... what it is likely to effect. Its importance consists in this, that it commits the government of the United States to the abolition policy. President Lincoln, it mnsat be remembered, was never an abolitionist. He was the most conservative representative ...

... proclamation itself, it does not in the least alter the character of the war. It has been an abolition con- test from the beginning, and is no more an abolition contest now than it was at first. The Yankees have stolen and set free all the negroes who were ...

... ry powera. Under him, and acting on hi instractlons, are to be s: nominated Provost-Marahala in every UnLicn State, whose duties will be to arrest deserters and aLI dbs- sloyi persons, to report on -treasonable pracGios, detect apte of the enemy, and ...

... IN THE DUTrCH WEST )d INDIES.-The following are the regulsiiionsadlopted respect- -in iv iing the slave abolition at Surinam 1-11 *l 1. The abolition of slavery on the Ist JuflY, IS63. h * 2. The owneris to receive i compensation Of 300 guilders t1 iY ...

... The poor sufferer was removdia ,uh- cab to his home, hut it wilt be some days before he will be able 499 to return to hie duties. This outrag hseryppearance of 011 being the work of accomplishedl 1ticket-of .leave1 men. I UieB, WILLS.-The will of the ...

... She is, after all, thy daughter, risen from thy lap ; and, however she may go to work, she is struggling to-day for the abolition of slavery so generously proclaimed by you. Aid her to come out from the terrible struggle in which she is involved by the ...