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Ml i if 3 a ill I i "3 I 4 i. I 1 ij 1 i til 111 7f 1 23 108 0 ttg From the N. Y. Independent. THE DAY OF bt exo.

a. uBLHon. All blessing walk with onward feet No day dawns twice, no night comes back The ear of doom, or slow or fleet, Rolls down an unreturning trgpk. "What we hare been, wo cannot bo Forward, inexorable Fate Points mutely to her own decree-Beyond her hour is all too late God reape his judgment-field to-day, And sifts the darnel from the wheat A whirlwind sweeps the ehaff away, And fire the refuge of deceit. Once in a century only blooms The flower of fortune so sublime As now hangs budded o'er the tombs Of the great fathers of old time.

Eternal Justice sits on high, And gathers in her awful scales Our shame and glory Slavery's lie, And Freedom's starry conn terra ils. When falls her sword, as fall it must In red Bellona's fiery Tan, Let the old anarch bite the dust, And rise the rescued rights of Man. In vain a nation's bloody sweat, The sob of myriad hearts in Tain, If the scotched snake may lire to set Its Tenom in our flesh again. Priests of an altar fired once more For Freedom in Ilia awful name, Who trod the wine-press, dripping gore, And gsre the Law in lurid flame, Oh, not in human wrath, that wreaks Revenge for wrong, and blood for blood Not in the fiery will that seeks Brute power in battle's stormy flood, Go forth, redeemers of a land, Sad, stern, and fearless for the Lord, Solemn and calm, with firm right hand Laid to the sacrificial sword. The lords of treason and the whip Hare called you to the dread appeal, From the loud cannon's fevered lip, And the wide flash of bristling steel.

If now the echo of that roice Shake down their prison-house of wrong, They hare their own perfidious choice For God is good, and Truth is strong. Their steel draws lightning, and the bolt But fires their own Tolcanie mine God in their Tineyard of Revolt Treads out his sacramentalwine Be this our conquest, as they gave Their all to Treason and the Chain, We snap the fetter from the slave, And make our sole revenge their gain From the N. Y. Tribune. THE LOYAL DEMOCRAT.

Mouth not to me your Union rant, Nor glozo mine ears with loyal cant Who stands this day in Freedom's Tan, He only is my Union Max Who tramples Slavery's Gesler hat, He is my Lotal, Dzmocbat With whips engirt by chains, too long We strove to make our faeces strong When Rebel hands those fasces rend, Must we with whips and chains still mend? If Democrats" can stoop to thai, God-help me, Tat no Democrat Thank Heaven the lines are drawn this hour, 'Twiit jtanly Bight and Despot Power-; Who scowls in Freedom's pathway now, Bears "Ttbasi" stamped upon his brow Who skulks aloof, or shirks his part, Hath Slate imprinted in his heart. In Tain of Equal Rights" ye prate. Who fawn like dogs at Slavery's gate Beyond the slaTe each Blare-whip smites, And codes for Blacks are laws for Whites The chains that negro limbs encoil. Beach and enslave each child of Toil Northern Men when will ye learn Tis Labor that these tyrants spurn Tis not the blood or skin they brand, But every Poor Man's toil-worn hand And ye who serve them knowing this Deserve the slave-lash that ye kiss While Northern blood remembrance craves From twice ten thousand Southern graves, Shall free-born hearts beneath the turf-Lie always crushed by tramp of serf? And pilgrims, at those graves, some day. By Slavery'spunds be driven away The green grass in the church-yard waves The good corn grows o'er batUo-graves But, from crimson Bceds now sown, What crops what harvest shall be grown On Sbiloh's plain on Roa wok's sod What fruits shall spring from blood, God Spring-time is here The Past now sleeps The Present sows the Future reaps Who plants good seed in Freedom's span, He only is my Union Man Who treads' the weeds of Slavery flat, He is my Lotal Democrat A.

J. H. Dec ass e. New Tork, May 23, 1862. ANOTHER VICTORY WHO IS BEREAV ED? Who are widows, who are orphans Victory again is won Who will bear the news of sadness To the lonely, stricken one Who will tell bow fell the father, Husband, brother, in the fray Who will bear their last sad whisper," As their life-tide flowed away Who can paint the depths of anguish That must follow all this strife Mercy weeps, and wails in sadness, O'er this waste of human life Who can sound the depths of sorrow Dread suspense is but a part Thousands, waiting, soon will shudder, And will grieve with broken heart.

Who will gather in the orphans See them cluster round the hearth Who can still their merry prattle, Check their childish joy and mirth And their laughter turn to sorrow Telling how their father died List, with pity, to their weeping Draw them closely to thy side There were brothers, there were lovers, Bravely, too, they fought and fell Who will bear the saddening tidings To the loved, they loved so well Who will tell that trusting maiden Where his manly form was lain Tell her, but, 0, tell her gently Twas her loved one Wng the slain Tell her, yes she was remembered Twas her image on his breast There her miniature was resting By his stiffen'd hand 'twas press'd Sure the loving are the bravest Ever bravest true and tried Twas for her, and for her country. That the youthful hero died Bear the tidings bear them gently Tell the widow where he fell Where the husband fought so bravely For his country, long and well Tell her how her name was spoken, Ere his spirit wing'd its flight, Whispering, my bleeding country I And "My Mary, God and Right i I I PEESLDENT LDTGOLH AND HIS MESSAGES. From the first, the aim and purpose of the President hare been to restore the Union as it was. To this end, ho has done his best to assure the people of the South, slaveholders or otherwise, that, under his administration, the pro-slaTery guaranties of tho Con stitution, and the laws for carrying them out, should be executed to the fullest extent. Were such a consummation practicable, it would by no means be desirable.

To wish it, were to wish the recurrence of all the sufferings and calamities which hare come upon the nation during the past year. To labor for it, were to sow the seeds of future revolu- tions. Judging from results alone, such a conclusion is inevitable. Evidently, it was a Union not fit to be made." It was an attempt to harmonize principles which, in their very nature, are antagonistic and ir reconcilable. And we are reaping their legitimate fruits in the turmoil and calamities of civil and do mestic strife.

Thus far, certainly, it has failed to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquillity, or to secure the blessings of liberty," eren for ourselves "With such an experience, what consummate folly it would be, out of the same materials, with the same elements, now exasperated into tenfold rirulence, upon the samo basis, to attempt to form a more perfect Union than the old It must not be done. Who and what are the men whom tho President is endeavoring, with so much earnestness, to recal, to their allegiance, and to a re union with their nnchiding and forgiving brethren of the free States White men at the South, who spire and hold four millions of God's children in ab ject slavery, bind them, and task them, and exact their sweat with stripes, that they themselves may revel in luxury and inglorious ease. Nor is this all standing between them and their Creator, trampling upon their right to life and liberty, they withhold from them all the joy and blessedness which spring from the exercise and development of their intellectual. socM and moral natures. No ties are sacred.

The wrongs and Cruelties of the slave system are absolutely measureless language cannot compass them and yet, they owe their very existence to the 6trenuous, persistent, united exertions of a few intclli gent but selfish and aristocratic white men at the South, who, in the enjoyment of dignified leisure, have contrived to give shape and consistency to all the political institutions of that region. Indeed, the Constitutions and laws of the slave States, so far as they relate to this subject, are but the compacts by which two hundred and fifty thousand slave-owners agree to sustain each other in the ceaseless perpetra tion of this outrage upon human rights. By the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the na tion was involved in it. The people of the Eastern States, however reluctantly, recognized the wrong, and, for the 6ake of the Union, lent it their aid. The result has been, that, for seventy years, the slave oligarchy have controlled and wielded the power and re sources of the nation, for their own 6elfish purposes, the preservation, extension and perpetuation of that wicked institution." Checked in their career by the growing power of the free States, our ancient allies have deliberately set at nought the corner-stone of our republican institutions the right of the majority to rule.

Out voted, they have assumed the right of secession, and with it, exclusive jurisdiction of the soil within their respective States. Conspiring1 against the nation's life, they have revolted against the Government, and defied its power. "Worsted in argument, they have appealed to force, and, invoking foreign intervention, they have attempted to destroy the republic, and establish a slaveholdintr empire of their own. To wards this nation and its subjects, then, they have shown themselves criminals of the deepest dye Much, therefore, as we might wish to be rid of them we had no right to let them go. We were bound, if possible, to hold in check these petty tyrants, to dis allow their treachery and wholesale robberies of our selves, lest, elated with success, and availing them selves of foreign interTention, they should seize and hold the coveted territories of neighboring republics and thus extend their slavcholding domain.

The idea of separation, therefore, was not to be en tertained for a moment. For our neighbors' and the slaves' sake, as well as our own, the rebellion must be crushed, its authors and abettors subdued the vaunted Confederacy must be disbanded, and its people be brought into obedienco to the authority and laws of the United States. To this end, as the Chief Magistrate and represen tative head of a great nation, clothed with its au thority, and moving in the majesty of its strengtli the President should have addressed them only in the language of authority calling upon them, in the name of the people, in the name of justice and equality. to lay down their arms. Cannon-balls, not flattering proclamations, have been and are the appropriate arguments.

In such a cause, witlr a foe so desperate and defiant, and so strong, the language of entreaty. soft words and complimentary addresses arc wholly out of place. At present, nothing of less -potency than bayonets and cannon-balls will reach the case. Let ns say to the President, ply them, then, till the reb els call to parley, and sue for peace. And, to hasten the result, cripple their power of resistance by proclaiming freedom to the slaves.

So shall the authori ty of the government be maintained; tho rebellion 6hall be crushed, the nation shall be saved not, how ever, by renewing and restoring, but by eliminating and expelling the vicious and disturbing elements which threaten its life. Oh that the President were wise, and great, and good enough to proclaim and maintain liberty and justice throughout all the land, among all the inhabi tants thereof Alas he is not, but dares to leave it to the wisdom and discretion of those whose per- verseness can find scope, whose malignity and hatred can be gratified, and whose social and political con sideration can be maintained only by the conservation of the old order of things. Oh, that the people were wise and good enough to demand that measure at his hands! They are not. People and President alike indulge the vain hope, and guilty purpose, of reconci iationand political reunion with the dominant classes in the rebel States while they leave intheir grasp the very institution which occasioned their secession, and which they are still fighting to maintain. What an egregious blunder From the first, it is manifest that the President has had very inadequate conceptions of the character and strength of tho enemy, or of tho magnitude of the work he was called upon to do.

Hence his errors of judgment in regard to the necessary and appropriate means for its accomplishment. The attack on Fort Sumter indicated, clearly enough, the desperate and deteraiincd character of the foe. And I hold it was unmanly, utterly unworthy the head of a great na tion, to ply them with threats, with flattery or money, to induce them to return to their allegiance. Like other criminals, they should be held to their allegiance. The proposal of emancipation, with compensation, says the President, makes common cause for a common object, casting no reproaches upon any.

It acts not the hypocrite." Is our type of civilization, then no higher or better than theirs If they are as good' men and as good patriots as we arc, why should we be at war with them It may bo said that we contend with them not as slaveholders, but as rebels. I reply, they arc rebels because they arc slaveholders. THE 31. I 13 They know there can be no cordial union with us while slaTery endures. They perceive the onward march of freedom's host; the ground trembles at their pproach.

In Swedenborgian phrase, they feel her phere spreading oTer and cnTeloping them, and, with the instinctive, strong antipathy of bad to good, they shun the approach would quit the Union bodily, lest they be ground to powder and absorbed by it. The distinctive purpose of the Republican party has been and is the exclusion of slavery from the Territories of tho States. And while that purpose stands, it is a perpetual protest against the folly and wickedness of slavcholding or of slave-trading. In their view, the principle is wrong, the prac tice is immoral. If, therefore, they have abolished lavery in the District of Columbia, or prohibited it in the Territories, it was because they believed there was something wrong in it.

It was a reproach to the nation to retain it there a reproach to increase or extend it. It was a reproach to the nation to have it anywhere within its borders and the reproach must fall, with all its weight and point, upon those who perpetrate the wrong, wheresoever they may be found. is an imputation of criminality, of moral obliquity and wrong-doing. For President Lincoln, therefore, or his party, to disavow the reproach which their whole course and purpose imply, is to avow their indifference to the principle. It is to put themselves on the same moral evel with slaveholders and, in that case, it would be, indeed, the most natural and becoming thing in the world for them to open their arms to their slavehold ing brethren at the South, and, with the most urgent appeals, entreat them to return to their allegiance assuring them that they shall have all the protection to life and property which the fathers promised, though Tis a sin to swear unto a sin.

But greater sin to keep the sinful oath." The credulity of the President is truly marvellous After proposing compensation to slaveholders for in conveniences, public and private, wnicn tney may bui- fer from a change of system, he says to them So much good has not been done by ono effort in air past time, as, in the Providence of God, it is your high privilege to do," by taking the initiatory step towards the gradual abolishment of slavery." As if, just at this time, the slaveholders of this country were in a frame of mind to do good on a gigantic scale In the first place, such magnanimity and generosity are hardly compatible with the position and character of a genuine slaveholder, at any time and if they were; they would be vitiated, in the present case, by the fact of compensation. Why, I would as soon think of the arch-enemy of God and man doing the work of a saint. Again if emancipation would indeed be so great a good, (and I am not disposed to deny it,) what may we not say of the neglect of it 1 Does it not imply corresponding strength and depth of wickedness, on tho part of the persistent slaveholder 1 How, then shall he escape our censure and reproach What if the President's entreaties pass unheeded, and the ty rants still refuse to let their bondmen co The vast future will lament it; the curses of posterity will fall in no stinted measure, upon those, who, having the opportunity to pour along their path unnumbered bles sings, withhold them, and, instead, deal ceaseless mis ery and woe. In the case of slavcholding, the crime of doing, and of not undoing, is the same. We cast reproaches now and were it not for the impotency his position, fettered as he is by the letter of the Con stitution, the President would not fail to cast reproach es too.

We cast reproaches upon the slaveholders of our day, not only because they are slaveholders, but because they are rebels rebels for the purpose slavcholding. They wish to be rid of us, that they may be free to exercise their tyranny without re straint. The abolition of slavery would be the easiest thing in the world, if the people, North and South, would only consent to it. Then, indeed, the change it con templates might come gently as the dews of heaven." But the time for its has not yet come. The disposition and the will for it have yet to be created The nation is not ready for it.

Certainly, the Presi dent is not. He still believes that the rebellion can be crushed, the authority of the government main tained, and peace restored without it. lie is aware that Blave ry is at the bottom of the rebellion is its root and cause, lie is alive to the momen tous crisis through which we are passing, and would gladly save the ship of State, which reels and shudders amid the surging and troubled sea. But, instead of seizing the helm, putting on steam, and pushing for the best and nearest port, he lets her drive calling upon the rebellious, cloud-compelling South to pause in her mad career, as if, at his earnest appeal the blasts of war would cease, the tempest would be hushed, and from a dozen points at once favoring breezes would spring up, and blowing us in the same direction, bear us smoothly on to the same wished-for haven of peace Who believes it The question has often been asked, what shall we do with the slaves, if they are set free I do not propose to answer it. Frederick Douglass says, "Do nothing with them." Cease to oppress them, take off their shackles, acknowledge their manhood, remove their civil disabilities, and leave them to work out their own welfare.

The President says, colonize them. And he an honorablenan, a representative man represents fairly, perhaps, the spirit of the nation, or even that of the nominally free States. Certainly he is no abo litionist. So far from grappling with the spirit caste, by this measure, he recognizes and encourages it, encourages the prevailing dislike, the contempt and hatred of the colored race. Does he propose to enfranchise them, to acknowledge their citizenship, to enroll them as soldiers, and send them forth to fight the battles of their native land, as if they had an in terest in its welfare On the contrary, he is contend ing only for the salvation of the government.

As measure of justice to the slaves, what is that to him It is the white man's government, and, except inci dentally, is to be administered according to his wishes and for his special benefit. But what shall be done with the slave-owners, if they are compelled to lay down their arms and let their bondmen go Do nothing with them Nay, they will constitute, and should be denominated, emphatically, the dangerous classes." Shall we expatriate them What is that but to let loose a desperate horde of criminals and outlaws, with their ill-gotten wealth, to annoy and prey upon neighboring States and nations Shall we seek out some Pit-cairn's Island, some Botany Bay, and colonize them there, where at a safe distance from the world of men, they can prey only upon each ofher The demands of justice would be satisfied with neither. They are subjects of the United States Government, and should be held to their allegiance; compelled to keep the peace, and earn an honest livelihood, if need be, even in the penitentiary. To admit them, at once, to the rights and privileges of citizenship to offices of trust, where their voices would be heard, and their influence felt, in remoulding the political institutions, State and national, of the whole country, would be preposterous. They must undergo lustration must be put upon probation, five, ten, or twenty years, till every vestige of disloyalty is obliterated from their minds and hearts.

Shall we enter into fresh compacts, or new treaties with them 1 What guarantee have we, that they will manifest more fidelity in the future, than they have done in the past Only this the object for which they have been contending, slavery, will have passed away, and, instead of bracing themselves up to defend and maintain their pro-slaTery position, the agitation of the matter, how-ever violent, must subside also. Instead of engaging in angry debate, instead of being borne along by the whirlwind of discussion, to which the President invites them, sew exigencies will demand new measures, and the labor of their thoughts will be, to adapt themselves to the new order of things to the nobler and happier condition of freedom. II. W. C.

Dokchesteb, June 20, 1802. I EEATOE. LETTER FEOM MRS. CUTLER. Jacksonville, (111.,) Juno 10, 18G2.

I Dear Liberator: I Since my last jottings, I have been doing a large amount of hard work hard enough to suit my most estimable friend Mrs. Tardicle. In the first place, I must premise that this pleasant town is delightful enough for a second paradise, with its shaded walks, its blossoming shrubs, its pretty homes, its suburban scenery. It is also designated, by the especial favor of the State, as the location of all the public charities, save the penitentiaries, reserved for towns more in the commercial line. The asylums for the blind, the mutes and the insane, would honor the philanthropy of any State.

I have seen none in older States ap parently better conducted Then, there are important schools here, the Illinois College, the Methodist Female College, and the Pres bvterian Academy. There arc the usual number of churches, and more than the usual number of church quarrels. Indeed, in most Edens, the serpent coils his way in, and disturbs the quiet of the happy deni- zens, and this is no exception. I have often observed that the most pious people, in their own estimation, quarrel with the most zeal over their own dogmas, assured that they are right and all else are wrong. Thus much in explanation of the efforts needed for success.

The friend at whose house I met a cordial welcome was about leaving home, so I could not se cure his aid, only a few judicious suggestions. The hard work of making arrangements, I found all fall ing on my own hands. Some other matters stood in the way of securing an early audience, such as prayer meetings, concerts, jbo my time was fixed for Saturday night. There is but one hall at present that can be used, and the price for that is so exorbitant that I did not think it safe to engage it, but sought a church. A good old-fashioned anti-slavery man in troduced me to one of the stewards of the M.

E. Church, and in him I found a most disinterested co adjutor; but, unfortunately, he was attacked with hemorrhaiie of the lungs, and could do little more than give directions. orrnin.t tho, nfirrn i nnt the nnlv prejudice to be encountered, as I have long since learned; for it is almost as great a crimto be a woman, and yet feel a desjre to benefit the world by nuuiiui, auu jrti, a uoc i public efforts, as it is to have a black skin and a woolly head, and yet desire ireedom. J. he great trutn at the bottom oCsll this turmoil is, that poor humanity wants tw lnvM ot hrpnd for tlioir master hv the sweat of their brow, and hence cannot be spared mind th regard to Woman's legal and consentient so-.

A. cial position and be a sharp and effective weapon in the vicarious suffering; and that women assume the the Lands of others who witL earnest zeal wac the care of the preparation ot an the needed luxuries oi life, including pastry and buttons, and this double service renders man lordly indeed, his only care now being a needful vigilance lest these most essential accessories of his being should find some independent vocation. Now, the example of a negro escaping from his mas ter, or of a woman leaving the duties of the kitchen and the parlor to other hands, for any other purpose than a pleasure excursion, is an example as deleterious to the interests of respectable society, as the diso bedience of Yashti and the lords of this mundane sphere often treat such accordingly. I remember once hearing a very devoted husband 6ay to dear aunt Fanny (Mrs. F.

D. Gage) that she ought to be at home, mending her husband's stock- ings. My husband is a man, and can buy a new pair, if old ones are out at the toes," was her cool reply, but she of course felt that our sphere was clearly defined by this sage. I found plenty of this feeling here, and had to satisfy the good people that my own family was amply provided for in my temporary absence. These important preliminaries once adjusted, and my character as a decent, religious woman fully vouched for by old friends, I at last got informal permission to use the church.

My bills were posted, and when the 1 1 x. 1. yer is an onerous task, with the fascinations of I found myself at the church, with a evening came; fair audience, and nobody bold enough to introduce me. So I took the matter in my own hands, went forward, and talked with a zeal and energy that made the people whisper to each other, Lovejoy An invitation was most cordially proffered for another lecture on last evening, which I of course accepted. Sabbath evening brought out one of their most conservative ministers on the subject of emanci pation, in which he took sides with God against the sins of the nation.

It was good very good. But my difficulties were not ended. A small mi nority of the church thought that to speak of the Christian policy of emancipation would be bringing politics into the church, and as that would be a crime, I was compelled to occupy another house, which was with 6ome difficulty procured. But a good audience came out, and I was pleased to learn that some who had hitherto objected to permitting women to speak, went away declaring their prejudices entirely overcome. There was enough opposition stirred up to show that the truths uttered had in them some vital power.

II. M. T. C. OUT OF JAIL.

THE BLACK MAX WHO AVAS IMPRISONED FOB BEAD ING UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. I am asked to make an appeal for a poor man a criminal, just out of jail. Ue was convicted for three offences first, because a black skin covered his face second, because the English alphabet came and sat upon his tongue and third, because he had read the story of Uncle Tom's Cabin." Fpr these crimes he was tried and convicted by a Maryland Court in 1857, and sentenced to the Baltimore Penitentiary for ten years. After wearing out five years of this long penalty, the gate of his cell was opened a few weeks ago by the new Governor of Maryland, who told him that he might quit the jail, if he would quit also the United States. He immediate ly promised to go to Canada, and is now in New York on his way thither.

The culprit's name is Samuel Green lie is 62 years of age, though, except for his gray hair, he seems younger; good-looking, intelligent, and amiable showing in his face God's plain handwriting of a good character; a man whom a stranger would trust at first sight. He was born a slave in Maryland, and wore the chain for 30 years, until his master died, bequeathing him freedom at the end of five years. The slave, kindled with this hope of becoming a man, worked extra hours, and earned in one year enough money to buy his service for the remaining four. While a slave, he had married a slave-woman, the property of a kind master, who, after her husband had bo handsomely worked out his freedom, sold him his wife for 25 cents Mr. Green says, My wife was worth more, but I was willing to take her for that They had two children son and daughter both slaves of one master.

Eight or nine years ago, the son, after praying long for freedom, got it at last, after the manner of Frederick Douglass, who "prayed with his legs." The boy Green started on a moonlight night, and ran away to Canada. His master, fearing the sister would follow, 6old her straightway to Missouri; breaking her heart by separating her from her husband and two little children. About this time, when almost everybody was laughing and crying over, the pages of Uncle Tom, one morning while Samuel Green was going to the mill, a blacksmith came out of his shop at the roadside himself a black man, and since a Methodist clergyman-exclaiming Sam Green, would you like to see Uncle Tom's Cabin Whar is it asked Sam, who thought it was some new shanty put up in the neighborhood. "It's a book," replied the blacksmith; "it's the story of a slave, and it goes for Abolition." Yes, I'd like to read it," said Sam and he took homo the story, in two volumes, and began to- read. But before he finished, he received a letter from the i boy in Canada, saying, Come and bring mother, and let us all live together here." It was a good idea, but the old man, before venturing to take all his little property to a foreign country, made a hurned trip to Canada, to see what was the prospect of earning a livelihood in the high latitudes.

Meanwhile, the story cf his absence made noise enough to reach the atten- tire ear9 cf tbe civil officers. On his return, a consta- Die knocked at his door, and said, You are suspected ef holding correspondence with tjielsorth, and 1 shall search your house." Come in, sir," Baid Mr. Green it is a small cot- tage; you can soon search it through; but you will fln)j nothing, for there is nothing to find. But Samuel Green unsuspecting man I found to his cost that he was a great rogue, and that the proof of it was in his own house. The constable found three guilty things first, Uncle Tom's Cabin sec ond, a map of Canada third, a picture of a hotel at Niagara Falls.

These were all, but were they not enough? What constable in Maryland would have asked for more What Court in the State would have given less than ten years in the State-prison after 8UCn proofs Besides, even out of Maryland, does not Gov. Stanly, and the editor of the Herald, and other good men, call it a' crime for a black man to know how to read But without palliating Samuel Green's crime, if any kind-hearted person can be persuaded to show kind ness to the criminal, by giving a little money to help the old man off to the penal colony of Canada, it will reach him if sent to THEODORE TILTON, Office of The Independent, Ab. 5 Beekman street, jV. Y. BOOK NOTICE Woman's Eights cxder tiie Law: by Mrs.

C. II. Dall, Author of Woman's Right to Labor," Historical Pictures Retouched," etc. Notwithstanding the terrible war sweeping with a besom of destruction over this nation, and the clouds still darkening the horizon of our future harmoniz in" with the immutable law of progress, the civiliza tion of the nineteenth century must be in advance oi an wnicn nas prcceaeu it. uereiore wc have no cause lor discouragement.

he signs ot the times clearly indicate that chattel slavery cannot much longer pollute our soil. When its removal suau nave openeu the way lor a lull ana thorough discussion- of the subject of human freedom in its uroauest signincation and in au its bearings, then the excellent book with the above-named title will bo iounu a vaiuaoie auxiliary in enlightening tnc puonc war Gf words," the bloodless battle of ideas. This little volume was published a year ago, but having no relation to the all-absorbing theme of war, of course it attracted slight attention. It is, however, a work which can well afford to bide its time for appreciation. When a deadly contest is waging be tween the hosts of Despotism and Democracy, and the events of a hundred years are being concentrat ed into one, there is little leisure to speculate on un derlying causes, or dwell long upon abstract ques tions ot philosophy and ethics.

We wait, beneath the furnace blast for that more auspicious day which we have reason to be lieve is not far distant, when the ancel ot purifica tion shall have prepared the way for tho working out or a uiguer civilization tnan nas ever aawnea upon society, a civilization in which woman shall be recognized as co-equal with her brother in all the relations ot lile when, to despoil her of anv right or privilege on account of sex, will be consider ed in its true light, as a tyrannical usurpation on the part of law or custom. In the pages of Airs. Dall's book, freighted with concentrated thoujrht, she has brought succinctly be fore the view of the reader the relations and bearings of law upon woman in a manner evincing great research and power of generalizing and while dissecting with a skillful hand the intricacies and complexities of law, she has succeeded not unfrequently in invest-in" those dry details, the study of which" to the Iaw- Until woman becomes herself familiar with there-. lations of law to her rights of property, personal liberty, she can never reasonably hope to be placed on a just legal status. We therefore owe a debt of gratitude to Mrs.

Dall, who has so bravely trodden this thorny field of investigation, where few women have preceded her, and so successfully illustrated and familiarized a subject the importance of which cannot be overestimated. This valuable work is dedicated to the friends of forsaken women throughout the world, because, as the author saj's, the lives of such women are the legitimate result of the spirit of the Law. All who are included in this dedication would find themselves amply compensated should they procure and read the book. Whether considered in the light of a logical argument, or an eloquent protest, it would be throughout equally interesting. A.

G. Harwich Port, May 10, 1852. DEATH OF ME. BUCKLE. Intelligence has been received from Europe of the death of Henry Thomas Buckle, author of the History of Civilization in England." Mr.

Buckle was born at Lee, England, November 24, 1822. He received a good education, and entered his father's commercial establishment, but gained more reputation as a chess-player than a merchant. In 1840 his father died, leaving him an ample fortune, and Buckle, then abandoning commerce, devoted himself to literary pursuits, residing with his mother in London. His assiduous labors upon his great work had greatly reduced his strength, and he had for some months before his death been travelling in the East, with some benefit, as was understood, to his health. He was the guest 6T Mr.

Thayer, the American consul-general at Alexandria, early in this year; and at last died in Damascus on the 31st of May. The two volumes of Mr. Buckle's "History" which have been published form, as is well known, only a part of what he had laid out as the introduction to the work itself. In completing the second volume, be found it necessary to retrench heavily from his original designs, and decided to hasten through with the introduction, that he might com- fdcte the history itself before passing the period of ife when he could hope to be capable of intellectual labor. His next volume would nave touched upon the United States, and it will cause profound regret that the comments of so liberal and bold a thinker upon our institutions should be lost.

It is our impression that this part of the work was entirely unwritten, when he left England to seek for health in the East. Probably no work has appeared for years which has occasioned so much controversy as the two volumes published of Mr. Buckle's introduction but no opponent ever denies the surprising industry or the surpassing ability of the author. His philosophical conclusions may be unfounded, and may fall bo-fore the searching examination to which "they are subjected but the world will be the gainer in the end from the appearance of the work which has occasioned such fresh inquiry and activity, and it will generally regret the loss of the story of English civilization, told by a writer of such power and of sucn earnest convictions. To this brief notice of a erreat author, we mav subjoin a few remarks, made by a correspondent writing to us from Cairo, February 17th, who had frequent opportunities of meeting Mr.

Buckle while the latter was in Egypt Mr. Buckle, the distinguished author of the 4 His tory of Civilisation, has lately returned from an expedition of several weeks up the Nile, in search of rest and health, and is now here making arrangements for a tour to Syria. He cronose to America, and would have cone thither thia nummor but for the war." His next volume will troat United States. Last week, Mr. Thaver.

our exlln consul-general here, entertained Mr. Buckle at dinner. The company included two ladies well kvjown in the literary and social circles of England HGM, several English and American gentlemen who hap- ruu van v. iur. xucjcie, as I hear, expressed a strong feeling of grati6cation at the peaceful solution of the Trent complication, and a war between the two kindred nations of England and the United States would be a calamity to'man-kind he had however anticipated from the benn-nmg no other than a pacific settlement.

In his con- veraiiuii, as in nis writings, he shows himself favor- I JULY 4 ably disposed to our institutions, and well prepaid to judge dispassionately of their practical working lie says tue suujeci is iw vo oe discussed ccpt after careful personal examination. AltboofA appreciating mc oiub ui iu wors os Ue Toe- a.v:11a lin rm Til aim nf Ifio rrr 1 European criticism upon America." A Wnnr.RT Amazon. mn rmm letter, from Clarksburg, the following account of a recent capture there About a dozen deserters from the rebel i. came in yesterday, very much frightened, wanthif -transportation to Ohio- We also captured a Terr desperate woman, oy the name ol Jenny Green, and sent her under guard to Wheeling. She about 18 or 20 years of age, and not bad lookiiw -she lived about 30 miles from here, and told (J' ivciiey mat mo cuk au uis iciegrapu wires When be was up the Kanawha, and she'd be ft wouldn't do it again.

She has been in the habit visiting the rebel camps, rides a fine horse, carries a pistol revolver and a bancbome revolving rifle presented to her by some rebel officers, andwith -mUX sne Doasis mai sne nas Kiuea a great many -J Yankees. She is said to be an unerring shot, and can put a bullet through the ace of clubs at the tance oi one nunureu varus, nine times out of tea. She has been pursued many times, but has made ker escape by the fleetness of her horse, and when cornered, where escape seemed impossible, would eanaa her horse to leap me most nornoie ravines and lunge over rocks where the soldiers dare not follow er. She was taken by strategy and sent to Wheeling once before and imprisoned, but by the intercession of some secession ladie3 there, Gen. T3osecraiit released her on parole.

When brought before tbe captain ot the company who arrested her, the cap. fain Atd W11- Afie vm! vwuv, vuiua LJ K.I us again to which she replied with a terrible oatk and snatched a rifle from one of the guards, disc ha r-' ing it at the captain in an instant, but be saw tW movement, and struck up the muzzle of the gun, and the ball passed through his cap, just grazing hit head." A Blunder and a Joke. The New OrWiM correspondent of the New York Herald says: Speaking of Dr. Smith, I am reminded of of the best jokes of the season. A gentleman called on Gen.

Butler to-day, and stated that he Lad a ne gro who was hanging about tho general hospital and ho wished to get him. The General's policy fn such cases is to turn the negro out of our lines, un- less he has-been employed by some officer, lie therefore turned to one of his aids Lieut Clark and told him to write to Dr. Smith to turn tbe man out of his hospital. Lieut. Clark wrote to Dr.

Smith You will at once turn this man out of your bos- pital accidentally omitting to say anything about a colored man. The owner of the slave took the note to the hospital innocently enough, and banded it to Dr. Smith. The Dr. read the and, though father astonished, supposed the General bad good reason for such instructions; so he jumped, and told his visitor to leave the house quicker thta he ever came into it.

J. be gentleman was perfect, ly astounded, and attempted to ask the reason of such treatment but the Doctor said he would not hear a word, and, taking him by the shoulder, pushed him towards the door, and then ordered a corpo ral to put him out, which he did, tho gentleman brandishing his cane and cursing bitterly against such usage. Die went back to the General, and an explanation ensued, and resulted in all hands en joying a regular old-fashioned horse-laugh. The ne gro was not in me nospuai, auu nas not yet ueen fouud." Tiie Negro in Demand. Tho Danish Government has made a singular proposition to the Administration at Washington.

It is no lees than to take all the contrabands off our hands, transport them to the Danish West Indies, there to be placed under apprenticeship for three years, and after that time to receire wages and to beeome entirely free. The propocd shows on the part of Denmark a Yankee propentitr for driving a sharp trade. It shows, besides, thai th negro is in demand in other quarters, although he lu been the innocent cause of great difficulties among u. Our Government could do no more, were it disposed to cooperate with Denmark, than to extend facilities for such fugitives as might desire to migrate' to Si Croix on the terms proposed. It could not transfer the contrabands bodily to the representatives of De mark, to be conveyed without their consent to nev though mitigated bondage.

No one, we trust, wobM advocate that course. Nor will the plan of implicating our Government in the apprenticeship iwteo find general favor. If individuals desire to seek new homes under Danish protection, the Government might withhold hindrance and interference. Beyond that, the efforts of the Danish diplomats will not be likely to be effectual. -Oneida Herald.

A Well Kept Loo. The Tort Itoyal correspondent of the New York Tribune has procured a copy of the log of the steamer Planter, kept by Robert Spa2 on that famous trip, when he so skillfully escaped from Charleston harbor to the blockading fleet It given as follows "List Robt. Small, Pilot Alfred Gridiron, Engineer; Abram Jackson, Jcbel Turner, W. Thompv son, Sam Chisholm, Abram Allerton, Hannah Small, Susan Small, Clara Jones, Anna White, Levins Wilson, David McCloud, 3 small children. Loo We leave Charleston at past 8 o'clock Tuesday morning.

Lj We pass fort Sumter past 4 q'clock. We arrived at blockading squadron at Charleston Bar at to 6. We give three cheers for the Union flag wonce more. Articles of Suhdart 4 larg not mounted; mortars. We arrive at Port Royal, Hilton, on same night about 9 p.

A Devoted Womaw. It is stated that Mrs. ITenrjr Baylis, the wife of a New York merchant, has kft a home of affluence and ease, and is now devoting her whole time and energies to the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers at Yorktown. She has not only volunteered to endure the privations and discharge the disagreeable duties of hospital life, but abe htf studied the profession of surgeon and nurse so that she can care for a wounded limb equal to any of the surgeons of the army. Billy Wilson occupies the splendid residence, at Pensacola, of the rebel Stephen It.

Mallory. Billy, it is said, lives like a lord, in his new quarters, nj walks about with a gold-headed charter oak cane, wlta Mallory's name engraved upon it, and which he confiscated when he took possession. Some monstrous jaw bones have been dag up in Oregon, supposed to be human, but measuring seven inches across from point to point. They mo have belonged to some huge human gorilla, whoe race we are glad to know is extinct. Such would be just the ones to devour widows' houses.

Six Rainbows at once. The editor of tbe liar?" News says that just as the force of a recent shower at that place was spent, the sun looked out from behina the clouds, when a brilliant rainbow spanned the bef" ens, then a second, then a third, a fourth, a fifth, an finallv a sixth one: all of tlipm in recrular jrraaauon from the inner, which was a mere line, to the outer, which was of great breadth and magnitude. The Charleston Courier of the 22d ultrai the annexed statement We have been reliably informed, thaM men i high official position amomr us men of good intf tion, but of mistaken and misguided patriotism, a SO win thf CPPlla nf liararl Krnmlmiit in OUT DUOSt, D7 preaching a crusade against President ma for a General Canrntin ih lnrkoldilW depose him, and create a Military Dictator in his flat- ITS The Secession Conm.smn. VJlndighn. hail rpri A1 sharn mKiiA' fmm hnml.

A peOtK has been forwarded to the House, from G33 tovaI ci-zens of Cincinnati, asking for his froni Kress as a traitor to his country ana a oisgratv -State of Ohio. irsf Wm. a. notoriety, been arrested in Wheeling for his Secession Vfo thies. as developed in his iubilation at thedefew Banks, and is to be taken to Camp Chase wf keeping.

He had better be sent up here, and take place Lucy occupied. Cleveland Herald. Suppose Lucv was in Cleveland now, and uw y. horn would come alter her. Would she be deliver up as freely as she was I A hottla nf Toir Onlri Cant.

Smart, the 10th Massachusetts regiment, was wounueu leg, and asked the first rebel who approached -him off the field. The rebel replied III take cv of you and at once bayoneted him. his by a wounded man who lay near by. Capt- the same regiment, was killed by the rebels, Jtwo ing wounded, having been shot in the of his company who were taking him from the A Secesh Heart. The Washington Star, sp inz of several rebel women who took occasion press themselves on the arrival of prisoners in ington the other day, says that Mrs.

that her heart was choking her, ao great aa-hatred of Yankee rule." i I1 1 43 6 -3 1 i i.