v State Pitoi'oseiv?A paper in Long j
'.-land, in New York, suggests that the whole (if
hat Island should he converted into a State,
uning now a population of 211,557, nearly donbed
since 1840,and muuhers more than anyone
?f the. seven States, which have two Senators
\ich in Congress.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. 1
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FRIDAY EVFNIXG.FEHRIJARY 13, 1852. rTHO.
J. WARREN, Editor. p
Our Market. S(
Our Cotton MarketTias Uo'on somewhat active since n
our last, with a good demand and a slight advance; wo 11
... ?i .-mi>. II
l[UUIU Ul J IU I J-1U.
Charleston*, Feb. 12. a
"With a somewhat more active demand yesterday v,
than tlic day before, the market continued in the same j\
position and without change in prices. Tlie sales a- si
mounting to 1160 bales at from 7 to 3 1-4. p
iff Those of our country friends who have a sur- g
plus of provisions will lind the present a good time to rj
bring them to market. Every article in that line is c
scarce and commands a high price. Corn sells readily 0
at from SOc to $1: Flour C; Bacon 12 1-2; Beef C to 7; (j
and other eatables equally high. *
f,
Georgia Rail Roads. a
Our readers will perceive from the minutes of the ^
South Carolina Bail Road Company now in session, j,
that the lex Mionis is about to lie put into operation ,
against Augusta and the Central R. R. ofGa. Augusta ^
has sternly refused all accommodating propositions j
from our State to cross Savannah river, and should it j
tlirn out that Chattanooga can be reached by Rail Road 0
via Anderson Court House, she may find out when "too t
late,"' her folly and short-sighted selfishness. A Rail I
Road from the upper part of our State to the Tonnes- fi
see River would work incalculable harm to the Geor- o
pria Rail Roads. v
South Carolina Rail Road Company. (
At an election held on Monday, the following gen- s
tlcincn were elected Directors of this Company for the t
ensuing year: s
Wade Hampton*, Andrew Wallace, C. M. Fcr- j<
max, C. J. StiANxox, W. C. Dukes, Hexrt Gourdix, v
Joux Caldwell, Joiix Bryce, A. Bcrxside, Alered. r
lIl'uer, Kkr Royce. W. B. Pringle, G. A. Trexuolm j
II. W. Conner, L. J. Patterson*. t
Release of Mr. Thrasher. }
Telegraphic despatches from Washington announce j
the release of Mr. Thrasher, by the Queen of Spain.
Kossuth Fever. t
Kossuth's late trip from Pittsburg to Cleveland. Ohio, <
resembled o grand triumphal march. The fever in Ohio j
is raging with a burning fervor, beyond any tiling on ?
record. The Railroad track was literally curtained with i
the gaping multitudes, huzzaing for the Great Magyan (
and straining their eyeballs to catch a peep at Hunga- <
ry's Representative. He was fairly shouted along from f
station to station. At every depot, turn out or water- <
ing place along the entire line, deputations and com- '
mittf"s met him. welcoming him among them. As ]
soon as the car would stop, a Judge, a General, or Ks- 1
quire somebody would mount the rostrum, and ring the '
usual changes in praise of Hungary, non-intervention, 5
and that embodiment of human freedom the Magyar,
whose replies would often bo cut off by the shrill whistle
of the engine hurrying him on to re-enact the same ]
scenes all over again in the very next ten minutes. J
At a point called Salem. Mr. Marshall bade him welcome,
it is said, "in a beautiful address." In replying '
to which, Kossuth begged them in complimenting him j
not to forget his cause. At Alliance J. C. Vaughan in- 1
troduced the committee to tho Magyar. Judge Spalding,
in their behalf said some line tilings; promising '
011 the part of the people of Ohio, "money, bayonets, '
stout hearts, and stalwart arms." Judge Harris, at
Canton, delivered the welcoming speech, and coiiclu- j
fled by handing over a cheek. (
At Alliance, Committees from Ravenna, Hudson,
Bedford, Ac. met him, but when tho ears reached Ra- ^
venna, "a mighty mass of people" had gathered. Judge
Drayton spoke, The citizens gave Kossuth $300, as
other points had dono where lie had stopped.
At Hudson, the Magyar found liissystem over-taxed, 0
and was too feeble to speak. Gen. Wilson headed the p
committee from Cleveland, where the reception was beyond
any tiling ever heard of "'mcmg the Lukes."
Kossuth 1ms run the Oiiioan's stark mad, and if ho
has a common share of the weakness of humanity, his
head will bo turned by these demonstrations, and he
must become as crazed as a March hare. He seems
so far, determined not to turn fool because his hosts
aro, fir he never lets t'.iem forget the cause of Hungary,
and pockets freely all the dimes, which an over-heated
enthusiasm tenders him.' May lie never cross Mason 'j
and Dixon's line in his triumphal rides and exciting j
demonstrations.
How it Works.
If there is a man on the face of the earth, that can g
call our governmental machinery one of right, justice |
and equality, after reflecting upon the Christiana niur- j
ders, in which a citizen of one State, is shot dead like j g
a dog, by an unbridled mob of another, while in pursuit ^ ^
of lils property and enforcing a right guaranteed by the j Q
Constitution, and made plcnopotential by a patchwork I ?
called a fugitive Slave Bill?reflecting also upon the j
Dretericcs jumped up by all the State authorities to savo |
the guilty from their doom?the sham trial aud acquittal
in the Superior Court?their subsequent arraignment
before tho Stato Court?the bribery, corruption,
and perjury practised to shield tho culprit?the accused , ~
turned loose "unwhipped of justice"?all the solemn | 11
forms of law made to be unmeaning mockery?wo say, J j;
fl*there is a man on the face of the earth who can call j {
this goverumeut one of right, justice and equality, after j v
seriously reflecting 011 these things, that man has an ; .
imagination capable of anything, even to iraagiuo him- i
self warm and comfortable by the side of Sir John , 11
Franklin, or 011 the top of the highest iceberg3 in the li
Arctic Ocean. j j<
Our readers are awaro of those cases boforo the Uni-1 ?
ted Suites Court, involving the charge of Treason.? ; j
When this Court dismissed the accused, they wcro ;
handed over to the Stato Courts of Pennsylvania, to an-: '
Hwcr to the charge of murder. To secure a just admin-1 f
istration of the laws, the Governor of Maryland sent on j ii
Attorney General Brent, to aid tho prosecution. Tho ?
r.i-;Q,.ni.ra nfenursp were all disehniwd mrl Mr Ttn.nl !
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after his return, submits a report, iu which the shame- "!
ful conduct of all connected with the execution of tlio
law in Pennsylvania, is clearly shown?the whole trial j Y
proving a perfect mockery and a farec. The exuspora-, <1
tion of the public mind iu Maryland is said to be very ii
great. Ilow could it be otherwise? A respectable |,
citizen, blameless, and guilty of no impropriety shot
dead and the murderer unpunished! When lleneral1
Marion, struggling with a handful of men to keep alivo 1
the dying embers of liberty, amid a populous section, | 0
whore tho people were cold and iudiftcrent, would hear t'
nftho murders and brutal outrages committed by tho | 1:
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1
orics, lie wouM snap life lingers with joy. and shout n|
at?;,Give it to them, ye Tories, give it to them?eve* Nj
j mnn you kill and every house you bum, sends iuo jra
jcruits?men burning under a sense of wrong, and rjQ
anting to -rid their native land ot much orutai mon- n
or?.'' J fay we not say, '"(.live it to them, ye free H
)'L?rs roi l abolitionists, give it to them?every such jS!
mrder as the Christ&na scenes, and every such mock Eg
ial, is only a stepping stone, to this tyrannical U- I
ion's destruction/' A few more such violations of law H
ud justice?a few more such monstrous outrages, to fl
rind up with a mock trial?a few more sueli reports as I
.t'orney General Brent nuikcs?and a few more occa* a
ional excitements akin to that fast approaching in tho B
uhlic mind of Maryland, and all the greatness of this I
olstered tip Union, is shivered into atoms, and tho I
outh?the oppressed South?united as one man, will g
ise in all the majesty of her strength, and vindicate her
Saints to right, justice and equality, among the nations
f earth. We commend to the attention of every reaer,
the following extracts from Mr. Brent's Report:
"In this connection I will also state, that a
w weeks before the trial. JVter Washington
rid John Clark, two important witnesses for the
iroseention escaped from prison without breakup
a lock or tiring any force, as proved on the
rial by a witness; and though I cheerfully acquit
lie marshall of all privity with their escape, yet
he fact remains, that there was treachery on the J
art of some officer within the wall? of the pris- 4
n. Another remarkable fact was the corrup
ion oi a government witness, by ttie name 01
larvy Scott, a free negro, who had thrice testb
ied?once at Christiana, once at Lancaster, and
nceat Philadelphia, to the fact of being an oyeritnoss
to the murderer of Mr. Corsuch; and
iow on this trial, influenced by bribes or some
ither corrupt consideration, when placed on the
tand by the United States, opouly confessed
hat he had thrice committed perjury, and then
wore on this trial that he was not present and
:new nothing about the affair, which peijury
ras received with open applauses in the court
oom. Again: the cuuucil for the defence ap>lied
to the court for an order to bringout some
wenty-four of the negroes, to see which of them
ould be identified as participants in the treason,
>y Henry It. Kline, a nietcrial witness for the
irosocution.
At the opetiing of the court on the next day '
hese negroes were seen sitting in a row stppored
on each side by white females, who, to the
lUgiist of all respectable citizens, gave them oicn
sympathy and countcnencc; each of the nejroe?
appeared with new comforts aroiitid their
leeks?tl*ir hair carefully parted, and their
dothing in every respect alike; so as to present
nip uniform nimrarnnfe fn flip pvn ns tar as nos- A
ibl<> ?all done doubtless, for the double purpose
>f giving "aid and comfort," to the accused inurW<
rs oif a white man, and of confusing and ^
perplexing so important a witness as Kline, in
vspect to their identity. And this was manifestly
done with the privity, sufferance and consent
of the officers hating charge of the prison
rs, and passed unrobukod."
ft also appeal's that the marshal, (Mr. Roberts.)
not. only summoned confirmed Abolitionists as
jurors; but dined with the accused parties on
Thanksgiving day. How can justice Ixj expected,
where judge, marshal and jury are thus opposed
to the impartial administration of tho
aw? It would seem, from the result of this
rial, that negroes may commit tntirder with immunity
in particular sections of Pennsylvania,
>rovided I lie murdered individual is a slave-holler,
or be in pursuit of a fugitive slave. Rote- ,'
iftor, when Southern men seek their slaves in
'enn?ylvn.ii?, we hope that they will take with
lean a sufficient force to enforce the law against
ill opposition. If not, they had better abandon
he dibit t>? recover their proportv.
Aason Planlr Read.
From an examination of the report of the Engineers
n the above road, (says tho Choraw Gazette,) we find
hat a highly fiivorpUe route has been selected; and
bet a road can be built to Rocky River at a very low
gtiro. It is .9 1-2 miles from Rocky River; and tho
ntire cost of the road excluding tho bridge across
irowii s Creek is estimated at $38,372 92
Lverage cost per mile, - - 3,3(53 19
tveragc cost per mile, for Clearing, Grading.
,ve. - - - 279 5-1
trown's Creek Bridge, ... C50 00
tocky River 1 iridic, ... 4,000 00
'otal cost including these Bridges, - 43,023 CS
Lvcrage cost per mile, - - - 1,4?JG 71
COMJfCXICATEP. *
At the last regular meeting of Waterce Division Xo.
, Sons of Temperance, the following resolution wa3
nauimously adopted and ordered for publication:
Resolved, Tlfnt the members of Watcree Division Xo.
, return thanks to the Session of the Presbyterian
Ihureh of Camden, for their kindness and courtesy in
vtending to tliern the use of their building on the 2d, *
d and 4th February, inst. C. S. "WEST, R. S. ^
fi>r C!rtnii/j>n .T/n/rnnJ
EXTRAVAGANCE OF YOUTH.
Wo aro not exclusively the friends of the rich
?we approve of no peculiar privileges, no moiopolies
for them. We. are the friends of the
>oor?of the honest industrious poor; not of
he indolent and extravagant, who contract debts,
vithout the prospect or intent to discharge them
11 season. This class, or description of young
neri, however, we fear are numerous; and they
lave the injustice to defraud the honest median- ,
and working man, and then complain of him
or asking for his dues. The most opulent is fuly*
entitled to pay for money lent, or goods sold;
hough ho may not be poor, beeattse a few deraud
him by refusing the sum promised. But
n most cases, it is the industrious and frugal
ncchanic who is cheated and injured by oxtrava- j
;ant and thoughtless young men, who get into
lebt, and then take no care to pay; and who
rhen r que-ted t<? give the working-man his
lue, adds insolence to injustice. Instead of payag
the demand, they complain of the creditor, as
lard-heartcd. They forget that he has a family
o support, rent to pay for, and claims of the
wholesale mo reliant to satisfy. Tliis they forget;
r, what is more censurable, they care little about
t; showing that tliey arc willing to prey on the
tboring part of the community, and that they 5
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