for their attachment to the principles of civil and religious liberty. 3. The Select and Common Councils of the city of Philadelphia shall assemble in joint meeting, at 12 o'clock, on the first Monday of May next, in the Common Council Chamber, and there shall then be put in nomination as many individuals as the members present may propose for directors; the names of those nominated shall then be forthwith published, by the clerks of Councils, three times in at least four of the daily newspapers printed in Philadelphia. 4. On the second Monday of May next, at 12 o'clock, the Select and Common Councils shall assemble in joint meeting, in the Common Council Chamber, and shall viva voce, choose from the number of individuals put in nomination, nine directors, three of whom shall be designated to serve, and shall serve, for one year-three, for two years-and three, for three years thereafter. 5. In case, owing to refusals to serve, there shall not be on the day of election, eighteen persons in nomination, the Councils at the joint meeting for election, may add to the number in nomination-and out of the whole number then in nomination, shall, viva voce choose nine directors. 6. On the first Monday of May, at twelve o'clock, annually thereafter, the Select and Common Councils shall assemble in joint meeting, in the Common Council Chamber, and nominate individuals to supply the places of the three directors, whose term of duty will then have expired: the said nomination shall be made public, as above directed; and at twelve o'clock, on the second Monday of May, annually thereafter, the Councils shall assemble in joint meeting, in the Common Council Chamber, and viva voce elect the said three di rectors. 7. In case, at any election after the first, there shall not be, owing to refusals to act, nine persons in nomination on the day of election, the Councils at their joint meeting for election may add to the number in nomination and out of the whole number then in nomination, shall viva voce choose the said three directors. 8. The same course of nomination, publication, and election, shall be pursued in supplying vacancies, however created; so that one week shall at all times intervene between nomination and election, and that the choice, shall be made viva voce. 9. Directors, whose term of service, may have expired, may be re-elected. 10. The directors shall constitute a board, which shall meet once at least in each week; five directors shall be a quorum, for the transaction of business: they shall choose their president on the Tuesday, in every instance, next after their own election, or the election of substituted members, in each year; the same individual may, without limitation, be re-elected president; they shall appoint their own secretary, prescribe his duties, fix his compensation, and remove him from office, at their discretion: they shall superintend all the estate and funds devised and bequeathed by the late Stephen Girard, to the city of Philadelphia: they shall cause all the intentions of the said testator to be carried strictly into execution; they shall have power to make contracts, appoint agents, fix their compensation, and remove them at discretion from office: they shall let all the real estate in Pennsylvania and elsewhere devised to the city of Philadelphia by the said testator, in the manner prescribed in his Will: they shall invest all funds arising from the Girard estate, and directed to be invested in the manner prescribed in said testator's Will: they shall make report quarterly to the Select and Common Councils, embracing a detail of all facts calculated to enable Councils and their constituents clearly to understand the state of the several trusts, works, and establishments under their care. 11. Although all the nine directors shall be required to attend to the general duties of their stations, they shall be classed into three branches, in order that the organization may be more precise, and the duty and responsibility more definite; three of the nine shall especially attend to all financial operations, income, expenditures, and accounts; three others shall have charge of all matters in relation to real estate, renting, repairing, and building; and the other three members shall attend to all matters connected with the maintenance, discipline, and education of the orphans:-provided, that, the board at large shall decide upon all measures or acts proposed to be done-measures or acts approv ed of shall be executed under the special direction of those who shall be charged with the particular branch of duty-and reports of all proceedings shall be made weekly by the several subdivisons to the general board. 12. No member of the Select or Common Council shall hold any station, to which emolument shall be attached, connected with the estate and trusts devised and created by the late Stephen Girard; nor shall any mem. ber of either council be directly or indirectly employed or interested in any work or labor to be done, or in the supply of any materials to be used, in or for any work or thing to be made or done, for which payment is to be made from the Girard fund. 13. No director shall hold any station connected with the Girard trusts, to which any emolument shall be attached; nor shall he be directly or indirectly employed or interested in any work or labor to be done, or in the supply of any materials or goods, for which payment is to be made out of the Girard fund. 14. The Select and Common Councils, on the same day in each year, on which they shall elect a city treasurer, shall, in joint meeting, viva voce, choose a Treasurer for the Girard Trusts, who shall hold his office for one year, shall give such security as Councils may prescribe, shall receive such compensation as they may establish, may employ such person or persons as clerk or clerks, as he may think proper, subject to such alteration as to their number and compensation as the auditors hereinafter mentioned may determine: he shall keep plain and accurate accounts, and a journal detailing all transactions and incidents taking place under his view or in his office in relation to the Girard trusts: he shall keep duplicate books of receipts for moneys paid, one where of he shall preserve in his office, and hold the other for the use of the auditors or City Councils: he shall furnish such information within the scope of his duties, as Councils may from time to time require: and present annually, for the use of the Councils and also for the use of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, the detailed accounts described in the 3d clause of the 24th Section of the Will of the late Stephen Girard; it shall be his duty to comply strictly with the requisitions of the 4th clause of the 24th Section of the said Will: he shall keep a bank account, in the name of "The Directors of the Girard Trusts," and shall not blend the trust funds, in his office or bank accounts with any other: he shall keep a check book, upon the most simple and approved plan according to the judgment of the directors, shall draw all checks to order, and cause the person in whose favor a check may be drawn, to sign a receipt for it on the margin: checks shall be signed and be payable only when signed, by the president of the board of directors and the treasurer jointly. 15. A board of auditors shall be chosen annually, to consist, of three members, one of whom shall be appointed by the Select Council, from their body, another by the Common Council from their body, and the third by the directors of the Girard trusts out of their own body: it shall be their duty, to compare accounts with receipts, and satisfy themselves that the work or material for which payment may have been made, was actually done, furnished, and used for purposes under some one of the Girard trusts, and they shall not pass any item of account unless satisfied thereof. With these propositions the committee submit the following resolution: Resolved, that the committee on the Girard Trusts To the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. The undersigned having been advised, that such laws have been passed by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, as are satisfactory to the constituted authorities of the city of Philadelphia, to enable them to execute the trusts and duties created and enjoined by the will of the late Stephen Girard, respectfully make known to the Select and Common Councils of the said city, that they are about to pay into the State Treasury, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, bequeathed by the said Stephen Girard to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the purposes of internal improvement by canal navigation. TIMOTHY PAXSON, THOS. P. COPE, JOSEPH ROBERTS, W. J. DUANE, JOHN A. BARCLAY, Executors of Stephen Girard. Philadelphia, April 19, 1832. When the resolution offered by Mr. Moss in the Common Council came up for consideration, Mr. Johnson moved to postpone it for the purpose of introducing the following as a substitute. Resolved, that the Girard Committee be instructed to consider and report at the next stated meeting, whether any,and if any what measures are necessary and proper to be taken by the City Councils, in relation to the square of ground between Eleventh and Twelfth, and High and Chesnut streets, and that they have authority to confer with the Executors of the late S. Girard, Esq. on this subject. When, on motion of Mr. GROVES, they were both postponed for the present. COMMON COUNCIL.-Mr. J. PRICE WETHERILL presented a communication from Messrs. Charles Humphreys & Co. which was referred to the Committee of the wharves on Schuylkill. Mr. ОKIE presented a petition praying that Broad street from Walnut street to Cedar street be paved and curbed, which was referred to the Paving Committee. The following letter from the County Commissioners was received, and referred to the Committee on Independence Square. To the President and Members of the Select and Common Councils of the city of Philadelphia. The County Commissioners are about making some improvements in the cellars of the fire proof buildings, to afford more room and convenience to public offices; and as a passage in front, to afford light and a convenient intercourse, will be necessary, the commissioners deem it proper and respectful to give notice to Councils, in order that their approbation may be obtained as to the front entrance. All of which is respectfully submitted, by your obe nient servants, JOHN THOMPSON, The annexed communication and resolution from the Presidents of Councils relative to the Cholera Morbus, were received and adopted. The Presidents of the Select and Common Councils, to whom was referred the communication from Benjamin C. Howard, Esq, of the House of Representatives of the United States, and accompanying documents on the subject of the Cholera Morbus, report: That they had one or more interviews with a Committee of the Board of Health of this city, and believe that that body has made such application to Congress and will adopt and enforce such measures as the emergency of the case requires, and offer the following resolution Resolved, that the Presidents of Councils be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Mr. Moss offered the following resolution which was passed by the Common Council. Resolved, by the Select and Common Councils, &c. that the executors of Stephen Girard be authorized to purchase lumber for the houses to be erected on the square between High and Chesnut, and Eleventh and Twelfth streets, in compliance with the will of the late Stephen Girard. Mr. WETHERILL offered the following resolution which was laid on the table. That the executors of the late Stephen Girard be authorized and requested in their capacity as executors, to cause the square of ground between High and Chesnut street, Eleventh and Twelfth streets, to be built upon and improved agreeably to the plan and arrangement of the testator; to employ and compensate all suitable agents, to fulfil all contracts made by the testator for improving said square, and to make, contracts for work and materials which have not been contracted for by the testator for said improvements, and to pay for the same out of the funds that may be in their hands as executors; and that the receipts which they shall obtain for all payments made by them in the prosecution of the said improvements, shall be accepted by the Mayor, Aldermen and citizens of Philadelphia, as a part, to the amount of said receipt, of the residuary estate devised and bequeathed by the said testator, to said Mayor, Aldermen and citizens of Philadelphia. Mr. SEXTON begged leave to be excused from serving on the committee to visit the lands of the late StephenGirard in Schuylkill county, and Mr. Coryell was appointed in his place. The following piece of pleasantry, records a fact relating to the commencement of the Permanent Bridge, which it may be well to preserve. EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF A CITIZEN. OCTOBER 18, 1800.-Went to the Schuylkill at 4 P. M. to witness the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Bridge, proposed to be thrown over that river at the west end of High street; the Mayor and several members of the City Councils, and the President and Directors of the incorporated company, who have the work in hand, attended. A cold collation was provided, of which about 70 persons partook, in the old brick ferry. house, which now stands in the centre of the streetabout 200 of the workmen and others, had a table spread in the open air, over which they made themselves very merry. It was a lucky circumstance for of the day, ceased a short time before they sat down. them, that a rain which had prevailed the previous part It was in the midst of such another storm that I went, officially, to this same spot, last spring, co make a formal delivery of the scite, on the part of the city, to Judge Peters, President of the Bridge company. Jno. Lewis, the stone mason, conducted me into the pit for the eastern abutment, where the corner stone was prepared, and waiting for the ceremony, to show me the inscription which he had cut on it. The inscription is "T. F. C. S. o. T. S. P. B. W. L. October to put forth. Some of these persons are old and infirm, and have particular facts more deeply registered in the memory than others of more seeming importance; and it requires inquiry and examination to elicit other facts to supply or correct the narrative; and that all these have been hastily thrown to paper, and published, without even an examination of the proof sheet. C, XVIII. MDCCC." Should this stone ever witness a Council, consisting of divers white men and Savages, to be convened, to which he invited his brother Onas, who was fond of mush and molasses, and was, over, prince of the The transactions on the Susquehanna have, it is true, this connexion with the biography of Captain Samuel Brady, that, on hearing of the murder of his youngest brother, and that of his father, by the Indians there, he did, it is said, raise his hand on high and vow," Aided by Him who formed yonder Sun and Heavens, I will revenge the murder of my father and brother: nor while I live, will I ever be at peace with the Indians, of any tribe."-This exclamation, uttered in a moment of anguished feeling, the recital of his brother's sufferings being fresh in his mind, has been assigned as the principal cause of his daring and unparalleled courage and address in the various conflicts he had with the Indians afterwards. This representation has rather obscured his true character than otherwise. He has been considered a devoted man-killer, reckless of all sympathy, and destimore-tute of all humanity towards the Indian race. This is by means true. Brady, as I have been informed by one who became acquainted with him on the occasion of his being indicted for the murder of certain Indians in time of peace, was a gentlemanly, fine looking man, possessed of a noble heart, and intellect of a high order. His conduct on that occasion, when investigated, was found to be correct; and that he had used his influence, as far, probably, as was safe with an infuriated band, to protect the Indians with whose murder he was charged. But of this hereafter. Tribes dwelling on the goodly stream called Few of even the most sagacious of the brotherhood of our after philosophers, will conjecture the true meaning of the inscription, which is simply "This First Corner Stone Of The Schuylkill Permanent Bridge Was Laid October 18, 1800." On receiving this explanation I asked Lewis how he could suppose after ages would be able to discover the true interpretation of his inscription; assuming a very grave countenance he answered emphatically—“Why, sir, by the time that they'll dig up that stone, the people will be much more larned than you and I be." From the Blairsville Record. Of the Life, and Military and Hunting Adventures of In No. I. of these sketches, 'it has been stated that Captain John Brady, the father of Captain Samuel, had been wounded at the battle of Brandywine; that his son John was also wounded there, (who was but a lad of sixteen, at the time,) and that, in consequence of their wounds, both had permission to return to their home, which was on the west branch of the Susquehanna. It was further stated, that Captain John Brady and one of his sons were killed by the Indians, soon after Samuel had left home for Bedford or Pittsburg; Although not immediately connected with the personal adventures of Captain Samuel Brady, I propose giving a sketch of events on the Susquehanna, prior and up to the death of his father and brother. Those who read these sketches may perceive, from the nature and antiquity, that they are compiled from their statements, oral and written, of persons acquainted with the facts disclosed, either personally or by hearsay. Allowance will be made, therefore, for the want of chronological order, observable throughout: seeing that I am dependent on different persons, residing in different parts of our country, for what I have been able for that heroic devotedness of courage; that eagernes to Another cause than blind revenge might be assigned solicit dangerous commands; that contempt for all that is allied to fear, by which he was distinguished. But it is of little moment now, further than to authorize the assertion that it was honorable in its origin, though unpropitious in its termination. After having perused our statement of the occurrences at Susquehanna, and retaining in his mind the inbe satisfied that the excitement which prompted the timation contained in the above lines, the reader will vow, was not of that savage character it has generally been supposed to bear. But that it was the unpredicted exclamation of one "Upon whose ear the signal word Of strife and death was hourly breaking; His fevered hand must grasp in waking.” his offence, and was constantly on his guard for several ter, a meritorious officer. He had under his command about fifty men. In the season for tillage some attention was paid to farming, but the women and children mostly resided in the fort, or were taken thence on the slightest alarm. It was known that the Wyoming flats were full of Indians of the Delaware and Shamokin tribes. The latter since extinct, was then a feeble people, and under the protection of the Delawares. In this state of affairs Captain John Brady suggested to his neigh-house. bors and comrades, under arms at Fort Augusta, the propriety of making a treaty with the Seneca and Mun-rest, for several years, on the Susquehanna. Fort Freecy tribes, knowing them to be at variance with the Delawares. This course was approved of, and petitions sent on to the proper authorities praying the appointment of commissioners for the purpose of holding a treaty. Commissioners were appointed, and Fort Augusta was designated as the place of conference; and notice of that, and of the time fixed for the arrival of the commissioners was directed to be given to the two One evening a scouting party came in who had seen tribes. Captain John Brady and two others were se- signs of Indians making their way toward the Susquelected by the people in the fort to seek the Senacas hanna. The neighborhood was alarmed, and all Ĥed and Muncys and communicate to them the proposal. for safety to the fort. A council of war was held, and The Indians met the "ambassabors" of the settlers, a decision made, that all the women and children should to wit, Captain John Brady and his companions in a ve- be sent down the river to fort Augusta, immediately, and ry friendly manner; the chiefs listened with apparent spies sent out to observe the approaching force. The pleasure to the proposal for a treaty, and after smok-spies soon returned with intelligence that the enemy ing the pipe of peace and promising to attend at Fort was near two hundred strong, and that there were white Augusta on the appointed day, led our men out of their men among them. camp, and shaking hands with them cordially, parted in seeming friendship. Brady feared to trust the friendship so warmly expressed, and took a different route in returning with his company from that they had went, and arrived safe at home. On the day appointed for holding the treaty, the Indians appeared, with their wives and children. There were about one hundred men, all warriors, and dressed in war costume. Care had been taken that the little fort should look as fierce as possible, and every man on the alert. Fort Freelyng was commanded by a captain Dougherty, (than whom no braver man ever lived,) who had under his command about sixty men. After hearing the force of the enemy, the officers agreed upon evacuating that fort, and retiring to fort Augusta; where, on uniting the whole force of the country, it was their determination to make a last and desperate defence. The Indians had been seen skulking around the fort, and the men were preparing for a march, when an old tory, who was in the fort, exclaimed-"Captain Dougherty, I always knew the continental troops would not fight,"—Dougherty was a man of impetuous feelings; he instantly re. In former treaties the Indians had received large pre-plied-"you d-d old rascal, we will show you we can sents, and were expecting them here: But finding the fight; and if the fort is betrayed, and I survive, I will fort too poor to give any thing of value, (and an Indian sacrifice you." never trusts,) all efforts to form a treaty with them The Indians attacked the fort early in the morning, proved abortive. They left the fort, however, apparent-on the upper side. On the lower, was a kind of glade, ly in good humor, and well satisfied with their treat- covered over thickly with large bushes, from six to sevment; and taking to their canoes proceeded homeward. en feet high; having a small path through to the river. The remainder of the day was chiefly spent by the offi- The fire of the Indians was of no great account, as they cers and people of the fort in devising means of protec- chose to keep at safe distance. The fire from the fort tion against the anticipated attacks of the Indians. Late was well directed, by the best marksmen, and proved in the day Brady thought of Derr's trading house, and very galling. A British officer was seen busily engaged foreboding evil from that point, mounted a small mare directing the Indians; but a lad in the fort, taking delihe had at the fort, and crossing the north branch he rode berate aim, fired, and he was seen to fall;-supposed to with all possible speed. On his way home he saw the be killed or badly wounded. The attack was suspendcanoes of the Indians on the bank of the river near Derr's. ed from a little before sun-set till the next morning. The When near enough to observe the river, he saw the Indians during the night had hid themselves in the bushsquaws exerting themselves to the utmost, at their pad-es, in order to draw the men out of the fort, but finding dles, to work the canoes over to his side of the river; and that when they landed, they made for thickets of sumach which grew in abundance on his land to the height of a man's head, and very thick upon the ground. He was not slow in conjecturing the cause. He rode on to where the squaws were landing, and saw that they were conveying rifles, tomahawks and knives into the sumach thickets, and hiding them. He immediately jumped into a canoe and crossed to Derr's trading house, where he found the Indians brutally drunk. He saw a barrel of rum standing on end before Derr's door, the head out. He instantly overset it, and spilled the rum, saying to Derr, "my God, Frederick, what have you done?" Derr replied: "Dey dells me you gif um no dreet town on de fort, so I dinks as I gif um one here, als he go home in bease." One of the Indians who saw the rum spilled, but was unable to prevent it, told Brady he would one day rue the spilling of that barrel. Being well acquainted with the Indian character, he knew death was the penalty of the little band too circumspect for the snare, came again to the attack with a most tremendous yell. They finally succeeded in getting into the fort, when a dreadful massacre ensued. Captain Dougherty kept his eye upon the old tory, and finding all was over, sent a bullet through him, with the imprecation-"Damn the traitor." Every man sold his life as dear as possible; none escaped but Captain Dougherty and Samuel Brady, brother to Captain John Brady, and uncle to Captain Samuel. They left the fort together, pursued by a host of Indians. The hazle bushes being so thick on the side of the fort at which they came out, it was impossible for the enemy to follow them. Captain Dougherty, who was an uncommonly active man, could load his rifle whilst under cover of the brush, and when he heard the noise of an Indian he could leap high enough to see and fire upon him. Samuel Brady (known in his day as uncle Sam.) had made his way through the large thicket and came upon a plain below. He thought it best, as he has been heard to say afterwards, to "make ed increase, as will be seen by the following schedule: his eternal escape." No. of slaves in Virginia North Carolina Tennessee He had already run a considerable distance, but on looking back, he beheld two Indians in pursuit; one of them a large, dangerous looking fellow, the other of small stature. He renewed his speed and was getting along pretty well, when his foot slipped into a hole, and he fell down. The large Indian was foremost and arm. ed. But Brady had fallen with a loaded rifle in his hand with which he shot at the savage, who gave a wild yell and fell dead. The little warrior thinking, perhaps, Kentucky there were more rifles about, wheeled and made for the fort. At the edge of the fort it was his fortune to meet Captain Dougherty, who split his skull with the butt of his rifle, and ran on. The two, Dougherty and Brady, only, survived that day's massacre, and brought the news to Fort Augusta. It may be supposed that, that night was one of gloom and sorrow in the little fortress. The reader can sketch the picture according to his own fan cy. KISKEMINETAS. From the Pennsylvania Reporter. We have not seen the official returns of the census, but from an abstract in the American Almanac, it appears that there are still 37 slaves in New England, viz: 14 in Rhode Island, and 23 in Connecticut. Forty-six slaves are put down to the State of New York. Now we had supposed that slavery was abolished in this State, from and after the 4th of July, 1827. It is true, the children of slaves were still to remain in the employ of their former owners, to a certain age, "in the same manner as if they had been bound to service by the overseers of the poor." Those born prior to the 1st April, 1817, were to remain in this condition, until the age of 21, and no longer. Hence it follows, that there will be no "servants" in this State, arising from the former relations of master and slave, after the 31st of March, 1845. There are no slaves now; or if there are, we should be glad to know, how the fact is explained. But supposing, for the moment, that 46 slaves are rightly put down to the credit or discredit of New York, then the number of slaves in New England and New York, with a joint population of 3,868,119, is 83. Adding 2,446 for New Jersey, 386 for Pennsylvania,746 for Illinois, and 27 for Michigan, we have a total of 3688 slaves only, in the entire country north of Maryland, and the river Ohio. The number of States embraced in this district is twelve, and one territory. Number of inhabitants, 7,004,666; or a majority of the whole population of the United States. In 1820, the number of slaves in the same district was 19,321. Decrease in ten years, by legislation or otherwise, 15,633. The only State within its limits, where the number of slaves has increased during the same period, is Pennsylvania, which has received an accession of 175, and at present has a total of 386. Our good friends, the Quakers, must look to this business a little-New Jersey has decreased from 7557 to 2446; New York from 10,088 to 46, or, as we say, to 0; Connecticut from 97 to 23; Rhode Island from 48 to 14; Indiana from 190 to 0; Illinois from 917 to 746. The States which are at present free from the curse of slavery, are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Indiana; two more than in 1820. It is high time that all the States we have mentioned, should follow the same example; always taking care to make compensation for individual losses. Turn we now to the remaining portion of the United States. The present number of slaves in Delaware is 3305; being a decrease of 1204 since 1820. In Maryland, 102,878, being a decrease of 4,520 during the same period. In 1810 the number of slaves in Maryland was 111,502; or 8,624 more than it is at present. In the District of Columbia, the number of slaves in 1820 was 6377. Present number, 6056. Decrease, 321. In all the other States and territories, there has been a decid Missouri Florida Total 1820. 1830. Increase. 1,394,736 1,824,415 494,169 Hence, it appears that the whole increase of slave population in the United States from 1820 to 1830, except 175 in Pennsylvania, has occurred in ten States and two territories, and amounts to 494,169; being an accession of more than one-third to the original number. If from 494,169 we deduct the decrease in other portions of the Union, amounting to 21,678, we have a nett increase throughout the United States, of 472,491. The whole number in 1820 was 1,531,346:-consequently, the present number is 2,003,837, out of a total popula tion of 12,856,167. The increase from 1810 to 1820 was 339,982. We have not the means of knowing the ratio of increase among the white population of these States, in comparison with the slaves, but taking the whole population in the aggregate, the increase from 1820 to 1830 was as 100 to 133, while the increase of slaves was as 100 to 136, nearly. Hence it is clear that the slaves are increasing in those States in a considerably more rapid ratio than the whites.-New York Journal of Commerce. Remarks by the Editor of the Pittsburg Gazette, Neville B. Craig. STATISTICS OF SLAVERY.-The article under this head, upon the opposite page of our paper, presents some interesting results. The object of this paragraph is simply to state, that there cannot, in fact, have been an increase of slaves in Pennsylvania during the ten years from 1820 to 1830. In the enumeration of this portion of the population, in one of those years there must have been committed errors to the amount of 175-the supposed increase. Some slaves may have been overlooked in 1820; or some who were not slaves in 1830, may have been enumerated as such. Be this as it may, it is certain that the reproach-"that Pennsylvania is the only state north of Maryland and the Ohio, in which the number of slaves increased after 1820"-is not well founded. It would, indeed, be a remarkable circumstance, if such reproach could be justly urged against the land of Penn. Pennsylvania made an early move on this subject, and on the 1st March, 1780, an act was passed which declared that no person, born after that date should be considered or held as a slave for life. So that now, no child or person born after that date, or imported from other States, can be held after the age of twenty-eight years. Consequently, there can now be no slaves in this State, under fifty-one years of age; and Pennsylvania cannot be liable to the reproach of being the only state north of Mason and Dixon's line, in which the number of slaves has increased. Slavery in Pennsylvania. In our last paper, we made some remarks upon the apparent increase of the number of Slaves in this State, presented by the census of 1830, as compared with that of 1820. That increase seemed to be 175, upon a stock of 211 in 1820, being upwards of 83 per cent., in ten years. That there was some mistake in the matter, we never doubted; we well knew that an actual increase of the number of slaves in this state, could not take place at this late day. Whether the error, however, arose from omissions of slaves in 1820, or from enumerating in 1830, as slaves, |