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==T-*rr,-n.n VoL V. CAZENOVIA, NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1845, No. 20/ The-Madison County Whig, IS PUBLISHED *EtfERY WEDNESDAY BY ¥. H, PHILLIPS, Corner of Albany St., and the Public Square. TERM?. To office and mail subscribers, the paper will be furnished at tire low price of ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTT CENTS, Cash, if paid at the time of sub scribing. IP payment be made in Produce\ etc.; —qVo-Dow .Ano will he invuu'ulil.v L-IIJijjgjJ ; iir Two DOLLARS AND Firry CENTS per annum, if _ delayed until the expiration of the year. \An ad- ~ diUoDal Firr r CENTS will he charged- to those who receive the paper by Carrierr- #®» N o paper discontinued while arrearages are due, except at the option of the publisher. KJQT Letters and communications addressed to the Editor, must be POST PAID to' meet w : th at tention. ' ADVERTISEMENTS, inserted at §1 per square, [14 lines] fur the first three weeks.and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. A liberal discount made to those who advertise by the year. • POETRY. 8e1ecUd for the Whig from (he °0.\ The Wttad-Spirlt. Jl Aarkt ^p\antomc, with a htnlt voict. The glorious spirit of the wind I own no master's sway ; Hy wide-spread pinions none can bind, My power is free as they; My birth-place is yon fleecy cloud, HMy home is un the wavey; The frowning tempest is my shrowd, The elements my slaves. And every nook and shady dell Moves in\ the powerof my strange spell. SometimesTsail upon ITie\breeze And softly Iciss the flowers, And bow the foliage of the trees With gentle summer showers. Sometimes I ride upon the storm And rouse the foaming sea, The sailor fears my viewless form, • So subtle and so free; I haunt the mountain's wild recess In dark and gloomy loneliness. - MISCELLANEOUS. The Miller's Maid. » There is n lonely mill close be>ide the little hamleiof Udorf, near the Rhine shore, between the villages of Ursel and (lersel, on the left hand, below Bonn. This mill is said to have been. the. scene of the following story : It'tvas onj a Sunday mornings' ages long ago,' that the miller o f this mill, and hhrwhole 1'omilyi-wen^-te-jicar. the holy mats iit jho» nearest church, irl the village of Hersel. Th e mill was left in charge of a servant-girl named HannrhetrrorJenoy?-H stoui-hearte'd lass, who.!anxiously had long lived wlfii him in thai capacity. An infant child, of an age unfit for church, was also left in her charge. The girl was busily employed in preparing dinner lor the return «f her master and his family, when, who should enter but an old sweetheart\ e f hers, named ileiurich Bottefor. He was an idle, graceless fellow, whom the miller had forbidden his house, but whom Jenny., wijJi yminbje .perversity, oiilyjiked .perhaps all the better, because others gnvp hint no countenance. She was glad to see him,nud she told him so, too; and, although Hi -thc-midst of her woiU, she not only,goi him something to e;ft, hut also found timo to sit down with him and have a gossip, while he despatched the food s*ef before him. As he ate, however, lie let fnll his knife. «Pick that up. my lass,' said he, in a joking way, to the good nntured giil ' Nay, Jleiniich,' she replied, ' your back should be.more supple than mine, for you have • Thank God !' slfe ejaculated, * thank God |for this escape. Oh! the deadly villain ! and I so fond of him, too!' ; A shrill whistle from the grated window of the chamber id which she had shut up the ruffian Ileiurich, caught her ear, and* made her start to hor feet. * Diefher J Diethor!' she heard him shout, catch the child, and come hither 1 I-nm fast. Come hitliej;-! -Biing the'boy here, and kill the girl!' ~j||e- plancpd hastily \P r aspmoni_Lr.mil. whh.'bcJhe imprisoned villuin's head beckoned to some one in the'dlstance, and then looked nfter her infant emisary* Tin* little messenger held on his way unharmed. ;howcve_ty/and >he thought to hetself that the alarm was a faKe one, raided to excite her fear and overcome her resolution. Just, however, as the child reached a hollow spot in the next field—the channel of a natural dram, then dry *ith the heat of •summer—Mie saw another ruffian start up front the bed of the drain, and, catching him in hi-J arms, hastened to yard* the mill, in nccord.-uV£ with ilia* directions of his accomplice. Jn a mmnerjf .she petcefVed her danger, and in a moment more she formed her future plan of prnredwg. Retreating mto he mill, she locked and douhle-bolted the Joor—the only apparent entrance to the edi fice, every other means of obvious access to the interior, being barred by means ofstrong iron gratings fixed against 'all the windows — and then took her pnsfat the upper casement, determined to await patiently either her mas ter's return and her consequent deliveiy Com that darigerous position, or her own death, 'fit wern inpvil'i>--l-». heed him, and unheard ond_uriheeded of them 'likewise,, muttering curses, he was whirled |-rouod and round in the Untiring wheel; until, at last, feeling dizzy, and perception failed him, and ho saw and heard no mora. He foil-sense less-on the bottom of (He wheel, but even then his inanimate body continued to be whirled round and rcjiooVas before, the brave girl not daring to-trust to appearances in-connection' with euch a villain, and being, therefore, afraid to suspend the working of tbo machinery, -or slop the millgeor and Jackie from runningatlhe fullest speed. Aloud knocking at the door was, shortly af ter heard,and she-hastened thither. It washer master and hia family, accompanied by several of their neighbors. The unaccustomed uppoar- unce of the mill sails in full swing nn the Sab- hath, had, as she anticipated, attracted their at tention, nnd they had hastened home from church for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of tho phenomenon. The father bore his little boy in his arms; he had cut the cord wherewith the child was tied, but he was uimbted te obtain, from the affrighted innocent, an Account of the sxlran'rdinnry Wrcumstances (hat had occurred. \Jenny in a few words, told all; and then the spirit which had sustained her long and so well, while the emergency lasted, forsook her at once SB it panned away. Sho fell senseless inlu the nrmR of the miller's eldest son, and was will) difficulty recovered. Th« \machinery of the mill was at once stopped, and the inanimnte ruffian dragged forth from the great wheel. The other ruffiin was brought down from hia prison. Both were then bound, and sent orTto Bonn under a strong es cort, and in due -course came under the hands Letter from Horace Greely to the Abo litTon Convention at Cincinnati . Nttw YOUK, June 3d, 1845. DEAn Stn :— 1 received, weeks since, your lefter inviting rae to be present ata General Con vonlion of opponents qf Human Slavery, irrespect ive of past differences'and party organizations.— I have delayed till Jhe-last moment my answer, hoping- I might this season indulge a long cher ished uesire anrTpiirp'ose by visiting your section and city, in'which ca^e I should certainly have at tended your Convention, Qeing now reluctantly compelled to forego nr-indennin.lv uqWlffne- that visit, I have no recourse but to acknowledge your courtesy in a letter. w In saying that I should have attended your Con vention had I been able to visit Cincinnati -this month, I would by no means be understood as im plying that I would have claimed to sliaro in its deliberations; still less that I should have-been likely to unite in the course of action to which fheie deliberations will probably tend. Whether tfiete \ifllLjrue reconcilement grow\ between Ihoso opponents of Slavery whom the late Presi dential Election arrayed against each other in desperate conflict, 1 do not venture to predict.— Most surely that largo portion of them with whom [ acted and still act, havo been confirmed in our previous convictions of duty by (be result of that election, anil by the momentous consequences which it has drawn after it. Not merely with re- sard to this question of Slavery, but to all ques tions, I 'have by (ho result been warned against pledging myself |o any special .and. isolated Re form in s_sio.li manner us to interfere wiili and fet ter my freedom and ability, to act decisively nnd effectively upnn more general nnd immediately practical considerations of National interest and Human well being. You and yours, I understand, have been confirmed in an opposite conviction. \Time must decide on which iraVbrtlra lightr But while I cannot hope that I should.have been oblo -lo -unito wilh -yoiMipon -aiiy..d «fMulo -cour «o of clear to my mind that if the advocates of Emanci pation would unite in well-directed, persistent eff orts to improve the condition of the blacks in lbcir own Stales and neighborhoods respectively, they could hardly fail in advance their cause more rapidly nnd surely than by any other course.— Supndse, for oxarnple. they were (o resol/e in each Slate todevoto Iheir political energies in the first place to a removal of Iho-shamoful^-atriidous civil disabilities and degradations under which tho African race now generally labor, and to this end were to vote systematically for such-candidates, whom their votes could probably elect, (if such ihero woroQ as wore known to favor tlin removal of those disabilities; would not thejr success be Soffc'an(f speedy t But, 3. Look toelt to the Moral and Social condition of the Blacks in the Free States. Here is the re fuge of the conscientious slaveholder. lie de clines emancipating, because he cannot perceive that emancipation has thus far conduced to tlio benefit of the liberated. If (he mass of the blacks are to remain ignorant, destitute, unprincipled, de graded, (as ho is (old the Free Blacks are,) he thinks it belter that his should remain Slaves. I know that the degradation of the Blacks is ex aggerated. I know that so much of it as exists is mainly owing to their past and present wrongs — But I feel also that the process of overcoming (bii debasement must bo slow nnd dubious, while its causes continue to exist. I entreat, therefore, (bat those who hnvo the car of theso children of Africa and of their philanthropic frionds, shall consider the propriety of providing for them cities of refuge, towjishlpT=commuiiilies, I would say— wherein they may dwell opart from the mass of our people, in n social atmosphero of their own, not poisoned by'lbe universnl conviction of their inferiority, at least until they shall have had a chance to show whether they ore nr aro not no- ccssarilyjdle, Ihriflless, vicious and content with degradation. T mo'sr earnestly TJcTCve\ (ha p6pu- lar assumption* mi these points erroneous; task so. A single township in each free State mainly peopled by them, with churches, schools, semina ries for scientific nnd classical education, and all sncial influences untainted by fnc sense of African humiliation, would tin more (if surceisfuVaiI. doubt not) to pave the ^rny for Universal Free dom, than reams of angry vituperation against slaveholders. These are in good part men of In tegrity nnd conscience ; they see the wrong al most as clearly as you do ; it U the rig /iM .hich they should sec nnd cunnol. will you ennblo them to see ilr Yours reipcrlfully, HORACE GREELEY. Sometimes I sweep in sound along The Lyre's mellow-siring And sail along the-nir in song, Rich music on mv wine/ I haunt the bosom of the deep, I make it teem with life; An\d*when the quiet waters sleep • I rouse them into strife ; I love at gentle break of morn To gaily wind^-ray \mellow horn.\ I love upon a mild midnight To sweep o'er shore and sea, And when the ncean stars shine bright Hold jovnus revelry. At night t 'round tlie prisoner's cell Dark, fearful-vigila keep, And cast a drear nnd gloomy spell Around the exile's sleep. I wake.the featheryNvreaths ofsnow That wander with' me to and fro. My song is heard in every blast That howls upon the wave, And wrecks of power around me- r.as(, Each morning speak me hrave. And ages, too, my tireless form So reckless and so free, Has stirred ihe spirit of the storm Far over land and spa, And never to my. viewless home The form, or fear of death shall come. and you do nothing. But never mind, 'twould go hard with me if I refused to do more than that foryou, bad though you be.' This was spoken half sportively, and half jn -good-eorriest-t-forikiod-hearted-as-tlie-girl-wasr} uud much as she liked the scapo-grace, she was too honest and'industrious to encourage nd approve of idleness, nnd a suspicious course of life in any one else, however dear to her. She stooped down accordingly to pick p the knife. A s she was in the net of rising, however, the treacherous-villain drew a dag ger from under his coat and caught her by (he nape of the neck, gripping her threat firmly with his lingers, to prevent her screaming. Never,' said she? to herself, 'never ehall I leave my master's house, a prey (o such vil lains, or pormi( his property (n bo carried off| before my eyes by (hero, while I baye. life and ^Uongth^toJefend4tZ She had barely lime to secure herself within, when the ruffian from without, holding (he hap less child in one hand, and a long sharp knife in (he other, aseaih-d the door with kicks and curses, nnd imprecations of the most dreadful character. ' Confound !hee,' ho cried, applying the foul est epithets of which the free speaking Teuton ic languages are copious, 'open ihaduor^ or I'll ot tho executioner. It was not long before Jenny became a bride, The bridegroom was Iho-miller'a son, who had loved her long and well, but with a paxsion previously unrequited: They lived thenceforth happily together for many yearn, and died at~a\ goad old age, surrounded by a flourishing fami ly. To the latest, hour of hor life, Ihebrure hearted woman would shudder as ehe told (he tale of ber danger and her deliverance. DEATH OF A CHIID.—And no one feels the death of n child as a mother feels it. Even the fiithor cannot realizo it thus. There is n vacancy in his home, nnd a heaviness in Ins notion to be henceforth pursued by all opponents of slavery, irrespective of past or present differ ences, I should have gladly met you, conferred with you, compared opinions, and agreed lo act together so far as joint action is not forhidilrn by conflicting opinions. Animated by this spirit, I shall venture to set before you, and ask the Con venlion lo consider, some views which I deom as sentinl as bearing on Ihe present condition and ul timate success of tho Anti-Slavery movement. Whal is 5/necry f You will probaljjy answer— \Tho'tcgaLaubjeclion of one human being^ to the will and power of another,\ But this definition ap pears to me inaccurate on both sides—too broad and at (ho same lime, too narrow. It is loo broad in that' it includes the subjection founded in (be LOVE.—' Manila, does thee love me ?' asked a Shaker youth of one at whose shiine his heart's holiest affections bud been offer ed up* •* aD * Why, Seth,' nnswered she, * we are com manded to love ono another, are we not ?' 'All! Martha; but does thee regard me with that feeling the world calls love.?' ' I hardly know what to tell thee, Seth. I have greatly feared that my heart was an err ing one. I havo tried to bestow my love on nil; but I have sometimes thought, perhaps, that thee was getting rather more than thy share.' ADVICI; T3 PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY.— Don't. The above piece of advice which we find in nn exchange paper, may be good—but ' from the lights now before us,' wo are not prepared to vote for its adoption—but on the contrary*.would move that, it be amended by striking out till but the first two letters. IX7*If tlier.o is a man who can-eat his breaial peace with Ood and man, it is that man who has brought that bread out of the earth by his own honest industry. It is cankered by no fraud—it is wet by no tear—it is stained by no blpod> . fjy»An exchange paper avers that « Wars cannot exist without blockheads.' This-is true to a certain extent, but the editor undoubtedly meant t o s3y blockades. **- \ < \•Pete said Sam Johnsing to his old asso- ciate, pete Gumbo, last evening, 4 Pete, what does white tolks mean when dey talks ob de critical perztsbun ob our 'foreign relations,' eh?' Wall, I dos\n't 'zackly know, Sam,'said Pete, 'ifit teen't dat our,cousins in Africa—and consequently our foreign relations—is hard up, dey says, for tice and odcr cold wltttes, dis leaseo.' ' Dat be it sartin, Pete.' THE LADIES.—We go for the ladies out West, for they have resqlved not to marry, a man'.who—does—not-take -a- newspaper 5 nnd what is still better, -they won't let a fellow look at than) if he owes, the printer for more than one yekr.— Ex. Paper. [C7*Thff-gTHHtesl cdmpliment ever paid by one military character to another, was paid by Frederick the,.Greai to Washington: 'HirKahd is an army,.and his bead is a State Council.' 05\ Th e bar of Ihe Aator House^Jhe only .drawback to that magnificent establishment, htlt, it is said, at length yielded to the almost universally popular sentiment of the age, and • sloped lo some coal-hole or other/ 07* You can never make a good bargain in —ibe-purchase of bad articles. Now, lass' said hs, swearipg an oath a; [ho same .timej\ where is your master's mo ney 1 lyi have that or your life; so take our choice.' The terrified girl would fain have parleyed with the ruffian, but he would hear nothing she could say. ' Master's money or your life !' was all the answers he made to her entreaties. * Chopso at once,' was the only alternative he offered. The grave or the gold.!' She saw at or.ee that there was no hope of mercy at his hands, nnd her native resolution awoke in her bosom. She wtis timid at trifles ; scratch was a subject of tear to her; a drop of blood caused her to faint; an unwonted sound in the night caused her to fear. But \vhen her energies were aroused by an nde- qnate cause, she proved, as her sex havo ever one, that in courage, endurance, presence of mind, and in resources of emergency, she fur surpassed the coolest and bravest-of men. ' Well, well, lleinnch,'slie said resignedly, what is lo be, must be. But if ye take le money, 1 shall even go, with ye — 'his will be no home for me any more. But ease your gripe of my neck n little—don't queeze so hard, I can't move, ye hug me so ight—and if I can't stir ye cannot gel the mo ney, that's clear, ye know Besides, time presses,- and i f it ho done at al>, it must be done TroTcklyMrfThe fanrily will shortly bBlrackfroia Her^l.' Tho ruffi-m relaxed his gripe, and finally let go Ins hold. Her reasons tveru all cogent, ith his cupidity. ' Come,' said she, ' quick, quick ! no de- y ; fne money is in master's bedroom. She tripped up stairs, as gay as n lark, and he followed close at her heels. She Ted the way to her master's bedioom, and pointed out he coffer 111 which the money was secured. ' Here,' said she, reaching him a key, * this will open it at once;, and vhile.you are lying it up 1 shall just step up to my own apart ment and g°t a fuw things ready for our flight., well us my own little savings fur (he five years.' Tho ruffinn was thrown off his guard by her penness, and apparent anxiety rn accompany him. Like all egotists, he deceived hiiust-lf', wherrself'doreh was nio*t*-cerHito to be his do liuciion. - ' Go, lass,' said he, 1 but be hot fong, this job will be done in a twinkling.' She disappeared at the word. He irnmedi- tely opened the chest, and was soon engaged n rumaging its contents. As lie was thus employed, however, ab sorbed in the contemplation or his prey, and eagerly occupied in securing it on his person, tho bravo hearted giil stole down stairs on tip toe. Creeping softly along, she speedily gained the door o(ihe chamber unseen by him, and likewise unheard.. It was but the- work of a moment for her to turn the kpy- in tho wards, and lock him in. This done, she rushed to the outer door of (he mill and gave the alarm. * ' Fly, fly 1' she shrieked to the child, her master's little boy; five j ears old, the only be ing within sight. ' Fly, fly 'to thy father! fly for your life ! Tell him we shall all be> mur dered if he hastes not buck. Fly, fly!' The child, who was at play before the door, at onco obey*ed the energetic command of the brave girl, and spod as fast as his tiny legs could carry him, on the road by which he know his parents would return from church. Jenny cheered him onward and inspired his little! heart as he ran. ' .. ' Bless thee, ray boy— bless thee!' she 'ex claimed, in the goodness of' her heart. ' If master arrives in time, I will offer up a taper on the altar of our blessed lady of Kreutzberg, by Bonn.' She sat down on the stone beifSli by the mill door, to easo'her over-excited spirit, nnd she wept, as she sat, at the thought of her happy deliverance. ' If you con, you may,' replied the noble- hearted girl. 'God is greater than you, and in Him J put my trust.' t ' Cut the brat'e throat,' roared the impris oned vJJajQ abaye, 'thai will bring her to rea- ; eon ' Stout-hearted as Jenny was, ehe quailed at this cruel suggestion. For a moment hei reso lution wavered ; but it was only for n moment. ('She saw thai her own death was certain if she admitted the assailant, and she knew thai her master weuld be robbed. She had no reason to hope that even tha life of the infant would be spared by her compliance. It was to risk all against nothing. Like n discreet girl, she con sequently held fast in her'resolve to abide as she was, whilo life remained, or until assistance should reach ber. An ye open not Ihe door,' shouted tho vil lain, from without, accompanying his words with the vilest abuse, nnd-tho-fiercest impreca- ion8, 'I'll hack this whelp's limbs to pieces with my knife, and then burn tho mill over your head. 'Twill be a merry bloze, 1 trow,' I put my trust in God,' replied the dauntless girl.' 'Never shall ye set your foot «ithin these walls, while I have life to prevent it.' The ruffian laid the child on the ground, while ho sought for combustibles wherewith to executo his latter threat. In his search he os- pieJ the only possible clandestine entrance to ihe building. It was a largo aperture in_lhe wall, rommnoicp\\g \''h | h \ c ^nt wheel, and (ho other machinery of Ihe mill, and was a point entirely unprotected, foPtlio reason that the simple occupants had- nc»or supposed it feasible fur any one to aei-lt admission through such a dangerous inlet Elaied with his dis covery, the ruffian returned to Ihe infant, and tying (he hands nnd feet of the child, threw n on the ground, even us a bmcher will fling a umb dostined fur the slaughter, (o nwuit hia time for slaying. He (hen »tnle back (o the aperture by which ho hoped (o effect an en- ranro. ' It is Sunday,' said sh? I« herself, 'tho mill never works 011 the Sabbath ;• suppose I «el ha mill n going n«w 1 It can be sion afar off; and haply my master, nr aomeof his neighbors, wondering at the tMght, may hnxlen hither t<> know the cause. A lucky thought,' BIIB ex rimmed\. IS'o euonsr said than done. Being all her life nrcuslonied to mill-genr, 11 wna but Ihe work of a moment for her to vvl the machinery in motion. A brurk breeze, which Bprapg up, us it wera, by the iiir^rpusifion of Providence, at once sel the »ml» flying The arm* of the.! huge engine whirled round wnh fearful rapidity; he great wheel slowly revolved on us u.xe, ihe smaller gear turned, nnd creaked, and g 'ouued nccordingly, aa they came into action; thu mill was 111 full operation. It wna in that very instant (hat Ihe ruffian Diether had succeeded in squeezing himself through tho aperture in Ike wall, and gelling snlely lodged in The interior of the groul drum wheel. His dismay, howevdr, was indescriba bio when he bqgan tp be whirled about with its rotations, and found that all his efforts to put a stop to the powerful machinery which set it in motion, or to extricate himsolf from his par ilous'Bitujaion, were fruitless. His cries were most appalling his shrieks w'ero truly fearful; bis- curses anlLlmprccaTisns were horrible lo hear. Jenny hastened to the spot, and saw bim caught like a reptile, as he was, m' bis own trap. It need not be added, that she did not Jiberato him. She knew that ho would be more frightened than hurt, if he kept within a rotary prison ; and she knew, also, that unless bo ot tempted to escape, thero wo.s no dangor of his falling out of it, even though ho Were insensible and inanimate all the* whilo. In (he meantime, the wheel went round and rouod^wrlb its steady unceasing motion; and reund aod-rouad went the ruffian along with it, steadily and unceas ingly too. In Vaindid he\iraploTr-her pity on bis helpless condition; in vain did he pray to all the powers of heaven, and adjure all the pow ers ofheillo his ait£ She would, not hear nor heart. There is a chain of association that at set times comes round with its broken link ; there are memories of endearment, a. keen- sense of loss, o weeping over Crushed hopes, and a pain of wounded affection. But the -mother feels tint -one hus-beemaken away who was still closer to her heart, ller's has been the office of -constant ministration — Every graduation of feature was developed before her eyes. She had detected every new gleam of intelligence. She heard the first utterance of every new word. She had been the refuge of his fears; the supply of his wants. And every task of affection has woven a new link, and made deaf to her \Its object. And when he dies, a portion of her own life, as it wero, dies. How can she' givo him up with all these memories, these associ ations? The timid hands \W have so often taken hers in trust and lovo, how can slio ro\<i them on her breast- and give them—up into the cold clasp of death ? The feet whose wanderings she has watched so narrowly, how can she see them straightened to go down yito the dark valley ? The head that she has pressed to her lips and her bosom, that she had watched in burning sickness and in peaceful slumber, a hair of which she could not see harmed, O-! how can she consign it to the chamber of the grave ? The focm that not for one night has been beyond her vision or her knowledge; how'can she put it away for the Tong~ night \f 0'» sppnTrhrp, fn KPR if Imp*- no more ; Man has cares and toils that draw •way. his, thoughts nnd employ them; she sits in loneliness, and all these suggestions, crowd bpnn her. How can she bear all this? She could not, were it not thjuher faith is as her uflection; nnd i f the one tarnore deep and tender than in ma,n, the other U more simple, spontaneous, and takes confidently hold of tho hand of God.—iZerj. E. H. Chapin. SALLY MULI.ER DXCI.ARED FREE —Judg ment was yesterday rendeied in the Supreme (\ourt in favor of the plantiff in the ca*o of Sully Mull or vs. Louis Belmonti and John F. Miller, called in the warranty. The decree was rend by his honor Judge Bullard, and is ud to be characteristic ol his high judicial attainments. The counsel for the unfortunate Sally, were, Christian Rosehusnnd Wbeelock Upton, and we learn that it is in contempla tion by those Who have taken an interest in • he fare of the plaintiff to pay them sorao pub ic mark of respect. • , Some twelve months ago, when (his ca«e was before the_Qi<rricr Court, we gave a brief, k.'trh of its features. Is.illy chinned to be born in Germany and -of (Jciman parents-;-^)!' hiving come to this country when an infuit u her father and mother, who readied here is' redetnptioiiers,' and died shortly after iheir nrrivjii. John F. Miller alleged*, that she was bom a «lu've and hi- piopeily ; sis sucl lie brought her up, and as such sold her t Louis-Belmonti;! and now, after befog for a quarter of a century or thereabouts subjected to all tho degradations of domestic bondage and servile labor, sho is, by our highest tri bunal,declared free!—JY, O. Pk. June22. The Foot-Race of one mile for $200, on the Beacon.Course, yesterday, was 1 won by Mr. BarW-of -Williamsburg. The time made was 4m 36s., being the shortest time on record, particularly with such a heavy track. The Indian was second in the race, being six seconds longer than Barlow. Tho North Star won the contest in walking, per forming sjx miles.and a half in the hour.— To'day^a Five Mile EftQ>Bace, and a Hurdle- Race will come off.— Tribune,- 3d. THANKSGIVING.—Got. Fitzpatrick has is sued a proclamation designating the irth of July as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer_througn6ut the State of Alabama. £7\ Th e mail is tjow carried daily between Oswego'arid Ogdensburgh, and Oswego and Lewiston by tho -steam boats. parental and eirmlqr relations; (00 narrow, In lhal it excludes Ihe .subjection founded in other' ne cessities not less stringent than Ihoso imposed by itstute. We rpust tack some truer definition. understand by Slavery, that condition in which one human being exists mainly as a convenience for other-human beings=in whichJhalixne^tlie exertions, the faculties of • part of the Human Family are made to subserve, not their own de velopment, physical, intellectual and moral, but ihe comfort, advantage or caprices of others. In short, whereever service is rendered from ono hu man being to_anolhcr, on a rooting of one-sided and nut of mutual obligation—wben the- relation between the servant and the served is ono not of affection and rof iprocal good offices, but of au thority, social ascendency and power over sub sistence' on Ihe one band, and of necessity, servili ty and degradation on tho other—there, in my view, is Slavery. You will readily understand, therefore, that, if I regard your enterpriso with less absorbing in- t«r««t than you do, it is not that I deem Slavery \ less. bulB gTwtii pyjl, If I am less IrnnMpil Loiter from Cussiu s IH. Clay. concerning tho Slavery prevalent'v« Charleston or New Orleans, it is because I see so much Slavery in New York, which appears to claim my first efforts. I rejoice in believing that there is less of it in your-several communities nnd neighborhoods, hut that it does exist thero I am compelled lo be lieve. In estcming it my duly (o preach Reform first to my own neighbors and kindred, I would by no means attempt to censure those whoso con sciences prescribe a different course. Still less would I undertake to say thai tho Slavery of (he South is not more hideous in kind and degree (ban that-whioh prevails at (he North. The fact that it -is more flagrant and palpable renders opposition to it comparatively easy and its speedy downfall certain. But how can I devote myself to a cru sade againsl-dislant servitude, when I discern itf essence porvading my immediate community and neighborhood ?—nay, when I have not yet suc ceeded jn banishing it even from my own humble household. Wherever may lie the sphere of duly of others, is not mine obviously here 1 Let me restate what I conceive to be essential characteristics of Human Slavery :— 1. Wherever certain human beings devote Iheir time and thought^ mainly (o nbcying and serving other human beings, and this not because they choose lo do so but because they must, there •( I thinkj is Slavery. 2. Wherever human beings exist in such rota tions that a part, because of the position they oc cupy and tho functions tliey perform, are generally considered an inferior class (o those who perform other functions, or none, there (I think) is Slavery: 3. Wherever the ownership of the soil is so en grossed by a small part of the community, thai Ihe Tar larger number are compelled lo pay whatever the few may see fit In exact for -Ihe privilege of Occupying 'and cultivating (be earth, there is something very liko Slavery. (I rejoice lhal (his slate ofthingsdoes not,as yet, exist in our country.) 4. Whatever opportunity to Labor is obtained with difficulty, and is so deficient lhal Ihe employ ing class may virtually prescribe Iheir own terms and pay the Laborer only such share ns they choose of the product, there is a vory strong ten dency to Slavery. 5. Wherever it b deemed mora reputable to live without Labor than with Labor, so that a gen tleman would be rather ashamed of his descent fnyrr a blacksmith, than from an idler or mere pleasure-seeker, there is a community not vory far from Slavery. And, 6. Wherever one human being deems it hon orable and right to have other human being* mainly devoted to his or her convenience or com fort, and thus to live, directing the labor of thoso persons from all productive or general Usefulness to his or her own special Uses, while he or she is rendering, or has rendered no corresponding s\cr vico to the cause ol human \well-being there ex ists .'he spirit vhich originated and still sustains Humau Slavery. j - might mulliplyihese illustrations indefinitely, but I dare not so .trespass on your pnrfence.— Rather allow me (0 apply (he principles, here evolved in illustration of what I deem Ihe duties and policy of Abolitionists in reference to tbeir cause. And here I would advise: 1. Oppose Slavery in ALL its- forms. • Be at least as careful not .to be a slaveholder ns not to vole for one. Be as tenacious thai your own wives, children., hired men and. women, tenants, Sic!? -enjoy fho blessings of rational Liberty, as the slave of South Carolina*-' 2. Be at least as ardent th opposing thenear as the DISTANT ybrnis of Oppression.. It was by beginning at home that charity was enabled to perform such long journeys, even before the con struction of railroads. And it does not seem LEXINGTON, May Ifilh, 1845. Afessrs, S. P. CiiAScandolhers, Committeejfrc: GEKTLEMES^—I have somo fimo since re ceived your letter of llio 2I»I ult., inviting me In attend n Convention, lo bi- held in Cir.cinnnii, nn the 11th day of June nexljof \all wtm 'bi-ljeving that whatever is worth preserving in Republican ism, can be maintained only by eternal and un compromising war upnn the criminal usurpations of tho slave power,' are resolved louse all consti tutional and honorable menns to effect the extinct ion of slavery in tlioir respective Stales, and its reduction to its constitutional limits in the United States.'\ I have ho'd your imitation under re spectful consideration, and uhilst I appreciate your kindness and should be gratified to meet you personally in cnuncil, I must beg lenvo to decline being present on that occasion. Tho language used by you is rhy own ; it was written on Ihe event of the gross usurpation, by tho 'two houses of Congress, of the treaty making pow er, which is vested by the Constitution exclusively in flie Sennlo. representing in action two-thirds of the sovereurn States oT the ITepubliC, instead of mere majorities of quorums in each house , and this too, wnh l\io avowed purpose of adding slave territory to this Union, by which you and I wore to be deprived yet more and more of yuur equal rights of representation in your own government. But this language also applies to a systematic de sign on tho pari of tho slave parly, relentlessly pursued from tho formation of the Union to the present hour, to subject Ihe freo laboi, and (o jnako Ihe frocinen nf the repub ic tributary to the slaveholders of the counlrv—the slaves nf slaves, hy suppressing the right of petition, trial by, jury-, liberty of speech, freedom of Ihe press, ana the right of habeas corpus, in view of all which des potic acts, (I speak not now of the right, political or natural, nf tho sovereign Slates of municipal Slavery ; with (hut as a politician. I disclaim having any tiling to do ) I have not scrupled (ode- nounce them ns ' the criminal usurpations of Ihe slave power.* 7 I dcclaro onco more lhal I shall nnver cease lo oppose them \by speech, hy Iho pen, by Ihe press, and by tho ballot,\ I go lor vindicating all these rights, by ro establishing tho broken Constitution, nnd by eradicating the root nf the evil so far as I have fecal power. 'I am for abolishing slavery in Iho District of^-olumhia, by paying the- masters an equivalent—for enforcing the habeas corpus in all the territories and in all plncps of exclusivo national jurisdiction—for the loin I abolition of all tho slave clauses in Iho National Constitution, so soon ns it can be dona by Ihe ballot box. The Constitution ami Uws of the land are binding on mo so long ns they exist - h but I utterly deny that there is, or ever was \meant\ lo be, any \com promise\ by which my ancestors agreed that I should be enslaved any longer than the ballot, in ils omnipotence, could strike off my feMers, and restore me lo lhal polilicnl rqua ily which, in an evil hour, (hey deemed themselves nccessiated to put in temporary-trbeynncB— Hero then is my ground. It is broad enough for all parties, and lo whoever takes it, I give the right hand of fellowship, tinoVr ulialcvfr party or ganization ho may be arrayed In llio meantime, I nhido the drstiny of llinl pnrly in which I hove grown lo manhood, until some other, numbering more friends of liberty llian we, shall give indica tion of more speedy success. I claim to be a Wide bcrniiso J stand upon the sam'e ground of Iho ilius(riu\«-leclaratorsof'70. If the New York Courier and Enquirer and others liko not thofirin- ciplcs of these men let them yield the name a'so. ff Ihoy nre the friends of prerogative, the abollors of Ihe violation of the.Constitution, the lovers of despotism, lhe~oilvncalc*of po itical inequality ; if they aro \conserouliueg\ on y by basely subnet- ling to spe every principle of human liherty'tram- p'ed under fool by s'ave power, then 'et them strike Iheir colors and go ovpr to the enemy 1 Bui as for my single sel, vvhi v UITP is a banner flying, soiled and 'lorn and Iramplrd llionirh il he, hy an unthinking and inliitunli-d mu'liliule, yet inde'i.bly inscribed »nh I'.e faith «( iho i uslrinus dead and living, ''Poliiit nl rqnalily untrnnimi-lrd social progress, Mibcriy and iminn nmv and forever;*\ there slill ra'l\\ir>* vro 'ild I he funnel, with im un conquerable spirit , wlie'licr nverwhe'mrd by numbers or lno -tie down bv superior forte, e-ver ready lo sacrificp nil dungs tnil honor and ihe right, thnne ennoh mg elements of se f elevation and unfailing socially, which are -no more when- liberty is lost. Respectfully, your obedient servant, C. M CLAY. - (L7 5 \ Tho lands oF the «Wyondbtre-Reser- vation' nre to be sold at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, on the 22d _ of Septernbsr.
