$200 Reward: Poster for the Return of Runaway Slaves, October 1, 1847

Courtesy of State Historical Society of Iowa, W.M. Russell, 1 October 1847

“Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law” Illustration, 1850

Kaufmann, Theodor, “Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law,” Hoff & Bloede, New York, 1850. Courtesy of Library of Congress

Fugitive Slave Law, 1850

“The Fugitive Slave Law,” Hartford, Connecticut, 1850. Courtesy of Library of Congress

“A Presbyterian Clergyman Suspended for Being Connected with the Underground Railroad” Article,

November 8, 1855

“A Presbyterian Clergyman Suspended for Being Connected with the Underground Railroad,” Fayetteville Observer, 8 November 1855. Courtesy of Library of Congress

Anti-Slavery Bugle Article - “Underground Railroad,” September 16, 1854

“Underground Railroad,” The Anti-Slavery Bugle, 16 September 1854. Courtesy of Library of Congress

Anti-Slavery Bugle Article - “William and Ellen Craft,” February 23, 1849

“William and Ellen Craft,” The Anti-Slavery Bugle, 23 February 1849. Courtesy of Library of Congress

“Fugitive Slave Case Was Tried” - A Daily Gate City Article, April 13, 1915

“Fugitive Slave Case Was Tried,” The Daily Gate City, pp. 5, 13 April 1915. Courtesy of Library of Congress

William Maxson Home in West Liberty, Iowa, 1890

Jacoby, Charles, 1890. Courtesy of Library of Congress

“A Bold Stroke for Freedom” Illustration, 1872

Still, William, “A Bold Stroke for Freedom,” 1872. Courtesy of Library of Congress

Henry “Box” Brown Song and the Engraved Box, 1850

Brown, Henry, “Engraving of the Box in Which Henry Box Brown Escaped from Slavery in Richmond, Va. Song,” Boston, 1850. Courtesy of Library of Congress

Robert Smalls: “The Steamer ‘Planter’ and Her Captor,” June 14, 1862

“The Steamer ‘Planter’ and Her Captor,” Harper’s Weekly, vol. 6, pp. 372, 14 June 1862. Courtesy of Library of Congress

“The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown at Philadelphia” Illustration, 1850

Brown, Henry, 1850. Courtesy of Library of Congress

“The ‘Running of Slaves’ - The Extraordinary Escape of Henry Box Brown” Article, June 23, 1849

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iUtocrUsiucotu iatttt.NEWS EXTRAORDINARY FBOM CALIFOR.

MA.We find the following letter in a New York

paper. It must be read to be appreciated.Whatever doubts may be entertained of theother accounts we have had from Sacramento,

will hardly do for ntiy one to doubt this.Some may laugh nt it; but their laughingcannot but be good.

"A Letter from the Diggln.'Valley of me Sacrymento, April 20, 1840.

Eddyturs of the Snndy Times : When Iwrote before, spades was trumps now it'sdimunds. These preshus stuns is found inbrilyant perfusion on the brow of the SarahNevady, and several as large as fenix egushas been seen in a mountain of gold, diski-vere- d

last week, near the Sam Joking, andwhen the snow melts, it is supposed thatmany of the first water will come down withthe current. Reed dimunds is remarkabulplenty, but ft law has been made agen ga-th-

in 'em, because it spoils the fulur crop.None is aloud to be gathered under the size

a piece of chaulk. Kmrulds abounds, butnobody is green enough to pick 'em up whenthey can pet dimunds. Oilier jooils is adrug. Beyond the plains, on what they call

plato of the mountains, bushels of littlepieces of silver has been dug up, which isvery convenient for small change.

A stream ruiiniu' into Feather River, andpartikarly rich in gold, has recently been

by a German kunipany, and theyhave skewered the joint onership by thethreatening to knife any one they calchpoaching on their fork. In honor of someoutlandish Dutch water privilege, they call

the River Rhine-o- . Some of the vplorin'sociatiuii which has gone far into the into-reyu- r,

sends word that the sile there is allsolid sot wilh roobees, but nobody blevesthese out lying parties.

The depth of the odiferous sands on theSacrymento is forty feet eleven inches andthree quarters. Wherever we find traces ofgold, we sink shafts and draw it up wilhhorses The sand is so tarnation heavy itputs the mustancs to their metal. I tell you;

ther's no help for 'em ; they must hangwith all their might ami mane, or down

they go, and then its all up wilh em.'Mense quantities of gold, at the very least,

has been sent to Pan Francisco for some timeback, ami as fast as it is got in it is turned intoingots. Theves cannot egzist at the digninsbeing hung on theslbhtest sn'pishun. Grub ismoderate; Hoods of a spiritus natur verydear. All kinds of salt provisions is sold for

song; the tavern keepers most given 'emaway in order to promote thirst. Salt pork

85 a hogshead, and brandy S10 a half pint.Hows'ever, as gold i plenty, every Jack has

gill.This puts me in mind of the noose by the

steamer Calilorny, that a ship load of youngwimmen was a coming out on a marryin'spekelashun, with one Mrs. Farnhain asshonpercarpo. We look for the same anx- -

shnsly. What is gold what is preshus stunswithout wimmen 1 Nuthin but vanity andvexsashun of spirit. Solomon says I red it'tulher day on a page of Proverbs I was nsoin

ue for valil in Solomon says a wurtshus'unman is more preshus than roobies, and in

kutitry without pettyeoats one feels theforce of the remark. When a man haswealth he wants hares to leave it to ; and in

. i i" nennrse no wives no nares. i ou commitsend me out one, could you ! I mean a wife,not a hare. If she's sum pitted with thesmall-po- .t even, 1 wootlenl care. The ordina-ries! goods are valuable when there is none

tho market. There's duzzens I woodentlnnkoit fit in IKa Klntne ihnt 'wt nntv a

thankfully received ami no questions axed.You can say, and truly, that I'm worth morean my weight in gold, for I've got quarterorn ,un of i( j,, g,ore u, San Frm)ci8C0 b9.Mesa sprinkling of dimnnds.

Wo have a sort of make shift governmenthere, (no allusion to the paragraph above,)got up extruperry, as one may say, that an- -

sers purty well for a nu kuntry. Cen. Smithi nt nobody. Ho is a clever chap and a

spunky, no doubt o that; but he huinst gotno more authority than a child in arms, ifthar war sich a thing in the settlement. Heishoos general orders and proclamashuns andsich truck, and the people read 'em, perliteliteratoor being scarce ; but wen they've red'cm they larf, and shet one eye, and go anddo just as they d n plcese. It's alius so innu kuntries.

Agriculture in Californey is purty muchleft to nutur. It sticks in folks' crop to besrning corn when they can dig gold, and sothey all go to the placers to make hay whilethe sun shines. This is the monster depositbank of the mieversal world, and we're allcashiers and directors. Bring yer 'talershere if you want 'em dug, we can't take thetrouble to raise 'em. Tho only wegetablewe cultyvale is the root of all evil, and ifvou'll send us the frules of the earth, youfan have that exchange.

The rainy season being over, the weatheris settled, I bleeve the heat hasn't been be-low 99 for a week, which, with bad rum, hasproved fatal to some const itooshuns. Eraigrants of all kinds and kuntries keeps pouriniu by land and water, aud the populashun isvery piomiscous. We Mericans keep theupper hand of furriners so far; but it takesconsiderable powder and ball. Colt's pills isUna lor niunily. I tie bottle causes a fcoodmany musses, but the barrel alus stone 'em.t shall probably ship my pile by the Califor- -ny, and if 1 escape the cholera, the Injuns,

and the yallar fever going through Mex!co(yon may 'spect to see ma before very long,and perhaps sootier. cl '

A Disbanded Volunteer.

THE "ItlXNIXO OF SLAVES."

The Extraordinary Escort of Henry BoxBrown.

At the anniversary meeting of the Anti-Slave-

Society of Boston, on Wednesday,Brown, the fugitive slave, whose extraordi-nary escape from servitude in Richmond, andalmost miraculous nrrivnl at Philadelphia,created such a sensation about two weekssince, was introduced to the audience. Hewas transported three hundred miles througha slave-holdin- g country, and by public tho-

roughfares, in a box, by measurement, exact-ly fAret; feet one inch long, two feet wide, andtwo fctx six inches deep. The following ab-

stract of his story we find in the Travellerof last evening '.

While at Richmond, though the box waslegibly aud distinctly marked "this side upwith care," it was placed on end, with hishead downwards. lie felt strange paiu,and was preparing himself to die, preferringliberty or death to slavery, and he gave nosign. He was, however, relieved from thispainful position, and encountered no otherdanger than the roujh handling of the box,until it arrived in Washinaton. When theporters who had charge of it reached the de-

pot there, they threw ordiopped it wilh vio-

lence to the ground, and it rolled down asmall hill, turning over two or three times.This he thought was bad enough but thewords he heard filled him with anguish, andbrought wilh them the blacknesss of despair.They were that the box was so heavy itcould not be forwarded on that night, but ofmust lay over twenty-fou- r hours. In thelanguage of the fugitive, "My heart swelledin my throat ; I could scarcely breathe ;

great sweats came over me; 1 gave up allhope. But it was put into my remembrancethat the preacher had said, it is good to prayat all times. So 1 tried to pray. 'Lord Je-

sus, put it into the hearts of these men to finda war to send this box forward. While 1

was yet praying, a man came in and said,'that box must goon : it's tho express mail.'Oh, what relief I felt. It was taken into thedepot, and I was placed head downwardsagain for the space of half an hour. Myeyes were swollen almost out of my head,and I was fust becoming insensible, whenthe position was changed."

IIii arrived in Philadelphia after manyh 'scapes, and the box was taken

to the house to'which it was directed. Thepanting inmate heard voices whispering; af-

terwards niore men came in. They weredoubtful or fearful about opening the box.He lay still, not knowing w ho the people wereFinally, one of them knocked on the box,and, all right here!'' "All right," echoedfrom the box. The finale of this simple talewas received with deafening shouts.

In corroboration of it, Rev. S. J. May saidhe was in Philadelphia in the midst of theexcitement caused by this wonderful adventure. llesaid that, for obvious reasons, hocould not give tho name of the gentleman towhom the box was consigned, but he knewhim as a warm-hearte- d friend of humanity.That gentleman had told him, Mr M., thatwhen the box arrived at this house, he wasovercomo wilh airitution. The man mi-'h- t

be dead. He hoped, yet feared. It mightbe necessary to call a Coroner. He finallyassembled several true friends and thenremblingly asked, "Is all right herel" The

voice came up, ns if from the grave "Allht." The reaction of his feelings was so

great as to stop his breath; but when hecould speak, ha wildly exclaimed, "You arethe greatest man in America."

COLD AVATLlt.Last summer (says the New York Evening

Post) an Iri-- h girl, on Long Island, attackedwith fever and ague after, being two or threoimes cured as it was culled, by quinine, im

patient at the obstinate recurrence of thedisorder, ran, in the height of the fever, andjuiTied into a mill pond wilh her clothes on;she came out cured ; the disorder never re- -turned. An Ohio practioner of the name ofCook, adnptsa similar practice; our readers(ire aware that wilh the learned it is calledhydropathy. The editor of the LayfayetteDaily Journal thus describes the method inhis own case.

"He literally dragged me from my bsd,forced me under a showerbaih while the chillwas on me, my lips, nose, and fingers purple ;

my teelh chattering, and my whole convulsedbody giving terrible evidence of the severenature of the malady. There he field me,changing niy positions under the drip formore than a minute and the chill teas goneIt was the second,' and of congestive type,that I had in the space of five hours. Next,he put me under warm blankets. I slept forover an hour. Finding the fever to be consuming me, he again pulled me out of bed,and forced me a second time tinder the bath.In less than five minutes all traces of thefever had disappeared ; and the bath, fromhaving at first been horrible beyond descrip.lion, became delightful; and I could havestood under it for hours, wooing the droppingsof it congenial waters. I came out a restoredman."

Takino Pap Ens. "What paper do youtake 1" asked one loafer pf another.

"Why," replied the other, "I take everyoneI can lay my hands upon."

The world produces too many such newspaper taker.

URITISII rtOVALTV.

- Tat Quera and Her Hea.cboU. 1 r. . ,i'H t ' i

What constitutes the belongings of royaltyis an unsatisfied question with many. Thereis a vague idea of crowds of '(teryitors( from,the noble down to the meanly born, attend-ing upon majesty, and making ' up1 tl greatshow at a great cost, nnd Id very little pur-

pose, except as regards show. The follewingextract of a letter from the London corres-pondent of the New York Courier and En-

quirer, will furnish interesting informationiu the matter:- '

Although, as far as respecte the personalexercise of political power, the British sove-reign can hardly be called a substantial enti-ty, yet theie is one way in which sho makesher existence obvious to the dullest sensibili-ties of her subjects. The civil list conferredby act of Parliament on her JMajesly, as herregular annual allowance, is 385,000 sterlingor nearly 53,000,000. Of this enormous sumA'60.000 are assigned for her own private use,and the remainder is expended in the depart-ments of the Lord Chamberlin, the LordSteward, and the Master of. the Horse ; andin royal bounties, charities, pensions, and spe-cial services. .. , .

Tho function of the Lord Chamberlin. whois always a Peer of the realm, is to exercisegeneral supervision over the Queen's apart-ments, nnd to make arrangements in regardto f hapluins, physicians, artisans, musicians,and in regard to furniture, wardrobe, &c.The appointment is always political, nnd terminates at the close of every administration.Tha Lord Chamberlin never performs theduties of his oflico in person, but his salaryis none the less on that account. It amountsto 2.000, or nearly S10.000 annually. Inhis department are a vast number of functionaries, or rather dignitaries, since, very manyof the offices are mere sinecures.

A Master of tha Robes, whose elation ismerely honorary, receives annually $2500I reduce it to Federal money for the conve-nience of our readers ; Ladies of theBedchamber, whose only duty is to visit anddine wilh her Majesty three fortnights in liteyear, and w ho invariably tire the wives ordaughters, of Peers have a salary of. 42300each; eight Maids of Honor, and eight Bed-

chamber Women, who are also ladiesof hiirhbirth, and w Ins:; duty is merely to give theQueen the "pleasure of their company" for afew weeks in this year, have each an annualsalary of S1500; Lords in Waiting, andeight Grooms in Wailing, whose business isto ;imily visit and dine with tha Queen threefrtnig:iis in the year, have, tho former 3000each, and the latter S1300 each; ;t Master ofCeremonies, who introduces Ambassadors tothe Sovereign on State occasions, has S1500:sixteen Gentlemen Ushers, wilh no duties,have from SG00 to $1000 each; fourteenGiooms of the Chamber, and eight Sergeants-at-Arm-

whose offices are complete sinecuresreceive salaries ranging from S200 to 500.

Four Officers of Ihe Rubes, three Kings ofArms, six Heralds, two Slate Pages, fivePages of the Backstairs, six Pages of thePresence, four Queen's Messengers, all re- -eive salaries us large ns most of our Slate

Governors some having real and othersmerely nominal duties. Tha poet laureate,at present Wordsworlh, receives $500 perannum, tho Examiner of Plays $2000, andhe Surveyor of Pictures und the Muster of

Pictures and the Master of the Tenuis Court,each high salaries. Sixty chaplains and twen- -

y different physicians are attached to theCourt, some perlorming service and receivingpay, and others not. One hundred and forly

eomen of the Guard, whose only duty is toattend upon her Majesty on State occasions,iu the King's costume of the sixteenth centu-ry, enjoy salaries amounting in the aggregateto $60,000. The entire sum expended in theLord Chamberlin's department, includinghousehold salaries aud tradesmen's bills, is8350,000.

The Lord High Steward, always of noblebitih, has a salaiy of $10,000; his duty,which is always performed pioxy, is to governthe Queen's household, and to provide forthe culinary department. Ho has under himquite a little army of treasure is, comptrollers,secretaries, clerks, storekeepers, "yeomen ofthe pantry," bakers, confectioners, cooks,table deckers, porters, &c. Ho is also chiefjudge of the Court of the Marshalsea, w hichconsists of nine murshalmeu. whose businessis the administration of justice between theQueen's servants. The total expenditure oftha Lord Steward's department amounts annually to about $600,000. .

The Master of the Horse, who has chargeof Her Majesty's horses and stables, has asalary of S 12,000, and he has under him alarge number of equerries, pages, postillions,coachmen, grooms, footmen, '&o , all paidwith liberal salaries. In nis department, nsin every other In the British Government,there is no want of sinecures. A Master pfthe Buckhuunds, who has uo duties whateverreceives $8000 annually ; and a. Grand Fal-

coner, although her Majesty possesses not asingle hawk, has en annual salary of tQOOO.

The total expenses of the Master of the Hor-

ses' Department is $325,000 annually. Theoffice is now held by tho ' Duke of Norfolk,the peer next in precedence to thVTtoyalFamily. His ancestors, clear back to theReformation, were, as he himself is, of'iheRoman, Catholic faith, and suffered heavydisabilities and amercements aq account pitheir religion. It was a eiitht, curious andsuggestive enough, Iq behold, as I did lastSeptember, on the occasion of the royal pro.rogation of Parliament, this sturdy disoiple ofRome seated in his official eapaoity, in the

Royal' Slate carnage',' all the special attendantof Her Majesty, the Head ot the EstablishedChurch. .7 ,

' Besides the enormous list, specified above,large nppropiiations are constantly mnde forthe maintenance of the royal palaces, castles,pavilions, mews, parks, gardens, pleasuregrounds, stables, &c. The royal family alsodraw heavily upon the public purse. PrinceAlbert, as Royal Consort, the duties of w hichstation are pretty much limited to the regis-tration at Somerset House of the additions tohis family, receives annually '30,000, ornearly 8150,000! And as Field Marshal inthe Army, a Colonel in the Foot Guards, Con-

stable of .Windsor Castle, Ranger of WindsorPurk, and Lord Warden of ihe Statuaries,most pf which posts are absolute sinecures,he obtains every year at least $40,000 more.Adelaide, the Queen Dowager, relict of thelute William IV., has an annual allowanceof 100,000. The Duchess of Kent, theQueen's mother, receives 30,000. One ofthe Queen's uncles, the Duke of Cambridge,receives 27.000 ; another, the Duke of Cum-berland, now King of Hanover, 20,000. An-

other member of the Royal Family, Leopold,King of the Belgians, receives 50,000; andthe Duchess of Gloucester, the Queen's aunt,

16,000. . :

The grants made by Parliament from yearto year for the Royal accommodation, andfor royal salaries and pensions, do not averageless than three millions and a half of dollarsFor ihe maintenance of the Royal dignity, avery larga sum, which does not appear 'inthis calculation, is sunk in plates, jewels, &o.

The Queen's plates, at St, James's palacealone is estimated to be worth two millions ofpounds. The crown worn by her Majestyon state occasions, is worth SU5.000! andthat used by her at her coronation, as I wastold by its showman is priced at one millionpounds. For the consideration of a singlesi.vpense; my republican vision has been daz-r.le- d

by this latter magnificent diadem. Theground-wor- k is red" velvet, and it is coveredwith one blnzin.g mass of opals, sapphires anddiamonds. ' Around this imperial crown)were ranged various diadems, sceptrrs, orbs,swords of justice and mercy, golden spurs, agolden wine fountain three feet high and ofIhe same circumference, a golden baptismalfont, chalices, tankards, salt ccllais, spoons,and many other massive utensils of gold usedut the coronation of the sovereign, or at thechristening of children of the royal family.

Besides the annual appropriations made byParliament, the Crown receives large revenuesfrom other sources, from the immense estatesit posscsies in all parts of the kingdom, fiomadmiralty droits, from Gibraltar duties, (romescheats, forfeitures, waifs, est rays, treasure,troves, Sic. The revenues of the Duchy ofCornwall amount to 20,000 annually, aud goto the support of the young Prince of Wales J

the revenues of the Duchy of Lancasterto S 10,000, and are paid into the privy

purse of royally.

THE DEAD SEA.

We hastily noticed Lea & Blanchard's"Narrative of the Dead Sea Expedition,"the other day : since then we have foundlime to read it carefully through. Lieut.Lynch says that, at the time the expeditionentered the Dead Sea, one of its memberswas skeptical as to the truth of the Biblicalaccount respecting the cities o( the Plain,and another was a professed disbeliever;yet that both, when the survey had closed,were convinced of the truth of the narra-tive in Genesis. The, Sea, according toLieut. Lynch, is divided into two parts,one of which averages thirteen feet indepth, ond the other thirteen hundred,I- rom the manner in which the torrentsprecipitate themselves down the overhanging mountains into this deeper part of thetea, as well as from other signs, the expedi-tion arrived tit the conclusion that here hadonce stood Sodom and Gomorrah and thatthe entire plain had been sunk, by volcanic agencies. ; .

The whole volume, indeed, Is full of confirmation of the scriptural narrative. Manyof the stories, heretofore (old of the DeadSea, havejjeen. disproved however. Birdsare seen to fly over its waters continually )

out no nsnes are menuonea as naving oeencaught. I ne insalubrity of trie atmospnereii corroborated, as well as the density of thewater, ond the greasy, atickv , feWing itleaves. ' The entire valley of the Jordan k

once so fertile, is now described as bare anddesolate.: The 'habits of the people, allthrough Palestine, still retain the same gen-eral characteristics described In the NewTestament; and, in reading descriptions ofrural scenes, in this book, similar ones, recorded in the gospels, rise vividly before us.

The reader becomes deeply interested inthe Sherif and Akil, two Arab chieftainswho accompanied the , Expedition fromAcrej and to whose presence Lieut.. Lynchpartly alfrihutes its immunity from attack.The Sherif was bflhe family ofthe Prophet,and brother oft former governor of Mecca.Akil was a Bedwioi of fine, manly pre.sence. , cfnertius qnajuics, an indomitablecourage, aHogether a noble a specimen of. .L - I I ' U I -- J J '1.1me naroanan as we iiuve ueura uescnoen.

Lieu(.rLynch epppars to have visited theholy places of Palestine, with a proper de-

gree of faith. - He is far removed fromskepticism', ! yei without ti grairt of super-stition.' (Certainly, if any historical fact isproved, the antiquity ol the Bible j thatfact ,:Thes researches, a well ,as thoseof Layard at Nineveh corroborate,' not themore modern, "but some of the most ancientportion! ofthe Scripture narrative.-- 1 -

''Let the iouj be, oW woman," aa theboarder said when, his landlady was about tofesaeve Ike plate. : . f

' ANECDOTE OF WASHINGTON;

The following anecdote of Washingtonwas told many years since j the name ofthe relator is not now recollected, but it isremembered that the connection of the in-

dividual with the events of the Revolution,was calculated to inspire confidence in itsauthenticity t

C. S. one ofthe contractors for supply-ing the American Army, then (1780) sta-

tioned at West Point, with fresh provisions,had, on several occasions, when the highprice of cattle threatened to make the ful-

filment of the terms of the contract not quiteso lucrative as was by him originally cal-

culated, failed to furnish the requisite sup-ply, and in lieu thereof, ad interim, gaveto the Quartermaster of each regiment, acertificate, specifying that there was due tosuch regiment, so many rations of beef, &c.These certificates did pretty well for awhile, and the privation was borne withcharacteristic patience by a soldier, ac-

customed to hardships, and ready to endureanything in the cause of liberty and theircountry. But even patience has its limits

the cause of the omission became at lastunderstood, and dissatisfaction manifesteditself throughout the ranks. Remonstran-ces from the subordinate officers had beenrepeatedly made, and promises of amend-ment readily and repeatedly given, till atlast, finding that nothing but promises came,it was found necessary to complain to theCommander-in-Chie- f.

Washington after hearing the story, gaveimmediate orders for the arrest of Mr. S.Upon his being brought into camp and pla.ced under guard, the officer having him incharge waited upon the General to apprisehim of the fact, and to enquire in what wayand by whom the prisoner was to be fed.

"Give yourself no trouble, sir," saidWashington, "the gentleman will be sup-plied from my table.

The several hours of breakfast, dinnerand supper passed, but not a mouthful wasfurnished to the delinquent prisoner. Onthe ensuing day, at an early hour in themorning, a waiter in the livery of the Gen-eral, was seen bearing upon a silver salver,all the seeming requisites for a meal carefully covered, and wending his way to theprisoner's room. Lpon raising the cover,besides the apparatus for breakfast, therewas found nothing more than a certificatethat "there was due to Mr. C. S. one break-fast, one dinner, and one supper," andsigned "G. Vashinsion.n

After the lapse of a reasonable time thedelinquent was conveyed to head-quarte-

when Washington, in his peculiarly signih- -cant and emphatic way, addressed himwith :

"Well, Mr. S. I presume that by thistime you are perfectly convinced how inadequate to satisly tne cravings of hunger isthe certificate of a meal. I trust after thisyou will furnish no further occasion forcomplaint."

I hen inviting Mr. a. to share in themeal to which he was just sitting down, heimproved the lesson bv some Inencliy admonitions, and gave the order forhisdischarge.

Metropolis.

SALLY CARTER.

On tho Blue Mountain there did dwell,'A lovely damsel known full well,Leftenant Carter's only gal,Her father's joy and named Sail.

i One day this damsel tript it quickDown to a stream to berries pick,She hadn't picked but two or threeWhen her tool slipt, and iu went she.

' And when into' the stream she fell' She uttered an awful yell,And then sunk down beneath the wave,Because no hand was near to save.

Her lover saw the horrid sight,' And to her ran with all his miaht ;

But when from out Ihe stream he took her,All signs of hie had quite forsook her.He roll'd and roll'd her all about,Aud quickly brought the water out ;But when he found her life had tied,

' He wrung his hands andAnd then her lifeless form he boreUnto her anxious mother's door,cuyiug, Mrs. Carter, here you see,AU u hat is lett of your Sal-e- e ;

The awful news shot through her brain,Aud down she fell nor spoke again,

' The lover he some pisen took,And told his ghost to follow arter

. His own dear Sail and Mrs. Carter.

the Dandy and his turkey.' Chief Justice Marshall was in the habit of

going to market himself, and carrying homehis purchases. Frequently he could be seenat sunrise, wilh poultry In one hand andvegetables in the other. On one of these oc-

casions a fashionable young man from L ,

was swearing violently, because he could findno one to carry home his turkey; Marshallstepped up aud said to him :

' "This is on my way, and I will take it foryou."

When he came to the house, the youngman inquired "What shall I pay you V

"0, nothing" said the Chief Justice, "it wason my way home, and no trouble."

:Who was that polite old man man manthat brought heme my turkey 1 inquired theyoung man of ft bystander. ,

"That," replied he f'is John Marshall,Chief Justice of the United Stales.",

Why did he bring home my turkey!"'

asked the young man. "

"To give you a severe reprimand, andteach yotf t attend to your . own business,"was the reply... - ..'..

. True, genuine greatness never feels abovedoing any thins that is useful ; but especiallythe truly great mail will, never feel abovehelping himself.' ' ' '

, i j- - ' :" i .iNew Flour is advertised for sale in the pa

per el Augoste, Gov

Am AuTO'BioGAtHT of Daniel WasterIt is stated that in the preparation of the Lifeof Buckminster by Mrs. Lee, which is soonto be published, she has had access to manyinteresting pnvale papers. Among these isa manuscript of Daniel Webster. A paragraph quoted from this, showsUs a fact which will be bolh encouraging andconsoling to diffident school boys. Mr. Webster says: .

"My first le'sons in Latin were recited toJoseph Stevens Buckminster, at that time anassistant at the academy. I made tolerableprogress in all the branches I attended to tinder his instruction, but there was one thingI could not do-- I could not make a declama-tion, t could not speak before Ihe school.The kind and excellent Buckminster espe-cially, sought to persuade me to perform theexercise of declamation, like the other boys,but 1 could not do it. Many a piece did ICommit to memory, and rehearse It In myown room, over and over again ', but wherlthe day came, when the school was collect-ed, when my name was called, and I saw alleyes turned upon my seat, I could not raisemyself from it. Sometimes the mastersfrowned, sometimes they smiled. Mr. Buck-

minster always pressed and entreated withthe most winning kindness, that I wouldonly venture once but I could not commandsufficient resolution, and when the occasionwas over, I went home and wept bitier tearsof mortification."

A Genuine Progressive. Major LewisFigg, of Nelson county, Kentucky, who claimsto bo the real and genuine "Tecumseh Ki-ller," odors himself as a candidate for theConvention to remodel the Constitution ofthat State. Ho announces that he will notonly advocate the election of Judges, Magis-trates, &c, kc, by the people, but will alsogo for ihe ejection of Preachers, School mas-

ters, nnd Tavern-keeper- As to Sheriffs,Constables. &c, he regards them as nuisan-ces, and says he will go for abolishing themHe considers it quite togrant any set of men exclusive privileges,merely to il other people about payingtheir debts, while they never pay theirown. Ilarrisburg Argus.

John Qcincy Adams. A life of this goodman has just been published by Gov. W. H.Seward, of New Y'ork. The last scene of hislife is thus impressively described in it :

"He could not shake ciT the dews of deaththat gathered on his brow. He could notpierce the thick shades that rose before him.But he knew that eternity lay closu by thoshores of time. He knew that his Redeemerlived. Eloquence, even in that hour, inspiredhim with his ancient sublimity of utterance.'This,' said the dying man, 'is the last ofearth !' He paused for a moment, and thenadded, 'I am content.' Angels might welldraw aside the curtains of the skies to lookdown on such a sceno "

Zinc Pails for Milk. An article recentlyappeared in a French paper, culled the Or-

leans, stating that several experiments havebeen tried to find out whethei zinc could notbe advantageously substituted for pewter ortin for milk pails. The result has provedthat milk kept iu zinc pails will curd four orfive hours later than that kept in pails of dif-ferent material, which allows all the creamto separate. In one of the trials, three cinepails, each Containing two gallons of milk,have been compared with three tin pails

an equal quantity of milk.The six pails were filled with new milk on

a Monday afternoon, at thrert o'clbck; atnine on the following Wednesday, the milkin the pails was found almost entirely curdedwhile the curding In the zinc pails hadscarcely begun ; and the cream could not beremoved before two in the afternoon. TheCream taken from the tin pans yielded twopounds of butter, and the other two poundsond a half. The butter made fiom thecream taken from the zir.o pails provedsweeter and more agreeable to the tasiethan that which had been made from thecream preserved iu tin pails.

What is more ctfcertaIs than Life?The editor of the Cincinnati Commercialsays, that three young men whom he saw onMonday, at one table, in the heighih of hil-

arity and social mirth, died within an hourof each other, on Mount Adams, Wednesdaymorning, of cholera! Their names wereMussler, Scheiner and Shall. The, fourthcase occurred during the same hour a fe-

male.

Ji R. Underwood, whig U. S. Senatorfrom Kentucky, addressed a meeting infavor of emancipation, at Bowling Green,on the 18th ult., in which he said it hadbeen intimated that he and Mr. Clay wouldbe Instructed by the next legislature to resigntheir sentsin the Senate on account of f heiradvocacy pf emancipation "But," saidhe, "I will do m y duty let the consequencesbe as they may." Mr. Underwood's speech,which occupied two hours iu the delivery,

'it spoked of at very able; ta s '"

A Large Bsld Eagu eapturfct, alive

last week in tha Potomac, between Alexan-

dria and Washing""'- - Helitupoeastiok in

the titer having a book in it, which wentthrough his foot;

A Pssttt Kippli. "I will consent to allyon desire," said a young female to her lover,"oa condition that yea give what you havenot, what you never cen have, and yet whatyou can give ma." .. ('What did she ash himftarl" 'A husband." -

“The ‘Running of Slaves’ - The Extraordinary Escape of Henry Box Brown,” The Sunbury American, Vol. 9, No. 12, 23 June 1849. Courtesy of Libary of Congress