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A Club of five subscribers, at $8, will entitle S&V A11 communications to the Era, whether the person making it up to a copy for G months; = on business of the paper or for publication, a.Club of ten, at $15, to a copy for one year. should be addressed to When a Club has been forwarded, additions G. BAILEY, Washington, D, C. may be made to it, on the same terms. VOL. IX. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1855. NO. 437. One ovoning—or rather night, for it was near Mr. Sanderson, who was brought ashore by the h no man should unhappy woman, wl On motion, the foregoing resolutions were WASHINGTON, D. C “the witching hour”—Laura, hearing a step in current upon a cake of ice, dead. Whether he ever, pushes him of adopted as a whole. her sister’s apartment, arose, and stole in soft¬ Hamilton was no longer wedded to the sofa was stunned or crushed by the concussion of We protest especially against3t the laws which under the bed. On motion, they were sent to the Platte .4-'- gus and Weston Reporter for publication, with ly, to see whether she were ill. of Mrs. _ Hope, in his visits to the mansion of the ice, or whether he was frightened to death, give to the husband—■ .InstJust as the wife, ini: a supplicating voice, says To her surprise, she found the easement his law teacher. To her ho still turned, as he is not known. - .1. The custody of his wife’s person. to this novel Don Juan, -Ah, Molisienr, go the request that the newspapers throughout the thrown back, and the light of a full moon stream¬ had done from the first, for the word and look 2. The exclusive control and guardianship of away, or you will ruin me 1 ” the husband State and Kansas Territory favorable to the in¬ ing on the bending form of her sister, who lean¬ that were as oil upon the troubled waters of bis THE PULPIT IN WASHINGTON CITY. their children; furiously rushed in, crying, “ Ah, the wretch, stitution of Slavery publish the same. ed through it, with head half bowed on her morbid spirit. But he was oftener and oftener 3. The sole ownership of her personal, and I have him now I ” and goes in search of his On motion, the meeting adjourned. >Ti. dust that clogs the spirit's pen, A Washington correspondent of the Boston J. B. Ewbt,l,' Chairman. ■ arms. at Kitty’s side, singing, playing, or conversing, j use of her real estate, unless previously settled sword, to run him through the body. The wife, “ Why, Kitty 1 what is the matter ? ” The three were seldom alone, for Mrs. Hope’s And intercepts its heavenward flying; Transcript has a letter in that paper, contain- upon her, or placed in the hands of trustees, as more dead than alive, reiterates, in the midst F. M. McDonald, Secretary. “Hush!” commanded Kitty, imperiously, door as well as heart was open to every one who And holiest, happiest thoughts of men, jng some allusions to the Pulpit in this city, in the case of minors, lunatics, and idiots; of sobs, “Fly, fly, Monsieur, and save me the LETTER FROM"MR. PARK. 4. The absolute right to the product of her sight of a dreadful tragedy.” without so much as turning her face. needed a friend or a friendly word. But young Still throb to ’ particularly in its relation to Slavery. To the P-iuiLic: When our printing office Laura crept to the window, and, leaning out, Grey seemed the more isolated in a crowd. He industry; The husband arrives, armed to the teeth, , As for the pulpit—the pulpit doubtless feels was destroyed, I was absent in Kansas Territo¬ caught what seemed the faintest echo of a dis¬ had 110 intimacies—almost no interchange of 5. Also, against- laws which give to the wid- followed by the whole household, who seek to Bound each to each by common bloody the pressure from without. For though our ower so much larger and more permanent an mollify his anger. While two of his frie.nds ry, and returned forthwith on receiving informa¬ tant flute. of courtesies—with the many whom he met tion of it. I am filled with the deepest concern “ Where is it? " she asked. there. Toward those whom he chose to con¬ ■ Pe0P]e a,:e n<* many of 4heai slaveholders yet interest in the property of his deceased wife, hold the husband, a .third, stooping down, per- And others lie all shorn and shattered- the dominant power over the Government is than they give to the widow in that of her de- ceives our little friend, who, for good cause,, -for the events that have transpired and the pas¬ “Be still!” breathed her sister, lifting her sider his equals in stailding, he maintained a sions that bear sway—premeditated as they have hand with a gesture of extreme impatience. proud, civil reserve, that repelled acquaintance. Ay shorn and shattered. I Southern; and the importance of standing well ceas'ed husband; utters not a word, and, catching him by the leg, with those who control the purse-strings of the been by a large and powerful secret association. Laura listened in obedient silence. She:! Toward his inferiors in station-—as judged by C. Finally, against the whole system by which draws him forth from Ms concealment, when Yet all are loved, as all have sinned; Treasury is felt in our community. Then it is “the legal existence of the wife is suspended lo, Monsieur Balloon, no longer held down'by I am happy to know that tho citizenst of Park- could just distinguish what seemed a familiar the standard Mammon long ago set up in our To one great God are all appealing; |, said, “What g06d can come of our citizens ville and vicinity took no part in it; and why ait', hut so disguised in rich variations that she world—whom he occasionally encountered on during marriage,” so that in most States she the bedstead, raises himself erect, swells out, And so mankind are still man-kinned t enlisting in this war of Freedom? We have no neither has a legal part in the choice of her and rises majestically to the ceiling, to the ' my life aud property should he destroyed by could not recall it. Now it was like the mid¬ an equal footing there, he was cool and haugh¬ By blood and need, if not by feeling; franchise, and what use is it for ns to quarrel any portion of this coihinunity, I cannot tell. night note of that wondrous-voiced warbler, the ty to a degree that at times surprised and pain¬ residence, nor can she make a will, nor sue or immense amusement of the spectators, while Alas, the feeling. with our bread and butter? It is all very wpll be sued in her own name,, nor inherit property, the poor jealous husband slinks away, sword The charge of Abolitionism is false; I have mocking-bird of the South; now again it melt¬ ed even his kind and charitable hostess. never harbored a thought nor meditated an ed into melody more ethereal than purest bird- One day, when her husband’s youngest office The Lazarus of nations sits, i for those who live in the mountains ofVermont, We believe that personal independence and aud all, heartily ashamed of his causeless wrath. All covered o’er with wounds and hruises,j or along the creeks and inlets of Maine, to cry equal human rights can never be forfeited, ex- --- action detrimental to the honor, the interests, voice could ever be. boy, an intelligent, ambitious youth, whom she or institutions of Missouri'; but have labored It ceased. Kitty sprang up, pulled the shut¬ At Dives’ door, and, weeping, waits JL out against Slavery; but we see nothing of its cept for crime; that marriage should be an CIVIL WAR IN KANSAS - FRUITS OF SftUAT- had rescued from the clutches of a drunken Tlrg boon his iiangluy lord refuses; -horrors here, and those who want, to play the ■ unceasingly to promote her prosperity. It is ters together, and turned to her sister, gaily— equal and permanent partnership, and- so ree- TER SOVEREIGNTY. j father, and taught to respect himself and con¬ Ami still refuses. part of the lion among us will do well to enact I true I have not believed the honor and interests “ Now—‘ speak thy mind, sister 1 ’ ” fide in her, had gone from the room, Laura ognised by law; that until it is so recognised, —— _ , '.