... forty-seven issues hid been tried, and great ex-’ moment existed in Washington and throughout the country. The Free Soil, or An'i-Slavery advocates remained firm in their refusal vote for any candidate for the apeaßersliip wno au» not pledged to their views regard ...

... money is prohibited, also divorces, lotteries, and duelling, and what for the sake of humanity of more consequence than all, slavery is unanimously excluded from California. With some alterations the boundaries of the State arc those settled by the American ...

... abundant harvest expected in the Windearl Hands. jublic meeting had been held to promote the extension of the franchise. Anti-slavery meetings had been also had been an abundant fall of rain Jamaica, but ow:iig the failure of the May season, there would hardly ...

... interested parties had taken advantage of the threatened disagreement between the different sections of the countrv on the slavery question, in order to depress the maikotfor United States stock, under the notion that unfavourable impression would circulated ...

... speech, but it does not appear that the eloquence of the honourable gentleman had much influence on the bouse. The question of slavery was exciting considerable attention, and it was believed that the subject, in somo form or other, would be warmly discussed ...

... Slate Governors continue to exhibit a deep-feeling the slavery question. | The Standing Committees in Congress have been ap! pointed by the Loco-Foco Speaker, with view the interests of the slavery party. There has been much preliminnry shirmishing, but ...

... labours for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, the removal of Roman Catholic disabilities, the abolition of Negro slavery, and other great measures. They fought brave and successful battles, and thov must look back now with mingled feelings they ...

... Masson, Inverness. /Duncan M*Arthur, Oban. Alex. Brown, Fort-William, ' :u l In Ameiiea, the pro-slavery men are the free-traders, whilst the anti-slavery men are the monopolists. A provincial paper that an exciseman, short time since, when Prince Albert ...

... forward attempt hia bow, you will be aure of your epplauae from ennghtened, diacriminaling, and genetoua Britieh pub- The anti-slavery papers publish leiter from William Wells °vv I, i an^ **° 8 at P «»*nt in (liis country, Mr ». l. Garrison, giving an account ...

... arrived a Halifax 1 a.m, of the 24th. The news is not of much importance. C ingress occupied incidentally with the question of slavery, and in the Senate we perceive there has been ited discussion on the propriety purchasing the|origlnal manuscript of Washington’s ...

... 29th ult, Mr Clay introduced a scries of resolutions with the object of effecting an amicable compromise on the question of slavery. Their merits were to be debated in full in the Senate on the sth instant. Resolutions had been introduced to Congress to ...

... They do not paint the state of affairs in that part of the Dutch possessions in flattering colours. It is stated that with slavery and the old regime of the tropics still existing in the colony, it is far less prosperous than British Guiana. Slave emancipation ...