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<S c o v a < rt ■*= papers within their territories ;-aud their power over the subject of slavery ami all its incidents, was in no degree diminished by the adopiiuu of the federal constitution. It is still undivided and sovereign as it was when thoy were first emanci pated Irom the dominion of ihe King of Parlia- mentof Great Britain. In the exercise of that capriciously applying them to other cases in which there is uo uecessity aud it would be the duty as well as the inclination, of the depart raeut, to punish such assumptions with uuwout- ed severity. This suggestion 1 do not make be- tnosft of Uie .^embers of the who for this purpose s-spsu Court of Errors The meeting was < tiled Campbell P. White, wt>Y ctnuj. -j-ee . . . •* **- se l h.-.vo any apprehension that it is needed the Mayor as President, and . w York St hew,/ :n_ ord« 'b> the Hou. ..**d His Uouor ibo following gJU- for vour restraint; but because I wisli this paper tlemen were nominated <•> Vice Presidents : LINES" On the Death of Chief Justice Marshall. By the tea-word sweep of the river’s wave. To the hearts of’.he free enshrined Ho went to sleep with the mighty and brave; \nd left uot a rival behind.. >:■. the mild wnrm light of the summer’s sky, . ihnsuu to tho view went down; it fel! as a warrior doomed to die, .'■Min the laud of his young renown. :ff he stood, iu a stormy clime, 'he strife of the tetnptest hound : : s temples bath’d in a light sublime, i smiled on the elements round. ,-ranquil brow of his bending frame, i:nt mov’d with a slow paced hand; he sharpen'd his scyllio when the dim glance enme. And number’d his years by his sand., •‘'lorn the inounrful shades that around him spread. No war notes sounded his doom ; Hm 't here they have gather’d him home with ' ihedcad. Sweet Liberty points to his tomb. As the white shroud fell o’er his limbs iu sleep, And his funeral dirgo was rung, Th«i voice of his country’s grief was deep. And his death-pall widely lluug. In the fair green land when he sunk to repose, As thi breeze on the tranquil main. Tile In i-iiteuing beams of his fame arose, With the depth of his country’s pain. t’hey bore him home to his land of fame. To the sod of his classic clime, '' here his star looks forth with a quenchless • dome, A i i.rough tho darkening clouds of time. .V*!’’ Tn'L Enq. ' incut oi oreat itritaui. in tne exercise u. iu« „r power, some of those states have made the circu- to bear upon its face e c ®' n P ,et ® .uf lation of such papers a capital crime, others have made it a felony puuishalilo by coufinementiu the penitentiary; and perhaps there is not one among them which lias uot forbidden it under heavy pen alties. If the abolitionists or their agent* were caught distributing their tracts in Louisiana, they would be legally punished with death: if they were apprehended m Georgia, they might be le- thc views which I take of my own duty in the existing emergency, Very respectfully’ Your ob’t servant. AMOS KENDALL. From the N. York Commercial Advertiser. VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND. This morning the packet ship George Wash- ties of tiicir respetive laws. Now, have these people a legal right to do_ by the mail carriers ami Postnasters of the Uuited States, acts, which if done by themselves or their agents, would lawfully subject them to the pun ishment due to felons of’.he deepest dye ? Are tho officers of the United States compelled by Con stitution and laws to become the instrument aud accomplices of those who design to baffle and make nugatory tho constitutional laws of the Status—to fill them with sedition, murder, ami insurrection, to overthrow those institutions which are recognised aud guaranteed by the constitu tion itself. . . Aud is it entirely certain, that any oxistmg law of the Uuited States would protect mail-car riers aiid postmasters against tho penalties of ihe state law, if they shall knowingly carry, distribute or hand out any of those lorbiddcu papers . If a State, by constitutional law, declare any speci fic act to be a crime, bow are the officers of the of the United States who mav be found guilty of that act, lo escape the penalties of the Stale law? It may be iu vain for them to plead that the post office law made it theii duty to deliver all papers which came by mail. In reply to this argument it might be alleged, that the Post Office law im poses penalties on postmasters for '•improperly" detaining papers which come by the mail, and that ihe detention of the papers iu questiou is nut improper, because their circulation is prohibited by valid State laws. Ascending to a higher principle it might be plausibly alleged, that no law of the United States can protect from pun ishment any man, whether a public officer orcit izeu'J iu the commission of an act which the state, acting within the undonbted sphere of her reserv ed rights, lias declared to bo u crime. Can tbe United States furnish agents for conspirators n- gaiiist the States, am! clothe them with impuni ty? May individuals or combinations deliberate ly projeet the subversion of State laws and in stitutions, aud lighting their firebrands beyond the jurisdiction of those States, makes the officers of of the United States their irresponsible agents to apply the flames '? Was it to give impuuity to crime that tbe several States came into Un ion, and conferred upon the general government the power “to establish post offices and post roads?” in theso considerations thcro is reason todoob) \vheiherthc abolitionists have a right to make use of the mails of the Uuited States to convey their publications into States‘where their circulatiiou is forbidden by law ; and it is by no means cer-* jeopardy by. them, is lint auolher evidence of the j daid, that tho mail-carriers and postmastors are fatuity of tho councils by which they aro direct- I secure from the penalties of that law, if thoy ‘ knowingly carry, distribute, or hand them out, n Civ a JIIfrL 111 liuLtl 111 vIvUrLIdi HICj illl{«« t ,v ' ** ■ ■ • l i* f gaily sent-o the penitentiary ; and each of the iugton, captain ( JloMregs. arnved from. L.ver- slave-holding states they would suffer the penal- pool, whence s te sai e on e to y, ®0i Hu th T OFFK Irw. Gibbons. E DEPARTMENT, ) 22J August, 1835. y ‘Fa Samuel Gouverm iir. Esq. Post ‘‘faster at N' w Y'o’k, Sin —Yijur fetter of the Ilth inst. purporting ■to r.o- oiuptmy a letter from the American Auti- Sl.iyoty society, and a resolution adopted by Uihm, Ituuo duly to liaiul, but t'ithout the docu- tnenis-alluded’lo. Seeing them published iu tho newspapers, buwever, I proceed to reply without waiting to rfeyeivis them officially. |tv.a* right to propose to the Anti-slavery society voiuntatiiy to desiit from attempting to -eniF.Thfir. publications into the southern States ey public rnttjls and refusal to do so, after they apprized that the entire mails were put iu •idler mature consideration ou tho subject, ami '("•king the bust advice within my reach, I am ■ fu mod iu the opinion, that the Post Master ' ’-“»fcral has no IcgRl .uuhoritt by any order or -nation' o| his department, to exclude from the ,ii,y species of newspapers, magaziuesor mpfaleUi Such a power vested in the head' of .hi itlroargntint would be fearfully dangerous, and {..• .m: it properly withheld. Any order or letter • <«»!.< it >■• or officially sanctioning tbe step you hat o taken, would, therefore, bo utterly power less atul void, ttud would not, in the slighcst do- ; ei celiuve you from its responsibility. But-to prevent any mistake in your mind, or in th : of the aliolitionists, or of the public, in rela tion to my position aud views, 1 have no hesitation iu saying, that I am deterred from giving any or der to exclude the whole series of aboliliou pub lications from the sou tiler n mails ouly by a want illegal power; ami that if 1 were situated as you i:e, 1 would do ns you have done. Posmastera may lawfully know in all cases the •.•(intents ol'newspapers, becausethe law express ly provides that they shall be so put up that they may be readily examined ; and if thoy know thus couteuts to be calculated aud designed :o pro duce, Httcl if delivered, will certainly produce the commission of the most aggravated crimes on the property and persons of their fellow citizens, it •Mimot be doubted that it is there duty to detain iltem if uot to even hand them over to the civil au thorities. The Postmaster General has uo legal power to prescribe any rule for tho government ot Postmasters in such cases, nor has he cverat- 11-in pied to do so. They act in such cases upon their own responsibility, and if they improperly r< (: in or uso wpew sent to ifieir officies for trans- Everv citizen may make use of the mail for any lawful purpose. Tbe abolitionists may have a legal right to its use for distributing their papers iu New York, where it is lawful to distribute them; but it docs uot follow that they have a legal right to that privilege for such a purpose iu Louisiana or Georgia, where it is unlawful. As well may the counterfeiter and the robber demand the u “ of tbe mails for consummating tboir orimaa, ami complain of a violation of their rights when it is denied. Upou these grouuds a postmaster may well hes itate to be the agent of the abolitionists in sending their incendiary publications into States where their circulation is prohibited by law, and much more may Postmasters residing in those States refuse to distribute them. Whether tho arguments here suggested be sound or uot, of one thing there can be no doubt- If it shall ever be settled by the auihority'of Congress, that tho post office es tablishment may be legally, and must be actually employed as :tu irresponsible agent to enable mis guided fanatics or reckless incendiaries to stir up with impuuity iusurccliou and servile war iu the southern States, those States will of necessity consider the general government ns an accom plice in the crime—they will look upou it identi fied in a cruel and unconstitutional attack on their unquestionable tights and dearest interests, aud they must necessarily treat it as a common enemy in their means of defence. Ought the postmaster or tbe department, by thrusting these, papers upon the southern States now, in dcfiaucc of their laws, to hasten a state of things so deplo rable, I <I0 not desire to bo understood ns affirming irint the suggestion here thrown out. ought, with on or delivery, it is at their peril and on their j out the action of higher authority, to be consider- falls the punishment. • t bejustifiablo to detain papers passingthr’o mail, lor the purpose of preventing or rtitn- !‘g liuftjlnted (Times against individuals, bow ich more important it is that this responsibili- .-iiiniM iic assumed to prevent insurrections & ■ii • ave communities! If in time of war a Post .•liisfer should detect tbe letter of any enemy or •py passing through the mail, w hich if it reached its li' sUn&ltOD, w ould expose Itis country to ittva- ■ toil and her armies to desttuction. ought lie not ’ > arrostit? \ et, where is his legal power to do 50 ? 1 rotn the specimens 1 have seen of Anti-Sla very publications, and the concurrent testimony ol every class of citizens except tho abolitionists, lUev tend directly, to produce iu the south, evils end buromur: assiug those usually resulting from the foreign invasion or ordiunry insurrection.— From the revolting pictures and fervid appeals a jttraped to the senses aud passions of the blacks, they arc calculated to fill every family with assas sins. snd produce at no distaut day an extcrinin- ati ig s- rvilc war. So aggravated is the character ;if those paper* that the people* of tho Southern States u itb an uuanimity never witnessed ex cept in cuscs of extreme danger, have evinced in • meetings, aud by other demonstrations, a [nutation to seek defence ami safety by put ml end to their circulation by any means, tuy hezurd. Law less power is to be rc- ; but power which is exerted in palpable pu vifd power whose south, the uuiu ly believe; ami prtssion, i will carry.tbe mails rontiauo to bo not lawless. That such is the arc now agitating th peop if that section religious- e; that shall be their 1m- lequir*; the array of armies to through their territories, if they used us tho instrument of those wboare -upposed to seek their destruction. As n me isure of great public necessity, there fore, you aud th* other post masters who have as- :<utned tho responsilulity of stopping these inflam- 1 atorv -p ipors, will. I have no doubt, stand justi- ’>■ .’in that s'ep be f oro your country and ull man- But r? rhapj tie legal right of the abolitionists t<> o of fio public mails in distiihutiug their .cttouaiv papers throughout'tttj southern is n.1 io-efoaf Us they seem lb iiuagin -. 'A* -.1 thos **•!( -i hscuine independent they a. >pr- hihit tho circulation of such cd as tbe settled construction of the law, or re garded by postmasters as the rule of their fu ture action, it was only intended to suy, that in a sudden emergency, involving principles so grave aud_ consequences so serious, tho safest course for postmusters, aud the best for th* country is ihat which you have adopted. It prevents the certain seizure of all the mails in the aggravated states, with a view to the intercep tion and destruction of the noxious papers—the interruption of commercial atul friendly corres pondence—(ho loss of confidence in tne safety of the mail conveyances—and the probable o- verthruw of the authority of the United States, as far as regards the I’ost Olfiice establishment^ throughout half tbe territory of the Union. It prevents a speedy interruption of commerce and trado between the cities of the north and the south, for there arc abuntant evidences, that the vessels or steamboats which should be known to come freighted with those papers, whether in the mail or out, would not long bo suffered to float in safety iu the southern ports. It allays in some degree the excited feeling of rito white matt against the black, which changes tbe dominion over the slave frotnouo of mildness to one ofseverity, am! puls the free negro in im minent peril of his life. You avoid being made yourself the agent and accomplice of blind fanaticism or wicked design in a course of proceedings, which, if successful could not fail to rcpcaton our shores, the horrors of Saint Domingo, and desolato with extermina ting war, half the territory of our happy coun- J try. You prevent your government from being I made tho unwilling agent aud abettor ol'crtnios against the States, which strike at their very ex istence, aud give time for the proper authorities to discuss the principles involved and digest a safe rule for the guidance of tho department. While persisting in a course which philanthro py recommends and nMajotism approves, 1 doubt not. that you and thdHRr postmasters who have issuined the rosponsiutmy of stopping these iu- i! .minatory papers in their passage to the South, will perceive the necessity of performing your duty in transmitting and delivering ordinary news- papers. magazines, and pamphlets, with perfect •xmcluality. Occasions must uot be given to u.irge the postmasters with carrying their pre- ..lut.ons beyond tho itccessiftcs of tho case, or pool,. Wffi which date we have Liverpool pvpers aud Lon don of the 23d. ENGLAND. The great topic of interest in the Loudon pa pers is the debate on tbe Irish Church Bill. Sir liobert Peel made hi t Important motion, as an nounced early iu the month, for instructions to tbe committee to divide the bill, ou tbe 22d, aud supported it by a speech of groat effort. The proceedings were watched with great' interest- aud there can be uo doubt that the question was (or will be) made a trial of slreugih between the two parties. Bets are said to be pending to tbe following effect: five fo oue that the ministers will have a majority; two to oue that it will not r. mount to forty; aud ,cveu bets that it will exceed twenty. There was a meeting of eighty peers at the Duke of Wellington’s on the Kith, lie did uot sta<e tbe course he meant to follow, when tho Corporation and Irish church bills became tbe subject of discussion iu the House of Lords, his object merely being to impress ou his supporters it that house tbe necessity of remaining iu town. The House of Commons have voted to admit the ladies to hear the debates. Hitherto they have only been able to enjoy that pleasure by getting >o the top of the house atm listening through tiie ventilator, iu a most iucouveuicul situation. Tbe Earl ofDurham left London on the 17th on his mission to .St. Petersburg!!. An unstamped newspaper has appeared iu London, iu defiance of the act. Price two pence hu Upeuuy. It is said to have been mainly got up by lord Brougham. If so, ho will probably live long enough to repent it. A reduction of the newspaper stamp duty has been resolved ou by tho Cabinet. It is stated that the American squadron left Naples previous to the 30th June, with 80,000 ducats, Tbe sum is tbe annual instalment of the indemnity which, conformably to the last! convention, the Crown of Naples has to pay to the Uuited States, for the confiscation of mer chandize by Murat, according to the dccreos of Berlin aud Milan. IRELAND Notice of a motion had been given by the at torney general for Ireland, for leave to bring in a bill for tho reform of municipal corporations in that country. The papers say that it will be modeled upon Lord John Russell’s bill for Eng land. with such modifications as circumstances may rebuire- The Irish coercion bill, has expired and minis ters have as yet said nothing ou the subject of a reuowal. Melancholy accounts continue to bo given of the suffering of the poor iu various counties, and particularly iu Mayo. More than 7,000 persons in that county are said to be destitute even of the meanest clothing, aud upward of 8,000 are described as sleeping on be bare ground, or with no better beds than heath aud rushes, and all this in additiou to bufleriug the paugs of hun ter. 3 he Dublin Evening Post gives long and alar- inittg accounts of disturbances, in Armagh, Bel fast, Euubkelleu and various places, occasioned by Orange processious. The Earl of Mulgrave bad taken prompt and'decided measures to pre vent and suppress the outrages. FRANCE. Accounts had been received at Paris of a se vere check sustained by the French near Algiers, on the 27th of June, lrom an Arab chief called Abdel Kabur. The loss in killed was 500, and tho. routed Frenchmen were uot able to briugofi’ their baggage or even their wounded, aud it was with difficulty that general Trezel with the re mainder of his forces, made his way back to O- rnu. The Arabs were fifteen thousand iu mun- ber. Marshal Clausel was immediately ordered to Algiers to take the command, aud resume the governorship of the colony.-—The foreign legion, destined for Spaiu, is said to have suffered se- verely in this engagement. ihe cholera still prevailed at Toulon, and had also re-appeared at Marseilles, where on tlto_ Ilth ol July there were 5G cases’ and 11 deaths. Cases at Toulon ou the 10th, 89 and 72 deaths. King Loub Pbitlippe had grauted 10,000 francs from the Civil list for tho relief of tho sufferers at Toulo”, and »hc Chamber have voted a sum of 30,000. The trial of proces mnnstre was still in pro gress, meeting new embarrassments, however, at every step. The court had decided by a majori ty ol oue huudrcdjaud fourteen to sixteen, topro- ceed with tho trials of such prisoners as were absent, cither by flizht. illness, or obstinacy, it was expected that ihe sixteen peers who voted in the negative, would withdraw altogether front the trial, and thus increase the probability of a quorum being ultimately wanting, in which case there could be no decision. None of tbe23pris- oners who escaped, seem to have been recaptu red. It was thought Ihat the trial would be con cluded some time before the end of July. Tbe method adopted by the prisoners was to strip themselves naked and lie dowu in their beds, whence they refused to rise when summoned to attend before the chamber, and had ;o be carried by force beds and all. The impression seems to be that the conspira cy to assassinate the king, was nothing more thauahoax. (Here follow the names of gentlemen who were nominated as Vice Presidents, and 13, who tee re nominated as Secretaries. J Assistant Alderman Curtis, after a few intro ductory remarks, presented tho following Pre amble and resolutions: Mi Curtis stated that the resolutions he was about to offer for the consideration of this large assembly, had beeu submitted to a numerous committee of citizens, who had anxiously desired in the proceedings ol faithful expression of on this interesting occ tho approbation of the ed they would bo favorably received by the meet- at -. ....ifieir oWn sfaverv. Tho tiatobcr of - u* these persons, ia propotion to the whole popnSfi- ’ : tion, ***•» exuemely small, though they were ur-’ed ou by a zeal which kuew neither oouuds not- discretion It was uot meet that, they should be allowed to speak iu the name of tbe whole commuuity. It was necessary that we the people should speak our sentiments to our breth- ereu of the South. It was proper tbe South should understand that in the State of New York, with her million, the number iu favor of imme diate Abolition, was so small, that wheu they at tempted to raise their voice, they could uot make themselves heard. It did uot become us to be the champions of slavery iu the abstract, nor do we propose to add to the letters which bind tile blacks. We seek uo more than that the com- South are uow actively will continue to do so, unti' success crowns their efforts aud no slave remain, utiles thwarted by the Whereas, exertions are making by Abolition - . , r ists and Auti-Slavery societies in the northern ''violent measures of some amongst the people ol part of our Union, to influence tbe public mind the North. Rut recently the state o \ trgtuia, ou the subject of slavery, with the avowed design I one of the foremost btates of tbe South, came ,;iZe<! j ■ . ..(i; m . wor , t:;5. . * fanatics »..old .'tie- down what their ancestors took e '"" l to build up. Slavery is au evil, 1 .... . e d then r 1 ■ - 1 j — util,Out , .-I u forced upon us, and when the JS A that it must be removed .... ' ac Yi..] • - ■ ■- , \saytt. ^ ,U> \ ," 0 !c e .v?l say but it is impossible not be done and therefore need people of the North might savin .k • the South, that they view their ,-fr' Clrf '‘ of the slur of slavery with extro^ 0 " 3 array the excited feelings of one portion of our best and wisest men to take suck measures asex- tltat if they can assist them' d God forbid that they should throw ‘ *4 meuts in their w ay. The people 0 rV T ;. will patiently wait tbe result of tho e p ing by the South, which they believe. ' ally certain and glorious. 1,: Tito resolutions wero then put bvth B p. and adopted unanimously. '***®6(J THE mSeTINqP' Yesterday at threap!clock, in accor ! bul'lick notice tho citizens of Boston distinction of party, assemdled at p JDB ,', to take into consideration tho axcitinJ t V the movements o/T 1 ' profess the utmost pljT iiiw ’Ui'Jk/V.1 ui Slu > vt t • n ‘ mu u» u ■ > v. v. “ w n _ . . • tt*l • i , , of effecting immediate emancipation of the slaves i forward on thosubject, and he might say without , the day connected with t in the southern states, which exertions tent! to i hesitation that it the Luion should collect all Us | ( ]y of individuals, who pr ' ' iH take such measures us ex- J „ h a * n<1 benevolence whilst they and tbe Constttut.ou admit ed. j h(J , )0 p U | at in„ of -he Soutl2 u I?i ;: ': very, a cot-responding feeling. western st ' at e S to insubordination, ^ !'' ,ery part of the teoutli, aud a., iussuireclioll . "***«* ** citizens against another, and lo occasion violeuce and disunion: And whereas the great mass of our citizens do uot concur iu these proceedings, but regard them as involving au unjustifiable interference with the subject, whether they be considered in rela tion to the constitution and laws of the Union, or depending for their justification on tho assump tion that slavery is, under all circumstances, ne cessarily immoral aud criminal: We, therefore, the citizens of N. York, con vened ou this occasiou, deem it our duty to ex press our scutimeuts ou this subject, in tbe hope thereby to allay the present excitement, to re move unfounded impressions as to there being a- ny disposition among the people generally to countenance the views of the immediate aboli tionists, and to arrest the tendency to hasty aud injurious measures at the south. While therefore we deplore the existence of -lavery and all tho evils that attend it, wo dissent from the views and measures of the abolitiouists, and Anti-Slavery societies, and wholly disap prove of their extravagant proceedings and vio lent recriminations. Aud iu particular we dissent from their indis criminate condemnation of all those who sustain tho relation of masters to slaves, as being equal ly guilty, whether that relation is a part of their inheritance uuder existing laws, or has proceed ed from their voluntary conduct. We thus dissent because such condemnation implies that the relation in all cases is necessari ly immoral, which we by uo moans are prepared to concede; believing as we do, that the relation may exist without the fault of either of the par ties, aud ..gainst the will of both, aud may im pose ou each, peculiar obligations: aud appre hending that this relation tn the southern states would not make it the dutj’ of the citizens of other states to interfere with it, even if there were nothing in the constitution and laws of the Union incompatible with their interference; aud that to interfere, in opposition to the constitu tion and laws, on the ground of morality or ab stract right, would be to proceed upon an assump tion which, it sanctioned, would equally justify an interference with any aud all other civil, so cial, aud personal relations. Therefore, Resolved,—That while we maintain the rights of private judgement, aud of free discussion on this as on. other subjects, as recognized iu the Constitution aud laws, aud subject always to a w-triot rognr<l to tho just rights of OUf Soitthcru breihcren, wo hold that the citizens of the North have no political right to iterfero with the slavery of the Southcren states, nor moral right, under any circumstances, to adopt violent or aggressive measures for the purpose of abolishing it. Resolved,—That a legal peaceful, and temper ate expression of opiuions and arguments, tending to iuduce the partizans to the relation of slavery to perform their moral and social duties, is all that can with propriety bo done by individual! 1 who do not sustain that relation—and, that we regard the sending of abolition publications to the slaveholding states, except to white citizens, who may be volantary subscribers, as agros« infringe ment of the rights of those states, and as tending either to insurrection, ou the part of the slaves, or to greater severity on the part of the masters, or to both. Resolved,—That we view with deep indigna tion the interference of foreign emissaries in a matter so intimately connected with our social and civil relations, and that if inspite of argu ment aud entreaty, they shall persist, wo rccotn- meudeousf itutioual legislation, that may meet the case, and remove the evil. Resolved,—That wodocin tho excitement on this subject, which is displayed by the parties of immediate abolition, iu this part of the country, to bo so far founded iu passion and error, ns to justify the belief, that if not sustained by intem perate opposition, it can neither be of long con tinuance, nor bo extensively propagated among the mass of the reflecting, well disposed aud or derly citizeus. pediency allowed to extirpate sla would bo felt in every like actively aud, exertion made that slavery , should bo put au end to as soon as it. was possible { “ wa ® worthy of the citizens oft>, to effect it without injuring the rights of any. But | st011 a ! u * the occasion,an<. u we do not Mdlt ( . how was it possible for the philanthropist of the . erate tile liHemgeni-e and the virtue> of the' a**; South to make any progress, when upon all their j results will do ntuen to. suppress tile agitating 4 . borders emissaries were found from other States, nervous spirit which, is non oTershailottin, u who, insted of striving to do away slavery by j Im'd spreading Us miasma and ns poisonotHai lawful meaus, endeavored to persuade the slaves once'throngb the hody^ politic, and sappi^ that they wore held by unlawful bouds, and that there was no obligation on them to remain iu sla very ?, The consequence of this was, that the masters tighten the bonds of slaves to save their sous and daughters from tbe knives of the assas- ins; so that the course pursued by these men was -calculated to perpetuate slavery for ever;,and tiling* were now come to such a crisis, that as friends both to the black and sv-hites, we were bound to put down all incendiaries, preserve tbe compact between the North aud South, aud leave them to remove slavery as soon as circumstances would permit. It was contended by {die Aboli tionists that this was temporising with principle, in opposition to the laws ot God ; hut if tho laws of God rendered the constutioual compact bind ing, it was right and proper that it should be pre served. He would by uo means say that violent measures should be taken against the Abolition ists, bnt their true character should be made known, and proper means taken to make them desist from their designs, and wait till the inten tions of tbe Sotheru Patriots can, at a proper pe riod, be carried into effect. It was idle, said those Philanthropists, to say that an unlawful compact should be kept: but he would ask them if they were better Patriots or Philanthropists than Washington, Madison; and yet it was by these men that the compact was made. He a- gaiti trusted that no violence would bo used a- gainst the Abolitionists, but be hoped that such a feeling indignation would bo raised against them, as would cool dowu their fierv zeal, which foundations of social order. I It was a ineetimiof honest aud virtuoushei- and if there was an abolitionist preunt to t its operations and gaze on ihose who coma, , 1 and conducted it, he 'rust have been iionr |iiP i I with the utter insignificance & futility oftht),!, of desperate aud yet cowardly men lv j, 0 ^ the attainment of power aud the ends of n,,;. and plunder, by veiling themselves with thi* tie of religiou- thns adding to the fault of t! e ,-. tor the meanness, and vice and cowardiceo!ih hypocrite.- Boston commercial Gazette. A public inofcttug was held ut U'i! m ;,. f , t N. C. ou the 22d ult., at which a Committee* I Vigilance was appointed., vnd a series ofrcso't. tious was passed, expressing aphorreuce of-tin reckless fanatics enrolled as Anti-Slavery Socie ties;” a determination to maintain in.M*ofable the chartered rights of the South; tendering -tbe thanks of the country to the patriotic citizensd | Charleston for their protnht. manly am! spirit* resistance to unauthorized, daring and ir.truau intermeddling with our peculiar institutions;”ui recommending a vigilant su'rmflpnceof allsusp. Clods persous and papers. There are a thousand anecdotes told of \Vi|. lard, of the City Hotel, but we can add auoibet that has never appeared in type:—A Hoo.hcr( m „ .i. _ . .L t-i • I Indiana, walked iniii the Hotel one •hi',, aiKi.vn. was so dangerous to the liberties of their touu- ....,-r P pmg up to the oat, c.illeu lot a glass of brandy T* (water. Willard, with bis customary suavity, i m . Mr. Sa,M^L. Governeur spoke next, and, mediately banded him the decanter and a.am. said ail older mad than ho, might hesitate to ad- bier* and tin* gentleman helped himself. HefiJ- dress such a meeting as he saw assembled. It ct l “ ia tumbler neai :j full ol --strong water, with was evident that no ordinary accasioii had cal led it together. They were there not fo* the pur pose of depressing one man or raising up anoth er. They had assembled a* Americans, ou ac count of their love for the Constitution, and actu ated by no other motive. What had called them together? It was doubtless some great occasion. In the language of the Constitution, it was for “common defence aud general welfare.” That Constitution had provided for the safety of all; and where was the man who with samligious hands would destroy it? destroy that which their fathers was to bo the basis on which this gov ernment should stand. Ifthero was such a man present, let him come Toward, and he would tell him that we contend for those principles for w hich our forefathers fought, and for the liberty which they left us, and which liberty, he hoped, would remain forever. And in whose behalf did that meeting assemtile? Was it for a stranger from some cold distant land? No. It was iu 1 behalf of their brothers and friends; the descend ants aud friends of Sumpter and Laurcus, Wash- j ingtou, Jefferson, Monroe and Jackson. (Loud cheers.) These men were sent from but a small sprinkle of the Manhattan, aud emp tied the whole at a draught. Willard looked a- ghost- Th.. |j!ooshcr forked up bis shillings, aud was astonished when Willard returned Iii.n asa- pence and three cents change. “Hollo, stranger! You don’t go topretendto say, they only charge three cents a glass for h- quor, at :he City Hotel?” “No,” answered Willard ; “ we retail it ati a shilling a glass but when we scfl.itat //’Aofe- sale wo make a discount!'’ The llooshcr wilted like a baked applo aode- vaporated in a cold sweat.—Spirit of theTim. to assist in the councils and armieo of the nation wanted their assistance; and would the people of the North now desert the South? (No, no.) When our fathers fought at Cowpens and at Y'ork; when they said that the great battle was won, they never could have beliovcd that we would desert the South, lie however hoped that the great principles of the revolution would not he jeopardised by such frautic enthusiasts.— What did these men ask for? The privilege of killing the Constitution through tho laws hy which it lives. But ifrhey destroy the Constitu tion. what is to become of the laws? ft would be l:kc liv : ug by the body, when the soul hasdepar- P. S . „ , -.i i ted from it. lie considered that this subject con- Rcsolvod, That we shall regard with deep t cen)cd mau j • , he Jaud ; They must all regret the continuance_of the excitement at the fee , that the J reat pnllci , )les 0 f libert * throughout South, sa far as it mav be occasioned by the ap-1 the ^ rld % n at ' stake tfao is3u „ of th5s ^ les . SPAIN. Advices from Madrid arc to the 1-fth July, and from Bayonne to tho 20th. They represent the contest as fast approaching to its close; the Car- lists every where retreating or repulsed, and the assistance from England abundant to complete tho restoration of tranquillity. Mclaucltoly accounts are given of infractions of the convention arranged by Lord Eliot; pris oners are said to be slaughtered on both sides. .Suppression of the order of the Jesuits.—A de cree for the suppression of the Jesuits, giving them an annuity of25 cents a day for the priest, aud monks, and 15 cents for the lay brethren appeared in tne Madrid Gazette of July 0ib. GREAT MEETING IN NEW YORK. From the Journal of Commerce. The most numerous assemblage which we ev er witnessed at any public meetng iu this city, couveoc4yesterday in the Park, to express their sentiments on tho subject of slavery, aud the pro ceedings of the abolitionists. It is impossible to state the number of persons present with any degree of accuracy, but we are safe iu saying that it could not be less than five thousaud. Men of all classes and employments, and of both pol itical parties, convened as with one accord, and but one feeling seemed to animate the whole as- srmbly. Among. the pcutlemeu present, were prehension of danger from the exortious. of a few misguided Abolitionist in our community, be cause it implies too little confidence in the recti tude and patriotism of the citizens generally at the north, and indicates too little rcliauco on the efficiency of the laws. Resolved. That we are not unmindful of the constitutional obligation of the citizens of this Union for mutual defence aud protection, as well in the case of domestic violence, as of Foreign force; and however we may lament tho nocesity that in the formation of our Government recog nized as lawful the condition of Slavery in the Southern States, and however ardently we might hail the day, if it shall ever come when they may bo able and willing to abolish it, till then, and while this Constitution endures, we have no right to transcend its provisions, and ns wc are fully bound, so we aro ever ready, to carry them fully into effect. Resolved,—That wo deprecate all riotous or violent proceedings, all outrages ou persons or property, and every illegal interference with the rights of citizens in the execution of summary justice in any mode not sanctioned by law—that moderation and forbearance at tho present time are peculiarly obligatory on all parties, aud that we earnestly reccommend to the ministers and professors of religiou, the conductors of tho press, and al! good citizens, to avoid all occasions of excitement, and to endeavor to tranquili/.e the public feeling. CORNELIUS XV. LAWRENCE, Chairman. Mr. O'Ceonnor seconded the resolutions, and said that in rising to do so, he was about to per- NEirSI'ROM Tin: MOON-A (MiiM Hoax.—The Snu; one of the penny papers in tins city has been regaling its readers lor several dap pest; with what purport# to bo extracts from the Edinburgh Journal of treieucc; giving »u ac count of sundry marvelous discovery* in the moan represented to have been made by Sir J. Ilrr- chel during bis iaie(or present) visit to !h’e,Ca(it of Coo'd Hope. From the manner iu wliirh the , article has been presented by the turn; aided by the bouth i s nn(iry editorial paragraphs, a great many hon est people have been gulled into the belief that such disegyerys have been actually made; tinda- niong the rest, the respectable Daily, atul jlc- cantile Advertiser, each ol vviiome. besdt-s top';::? so much of the article as they could get in type lor yesterday’s paper; hove honoured it ’.villi a paragraph, expressing unbounded at miration at the discovery s it unhountics. They may, iiotrt- ver, decetnl from their lofty Light. There is no doudthut the'article was manufactured in this co- uusry; and that it belongs to the same school as- Robius in Crusoe and Gulliver’s Travels. Never theless we copy it; or so much of it ;.s has beta published in tiie Sun, as it is cleverly done, and by reason of its pretentions to ■'uuhenlieity, has ex cited a great deal of attention and remark, 1V« must however say, that iu our humble opiuiou.it is making quite free with public confidence. thia to publish as genuine, aud as copied irom a sci entific periodical of high character to which the public (lave no access, that which is only an m- geneoits counterfeit aud still more objections! -■« to fortify the deception by editorial remarksr.m- ounting to positive assertion.—N. J. Jour, (.ra tion, atul that it involved the vety essence of th problem whether matt can govern himself, or is to bo governed by somobody or nobody. Mr. Willis Hall next addressed the meeting, and said—They were not there to uphold Slavery in the abstract, nor to countenance a violation of the law. Another cause called them together-— | Already a portion of our citizens were in peril j €l f0 „ Kentucky: The Lexington tOb*ver and alarm for their homes and thenr Itre-sides, and ! aiu | p^ por ,' e r of the 22d ult. states that Mr. Clav we ifreassembled here to say to them we are vour ; ton froi ' n { ;i llcilU) ati, made a most splendidasefo brethren, and will stand by you shoulder to siou f rom Lexington on the previous aftem* shoulder in your perils, as you have done tn ours. ; , he of West,” amid deafcnipgshwtB A large portion of our friends and hrothern J , a .'’ :ist concourse of spectators. From 1200 aro fearful iliat when they retire to sleep at nijrht, j 10 persons within the enclosure. I he hal oon thev mav he awakened by theory of death before ' f00 *^ 0l1 ^ direction and alter getting *"° morning, and it is our duty to send them forth j m,les or upwards from the city Mr Clayton the voico of consolation. It is painful to know | a I’facliutc containing a sim.l] dog, which deceit' that a voice has gone forth which has alarmed \ vorv hamlsomly, and fell „„ the faint ot b<> the South, and we are called upon to toll thepeo- ! ert ^ ickliff) L--q about throe miles irom pie of the South that if a voice of alarm has rea cited them froi: the North, it is not the voice of New York. Who calls upon us for assistance? Those who, wiih nttr aid and that of our farthers, won those laurels which cannot bo dissevered, and whichcau only live and bloom insuperable. As it is, the excitement which has gone forth was only created by a few persons from the North who eo-operate with the horse thieves and Idack legs of tho South. It is not a little strange to see such men connect themselves with the outcasts of the South, hut it was not the first time that fana tics associated with the very dregs of society.— When ho looked back a little ho beheld these same fanatics kneel at the feet of the king of the city, no accident occurcd. Mr C. did petinicudto make a long voyage. Important Democratic Triumph-—Irom the Providence Journal (Whig) ol tbe 27ih 11 *• wo arc happy to learn that there is little dou^* of Dutee J. Pearce and Win. Sprague, Jr .cam- 1 ' dates for the next Congress from Rhode Islam - over tiie celebrated Tristram Burgess and Y. Cranston. In ease the Whigs should sucreii in their design of taking the election ol Presn-w 11 front the People and transferring i: to the H ,ll, ’ e , - i . ■ - n-. i- —- -i . of Representatives, this election will gfve.thc '■ < - ,c millions of freemen would be dissevered, and the j ciple. of Anti-Slavery was planted and would in of Rhode Island to ti e Deniorrnlic candidate*' - ’' destruction of their social system would be thej due time strip from ot;r shores thtit disgrace of! ficorigiaii. . form, as far as tit him lay, a ditty' which the pre- j spaiu and tbe pope, ainl;requcst that the people of sent crisis demanded from every citizen according j color might he freed in order to savo their *01115. to the best of his ability. If tho designs of those Slavery was not the fault of the original slave against whom tho resolutions were intended to I owners’, it had been forced on them against their operate, could be successful, the best hope oflib- j prayers and petitions, by the ruthless policy of erty would be lost, tbe proud and glorious Union ' those wl)o then governed. Virginia was the first would be dissolved, thefcivil compact of twelve 1 to-speak against it; & it was clear that the prin- T1IE BENE PLANT Is said to be a certain cure and an agn medicine for summer diarrltcea. The loaves put into cold water, make a inucilr,; drink, without taste or color. Its agreca’i and utility iu the case mentioned should r mend its culture in our gardens generally-