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NICARAGUA. AND LABOR. of Toe n. t. Town or Viboin Hat, Jan.

23, 1856. We amved at Creytown on the 19th, and took up river. On morning of the 20th Texan named Craig a young man, lately of Hew-York, but formerly of Brooklyn, John nsn Lymsn, called Lyme. Craig rot arrest Lyman was buried by hi? cotspau taas at Castillo When Kerrigans party arrived at Virgin Bay, the best of them -i-ed tbe Louisiana Volunteers. Some six or more went to Juan, and are now employed there laboring.

One ia in tbe Guard-house here on suspicion of rob Ibery; Kerrigan, with thereat, ha? gone There are probably sixty men here by the Ace-eaaory Tianait Company, at frota $75 to $225 per month, paid weekly. There are oheat fifty mounted soldier? at this posit, principally from California--all quiet, orderly, resps-ctebie men. They are armed and -'juipprd, aid live They are employed chiefly as there is no fighting any kind to be done. Kach man is provided with a carbine, and BDOunted revolver. The foreigner? lore havetbi? day formed an in? dependent retnateer etmmmj.

I have conversed with ill here relative to the popularity of the party, and have found but on? an ardent desire for tbe entire succeas of hi? Kor can this bs wom'ered at, when one tbe nthletic-lookiijg tuen aud naked, and to a condition little if any better tUn There it a population here, and yet ena rardly bs found at any price. To give you an idea of the prices: A pair coating in New-York worth estitton handkerchief, in New-York bring? $1 carpenters' tool? cannot be had at any price; neither can or raagOB. Groceries of every kind command cnoriniu? ami yet board per day. I have not seen a drunken man here. Drunk? ards are dealt with The Ciinimandfint, Col Fry, a plain, unassuming nian, keeps perfect order vv.thiii hi? juriBiin tiori, thuR commanding the BBopeet of all native and foreign.

The Company pay to deck hand? on the river and take Bfl of mnntb, and probably 2.MI men at $800 per annum. A taw and grist mill is greatly Deeded. Lum? ber cannot be had bereut Good Hour now Balling for b30 per bid. Ham nre not to be had at per lb. Kreah good meat from la-to IS per and the native? are too indolent to bring in and kill at this price; while alive, the BBJBialaare not worth more thnn Ii or I eenta per lb, Oeonmon day laborer? per day find board; enrponten from rf'.

to aud not to be had at that, ltlackkioiths commiind $5 per tin amiths, as much they charge; gnnamlths ditto, p'or making pair of where everything found by the owner, from to A three-cent paper oi ebevaiiiy tobacco is sold for 20 VNaahinn aud ironing, $2 per dozen. "Whatever the rumor? in circulation i to the character government of Gen, Walker. hia position firmly established as the k-Xeca five of any State In the American Union. With few tin mm who have here are Ol' the better class. Many of them arc baylag town loti; other? are clearinc land? with the in- 1 BrBttna of turning and they now only require steam saw, and grist mill? to build their I converged to-day with a Bargeoa of unch ex? perience in different Dr.

aim New York, furmerly aorgoon of throe afferent steam? ships on the Atlautic and l'a? inform? me that this, the dry, aaon there 11 but little sett except from dissipation, and that he eonsid ora the climate healthy for all pereoni of good habits. 1 BAT, Thursday. Feb. 1, I860, 1 have just ntnrind from vas and St. George's, The former place, distant from re abmit tea ci nt.

in? a population of who lire without exception ihe most inissnible of tbe human family. The wails of it cathedral of Isifaie din stand there liioii'iineut of labor done mi the M.bbatb. 8uudav being the day which the population cm spure time to hv their labor the building of churches. I convened with the parish pricat, who im-uned if had any such baildiuga in Uidted or it Raj Bach Urge if there wen? anv among us. I found him ignorant.

The town is by about native vagabond fellows. The town of RlVaVt, bv most heiuitiful MBBOry, is already goae to rum. The have ithcr industry, nor ouergy. 1 St. Geeqpje'o, aud remained there tore In an beam 1 found two persons writing behind a kind of rail, rrsembling a post rail fence.

One looked daggers at me, and ordered, in the moat imperativo man? ner, that 1 take my oil in the preaenc? hi? Honor the Alcalde; but I respectfully declined, 1 meant no contempt. In the course of conversation he offered to me hi? plantation of twenty five acre? of cultivated land, with two for 1 visited the resilience of the priest l'adre Ka mon, told me he had over acre? for sale, and he arm now i-nite poor, he would dig pose of some of hi? Laki? property for the low price per he waa willin. to do to oblige hi? friends the Americans; while other? desire to their land? at from to $30 the 8t Georges eoutaius a church, three priests, a population of OSme three thiiiisand: the country the towu is surpaitingly beautiful, and lacki nothing but industry to make it pro? ductive. Seeing eral chilJren in and around the reei deuce of the priest. I aaked a girl to whom belouged.

Without iieaiutiou, replied, to the other mhabitanta of Saint in ortned me that this man it the father of at least thirtv liviii- children; so rallied la the whole population that the have scarcely a virtu? ous idea. I tat at the doorway of the priest, three u.v tivea wers- marching through the street plasiugon a rude iattruuient. and carrying a picture of the Virgin in a glass case. The natives kuelt and hlMed the ease as it passed. I returned to Hay and a number of invalids from among them Mr.

Ploaet of the Cuit.d state? agent for bonded Judge the Acent ai ths A. T. Com? pany, keep? a kind of public hospital here, where all are ailing resort. He a kiud of town clock, whose movements are watched bv all the residents here; lie act? a kind of nierai upon the well When any difficulty occurs lust ween vhetherforeigu native, the Judge referred to, and bia decitu.n invariably aettle? the be? a death takea place Mr. act? as sexton and officiate? as clergvman.

On the night of the Pohranry an alarm of an reached here, and in a lew minute? there were gathered one hundred and who oiereaJ tlaeir lervice? to Judge I ushing to pro? tect the property of the Company. Immigrante from California and tbe States are daily pouring in. Dr. Parker, who ha? a plantation San Ja? into, n-j-mro-i? in the vicinity of -1? place that he- ha? killed om- a day for a week. Bs reravntly very large 01 averaitiBi- Ram -hree four baud real pouoil-, the U-af fat of out which weigbe- 130 pooiials.

OREGON. of The Y. OttGOv, Friday, Jan. 4, Your paper to hand regularly, and per? haps affords much satisfaction to our family circle these long winter evening? as lo any other witlin its reach. Winter with ns is a much les? rigorous see-soa thai in the sam latitude The pa-t week the ground has been frozen and, in the hills where I covered with snow; but cattle have manag'-d to browse, and probably few have fed their stijck at ill.

We generally have some two we? ks of euch weather in December and January, aid cold rsins are the worst we expect after that February is, with many a favorite? month for putting in grain of all kinds, and generally is favorable for that purpose. Oregon so isolated in position, and in point of pnlith'nl Bad commercial influence has so little light, that we scarcely to be a portion of the vkoiidat large. Finit-ration across the plains has ahaeat aad we hare no reama ta aatiei? pate tor country more than a gradual, health) beream of population. Manufactures are unkneun among us. and they must be to a certain decree before emigrant? of ordi clnss can ail? rd to come, or the people who bete can thriie and prosper.

All our produ t.ons have beeti and are only lumber and grain. And the prim of beb.w the ability of the li.ii.bi-rii.cn aiid farmer, to prosper th-reby. Lumber, of course, is ihiaped enlj from milll sit? at or near some peoit shipment. Staat draiaal ipede to pun hase the necessaries of life n.tif-t soon paralyze the ctruntrr. unies? we nee manufacture and bocome greater FortuBBtely the people beginning to see thii ae even reasoe tobeliere the rature to Oregon a i Sty.

Ihe Mil ii, print fiR) sen to old settlers has, gtcat prodigality, the growth of the 'ii- Tue population ia too scattered. and farms, or rather claims, arc larger than the i wants of people by at least half. New i comen ni ae longer Bod to settle Bud cannot allord of the first settler? 'Ibis ia a meat aerioae disadvantage to Willa mette Vallar, There are reel traeteof aaoeenpfod eoaatn which, though far to this valley, are still valuable. 'J he east of the ess i cades is at present the seeae of indiau warfare, and until settlers can with safety occupy the lands, of will remain unoccupii.i. It is to this Indian that I most particular!) cnil attention.

Vfiu dfiiibtles? bake nil the particulars. and knoYv that the after being in by 1 a large body ot ladisBI with loss, ii.a'i.o a rcijuintioii iijion our (jokernor. of the emergency it was thought beet to call out a full regiment of and organize them an being the impossibility of getting to in the United service and under United States This done and thej were ordered to rate with the 'I ho unit? fore? made a foray into the Ya kii.a country, and, being unai.ie bring the em to an cngag? ment, they returned to the D.ill-s it sei'ins, to house up for the Win? er in comfortable quarters, Yvhilo the volunteers protccntt'd the war. A request wai made of Maj. Itaiti? lor twobowitrer? and aara to send to the Walla-Walla where a body of Indiana were to be mi attitude.

The fulfiUmeat Of ibis lias deferred until the arrival ofGeB. Wool from California. latter in curt terms ex? presses his inability to comply, having no authori? ty for recogiiiziitg the force or for af lording them an) facilities; und a certain Major lint? since declared that when the volunteers terre starrtd out the regulars would take the ii.de?d, snch a itr-ult was be apprehended. Not ne dollar of public has been expended 't tl.ustiiriiithew.it. 1 he people of Oregon bave not oaly goae to the battle-field, bat hau? cacti man hia horae and equipment.

From the people large have be? drawn all the mcaus cam en the war. It said that Wool is organizing a cam paign Bpon identifie principles, of course, it i never entera into hii arrangement! to asad balf ami not overly many meo. at that, into an Indian country in Winter; and no doubt the regular army thought it ridiculous for thus circuiiistam i to go ot ttwir own free will and ncciud. It makes all the la the whether men light for pay or to defend their homes. Certain it is that our volunteers roused the 11 from his lair; BBTC sttaehed a three dak's battle double their own Bom? ber savages, and driven ti em fren posi? tion with great tees.

Yon mai we all re joice at the reeult, aad that there is gem-rally much ft? ling manifested at the conduct of th? Fi itttl States officers. In couclupion. I ill say a word about politics. niocntc) least the pretence of beyond all Delasoo Smith. the star ol the Tyler constellation, il Speaker Ol the prrsent House.

He is their great gun. Fortunate bia anteeedeate reader comment un? necessary, I tn the divinity thej baa Lia name 'Units at the mast head of two dem? cratic papers as their for the I'reridencr, sides hi? I the same announcement on a cigar bor. in a an atore down toYvn. I be tievethere are hundred? think he is bound to be the MB, beeaam Ihet The Statesman the organ ftne Uaitted ami bo? licve all it ken thoagh it shows itself lie. Demsgokiich rule Oregoa, ami legislation ia often but geasocivtic farce.

If Oregon soon becomes a State, do bot rxpeel that delegation will nt-eist in an) good work, for I promise that If locofocoiiin 11? dirt) Yiork to do, men Yvill be sent there tit to do it. Our lies in our Com mon Schools, in the probable increase of general through the land, and in time to work a change. Slavery promises a for agita? tion when the State Government comes to be organized. We shall Temperance has firm friends among us, who will ev? keep the subject of Frohibitiou a prominent one. In eight or ten tear? Oregon will command a place among the States of the I'nion which kke promise ourselves rhnll not be an BBWOrth) one.

A FaKMI.K. FROM KANSAS. The Kansas com of Tht Derno I crot, who rbbed porttea of the Tan the p' palattea down at 9 Pro-Sterery is, hfl take the liberty lottere through their which appear? to of a suspiciou? i haunter. On at St. Loab, hie found that thirty of hi? letters to T'-c vi ached th? ir defltiaatioa.

a bitten fraiisi Lane, not wa? ram k. 1. His letttr the pni'iculars of Co'ilin'? inker tabbea Tic Ikrw crat with the following acivunt oi THY. I At till IN Atnotig niv unprinted. unforwar-i contaiiii: a of the country mirth ot I it and a vir? affray rc death of Mr, Co'liu? of Doniphan.

are awaie how that atl'air wa? tele paph aad the prepagaada loaraab, a- oae of the out? rages of and matte tibe pretext for an ami appeal for a rirfl war by smi h.i\i'? otrgaa, 'Th, Sana "Their account vi the affair has never been and nu: -red by I itba Itfo should he Known. "TI' 11? axMrt thai Mr. at 'ake Pat, tifo for having his in rn, aHag tie existe! and that Laugb.hu shot hiai dead ia 1 BBtim, Bl Ml 1 bat missed him, and wm lelk I before he time to Collins wa? by a man named ti, with a as thfl pmdaeed tac faiyprorsd. On th-- eraa ta the day of the sffray, and I.aaghlin met in an oft; uiijry remarks paesed betweea On the tbcmmaaf ths day 'Then? I'm tl at LaafMBB Mr. in th- ing with having Mi.

who km rotfing il, denied the gave hi? the He direct. Mr. C-i-Ho? was a man by birth, edocation and character. oie-n remit to be rcs-nting tb? insult. He told he could not ml the he would eonipel to take bot his words "la morruig they met, and Mr.

ad vasced t.wsrd him, him to retrait, or give biro a if he Five of Langkiin two af Mr. hi? nephew ntn tha and a general fight in the ot BBJ I Mr. CeUmt through the h-sly. the pr-itt-rnortem twcr.ry-tLr- I wrre found iu Mr. eorpse.

In of this ev.der.r_. the preipapanda Jty fcnnd a verdict of KiBti attfmirfeeet Tb? N. T. BU'ERivlr. K.

Friday, Jan. 1-, Allow mt to a few word? about Central Kau? Thii porrina of the Territory, tho'igh not more than 11" mile- from ths mouth of the Kansas River, is destined to be the natural and commer? cial orate, of tbe country. Here tbe three great tributaries of the cembine to float the steamboat to our relief. Here there an abuudauce OXeetloat I n.fl.?-ieccy of timber. land and pure 1 hi? portion of II for removed from the that the community it rarely disturbed with the difficulties peculiar to that region.

Five ont of of the settler? are dec.Jed men. and they are willing to with their friend? in trouble, but the facilitie? for new? are so poor that it frerjuently happent that know bal littte tl eir trial? until they are past. From thin place the Gennrnl Gnrornnmnl nmniag rands 1 Perl I.araii.i?'and in the Rocky Mountain-. And in aaoTtioB to tin- mb? vi and diverging of great military roadt at ihi? point, Gorernment hi erecting a large drncoon poit, which la to terre as the center of their milita? ry opt rations in this direction. This military pott to lecure from the band? of wild at tin- game time gives us of the best uarkets in From this radiating point the road? will run to Itih.

CeUfonda and Oregon, and of be militan mppliei 1er tl.e various poets along thermites wiil this way. Nature and art ombilic to point out thi? local? ity natural aud commercial center Kau? The precipitant which loom up along the Kansas admoniah one that he la in the vicinity of tale main fork? of the stream, Bad mod, rick valiej? of the BigBloe end Kannm Rivera ici to that they are ready to sustain the th? Bsaadt dettined toon to throng the huge eom ru? rcial tow i. The arch of emjiire is westward, and this re? gion destined to prodoce the city that must tnke the which hitherto has found its eeater in Independence, Weitport, Westen and Joseph. 'entra! is deBtined to a Rtoldblg in? fluence on the political destiny of all those Terri? tories which lie and A question of oo naall magattade hen ur teelf: Will this ii.fluci.ee be la fcror of Freedom or Slarcry Ii the North consent? let circumstance? take their natural course, this porti? ti of country yvil! be nmre or less under I the coutrolirig infiuence of the South through the St. I.ouii and Independence Railroad.

If the Isojth extend their Hurliuntoti ami Plntt? River Juried to us. will aeenre the whole trade of Kansas: they will have oar eomn-erce, supply all our military stores which will amount Boon to aifllioai of dollar? annually, and they will mold the political institution? of the Territories w. -t and south-west from thi? point. If the Iowa Central Railroad Company conld be pre railed oa to make a deflection to the south-yveet their road alt? it reaches the mouth of the Platte River in Nebraska, and run it to the month Hig Hlue on the Kir- they wi.ii.d not only lecnrethmeadtrantngeato the but they would for yenn to hare the of the best natural (the central one), to the l'acilic; and they would secure the yyhole trade of Kansas to Chicago, New-York BBsi Hosten merchants. '1 his trade, beside the whole military for Um Wem ami Wirt, must otherwise eetnc from St.

l.i?ii?, ami for a bug time by tbe -aagernne and expensive route of the Mifsotui Again, construct this route, which at could not exceed ISO and almost the entire Northern eiiiigratioti would ciune thi? way. '1 he Missouri is a difficult and expensive trenn? to navigate, to nothing of insults and incidents to a transit acres? a Slave State. If this road the mouth of Hig Hlue eouM be put ui.d? eentrnet simultaneously with tlnir read iti low in less than tarn year? all these re mit? would follow. An excellent route can be lor the road through a rich country, yvell lied with timber and coal. If Congreta nt thin session ysi'uld give alternate aectionato any railroad company that Boald construct the road in a time, the remaining half of tbe land would for inore thin the whole with? out the road, and at the time would an to the Government will illustrate hort thi? could be saved, ihi? year, (lOKTUucnt he? paid to on? freighting house in Leaveanrorth City about $100,000 for land car? riage Cram Port Learaawnrth to Fort Riley, a distance of ll!" find this house did but a I'oilioii of the busii ess.

Thi? expense, which in less than jenr? will to could with the bdp of thi? road be vastly curtailed. Sound policy dictate? that the General GofBTn ruent should take itep? to speedily iccure reliable and cheap channel for the transporta? tion of her vast, military dettined to this I oint. Hut KiiiiR. GRAIN IS ILLISt PRK AND 8UPPL CsRSSSOOlssmB Tie V. Alton, Saturday, 19, IBM, It ii'g a little paragraph your paj-er a short tan? which it that NN hear il thra-'hed, "us-d up, ai.d tent offeloaar now than it arm last "April, I thonght, it contrary toarj obeerra ii-u I betMTod to any thi Bute, thi.t 1 wouij take toms little toasosrtaia, far as i n.att? r.

wae it be lent info BBBlhll, and tin an grt large crop of wbe.it, of other hdadsol Rseoion, I hardly teewbtn it hod been i. 'j koewthi generally pmvniied last Fall that grain II nil kind? on.mai:?l a hire, price, na account i'ftl. "t't ie gis.nan-s the I tiy, Biid Its. If vaollld have the etTe, to deter rtrmti, b- tier i Iking V-IV man of otw town, who had been travelijii gh large portka af am ealltetiag -ration BsJd it was jjtjfl fian. r.

miaiiir oa That bv far th. tl- Caima th-- ko-ses, whi.h nm. re li J. ai th. wiih eom, which thi bad nut yet bardhs ither.

I m'-o talked with of ear ol lest i in the i'idthanwh' to the qaanti ty tt grain ban 1 or to th? mark, doe? tit it that rar-ttrnlnrry J.rsry CouLr oar an.i nic-t on of waaii r.nd an r-pportimity to get A-. laiy- th. n- n. ver anything aim an aiy qt-x-tt-tv an be pun for fi per and will he lower. NN heat ha? fail, is mar hot frtim 11 50 per l-uabf! to II within the last or four it though' by manv mav rtiil i v-r 'nvtir than that figue, it it range from tl to There it a grain ol hand ta this? 'y this t'an'a-t vtar at this t'uJ more, ncd th.

re lias been nearly twice much uiad? 1 ere thi- ni tuie, as -hare of which is on hand. I leara alrao tl, a the cloise of aavigat.on 'hire arere hand in N. Louj? :l.s irastt'B bnebel? marre of than last rear, as well as a axnount of iotir. So it seem? that the story that there no graia in the warebous proves not to be true, I hardly the farin? hereabout rive themselves much an? about wheat being 12 per bushel next tarticularly ss of them sow their wheat in the Vail. I have also with men with both the railroad? rann mg into this place, and Vara from them that th? re is gra.u wait.ng at! the line of the roads at for opportu? nity to to market, they having been en mark as not te- be a Lie ro Ireifht-boassfl It the geneTAt imprtreion that grain must be lower.

tmt a what ha? kept it an long. No one it be so low as it has in BBBfl brmei I think it will within the reach of poor a hardly la? raid to have the bat or tWO, C.mist-ow bg th X'jo and the tendency still downward. It mtist be rery to bring 3" cents, vey a wroog impression as to the artual stiite of omway th? other but I justify elf ia when there is the po? a that I may the mcaai errai ke-; Bg bread ont of poor people a. A-Iwes about yoo I thoaght I woaM mud the mching-h iSflfl at. 1 ai at they re and what were the praapeeb ahmd, parhiag thbsemm with our itohe "i.r.

ciu'h has been pa? k-d. I learn tlw prim ther raid thM last bat oferred from al aatd thai not be much I ISIintSBI III with peal to lota, retry got that but I til DOW md boga cas be bought for 4J I lotea! aadoaeor two lob extra fhfl among thejnacheta tl sti'l imtle a little, I think then ea pram both will rou Fa-' More nag, thoegl th I i. i nlateii a preaeat priem bag K. W. TRIAL OF THE SLAVE-MOTHEE HER CHI IHRES.

Sasetts I Al nil'k! K. W. BABGA1 AND BBI Brt met at o'cloch, but the fugitive? did not ap time? afl Vl and ch'idr- mero brought in. She aboat fivi feet three inehe? in big ht. and ra ber stont ly tl ato.

a' ii t'roin fourth "m- third white i Hi basa prntaberaace? not large of rxmne. bat etl og I twhieb mad? Daniel strihing. II, eyebrow? are delicate lines thlely am her not remarhably hrge. are bright uni int.lli gent. I Bpp? BIB in I and thi? lipa.

II wrist ai. 1 Laud large, an I a. ft) 1 on the little fing? of th- Lym? 8ho i or nrs ot. eased in dark with a kerchief on about bee i neck, aad i. yellow ottra kerchii I wrapped, l.iii.-'.k?'.

or la oit her head. The in her arms is a lit! moiiths old, and is much ligbtei color bewelf light enouf to shor I i ia eyes daring the trial were aerallv i-i down. Kb would uj loi an Instant with a lit? id. iippr. niai 'nage r.

lie babe, with its little w-a? continnally arely it. and her L-i i in! xp'(--ion was of j'y once, hen it pnt band her inoath, we ob l.i amite iifM-n it, aad pbyfully bite little fingen Ob the left rode of her fore I just shore the oatei extremity of her old acar, aad the cheek bom of the -a'in- another. We ked her howtb Bbe mid, "White man The 4 nml year- and are ici. cunning? le fol? all little boy- are, fat i le abra they laugh, and they runtued tl th. time iiinl by rittiag on the floor am! pluvme with the taraed t.aM? Themardered chud was almoet white, aadwma rl ol inn auty.

Mr. An h.buhl K. ths master, ia a large man, being but rhtle above mediam high) aad quite Ih bbhair baahy. up, gtay. He wean meeting at the chin, also Hi- tin is this, the lower quite hini Hiaik-d with iiiiiin rou- a fool sad haiiil: the latter looha rough, but more exposure Uiaa labor? His iretm is but I riitl.ei Till? luatiik.

il an repulsive ub his ap l. but. "ti contrary, be to be 'ami ban no doubt be fat agrerable aad intelligent He the oM school terian Church; ia rrgarded rery and the chief of the church clergyman that nomination in hi? ighborhood? i laving that it wa- ready to with th? Mr. sppl ed Ihr a cm tinuance, on the ground thai oi as by th? prove Margaret'i Ohio by the eoment of her master, wa? bow aad they wi-h? .1 time get his poi i am otVereii, which stated that wi? na small gui she had been brought by John P. Gaii then owned her) and im Gaines, i ow Lit ing with her Bach Kentucky, and that children I are all bet bom Imc she tl brought IBtO Ohio.

SI a-ks tilia? to get tlnibpo-iti'Il of John P. (iniri? BOW ni 'i'? Territoiy, of which 1 wa- not long I lon-nior. The Court thai the ihoaMgooa, bnt in the mn to the casm, he wouM aaahc proper for obtaining tin? tiatimoay. Jlr. Joliitb- th? and made a prof? -tat? ht- tiret he made the c.i-e.

It wa? to the effect thai he rily lieved the depmitten of Maiga? et to be true, ano that If the cm or ot the mother and aad ein- le n. tint nid the tin her deposition. He tl.er? ask? fhiit the iiioih?) ciiii Ir? he tu? aratery, ord? thut she miglit be a toi' Mr. BU ted to thia nt all cbimed tagt -tl er iteres ander sad what the BMahermighl nrhu to after the frenay had they did not 1 would not rbha Mr. Jo Mr.

Oaines's I -it "ii prove to Ik- mtod, of their only chance to prera their fie? I be i- ided a severan? Mr. then ask? that the Bar. A. A. adlttem tot "Cilley." the Col.

CLambeis thought a too ab? surd for argument. It wm briagmg the ahme th. tk un hud nil abag tried te put it, viz: witiiin the bomflBittes. a The Court decided against the apivoiutment lardian, and the tridaai the claimant then OjUiIHeUCCd. I -T lMoS'Y TH)' I AIM INT.

Mu.t!. laiham iworn, I know that un two of the two woman i called Feggr for Margar? boy m. the Best Sam: these mm anilerthe of ktntucky to AramMid K. ia.u.ant have known wei ty a child twoyoan oM: bmallthat hem a slave: am to about ten year? I should thai me wa? a and by Major P. 1 tete Oerreraor ef th? motmr abo to Oaiaea is tw? i.ty-t me or i to th- beat ol my kiiiowlelgi has had a i i 'i within a yean did Mattead on that oe i over the At day and foju I doing i Margaret mother'fl tamo i i they both belonged to Jno.

P. in ropertj of tab daiamat by I livid in the ighborhood at tb a withm a mil. ami a ol Mr. for twa-aty it natoaaarr totraasT ibrl rrfiaie, but have kn iwn without J. p.

Gab? bad a M'm Marj" who kx prohablv ib htm atas I i Caincs to be now in I mj I wm phyairiaa for P. I ha? vthet i r-, Bmj lam and one of them I think, an? th.ir Mr. Ax? la I a widow; do not know v.l.. tin Urs. L.uabeth (iaim-e not to be during her Kfe? Mr.

has beaidc them; ihe bthe a at he ih. lather of I Col. eta: We? that." Major B. Murphy, eworn. I knew Peggy tbWvj hate known BWflflflBfl time; I I can't to hflbaa Mr.

L.it. i him kLtviiher tiom i.v? end a half from Mr. I ter wa? was the property of Joo. P. Ooinee; he was then where AroJ-baJ-l K.

Gaiavs now lives; wa? out pressai when was sold to the present claimant. am not tain I ever taw her the plantation of Mr. Archibald have seen her oboat the rcighNirhood. aud knew ber Mr. woman; -Dm Mary (lainee is cow about 15 or 16year? old: at PeggymOhio M.nday wesek Mary Garner and her and wen? with her, and ber three children that ere.

sed another one: it wa? at a be.t.w M.Ilcrrek bridge: 1 the child it? throat cut. Objected to bv GoL C-OBrt that the warrant embraced four ohi.drer.. it was t.roper hiS'l IreiS'I-l" of the other It war. admitted that one child wa? killed, and that the BDother to kill three, at the time ot thoairsal thai ha? a cut on throat, another ha? one on its head, the infant a blow. Qnaattea bv Mr.

th.i woman't husband, one of the making the arrest at the t.m.. Obi.o-te?! to by CoL and ob? jection by the Court. raed ataroiag 10 After the crowd passed out, the little negro boys were attisai in the the woman l'cggv. taking? the profit red arm of the f. Mar-hal, Mi.

Hr-jwn, was to the i-mnihus. MB BAT. nut at todL 0 tat wet mi prised to see Urge of gentlemsa wearing the badge of the Of Honor -a nbbon in the button-hole. I wa? thai they might be distinguished French rr.ea? im ted -t- tad Febniary lebraBM i afterward bannt! that tbe C. ft, apnoi ledto guard this negro woman ami ii high aa appreciation of the doty rhiif they had tUoght proper to coanpfcaonkthe of llcncr by assunung tt? badge.

-i HDl COBTIBBBB. 1 Ian, nrom, raioV-Know th'' wornau an I tl iee knew th. in four or five yeirs It. a Connty, Mr. GniMn'l hi? I lived yem on Mr.

Gtuaes'i place, ltd men or ban ftr the last tit-v not much over a quarter of yt M'. Game's stave ooty from teeing on the ploos rst?) bOxaWlgod to him; Mr. i t's taaulv of foar ct. i.lr.'U and hi? w.i.-i tbei v. with i 'n.

and bst en i bIbcs I eolll ct nm nt are that thi? WOnMB POggy dom nut I DC moid M'-, iiev'i hsnrd her clum 1er. A bul of tale from John P. Gaine? to Um clataiaal wn- tl lee otTi-ri'l. aad, on Mr. PiooeO'i -faring that ho an be John P.

Oatam'a bs i rresponded with him, una admitted without 1,. ingle) al ovi n. It a- foDows: i Hin. wttieb turn I ackae I7rli ol N-vriii JOBN P. (I.i.nibrr? explain? recent irate of this by a to -upplv old one that was 1.

-t. Aal block Peggy the two eldest n. tie kiKiw: Peggy Cor fifteen weixtoeayeon? mi ara il.n the llave of John P. Gainea: aboal Bsce be sold out to Archibald Ganes, the ctafainnt here? bs -obitofpurchosisgMr. i k.

.1. I owner of Peggv's hm bai snd the claimant in the tonner eett wa? i 1 know Peggy end the two oldest boy. Lave known hei for weirdy y-ars; the i John P. Gaine? a rirt of hat time, an 1 the to Ai. lid.

K. the esosped l.i i.tn, kv Bondny uigtit two know Simon. Peggy's losband; he is bora net Peggy ha? to Mi. Ar. 1J or 11 MW Peggy in ky a while bs lore 1 hri tmat of Kentucky- were then ntVerel'-n -p? iallv thnl pint them fi page eel to t.4*?, re? lating to sIovm ahn to page t.

arkom itatatim after Uve years' sbsolnte pn p.ty, so that no proof of title or bill it sarv. The rested bB ase here. 11 -i roa nu sr.ai i Ann Smith, a color. woman, a 11 i nursing bstweea tiv? and years of age the? were white children the fatnilMss whora I lived; it a conmtoa thing forohildma or year? old ncroa whBe children in the families to which the heloag. Other lorvi mus? Dr.

physician of PhUadelphia ami trifled thesnnmef? fa t. Mr. Jolliff -o I now ne, duly lied espy of an indirtmeal (band by tha Jury of Hamilton County Mmgaiet 11 argh a In i with uiuriit in ue degn e. i ambers ol.i.'t. Mr.

ilt.i u.trotlucc this to prove that be lave tie tertitir-ate for tin of Margaret i thai be is for. That the tndiertmenl w-a? i-- to i'. It was tor Coort decide whether the tive Slave taw overridea the law of Ohiotosneh an Beat that amtot arrest a fugitive slave, even tl? i m. of morder. Ue then rend tha toth an nt the Constitnlion, Bating that all right i i in the i red to the Matis, etc.

ThB execution of Its own criminal taw? iy bm res.iveil its? If, ainl no act of Cou interfi re with it. These after being remanded bero claimed as live? joatioe. A demaod for a tiv i ii. in in ti- iim-t be booed oa allidavit that the -o miiii.l.?l th-d. she eannot lee she got by breo- by ordm of t'ourt and her will.

Shecoo-ot be under any proeeM after the ('? hnii ce i'nu-au-. I an indictment for murder ennnot the il? livery. If the certiti ate giant? it wi.st? the State tie to putiish murder. If this was decided to both? taw a fogiUee oenld, oo th? ili-vsu. the tin n.n could not j.iiiii.sh? .1 doing.

I'aramoiirt this ngjit of the stnt? perior t-- nil pi ivi.t- was a of the tbni thi? Bomaa piafeired the Ki ntucky. The pracuenl effect of all them sort-, of motions was to abolish the Fugitive Blare Law at ones. All a fu gitive would bave to do would be commit tome ft i se und he would become the prisoner of the State Ohio. The Coort that it oould not be pseoiVed b. caase it had skready tUsquesttoa? Mr.

OOJO oth.i witi.ess; WS want Margaret Garner a.a a wilneM, not lor hanebT, but on lnhulf of three ehildten. (ol. Chaml.i oMeOtod on the ground that, bstttg a fugitive, the piovitioll? of Slave Law di? ll, tly foi bid her being a wBuom for h' rseif or anylioily After a diaonaaton, the Court -tut-d that it had to the -imply on thi ground of 1 nt ei ul'l tee no objeetion "to the wom ti stimony of i and wn? put on the stand and sworn. Margar? 11Inn ci mother of the three living and of the inutd? red I tag 'Worn, was you everin Obtab-fRrel Ans. I here when I waa nbont yea.s old.

To "th'i "in Hum hoi anewen as foltows leatne ban with John GnfaiM wife; her wa? Eliza Gatatee; they came on a y.s.t to Mr. who livid in Covington, staid thin- a during that time they one day re, and they btUUghl BM ov-r to ths baby; that Oaine-: Mary w.vi.'t OB-M as lojgs as my baby. Tier baby is almut nine nkOOthl aida) They me acrtm? the river to isnati; Be ante over pretty soon in the morning, ai i staid tolerable late in the evening; don't know whether it was a tavern or private house they at; don't leaOBnbertho name of the people where ray was never over any rtune than that; I- tw. nty-thrt ar- old the -tt li day of next June: Mi-? Jlary very n. ar years old: the't Arehxhnld'i in Booee Conaty; John P.

(GOMOS at that time; tlatwasbe. lor? Archibald K.Gaic'a; don't reool lesri aaything pmlteiilar on that day I wa? over here, i xi that my wa-. very ean-l'ul in keeping bm use by ber, kept by her aida ell tb? time: din knot? what they on r. if; P. Geises dt ad; in I'.

(InhaM? fo Oregon i pretty near floren yeare siace be wem there; th? -Iren here with BM are ii h-- tiaos I bon ta Ohio with Jol P. Gain? (or I old Mr-, i. nesowned toe; I often hoard bm hen Mr. va? by, that 1 arm hm -ervant. i i heard him di h-ard him aay it 110.

Mr. Take the witness. to'-ay to her. Al arr ru a recios for minutw. Mr.

Oeo. .1. of CoaaMtniof, wa? for. but cot apix-aring. it was agn to admit Mr.

ford'? tes-Ut-xooy the tir-t mil, to wit, tLat Mr. Mai-hal! hid told Lim that them people had all in Ohm before their escape. Court met again, after at 11 o'clock. bar? mto Tr-Ti-griNT ron the James Man-hall aehihl v- vi old i nip'oyed as a nurv in Kentucky, I of the Eke hofora to-day knew one of that age em? ptied to nurse a child even in the ptBSSUes of hm have no reeolltttion of ever seeing a girl v. v.

ar-, talte NN D. John C. Ilcghes and John Arm were also called to the same point rad mad? r.tt similar to Mr. Manbsira. The tetitimmy of both parties closed here.

It being 4 o'clock, the commencement of the argument was until thissaorning. Aujoumrd to 9 o'clock this inorning. THIRD DAY. Mr. S.

J. Wall the argument this mor? ing on the of the claimant. He began by minting the Cour? for the patience wWh oad beea exercised in the hearing of the case, and thought Im had never beard a had cause so ably argued at it had on the part of the defense. He then piotarsd the n.usl n-eet-ertarily o-cur if the prison? ers were not given back totheirov.o?T?d^rTASt would grow up hfltwam maeter and uow rtspect and esteem, and declared it his opinion that Kentucky would have long siice emancipated her slaves had it not been for the hordes of Northern Abo 1 tiot.ii-ts. with their K'-atockjr was something like the man who he might bo to do right, but he '11 bt if he could be to do it.

He thought that, had it not been f. Sarcry, the prosees well-fed and sleek and gn would not be in a condition. They would bave been left the wilds of Africa, and Beror known rirfliaatba and its He thm stated the v.cwin which Abohtteabte were bold bf They looked potty much su wer? the thief hud the refen rx For his part, he had known some ven- with whom hfl would not have in Iviug, even with a well-stuffed wallet If? am pread that he hailed Kentucky, although it might be the oaly thing he eoaM claim to proud Ot II ws? noble State yet, although it had been and maligned by litioniate. be thought was compara? tives- thing, and he termed it a patent-nght phi brought over by rev. rend and un? rend intidc! from Mr.

W. then briefly the and thought the flridflaefl of Margaret in behalf of her ehiI.Iren eoaM not i. I turan instant by the Court. It was pre. to flappOOO that we biought ov? beta at? yeataof nurse an infant child.

argument by the wieh that the aldcteoc to-day. for bfl the rive? would pt? bably soon biaak up ami they would have to pay hri.aga ta get th? aegaaea Kentucky. AKOt or UK. ah S. llSllrlU.

Mr. Wall was followi by Mr. S. S. in behalf of a i'." so, who eeflBBSeaeed his argument by pay? ing a tribute to utucky and her and sflid he doubt that were Ohio threat? m-1 by a foreign to? ntu? ky would to her res? cue, as she had done days past thought Ohio had a gtetfoaa history, was striateg oa.

if not to place otnoiig tue states, at teas! not Urn last. He then of the Slide's rights, thought them Bod i araumuut to the Federal laws, ami it? power i.ot be wt.et.-l from by any acts of the llenera! Govrinment. He alhided to the eammoftei referred to daring tins trial, and (Jnim.in'agt. -1 by the Supremo Court of Kentucky. He held that the of that in its had to do with the dmfofom of Ohio and could not influence tin-Ill.

He allud? to va? to sapper! hid riewe. He con 1.1 tint wleieusuive had been brought into a by hi? own? ami taken hack into a Slave and smuld escape and retarn to a Free State he to all intents ami pernees a fr? authorities in various State? inaiutaiiied, beyond all doubt, a matter who brings hb into thai state ha- mi ngi to command BUB, while uiiv int which In- not iiu-lined has right to tell bun to gd in ami go to ntu? our law? not roOOgaim Slavery, and pi nuit the uni-tel act otthtm i -m n'etred He coutemied the of Margaret entirely aaooaftiadietoOa be could Dot see why there shoaid be a doubt to it- tiuth: to hibli'eii, nursing i nia ut iimli-r the sup? ik of the it was so common a fact that it an occur. r. might startle the hill? of Keataehy. Re thought m-1? -i iiotii, in regard to nursing wa? worth ell (lie ti portion ot Keotaehw? If Mm gart was brought to thb Mute, she wa? free, D4 not have mut back uni? had bom and being oaee broaght over, ami returning ami lit a Free State, she ie in and cannot according to our law? lie, returned to Mi.

F. that there hud not bOOB at proof of owueiehip; to he bbbb, the aaaaa in a bill of sale presented here in court, but the t-tn 11 arise? as to what l'eggy is ri-ferrod to; there proof that the womau here court the oie ni iitiniii-d in the bill of sale. Again, it is uo cramiy to prom her entape; than no bees pioveii, ami as long as there is no proof, -uiiipiioii la that she brought over here with the apamat master, and that she ha? bam hen the hlrt feW week? With hi? nt. Thi? be the presuuiption iia long i. is i.o to cniifruiv.

in alluding to the ini.i.l? i of the child, Mr. F. said he that th? had aad whili- he uot gf.id it in any light than a crime, he could Dot a the be 1.1 that it committed in mem aad Mol he biMorad the brfl of had bad something to do With v. done for freedom. Ho would what was the the story of who killed hi? daughter in Roman raraaa, aad the story of this iv an who hilled her child.

In his case it was for liberty, in Hi? case it was for the I I Ti? but little that intended bare killed herself. I iliiink a did not transpire. My Southern brethren lore libeity, but they say that their do not. 'Ibis act of Li i mother was an iimaaaegabb reply to m. ami muat fararer shut of who claim that the ignorant do not nu.k with the edm-ated ti.eir hue of freedom.

Mr. argumeal throughout K'St-areh and BBBeh thought, and at turn be Wtt really -nt. lie wit? follow fld by Mr. ('etciiell, of whoso prerfoai argumenl we gore a brief We Bare not space derote to bit in the prmOBj they Wl re brief and forcibly bob? ij ally a reiafon of previous argument. Mr.

JoUiffc foUoa Mr. h. II in his pathfltb ai.liorcible manner. Iluring hi remarks the Court was beamed by the piaeaam of Lucy I hu, ikho took a and Ihtmsd iitt.iiliv.ly to the speaker. After he ti? iluced to Mr.

the claimant, with whom the bad oii-id? the uuture of which we could not She afterward? roortimd aha Marga i et for rouie time. We have heard it suhl her object is, in mm thi slave BBothflfl should bo bock t(? slavery, to purebive bcr freedom, if touml out oa what term? her i-mam The- Court aiijounu-d till to-morrow morning at 10 wh? Col. Chambers wiil makethe concluding u.gunicnt._ Tu? Kas-i? nor II? ppm of Rhode Island, in submitting to leg islatuie the the Free-Mate men of for aid ri mink-. The iiifonnoJion through this doOB? it is of a r.atur?' which dcmamls the of the gielalure, aud if auUiratte, shouM call forth from the aad psopb fla Rhode I-land the expression, in language whicn not In amaadflSBteod, Of horror at groes an outrage again at our mot right? 1 wiil i.ot allow myself to upon the grave mat? ter- cow pre Bated to you for your berat ion, ia voiving iflBBflS pregnant with the dissolution of th4 Catea and the gl'-oin of civil war. In the p.

rmriiiaatie of my official duty, I lay this b'fore you. that k'ou may in your combined comthlcr i action, if any, the ieartu! exigency of Um All? imnunication and dociV had ben read, the concurred with the Senate in the passage of a resolution referring it to int Committee of five, for the oi thfl and BBB? Beetee they may proper, a Hn Alden Wirght hi? home ter kit day of i aaheraaM went Baa i a to His frieflds heard 1 ould rot, and that the have beard from 1 ni. Whm he et away he wa? very low apintod. He had lost in trading, and thought he could not port hb family. He was a man of uuiAdling bight, BOyma old, fair complexion, gray hair tiiged with gray, and IirkTtr OS KnwutD Ttkfu.

re toetate that Kdward T. Ihanninir. lata- Oratory Harvard l.r in this city on Thursday last, congestion of the about riars? auj (1 aniiing held the office of I'rofeaiior of Rhetoric taA si having been inaugurated in Bad s'ignei't in tmt. Datos THK HoBsa aid Mobib I.iM.?,_|i?r year past there hare been mi. union.

Hut all these riiinoi- have pi-t-m? ture until now. On Tuesday lost a Coitm.ttoe fnm the Hoaid? Dn.etorsof the two lines bmbof urion. to lit: -iibii itt.d the two ami willuixlo'ibtodly ratifi? d. If it shall be, the union will 1st of March. lAlb.

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