The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 3

TH 7 bww i i li 9 to petition Parliament to prohibit inen from travelling On a Sunday by the same rule from walking' or M89 Prom the Boston Courier of Monday rederika This distinguished lady accom panied by Professor Bergfalk arrived in this city on Saturday evening lat and took lodging at the Revere House She will meet with a warm reception 1 In Bloomville Daniel razier 35 Tears old killed his father a respectable citizen aged 70 years The trouble was about the feeding of a cow i Rev Elisha White was killed by falling from his horse at Charleston New York S5? Mr Wm Clark of Malone was killed by being thrown from a wagon loaded with grave stones which fell upon him and crushed him Harriet Livermore well known as a female preacher in various parts of the world for twenty eight years past is in New York on her way to Jeru salem where she expects to die Han 'George McDuffie regret to learn through a correspondent of tho Jaurensville Herald that the health of the Hon George McDuffie continues to de cline and it is next to impossible for him to survive much The Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad was opened to Waterville Me last week and the car were received with artillery bells and the huzzas of the multitude '5 17 The Hungarian hussars (150 in number) who He I to England and were sent thence to Turkey were not permitted to land at Constantinople As they had not got military passes and were in uniform they were looked upon as deserters Sad Accident our laborers were instantly killed on the itchburg Railroad on Saturday morning by the falling of the switch of the gravel car' persons were wounded but none seriously DAY 1 tn GRAND RALLY THE RIENDS'O REE 9 The Old Colony Anti Slavery Society have decided to hold a mass tpeetjng on ora athers' Day the 22d and 23d of December 1819 at Plymouth to celebrate in a becomingmanner the nnniveraary of our Pilgrim athers Wm Lloyd Garrison' Wendell Phillips rederick Douglass Charles Lenox Bcmond and other able speakers will be presenton the Let there be a noble gathering around the? Rock' of 1 Old of free hearts andstrong Than da and: if possible make the day and the occasion worthy of those who loved (liberty better than country The Crosby and Nichols Washington street have received the and Journal for November 1849 It is embellished with four highlyfinished engravings Hercules and Diomede Alfred Linthe Conversation and Retire The Shady Stream The reputation of thisJournal is established on a solid basis and we hope brings with it a just pecuniary remuneration to those on whom the responsibility of it rests As pertain ing to Literature and Popular Progress it is the best monthly extant i Jl ill Important Anti Slavery Meetings It will be seen in our1 advertising column that orefathers' Day (Dec 22) is to be celebrated at Plymouth by a grand gathering of the friends of freedom and eman a strong array of speakers having been se curcd for the occasion Others whose names are not given are also confidently expected to be present Wc havethe pleasure of announcing that the Mana gers of the Old Colony Railroad have kindly agreed to reduce the fare for the occasion as folio or all points north of Braintree including Dor chester and Milton and the South Shore Railroads toPlymouth and back for Deci 22d 23d and 24th $100 rom Braintree and Weymouth 80 rom Abington and the Station on Bridge water Branch 60 Hanson 40 Halifax and Plympton 30 It Will also be seen that a quarterly meeting of the Essex County A 8 Society is to be held at Law rence on Saturday and Sunday the 15th and 16th Inst and that the eloquent Douglass among other speakers will be present The primitive anti slavery apirit of Did Essex should bestir itself to make' a strong popular demonstration on the occ ision The meetings at Hyannis and South Dennis on Saturday and Sunday next we are assured will bring together a large collection of people We shall at tend them in company with Wendell Phillips Samu el May Jr' and Lucy Stone Cape Cod is to be true to liberty and nothing else' uted to himJnb infernal or ofha rfnw only exclamations he made use of weresomething like tho followmg OLwhat will become of my family? My children can never survive this? father charged with such a crime 1 Them tions are surely no indications of gilLBrom the jail office he was taken into a cell where in com pany1 with officer Starkweather he remained until 9 at which hour he was waited by the County Attorney and others Dr Webster was now in a fnghtful state of nervous excitement and so en feebled that he could not walk from his cell to the jail office and when he hadbecome partially calmed Mr Parlier addressed him in a most feeling manner to the notcomo hereto distress you Itis a sad duty that devolves upon me I comq to inform you of the dreadful charge preferredagainst you and the reason of your confinement with in these dreary walls "It is the hopo of all our hearts that you will beenablcd to explain "away these terrible Wo will assist you to do this if you will accompany us how to the Medical College you may be enabled to remove all doubts of your innocence is my earnest prayer to At the con clusion of theso words Dr Webster expressed great readiness to attend the officers: to the College but he was still so feeble from excitement that it was neces sary to support him on his way to the carriage It was about ten at night when the party reached Grove street and Dr1V ebster supported by two officers guided the party first to his room up stairs in which aro' kept the bottled acids Ac for experimental purposes' This room had hot been en tered by any one exceptthe Doctor for eight days before The room is about eighteen by twelve feet and is immediately in the fear of the lecture room Nothing suspicious was observed here and the com pany went to the laboratory by the back stairs which lead directly to the door of this ante room Here were displayed the parts of the body which had been taken from the vault Webster looked at them but madeino remark All this time he waa support ed by two men and the excitement: which ho mani fested before arriving at tho College was nohincreas edby the display of the mangled limbS i The prison er was again conducted to jail where he Was put in to an apartment with two officers A largo number of policemen were detached to keep watch at the College during the night and thus 'work ended 9'' On Saturday the search waS resumed' The Mayor and the City Marshal arrived at the Medical College about ten A search was commenced the ante room which it will be borne in mindwas opened for the first time the night Blood stains were found in the floor which after close examina tion were traced all the way down stairs to the laba ratory Iji some places indications of an attempt to obliterate the blood were visible 'The steps of the stairs looked as if acid had been poured upon them In the laboratory four men were engaged throughout the day in examining boxes and about 2 Mr officer ull ex discovered in an obscure corner a tin tea chest upon a shelf which found to 'con tain the trunk of a human body and a left thigh packed in hemlock bark and the surface covered with minerals department in the Medical College is entirely distinct in itself It has no com munication whatever with the other 'departments of tho institution and especially with the dissecting i At four Coroner Pratt summoned a jury of inquest and visited the College After viewing the parts of the body examining the blood stains upon the floor the Coroner adjourned until a fu ture dayThe found in tho furnace' (were" put under the charge of Drs Lewis and Gay who will subject them to a scientific examination What developments these gentlemen maymake'will be dis closed before the Jury' The parts of the body the 'head neck thorax both arms and hands left leg and both feat ure supposed to have been consumed in tho furnacc Since the above was written we have come in pos session of the following fact which if not explained will tend to form an important link in the chain of circumstances against Professor Webstcr On ri day morning November 30th between eight and nine the Professor called at the store of Mr Na thaniel Waterman 83 and 85 Cornhill and gave the dimensions of a tin box which he desired to have made immediately The box was to have been finish ed on Saturday morning' and Dr Webster promised to call for it The style of the box desired was such as Mr Waterman had never before constructed dur ing his twenty experience in tho tin plate busi ness yet no suspicions were excited' During Dr stay in the Mr Waterman asked him questions concerning DrParkman as to hia ap pearance when tho money was paid to him Dr Webster stated that Dr Parkman took tho moncy in his hand and departed from building immediate ly Otherconversation passed between ebster and Mr Waterman but nothing important and as it will perhaps be rendered entire hereafter bet fore the Jury wo omit it here The tin box ordered was larger than a tea being eighteen inches square and thirteen inches made so that the'eover' on which is a handle could be soldered in an easy manner The sheets Of tin which forin the sides are turned over and form part of the top of the box and the cover is a plain plate of tin which cov ers the open space and was intended as the order stated to be soldered upon the top thus making the box perfectly tight mi The medical gentlemen who have charge of the remains were on duty at the institution yesterday to prepare and fit the discovered parts for ckaminhtion by the jury It is understood that the strongest points of identification will be two pieces of the jaw fand teeth Dr Keep i arrangedDr Park teeth a short time since and the mould is in possession of the former who is stated to be now ab sent from tho city Wc understand that the stains in the floor and stairs were examined during tho after noon and that they were pronounced to have been caused by blood 4 The only new discovery made at the' College yester day afternoon was the findings of a pair of pantaloons spotted with blood The name of Webster was written on the lining of the waistband We heard from Leverett street jail last evening Dr Webster had become more calm but still manifest ed some excitement He slept sound during Saturday night An officer is in his cell constantly The circumstances connected with this mysterious affair now form the all absorbing theme of discourse in this city and neighborhood A cloud of obscuri ty hangs over the whole and each individual fash ions every particular of evidence or rumor into an agreement with some preconceived hypothesis of his own Dr friends are strong in the' belief of his innocence The that a person could pass though a life of moro than fifty years un sullied by crime and plunge in a single instant into the commission of a frightful atrocity like the sup posed murder of Dr Parkman is one which the mind stubbornly rejects Such a moral and mental metamorphosis would be certainly one of the most extraordinary phenomena yet exhibited the his tory of the human 4 The Committee Physicians are still occupied in analyzing the bones 'found in the furnace and inves tigating such other matters as come properly before them Their labors will probably end to day and the Jury will commence the ex arftinatinri Af witnesses to morrow There are plenty of tumors Of uiruuiiwiauces connected wim me tragedy hnt many of them are unworthy of consideration Professor Webster in custody of Sheriff Eveleth was brought into the Police Court yesterday at half past one for examination There was noth ing unusual in his demeanor while in court His counsel ranklin Dexter Esq read in a low tone of voice the charge preferred against him whereupon Dr Websterwaived the of witnesses and was ordered by the presiding Judge to be com mitted for trial on the first day of Courier of Tuesday' Zt V9 v' ft The family of Dr Parkman have ascertained to their entire satisfaction that the mutilated body found in the laboratory of the Medical College is that bt their missing relative) An order was given iyester day to undertaker Merrill to prepare 'a leaden coffin in which the rcmains are to be interred on The body was identified by certain marks on its low er extremity In regard to the mineral teeth found in the furnace Dr Keep who returned to the city yes terday pronounced after a careful examination that they were the identical articles which ho prepared for Dr Parkman about a month' since The teeth com pare exactly with the mould in Dr? Dr Webster has stated to the jailor that he is en tirely ignorant how the parts of a human body found in his laboratory came there and protests his inno cence of the dreadful crime preferred' against him He has spent the last two dysan reading His friends are allowed to visit him daily and we learn ed last evening that he was quite buoyant in spirits S' 4 Henry Clay AX Whig festival held last week in New jYork: city' Hon Henry Clay was toasted as the statesman of the woridfIf Mr could have a jollification they might with greater propriety toast him as the statesman of the We protest against using half of the when the whole affords a better illustration of the truth Christian Citizen WHOLE NO 9861 tci a nNu i The case of Roberts vs the City of a col ored child suing tfie'cfit for being' refused admission into tur public came up on Tuesday for ar gument before the Supreme Court Messrs Robert Morris and Charles Sumner Esqs counsel for thePlaintiff Chandler Esq city attorney for the city Mr argument was a most luminous and profound one aqd we hope to sec it in print Had ythe question been one of temporary local interest I his manner of treating would have ensured it a permanent value but the same point cither in this shape or some similar one willbo long matter of de febate in this and other States and the comprehensive will long be a treasure house for laborers to draw As to the decision of the if the Bill of in this State be not a dead letter and tho law not inoperative and justice not there can be no doubt it seems to us that it will be in favor of Xhe plaintiff and therefore against an odious complex ions! caste which ought not to be tolerated in any land whether Christian or Pagan The Massachusetts Quarterly No IX for December T8 49 mhkes its appearance punctu ally Below is the table of contents: Article I Senatorial Speeches on Slavery by James Birney'''' II A week on the Concord and Merrimack Riv ers by James Russell Lowell I I The Divine Man by Henry James 1V Sunday Contracts by Richard Jlildreth Mr Colman on English'Agriculture by red eric Howes VI The inancial Condition of Russia by Ma jorPeit Lriplic VII The Massachusetts Indians by Wendell Phillips 1 VIII Mr by Theodore Parker tX Short Reviews and Notices 1 This number we regard as unusually interesting The appearance of Mr Birney as a contributor to its pages is almost likea resurrection from the dead His absurd nomination for the Presidency of the United States by the decomposed Liberty absurd from its utter hopelessness not with reference to his qualifications was tho ruin of his anti slavery usefulness for he has since done next to for cause with which he was at one time so conspicuously identified by honorable sacrifi ces and indefatigable labors' His review of the speech es of Hunter of Virginia Underwood of Kentucky Berrien of Georgia and John Clayton of Dcla ware delivered on various occasions all bearing upon the question olslavery is well and forcibly written The review of Mr Week on the Con cord and Merrimack by Lowell is ex and is in the pleasantest vein of its genial author Mr James has furnished a thoughtful paper on the I Divine Man' A Mr Hildreth has done a good service for the cause of moral integrity as welL as of religious liberty in protesting against two recent decisions of the Su preme Court of this State that a bond executed onSunday there being nothing to show that its execu tionon that day was a work of necessity or charity was void and that no' action would be sustained on a warranty of a horse sold on' Sunday the sale on that day being prohibited by statute and therefore not a bargain for the enforcement of which tho courts would decisions alike immoral and uncon stitutional for the Constitution expressly de dares that no State shall pass any law impairing the i obligation of Now if the States have the power to make a law invalidating all contractsmade on Sunday then by extending this principle to each day of the week one after the other they may invalidate all contracts are glad that Mr Phillips has based an articleon the of the Commissioners relating to theCondition of the Indians in from the peri of Bird of Walpole presented at the last session of the a Report remarkable for'Its humanity and high moral tone and worthy of all 3 first word from Indian says Mr Phillips that our annals have preserved is Let us so govern that the last farewell of the going out of the race may be Theodore Parker has made a valuable contribution 'to the political history of the country by his article on vthe administration of James Polk Mr Parker is no mere political partisan and therefore writes with a clear vision and an unbiassed mind It is his dis position to be over charitable in all cases rather than censorious He has brought together many impor tant facts and statistics which will be valuable hereaf ter as a matter of convenient reference aMENTS Every other topic however important has been sunk into insignificance in this by the circumstances which have just come to light in con nection with the mysterious disappearance of Dr George Parkman A week had elapsed without any tidings from this individual when on Saturday mum ing the city was astounded with the intelligence of his presumed murder and the arrest of Professor John Webster of Cambridge on suspicion of hav ing committed the deed Tho shock which this an nouncement pro'duccd in the public mind and the ex citement consequent upon it were never before equal led in Boston The dreadful character of the deed and the high standing and reputation of the individu al charged with it were such as might well justify in credulity and even at this moment when the accu of circumstances seems to gather into a fear ful mass of testimony against the supposed murderer we find it hardly possible to bring our mind to a be lief in the possibility of his guilt 1 Dr Webster has been for upwards of twenty years Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge He has a widecircle pf acquaintance andhas maintained throughout file an unblemished reputation He has paid strict attention to the duties of hs profession 'and his con duct has' been marked by uniform sobriety and iness' His disposition was frank and openi his man ners lively and social he was esteemed by all who knew him' as a good citizen a peaceable neighbor 'and a kind and affectionate husband and father' In eve fry moral and intellectual characteristic he might be regarded as one who was placed beyond the suspi cion of a tendency to the commission of crime lt is hardly necessary to say that the shock of this sud den and most unexpected disclosure has fallen with terrible weight upon his family and friends i Amid the numerous versions of thq storyand the multitude of rumors circulating on goodbad and doubtfulauthority we have gathered the followingstatements which appear to comprise the substance or wbat has yet come to light in relation to this tragical affair ilj f4: d5it VMM Dr Parkman held a note for $487 against Professor Webster which although it was secured by a mort gageon some personal propertypat Cambridge the Doctor was most anxious to collect He several times called upon his debtor for the money and was put length he applied to the officer who of the tickets for Professor of lectures on chemistry to know if there was sufficient balancedue the Professor to take up his note This circum stance is said to have greatly incensed Professor Web ster who on riday morning of last week at Dr house and left word he (Dr Park man) wanted his money on that mortgage to' call at the Medical College about one that afternoon Dr Parkman left his house No 8 Walnut street at one o'clock on riday November 23 'for the pur pose of attending to this engagement On his way to the Medical College he stopped at a on the corner of Vine and Blossom streets and purchased some articles which he ordered to be sent to his house rom this store he went directly to the Med ical College adjacent which he was seen to enter but from which he was never seen to depart The story that he was seen passing over Bridge is incorrect In the evening of that day "(ridayNov 23) information was lodged at the Marshal's of fice to the above effect Scouts of police were sent in all directions bills were posted in conspicuous places and a large reward was offered for intelligence i of the missing person Professor Webster on being questioned stated to the policemen that Dr Park man met him at the College at the time i that he paid the Doctor $487 but when asked to show the receipt for the money he could not do it Though this was a circumstance against the Professor yet his good character warded off suspicion for the time The general supposition was that Dr Park man had been visited with a fit of insanity 'ys' On Sunday the 26th a party of police were sent to" examine the Medical College They searched through all the rooms except the laboratory on the first floor and a small ante room overhead both of which were locked and it having been stated that they were apartments visited by none but Professor Webster the police departed without opening them i On Monday the 26th policemen were despatch ed with handbills on the various railroads while oth ers: were sent in other directions to trace the source of sundry rumors that had come to town of a that had been seen wandering in the woods in one town acting strangely in another and a raving ma niac in another Thus the officers were engaged on this day but on Tuesday in consequence of a rumor that had got abroad to the effect that Prof Websterhad kept himself very secluded in his apartments at the College by day and that 'when he went away at night he locked his rooms a thing unusual por ter of the College was interrogated as to the correct ness of these statements and his answers were such as to create a belief that all was not right In the evening of that day the police accompanied by sev eral of jthe friends of Dr Parkman made another search of the premises and found as on their previ ous visit Dr doors locked yet as before they loft the College without forcing them Upto Tuesday night the only persons who hail ventured to suspcct tho Professor were those con nected with the 'College' Their suspicions were founded upon the fact of the visit of Dr Parkman on riday the mysterious seclusion? of Dr Webster when in the College and his locking up his laborato ry and office at night These suspicions were not communicated to the police until Wednesday morn ing at which time third examination was made and watches were set but the doors were not yet opened On this day the excitement in the west part of the city had increased to such a degree that the other Professors of the institution had re solved upon a thorougriexploration of the premises or this purpose five policemen were detached to act in unison with Mr Ephraim Littlefield the porter of the College There were but three apartments in the College that had not been Dr private rooms and the vault under his laboratory The first operations were commenced upon the vault which from the construction of the foundation of the building was difficult of access The College is erected upon a stone and brick foun dation The tide at high water flows'under the northwesterly corner of the building through the sea wall There are under the first floor brick walls running north and south and east and west These were built upon piles driven into the dock and were intended as supporters and upon them rest the heavy beams upon the first floor By these walls lour dis tinct compartments are made That which is directly under the laboratory it being nearest the water was used as a privy To get into this vault was now the main object There were but two ways for this either to tear down the sea wall or bore through the brick partitions or supporters in' the basement story The latter course was resolved upon and On Thursday morning a drilling process was commenced The tho first floor and the earth being nar row on the first day very little progress was made as but one man could work at a time By Thursday evening an opening sufficient to admit a man was made through which Mr Kingsley and others enter ed and proceeded in the direction of the vault under the laboratory but before obtaining access to it another wall had to be broken through Operations on this were adjourned until the following On riday owing to the presence of Professor Webster on the premises the business was deferred until his departure in the afternoon It was a part of the policy of all officers of the law as well as 'the Officers of institution to keep from the Professor all knowledge of the suspicions against him At four the second wall was attacked and there being more room to work than at the first a breach was made through it in less than' an hour Mr Littlefield entered the vault and found directly under the privy seat portions of a human body viz the bone from the small of the back to the thigh joints the right thigh and right ieg lhese fragments were carried up and diligent search was madp through all parts of the vault but nothing further was found The City Marshal and several Aldermen were present at this time (five clock riday evening) and the Mayor and CountyAttorney were summoned Up to this hour no en trance had been forced either into the zoom up stairs or the laboratory below Upon" the arrival of the Mayor the laboratory was opened and suspicions were soon heightened to such a degree that not a doubt remained upon the mind of any person present that murder had been committed In a small furnace in the laboratory were discover ed pieces of human bone parts of the skull of a man false teeth some coat bits of melted gold and silver The gold was supposed to have been the case of a watch It is stated that Dr Park man carried a gold watch it is known that he wore artificial teeth A warrant was immediately for the of Professor'iWcbstcr Officer Clapp accompanied by officers and Spurr proceeded in carriage to Cambridge Dr Webster was found at his house and the officers stated to him that his attend ance was required in Boston' to assist in the investi gation on the subject of Dr Parkman complied readily and entered the carriage with the officers who did not inform him 'that he was under arrest till they had reached thy jail iq everett street At this announcement he evinced much agitation but did not then or at any subsequent period'' of the night utter any of he language that has been attrib Coxoress no choice op Speaksr The" Senate met at noon Monday Dec 3 and were called to or der by The credentials of the Hon Henry Clay and Gen Shields were presented and those gentlemen were qualified and took their seats The House met and balloted four times for Speaker without any result after which it adjourned The number of votes cast on each ballot was 221 Of these Mr Winthrop of Mass had steadily 96 Mr Cobb of Georgia on tho first ballot had 103 and ou the other three 102 Mr Wilmot hod 7 votes Mr Gentry 6 there ivero 10 scattering The treachery of cer tain Southern 'Whigs prevented the success of Mr Winthrop Call you this backing your friend Seo what is gained at last by truckling to slavery! VVIUU4PUW QH VlUVAj A JXXf VII CdHATUaTt JUoii BOURNE SPOONERfPranf BARNSTABLE COUNTY CONyENTION An Anti Slavery Convention for the Cape will bet held at HYANNIS rin the old Universalist meeting house On Saturdav falldav and eveninv TVM Rih and at SpUTH DENNIS the Universalist meet ing houseton Sunday (allayand evening) Dec Among the speakers i in attendance will Wendell Phillips Wm Llotd AiuusoNr Lucr Stone and SAmuel May rX il 4 i yi I tTj COUNTY MEETING AT LAWRENCR 1 The Essex County Anti Slavery Society will hold' quarterly meeting in Lawrence on Saturday and Sunday the 15th and 16 th comjnencing on Saturday at 2 Wm Lloyd Garex bon rederick Douglass and other speaken will bo i present and Participate in the discussions' Not a word is needed to? convincethe meodo of the slaverof the importance of this meettsgi tor of their duty to altend jtt Be not weary in weB ought to be the motto every friend of reform Come then' to this meeting and give your influenca to hasten the day of the redemption continue his Leotum at Cochituate Hall8 Phillipa'PIace street for four Sunday evenings more on Philosophical Psycho 5 logical and "Social subjects Lectures to commence at 7 Admission i i ceqts to defray ex nenseA' 4 s' i J' 1 7 he can raise $600 to purchase hrr will be sold far the South Western States and Market William hesyetr chased and his mother not time 'io work outln the sweat of his brow the redemption of hi3 Msteria thefusal granted him of her is' Hfaited One thousand dollars have already been offered far hex by a who wcll kno ws the worth of young girt beautiful intelligent and hearty white in the shambles of New Orleans God help our North ern Chnstianitv that anrh will ha an peal Tain tcr Nor stMdarO and meritorioua yoyng man i now in this city bringing with him the best credential mid givinghimlf to tho accomplishment of the praise worthy object he has in view but there will be a mournfulfailure nnlrfw he is promptly assisted as has tut 'ri short time left or the noblo deeds hb' has done by his ewa hard toil and severe self denial he deseryesto succeed in this instance 'if hrno other refison Anything unt to him at the Anti Slavery Officbcaro of Wallcut will be A i A 5 NATXONAL ANTI SIAVERY SAZAAB As wriare approaching the period set apart to the labors and responsibilities of another ancuil Hall Baxaar it becomes incumbent on is communicate with thoso friendx to whom so much of our previous success has been owing and on whom we have hitherto relied with a confidence that has never been xni i we do not dwell on' the claim Of the esuse or on the importance of the Bazaar as an instrumental! 7 ty in' carrying it forward knowing that thc eonvic tions of those whom wo address aroidentical 'r Relying on this knowledge we askfts the moat efficient help that can be rendered Us that tho name friends who took chargo last yearoftthe decorations of aneuil Hall' would allow us to depenu on their services for the coming occasion and that the same friends' who provided so the for decorationwould allow us once again to tpist to their kindness for the necessary supply They heat know the kind and quantity 4f hvergreeh that is requisite and will by complying with thisTequtet of the Com mittee save them much'bAre ahd perplexity The same arrangements as heretofore respecting the rteiresnment Table and Refreshment Room will de mand the help which? has always been no libmlly rendered by our country friends iLetteach of them make at least anqtertion equal to those of lot year and as much greater as circumstances may permit Wo would suggest to emale Anti Slavery Socle tics Sewing Circles and the friends generally our supply of useful articles for the Bazaar in ctn eral hardly equals the Articles of taste and ornament are profusely furnished by our foreign friends but in regard to various useful articles which could very easily be furnished wc have found a defi ciency The following are very desirable Gentle mtn's and Knit Stockings Mittens and Woollen Gloves Collars "inftmts Cloth ing carefully made Any and every contribution will be thankfully biitWo have thought it best to make the above suggestion for the benefit of such as desiring to aid yet hardly awiire of the best 4 vln behalf of the' Committee NATIONAlir AHTI SJL AVERY 1337 Tho National Anti Slavery azaar will open in aneuil Hall on the of Monday the 2ith of December at 10 Wp give this no tice thus earlythat all thef articled rnow in prepara if SJS A tion may be sent season and 'that the friends of the Cause may tho' moro conv'cnicn tly make their ar rangements' Ladies intending tofurnish a table are requested to givcnotica of the Commit tee at as early a date as of Ar tides or Mopey maybe sent to cither of the Commit tee or left in the care oS Gay A Office York orB WaJJqut' 0ffice21 Cornhill' A Boston In behalf of the Commiltec Mr C'yersations for the comlng Reason will embrace Original and Comprehensive Views and Suggestions on Human Live with Sketches of its Talents Dispositions and Organs History Re sources and Prospects illustrated by Appeals to Ex 99 pericnce and by Select Readings from the Poetsand Philosophers of Past and Present Hmes The Course will extend to Seven Conversations to be given on Monday evenings commencing Dao 10 at half past seven at No 15 Tycmont Row Conversation I Talentsand Organs? II Instincts III Temperaments IV Enthusiasm VI Callings yiL Culture Tickets may be obtained at 'Miss Book room 13 West street at $3 for the Course using their legs in any other way except to church or tE It is to be hoped that the Post Office will persist in managing its own business in its own way so far 'as the mere mode of doing their business which they must best understand is concerned As the Post Office authorities seem now to be on the alert to give facilities for the transmission of let ters why is'it that they do not perm it letters to be transmitted by the railways so that bags should go by every train at least from the railway stations Why should not pre paid letters be collected at every sta tion and transmitted by the train It would be un derstood that the Post Office did not charge them selves with the same responsibility as to those that arc sent through a regular office but the Post Office is now as much behind the practice of as it regards quickness: of transmission' as theywere at the time Rowland Hill first made public his admira ble plan At this time why should so great a contrast exist as that there should be from four to eight trains from London to most of the principal towns' in the kingdom and only two postal deliveries If the railway directors were alive to their own in terests they would easily remedy this by carrying and delivering within a reasonable distance of their sta tions parcels not exceeding a quarter or half a pound for 3d or 4 If they were to do this for such tokens as Birmingham Edinburgh Glasgow Nor wich Bristol Manchester' Exeter Paisley Liverpool they would secure a great income for themselves or they might limit the circuit from the station within which they could undertake tos deliver and the 're sponsibility' as carriers with reference to value' It is notorious that men who set up a business for collecting parcels in largo towns such: as Edinburgh and transmitting them by one large package per radway for a very trifling and that the rail way directors to amend to this' and to' enable themselves to make a heavy charge delayed and at length broke open those packages and sent the par cels separately charging enormous rates for the car riage and they have suppressed the business which was becoming a most valuable convenience to the pub lic The 'carriage of three brace of pheasants from Scotland was recently charged by a Yailwayf12s 6d the birds in the package were of course thrown upon their hands The efforts of the Peace Society have produced a much greater effect than any other society of modern origin has produced in the same length of time in Eu rope It has produced the bile of words upon the stomach of the Austrian the title which the newspaper of London has earned for it self in England and it has also provoked the efforts of a weightier Toryism embodied to the English in the Quarterly Review It is something to have done this in so short a time because itis well known here that when these pub lications come out and abuse any person or party it is because that party has hit them on the The Manchester an ably conducted paper has the following observations and extracts on the subject of the blathering which the has recently put forth against those who advocate the Christian doctrine of Peace THE AND THE PEACE QUESTION The Manchester Examiner says: The Quarterly Review has we observe an article against peace agitators We have not yet read it but we have a lively recollection of its attack on the league five or six years ago and have no doubt its character for personal vituperation and intrepid disregard of truth and fair dealing will be well maintained We argue favourably for the success of the peace movement from its having brought into the field thus early this heavy rear guard of every time honored iniquity It took three or four years of hard work before the league could attract its notice The Quarterly's ap pearance in defence of things as they are is a pretty safe indication that in five years at the utmost there will he some great change It was so with the repeal of the corn laws and with railroads Here its de fence of road wagons a few years before the open ing of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to those persons who speculate on making rail ways generally throughout the kingdom and super seding all the canals all the wagons mails and stage coaches post chaises and in short every mode of conveyance by land and by water wc deem them and their visionary schemes unworthy of notice What for instance can be more palpably absurd and ri diculous than the scheme in which a prospect is held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stage coaches? We should as soon expect the people of Woolwich to suffer themselves to be fired off upon one of rockets as trust themselves to the mer cy of such a machine going at such a Wc will back Old ather Thames against the Woolwich rail way for any sum We trust that parliament will in all railways it may sanction limit the speed to eight or nine miles an hour which we entirely agree with Mr Silvester is as great as can be ventured upon with Quarterly Review No G2 182U And here we have twenty two years later the same Quarterly passing judgment upon its own va ticinations of coal and heavy luggage now a days ply across Leicestershire faster and iarther than Mr Osbaldiston could go notwithstanding his condition and that of all his horses (Alluding to his feat of riding 200 miles in 10 hours on thorough bred horses and choosing his own turf) Now a traveller may go 500 instead of 200 miles in ten hours and knit and read all the way performing the iurney either in darkness or in day light in sunshine or in storm in thunder lightning or in Wre trust that the wonderful discovery which it has pleased the Al mighty to impart to us instead of becoming among us a subject of angry dispute may in every region of the globe bring the human family into communion that it may dispel national prejudices assuage animosi ties in short that by creating a feeling of gratitude to the Power from which it has proceeded it may produce on earth peace and good will towards Quarterly Review No 167 1848 And in I860 we have no doubt this Review (if it should live so long) will exult with the same pious unction over the falsification of all its croakings against Peace Congresses and treaties of arbitration Let the peace party be of good cheer The Quarterly circulates in America and tho sub ject of Peace is interesting to you and your hence it is worth recording The contrast is encour aging EDWARD SEARCH 9 A Art iWt LoNOON Nov' 1849 I Dear Garrmpn i great and earnest anxiety in England of late has boon for tho fate of Kossuth and Dembtnski Mazzinind others who have so' nobly aspired to liberty themselves and their fellow meh A noble oppor tunity of making itself nobly popularby interfering to rescue these men has been lost byour government It is almost as bad in the aristocratic spirit and ele ment as any of thc othcr organized wickednesses call ed Governments in Europe It only shines by com for it is as much behind the English people as any of the royal governments on the European continent are behind their people The English aristocracy do not love liberty' but icircumstamJcs compel them to be less bitter against those who do Nothing that they have done as a government has been great or affirmative in favor of rights in men but since the so called revolution in 1688 they have found it necessary to substitute fraud for the sword land it was policy on the'part of our aristocracy whilst thrones were toppling on the con tinent to yield a sort of verbal assent to the principles which were then inducing the upward and onward struggles of the people of Europe Their course ought to have been to have interfered in favor of the noble struggles of the continental people They had in al times interfered actively in favor of kings and princes constantly sending fleets to' sustain the Portuguese and other despots on the shoulders of their ill used people But it did not accord with their feel ings to strengthen the aspirations of the peoples for improved governments It was then when thrones were in danger for the first time that they put forth the wljjch good men had for years taught that they should not interfere by arms in the quarrels with other nations! It was notthat they loved the thought but that they knew it was a string upon which they might then sound their non interference cry because they felt that they darednot in thethen state of mind of the English people openly interfere against the peoples of the conti nent It was a convenient cry to keep their own people quiet and themselves in the saddle until they could more effectually aid the bad cause of kings and princes That this was their motive was shown the moment the Russians the Austrians and the rench govern ments had triumphed in Rome Italy and in Hun gary lhen it was that a small ship load of exiles fleeing from misery and from death were refused permission to land at Malta by an English governor And Lord John Russell the Prime Minister of England a thorough aristocrat who never could have been in the position in which he is hal he not been born a Lord took the opportunity in reply to a letter from the Secretaries of the Hungarian Committee to write a letter sneering at the exiles and justifying the gov ernor of Malta in his unfeeling conduct It is good for social progress in Europe that wc have a Queen and not a King in England at thistime There is here a disposition in people in a stronger degree to separate the executive from the acts of the government and to fix the attention of the people on the real actors in the great conspiracy of the aristocracy against the people The truth is that in England the government has been always in the hands of the aristocracy and they have used it to strip the Crown of its lands and to place it for maintenance upon the shoulders of the people as well as a heavy national debt Nearly the whole of the crown lands were formerly appropriated to different powerful barons and lords and at length the whole were taken frem the crown and placed in the hands of commissioners and these commissioners subsequently let those lands upon easy terms to persons of influence and the whole mainte nance of the royal family was placed upon the shoul ders of the people to bo paid annually from tho taxes voted by Parliament Thus the aristocracy have been under the guise of friends the worst enemies that the crown ever had and the royal office is now by them kept on foot not that they love the prince but that it acts as a cloak to disguise their doings and that they love the places and the £380000 sterling distributed by the reigning family for the time being among the officers of the royal household who are chosen from among the needy of the aristocracy by the section in power They keep the law making in their hands and they have used the crown as the executive of bad laws because while the people were ignorant they knew that their resentments would be expressed against the admin istration rather than the makers of the laws just as we see the poor brutes who attend executions spurn at the hangman instead of the law makers As they have dealt with the crown as to its lands that they might suppress the power of the prince and make it dependent upon the taxes of which they have the levying so they have dealt with the people As far as they can they keep political knowledge from the people They first stamp paper with a heavy duty no paper maker can issue paper when he has made it or make it without the presence or permis sion of an excise officer and they have also enacted that no man shall print or record any news events or occurrences or remarks thereon periodically in less periods than 29 days besides giving heavy sure ties against libel unless he print them on stamped paper Every sheet of that paper is required to be printed on a penny stamp the effect of which is that if the proprietor prints 1000 and sells but 500 not on ly his labor and wages are lost but the stamp duty also The effect of this is that it requires now from £50000 to £100000 to establish a daily paper The struggles of the enthralled poor men to estab lish a cheap political press in despite of this law have been noble earnest and self sacrificing They have issued publications in defiance of this wicked law and have been prosecuted fined and imprisoned for thus struggling after knowledge and exerting them selves in its diffusion We have now living amongst us and still printing and defying this law men who have been incarcerated for months and fined and ruined find struggled up again Their presses and stocks have been seized and sold and they have been sent to prison and fined for not obeying these laws they have suffered the fixed periods of impris onment and such further periods of imprisonment as our aristocratic government have thought fit to inflict for the non payment of the fines and when out of prison the men have nobly struggled upjvards again and again launched their papers freely commenting upon their persecutors A great noise has been made particularly by thosewho belong to the more holy than sects of re ligionists against the intention of the Post Office to make some internal changes in their mode of trans mitting letters which arc to pass through London on their way from distant parts of the country The Post Office authorities have explained that the effect of the arrangement will rather relievo Sunday labor than increase it and yet facilitate the transmis sion of letters which arc at present unnecessarily de tained twenty four hours in tlm London Post Of fice Nou the same sort of business is done through 1 out England except in London and notwithstanding this explanation these very unreasonable people for loud professors of religion arc really the most un reasonable men breathing and whenever they op pose themselves to any movement ore the most un reasoning opponents although they profess to offer up more prayers for kings princes and all in author ity under them than other people The truth is that ikey profess humility but it is humility in words and not in spirit If they would act out the principle for which they are now contending those who now say do not send communications from man to man on Sunday sought rt mi lllllrl iini'iiiili lirnf an ixiMh Wa Kava Kam feaiffeois a he urtfl might eey7fagWs lo veof the aid to enable hini of 17 4 4 3.