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GOULD & STOWE,
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AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Hats, Caps, Trunks,Valises, Carpet Bags,
Furs, Umbrellas,Buffalo Robes, &c.
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CHEMICALS, DRYSALTERIES ,
—AND—
DYERS' & MANUFACTURERS' ARTICLES,
No.11 India, corner of Central street.
(O pposite the New Custom House ,)
BOSTON.
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WILLIAM J. DEWEY,
Commission Merchaut & Shipping Agent,
«* Graviei-steeet...NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, July 22. 3m—faug 6
W. Y. BALCH,
No. lo Tremont Bow, Boston,
MANDFAOTUREIt OF ALL KINDS OF
Plain and Ornamental Picture Frames,
the nicest pattern s, made in the best man ner, and
_ - the lowest prices.
Paintings by the best Artists for sale.
. Hable frames for the Art Union Engravings.
June 18
CHAMBERLIN & GOVE,
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[For the Barnstable Patriot .|
New Bedford , Oct. 19, 1850.
Mr. Editor : Having been absent from home a
few days , on a visit to the pleasant town of Taunton ,
celebrated for its handsome girls and any quantity
of nice herr ings. On my arrival at that place, I
found there was to be a Cattle Show and Fair (he
next day. And when the morrow enme it was a
glorious day ; from parly morn t ill day's decl ine were
heard the sounds of merriment , the accents of glad-
ness ringing out from childhood and youth in joyous
peals, like the song of birds when the storm cloud
has passed.
" Their was the shout : the song ! the burst of joy !
Which sweet from childooct's rosy lip resoundeth ;
Their was the eager spirit nought could cloy,
And the glad heart from which all grief reboundeth."
Never have I seen the streets of Taunton present
a move animat ing scene, nor the town hali a more
attractive exhib ition of the products of fair hands ,
and the workshops of Bristol County, than they do
toda y. Gov. Briggs appeared in the procession , es-
corted by Hon. Johnson Gardner , President of the
Society. Hon. Orin Fowler was present , from both
of whom , and ot her distinguished friends of the So-
ciety, speeches were made at the table. While view-
ing the men , women , and juveniles , elbowing their
way throug h the crowd , I could not hel p exclaiming
to myself,man is a creature of habit , for once a year
he has a strange rotation of emotions and actions.
Who ever heard of a Fourth of Jul y without an
extra emission of glory, patriotism and fire crackers,
or a New Year without its attendant sleigh rides and
part ies, or a Thanksg iv ing without its pumpkin pies
and doug h nuts , or a Cattle Show without its gin ger-
bread and prem iums also ? Cattle Show and its
attendant deli ghts brings forth the slumbering ge-
n ius of many a man , and an y one who saw the
wh ite tents stretched over every vacant lot , would
be led to exclaim ,
They still might deem their scope too pent,
Though each had leave to pitch his tent
Where'er his wildest wish might urge,
Within old Taunion's utmost verge.
That which attracted my attention most was the
mu ltitude of arms, which , plunged half way into ca-
pacious pockets, were elbowing the world of arms
wh ich ebbed in a contrary direction—the nicel y
mixed mud which plastered the walks and shop
floors—the eager eye and open mouth watching some
dozen witty auctioneers , who seemed to be try ing to
outdo one another in the way of chin music. Every
th ing was patronized , from the Jenny Lind jack
knife , to the fandango whirli gig, topsy turvy swing.
Tt was very humiliating to see well dressed , re-
spectablo looking men , stagger ing along the street ,
e'
omplely intox icated. What exciting, elevating, and
expand ing powers there nre in a barrel ol New
Eng land rum ! It makes one today monarch of peo-
pled realms , and their wishes , but leaves him to-
morrow in rags, and with onl y ground enou gh to
ma ke his pauper grave. While on my way to the
cars to take passage for my home, which you are
aware is in this city of grease , New Bedford , I was
accosted by the news boy with buy a paper sir; of
course I bought one, wishing to patronize so polite a
little fellow , and strange to say, the first words that
met my eye were those of Pierpont , where he says,
"Thou sparkling howl ! thou sparkling bowl !
Though li ps of bards thy brim may press,
And eyes of beauty o'er thee roll,
And song and dance thy power confess—
I will not touch thee ; for there clings
A scorpion to thy side that stings."
The Fug itive Slave Law has created a good deal
of excitement in New Bedford among all part ies.—
Joseph, not the one we read about of old, but the
one who went to Congress from the Tenth District ,
has to stand some hard rubs from those who were
once his strongest friends. At a public meeting held
at Liberty Hall, a short tim e sir.ee, his old friends
came down upo n him like an avalanche , and the im-
portant business at the Treasury Department was
shown up in glowing colors. One of his most ar-
dent friends , at the above meeting, stated before
some 2000 people, that Joseph should be ashamed of
himself, for not being at his post, and the gentleman
went on to say, that if Joseph was not ashamed of
himself , he was ashamed for him. Edward M. Rob-
inson furt her said , that he helped to elect him , but
that Joseph Grinnell could never have his vote again
for any office whatsoever. In last week's Patriot,
you say that you don't believe Joseph Grinnell , were
he to be run '
again , would get 300 votes in our city.
My opin ion (which , by the way, I don't charge any
th ing for) is, that he would get all the Hunker votes
that "
were left in the party, wh ich , at our last munici-
pal election, amounted to the astounding number of
one hundred and sixty-eight, hardl y enough to make
a shadow, or oil enough to grease the wheels of the
Hyannis Convention. I am near the end of my
sheet and my lamp burns dim, and fearful that 1
may have alread y encroac hed upon your good na-
ture , 1 bid you good ni ght; and , "like one who
wraps the drapery of his couch about him ," I lie
dow n to "pleasan t dreams." Yours, W.
[For the Barnstable Patriot.]
The Water Cure in all cases of inflammato ry dis-
eases so far as my knowled ge, both by experience
and observat ion extends, wor ks like a charm. _ I can
speak without egotism when I say, I write in this
respect what I do know ; for we have tried it most
faith full y in a groat variety of instance s, as well as
having seen it applied , and read of its being applied
in a great many others.
We will instance a particular case where it was
app lied with the most signal success, and descr ibe
the mode of procedure in all similar cases. There
was in our own famil y a member who had a very
bad sore, gathering deep within the finger of the
ri ght hand. The pain became almost too great for
endurance. We feared the very worst results. Af-
ter all the usual means resorted to in such a case had
failed , we applied cold water bandages, removing
them just as often as they became immoderatel y heat-
ed ; this seemed to be altogether bettor than any
t hin" else to allay the pain. But as we were sensi-
ble t hat it needed opening we sent to a physician
and had it lanced. As we antici pated , so it proved
true , that much of the pain proceeded from the deep
bedded secretion of th e sore, as well as from the se-
vere in flammatio n which had been engendered , both
internall y and externa lly. The pain was momenta-
ril y very much miti gated , but soon returned again
with nearl y its original force. Poultices made of
the common materials in this case, were applied and
removed as often as they beca me dry and hard , and
the sore began to discharge some considerable mucus ,
yet the pain remained nearl y unabated. Of so long
cont inuanc e had been this excessive pain , that the
pat ient had become greatl y prostrated in her ner-
vous system. The inflammation externall y had be-
come very great and quite extensive , so that the
whole arm ,"and even the eye, on that side, was con-
siderabl y affected. We had her enveloped in a cold ,
wet sheet , wrung cons iderable dry, out of pure cold
water . She was entirel y enveloped in this , with the
exception of the diseased hand ; this we were rather
afraid of envelop ing at the time. We of course pur-
sued the usual course in a wet pack. Soon as the
body generall y became moderatel y warm she was
taken out. The tendency of this was greatl y to al-
lay the nervous excitability of the system, and U
greatly reduce the swelling and inflammation of tfca
" Water Cure. Wo. 3.
main part of the arm. But as the swelling and in-
flammation, and pain too, of the hand remained the
same, we were persuaded by one who had seen it
often tried in such cases,to do the hand up with a wet
compress. * A linen cloth was taken , of three or four
thick nesses, dipped in moderatel y cold water at first ,
and wrung out considerabl y dry, and put closely
around the whole bare hand , winding as closely
around that as practicable , a th ick flannel cloth to
keep out the air entirel y. We commenced with this
cold, wet compress earl y in the evening—the inflam-
mat ion and swelling were not onl y very great , but
the pain t he most intense. At first they could not
be endured , but three or four minutes at a time , as
t hey immed iate]}
' became so hot. We continued to
chan ge them as fast as (hey became uncomfortable ;
wtren about 9 o'clock , the pain as well as the inflam-
mat ion and swelling, had so much abated as to ad-
mit of the sufferer getting at intervals much sweet
and quiet sleep.
This was continued during the entire night. It
operated wonderfull y to reduce the swe lling, allay
the inflammation , and of course to miti gate the pain.
But this was not all ; never did we see a poultice be-
fore which kept a sore more free , and caused more
copious evacuation , unti l the entire secretion whs
discharged. After which , without the least appear-
ance of false or "proud flesh ," the wet cloths were
removed , and a sin gle piece of li nen was used,
covered with a slight amount of mutto n tallow , to
prevent irritation , unde r which treatment it soon
healed. It injured none of the bones, stiff ened none
of the numerous joints around , and as it were, with-
in it , whereas, it is our belief , that if treated as sim-
ilar sores generall y are, she would been called to not
only suffer much more, but very likel y lost pieces
of the bones in the hand or fingers , and perhaps the
ent ire use of some of the jo ints. 1have known this
to be the effect with many similar sores, and fur-
t hermore , of their being of several months standing.
Now, in the case of this hand it was perfectl y safe
to use cold water externally. But it would not be
equall y safe to use extreme cold water externall y in
every case of inflammation which might occur, at
least at all times. As this inflammation may^ be as-
socia ted with other diseases, which require a little
different mode of treatment , of which we shall treat
in subsequent articles. But water,cold , tepid or hot,
can always be safely applied externally or internall y,
or both, as the case may be, in the instance of all in-
flannnatory diseases. Of this we are entirel y satisfi-
ed. But ft would be exceedingly hard to convince
many people of the entire safety of such treatment.
Such have been our habits of thinking and acting, in
such cases, that we should generall y as religiously
gua rd against the least exposure to cold water , as
the Western praireer would his sheep fold from the
incursions of the prowling wolf. Our motto has
been , "never touch an old wound or sore with cold
water ." It has nearly alwa ys been considered well
enoug h to wash the flesh wound with the same,
bu t exceeding ly dangerous lo use it for an old wound.
But it is in the latter case where it may be used , if
the true phi losophy of the thing is understood , with
muc h more propriety, or at least with chance of ef-
fecting a much greater amount of good. Generall y,
we deem it best to do but little more for a flesh
wound than to bring the sides of the wound together ,
and put a very thin bandage over or around it; us
nature has the means within itself, of most wonder-
full y providing for all emergences.
Some of the very worst cases of which we have
any accoun t, have been cured in this way. It
cleanses the wound or sore , invi gorates the living
flesh and in this way hel ps on the healing process.
^
A very intelli gent and experienced sea captain
gave me an account of a sailor , who seriousl y frac-
tured his leg. It was attended to according to the
best of his knowledge, but coming down the Medi-
terranean it gave fearfu l signs of mortification , and
was a dread ful sight to look upon. He called into a
French port and immediatel y sent for one of the
best physicians to be procured. He camp, washed
the wound freel y, and did it up with cold water
bandages, bidding them to keep it constantly wet
and cool , wh ich directions , he states, he closely fol-
lowed , t houg h with but little faith. Yet, he said , it
was surpr ising what an effect this treatment produc-
ed in a very short space of time. It was speedil y-
cured by it.
Our next article will be on the treatment of fe-
vers.
We wish to say again , in concluding this article ,
that we write not for praise or pay, for fear or favor ,
not to provoke discussion or injure feeling, but to
please ourself , and , if possible , be the feeble instru-
ment of benefiting others. S. B.
Orleans, Oct. 19, 1850.
Hon. J. T. Bucking ham , in his address before the
Franklin County Agricultura l Society at Greenfield ,
on Wednesday, 9th inst., said :—
"New England is capable of maintaining three
times her present populat ion ; and if the sons of
New England fathers would stay at home and re-
deem and cultivate the waste land that tfbounds in
all parts , instead of going to the distant West, or
seeking wealth , where it is rarely got, in mercantile
life , they would secure to themselves a greater share
of true happ iness and real peace and contentment. "
Henry A. Wise, in his late address on the subject
of education , says—"Teach your children the ele-
ments of Christian philosophy, the Bible , lessons of
ove and temperance , and knowled ge, and virt ue,
and faith , and hope, and charity, and you may turn
them out into the vvoild without a pang of apprehen-
sion , without a doubt or distrust , or fear ; they will
never hurt each other, and never injure the state."
Attention, Bachelors.—The following com-
munication was received by the Lowell Vox Populi
throug h the Post Office. We trust the wishes ol
the "two young ladies" will be gratified , and they
succceed in getting good husbands :
Gentlemen : Will you oblige two young ladies by
inserting in your paper the following ?
Two young ladies, destitute of homes,and without
work, wish two young men , each able to support a
wife , good looking, and of steady habits , to make
them Their wives. They are not over twenty , and
are called good looking and amiable. Address Fan-
ny Roberts, Lowell , Mass., this week.
Very respectfull y, F. K.
Oct. 15th , 1850.
Curiosities.—There were on exhibition , at the
late State Fair , a pair of twin chickens .hatched from
one egg, having but one wing each ; three white
heifers , two years old ,said to have been produced at
a birth ; a cow, having by her side three fine calves,
of one bhth. There was a squash vine grown on
the iarm of James Walker , Bed ford , 300 feet long,
and ten inches wide to one thick. Deacon Mixer ,of
Manchester, had a few stalks of Oh io corn, 15 feet
high, fresh and growing.— [Granite State Farmer.
Wait and See.—A cotemporary speaking of the
marriage of an editor says the lady is well known for
ker "beautiful productions,"
ters, or as private citizens , to do anyth ing towards
their arrest , unless when commanded so to do, in a
particular case before our eyes, by a magistrate or
other public officer. But it does require us not to
interfere, or encourage others to interfere, for the
purpose of preventing the execution of a process of
law having for its object the surrender of a fug it ive.
It forbids us to raise or encourage a mob for that
pur pose. It requires us to conduct ourselves as
peaceable citizens , friends of order and law , even
when the execution of the law is repugnant to our
own feelings or prejudices.
But is there no humanity, no pity to be exercised
toward the slave in such cases ? Yes,as muc h as you
please ; and the more the better , provided it is exer-
cised in a legit imate way. What that way is, or may-
be, is illustrated in the case of Jas. ILunlet. He will
be back here in a day or two , all the better for his
supposed misfortune. He went away a slave—he
wil l come back a freeman. The same thin g can be
done whenever a slave is recaptured. He can be re-
deemed by the community where he is arrested. It
will do them good to shell out a little of their spare
cash occasionall y for such an object. The cases of
recapture are not li kely to be very numerous ; but
when they do occur, let us first sustain the law , and
then redeem its victim. In this way we shall fulfil
ali ke our obli gations to the Sou th, and to humanit}' .
We shall express to the South in a becommin g way
our sense of the evil of slavery, and our desire, as
far and as fast as it can be done without producing
greate r avils , to curta il its proportions and reduce
its limits. Should a larger number of slaves be cap-
tured than could be redeemed by private benefi-
cence,provision might be made for their redemption
by the State. This would enable the real true-blue
Abolitionists , who seldom or never give a cent for
any such object , (though they will spend double the
amount , if necessary, in stealing a slave ,) to lend a
hand in a small way, without wounding their very
tender consciences, inasmuch as they did not do it
voluntaril y !
One of the Printers.—We were not a little
amused a day or two since, while conversing with
our friend Parham , of the Chattanooga Gazette , in
listening to some inklings of his experience in the
way of newspaper publishing. He commenced the
publication of his paper about fourteen years ago in
Ch attanooga, then almost a wilderness. The edito-
rials were written and most of the type set, for the
first number , while f loating down the river with his
printing office on a f lat boat. Landing where Chat-
tanaoga now stands, and finding houses rather a
scarce commodity, he located his office under one of
hisforrest trees, and printed his paper there making
a barrel head serve the purpose of his editorial table.
After a while , he changed the location of his of-
fice to a blacksmith' s shop, where he contin ued for
some time to issue his paper. He had chosen the
right spot ,however,as subsequent events have proved ;
for where fourteen years ago this pioneer issued his
paper in the open air under a tree , is now a large
an d flourishing town , with the seam car dail y whist-
ling throug h its streets, and steamboats visiting its
whraf , laden with the products of the vast area of
the country bordering on the Tennessee and its
tributaries. Parham , we are glad to know , has
rea ped some ot the merited fruits of his perseverance
and industry, and is now as the say ing goes, "very
well to do in the world." His Gazette appears reg-
ularl y on our "table, and is a larg e and interesting
sheet.—[Atlanta (Ge.) Intelli gencer.
Scraps for the Curious.—If a tallow candle
be placed in a gun and shot at a door, it will go
through without sustaining any injury ; and if a
musket ball be fired into the water , it will not onl y
rebound, but be flattened as if fired against a solid
substa nce.
A musket ball may be fired throug h a pane of
glass, making the hole the size of the ball without
crack ing the glass ; if the glass be suspended by a
thread Ft will make no difference , and the thread
will not even vibrate.
Cork, if sunk two hundred feet in the ocean ,will
not rise, on account of the pressure of the water.
In the art ic regions when the thermometer is be-
low zero, persons can converse more than a mile dis-
tant. Dr. Jamieson asserts that he heard every
word of a sermon at the distance of two miles. We
ourselves heard across a water a mile wide , on a still
da y, with perfect distinctness , every word of a moth-
er talking to her child.
A Solemn Wedding.—The Rev. Mr. Barlow ,
of the Episcopal church , recent ly died at Chicago.
The Chicago Tribune says, that a scene of most
touching interest occurred around the bed of death,
a few minutes before he breathed his last. His
daughter was to have been married the next Wednes-
day evening but feeling his end to be near, he ex-
pressed a wish that the ceremony should be perform-
ed peformed before his departure , and his request
was com plied with , thoug h he was so far on his sol.
emn journey as to be unconscious of what was going
on before him. Ten minutes afterwards , his closed
eyes opened in the li ght of another and bri ghter
world. Thus were broug ht together the two most
heart-touc hing events of life—Death and Bridal.
A man who died recentl y in the Commercial Hos-
pital , at Cincinnati , from a gun-shot wound , surviv-
ed sixty-ei«ht hours after the ball had passed thro '
the right auricle of the heart I This is certainl y a
remark able phenomeno n in the history of surgery.
Upon a post-mortem examination the ball was
found lod ged in the spinal bone, after also passing
through the edge of the lung.
A Field OF Ice.—Captain Miller , of shi p Crusa-
der, at this port from Val paraiso , reports having
passed on the 11th of August , in lat. 54 47 S, Ion-
61 50, a lnrge island of ice, about five hundred fret
in circumference , and sixty feet high. It was float-
ing directl y in the track of vessels navi gating to the
eastward of the Falkland Islands,
Mr. J. G. Bennett , who has recentl y been appoint-
ed keeper of the light on Minot 's Ledge, which the
Marblehead Advocate considers so ticklish , writes
thus to the Boston Journal :—
"I am snug ly housed , with my assistants , in Mi-
not's Light House, now on watch. There has been
much said against its security, and I feel that many
statements floating about are unfounded and false ;
although I desire to withhold my own opinion until
I have snuffed a good strong Southwester—those are
the boys to tell upon us here, if any thing will. We
had the tail end of one last week ; the sea was then
striking rudely against the piles, and gave us a gen-
tle rooking, somewhat similar to the vibration felt on
board a steamshi p. I have not yet seen 'a bucket
emptied of its contents ,' nor a marline spike shoot out
eighteen inches ; this novelty has yet to come. As
regards the construction of the Light House, I con-
sider it safe ; althoug h doubtless unless some addi-
tional angular stays are placed to the Southward
an d Eastward , time will act upon its present stabil-
ity. Much remains to be done to secure it from ac-
cident , and there are two good solid rocks here, one
ranging about E. S. E., the other , viz, the Ledge,
about S. by E., and as these are the most exposed
parts , it would be of infinite service and comfort to
those living in so elevated a sphere to have two iron
rods run out at ang les, arranged so that they can
be set up by screws.
"We have great difficulty in leading, but this , I
am happy to say, will very shortl y be obviated , as 1
am now fitting a stout stay, which will be run out to
t he Northwest , and set up so that a boat need not
approach the rock, as there will he an iron runner
on the stay to haul up stores , and aid in descending
by means of an accommodation chair. The lower
end of the stay will be about forty fathoms off", and
ent irel y out of the surf, which makes a fearful breach
at time
'
s. With these few additions , 1 feel that Mi-
not 's Ledge Light House will stand against the se-
ver est gale."
A Beautiful Bull.—Printers are often im-
posed on by knaves who send them notices of the
decease of persons who have not paid the debt of na-
ture. A case of this kind happene d in Dnblin .where-
upon an Irish attorney, after severel y censuring the
pub lisher for his carelessness , suggested that , in or-
der to avo id such unhappy mistakes , "no printer
should publish a death , unless informed of the fact
by the party deceased !
"
Woman without Ears.—The Rev. B. H. Ben.
ton, in » letter to the London Va. Chronicle , gives
an account of a colored woman without ears. She •
not onl y has no signs of an ear on either side of the
head, but no trace of a passage way for the vibra-
tion of sounds. Yet she can converse and distinctly
hear words—t hroug h her mouth. The Rev. gentle-
man nsks in view of this whether the sound is trana-
mited to the brain by means of the tympanus , or
does it act on the auditary nerves witho ut the inter-
vent ion of the drum and apendant organs ? This ig
an interesting question for physiologists.
A Smart Day 's WoRK—Edwin W. Judd (son
of Hervey Judd) of South Hadley, husked 65 1-2
bushels of corn from the stack in the fleld .on Satur-
day lasr.commenoing at 6 A. M. and quitting at sun-
down. He and his friends would like to see tins
beat. _______________
A lady maki ng inquires of a boy about his father ,
in intem perate man , who had been sick some time ,
¦iskod whether he had regained his appetite. "No
ma'tun ," says the boy , "not exactl y, his appetite is
very poor—but his drinkatile is as good as ever."
In Durham , N. H., Sophia Copeland was burnt
to death by her clothes taking fire in the ni ght, and
her husband was found near her smoking. Botli
'were intoxicated ,
OTinot's __edge Ligh t House.
¦r. -PAL MER , the American Newspaper Agent ,
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-~"~T.PINEO, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND OTR-G-EON,
HAVING permanentl y situated himself in the vil-
tl.'of Barnstable, tenders his services m every
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DR. T. P. JACKSON,
No. 83 Bover,
2d DOOR FROM WASHINGTON STREET ,
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Boots and Shoes—New Store.
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Book Store, ami lllis fitted '' UP for the
ilr> assort m^ Shoes. He has just received as good
tlountv__aent °f every variety as can bo found in the
article &
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ladW rd M.isses GAITER BOOTS; do SHOES;
ttS^MTP"Ce Shoos > &c- &c-
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Pai"ng done at short notice.
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HENRY EWEE.
MISCELLANEOUS.
[From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce of October 3.]
Tlie Fugitive Slave Law.
As we remarked yesterday, this law occasions
quite a fluttering among the fugitive slaves who are
scat tered more or less all over the North , especially
in the cities and large towns ,and who , for some years
past ,have resided here as securel y as if the Compact
betwee n the States—the fundamental basis on which
the fabric of the Union was reared—had contained
no provisions for their surrender. Nothing can be
plainer than the obli gations of the Free States un-
der that Coinpact. Its language is, "No person held
to serv ice or labor in one State ,under the laws there-
of, and escaping into another, shall , in consequence
of any law or regulation therein , be discharged from
such service or labor , but shall be delivered up,
on claim of the party to whom such labor or service
may be due." If Congress has at any time neglect-
ed to pass the necessary laws to carry this provis-
ion into effect, it has neglected its Constitutio n-
al duty ; and if this neglect has been occasioned
by the opposition of members from the non-slave-
holdin " States , who constitute a large majority in
Congress, particularl y, in the lower House, it is a
breach of contract of which the South have a just
ri ght to complain. To them the provision was more
important than almost any other ; and it has been
said again and again by those who were privy to the
proceedings of the Convention , that without such a
provision the Constitution would never have been
adopted. If it was important to the South then , it
is still more important now , when the amount of
slave property is greatly increased and when the
lures held out to slaves to induce them to abscond ,
are such as many of them are unable to resist. We
are not going to discuss the question , at this time,
whether the concession thus made by the North to
the South , for ample equivalents , was morally right
or not. We believe it was,under the circumstances ,
and that to have suffered th e momentous objects of
the Convention to fai.
l for want of such a concession ,
would have been morall y wrong. But we are not
speaking to that point now. It is enoug h for our
present purpose that the concession was made ; and
that it was ratified by the people, and became a part
of the compact by which the different States which
consented to it (as all the States then existing did ,
and all those since organized , have successivel y
done ) bound themselves to each other by the most
solemn act of which they were capable. Every
State, there fore, old or new , is firmly bound by this
sti pulation of the Constitutio n ; and every individu-
al of every Slate is bound by it ; for what is a State
but the individuals who compose it ? If one indi-
vidual may escape from the obligation by saying he
does not approve of it , so may another, and so may
all. In short , a solemn sti pulat ion.ratified by prom-
ise and by oath,and for which a valuable considera-
tion has been received ,loses its binding power,mere-
ly because the obligor is unwilling to fulfil it. Sure-
ly it cannot be necessary to expose the monstrosity
of such a doctrine ! It strikes at the root of all law,
undermines all con tracts, *nd prepares the way for
endless strife, con fusion , and civil war. It enables
a party to a compact to fulfil only such parts of it as
rebound to his advantage, or are agreeable to his
feelings, while he exacts from the other party a rig-
id fulfilment of all its sti pulations. Such a princi ple,
app lied to mercant ile transactions, would be vastly
pleasing to rogues and swindlers , but abominable to
honest men. If A.has given to B. his promissory
note for value received or receiving, it will not do
for him to say, when the note comes round , that he
does not want to pay it, or that it is against his prin-
ciples or conscience to pay it. He has received the
quid,—he must now render the quo. The North has
received an equivalent for the sti pulation to surren-
der fugitive slaves, and is still receiving it. She has
not even proposed to rescind the contract, and does
not desire to do so. Those of its sti pulations which
are in her favor,she likes right well , and intends to
hold the South to them. How then can she refuse
to fulfil her own ? She cannot refuse it , either
honestly or honorabl y. If she does not like the con-
tract , there is a constitutional mode of rescinding it ;
why not try that ? Garrison & Co. have the frank-
ness to say at they dislike the contract , and desir|
its repeal ; and they agitate for that end. Bad as
this is, it is better than the sneaking, fraudulent pol-
icy, which , under, the plea of conscience , (which
means WILL,) would violate faith and repudiat e
engagements.
It is this long-continued refusal or neglect on the
part of the North to fulfil the obligations of the Con-
stitution in respect to fug itive slaves ,which has caused
the deepest sense of injury to the South , and ren-
dered inev itable either an annulment ol the whole
contract, or its fulfilment in this particular. The
Nort h has at length awaked to the subject as from a
dream. She has, by her Representatives,consented
to the passage of a law which , without evasion, pro-
vides for the surrender of fug itive slaves.when iden-
tified as such by their master. It is this fact which
begets so much exasperation in certain quarters.—
The class of men allud ed to, wou ld be satisfied with
any law which did not carry out the spirit of the
Compact. Their real objection to the new law is,
that it does carry out that spirit . The pretence is,
that it exposes men to be arrested and convicted as
slaves, who are not such in fact. No such case has
yet occurred , or (as we believe) is likel y to occur.
If the pretence were honest , they would not object
to the surrender of men whom they know to be
slaves , when identified by their masters. But it is
these very slaves whom they are most anxious to
smuggle off by the under-ground railway, or other-
wise. They show by their conduct that they have
really no fear of the enslavement of freemen.
We have not studied the details o( the law suffi-
cientl y to be able to say at this moment ,whether we
approve of all of them or not . But the object of the
law wo do approve of. When we make a contract
we approve of fulfilling it. We approve of the sur-
render of fugitive slaves when claimed by their uias
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Shoes> foyers, Dry Goods, &c.
J assort
S?nt; of Gentlemen's and Boys' thick and
AIso_?^S anii SHOES.
BOOTS Sreat variety of Ladies' and Misses
Ahot^
f Walki "g SHOES.
Radios ' , n excellent assortment of Gentlemen s,
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an!ChiUren's RUBBERS.
asSOrt * ^°ods AN1D Groceries—
Of the usual
will he , ASenerally found in a country store, which
So/p t?reasonable prices.
'°ne Podp ^9Wr> ERS—A good article for washing-
cents nor WlU mako 12 quarts of Soap : price 12 1-2
BarSrOct. 15
FREDERICK LEW1S-
Under th is head the Christian Register related
the following remarkable incidents. The Philadel-
phia Inquirer states that the individual referred to,
is the late Mr. Grei gg, who was lost at Gloucester ,
Friday, August 16th , 1850, by the capsizing of a
boat in a squall. It was at Gloucester also, on the
day previous to th is casuality, that his remarkable
adventure with the robin occurred ; and it was at
Bri ghton that his famil y also met with a similar en-
counter :
The following is a statement of facts as they act u-
ally occurred—as simple and short as we can make
it.
A gentleman with some friends , was lately ramb-
ling over the rocks , near the water , in one of our
sea-shore towns. His attention was arrested by a
robin, full grown , and apparentl y unhurt , running
in his path , flirting about his feet, and contrary to
the proverbiall y sh y instinct of that bird , keeping
very near him. He took it up in his hand , fondled
it , patted his feathers, and , after showing to the par-
ty, and remarking on its similar tameness, tossed it
into the air. The next day this gentleman having
put out from the adjacent beach in a boat , with four
others, for a sail—on his return , and when withia
sight of land , by the capsizing of the boat or a sud-
den leak sprung in her, was drowned with all his
companions. His body was recovered ,and in a few
days afterwards was buried in a cemetery some
twenty or thirty miles distant from the scene of the
disaster.
The day after the burial , the grave was visited by
his wife and daughter. As they approached the
spot they were in hesitation for a moment—not be-
ing familiar with the place,—which of the new made
graves they were seeking. At this instant a tame
but sprightl y robin ran on the ground before them ,
and stood by them before the grave of the husband
and father. One of them took it up and caressed it,
and after some remarks about the singularity of his
conduct , let it go, when it flew down alighted on
the raised mound over the grave,and then stretched
itself close to the earth. The daug hter immediate-
y took it up, and it was dead.
Sti-ange Incidents Attending a Death.