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EIJUGATIONAL Tile LegiSlature. .t L LTbe extra sessiOn of the present St..te Legts · \\\un• commenced Its seSSIPn 011 Tuesday last we do not see as yet that they have 1 m any by tl1e recess • We snppese 1t days to get ready to work and only work we shall be glad to ef 1t Nothing of nnportance Tile Colored Race. The followmg pwoe of mfurmatJon IS gomg the rounds The ObJects of the Conventwn may be cons1dered prmseworthy exce:pt that reference to the Colomzat on Somety ' os pecxally when tbts soc1ety under the present state of thmgs furmshes the ooly feasiblA and practical meailfi vf em!UJPlpation fru: the oolor Etl\far except the 8.dopt10n of n. a. con'tm1ttee to 1nvest1· race FnEnrmrcs: DouGLAss P:&PER, of Rocbest;r, fre:quenld con tams a call numerously sJgned by the col men of d1fferent States for a N atwnal adjiottJ,.lnienlh'7th I C<niv<entiion to be held at Rochester July 6th The expressed obJect of the Com·en t10n 18 to dev1se meaDs for the advancement tire {lolored race~n the Umted State• to I tb:wart the efforts of the Amertcan Colomza tion Somety to {lOni!ider what Is to be done the funds expected t~ be contl\Ibuted by the English People through. Mrs Stowe and a p!!rmaneht orgamzatwn for the geiler!u obJects whwh they have m VIew Tl;i.e J C4>1!V•rntiion l& to .Ill eomposed of delegates Died Suddenly. . -- John Colima, an Insbman and br1ck layer trade, and good workman when be w!s died &nddenly m North Frt~nt st ·ida•v·ev•Jnilo!!. the 20th mst Justice as coroner and etnpanelled a Jury liv<arefl a verdict upon the testimony gaJrd~LS ·.~•r~d others that the deceased death through ' congestiOn of tho bj\ mtemperance electwn on Wedne~day m Congress Legtslature and some :etut)ls have been recetved The Wh•g• gn.m lose m three, on the Genoa, May 1, 1853 The Sll!gapore Free Pre•\ of tbe 18th Mavch, has from Java some news about Mr GmsoN pl'opnetor of the A menean schooner Fl1rt, and his mate, -:-wli~ were taken last ye!lr to Eatavm from Palem baog, accused ofhavmgendeavored to excite the Sultan of Jamb! to hostifltles 3 ,.amst the Dntch Goverment 'l'he tnbunal ~ wh 1 cb m vesttgated the ease declared t:hat there were notsulllment motives to keep them lon=r Imprisoned Nevertheless, these two Am~ri ean mtlzen. still remam pnsdners They recently appeared before the tr)hn nals The debates lasted several days and although the publ1e M1mster prdpo•ed the most severe penalues for the accused, they were absolved from the charge brou\'ht a gamst':them But they cannot be set :t hb- crty till the Supreme Court hao- pronounced thew sentence As the Government does not allow Consulates to enst m their Indian pos sessmns the subjeClii of American and Euro pean pO'wers are depnved 11fthat assistance whxch the representatives of their respective Governments m1ght g1ve them. A. Lady oCFasmon.. A DCSlW~e 'NegiO. Tbc Fclmmna (I a) Whig grves an account of tl e attempt of owo Clhzens of East lla.ton Rouge to Npturc a supposed runaway negro, who was at w rk Ill a flat boat Havmg setz ed and put him mto the sk fl'. they started lack but had not proceeded far when the ~e to;l'O who was at ll o oars sc1zed a hatchet and assault d one of them wound1t1g h1m very se- nously A scufl!e ensued, m wbwh both w:> ties fell 0\erboard They were both rescued by the cttizons pulling to them w1th tho ~kdt Fmdmg him so unmanageable the negro lfall put ashore, and the partws :r:~tnrned ~o Port Hudson for arms and a pack of negro dogs, and Hta~ted agmn w1th the mtentwn to c.ap ture hun They EoOn go~ on h1s tTiul, and when fmmd ag:un he was stand•pg at a bay upon the ontei edge of a lm ge raft of drift wood armed with a club and a pistol ln th1s jXlSitwn he bade defiance to men and dogs, knockmg the latter mtc the water w th hls club and resolutely threatened death to nny man who approached hun Fmdmg h 1 m ob stmately determmed not to surrender, one of hts pursuc•s slrot him He fell dead at the first fite and so detcrmmed wns be- n<:>t to be captured that when an effort was made t~ rescue htm frof\ drownmg be made ba~tle w1th Ius elub and sartk wavmg h'is weapon m angry defi.•1.nee at hts pursue-rs Lynehiiig m lllinesota. t --4-- Tha MmeaotrMl a peaks of an affair w hl!'lh happened recently at Traverse des Stoux. ~ mltn nal!led Star hail made a boneji<k .cllum l11st J\ar and afterwards went below where be was detmned by eJCkness unttl recently Dur~nwthe wmter hts claun was ' Jumped\ by twu brothers named Kingsle;vo On Mon day lB~ Star backed by a large maJority o£ the settlers proreeded to demand an eva!llla· tJon of his cl:um, when he was fired upon b.y one of the Kmgsley~tbe full charge of shot from the gun stiiking h1m m the abd~n, but 1t 1s thought not mo\-tally wound1ng.h1m The settlers then turned out en ma,sse, am:- rounded the KingslilJS cabm, togk them pr 18 • oners and burnetltl:te house They- had their- prisoners secure un t1l nmo or ten o clock m thfl. evenmg wa1ting for thl! West N ewtoa t4J> come down that they mtght send them t~~o~ Pa:ul to be lodged 1n Jrul The boat not n»,. pearmg the exasperatiouofthecrow-'' ed to such a p1tch that their 'Vtotrr ... ancr:_'! up and lvnched till they be~ a t j]~~e~'\\\'\~ a rehef to thai\ tort' e i!f,e 0 \\' 8 ~t \!. wtth the >lnde 1 ..r ey were ~ 0 ~ th , - j o<anding tha1 therw.onld le~~\ e >:lrutle' th th • .., nut street, we saw a lady so superb1y drClilsed ,.. ,or Wl thRt the very s1ght of her augges ted tbe I .,.-,~~~~~~~~ A day or two ago, says the Philadelphia Snnday Mercury, wlr1le strolhng along Ghes thought of empty pockets Just as we pau~ A Used 'lip Botlrbmi;. ed for a moment befOre the wmdow of d. PI; 'fhe Coul':le:r dea liitats Uxns p.ullllslll! f., !~~::e~r~nt~~~'~:;y :ay ' stopped, also a11d fidaTit £Worn to by a wom:m over SO y~:~ :r l1 •a on WI 1 some ol her age named Mary Ann Wtlliams who Sfi.YSfhelB ashhtonabTe aciquamtances (as It seemed) the natural :mother of the Rev Eleazer wn w o were near y as rw> 1 d d 1 th \ A h J y resse as herself. raws. e pretender to Bourbon Iegitunaey h ld t 1 18 1 hnst~ nt- homhle to relate--two She states also that the first mtmtatlon sh& c 1 renwtt ' unke bth b \d \' d m a1r, egTtmed fa ever wa \'1< h•s pretentw:ns to-a royal btrth ceshand 8 P.~~re~ of the most wretched kmd W!\S f~ow. one Woodman 1111 Onema. Indi 11 n rus e \P and Jllu O'J tl t1. I ' , o ng 1e1r arms arol'n~d the Wno came to her ab(J\lt three yeaTs ago 1\Dd ~c>~:Y pdressed lady; e;wlmmed, \(Jh 1 mam asked her 1f she would not he w11lm~ togo be, b Y 3 :\' says come llome and nuss the ba -fare -a maglstrate and swear th~tt Eleazer vas y, wh1le he gpes afler three !lents worth !If not her sou but wils gtven to he~ to b:~:Ing'!lp • ~nal to bile the taters with ' ' Reader, pel.! she told lnm she woold do nu suWl thtng, a: npa you have seen people homfied m1d as, she knew h1m to be her son that EleaJ~er b&s tomshed, hut you cannot imagme the anamsh smce mentioned to her that some pf histi'~nl\s dep1cte<l upon th1s lady 8 coontenanoe Well thought he was not an Ind1an but !le$~ed' Btd po1;1r Richard observe---\ Silks, satins, from royal parentage, she toll! hlll\it li'MUO' scarlets and velvots put out the kttohen fire, such thmg that he was l>er soU ,t::J\' The Mormc>ns of Utah -;r;;- about to cultivate oysters crabs and lebster. m the Salt Lak~ If the water should prove too salt they uesiJU lQ ~Onotruct \fUICCS to Jet off the \alt wale~ and let 1n Jresl!
