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4 4 OBITUAay MOTXOSS i SAMUEL MAY i iSS Com 8 A i 9 I 1 st SIM Chanel at Scituate barber ana On Thursday the 21st addressed an audience of between 3' and 400 people in the Unitarian meeting house at South Scituate On Sunday the 24th I again went to Weymouth and addressed in the evening an audience of 8 or 900 At all the meetings above enumerated 1 have spok en on the subject of slavery more than' an hour In two instances have piolonged my remarks more than two hours yet have I seldom seen any indications of weariness i he people wherever 1 have been have evinced a strong desire to hear and to hear a great deal upon this momentous subject and there has not heen in one instance the slightest disturbance' of ourmeeting Notwithstanding the opinions of some of our distinguished gentlemen of the Law and the in timation of the Governor of the Commonwealth in his inaugural speech it will be no easy matter' to per suade the people in our country towns that they have no right to abhor the American slave system and ex hert their influence to awaken a general and an over whelming abhorrence of it throughout the land They are too sincere in their' love of liberty and their respect for the rights qf man to see them torn from their fellow men and not feel indignant They are not so deeply implicated in the fortunes oi the slaveholders as to have a great pecuniary interest in me' preservation oi tneir property in tinman beings They are too intelligent not to perceive that if Slave ry be permitted to abide in our land: Liberty will be exiled from it They are already alarmed at the en croachments which have been made by the South upon the rights of the North and the recent disclor sure of the aristocratic ay despotic sentiments of leading men in the slave States and their bettors in New England have greatly increased their apprehen sions As well might the conservatives expect to prevent the diffusion of knowledge on any other in teresting subject as on this As well might they at tempt to turn men to stocks and stones as to stop the current of their thoughts and feelings and actions in respect to the momentous subject of slavery in this Republic Yours truly MR LABORS Mr Isaac Knapp Dear At your request 1 give the follow ing brief account of my late public labors in: the An ti SIavery cause I acknowledge that I have been negligent of my duty in not having kept you and your readers duly informed of my proceedings A After my return from Vermont last November my duties confined me to this city until ebruary Onthe 2d 3d and 4th of that month I attended the meet ings of the Rhode Island Convention in Providence On the 23d of eb I left Boston again intending to be absent several weeks and to lecture in different parts of the State I went to Uxbridge where I found Br Burleigh engaged in delivering a course of Anti Slavery lectures At his request and the urgent solicitation of odr friends there I tarried three days during which I delivered five public addresses and assisted in the formation of the Uxbridge emale Anti Slavery Society Br Burleigh performed the same amount of service and I was happy in having an opportunity to listen to his close cogent argumen tations and his often eloquent appeals He is a man of uncommon power I went from Uxbridge to Brooklyn Conn intend ing to proceed thence to Hartford on my way toNorthampton but on the 2d of March was recalled to Boston to attend the proposed meeting with the'Com mittce of the Legislature Hon George Lunt Chair a meeting which I trust will not soon be for gotten Qn the 26th of March I went to Lowell by invita tionofthe Young Anti Slavery Society and in the evening delivered an address to a respectable audience in Rev Mr meeting house The next evening being Sunday I delivered another address to a very large audience in the meeting house of the 2d Church After which Br Wiliams of New York made some interesting re marks and a collection was takenup in aid of the funds of the American Anti Slavery Society On the 3d of April I delivered an address to an au dience of 6 or 700 people in the meeting house of Re Mr Perkins at Weymouth and laid the founda tion oi the Weymouth Anti Slavery Society which promises to be one of our most efficient auxiliaries On the 6th of April 1 went to Leicester and ad dressed as many persons as could crowd into the town Hall very strong interest in the subject wasevinced by many There has been for 'some monthsan Anti Slavery Society among the Students in the Academy and it is probable that ere long a Society wftt be formed among the citizens of the town the 16th' of April Uwent to Scituate and onthe evening of the 17th addressed a full congregation in Rev Mr meeting house next evening 1 addressed between two and three hundred persons in the Unitarian meeting housein Marshfield 'Ontthe 19th at 3 an audienee of three bun dredin the orthodox meetisg bouse (Rev Ml Dun in Hanover Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce Washington April 25 The Mexican minister here has received offi cial information of the state of things in His advices confirm the general truth of the late accounts from that quarter There remains no doubt that Santa Anna is sweeping every thing before himin Texas and that he will drive the Anglo American settlers out of the country It is much to be apprehended also that he will stir up the Camanches and Pawnees to hostilities both against the Texians and the United States The prowess of the Mexican' forces has certainly been underrated by the Texians and they now verify the old despised enemy often makes a bloody The fact is that the Mexicans have been accustomed to warlike employments almost from their childhood or many years that country has been in a state of turmoil and commotion during which time every man was accustomed to arms Many of Santa troops are mountaineers who are brought up as brigands and are capable of any degree of hard ship and privation that humanity can bear On the whole I imagine that Santa force is as effective as any that could be brought to oper ate in that country Intelligence from Texas via New Orleans tends to confirm the report of the destruction of Col anning and his 400 who had garrisoned the fort at Goliad They had scarcely marched six miles from the fort when they were overtaken and surrounded by the Mexican cavalry and probably all cut to pieces except a small advance guard which escaped MARRIED Tn Columbia (Lancaster County) Pennsylvania March 10th 1836 Mr Wm Whippek to Miss Harriet Smiih May he prove as loving and devoted a husband as he is the faithful and fearless advocate of good morals and the rights of man It affords me great pleasure to inform you that tlje wedding party was purely ab olition connected with the principles of temperance Although there were all the delicacies necessary for such an occasion yet theeaJte was not contaminated with the sweets produced by the toil sweat and blood of the poor slave but I am credibly informed it was wholly the production of free laborAlso the kisses (sugar) and fruits were wholly fref' and uncontaniin ated a precedent which if thoroughly established by abolitionists in general at their parties festivals would be a source of encouragement to many of our merchants to bring into our markets the "untainted productions of the fte man' Many who hold that wine is as indispensable on 'a weddingoccasloo as on a sacramental111 be surprised when I inform them that on this occasion it was" wholly dispensed with and there was substituted in its place the more tem perate purer and healthier cold water The company appeared as agreeably and Ss weil en tertained: as if they had feasted on the luxurious sweets of the tainted productions of slavery and re galed on the cordials of Bacchus I hope this wed ding feast will be imitated by all true and faithful ab olitionists Com LETTER ROM MR THOMPSON Liverpool March 5 1836 My beloved friend and brother It was my intention to forward you this day a very long letter detailing minutely my movements during the last six weeks but sudden indisposition affecting my head particularly prevents me from doing more than sending yog a few lines My in Scotland where I have been trav since the 25th of January has been over whelmingly enthusiastic I have given about tpn public addresses in Edinburgh three in Glasgow one in Leith one in Dalkeith and two in Dumferlinc In every place resolutions have been past approving in the strongest terms of my conduct in America and expressive the deep sorrow and indignation with which American Slavery is regarded These you ft will get I trust with this and July publish I shall if spared devote one year to the work of lecturing in different parts of the Kingdom upon the subject of Universal Emancipation You shall hear from me frequently Lq v' M' My dear wife and children are well I proceed almost immediately to London where I am anxiously looked for Give my most affectionate 'regards to all around you I am ever with you in Spirit Let us hear from you soon Unalterably your attached friend7 GEO THOMPSON NOTICE The' Rev Mr Lewie from Providence I will deliver an address the Temperance Society on Tuesday Evening' May 3d in the Baptist Church Belknap: Street at 8 riends of Temperance in general are invited to attend WEEDEN Secretary At Concord NH7 April 19 Mrs Elvira wife of Samuel Cornw Esq aged 24 years How is the lovely fallen I the young the good' the amiable the beloved how suddenly snatched from the scenes of earth Possessing a mind of superior order imbued with an ardent thirst for knowledge and cultivated and expanded by education and read ing with an enlarged benevolence of heart a love liness of person and disposition it may be7 truly said of Mrs' Coffin that i ''c None knew her but to love her None saw her but to praise? She was' a friend to all therefore all were her friends In the various benevolent enterprises of the day she was warmly interested and in several of them she well sustained a part This was especially thedact in regard to the Anti Slavery cause in which sbe was very actively engaged How often has she remem bered those in bonds as bound with 'sorrowing in their arid mourning over their degradation And how often has the tear of sensibility glistened in her eye at some fresh intelligence of hopeful exer tion in behalf of the oppressed How often has she rejoiced in the Belief andthe prospect that they shall one day go free I 1 Her discreet counsels her energetic and persever ing action her unwavering attachment to the righte ous cause rendered her a very valuable and efficient officer of the A Society of Concord who will long and deeply deplore their loss More than all she wasa consistent devoted Chris tian Here was the foundation of her virtUes hence the excellence of her character 'May surviving friends follow as she did the Divine Master that to them as to her to die may be gain 1 Com righteous Judge Thou great and holy one Within Thy fold she Thy will be Departed this life on the Bth inst Mrs 'Mary Bowers consort of Mr John Bowers and daugh ter of Mr Cato Collins aged 24 years To a cultivated mind she united those amiable qualities which won for her the esteem of all who knew her A kind and benevolent disposition engag ing manners a sweet and cheerful temper were prom inent features in her and'rendered her pe culiarly deab in all the relations of social life whether as a daughter sister wife or neighbor Previous to her marriage she had taken an especial interest in the Sabbath School connected with the church to which she was attached and was for some time a faithful teacher But scarcely had she been united in the bands of matrimonial love before selected as the victim of disease and carried down in tho morning ot her days to that bourne from whence no traveller returns: i Alas how precarious is life! But the chosen the Lord for her portion and while her and her flesh failed the Lord was the slrength of her heart and her portion The writer of this had the mournful pleasure of wit nessing the Christian fortitude with whichshe endured her lingering calm composure and holy triumph in which she was enabled to view the mes senger deathas he made? his approach to her he was dissolved of all his terrors The valley through which she was about to pass to her 'was not it was lighted upby the beams of the Sun of Righteousness said with a smile of heavenly joy was present to So while her relations' and friends mourn their untimely loss let them be consoled by the cheering reflection that she lias exchanged a world of sorrow and trouble for one of everlasting joy and peace Com Philadelphia April 13th 1836 vi wy XJllli QllU rt gret for his eight imprisonment There is much to answer for somewhere Mr Key the Van Buren Attorney of the District did his bestagainst him And yet this same Mr Key had to guard hia house with armed men a reputed abolitionistagainst an infuriated n)obfor several nights in succession It may be useful for cer tain of your neighbors to know some of these things a' South Weymouth April 231836 Mr If you think it will advance the cause of immediate emancipation you are atliberty to insert the following in the Liberator The South Weymouth emale Anti Slavery Socie ty was formed in South Weymouth the 19th of Nov 1835 Present number of members one hundred and twelve A 1 OICERS THE SOCIETY Mrs Deborah Thomas President Miss Hannah Pratt Vipe President Mrs 'Eliza LoOd Secretary Miss Lydia Pratt Treasurer Miss Clarissa Shaw Miss Rrbecca I Exec Mrs Everline Pratt Mrs Lavinia Blanchard The Society hold to the doctrine of immediate eman cipation' Voted That the above be sent to the Editor of the Liberator for publication 1 ELIZA LOUD Secretary Correspondence of the New York American Brazoria Texas 24th March 1836 All our settlements situated between the River Nueces and los Brazos San elipe de Austin included are overrun by the Mexican troops who give no quarter to those who fall into theirhands with arms They are expected here every hour but I shall not wait their arrival About two thousand families are deserting their homes leav ing behind their cattle slaves and stock Most of the slaves are deserting their masters and joining the Mexicans' You are well aware that a grea't number of these poor wretches have been import ed within the last six months from Cuba Louisiana and Alabama but I feel happy in stating that slavery is at an end in Texas as the following decree was circulated in all the settlements occu pied by the Mexicans TRIBUTE TO DEPARTED WORTH Life is short and awfully In the demise of our beloved becca Hutchinswe have been made to fee) the truth of this short but comprehensi ve stulcnce But a few weeks ago she sat among us seemii)gly in the perfection of health Her sun had not reached its merid ian splendor when the darkness of death: overshadowed it and the cold grave has forever bidden: her from our view Her amiable disposition her mild and lady like n)an tiers her zeal in the anti slavery cause and her love of literature made her very dear to our hearts She never absented herself from our meetings for a light cause she loved her associates and earnestly desired their advance ment in those thin gs that are truly valuable tov people With what pleasure she read the composition of the mem bers and how respectfully she listened to their recitations I the void the achifig void her early departure has left May the thought that she can meet with us uo more ex cite every membqr of tfiisAssociation to the emulation of her bright example May each one of us strive To be as amiable as loving and asrespeclful to our fellow mem bers Although we so deeply tqouni her loss no doubt she was removed immercy God knows what is I vest Then seek not hours of sober grief or sorrowing thought to shun Until wefeel that we can sav will not mine be And then our hearts to him will pay a' homage pure and warm Who saw the cloud those we and them from the storm' A Member of the emale Literary Association 'i Philadelphia March 20 1336 DIED at Kinderhook New York on riday the 6th inst TOBY a colored man aged 63 years Toby his complexion 'notwithstanding was a man respected by all classes' of society in that vicinity tor his sober and industrious habits his intelligence and respectful unassuming de meanor His moral and religious principles were unquestionable' Toby for a number of years'be fore the commencment of the tempo rance refor mation whol ly refused to touch tasto or handle ardent spirits 'He was the of three brothers who with an only sister and their motherwho recently died at theadvanced age of93years were all professors of religion and ornaments of the colored race His spouse who survives him is an exemplary woman their habitation the abode of comfort order and neatness were conspicu ous In the place of trifling gewgaws amily Bible with a few other books both in the Dutch and English language graced the bureau while every thing within and around bore the impression of industry and economy Good old Tobyswas a servant under the roof of the writer of this notice 'until he had nearly reached the age of 50 years and all the survivors of the family will bear testimony that he was a kind and fpith ful servant a true man Toby has gone to re ceive the reward of Ins fidelity i L' 3 A In the AhnshoUse (Salem) lora Joans a'col ored person at an extremely advanced age' or a greatnumber of years she has been an inmate ofthe House from the infirmities of old age' lora was once the widow of Bristow Hunt a slave be longing to Capt Wm Hunt who resided at the cor ner of Lynde street "At the time ofthe general emancipation of the slaves in New England Bris tow partook of the sweets of freedom in common with others of his race and in the elevation of his feelings consequent on his being placed pH a level Anth bis fellow man he nobly fought for the lib erties of his country and was Idled ill battle by the side of a of his family who is now living4 Her recollections of early days were clear retaining her mental qualities she has been partially blind the consequence of old age she was'supposed to be about one hundred years oia tsanamarx steed ef 'the Volume thcy published die following leher to the editor of the Columbia (S C) Telescope New York Dec 311835 Editor of the Columbia Telescope Sir We noticed in your paper of the 13th inst i Mine remarks upon a book published by us (Reed Narrative) in which you give us a word i of caution respecting the publication of books con I tsining offensive sentiments or statements on the sub ject ot slavery eeling confident that your remarks so far as they I relate personally to us were intended in a friendly apiritwe give you our thanks for them and beg leave to assure you that nothing can be further from our wishes or intentions that any lending of our press to the dissemination ot doctrines obnoxious in this point of view to Of course as you must be cannot read or even procure to be read all the books we publish we are careful to do so when we have reason to suspect any thing improper but in tniny instances we are obliged to rely on the reputa literary and personal of the authors: In case of Reea If Marrative we were ap to by those gentlemen to publish their work and ascertained that they were highly esteemed gentlemen and Christians their work therefore was not examined and indeed at that lime the subject of abolition had not become the occasion of so much ex citement as it has since unhappily caused We had no suspicion of it whatever To convince you that wc have no desire to make publications a medium of incendiary we will merely state that we have in several instan ces at once declined having any thing tfdo with works both of foreign and domestic origin which have been offered to us on finding that they were in this respect although we have eVery reason to be lieve that on other accounts they would sell exten sively You have no doubt heard of Mr which was represented to us as veiy ably written and likely to be profitable but wc were told also that Mr Ab dy was an Abolitionist and we would have nothing to do with him We are very respectfully Your obedient servants HARPER BROTHERS Thc closing remark ofthe Review in the Westmin ster is the following: any Englishman hereaf ter sit at meat with a citizen of a country where they sell each other by the pound Your readers Mr Editor will have read the Liber 1 ator in vain if they do not respond Yes I Let no friend of his fellow men in England any other coun lose any opportunity to offer information intreaty exhortation rebuke forgiveness to those who sell i their brethren by the pound GEORGE THOMPSON TU3T PUBLISHED and for sale at the Anti Slavery Rooms 46 Washington atreet Price 50 cents1 LECTURES GEORGE THOMP SON Esq with a full report of his polemical contests with Peter Borth wick Esq the advo cate of Ihe pro sla very party ituEngland Thia work has been compiled from various English editions and such lectures only selected have a bearing on the general question of slavery throughout the world cojrriKTO a A brief History of Mr 'con nexion with the Anti Slavery cause in England and the reasons which induced him to visit the United States' II Speech delivered imthe Wesleyan Meth odist Chapel I rweil street Manchester England being a Reply to Mr Statementa on the subject of Slavery London': Hatch Son 187Picadilly 1632 sThe subject in this Lecture is discussed on the principle of RIGHT BETWEEN MAN AND MAN? TheRepor tersays: The moment Mr Thompson was rec ognized walking along the aisle towards the ves try a burst of applause immediately proceeded from the auditory Precisely at seven ho ascended the pulpit accompanied by the Borough reeve William Hill Esq Mr Peter Clare one of the Secretaries of the Anti Slavery Society and by Mr James Everett one of the members of the Committees the latter was assigned the office of arranging and handing to the Speak er the documentary papers requisite tor support ths great cause of human ity The large and beautiful Chapel was crowded with a highly spectable auditory and never speaker more enthusiastically received more attentively more feelingly responded HI Discussion between Mr Thompson and Mr Borthwick held at the RoyakAmpitheatre Liverpool The discussion was continued six evenings with unabated interest" The Liverpool papers state that although the house would ac commodate 4000 persons yet every evening many hundreds were unable to gain admission" IV Lecture delivered Thursday evening September 20 1832 in the Irwell street Chapel Salford Manchester This Lecture was deliver ed soon after jMr Borthwick the WestIndian pro slavery advocate had publicly said" that he would follow Mr Thompson from place toplace like his evil genius Tbe following question is discussed in this Lecture Can any drcunutancte justify man in holding his fellow man as proper the Reporter cwu an nounced to commence at seven The ad mission was by tickets for which' there was an unprecedented demand As early as five the doors were surrounded by a number of most respectable persons and by half past six tho Chapel was crowded by one of the most reapec table auditories ever witnessed neither in' Man chester'or Salford We observed a considerable number of the Society of riends present At twenty minutes before seven Mr Thompson was recognized walking down the aisle attended by several of his friends and was greeted with en thusiastic cheers A few minutes before seven Hill Esq the Borough reeveentered and was loudly cheered Precisely at seven Mr Thompson accompanied by the Borough reeve and Mr Peter Clare the vestry and ascended the pulpit stairs: Mr Thompson camo to the front of the pulpitbowed respectfully to the "assembly and wns received with immense cheers which lasted a considerable time Speech of Mr Thompson at "the great Anti Colonization'Meeting held in Exeter Hall London July 1833 Jarne? Cropper Esq in the Chair The following resolution was offered to the meeting by Mr Thompson and unanimously adopted: Resolved That the colored people of the Unit ed States fully aware that the object of the Amer ican Colonization Society is not their improve ment and happiness have declared their detesta tion of it in the most solemn and public manner that that oppressed people have our heart felt sympathy and that the principle and efforts of their advocates the Anti Slqyery Society of New England have our cordial QThC'Work'containsfiOO pages and may be had at the Anti Slavery Rootne in York Providence Boston and Concord 5 THE CALL TO TUB NEW ENGLAND CONVENTION NOTICE i The members of he Thompson Literary bating Society are requested to meet at the room of the Infant School dissociationin Belknap street on Tuesday Evening next May3dat 8 As it is an adjourned meeting and very important business will come before the society ii hoped everymember will be bn the spot nt the hour HILTON' Presidents CAPLEs Ncrea4: a BosTON April 4 NOTICE The members of the Young Men's Literary Debating Society are requested to meet at No 12 Belknap street on Monday evening next May 2d' at half past 4 for the transaction of busi ness of vital interest to the Society Let the at tendance be general if CAPLESPreritfent Boston April 27th 1836 land to whom copies of the call to" Anti Slavery Convention have been Bent will not fail to return them to us with the names of aa? many of the true friends of our cause as they have been pro 'r cure before the Sth of May'' The members of the Thompson Social Harmon ic Society are hereby notified that tbeir first An nual Meeting stands adjourned to Monday Even ing next May 2d at the Old School room in Bel knap street Punctual attendance is requested Per order PETER LEWIS President juenjamin MASSETT Secretary JDOSTON April OU 4000 Excellency the President of the Republic Commander in Chief of the Army of Operations in the Territory of Texas under date of the 16th inSt from San Antonio de Bexar has issued the following DECREE a great number of colonists in con travention of the laws and institutions of the Mex ican Republic which expressly forbid slavery and toe slave trade in all its possession and territories availing themselves of the state of bondage ignorance and almost destitution in which slaves are generally to be found in some of the States of the United States found the means of importing by sea and by land and keeping in slavery a great number of colored people thus entailing that uisgraceiur system upon our country Resolved 1 The laws and institutions of the Mexican Republic on slavery and slave trade shall from this day remain in full force in the whole Terri tory of Texas 2 In compliance with said Jaws the persons of all colored people of both sexes are from this moment declared free and this whatever may be the nature of the contracts' bind them to their masters should said contracts be in a direct or indirect manner contrary to the existing pro hibitory laws of the Republic on slavery and slave trade in which case they shall be considered as null and of no value: 3 Colored people who may present themselves to the military governors or commanders claiming the protection of the Mexican laws shall be pro tected allowing them their freedom as well as the faculty of settling in whatever 'section of the Republic they choose providing them with the necessary passport 4 Those who shall hereafter contravene the Mexican laws on slavery and slave trade shall incur the penalties prescribed in the latter San elipe 20th of March 1836 Signed PERECTO DE The foregoing document and the circumstances re lated in tbe letter from Brazoria present a serious question for the colonists: of the Texas We seebut one way left forthem namely to meet the Mexi with their own: policy to enfranchise" their slaves make them their friends and put arms into the hands of those who are willingto defend the new republic It will be next to impossible for the set tlers to think of effecting the independence of the Texas and yet retain their slaves The colored pop ulation will be under a perpetual temptation to desert men uits iiiunieni a siave is Duugni into the province he will run he will settle among the Mexicans where he will be on a footing npt only of civil but social equality with his somewhat! light er complexioned neighbors or he will join ican ranks1 and swelL the number of those forces which have already desolated so large a part of the Texas Mew Ybrk Evening Post NHWSOTHEDAY TRIAL IN WASHINGTON OR CIRCU LATING INCENDIAKY PUBLICA TIONS Circuit pouiiT Trial of Reuben Crandall riday dpril 15 1836 This morning the case of The United States vs Reuben Crandall accused of circulating incendiary publications was commenced Some time was spent in irnpannelling a jury Many persons who were called upon to serve were ex cused or set aside by the Court on the ground of their having expressed a decided opinion on the guilt or innocence of the prisoner The indict ment which is voluminous containing numerous counts was read Messrs King 'and Robinson gave testimony but the greater part of the day was consumed in argumentby the District At torney and Messrs Coxe and Bradley the trav counsel upon various points of law relat ing chiefly to the admissibility of evidence rom present appearances the case promises to be a protracted one Saturday April 16 Upon the opening of the Court this morning the District Attorney produ ced a paper stating what he expected to prove and the nature of the testimony upon which he meant to rely for the conviction of the prisoner This programme gave rise to an elaborate debate between the learned counsel on both sides 'At the commencement of the trial the Court House was considerably filled with anxious spectators nnd listeners but they probably not relishing the dry arguments on certain law points which have unexpectedly arisen soon for the most part dis appeared The prisoner is a young' man of respectable ap pearance and is well dressed in a suit of black He looks quite pale which is probably owing toa long confinement of eight months in our close and noisome prison He appears to listen to the dis cussion with patience and tq betray no particular anxiety of countenance gesture or manner There is no appearance of fear as to the result of the trial We observed amongst the spectators pre sent members of Congress and several gentle men who do not usually attend the Court House There are three reporters engaged in taking down the Evidence We shall endeavor to report the trial more fully hereafter Correspondence of the New York American Washington April 23 1836 The case for the prosecution against Dr Cran dall was closed yesterday Some evidence was adduced that: he admitted that he belonged to some society the witness could not say whether Anti Slavery or Colonization and that the North were united with the English people to put down Slavery in tho South being determined to give higher prices for cotton raised by free labor On the wholeit was an dropping affair and should only go for whatsit is worth The District Attorney offered to prove that the prisoner was named as Manager of the Anti Slavery Society and was stated to have been actively engaged in its concerns Objections were raised by i his Counsel to this evidence After along argument an affidavit from the Secretary of the Societywas read in substance viz: he was not the person designated nor a member of the Society but that it was a Rev Phineas Crandall of Sandy The evidence was then withdrawn To day witnesses were examined who testi fied to his good character and there was some contradictory testimony adduced as to the conduct pursued by the officers who had him in custody and which so far goes to shake the credit due to one of them he having lately declared his con viction of his innocence 1 There are many other witnesses yet to be examined Correspondence of Courier Washington April 25 Dr Crandall the feputsd abolitionist is On Wednesday the 20th I addressed aa many per ally acquitted? His character and sons is could be well accommodated in the Methodist high above board I believe there is a feeling ham Ate 1 mA mLmbi as Mv A IM I kin ma a i 1L 1 MUiiituuMiiy oi ByuipauJy JOr DltlK find 8 i 1 'Z Ji 'W 7 7 1 SATURDAY APRIL 30 1836.