was successful. In other words, it was proved, that by his inventions he had lost between thirty and forty thousand pounds; and Parliament, in consideration of the public advantages they had so widely, and at such a sacrifice diffused, voted him ten thousand pounds. But he was nearly seventy years old when he received it, and there was therefore little doubt of its giving him competence for the brief remainder of his life. It did so, and to the last he went on inventing. When he was seventy-nine, he wrote a poem, in which this manly triplet, With mind unwearied, still will I engage, Nor quit the conflict till I quit the stage, expresses what was soberly the fact to within a few hours of the close of his existence. When sent, in his eightieth year, to Dover, for warmsea-bathing, he saved the bath-man the work of two men by solving his difficulties in pumping up the water. A few weeks later he designed the model of a new Centaur carriage; and a day or two before he died, he wrote a quite elaborate argument to a friend, on what he believed to be a new method of working the steam-engine. He went to his very grave inventing, and never had the grave received a better or more ingenious man. Whenever we celebrate our English Worthies, therefore, let not the name of Edmund Cartwright be forgotten.-Household Words. VIOLATION OF THE PEACE. interfered to prevent the arrest. The deputy marshal and his company, finding at length, that they were likely to be called to account for their conduct, before a legal tribunal, and probably doubtful whether their intended prisoner, wounded as he was, would be worth the trouble and risk of capture, soon abandoned the effort, and were permitted to drive off unmolested. A few days after this event, an article appeared is a civil process, and is to be executed as any Between it and the State law there is no conflict. Several of our public papers relate, with some diversity in regard to the facts, the circumstance of an attempt to arrest an alleged fugitive from slavery, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., on the 3d ult. The supposed fugitive is represented as a remarkably active, athletic mulatto, nearly white, who was employed as waiter at the Phoenix Hotel. Fivegro, though a slave, is under the protection of the laws of the State, and his life is guarded with men, one of whom was professedly a deputy mar- the same penalties as that of the free white citishal, suddenly siezed the victim; one account zen. Whenever that life is taken or attempted, says they knocked him down from behind with a promptitude in the arrest of the offender is a mace, and attempted to secure his hands by duty which every citizen owes to society. The manacles; but he, by a violent effort, released him-act of Congress affords such offender no shelter. self from their grasp, and fled towards the river which is near the hotel, his clothes being nearly all torn off in the struggle. Two shots are said to have been fired at him as he ran, but without checking his speed. Upon entering the river, and refusing to return and give himself up, the pursuers deliberately fired several shots at him, one of which appears to have wounded him severely, for his face is said to have been instantly covered with blood. A considerable company soon collected on the bank, some of whom expressed their abhorrence of the proceedings of the assailants, though they do not appear to have The act protects him only while in the proper execution of his official duties; and the moment he steps beyond his sphere, by the exhibition of a violence not necessary to complete the arrest, ment under the municipal law of the State in he becomes a criminal, and amenable to punishwhich the offence is committed. What would be the measure of the punishment proper to be meted out to a gang of bloodyminded man-hunters, who should be proved guilty the streets of a densely populated town, shooting of chasing a human being by daylight through revolvers loaded with slugs and bullets after him as he ran, and afterwards, in the presence hundred citizens, standing at ten paces distant, of an and deliberately firing repeated shots, with the avowed determination of destroying his life, would be a question for the judges of the court trying the offenders to resolve; certain it is, however, that offences of this kind are becoming so common, as to require an example; and if the general sense of the community, already too often outraged, may be regarded as an indication of the nature of the lesson that will be taught to the first official that shall happen to come under sentence for this species of outrage, it will be a severe one. Five or ten years in the State Penitentiary, will not only give the victim of violated justice sufficient leisure to repent of his misdeeds, but will also furnish to those disposed to commit the same brutalities, a salutary admonition. DRUNKENNESS. The British Temperance Herald gives, on the authority of evidence presented to a parliamentary committee on public houses, the following account of the number of persons convicted of drunkenness in the cities of Dublin, Edinburg, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Birmingham and Manchester. In Dublin, one out of 21 of the population; in Glasgow, one in 22; in Edinburg, one in 59; in Liverpool, one in 91; in London, one in 106; in Birmingham, one in 113; and in Manchester, one in 600. FRIENDS' REVIEW. PHILADELPHIA, TENTH MONTH 1, 1853. It has been the practice of the Editor of this paper, from the commencement, to publish the the notices of deaths, when furnished by correspondents, in cases where the individuals were adults, and in membership with Friends. In a great majority, however, of cases, it must be obvigreat majority, however, of cases, it must be obvious, that the notices, notwithstanding the sensibility and feeling of immediate connections, must be of no great interest to our readers in general. The Editor has therefore judged it needful often to abridge these obituary articles; and if these abridgments are sometimes more close than the particular friends of the deceased would deem proper, it may be hoped that allowance will be made for personal attachments and family partialities. There is one point to which the Editor wishes particularly to call the attention of contributors who forward notices of marriages or deaths for insertion in the Review, viz., that they ought to be sent within a short time after the event. There have just come to hand accounts of two departures which occurred about a year ago. Now it may be hoped that the omission of notices so long withheld will not be considered as an improper neglect; and it will probably be admitted as a reasonable request that such correspondents as desire to have these notices inserted, may be careful to forward them within one or two months of the event. CLAIM TO AN ALLEGED FUGITIVE FROM LABOR.— In the 47th number of our last volume, allusion is made, under the Editorial head, to a report then recently circulated, of a highly respectable colored man residing at Indianapolis, Ind., who was claimed as a fugitive slave, and for whose appearance, while the cause was in suspense, ample security was offered, but was refused by the inflexible claimant. Since that article was published, a fur ther account of the case has been received, which is offered in an abridged form, as an exemplification of the practical operation of the law for the recovery of fugitives from service. The name of the colored man is Freeman; that of the claimant is Ellington. The allegation was, that Freeman, whose name was said to be Sam, had eloped from Ellington, who then resided in Kentucky, though now an inhabitant of Missouri. Freeman asserted that his former residence was in Georgia, where he was free. As the case excited unusual interest, time was allowed for the production of testimony; but instead of permitting Freeman to remain at liberty under the ample bail that was offered, he was kept in prison at a heavy expense to himself. In the pursuit of evidence it was ascertained that the true Sam was residing in Canada. The counsel of Freeman prevailed on two gentlemen of Kentucky to accompany him to Canada, where they fully recognised Sam, the quondam slave of Ellington, and gave their depositions accordingly. Another of his attorneys proceeded to Georgia, and brought a witness who was acquainted with the prisoner, while he resided in Georgia, and upon seeing him in jail recognised him immediately. Ellington brought his son to identify Freeman as his slave; but he, upon seeing him, asserted that he did not believe that he was his father's slave. Six Georgians who had known Freeman a num. ber of years also appeared to testify to his identity. Under these circumstances Ellington, in compliance with the advice of his counsel, abandoned his claim, and suffered his intended victim to be set at liberty. After listening to this account, we naturally inquire at whose cost these journeys were taken, and these witnesses procured? Certainly, if Ellington actually believed that Freeman was the true Sam who had escaped from him several years before, it would have been nothing more than bare justice, when the mistake was discovered, to repay all the expense to which Freeman had been subjected, as well as to compensate him for his loss of time while awaiting in prison the issue of the case. It appears, however, that he decamped without offering his intended victim, any compensation at all; and though a suit, for the recovery of damages, was instituted, the defendant was not held to give security for the issue. Hence it appears that the innocent sufferer is not likely to obtain any redress for an imprisonment of about two months, and an expenditure of some $1500. Such is the practical operation of a law which, we are told on high authority, ought to be sustained; and it does not appear that Ellington violated either the letter or the spirit of the law. He merely applied it to the wrong man; a mistake which might be readily made, and which, if extraordinary exertion had not been used, would probaby not have been detected. DIED. On the 7th ult., in the 76th year of his age, SAMUEL COUCH, a member of New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina. At his residence near Winchester, Randolph County, Ind., on the 13th of 8th month, BENJAMIN C. DIGGS, in the 49th year of his age, a member and elder of White River Monthly Meeting. At his residence in this city on the 9th ult., in the 90th year of his age, CALEB PEIRCE, a member and elder of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. WEST TOWN SCHOOL. The Committee charged with the oversight of this Institution, will meet in Philadelphia, on Sixth day the 7th of next month, at 7 o'clock. P. M. The Committee on Instruction, and the Committee on Admissions meet on the same day, the former at 4 o'clock and the latter at 5 o'clock P. M. The semi-annual examination of the schools will commence on Third day morning, and conclude on Fifth day evening of the same week. THOMAS KIMBER, Clerk. Phila. 9 mo. 24th, 1853.-2t. FRIENDS' ASYLUM. Wanted a Friend capable of keeping accounts, making purchases and rendering general assistance, at Friends' Asylum. Application may be made to Dr. J. H. Worthington, Superintendent at the Institution near Frankford. Information to Parents and others respecting the conveyance of Pupils to and from Friends' Boarding School, at West Town, on and after the 7th of 10th month. CLOSE OF THE SUMMER SESSION. The summer session of the school will close on Sixth day, 7th of Tenth month. The pupils who go to Philadelphia will be taken to West Chester on that morning, and from thence in the railroad cars, which will leave that place at seven o'clock, A. M. They will be accompanied by an agent from the school, who will have the care of them and their baggage. The cars will arrive at the depot, south side of Market street above Schuylkill Fifth street, about half-past nine o'clock, where Parents and others will be expected to meet their children. COMMENCEMENT OF THE WINTER SESSION. The winter session of the school will commence on Second day, the 31st of Tenth month next. Parents and others intending to send children to the school, will please make early application to Joseph Snowden, Superintendent at the school, or Joseph Scattergood, Treasurer, No. 84 Mulberry street, Philadelphia. The pupils will be conveyed by railroad to West Chester, where conveyances will be in waiting to carry them and their baggage to the school on the arrival of the morning cars, on Second day, the 31st of Tenth month, and Third day, the 1st of Eleventh month. The cars leave the depot, south side of Market street, above Schuylkill Fifth street, at seven and a-half o'clock, A. M. The agent of the school will be at the railroad depot on Second and Third day mornings, who will furnish pupils with tickets, conduct them to the cars assigned them, and have the care of them and their baggage, and will accompany them to West Chester. Those intending to go to the school will please apply to the school agent for tickets, and not to the agent of the railroad company. The charge for each pupil and baggage from Philadelphia to the school, will be $1, to those who procure their ticket of the agent of the school. All baggage should be distinctly marked West Town, with the name of the owner (if it is a trunk) on the end, and should be sent directly to the railroad depot, and not to the Friends' book store. OFFICE, STAGES, PACKAGES, LETTERS, ETC. The West Town Office is at Friends' Bookstore, No. 84 Mulberry st., where small packages for the pupils left before twelve o'clock, on Seventh days, | will be forwarded to the school. All letters for the pupils and others at the school, should be sent by mail, directed to West Town Boarding-School, West Chester P.O., Chester Co., Pa. Postage should be pre-paid; and packages should be distinctly marked and put up in a secure manner, so that the contents will not be liable to be lost by handling. A stage will be run on Second, Fourth and Seventh days, from West Chester to the school, on the arrival of the morning cars from the city; and from the school to West Chester, to meet the afternoon cars for Philadelphia, on the same days. The fare for each passenger to or from West Chester, by the stage, will be 25 cents. When special conveyances at other times are provided at the school, an extra charge will be made. West Town Boarding-School, During the time I was in Asia, (said my friend,) I had occasion to cross a part of the Arabian desert, toward the Red Sea. Of course, on this journey, it is necessary to have not only a guide, but a body-guard; and mine was composed of eight or nine as wild and picturesque-looking Bedouins, as you would wish to see-true sons of the desert, and Ishmaelites of pure descent; there I could not be much doubt about that. They were faithful to me, however: and it was pleasant to gallop day after day amidst this lawless troop, sometimes conversing with the sheik in such Arabic as I had contrived to pick up, and at other times witnessing such feats of horsemanship as my guards pleased to exhibit for my amusement, or to practice for their own. In the heat of the day, we struck our tents, (such tents!) and rested, as we did also at night. Our mid-day slumber was often the most profound and the most prolonged. One evening we had encamped as usual beside a muddy fountain, secured our horses, lighted our fire, and drank our coffee. My guards were seated round the fire, smoking and talking, while I made an effort to sleep under cover of the tent provided for my especial use. It was all in vain. The sheik had advised me of the probability of a night attack from a party of marauders, not of his tribe, whom he supposed to be in our neighborhood, but had begged me not to be alarmed, for my life was precious in his sight, and safe in his hands; he would defend me to the last drop of his heart's blood. It might be that I half believed the report, and more than half distrusted my respectable friend's bravery; or it might be that my siesta had taken off the edge of drowsiness, or that thoughts of home kept my mind busy, or that the coffee I had drank served as an anti-soporific, or that the loud talking of my Bedouins disturbed me. In short, I could not sleep, and tired of it action, I left my tent and drew near to the fire, which was very pleasant; for, hot as are the days of desert travelling, the nights are often chilly. My guards made room for me, as I came near; and seating myself beside the sheik, I lighted my pipe, and looking at the grim countenances of the ragged fellows round me, each of whom was armed with pistols stuck into the belt, and a musket within reach of his hand, I wondered what my friends in England would think if, at that moment, they had seen me. My presence did not much disturb the loquacity of my guards; but I paid little heed to their rapid conversation, till the sheik, turning suddenly round upon me, exclaimed "What strange men you Englishmen are!" "Not often," I replied, laughing; "that is, when we can get anything to eat." My Arab friend laughed too, for that evening we had supped sparsely from necessity; "but," said he, "is it not part of your religion? and" before I could reply-" I don't think you have any religion. You don't pray; you don't give alms; you do nothing." alms; you do nothing." This was a home thrust, and my conscience felt it. I had looked upon the poor fellows considered myself so completely in their power, around me as so bigoted in their faith, and had that I had deemed it prudent to avoid every topic that might rouse their passions. In my solitary tent, at mid-day, I had read the word of life; but I had concealed with jealous care from my guards the knowledge that I carried about with me "the Christian's Koran;" and when at morning and night I had commended myself in prayer to God my Maker through Christ my Saviour, I had drawn close around me the curtain of the tent, and whispered low and fearfully, lest I should be overheard. "You have no religion, (said the sheik ;) you don't pray; you do nothing." "God forgive me," I thought. "The rebuke is not altogether unjust." "Now we," continued my reprover-and he went on boastingly to tell what their prophet required of them, and how faithful was their obedience in matters of devotion, charity, and selfdenial; and while he spoke I lifted up my heart to God, and sought courage to bear a feeble testimony to his word. When the sheik paused, I put my hand into my bosom, and drew forth a New Testament. "I have religion," I said. "Would you like to hear what it teaches me on these high matters?" "Certainly would I tell him?" By this time the attention of all my guard was directed to me. Their quick sparkling eyes were fixed fiercely, as I thought, upon me, their dark visages looking more grim by the flashing fire around which they were seated; and their hands were ready to grasp a weapon that would speedily bring down vengeance upon the head of the infi- | del who should dare to blaspheme their prophet. "Listen," I said, as I opened the New Testament at the sixth chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew. "You speak of alms-giving; hear what my Koran says about giving alms;" and I rendered into Arabic the first four verses: "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them," etc. When I stopped, I looked up, and the dark countenances around me were glistening, but not with anger. "Good!" exclaimed the sheik; "this is very good; go on." I gathered courage and read again, "And when thou prayest," etc. I read, translating as I read, to the fifteenth verse. Again I looked around me. "Bismillah! but this is wonderful! wonderful!" exclaimed one to another, stroking their black beards; "wonderful!" and every harsh and forbidding feature was softened down to quiet, calm attention. "More, more." I read on: "Moreover, when ye fast," etc. "Bismillah!" exclaimed the sheik again, "but this is wonderful!" I needed no further urging on. Verse by verse, paragraph by paragraph, I read on to the close of the chapter, interrupted by the exclamations of wonder and approbation. "Wonderful!" said my swarthy friend, the sheik, when at length I closed the book-" but this is wonderful! And what good people you Christians ought to be !” I never, continued my friend, forgot, and I hope I never shall forget, the lessons taught me by that desert fire. In the first place, I saw as I had never before seen, that caution may degenerate into cowardice; and I learned, in the second place the enemies of Christianity themselves being our judges-that if the professed followers of Christ were but in all things what they ought to be, "like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus," then would they "with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;" and the constrained verdict of the unbelieving world would be, 66 Nay, but this is wonderful!"-London Tract Magazine. GREAT BRITAIN, SPAIN AND THE SLAVE TRADE. Several interesting documents in relation to the Slave Trade, and the policy that has been pursued by Great Britain and Spain, have recently been submitted to the British Parliament. From one of these, the Cincinnati Gazette has condensed the following facts: 1. Twenty-six treaties between England and other civilized nations, besides sixty-five with native African chiefs, indicate the perseverance of England in her established policy of putting an end to the slave trade. 5. The number of slaves imported into Brazil in defiance of treaty stipulations, amounted in 1848 to 60,000. The last year the whole number imported was but 700. 6. The profits of the trade are enormous. Eight hundred per cent. has often been made. 7. Great publicity exists as to the carrying on of the slave trade in Cuba; slave vessels have been fitted out under the guns of Spanish ships of war; great facilities are afforded to the importation of negroes, as, when once a landing is effected, they are considered as natives; and steam vessels, employed in carrying the govern ment mails from port, have been used to land slaves. 8. The American flag is greatly abused in the slave trade, and the more cordial co-operation of the American government would materially assist in the abolishment of the traffic. 9. The slave trade has increased or decreased in Cuba, according to the conduct of the Captain-General and other public officers; and it is notorious at Havana that money is taken by public officers for connivance at traffic; and further, that capital, notoriously belonging to Spaniards of great distinction at Madrid, was employed to carry on that traffic. 10. The opinion is expressed that history does not record a more decided breach of national honor than is established against Spain. 11. Great significance is attached to the remark of Mr. Everett, then Secretary of State; that there was no prospect of the slave trade being suppressed while Cuba was retained by Spain. 12. The effect of the presence of a naval force on the African coast has been good, which must be continued, and even increased, so long as Cuba admits slaves from Africa. 13. England has paid, principal and interest, nearly fourteen millions of dollars, to Portugal, to compensate any losses that might result from her prohibition of the traffic. 14. More than six millions of dollars have been paid to Spain for her concurrence in a similar plan. THE CORN CULTURE IN OHIO. According to the Cincinnati Railroad Record, sixty millions of bushels of corn are raised in Ohio every year. The average crop is thirtyseven bushels to an acre. Among its uses the following are mentioned: "It is in changing its form into meats and liquors, and finding a market among the laborers of our own country, that the farmer of the great Central West finds both a market and a profit for his Indian corn. One of the principal changes made is in feeding it to hogs, which, after fattening, are converted into pork. There are not less than 500,000 hogs fattened, annually, in Ohio, which consume in the fattening process about |