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i. But it is objected ta the Ijr that the fugitive is Sound and Patriotic Sentiments. Wo invite the attentipn pf -our readers of all par 1 -r-f' For the TYeaisurr Department of C.f of the, Dbak Sirs It Iwsbeeniiggested'to mc fcy, the Attoinov Gv-neratof Statu that U.would be well to have 'published for jthe informationf.our citizen and ot our Sheriffs especially, the late je-fciuibn of the Supreme Court in the case, 1 he at tn Ka ni r1ii Pnhlin TreAgurer vs. illiam" i a more reasonable conclusion that the Legislature intended to reserve for future emergencies he power-, to raise revenue'froin that subject of taxation about which itVa.4 silent, 1 "And this conclusion is s(trength ened by the reflection' thalr the reserved subject is one upon which the taxation camfoj; press very heaV ilj''. It is to fall on profits it diminishes when they grow lighter, and is withdrawn! (altogether when they cease.

Such is not the case! on marry other subjects of taxation. Land and contribute to the support of the publid burdens, whether their owners sigh oyer emptylgranaries, or rejoice barns filled ta overflowing. Our conclusion, that the exemption of the Capital stock of a bank from any greaterf impost ithan that which is specified in its charter; does not Icionerate the dividends of the stockholders from'lshch taxes as the Legislature may, from lime to tiling think proper to impose, is expressly decided in the case from Tennessee, to which we have referred We have shown that it is directly within' the rule of construction extracted from Chief Justice TanevIs opinion in the case of the Ohio Iimirance and Trust Company vs. Deboit. Being thus supported reason and confirmed by we state it i wJth confidence as the law of this and all similar cases.

The demurrer must be overruled, and the defendant ordered to put in ah answer. WILL. H. BATTLE. 1 1 For the Standard.

.1 it 1 Professor Jledrick's lefence. Messrs. Editors: jln the last Standard," I soc a communication, signed Although my name is not mentioned therein, still, I suppose there' is little doubt that its was all intended for me. Novy, politics not being my trade, I feel 'some hesitation in appearing before the1 public, especially at a time like this, when there seetfis to be a greater desire 011 the part of those who give direction; tfc public opinion to stir up strife and, hatred, than to cultivate feelings of respect and But, lest my silence might be misinterpreted, I will reply, as 'briefly as possible, to this, as it appears' to uncalled for attack on my politics. i Then, to make the1 matter I say I am in favor of the election of i Fremont to the Presidency and these are my reason's for my preference 1 st.

like the man.ll lie was born and not allowed trial jby jury iri the State to which he "as escaped. So it has always treen under, the act ot 1793, and so it is ohdert the i Av fugitive, from labor is placed upon the very same footing, under the Constitution, witbv a fugitive ifrom justice. Does a man charged with the commission of-a crime in Maryland fly into Pennsylvania, he- is delivered up, upon proper evidenceii to the authorities of the State from which he fled, there to stand his trial." -He has no right to demand a trial by jury in Pennsylvania. our, extradition treaties with foreign powers, does a man charged with a crime I committed in England or France fly to the United States, he is delivered up to the authorities of the country from which he fled, without a trial byjury in this country. Precisely the same is the case in regard toa fugitive from labor.

satisfactory proofhe is delivered up without a trial by jury. In the Constitution he is placed upon the very same footing with fugitives trom justice lrom other states; and by treaty, he is placed upon tne very tives from justice fr .1 same footing with 1 fugi- om toreign countries. Surely the fugitive slaveiis not entitled to superior privileges over the free white man. When he returns to the State from which he escaped, he is there entitled to a trial byjury, for the purpose of deciding whether he is a freeman. I believe every slave State has made provision) by law for such a trial without expense, upon the petition of the slave and we have heard it announced from the highest authority in the Senate of the United States, lhat such trials are always conducted in mercy, and with a rigid regard to the rights of the slave.

Why should an act of Congress cast such a reflection upon the judicial tribunals of a sister State, as to say they shall not be trusted with the trial of the question whether an individual is entitled to his freedom under the laws the State from which he has 1 -VH' But to allow the fugitive slave a trial by jury in the State where he is found, would, in many instance's, completely nullify the provisions! of the Constitution. There are many, I fear very many, in the Northern States 10 place their conscience above. the Constitution of their country and who would, as jurors, rescue i fugitive slave from servitude against the clearest thinking, at the same timej they were' doing God's service. excited condition of public reeling in many portions of the North would disqualify' honest and respectable men from acting as impaitial jurors on such: a ques-, tion. the delay, the trouble, and the expense of a jury trial at su ch a distance from, home, would, in most cases, present the master from pur-suing his fugitive slave, ie would knOw that should he fail to Obtain a verdict, this would be his jruin.

He would then be persecu ted with actions Of slander, of false imprisonmen and every kind of prosecution Which' ingenuity could devise, fl i The defeat of the Wilniot Proviso, and the -passage of the Fugitive Slav 2 Iajv, are all that the South have obtained by the Compromise. They asked for the Missouri which it is known forionc I was always willing to concede, be- neving inis would oe tne most equitaoie ana satisfactory arrangement ot tne Territorial question between the North ard the South. But that has passed a way. Califor lia has been admitted as a State into the Union, a positive prohibition of slavery in her Constitutidn and whether the Mexican law abolishing slavery be in force or not, in the remainder of our Territorial acquisitions, does any man believe that slavery will ever prevail among the in Ut ih, or among the inhabitants of the; snow -clad hills and Mountain of New Mexicjo? Besides, the slave trade ha been abo'ished in the District" cf Columbia. What then of the Compromise practically remains for the South but this fugitive sh.ve law, passed to carry, out a clear constitutional provision It is the only compensation iwhich they have received, for what they believe to be the great injuries they 'have.

sustained. Will they then patiently- submit to have this law repealed, essential orrnuIlified Before its passage, the C01 stitution had becofne, in regard to fugitive slaves, a most a dead letter.j, It is a notorious! all alohg the border which separates the free from the slave States, every facility was afforded for the escape of slaves' from; their masters. If they could pass the line, their isafety was almostjcertain. They were scarcely ever, in the language! of Ihe 44 delivered on the claim of the party to whom such service br labor may be due." In many instances, the master or his agent who pursued them was insulted, assaulted, beaten, and imprisoned and few men could be found bold enough to incui the hazard of such a dangerous ndertaking. In this manner the Southern people were annually deprived of their property, guaranteed to them-by the Constitution, to the amount of hundreds of thcusands of dollars.

The Constitutioit was nullified, find this law was passed for the projection of their constitutional rights. Will they tamely surrender it Let tho voice which speaks in tones of thunder from the" United South answer this; question. They will at last, I trust and believe, submit tn all the provisions of the Compromise, provided the Fugitive Slave Law be faithfully executed in the North bill they will go no further. All the resolutions even of the Union meetings in. the South speak this language.

Future aggressions must cease, lor the Union wijll be in imm.neht danger. us it rcsoIve to p4t down agitation at tne f.orth on the slave questioib, by the force of enlight- -j r.b.i.- 11 cuuu uuoiiojupiiiion, hiki laiiiiiuny execute uie pro- 'visions of the fugitive slave law. Should this be done, it will eventually extinguish, those geographical parties so dangerous to the Union and so much' dreaded by the Father of his Country-which have sprung into exisience; it wjill ameliorate the condition of the slaveji, by enabling their masters to remove the restrictions imposed upon, them1 in self-defence, since the commencement of; the present troubles, and will restore the natural and constitutional progress of emancipation, which has, in several States, been arrested by die violence of tho abolitionists. The Unionj cannot long endure, if it be bound together only by paper bonds. It can be firmly cemented alone by the atfectionsof the people of the different States for each other.

Would to Heaven that spirit of mutual forbearance; and brother love which presided at its could once more be restored to blss the land Upon opening a volume, a few days my yes caught a Resolution of a Convention tot the Countie of Maryland, assembled at in June, 17Z4, in consequence of the passage, by British Parliament, of the Boston Port Bill, which provided for opening a subscription in the Several Counties, of the Province, for an immediate collection for the relief of -the distressed, inhabitants of Boston, now cruelly deprived of the eans of procuring! subsistence for themselves and families by the operation of the said act for blocking lip their harbor." Would that the spirit of fraternal affection which dictated this noble resolution, and which actuated all the conduct of our revolutionary fathers, might return to bless and reanimate the bosoms of, their descendants I This would render; our Uion indissoluble. It would be sOul infusing- itself into the Constitution. and inspiring it with irresistible energy." Horrid Death fhom Hydrophobia. A correspondent of the Toronto Colonist gives the particu lars of the death from hydrophobia, of William Hughes, a farmer, in the township of King; C. W.

Deceased iwas bitten by his own dog while in the" harvest field, on the 7th of August last, on his arm, facei and other parts of hisj the animaUbeing? in-a rabid sta'e. The dog was instantly deatrrrW and tnedical aid called' in. Since then' the! wounds have been healed, and Hughes was able to be about. On! Sunday evening last, while at his tV snd, that he could not! drink, and thought that he had taken cold. His medical adviser was Called in oft Monday: morning, and everything was done tor unn mat was he grew gradually, worse, And during the las tweihv'fourihours of his existence be was perfectly furious.

He 'died at 3 o'clock on Wednesday aftebi66n. ''Dr. Duncornb. of Richmondhill, was 4tikj -onea by reading some paui--ots, would it not be well for "Alumnus" to "exert him-, through the Legislature or otherwise, to 'thcuVout of It is true the works' of. Galhouri are in the same case with those of Jefferson; btit'from appearances, tho Virginian seems tobe -read pretty often, whilst the South-Carolinian main-, tainsa posture of masterly inactivity." When I was a student in college, a Tew years ago, the young politicians used to debatC'in thei; Halls of the iot cieties, the same questions which the old politicians were debating, in the Halls of Congress.

The side which opposed slavery in thei abstract, generally had the books in their favor, and' as the records of the societies will show, they had quite often tho best of the So that when Col. Fremont said that he was "opposed to slavery in the abstract, and upon principle, sustained and made habitual by long-settled convictions," he but uttered the sentiments of four-fifths of the jbest Southern patriots, from the Revolution down to the present day and I may add, of the majority of the people, among whom I was born and educated Of my neighbors, friends, and nearly one-half have left the State since I was old enough to. remember. Many is the time I have stood by the loaded emigrant wagon, and given the'! parting hand to those whose face I was- never to look upon again. They were going to seek homes in the free West, knowing, as they did, that free and slave labor could not both exist and prosper in the same community.

If any one thinks that speak without knowledge, let him refer to the last census. Ho will there find, that in 1850, there were fifty-leight thousand native North-Carolinians living in the free States of the West. Thirty-three thousand in Indiana alone. There were, at the same time1 one hundred and eighty thousand Virginians living in tho free States. Now, if these people were sq much in: love with the institution," why did they not remain where they could enjoy it blessings? It is not, however, my object jto attack the institution of slavery.

But even the most zealous defender of Abe patriarchial institution cannot shut his eyes against a few prominent faipts. One is, that iri nearly all the slave States there is a deficiency of labor. Since the abolition of thei African slave trade there is no source for obtaining a supply, except from the natural increase. Forjthis reason, among-others, a erentleman ofi South Carolina, in an article published in Deliow's Review for August, 185G, ad- vocatcs a dissolution of the Union in order that the African slave trade may be revived. From North Carolina.andrVirginia nearly th entire increasejof the slave population, during the last twenty years, I has been sent off to the new States of the South- west.

In my boyhoodl I lived on one ot me great thoroughfares of travel, (near Lbck's Bridge on the Yadkin River)' and havb seen as many as two thousand in a single day, going South, mostly in the hands of speculators. Now, ths loss of these two thousand did the State ja greater injury than would the shipping off of a idillion of dollars. I think I may ask any sensible njian how ive are to grow rich nnd prosper, while "driving out" a million of dollars per daj. I am glad, however, to pay that the ruinous poh'cy is not now carried on to such an extent as it has been. But there is still too much of it.

I have very little doubt that if he jslaves which are now scattered thinly over Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri, were back in (Virginia and North Carolina, it would be better for all concerned. These old States coilld then go on and develope the immense wealth which must remain locked, up for many years to come. "Whilst the new States, free from a system which degrades would become a land of Common Schools, thrift and industry, equal if not superior to any in the Union. But letting that be as it may, still.no one can denj' that here in North Carolina we need more, men, ratljier than more land. Then why go to war to make more slave States, when we have too roach already, for the foree we have to work it Our fathers fought for freedom, and one of- the tyrannical acts which they threw in the teeth of Great Britain was that, she tneir win.

Now. the secessionists arc try-ins: to dissolve the Union because they are not permitted to establish slavery in the Territory of Kansas. If the institution of slavery is a thin 5 good artd desirable in itself, it is the easiest titling in the world for the people to vote for its introduction at any time after they have formed a Constitutiou and been admitted as a State. If it is not a thing good and desirable.it would be an act of grea't oppression to force it upon them. For, however arjy one may lament the evils of slavery, it is almost impossible to get rid of the system when once introduced.

Nullity it, by law if you will, still the evil, remains, perhaps aggravated. But in a new State a few words in the Constitution may prevent the entire evil from entering. From my knowledge of the people of North Carolina, I believe that thejmajority of them who will go to. Kansas during the next five years, would prefer that it should be a free State. I am sure that if I were to go there I should vote exclude, slavery.

In doing so, I believe that I should advance the best interest of Kansas, and at the same time benefit North Carolina and Virginia, by preventing the carrying away of slaves who may be more profitably employed at home. ''I Born in the "good old North I cherish a love for her and her people that l. bear to 110 other State or people. It will ever be iny "sincere wish to advance her interests. I love also the Union of the States, secured as it-was by the blood and toil of my ancestors and whatever influence I possess, though small it may be, shall be exerted for its preservation.

I do not claim infallibility for my opinions. Wiser and better men have been mistakn. But holding as I do the ctrines once advocated by Washington and Jefferson, I think I should be met by argument and not by denunciation." Atanyrate, those who prefer jto denounce me should at least support their charges by -their oWn name. a s. iiEomcK.

Chapel Hill, October 1st, 1850. Diocese of Cosxecticct. A a special meeting of the lrustees of lrinity College, on the 20th. Mr. Edward Graham Daves was elected Professor of the Greek language and Literature, which appointment he has accepted, and will enter upon his duties immediately.

Prof. Daves is by birth and early training a North His classical education he received at Harvard University, where he lias graduated with distinguished honor, and where he had also completed his legal studies intending to enter upon the profession of law in Baltimore. Having been especially-distinguished as a Greek and possessing a peculiar fondness for classical pursuits, he has bec.i induced to turn aside from the Law to academical life and we are informed it is his expressed intention to devote himself exclusively and permanently to the profession he has now ehoscn. Professor Daves comes to Trinity with the very highest reputation for an elevated religious character, as weil as for remarkably fine moral and social qualities. experience in teaching he has notfcad iriuch, we understand, yet enough to prove that he has no lack either of aptness or of fondness for that employment We congratulate Trinity College for having secured for the chair of Greek, both a good scholar and a.

good Churchman a gentlemen of refined sentiments and manners as well as of classical taste and We trust he will prove an able and efficient teacher. Professor Daves is a young man, and has yet to win his academical reputation. But it is the policy of our Colleges generally and we think, on the whole, a wise policy to; fill their vacant professorial qhairs with young' men young men of talent, taste and diligence whose subsequent lives and the reputation they may acquire are thus more likely to' become permanently identified with the institution to which they are attached. In the election of Professor Daves, Trinity College has given a new proof that it is no! mere State or sectional establishment, but is, what lit claims to be; an Institution for the wholes country Calendar Accepts. The Rev.

J. Wheat, a native of Virginia, who has been, for several years past, Professor of Rhetoric and Logic in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, has accepted' a call to" the charge- of the -Episcopal Church in Memphis Tennesseey-Vacated by the Rev. Dr. Page." 1 I' tr Mr. Smithj the hogn are getting into your cornfield' Never mind.

Billy. Fmsleeov: corn rlnn. fear that the minds of the students" may be pois- OLW HIGH snnnn. OLIN IREDELL COUNTY NOimi A W. TinciPal- J.

H. CAItTER, I I Assistants. SESSION BEGIXS OX TRp-t, 1 Ve4oe8day of Julyand continues twJmE Tl, The Spring session beginning- the fim Jan.nary, contimfcg twenty weeEs. kblie 1 the close of the- SpriDg 1 be course of study embraces all bi-anrh pursue Iwst ibree regdtar" I cise inreadiugv wimng, Spellis and in English composition once a rLTPS- week, and in decl once in two weeks by the whol school. Unless parent3direct otherwiaK to attend Sunday School arid r.h, 7 students have -Lr mil In connection with the School there is a Wai "lav.

we lounu ine latest news (,. i7- The healthfulness of the locatic tone of the communitv are worthy of all nraisp gh 1 union in the Classical Den, session, eao In the English Department uTnent I' lo $15.00. Contingent fee, l.oo. 'ffoit Uoard is seven dollars a moqtb, exclusive of Mu exlrs. The Tuitiou and Contingent fees are eqUii-l v'1 ta advance.

-l positivelf-. All the necessary text-tooks'and stationery band by the Principal, aid sold on very reasoniki for cash. tuden do no need much- pocket twais Olin is 32 miles Northwest of Salisourv TT; Northeast of Statesrille, from either of wijich iles veyances may be hired at any time. P'a(scoii a For further information address the l.iO wiv. rALUABLE PROPERTY Vtxn oTTt Wishing to locate in the counirv tollowing.

valuable property 1 -J the ine premises ou wbicu 1 now live, situated the north-east part of. the town tc with a never failinp- snrino- of srnnA mitun first-rate meadow land. The buildina-s aro framed dwelling house, including a basement i lartre rooms with fire-nlaces. neero hiw; i u.vi CUF.Wlth.t yard and garden all neatly paled in, the balance snmke-h, good fence with somefifty select youngfiuit tiees 5 viae oioef ioi cooiaining one ana a nail acres on i-bury streetwhich has on it a large two-story framed j. ing house, with five rooms witty fire-places', "two smoke-house, dairy, corn crib, stables, ail well en i1 ed.

These lots are certainly tho most desirable in Pittsboro', being of a grey soil and clear of mud iu Two other half-acre lots fronting each other on Saliih street, on which my blacksmith shops stand. The build-are one large two-storied wood and puint slum, JP story trimming and varnishing shop, one lJWrv luml i house, one carriage or shoe house feet oiiv, uctcl miiiug 01. goo water a chain pump, in the yard. 1 Willi One tract of land containing 220 acres on the Greensbi road four miles from Pittsboro', all wood laud 1 I .11 'j 1 iciei jiuu uiuur ui jioch auu well uuapieu- to the ffl'OWlh corn, Uiluirco. nula.

v.n.. with a nmv.n c.i.. of good water. 1 One tract of 20 acres miles from town all thicklvtim bered and fertile, i have also on hi and ri. wood, painting and trimming tools a ouantitv and oils, paint mills, slabs, brushes, I will soil at re.

duced. prices. Any person wishing to carry on the iness will do well to call and examine the iroierl.viijh.p. gain cah be had. The terms, obe third cash, or lively vouu negroes, the balance on time to' suit the purchasers, "it thu aDove namea property is not aisposed ot by the Kthof Tuavemoer next, iti win on tnat aay be sold or leased out- witn a largo lot 01 new DUggies, oarouclies, Kock.ius wagons, and eight mules and horses, with a variety of other property not nere meutionea, W.

KIRKSEY. Pittsboro', Jf. CJ, Aug. 25, 1856. 1 173 wtf, ll IiAPTD FOR SALE.

fKMltl SUliSUHiifliKS Ob'FEU rOK SALE A TRACT jb. or vaiuaoie swamp iana. uitwards ot Mcres, in one body, situated in Pitt county, between Sw vreeK ana uiayroot swamp, one mjie troin the public mad faarlinnr Irnm fTraj.yitrilla tri VdivKdin Ana iV.n uc unic liv.iii uuiuu auuuui uuiiau, uuu iiiue iiuie jiuuiii n.il.. I .1 1... uujiiu laiiuui" f.m i.t?uB iver, latuu uus very neuvv 1.

1 1 1 xt a i i i 1 trruwiu on 11. coiisisuus- uinsiiv oi diucic o-iinis. vnrp aua poplars, aud a canal extending into the body ot the 1-1 7 r- uuu vvUV(7j I l-U UllllO tally nuisU 1 nut JNoneoi tne iana isciearea: but a portion ot 1 lia trees which cover.Iand enough for ii 3 hundnbd barrels corn 1 1 1 1 1. .1. 4'.

aie ucnueu ui uut juuiju. auu wuiuit win uiuiwu lroiii iwii 20 barrels com per Acre ti pi-operlv cultivated. baid knil ns situated 111 the healthiest portion of the count y. Any person wisuine 10 Durcnase a larm .01. swaniD iana to examine it, as we will sell it low and on accoinnlodatin; terms.

Pur fiirtV.r infrrmn.tinn. undress S. dix. 'or G. Cox.

Greenville. N. C. or call 00 either, who will srreai uieasure at any nine iu soowmer me iauu loan- one desirous oi purchasing such a tarni. S.

COX, a. cox. Aug. 26, 185. I lUTwflM.

Tk AIjIjE Y'S GENUINE PAIN EaTkACTOB win suoaue inepain anu uiuamniauun 11-0111 inc se verest burns or scale.0 from one to twenty uiiuuies--aii that it will heal the -w ands without' scar; and ettectuaflr cure ever sores rtiea sail KDeum innammatory it ieu matisni Hore ana mnamea jives vjuts vv oimas uruises Ula and inveterate bores cala tlcatl uoms una uiiiihidh Erysipelas Sprains Swellings Felons Chilblain cites 01 insects $3 well ea na uroKen Breast Bore Dles hrn nt ions atid all other-: lnftiimmatorv and cutane ous diseases, where! the Darts affected can he reached. Dun t. ha innrprliilniis nhont thn nanv disoasts named to he. cured hv mlv niii thino- hut rfifleet. that the lew.

but properties which the Dally balye alone contains, unn hprpr.iitnrp pnnnif rftri nn to four can reach nut alnnft thn di.nnpa hut nianv more not en umerated. Que.rv. TUt vnr; eKnni AR mrd pbtsiciaks Pbescbibi CAI.OMGL IK WAEOLY TOE SCORES OF DIFFERBN'T DISBASEs! Each box of Uknuinb DAllkt Pain Lxtractor lias upon j. ijii rii -c 1.1 1 i V- fil.fnif RVKIt Xt CU nnmriobira nnH II HX KV DAL- cents ner hoY. I All orders should be addressed to C.

V. Clickeuer A. Rl Rl.rppt. Nav York. Sold inKaleighiy PESCUD GATLING, and all Drug.

l.lta (Kiih.mt 4k TVUA4 2na Aprill, 185(, 1 4r-wljj WTihaa nnltiitatiiiir PlnW. ATENTBUj 26TU FEBRUARY, jm. 1 aca awaraea premium at tUE otate air with cutting, blades in he place 01 cuts, divides and turns over the soil parts in the fumiw4, and turning Over the tur', clods, on the surface. Js light, and lasting, mf 10 both driver and team. Admirably adaDted to al must any purpose for which Iho plow is used.

For license to sell, with further inforuiaticn, address W.E.WVCHE. 4--- Brookville, Granville J. H. GoOch, N. C.

solicits orders fur the al" ploWS. WX. Jr. 5 acres IjAni) roil The subscriber would ofter'-V acre'i land for sale niwn the most reasonable terms. The lands are situated in Surry count on both s'jM road leading from the Pilot Mountain to liockford mid D-soii, and two mileslwest of Wm.

Gilliam's residence, a which tracC is in woods and well watered by tuc river and its tributaries, and well Adapted to the tobacco and grain. The most reasonable iiulnlyri''cc be given to purchasers. For further 'particular may be made to VVm. Gilliam. Pilot Mountain.

N- Germain Bernard, Wilson, N. C. 1 The plantation where Wm. Gilliam now lives 150 acres, under cultivation. Also, the Pilot Hotel, al Spriug and Pilot MounHin.

Ret'crence made as noj GERMAIN UKKNARlJ-Sept. 12, 185; -i IW-y PtANTATION FOR A SIRE to purchase the old homestead of my offer for sale the plantation on, which I now redsJ' the south side of Roanoke in ihe county a vatraw. mAc fm: tra fivllll I outvu uiiirai iiuiu civjiiu uuu iu ufl- containing oy survey 8W -ucres. Tins pianmiw hrtS vantages possessed by fewThe Raleigh and roan runs ttirono-li it. at.

-n. mosr. (tsir.it) P'lini. u.La the land, nort which is the dwelling and other out houses, lro'u A large qu yards from the road all entirely new. of the The ti timhanidnn tho-trapt (ill, Kiith ailda Itf IHc lLlu.u..

Canal of the R. Co. bounds the land in part on the Ou; the premises is an extensive and varied be4r-Boole. oeach. and chenrv trees.

Jill of which are yerij -ing most excel lent fruit, 'The cleared land in'good condition, and well aw tne cumvaiion neat, tobacco, oats, com day; be bufnp iCthe highest bidder, The 1 ll 3 m. il rt oe luaoe accomuiouinjp 10 ine mEDli'' Sept; 27, 1 850. f- "Leara of the Mole to plough. vr- TKTTT CULTIVATING PLOW, (PAjjS. BtUofJauaarv, I806).

-called the vprtical cutters near the edge of a horizontal oi io the furrow slice, and a curved eutter otti (. share, for turning the whole in lowaiua on tbe opposite side of the share as jnLrd 1 trf siding, 'listing, breaking turfy or subsoilingi.atfd many other btuposes. "J'uerae 1 kTia miwt nnrtecs Pu suDsoumgt.ana many oiner piupuc3. --t- )v Kt, most Derfect use 1 tor license sen with directions tor nmnvilie C)- areas June 16, f. The twi braries, which are annually increasing Mil I have also on hand a large "assortment, of Uickory lumber, with from fesOO to Slgii'i iisre trimmings, six sets of tools a inrm.

1,.. UvA, as it is presumed every pne wisuiDg 1', jrip-examine the land and premise: for himselfrt'iri'16 tio is deemed My addi-ess is ut tW If not disposed of privately before "e' tniCtl (iritis the following 'extracts from the letter of James i to tue great -uuiuiu xrieciuig nuiu in Philadeinhia. November. 1850 Can ihe most bitter opponent of Mr. Buchanan rea ead this letter, and then say; with a clear that he inot ai national man Mark tliese noble words of the il-lqstrious son of Speaking to thepeo-.

ple. of -Ihe Nor tli, ho says To jude correctly of ojur relative duties towards the pcoplejof the South, Wo ought to place ourselves in their position, and do iHnio them as we would they should do'into us undcr similar circumstances. This is the gplden rule." But to the extracts, which are as follows "Let me then call upon your powerful and influential meeting, as they value the union of these States, the greatest political blessing ever (infer red by a bountiful Providence upon man as-i they value the Well-being of the slave and free negro ras they value even the cause of regular and constitutional emancipation, to exert ail our energies to put down the long continued agitation in thei: North against Slavery in the South. Is it unreasonable that the outh should make this demand? Th agitation has reached such a height that the southern people feel fjheir personal secuiity to bo invojved 1 It his filled he minds of the slaves with vague notions of emancipation, and, in the language of General Jackson, threateps to stimulate them to insurrection and produce all the horrors'of a servile Althoueh iny such attempt on their part would; be easily and speedily suppressed, yet what horror? might not in he mean time be perpetrated! Many a mother now re- ires to rest at night under dreadful; apprehensions of what may befall herself and her: family befo jthe morning. Self-preservation is the first instinct of nature and, therelore, any state of society, in which the sword of Damocles ia all (the time sus-last, rela- bended over the heads of the people, must, at become intolerable.

To judge correctly of our live towards the people of ihe South we ought to place ourselves in their position. and do unto them as we would they should do unto us under similar circumstances. This is tjicj golden rule. It was under itsbenign influence thajt jur Constitu tion ol mutual compiomise and concession was framed, and by the same spirit alone pan it he main tained. Do the people of the North ac in this Cihiis- tian spirit, whilst stigmatizing their rethren of the South with the harshest epithets, an imputing to them a high degree of moral guilt, because slavery nas oeen entailed upon tnem oy tnejr forefathers iand this, too, with a knowledge that he consequen ces of these assaults must be to place jn peril their personal safety, and that of they jhqld most dear on earth? I repeat, that this constant agitation must be arrested by The firm determination action of the vast majority ofl(he peophs of the North, who are knosvn to disapijve it, oijj the sacrifice of our glorious Union mayi and probably will be at last the consequence.

I 2. I shall proceed to present to you some views unon the subiect of the much misrsri presented fui- five slave lawl It is now all the signs of I w-r, the times, that this is destined to belojne the ririn- cipal subject of agitation at the next Session of Con gress, and to take the place of the Wi'mot Proviso Its total repeal or its material in dification will henceforward be the battle-cry of tKe tfie North. ij agitators of And what is the character of aw? It was and passed to carry into execution -a pi clear, mandatory provision of the Constitf (Eon, requirin tnat staves, wno u' lrom service in one State to another, shall bo delivered tin their mas ters. This provision is s6 explicit thfilc he who runs may read JNof commentary can nresent it a stronger liirht than the plain words of the pn- stitution. It is a well known historjcial fact, lat without this provision, the ConstitutiH itself cdikld never have existed.

How could this bfcve been 0 erwise? Is it possible for a moment fqibelieve ilpat the slave States would have formed union with the-free States, if under it, their slav by simply escaping across the boundary which separates theini would acquire all the rights of freemen? This would have been to offer an irresistible item nation; to all the slaves of the South to precipitate themselves upon the North. The Federal Constitution, there- fore, recognises in the clearest and most emphafic terms, the property ia slaves, and this pijo-perty by prohibiting any State, into iphlch a slave from.tdischarging him fram slavery, nd by requiring that he shall be deliYlred up fco us master. fl But, sar the agitators, the. fugitiisslave law, framed for the very purpose of carryiftitilinto effect express provision of the ConstituiMi, is itself unconstitutional. I shall not stop to afgue such I a point at length, deeming this to be "whbly unnecejs-siry.

The law, in every one of its esseiffial proviis-i ns, is the very same law which was parsed in Feb ruary, 1VJ6, xy a Uongress, pany otu hers had cqme fresh from the conv framed the federal Constitution, and by the Father bf his Countrj'. If thi be asked whence the necessity of passl ent law? Why not rest upon the act jbj qluestion is easily answered. The Act entrusted its own execution not only it ojf the Circuit and District Courts of lose rnein-ion which approved so, it may the pres-793? This 1793 had he Judges it iTrrlLiL yie mte4 States, but to all State magistrates of i I i aiWV county. r. 7 preme "Jourt ot tne united btates.

ins tie case of Ffriggc. the Commonwealth of tpese btate magistrates ot the power of I under thelaw. Whatjwasthe consequence? Lstlis take the State of Pennsylvania for an example! I jfhere were but three individuals left in the whole tate who could judicially execute the provisions pf the Act of 1J793 the "Circuit Judge and the District judges. Two of these Judges reside ij Philadelphia, and one of them at Pittsburg, iagistance of more than three hundred miles apart.1 pjk is manifest, therefore, that the law in many, lipped in most cpes, couid not have been executed foi' jant of officers near at hand. Tt thus hecanipTfthJhiailplv essary for Congress to provide UniteS iitFes officers to take tne place of the State magistrate who had been superseded.

Without this, a jwystitutional rght could haj-e existed with no adfuv means of ejiforcjng itiv jrhe fugitive slave bll fjas passed chiefly to remqdv this defect, and toubsitute such oflicers instead of the State magistrates! wnose pow- ers had been nullifiud under tho decisidnlof the Su- enie Court. 1 It is worthy; of remark, that several icSf. bur North ern Legislatures, availing themseiyes of the decision of the Supreme Court, and under the! flcep excitement produced by the agitation of thoiWilmet Proviso, passed, laws imposing obstacles td! the execution of the provisions of the Constitution for the restoration of fugitive slaves. I am soify; very sorry, to sjate that Pennsylvania is amonglhis number. By our act of 3d of March, 1847, even itie use of our public jails is denied for the safe custody of the and the jailer who shall offcnrl against this provision is deprived of his office, and! is punishable with a heavy fine and disqualification ever again to hold ai similar office! 1 The two principal objections jurged against the Fugitive Stave Law are, that it will profnote kidnap--ping; and that; it does riot provide a tjrtal by jury for the fugitive in the State to which? he has I I The very same reasons may be urge with equal frce, against the Act of 1793 and yetgitj existed lor niore than half a century without encountering any siich objections.

i 8 I In regard to kidnapping, the fears agitatcW a) altogether groundless. The law requires that the fugitive shall be taken before, he jdge or commissioner. The master must there brbve, to the satisfaction of the magistrate, the identi ty of the fugitive, that he is the.masler's property and has cs- cjiped from his service. Now, ask, jjrould a kid- napper ever undertake such a- task? flY'ould he suborn witnesses to commit 'perjury and expose himself to detection before the judgeVor cipihmissioricr, and in presence the-argualeyes offa non-slave-holdmg- community, whosefeetings wl always be 6K the sIave Nonevcr. Te kidnapper sewe's his victim in the silence' of the viight, or in a remote and, place, and hurriesOiim aaay.

He4 doe not expose himself to tV'pubiic lib- -Will neve- the unfortunate fcbjecfjof his rapac-. oty'befyic commissioner or a judge Indeed, I have -no of having heard read of a-case, m.whjcn ajfreinan was kidnapped under the forms of law, duririg the whole period 'of more than 1 half a century, since the act of itqa ara n.co I i- t'auv i h. Petwar" a conv of which I enclose to you with request that you publish it I hope other papers, in the State will give it an and that the Sheriff wilt nmke known, to" the Solicitors of the all similar cases that may fall. within their Very respectfully, r.viVt D. W.

COURTS, Public Treasurer of C. r-r-J The State to the use of the Public Treasurer, vs. William D. Petway. The Act which incorporates me rresiueiu auu Directors of the Coinniercial Bank of (act of 1840, ch.

4,) after conferring upon it the usual powers, privileges, and immunities of a Bank, 'v with" a capital stock of $300,000 provides, in the 12th section," that, the President jor Cashier of the said Bank, shall annually pay into the Treasury of the State twenty-five cents on each share of said capital stock, which may have been subscribed for and paid in and the first payment of the said tax shall be made twelve months after the said Bank shall have commenced The Revised Code, iii chapter 09, section 20, imposes a tax of threw reins" upon every dollar more than six dollars of net dividend or profit upon money vested "in stocks of any kind, or in shares of any incorporated or. trading company, whether in or out of the State and herein shall be included all bank dividends, bonds and certificates of debt of any other State or country, or of any public corporation created by this or any other State." The question presented by the pleadings in this case is, whether the Legislature had the power, after the reservation of twenty-five cents-on each share of the actual capital stock of the Bank, to impose i. an auumouai tax on uie uiviucuuo individual stockholders. The counsel fpr- the defendant contends that it had not, and, his argument is, that the grant by the Legislature of the Bank charter, created a contract be-. tween the State and the corporation that, by a fair construction, one tern of that contract was that the Bank should pay into the; Public Treasury twen-, ty-five cents on each share of its actuai capital stock, in consideration of which no other or further tax should ever be-imposed upon it, or upon the divi-.

dends or profits of any of. the individual members who composed it; and that the constitution of the United States prohibits the State from passing any law to impair the obligation of the contract, of of any essential part of it. We admit that the grant by the Legislature of charter to a banking corporation, creates a contract between the State and the corporation, which brings it under the protection of the constitution ot tae United States. This conservative principle has been repeatedly recognised by this Court, in decisions, of Which it is necessary to refer only to the cases T1 TIT jI" 1 1 1 T- tMiusts. wiams, li jrea.

itep. ooo, anu inootuce vs. Matthews, 3 Jones. The same protection which is extended to the whole-contract must be extended to every essential part of it, and if it be a term of the contract that the State shall not impose any other UA uiwii iuc casual siuua. ut iuc nana ui hjimi iuv wjtuchis expressly mentioned in the charter, then we freely admit that the clause of the Revenue act- to which we have i referred is inoperative in its application to the holders of stock in the Commercial Bank of The question, then, ceases to be one of constitutional power, and becomes one of coi-struction merelv.

The question which has been thus has, in late years, been so often the subiectof discussion and decision in the Supreme Court of the United States, and in the Courts of the several States, that it would be a wtrk of superei c- gation to go into an extended, argjment. We shall confine ourselves to a brief enunciation sof the principles upon which our judgment in the present case is founded. It is noW a well settled rule of- construction, that luc giaui ui pi iviifges auu cauuiiiwiik iu a vui juration are strictly construed against the corporation, and in favor oi the public. Nothing passes but what is granted in clear and explicit terms. And neither the right of taxation nor any other power of sovereignty which the community have an interest in preserving 1 undiminished, will be held to be surrendered, unless the intention to surrender is manifested in words1 tpo plain to be mistaken." Ohio Life insurance 'and-Trust Company ts.

Deboll, 16 Haw. (U. 8.) Rep. 435 Billing vs. The Providence Bank, 4 Petetf Rep.

561 Charles River Bridge vs. 7 he Warren Bridge, 11 Peters' Rep. 545. It can- not be denied that the taxing power is one of the highest and most important attributes of sovereignty. It is essential to the establishment and the con-: tinued existence of government.

Without it all political institutions would be dissolved the social fabric would be up, and civilization would relate into barbarism. No government can, then, divest itself altogether of a power which is essential to its existence, it cannot commit' political suickle but it is conceded that it may, by contract for. an adequate consideration, bind itself, for. a longer or shorter period, not to exercise its taxing, power at all; or nijt beyor. a certain, extent, upon certain persons' or things, k' This however, often a dangerous restriction upon-its power, because the necessities of the.

government can not always be foreseen. In the changes and chances of time and things, those who have charge of the administration may have need of all the possible resources of the country to save it from great disaster, if not from ruin. These considerations force upon the mind the proprietynay, the absolute necessity, oT the rule that every grant from the Legislature by which the integrity of the power to raise revenue is impaired, must be construed strictly in favor of the public, and against'the Let us apply this rule to the case before us; 'The Legislature has granted a charter Jo the Bank in question, in which there is a stipulation for a certain tax to be paid by the officers of the! bank, upon each and every share of its actual capital stock, into the treasury of the State. There is no express provision that.no other or higher tax shall ever be but it is contended that theres an implied one to that Why should there be? is certainly not so, in cases very to this. A citizen takes a grant from the State for a tract of land and pays the stipulated price, lie has immediately to pay a-tax of twelve cents on every hundred dollars value of it bv the c(nprnl vpntie law f-y of the State.

That is precisely the smne'as a tax to that amount were reserved in the grant. The State cannot violate its contract contained in the grant, any more than -it can violate its -contract involved in the grant of a bank charter and yet, who ever doubted that the Legislature may, from time to 11 1 may be said of, any taxable pert-onal chattel, which State may sell to an individual." Why should money vested in a be more favored It "would be difficult to assign a good reason for the preference. 4 But, if it be admitted that the capital stock of the bank is by its charter exempted from additional taxation, it by no means follows that the' dividends or profits of tho individual' stockholders shall be ei-mpt. Bank stock, or stock owned by. individuals in aliank, a different thing from the'capital stock of the bank.

By the first is meant the individual interest in the dividends as they are declared, anda right to apri'rata distribution of the effects of -the ft bank on hand, at the expiratiou of the "The capital stock of the bank is the whole undivided, fund paid in by the stockholders, the legal right to -which is vested in the corporation, to be used and managed in trust for the benefit of -the members." Union Bank of Tennessee v. Thi State, Yerg.Jlep. 490. A tax on the first is very different from one on. the latter, and the property is listed and the tax paid in a very different manner.

The tax on the dividends of bank stock varies, of course, With the amount declared by the received by the stockholders. The dividends are listed for, taxation and the fax js paid by the Owners of the stock to the. sheriff in the counties of their The tax-on the capital stock is pail irrespective tf profits, by the officers of: the bank directly into the public treasury. How a provision tox upon one only of two aueb different subjects of i ran lit! COIlStrilprl iiupiteu exemption tom the otlier, it is diihcult to conceive. It is educated at the South.

He haslpved at the North and the West, and therefore ha sad an opportunity of becoming acquainted oiijr whole people, an advantage not possessed! by his; Competitors. He is known and honored both at hoip i and abroad. He has shown his love of his count -y by lunwavering devotion to its And whether teaching school for the support of his widowed mother, or exploring the wilds of the great Whether enlarging the boundaries of science or abquiring for our country the golden State '1 whether establishing a constitution for this youngest daughter of tho Union, or occupying a seat in th i Senate of the nation, in every position, and upde? all pircumstan-ces, whether demanding heroic daring; or prudent council, he has jalways possessed courage to the wisdoin to carry through. In reference to the value of his services in Caliloin Air. Buchanan he bore a CQilspicuous part 111 the conquest of California, and in ii opinion is better entitled to be called the conquerer of California than any other man." For such services and such ability, I love to do him honor.

Platforms" and principles are good enough in their places but lor the Presidential chair, the first requisite is a man. 2d. Because Fremont its on the right side of the great question which now disturbs the public peace. Opposition to slavery extension is a North ern nor a sectional ism. origiriaeu witn tne great Southern statesmen of the Revolution.

VVasning-ton, Patrick tlenry, Macfison, and Randolph were all opposed to slavery in the and were all opposed to admitting it into new territory. One of the early acts of tljie patriots of the Revolution was to pass the ordinance of "87," by which slavery was excluded from till the territories we'then possessed. This was going farther than the Republicans of the present day claim. jAIany of these great men were slaveholders; but they did not let self interest blind the.t. to the eVfls of the system.

Jefferson says that slavery exerts an evil influence both upon the whites and the blacks; but he was opposed to the abolition policy, by which the slaves would be turned loose among the whitesi In his autobiography he says: Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, thaU'that these people are to be free nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, can not live in the same government Nature, habit, opinion, have drawn indelible lines between them." Among the evils which he says slavery brings upon thu whites, is to make them tyranical and idle. the morals of the people their industry also is destroyed. For in a warm climate no man will labor for himself who can make another labor for This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small propor tion indeed, are ever seen to labor." What was; true in Jefferson's time is true nowt i I might go on! and give "Alumnus every week from now till the election, a column of good black Republican documents, all written by. the mosti eminent Southern statesmen, beginning with Washington, and including nearly all of eminence foiv ability, virtue, and patriotism, and coming down to our own times. No longer ago than I806, Henrjj Clay declared in the Senate "I never cah, and will vote, and hp.

earthly power ever will make 'Ue vote to spread slavery over territory where it doy not exist." At; the same time that Clay was opposed tojslavery, he like Fremont, opposed totheieast interferehcei by the general government, with slavery in the; States where it exists. Should there be any inter-! ference with subjects belonging! to State either by other States or by the federal government i no one win ue more reauy man mysen, 10 ueienu the gooq old North," my native Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Clay, and Webster for political State. But, with; Henry, Randolph, teachers, I cannot. believe that slavery is preferable to! freedom, or that slavery extension is one of the constitutional rights of the South. If "Alumnus" thinks that Calhoun, or any other, was wiser statesman or better South-; etaeK than either Washington or ijefierson, he is welcome to his; ppinioii.

I shall Jjnot attempt to; abridge his liberty in the; least. But my own opin ions I will have, whether he is willing to grant me; that right of every freeman, or nplj. I believe that; I have had quite as good an1 opportunity as he has to form an opinion xn the questions now to be set-t tied. And when "Alumnus" talks of "driving me out for sentiments once held by these great men, cannot help thinking that he is becoming rather fanatical. For the information of VAlumnusf I will state that he has put himself to unnecessary trouble in blazoning this matter before the public.

The whole subject belongs exclusively to the jurisdiction of the Trustees of the University. They pre men of integ rity ana mnuence, ana have at heart the best interests of the University, There isj no difficulty in bringing this, or any other question relating to the Faculty or students, before them. J'Alumnus" has also made another mistake, in supposing that the Faculty take upon themselves to influence the political opinions of the students. The students come to college generally, withHheir party politics already fixed and it is exceedingly rare for them to change while here." It has, however, been often remarked that a very violent partizan at college, is pretty sure to turn over before he has left college long. 1 I have been connected with our University, as student and Professor, for six years, land am free to say, that I know of no institution, North or South, from which partizan politics and sectarian religion are so entirely exciuaca.

Ana yet wei.aro too olten at- 'tacked by the bigots of both. For my own part, I do not know the politics of more than one in a hun dred of the stodents, except jis jl! might infer to which partyHhey belonged, from a knowledge of the politics of their fathers. rAnd they, would noVhave known my own predilections the preseht contest, had not 'one of their number asked which of the candidates I preferred. J. But, if VAfumhusw would understinci the state of things here correcUy, he bad better make a Visit to thoUTniversityv He would find each member of the Facultj- busy teaching in his own department, whether of science or literature and iha6 party politics is onebf the "branches Which We leave -the studefft to study at some otherTplace and timet If 44 Alumnus" uoes conclude to visit us, there is another matter to -which I might direct his 1 The two socio" -ties here, to the one or the other of which all the 1 -siuuems oeiong, nave each a very good library, and injhose libraries rar' to 'be found the "complete of many our great statesmen.

Now, for iiiuij Bsisieu yy ut. aiortimer, ,01, aui ra, out ail, their exertions and skill were insuflicieir remove the dreadful malady, Dr. Duncornb states that rigid li: -sms enme at wuen i.qu'u. 01 miy was AVitnin Right convulsed; when-, he became? worse, he. barked and.

made a noiwyexactly as dotf'wuuld. iiuervais mat wnen liquid, 01 any Kind w.as Within I. Li 1 .1 r- i Several neighbors were there they, wei compelled to tie him down in his bed'- on he would have done serjous damage to persons about andVto himself. He made a will before he was taken1 illafter having been. iivcii..