He had no school, or pulpit, no father or mother to teach him; he had been raised in the rice swamps; he had been in New Orleans, where an agent of the Bible society had been refused to give the Bible to a slave. He floated along into Massachusetts, and into Boston, where his class associates. Here he had got into a drunken quarrel; threats were offered on both sides; a man is found murdered; and he is charged with the crime, and Massachusetts has nothing better for him than to hang him! This is to be done in spite of public opinion, when Dutee and York have been saved!

Mr. Phillips here referred to the execution in Taunton some ten years ago. The Sheriff at the very last moment asked the criminal, if he were innocent, and he declared "he knew nothing of the murder." That Sheriff now begged that the law might be changed, lest another innocent man should suffer.

Mr. Phillips said Massachusetts could not point to her common and Sunday school children, and say to them, that she had done all she could for the prisoner; that every opportunity for instruction had been granted to him, and having despised all her kindly influences, then he was to be hung.

The above is a very faint sketch of the speech of Mr. Phillips. It was enough to move the heart of a stone. But in spite of all, and the 24000 men and women, in two days afterward, even before the fate of the law was known, the Council, with one exception, and that a Quaker from Nantucket, voted to hang the culprit till he was dead, dead, dead!

CONDEMNED MURDERERS.-Within a month or two from the present time, nine men and one woman will, according to the terms of their sentence, ascend the scaffold. The following are their names and crimes:

Vender, at Baltimore, for the murder of Mrs. Tego Cooper; Wood, at New York, for the murder of his wife; Baldwin, at St. Louis, for the murder of his brother-in-law; Letitia Blaisdell, at Amherst, N. H., for the murder of the mother and child of her adopted father; Washington Goode, colored, at Boston, for the murder of a rival lover of his mistress; Ezra Dudley, at Haverhill, N. H., for the murder of his wife while returning with her from a meeting; the negro Shorter, at Buffalo, for the murder of a white young man; two slaves, at Lexington, Ky., on the first of June for the murder of Henry Yelliman; Alexander Jones, colored, at New York, 22d June, for arson; and there are some half dozen late murder committals yet to be tried.

MASS. LEGISLATURE.-This body has left the law of Capital Punishment about where they found it. We had hoped after the House had passed, by a large majority, a Bill reccommending the entire abolition for everything but murder in the first degree, that the Senate would have concurred. We must try again. Let petitions be circulated at once in every town.

WASHINGTON GOODE.-We have given a large space to his case, and now just as we are going to press, comes a long report from the Governor and Council relative to their proceedings. This must be laid over.

NEW YORK-Large meetings on the Death-Penalty have been held there, but the account comes too late for our present number.

PETITION.-FANEUIL HALL.-The use of this Hall was asked for on the day of the execution, and the subject was lald on the table. We would suggest, in addition, that the places of business be closed during the hours appointed for the execution.

ARTICLE CXLVII.

The New York Riot.

15 persons killed-25 wounded-53 arrested!!!

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DOUBTLESS, many of our readers have heard of the terrible scenes which have lately taken place in New York. Our exchanges are full of accounts. dreadful affair has seldom occurred. And what makes the whole matter worse, that generally innocent persons have been killed. We have watched the papers with much interest, aud we find a general approbation of the conduct of the civil authorities. We cannot see the absolute necessity of using the deadly weapons that were employed. And in fact now we are told very coolly, by the Jury of Inquest, that had more of the Police been on the ground then there would have been no necessity of the military! True, we do not know what the mob might have done. But we do know what the military have done.

We suppose that many will look to us for an opinion. But our friends should remember that our main object in our Journal is to show the inefficacy of the death penalty; that there is no need of killing a man when he is secured and can no longer do any harm. But then the very spirit that takes away so meanly, so cowardly, the life of the criminal, breaks away and shows itself in war, and various other forms of violonce. Every one who knows us, knows that we are in favor of order. But we do believe that the public authorities of New York transcended every principle of humanity in the deadly course that was taken. They, in fact, became the mob in turn. We do not believe that that mob, violent as it appeared to be, would have done half the damage that has been done by the authorities themselves. We believe, too, that the violence of that mob has been overstated, that the public mind has been inflamed to an unreasonable extent, and when the trials come on, it will be seen that our words are true.

Of the quarrels of the two actors, we have had but one opinion, that they might have settled their own matters, without inflaming the public mind through the press. Both must regret the terrible results of a quarrel which ought to have been settled in a peaceful manner between themselves, or by a committee of reference.

ED.

LETTERS TO THE GOVERNOR.-We have learned that one of the Council has taken great offence at our first letter to the Governor. We do not like to offend, but we must speak out our own convictions. It is impossible to do this without offending somebody. We are not alone in expressing our abhorrence of this whole transaction in refusing to commute the sentence of Washington Goode. We meant, if there was any conscience left, to wake it up. It happens, by the way, that the very Councillor who was so very much offended, informed us some time ago that he was opposed to the death-penalty, and would never consent to give his vote for its infliction. What has become of his convictions? We do not wonder that he was so disturbed. We pity him for his weakness, and when the execution shall have passed away, and he comes to himself, he will forever regret the hour when he voted for the death of a man whom no living being can prove positively to be guilty of the crime of which he is charged.

LOWELL, Mass. In this city, we have spoken three several times on different Sabbaths. The three Universalist Societies very kindly granted the use of their churches, and several friends aided us in our labors. We have now an excellent list of subscribers there. We have scarcely found any place where there was a deeper interest.

1.-AMERICAN PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. May. O. S. & L. N. Fowler, Editors.

New York.

We know of no monthly that contains more instruction than the Phrenological Journal The Fowlers have hit on the happy faculty of combining illustration and incident with fact. Whoever does this, will be sure to accomplish two great things in this world; to instruct and amuse the great mass of mankind. Dry details are seldom read, even when they are, it is only, by the deep, thorough student. We hope the Fowlers will succeed, and then we trust to ste that new paper they propose. But that long name is a bad one. Better find some one word for a newspaper.

2. LITTELL'S LIVING AGE. Nos. 257 to 260.

Every week this valuable work comes laden with the freshest extracts from Foreign Journals, so that now we find the work absolutely indispensable. The facilities of the Editor are fully equal to the demands of the age. The work should be in every school and library in the land. Price 12 1-2 cents per week.

3.-HOLDEN'S DOLLAR MAGAZINE. May. New York.

This work is well stored with engravings, and for the amount of reading, any one must be satisfied with that, for we cannot, though one of the craft understand how so much can be afforded for one dollar.

4. PEOPLE'S JOURNAL AND HOWITT'S JOURNAL combined. London; Willoughby & Co.; Boston: Crosby & Nichols.

Every American should read this work as it monthly comes from London. Within its pages will be found a great variety of articles, and what is particularly valuable now, a very comprehensive view of the progress, not only in the arts and sciences, but in literature, religion and morals.

5.-GRAHAM'S AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE. May, 1849. Philadelphia: S. D. Patterson.

This periodical still holds a high rank in the literary world. The engravings are well executed, though we think the "May Morning" is rather questionable in its tendency.

6. THE NEW ENGLAND OFFERING. HARRIET FARLEY, Editor and Publisher. Lowell, Mass. Miss Farley is one of the most industrious women of her class, and hence her work succeeds. She has a fine field for her labors.

7.-SARTAIN'S UNION MAGAZINE of Literature and Art. Philadelphia.

The engravings of this number are well done. We were particularly pleased with "Ruth and Boaz," and "the Doves." Some of our ablest writers contribute to the pages of this work.

8.-PHONETIC MAGAZINE. A Monthly Periodical. ELIAS LONGLEY, Editor. Cineinnati, Ohio. $100 per annum.

This work is devoted to the Language Reform. It occupies a wide field, and like other Reforms, this will be slow in its progress. We wish the Editor much success.

9-HUMAN LIFE; illustrated in my individual experience, as a child, a youth, and a man. By HENRY CLARK WRIGHT.

So various are my engagements and so numerous are the calls upon me for assistance, that I have little, very little time to read books. But acquainted as I have been with Henry C. Wright for the last ten years, I could not deny myself the pleasure of reading his auto-biography Every one who has read his little book, A Kiss for a Blow, is acquainted with his child-like spirit. That beautiful simplicity which I much love, is exhibited in the work now before me in an eminent degree.

I do not hesitate to say that all who read this work will be benefitted by the perusal of it, if they love simply practical christianity. I indulge a hope that it will be much read; and extensively circulated, not only in the New, but also in the Old World. It is for sale by Bela Marsh, the Publisher, 25 Cornhill, Boston. J. M. S.

10-THE GOSPEL TEACHER. A Monthly Magazine, devoted to the Interests of Home and Sabbath Schools. Rev. J. G ADAMS, Editor. Boston: J: M. Usher. $1 a year. This work contains many valuable articles. We notice particularly the excellent sermon of Rev. J. G. Forman; also one on the Jews in London. The Editor understands well how to meet the public wants.

11-HUNT'S MERCHANT'S MAGAZINE. May. New York

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This number is unusually excellent. Among so many valuable articles, we hardly know how to particularize. The one entitled "A Merchant Poet-Field's Poems" is eminently practical. It shows that trade and Poetry are not necessarily distinct in their nature. The article on the "Value of a Clerkship in New York" is just what is wanting. Throughout the work there are valuable statistics on everything relating to Commerce or the Arts. The work should be in the hands of every Merchant, and also in every library.

12. THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN. Hopedale Community, Milford, Mass.

This excellent sheet commences a new volume now. We know of no paper more deserving of patronage, or more eminently practical in its tendency.

THE MODEL OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM, with appropriate descriptive Lectures, will be exhibited at Amory Hall during Anniversary week. Clergymen and teachers of Public Schools are invited on Saturday, May 26, at 3 P. M. We advise all of our readers who can, to improve the present opportunity of beholding this magnificent representation of scenes which must be interesting to every one.

LADIES PRISONERS' FRIEND SEWING CIRCLE, Dorchester. We acknowledge with gratitude, $50 00 from this circle, as a donation to our cause. The Ladies connected with that circle will also have a table at our Fair in September. What other towns will pledge a table?

TO CORRESPONDENTS:

JAMES BILLINGS, Jackson, Michigan. We shall send a single copy of the Prisoners' Friend regularly, and such other documents as we can find. In regard to the books, we can purchase them as cheap as any one. Will the Chaplain send the Reports of his prison? The persous whom he expected would send a donation of books here have refused.

FMrs. R. L. CADLE, Iowa. Her letter is very acceptable. We are glad of the facts for our Journal, and especially of her interest about the Fair in September next.

GEORGE E. BAKER, New York. We trust he will continue his favors. The numbers were sent to the persons in New York as he directed.

RICHARD D. WEBB, Ireland, A letter has just been received from this universal friend of humanity. He has kindly promised us such papers as may have a bearing on our cause. We are much obliged to him for forwarding the Prisoners' Friend to those persons to whom they were directed He is informed that due preparations are now making for the celebration of the birth-day of John Howard; an event in which England, America and the world can unite.

We thank the friend in London who forwarded the English papers.

RECEIPTS from April 15, to May 15:

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