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selfishness 1 Why does he say, 4 that man's temporal happiness is beet subserved instead of 'his selfishness is best subserved, Why Simply, because he knows that such an emendation would convict him of profane folly and gross slander: yet he is bound to use such language, in justice to Mr. Birney, who expressly speaks of a union of benevolence and not a union of benevolence and 'individual nor a union of benevolence and 4 man's temporal for these de not clash, but are perfectly reconcileable therefore the reviewer is an object of surprise and merriment, nay, of reprobation, not Mr. Birney. When I appeal to a man's 4 temporal do I appeal to his selfishness? Or to bis 4 individual do I appeal to his selfishness? Common sense answers No! Else the force of words is lost, and love means hatred, and hatred moans love. He who loves God supremely, and his neighbor as himself, has not a selfish, but rational regard for his temporal happiness and his individual interest and as he prizes these, he will neither buy nor sell, neither lacerate nor defraud, neither oppress nor debase, any of his fellow travellers to eternity.

Selfishness, "as well as fear, is cast out by perfect love. How applicable is the language of Paul to southern task-masters! 'Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your breth- Ten Be not deceived neither fornica- vj tors, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of Here, then, it is proper to ask, whether the managers, agents, and advocates of the American Colonization Society have addressed their appeals to the selfishness, or to the individual interests and temporal happiness (religiously considered) of slaveholders? The reader may decide by the following extracts from the documents and pamphlets sanctioned by the Society. I. IFhat the Society sajjs to slaveholders, respecting sluvay. They are convinced, that there are now hundreds of master who are so only from Memorial of the Society to the several States.

-African Repository, vol. ii. p. 60. 4 Policy, and even the voice of hum'inity forbade the progress of manumission and the salutary liand 4f lata cams forward to co-operate witii our convic-" tions, and to arrest the flow of our feeling, nnd the ardor of our Idem, vol.

iv. p. 268. 4 Even slavery must be viewed 33 a great national calamity a public evil entailed upon us by unto--ward circumstances, and perpetuated for the want of appropriate Idem, vol. v.

p. 89. 4 Slavery is an evil which is entailed upon the present generation of slaveholders, hich they must suffer, whether they will on Idem, p. 179. 4 With a writer in the Southern Review we say, 44 the situation of the people of these States was not of their choosing.

When they came to the inheritance, it was subject to thi mighty incumbrance, and it would be criminal in them to ruin or wastethe nnn. writer we add also, in the language of Captain Hall, that the slaveholders ought not (immediately) to disentangle themselves from the obligations which have devolved upon them, as the masters of slaves." Wc believe that a master may sustain his relation to the slave, with as little criminality as the slave sustains his relation to the 4 Slavery, in its mildest form, is an evil of the darkest character. Cruel and unnatural in its origin, no plea an be urged iu justification of its continuance but the plea of Idem, vol. v. pp.

329, 334. 4 the Society condemns no man because he is a 4 They (abolitionists confound the misfortunes of generation with the crimes of another, ami wouia saennre pom individual ami public good to an unsubstantial theory of the rights Idem, vol. vii. pp. 200, 5202 What the Society says to slaveholders, their treatment of their slaves.

'There is a principle, sir, which is not inconsistent 'with itself, and yet can sigh over the degradation of the slave, defend the wisdom, and prudence of the South against the charge of studird and pertinacious cruelty' Ninth Annual Ilepert. 4 He the planter looks around him and sees that the condition of the great mass of emancipated African is one incomparison wUk which the condition of his slaves is enviable; Hundreds of humane and Christian slaveholders retain fellow-men in bondage, because thry are con i that they can do no Af. Rep. vol. iv.

pp. 19, 120. We are ready even to grjint, foi our present purpose, that, so far as mere ani.nai existence is concerned, the slaves have no iea.o:i to complain, and the friends of humanity have uo reason to complain for 4 There arc men in the southern States, who long to do something effectual for the beaefit of their slaves, and would gladly ema'neipaie them, did not prudence and compassion alike foibid such a Review of the Reports of the Society, from the Christian Spectator. Seventh Annual Report. III.

What the Socitty says to slaveholders, respecting the right of property in their slaves. 4 We hold their slaves as ire hold their other properly, sacred." Af. Rep. vol. i.

p. 233. 4 The eights of masters are to remain sacred in the eyes of the Idem, vol. iv, 271. 4 It was proper again aud again repeat, that it was far from the intention of the Society to affect, in any manner, the tenure by which a certain species ef property is held.

He was himself a slaveholder and he considered that kind of property as inviolable any other in tlie Speech if Henry Clar. First Annual Report. 4 The Society has at ail times recognized the constitutional and LEGITIMATE existence of -Tenth Annual Report. 4 To the slaveholder, who had charged upon them the wicked design of interfering wish the rights of fEOPERTY under the specious pretext of removing It vicious and dangerous Ire; population, they address themselves in a tone of conciliation and sympathy. We know your rights, sa they, and we re-.

sped AT. Rep. vol. vii. 100.

IV. JJ'hat the Society says to slaveholders, respecting its tendencies. So far from beinir connected with the abolition of tlaverv, Vie measure proposed would prore one of if. me greatest securtuts to enanie nr master to Keep possession his own Speech of John Randolph at the Second Annual Meeting. But is it not certain, that should the people of the Southern States refuse to adopt the opinions of the Colonization Society, telative to the gradual abolition of slavery, and continue to consider it both just and politic to leave, untouched, a system, for the termination of which, we think the whole wisdom and energy of the States should be put in reouiilion, that thev will CONTRIBUTE MORE' EFFECTUALLY TO THE CONTINUANCE AM) STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM, by removing those now free, than by any or all other melhHis which can possibly be devised Such has been the opinion expressed by Southern gentleman of the first talents and distinction.

Eminent individuals have, we doubt not, lent their aid to this cause, in expectation of at once accomplishing a generous and noble work for the objects of their patronage and for Africa, and GUARDING THAT SYS- TEM. the existence of which, though unfortunate, Mbey deem necessary, by separating from it those, whose disturbing force augments its inherent vices and darkens all the repulsive attributes of its character. In the decision of ntdividuals, as to the effects of the Col onization SiK-ttv. we perceive no terror OUR BELIEF IS THE SAME AS fAf. Rcd.

vol. i. d. 227 .1 The removal of every single free black in Amer-. ira, would tie productive of no'-hing hot safety to the Idem, vol.

iis. p. 202. Then was but oae way, (to increase the value -of tba slaves, but that might be made effectual, for- ii PROVIDE AND KEEP for for in all of of It a of of OPEN A DRAIN FOR THE EXCES3 OF INCREASE BEYOND THE OCCASIONS OF PROFITABLE Fifteenth Annual Report. On account of the narrow limits to which we are confined, extracts under each of the foregoing heads are stinted in number; but we might easily multiply them to the entire occupancy of our sbeet The spirit which pervades them is selfish, to extermination.

Yet the reviewer of Mr. Bir-ney's Letter thinks that appeals like these are warranted 4 by the most enlarged principles rtf provided they are not invested with 4 a importance dUpro-portioned to that of the main argument'! He says, moreover 'If, in pleading for Colonization, Mr. Birney dwelt exclusively or too fondly on its 'selfish thix wss an error oi his own. which it is not very gracious in him to make now an article of nil impeachment against Hie society. But, in the extracts we have made above, we have shown how exclusively and fondly the Society, and not Mr.

Birney, has dwelt upon its 4 selfish and how vainly it is striving to effect a 4 union of ienero-lence and selfishness ABOLITIONISTS THEIR WRITINGS. The cause of negro emancipation is scarcely less distinguished for its intrinsic excellence and grandeur, than for the ability and power with which it. has been espoused by its advocates. In England, it commanded almost the entire intellect and piety of the nd. For a time, indeed, even there, it was iewed with apathy, and sometimes with hostility but in the sequel, it obtained the enthusiastic support of all orders of society.

The list of its transatlantic friends is a long and brilliant one. Upon it, alonsr with a great multitude of others, are recorded the names of Lafayette, Gregoire, Mirabeau, Montesquieu, and Bernardin St. Pierre, in France; Blumenbach, A. La Fontaine, and Oldenborg, in Germany; the Cardinal Cibo and the Abbe Pierre, in Italy Sharp, Wil-berforce, Clarkson, Fox, Pitt, Cowper, Sher idan, Canning, Sterne, Wesley, Whitfield, Suffield, Buxton, Cropper, Macaulay, Ste phen, and Lord Brougham, in England; Curran, O'Connel, and Phillips, in Ireland Thompson and Wardlaw, in Scotland. In this country, this cause in its infancy was warmly espoused by Benezet, Wool-man, Lay, Dwight, Barlow, Rush and Franklin.

It has been stated to us, upon good authority, that Dr. Rush suffered a loss of six thousand dollars in his practice in one year, his benevolent efforts in its behalf; and both Rush and Franklin were burnt in effigy the same cause. At the present time, there is a prodigious amount of zeal and intellect embodied on the side of immediate and universal emancipation. Abolitionists generally are mighty men for the truth they have become strong men in wrestling down their own prejudices and although they are not popular men, and therefore in vulgar eyes not great men, yet find them where yo't will, at the north or south, at the east or west, in all that constitutes moral greatness and invincible cour-. age, they have no superiors.

In their publications may be found all that is melting in pathos, or attractive in love all that is strong argument, or infallible in demonstration that is victorious in truth, or stirring in eloquence all that is appalling in holy denunciation, or uncompromising in everlasting principle all that is lofty in genius, or sublime in spiritual conception all that is dis interested in genuine patriotism, or excellent in glowing piety and all that is majestic in equity or desirable in freedom. They contain the soundest and ablest expositions the rights of man to be found in any human treatises, and will be quoted in defence universal liberty, by men of all complexions, until that liberty shall be established the earth. We have perused them with vast delight, and with great edification; ard do not hesitate to say, that the eulogy we liave pronounced upon them is the eulogy that posterity will applaud. COWARDICE AND RUFFIANISM. Manufacturing towns always contain suitable materials for a mob, whether they are located in England, France, or America.

Lowell has been again disgraced by a fresh attempt, on the part of some of its inhabitant, tosuppres3 the liberty of speech on the subject of slavery. For particulars, see the letter of Rev. Asa Rand in another column. seems that Mr. Thompson lectured to the people in that place on Sabbath evening, to large audience, with overwhelming power.

On Monday evening, his lecture was inter rupted by hideous noises from certain brutes and reptiles, and by a shower of missiles, one which came into the window before which Mr. T. was speaking, very narrowly missing his head: the blow would unquestionably have proved mortal. The prompt appearance a few peace officers quelled the disturbance, and the meeting listened with great attention and delight to the remainder of Mr. T's remarks at the close of which, it was announced, according to previous arrangements, that a third lecture would be givQn on the next evening.

It was soon rumored that, instigated by a few choice spirits, the lovers of New England rum and southern slavery were determined have a row, and to inflict personal violence upon Mr. T. On Tuesday morning, the following very patriotic placard made its appearance which we copy verbatim: Tuesday Morn. Dec. 2, 1S34.

CITIZENS OF LOWELL, Arise Look well to your interests Will you suffer a question to be agitated in Lowell, which will endanger the safety of the Union A question which we have not, by our Constitution, any right to meddle with. Fellow Citizens Sjiall Lowell be the first place to suffer an Englishman to disturb the peace and harmony of our country? Do you wish instruction from an Englishman If you are tho freeborn sons of America, meet, one and all, at the Town Hall, THIS EVENING, at half past 7 o'clock, and con vince your Southern brethren that we will, not interfere with their ngnti. JOURNAL OF THE TIMES. In addition to the above, the following kind and intelligent epistle was addressed te Mr. Thompson, by an anonymous band: Dec 1834 Rev Dr Thompson Dear Sir I as a friend bev leave to inform you that there is a plot in agitation to immerce you a vat or lndelable Ink and i recommena to you to take your departure from this part of the contry, as soon as possable or it wil be shurely carrid into opperration ana tnai to before yon see the light of an other son Very respectfully yours a citizen of theas -United States of Ammerica.

nitrate of Silver- This accurate specimen of orthography we are quite sure was not written by an American-born citizen for many of the rabble were foreigners of the lowest grade, who assembled to put down a foreigner of the highest! It shows what sort of animals are opposed to abolitionists, and furnishes good proof of the excellency of the anti-slavery cause. Tuesday evening came dark dreary drizzly just such an evening as gives courage to Cowardice, and nerves the arm of Murder. The ruffians, however, were disappointed of their prey our anti-slavery brethren adjourned the meeting to the ensuing day, in broad day-light, at half past 2 o'clock and they acted wisely. To have persisted in their purposes at such a time and under such circumstances, would have been tha extreme of infatuation. The rioters accordingly took possession of the hall, came to order, and adopted the following sapient resolutions At a meeting of the citizens of Lowell opposed to the agitating of the subject of Slavery, Samuel A.

Cobckn, Esq. was called to the chair, and J. N. Spm.ver appointed Secretary. On motion of P.

H. Willard, Voted, That a committee of three be appointed to draft resolutions to be submitted to the meeting. Thos. HoDkinson. Esq.

P. H. Willard, and John P. Robinson, Esq. were appointed said committee.

The committee reported the following res olutions Resolved, That we deeply deplore the existence of Slavery in the United States, and regard it as a blot on the fair reputation of our otherwise free country. Resolved. That the agitation of the ques tion of immediate emancipation, in this part of the country, is calculated to create suspt cions and disaffection between the north and south, and, with no reasonable prospect of effecting any gsod results, greatly to endanger the permanent union of these States. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the Town Hall of Lowell ought not to be used for the purpose of prosecuting'a discussion obviously tending to produce ef icts so much to be deprecated by every well disposed citizen. After a 6hort discussion by Messrs.

Robinson and Ilopkinson, the resolutions were unanimously adopted. Voted, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and published in the several newspapers in Lowell. Voted, That the Secretary be instructed, to deliver a copy of the resolutions to the Selectmen of the town of Lowell. After which the meeting; adjourned. SAMUEL A.

COBURN, Chairman. J. N. Scmner, Sec'ry. Those persons whose names are recorded above as having partieipated in the proceedings, may be regarded as the leaders of the mob, and ought to be indicted forthwith.

Their ignorance is quite a match for their wickedness and their impudence, in palming their stupid resolutions upon the public as the voice of the citizens of Lowell, is wholly insufferable. None of them dared to comply with the manly invitation of Mr. Thompson, to meet him in public debate on any point they might select not they brave and sapient men! They trembled at his arguments more than he did at their savage denunciations and seditious conduct. In the ceurse of 'Tuesday, an Anti-Slavery Society was formed among the ladies. As in Concord, so in Lowell in the midst of these turbulent scenes, the ladies behaved with great heroism and exemplary devotion On Wednesday afternoon, according to adjournment, Mr.

Thompson again addressed an overflowing and highly respectable audi ence in the same hall, and was received with great enthusiasm. Not one of the lovers of darkness and misrule dared to peep or mut ter, the cowards Citizens of New-England The question is no longer, whether the slaves at the south ought to be emancipated? but whether mob-law is to have the supremacy. Whetheryou are freely to exercise the liberty of speech, or be yourselves the tools and slaves of ty rants and ruffians N. B. CC?" The brick-bat that was thrown at Mr.

Thompson's head, with murderous intent, may be seen at the office of the New-England Anti-Slavery Society, No. 46, Washington Street, bearing the following inscription While G. Thompson, from England, was pleading the cause of 2,300,000 human aud immortal American-born beings, held ia brutal, unmitigated, and soul-destroyiag bondage in this land of Republicanism and Christianity, this deadly missile was hurled with tremendous force at his bead by one of the Citizens of Low(h)ell. In the year of our Saviour Christ, 1534. Of American Independence, 53.

Wc have just been informed that the sale of articles for the benefit of the New-England Anti-Slavery Society, is to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 16th, instead of Wednesday, the 10th, as advertised in our last We hope our female friends from abroad, who would otherwise have been prevented from making contributions, will take advantage of this extension of time. THE BIBLE vs. SLAVERY. A Lecture will be delivered TOMORROW (Sabbath) EVENING, at half past o'clock, by GEORGE THOMPSON, Esq.

at the Hall of the New-England Anti-Slavery Society, No. 46, Washington-street Subject The Bible vs. Slavery. Seats fre. A collection will bo taken, at the close of the services, in aid of the funde of the Society.

The Rail. Road Riots awd Murders. The BalttTore Patriot states that all is now quiet on the Rail Road between that City and Washington, (where two sub-agents were recently murdered,) and that "the neighboring inhabitants feel themselves tol erably secure from the assaults and plunder ing ot these desoerate marauders who nave caused so much terror among peaceful and unoffending citizens who happened to live on the lino of the Road. About '2o0 or the laborers are now in Baltimore jail. The inhabitants of Anne Arundel and Prince George' Counties have held a public meeting and adopted resolutions of thanks to the military who arrested the gang now in prison, and also very severe resolutions against tho class of laborers at present employed on the Rail Road.

The following is the preamble, with a part of the resolutions JVhereas, a portion of Anne Arundel and Prince George's Counties, bordering on the Baltimore and Washington rail road, has been the scene of successive. riots, dangers and bloodshed since the commencement of said down to the present time, and whereas the recent scene of murders of the most wanton'diabolical and atrocious character, upon respectable and unoffending citi zens, scarcely paralleled in the annals of our history, has given ample cause to our fellow citizens for alarm and apprehension for the safety of their lives, and whereas, while they suffer themselves to remain exposed to the deep laid schemes of that population from which all these grievances emanate. And whereas, it is known to be confined exclusively to that class of laborers which has been generally employed on the afore said work, and it having been established beyond all question, that the Irish laborers compose that class, and that they nave lorm ed secret associations, to which they are bound under the most awful and solemn oaths to keep each others' secrets, and under which association they are enabled accomplish their hellish plots without being in danger of discovery. And, whereas, the good citizens of these Counties, have in vain set forth their grievances and remonstrances to the proper sources for the removal of the cause. And, whereas, it is the right and bounden duty of our fellow citizens to defend themselves and their property against the band of the ruffian, we the subscribers, citizens of the aforesaid Counties, unanimously; ugree to adopt the following resolutions, viz Resolved, That we do consider and hold the present class of Irish laborers employed in the Baltimore and Washington rail road as a gang of ruffians and murderers, combined together under the most solemn ties to carry into effect such hellish designs as their passions or prejudices may prompt them to commit.

Resolved, That the President and Direc tors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, be requested to order their agents and contractors to discharge from their em ploy all such laborers as have been herein described. Resolved. That we will unite jn expelling from our Counties, forcibly if tve must, all such characters as have herein been descri bed. Resolved, That this meeting approve the subjoined letter of Col. Geo.

Cooke, addres sed to the President oi tne uaitimore ana Ohio Railroad. AjtifE Arundel Cou.ntt, Nov. 25, 163-1. Phillin E. Thomas, President Bait.

Ohio Rail Road. Dear Sir: In conseqnene of the recent murders on the Washington Railroad, the inhabitants of the county adjacent to the Railroad have been kept in a continual state of alarm. No efficient measures have been adopted by the Company to find out and ar rest the murderers, and also from the fact that a number of onr citizens have been threatened by the laborers on said road, I have been requested to state for your in formation that the residents of this section of the country are determined that if the Com pany do not adopt such measures, as will in future secure them from biting h.rrrassed by these frequent riots on the-road, that they will muster a sufficient force and drive every Irishman off the road from the Patapsco to the big Patuxcnt, at all hazards; and in this determination they are promised the co-operation and aid of other sections of our country. In making this communication, I assure you the people are actuated by no other mo tive than to put an end to inese continued murders and riots, which, if they are permit ted to go unpunished as heretofore, may in the end, lead to those wretches depredating still further on the surrounding neighbor hood. If the ring-leaders cannot be secured and punished, the whole force ought to be discharged and a new set employed.

The work had better be delayed a short time than to be the scene of such frequent disgraceful out rages. ith respect Your obedient servant, GEO. COOKE, Chairman. Case of the Pirates. The United States Circuit Court assembled this morning at 10 o'clock the number of spectators be ing as great as on the last occasion.

As soon as Judge Story had taken bis seat Mr, Hillard rose, and, addressing the Bench, said that it was the wish of the Counsel for the prisoners to obtain a new trial. Mr. Hillard made some additional remarks, which as he spoke very low and across the table we did not overhear. The Court remarked that as the case had been regularly gone through, and the verdict of the jury had been returned against only apart of tlie prisoners, it would be necessary for Messrs. Child and Hillard to state the grounds of their intended motion for a new trial.

The statutes of Massachusetts and two thirds of the other States, placed it out of the power of the Court to grant a new trial in a capital case but not so according to the statutes of the United States. The Court then asked Mr. Child whether he was prepared to argue the case at ouce. Mr. Child answered that he was at present unprepared to argue it, and the Court directed that the argument should take place in the Supreme Judicial Court Room on Monday next, and instructed Mr.

Child to furnish him with the points of his argument, and the authorities on which they were founded as early as on the Thursday previous. The Court then adjourned. Mercantile Journal. Execution. The solemn sentence of the law was executed this morning, about eleven o'clock, on Henry Joseph, for the inhuman murder of Capt Crosby.

Alargeconconrse of people assembled to witness the execution. He said something to the multitude a few moments before the drop felLbut owing to the distance at which our informant stood, it was not heard. He mounted the gallows with firm step, though he was occasionally i in II died acknowledging the jus- tice of his sentence, lie was yesterday heard to confess that he was the sole that Otis was innocent; he had been abused by the captain and mate, and had sworn he would have revenge he was sorry for it he should die to-morrow. He was attended tkis morning by the Rev. Mr.

Cnr-tin, a Roman Catholic PriesL 'Transcript of Tuesday. Lieut Col. Campbell, commander of the military expedition from Ba'timore, for the arrest of the murderers on the Washington Railroad, has returned, and committed to the Baltimore County Jail 600 prisoners. Probably all the murderers are among the number, and also many that are not only innocent, but even ignorant of the perpetration of it. There was not the least resistance from any one of the host, nor any insult or injury offered to any one of the who effected the arrests.

Ibid. Histort of the Peoplk of ColorI We are authorized to state that this important work is in a state of progress. The complier is in the receipt of facts and docu ments from various friends in the free states. His design is to render it a prmanent and entirely correct repository of all the leading tacts in tae history ot tlie colored race. It is proper here to state, also that Martis Cross, a citizen of color from Cats-kill, N.

who has recently published a lithographic likeness of Wilberforce, is now on an agency for the History. All communica tions with, reference to the work should be addressed to Charles W. Denison, Anti Sla very Rooms, N. Y. Editors friendly to the cause equal rights are requested to copy tins article.

We have understood that our fellow citizen and neighbor, James G. Bir.net, Esq. has it in contemplation, during the ensuing year, tocommence the publication of a newspaper, dedicated chiefly to the cause of emancipation. From what he has heretofore written on the subject, we presume he will occupy the ground of the duty as well as the policy of this measure. How much soever we may differ with him in some of his main grounds, we are assured of one thing, that whatever cause this gentleman may deem it his duty to support, he will do it with candor, moderation, and Christian feeling.

Olive Branch, Danville, Ky. A or. 1. Kncouragement to Slaves. Mr.

J. Berry of New-Orleans, carries on a cooperinff es tablishment at New-Orleans by tlie labor of bis slaves. His blacks having turned out some fine casks, under the direction of Mr. Young, liis foreman, he requested a committee, consisting of three master workmen from Philadelphia and New-Orleans to examine six molasses hogsheads made by them; and award premiums to the makers. They accordingly awarded to James 5, to Jordan $4, to Jacob $5 50, to Stepney $3, to An drea $2 50, and to Titus $2.

The above premiums were paid by their master, and tlie committee do not hesitate to pronounce the workmanship of these blacks equal to any they have ever met with. Their certificate is invaluable as showing how servicea ble slave labor may be rendered under prop er regulations. It at ouce repels the incen diary statements of the fanatics about the cruelty of masters their domestics. The system of encouragement, which Mr. Berry has so laudably adopted, does him great cred it, and speaks volumes in favor of hw liberal ity and jeneros.ty.

Reader! -The above precious specimen of liberalitv and kindness is not' the effusion of a slaveholder, nor was it concocted in a slave State, it is an editorial article taken from the 3 "ork Commercial Advertiser, of ISov. Sjy, the 'organ of the Colonization and in conjunction with the Cou rier Sc. Enquirer, the partner and projector of the anti-abolition mobs, by which our city has been eternally disgraced. This wise acre thinks a paltry premium paid to me chanics, whose skill can compete with those of Philadelphia, a sufficient proof otliberality from the man who holds them in slavery, with their wives, and sons, and daughters, and who robs them ol the fruits of their skill and industry all their lives. Ask a journey man cooper of New-York what he thinks of such liberality to workingmen.

Emancipa tor. New-York. The last report of the New-York State Temperance Society is filled with tlie most cheering facts. The number of societies in the state is said to be, seren-leen hundred and sixty-three. There are ten thousand school districts in the state, in each of which a Temperance Society is to be- organized.

In one thousand of them the work is done. Upwards oftAree hundred and forty thousand persons in the state have pledged themselves to total abstinence. The increase during the past year is estimated atone hun dred thousand. Fourteen hundred and seventy-tico persons have abandoned the sale of the poison in their taverns or stores. The subscription to the Temperance Recorder in the state, is over ninety-seven thousand.

These ore a few of the facts contained in this document Temperance ij Virginia. A State Temperance Society was held at Charlottesville, Va. on the 30th of October. The number of delegates present was 180, representing forty different counties. A resolution, denouncing tlie traffic in ar dent spirit, as a -drink, an immorality, was adopted, 174 to the minority only doubt ing the expediency of passing such a resolution.

Measures were also adopted by the con vention for sustaining a temperance paper. which is soon to be issued from Richmond. Great Fire. A most calamitous fire oc curred on Monday night, Nov. 24th, at Snow Hill, Maryland.

It consumed about forty houses, among which the Court House, eight stores, two hotels, The records and papers in the Court House hava been pre served. The fire is said to have originated in a cabinet maker's shop. Loss estimated at $150,000. Extraordinary Passages. The shin Co.

lumbia, Capt Alexander, made her last passage from London to the port of New-York in ao cays ana itj hours, and hence to Charleston, where she arrived a few days since, in 53 hours. Total number of hours, including both passages, 434. There have been alarmin? riots at Mon treal, attended with great destruction' of property and loss of life. At one time the mob had complete possession of the city, and paraded the streets with clubs and fire arms. The riot: originated in political ex citement i 105 Roawa.ii.

The question of our.Wal-thaaj correspondent is a novel one, which, we believe, baa never been submitted to' any judge or jury in New-Englnnd and probably nevev wilt be by any even should occasion ferr Whatever might be a legal decision of the courts in a case of this kind, by the law of God we are bound to succor runaway slaves, and to hide them from their pursuers and by that law, every man who assists-io recapturing, them is a' man-stealer. Hard LascCsck. Tarn to onr firsr rmrt. reader, and you find an article from the Cincinnati Journal, lio.wled Uws Devils It seems that aa attempt bn been made ta kidnap two colored person iu that city, and uW who wer- guilty of it are sly led by the Journal, Devil lx- We do not object this roueb phraseol ogy but this we say, that if tUs editor of that paper' or his correspondent will prove, that thjse wretebe ate any more deserving of soi-fi epilnets than rBs who are holding their fellow-men Bondage, stealing the offspring of slave parents a they are born, we promise before heaven stnd ennfi lo speak: and writ no mora on the of American) Slavery. Front tlie Boston Atlas of Thursday tcoraiug.l PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

We received at ten minnutes before JrWr th is morning tlis highly important document Br Express, throcsh in thirtt--eight iiours rRti.M Washisgto.v. Its character is more hostile to France than we had reason to expect; as tlie President desires to be invested with discretionart power to grant letters of ma kqce ad reprisal. on French commerce in the event of an appropriation to liquidate our claims not being made by the Chambers ot their next session- The Message is partly occupied with a coarse attack on the U. S. Bank, charging it with occasioning violence in one of our cities famed for its observance of law and order meaning the late RIOTS in 1 Phila delphia and declaring that he has exerted all his 'lawful anthority to sever the connexion between the Government End this faithless He further recommends the sale of the Government Stock tluit all the Laws connecting the Government directly or indirectly with the Bank be that the 14th Section of its Charter authorising the recsipt of its biiis in payment of debts due the IT.

S. be suspended, and that the Institution left to its own resources and means It appears that on the first day of January next, there will remain in the Public Treasury, an estimated balance of $440,000 after the payment of the last item of the National debt and he recommend that no alteration should bo made in the existing tariff or duties. The Army is represented to be in a healthy condition, and its discipline well preserved. To tho Navy more than the usual space is devoted and considering our relations with France, wo think justly. It is recommended in consequence of the frauds recently practised on the Pension De partment, to create an army of inspectors to visit and report from personal observation, on the case of every pen sioner in the United States And it is further recommended to tcithhold from every revolutionary Veteran the pittance which has been granted him, until such per- -sonal investigation has taken place, and their original right to the pension determined ANTI-SLAVERY LECTURES.

The New-England Anti-Slavery Society propose to have a course of Lectures delivered at their Hall, over 46, Washington St on Wednesday evenings, during the winter. The first lecture will be delivered by GEORGE THOMPSON, Esq, on WEDNESDAY the 10th inst. at 7Vclocfc, Ort the history, present state, and future prospects of llayti. Tickets for tlie first Lecture may be had, gratis, at the Society's room, or at tha door of the hall on the evening of the Lecture. MA RIIIED In this city, Nov.

28, by tha Rev. Samuel Siinwden, Mr. Istaer Holmes to Miss Alary Jane Snowdea. In Buffalo, Nov. 21, Mr.

Samuel G. Gardner, hair-dresser, formerly of Boston, aged about 43. ANTI-SLAVERY PUBLICATIONS. MIE NEW-ENGLAND ANTI-SLA VERY SOCIETY have for sale at their office, No. 4G, Washington-street Medals representing British Emancipation, August 1834.

25 and 12 cts. Anti-Slavery Seals, representing the Imploring Slave both male and .42, 33, and 18 cts. Just received, VI aster Paris kneeling Slaves in chains 50 cts. Address of the New-York Young Men's A. S.

Society Just received. 12 cts. The Sin of Slavery and its Remedy By Elizur Wright 12 cts. i Four Sermons, Preached in the Chapel of the Western Reserve College, by Rev. Be rial) 12 cts.

The Extinguisher Extinguished By Da vid Ruggles, a of color. 12 cts. Birney Letter on Colonization. cts. Do.

do. to the Ministers and El ders of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky. 4 cts. 1 Rev. A.

A. Phelps's Lectures on Slavery? and its Remedy- 50 cts. Letters of ii. B. Stanton and Rev.

Dr. SL II. Cox. with Speech of J. A.

Thome of Ken tucky. 6 cts. Rev. C. P.

Grosvenor Address before the Anti-Slavery Society of Salem and Vicinity. 20 cts. Child's Speech, the Despotism of Freedom- Mrs. Child's Appeal in favor of that class of Americans called Africans. 50 cts.

Second Annnal Report of the N. E. A. S. Society.

12 cts. First Annual iteport oi me American A. S. Society. 12 cts.

Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley. 50 cts. Sketch of Garrison's Trial for an alleged Libel on Francis Todd. 10 cts. fry- Those who buy for distribution, or ot sell again will receive the usual discount All orders promptly attended to by B.

C. BACON, Jgent. CHRISTIANITY AND INFIDELITY, or a Discussion or the Poctrihe or Materialism for sale at the Bookstores of Crocker 4V Brewster, Perkins Marvin, William Peirce, and John Marsh. Dec 6..