The Weekly Anglo-African (New York [N.Y.])
August 27, 1859

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VOL. I.—NO. 6. The TWheckly Anglo-Aracam IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY THOS. HAMILTON, No. 48 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Tywo Dollars per year, or Four Cents per copy, pa_vnb]e on delivery. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Six Cents a line for the first insertion, and Phree Cents for each subsequent insertion. Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths, Public Mectinqs, &e., inserted for Twenty-five Cente, pro vided that they do not exceed five lines if more than that, Five Cents for each additional line. All ecommunications for the lpuficr must be ad dressed THOS. HAMILTON, 43 Beekman st., New York. [P. 0. Box 1212.] BATTLE WITH LIFE. —o— thee up bravely, Strong heart and true, Meet thy woes gravely, Strive with them too! Let them not win from thee Tears of regret Such were a sin for thee— Hope for good yet! Rouse thee from drooping, Care-laden soul, Mournfully stooping "Neath grief’s control Far o'er the gloom that lies Shrouding the earth, Light from eternal skies Shows us thy worth. Nerve thee yet stronger, Resolute mind Let care no longer Heavily bind. Rise only thy eagle-wings, Gloriously free, Till from material things, Pure thou shalt be Bear ye up bravely, Soul and micd too! Droop not so gravely, Bold heart and true! Clear rays of streaming light Shine through the gloom God’s love is beaming bright, E’en round the tomb. [Translated from the French. LOVE ORE ANOTHER. -——-o—-— ATouching Story of the Tin Cup. e BY ANNIE J. WOOD. —-—o—— A traveler had stopped at the side of the road which leads from Rolle to Morges on the shores of Lake Leman; around him were a group of children to whom he was distributing, with a few friendly words, some tin cups, which the latter were receiv ing with an air of joyous wonder. Look! look!” suddenly exclaimed one of them, who was examining the stranger’s gift, mine has an inscription on it.” Mine also!” replied all the voices. And the first child lifted up the cup in order to see it more plainly, and read aloud: LOVE ONE ANOTHER. That is a recommendation of the Holy (rospel,” observed the largest of the group. “Or rather it is the spirit of the Gospel,” gently replied the stranger. “Remember this precept, and you will never transgress the laws of Christ, which ordain that you should do to others as yow would that oth ers should do to you.” “Do not expect that!” hastily interrnpt ed a voice behind the stranger; as seen as these little ones shall have attained the age of man, they will think only of them selves, as usual, and will render to others evil for good.” “As misanthropic as ever, Rimerse,” said the traveler, turning and recognizing the new comer; fortunately your bad opin ion of men does not prevent you from act-- ing as if you loved them.” “And I am well repaid for it!” continued Rimerse, ironically; all those to whom I have been kind have turned against me as soon as 1 could be of no farther use to them. No, no, believe me, sir, man is the most ferocious animal in creation-——unjust and ungratefull We tame the bear with meal and honey; men cannot be tamed, and they bite without seruple the hand that feeds them.” The stranger did not reply immediately he let the children go forward, while he re sumed his journey with Rimerse. The latter, who was returning from the fields, bore npon his shoulder a fork and a hay-maker’s rake, to which hung his jacket, which the heat had compelled him to take off. His costume, rustic but neat, an nounced one of those farmers so common in Switzerland, who are at once citizen and peasant. The stranger and himself walk ed for some time, side by side, without speaking; but, on arriving at a field which bordered the road, on the edge of which stood some young poplars, Rimerse stopped voluntarily. “There they are,” said he, pointing out the trees to ilis companion; it is that mis erable curtan of foliage which cousin Ott man wishes me to cut down. But I will not give up to him! The affair is in the handg of the {Udges, and 1 will maintain my rights to the end, were it necessary for that to sell my last heifer.” He then began to relate the history of this lawsuit, originating, like so many oth. ers, in a misunderstanding, and sharpened by reciprocal sensitiveness. Ottman and he had long lived in the af fectionate intimacy of relationship and ueighborhood. Older and richer than his tousin, Rimerse had at first assisted him mm money and his experience, and the b"m!".:et;med to regard him asan elder 0 whose authority he Was, AOOUS tomed to defer. But this authority had in sensibly become painful to him; he con sulted Rimerse more rarely, combatted his opinions, or acted contrary to his advice, in order to assert his independence. Rimerse, accustomed to advise as one commands, had taken offence at these attempts of free dom; their intimacy had, by degrees, bé come less,a secret bitterness had insinuated itself into those hearts formerly united; every day sowed a seed of discord; chance made it suddenly germinate and grow. A field, formerly undivided, had been shared between the two cousins. Rimerse wished to make the dividing line by a row of poplars which he planted during the ab sence of Ottman. 'The latter, on his re turn, was astonished that the boundaries should have been laid out without his con sent. Hewomplained to Rimerse, who re plied sharply the dispute ended by a quar rel, soon followed by a lawsuit. It was this to which Rimerse had just al luded, and which had already lasted seve ral months. To the friendly relations of the two cousins had succeeded a hostility which was manifested in a thousand little ways. Rimerse related these to the traveler with a revengeful sentiment, which in real ity betrayed more regret than anger. It was clear that what he found it the most difficult to pardon in Ottman was the de struction of their former friendship. The stranger, who had listened atten tively, did not attempt to combat his preju dices; he knew by experience that the mind blinded by passion loses its reasoning powers, and that in order to enlighten it we must wait until a ray of sensibility or good sense finds its darkness. He contented himself with appeasing, by soft words, the feverish irritation of his companion, and adroitly recalling remembrances which might restore serenity to his soul. As they conversed they had continued ‘their journey, and the roofs of Allaman be ‘gan to show themselves through the mists of evening. Warmed by the walk and by the recital he had just given, Rimerse asked his companion to turn aside a few paces towards a grove of willows which he pointed out to him, and where they wonld find a fountain well known to laborers. As they arrived.they perceived the chil dren to whom the stranger had distributed his tin cups, assembled around the spring, from which they were drinking freely. Almost at the same instant, and from the other side of the grove of willows, Ottman appeared; he was returning from the fields, and thirst had attracted him also to- wards the fountain. The two cousins stopped, surprised and ‘embarrassed. They seemed at first to hes itate, as if they would have retreated, but the presence of witnesses, and the fear of seeming to yield, detained them. They advanced with slow steps towards the spring, on the edge of which they arrived at the same time. Both were visibly affected. 1t was the first time for several months that they had been so near each other. Their eyes met; something of their former sentiments awoke in their hearts in spite of them selves. Meanwhile they maintained si lence, and Rimerse drew back in order to allow Ottman to drink first. The latter was stooping to the spring, when one of the children smilingly offered him the cup which he had just filled. Ott man took it mechanically, and had raised it to carry it to his lips, when his eyes sud denly rested on the inscription, and he stopped. The stranger, who had observed all, hastily seized a second cup, which he presented to Rimerse, repeating, in an un der tone, the gentle evangelical precept. The two cousins remained for a moment hesitating; but their children were there, strangers to their differences, and playing together beside the spring; the setting sun was- bathing them with its purple light; the breeze, which was stealing through the willows,cooled their veins; comfort opened their hearts to tenderness. Ottman was the first to look at his cousin and extend his cup, repeating, 1 “Love one another.” Rimerse started, stepped forward, and the cups met in a fraternal toast. The stranger, who had approached, seized the two hands left free, and, ap proaching them to each other, said, with a smile, “1 believe the poplars may henceforth grow in peace.” “1 will cut them down to-morrow,” ex claimed Rimerse with emotion. “No,” said Ottman, “let them remain in token of alliance, that they may one day shelter our united families.” Rimerse did not reply, but he opened his arms, and the two relatives embraced each other. When the first emotions had passed away, and they had recovered their com posure, both warmly thanked the traveler. “We are indebted to your cups for this reconeiliation,” said they, “and we shall each preserve one as a memorial.” Keep it also as a warning,” replied the stranger; you have just had a proof that a word of advice seasonably given is nev er lost. Always liable to changing emo tions, man needs to find in everything around him influences and counsels. He should despise no means of reminding him self constantly of his duty. Upon these podr tin cups the workman has traced fiold en words, which may arouse hearts long hardened. I have been accustomed to scatter them as I go along, to leave them beside fountains, to present them in parlor and cottage, to lose them in the trodden, frequented roads. Travelers have borne them to the loftiest peaks; you will find them on the windows of our mountain huts, filled with flowers by the hands of young girls, and mingling words of love with an atmosphere o? me Your example proves that my mission is not en- tirely a useless one, and that when we sow Eood seed, however small, we may always ope for a harvest.” LIFE IS FADING. Time is drawing nearer, nearer, While our heads are turning gray Tears are falling on life’s mirror Every day! Time is closing beauty’s portals, Flowers are blooming to decay; Fate is delving graves for mortals Every day While our pleasure-boat is rolling Over life’s eventful spray, Funeral bells are tolling, tolling Every day! While the laurel wreath is shading (er the fame-lit brow of clay, Sad we see the garlands fading, Every day! Love, then take your promised treasures, Fame is dazzling to betray Life is fading with its pleasures,: Every day! Hence, while all things are declaring Death a secker for his prey, Let us be ourselves preparing Every day! [From Life Illustrated.] THE FEARFUL FAMILY, e I have had the pleasure of spending a day and a night with the Fearfuls. Mr. and Mrs. Fearful are very antiquated in their notions, and have brought up their family in accordance with all the signs and wonders, all the whims and old sayings, which have been handed down through their family from their great-great-grand father. They never permit a newspaper to come into their house, for fear some “new-fangled” notion will turn the girl’s heads! My visit to Mrs. Fearful was quite unexpected, but nevertheless I was cor dially received, and soon informed they had a warning that somebody was coming, be cause Mrs. Fearful dropped a fork early in the morning, and the tines stuck in the floor. At the breakfast table the warning was again repeated, for Miss Angelica help ed herself to a second piece of bread be fore she had eaten the first. 'Then there were several people (little sticks) swim ming about in her tea-cup, and one of them looked very much like me! Angeli ca turned up” her cup, and she saw plain ly the road over which I came. At dinner, our social harmony was greatly disturbed by the upsetting of the salt-dish toward myself! All declared that in spite of the salt they would not break friendship with me, and Miss Angelica, in order to make the promise doubly sure, threw some salt into the fire! After dinner, we sat in the parlor, dis cussing the rapid retrogression of the age, when little Emma, who had been out at play in the yard, came in with a doleful face, because some of the children had per suaded her to let them turn her frock wrong side out; but, to turn it back would be a very bad sign, so she was compelled to wear it in this manner during the re mainder of the afternoon, much to her mortification; being, howover, consoled with the assurance that the witches could not plague her while she had on a garment wrong side out! Passing into the garden after tea, I ob served several horse-shoes nailed over the doors, which Angelica informed me were a certain antidote, or final bar, to all hobgob lins, gnomes, and spooks in general. At this declaration I had the impolite ness to langh so heartily that Angelica was forced to join me, when,-taking her hand kerchief suddenly from her pocket, out flew several small bones, found in the heads of fishes, which she informed me were lucky bones,” and that she always carried them with her to insure her suc cess! Poor fish! thought I, all your “lucky bones” did not save you from the hook. When night came, the doors were all bolted and barred, the windows made fast, the kitchen floor nicely sanded and swept, to detect the entrance of ghosts, as they must of necessity leave tracks on the fine sand. Everything being secured, I was' cautiously shown to my room, Mrs. Fear ful expressing much apprehension that something would happen to somebody be fore morning. Old Jowler, the house dog, -was heard to howl with his face towards the east, which howl was answered by a screech owl in the woods back of the house. A whip-poor-will came so near the gar den gate just in the dusk of the evening, that Angelica said she was really afraid it would fly over the fence, alight, and sing on the door-step! Old Mrs. Fearful, in view of all these sad omens, wished I would compose my self and try and get a little sleep, as An gelica was about to show me to my cham ber for the night. When she left me at the top of the stairs, I almost fancied I heard the light tread of ghosts close at my heels, and opening the door into my imag ination-haunted chamber, a slight chill ran through my nerves. Disrobing myself, I was soon in bed, but so full had my mind been filled with signs and wonders, that sleep would not, or dare not, approach; but, on turning over to get rid of witches, and find a comfortable napping glacc, 1 discovered a hard substance under my head. ‘What was my surprise when, lifting my head and placing my hand beneath it, I drew out from below the upper tick a well oiled, silver-mounted bridle, check-rein and alll By the dim light of the picked down”'lfixlx:f—for Angeliea would on no ac count of having me “get through” the night in the dark—l knew the bridle NEW YORK, AUGUST 27, 1859. belonged to the carriage harness, and learn ing, soon after my arrival, that Mr. Fear ful and his wife were to start at an early hour the next morning, on a visit to a neighboring city, I supposed some rogue of a boy ligad l{iddeu the head-stall” to vex the old gentleman; so limmediately called out, “Angelica! Angelica!” at the top of my voice, rendered almost unintelli gigle by my endeavors to suppress a burst of laughter. Angelica, with Mrs. Fearful and Jowler in her train, were soon at my bed-room door. “Ah!” said the old lady, I thought something would hap—.” See what a trick James has served you?” I ex claimed, as I shook the bridle in their faces, accompanied with a ha! ha!—sec onded by a bark from Jowler. “Mercy on us!” said Angelica, looking as pale as a withered lily. Do, for pity’s sake, put the bridle under the pillow again, or you will have the nightmare!” Then I will hitch her to the bed-post,” said I, and lead her down to breakfast in the morning!” At this heretical speech, Mrs. Fearful, Angelica, Jowler, and the bridle all vanished, and T went to sleep. We are decidedly opposed to teaching children any such whimsical nonsense. It cramps their intellect and shuts their soul up in a nut-shell; and the teather must hammer away, stroke upon stroke, before he can crack off enough of this supersti tious shell to let in a rational idea upon the mind. Children thus trained will al ways move in a circle, never venturing to think beyond the mental limits of their grandfather and grandmother; and ’tis as much impossible for the teacher to make deep thinkers, philosophical reasoners, and practical men and women, of such minds, as it is to polish alead platter, or set a fine edge on a cast-iron razor. 'Teach children to believe what they see a reason for, and what is in accordance with the laws of na ture and the logic of common sense, and much of the preaching and—we had al most said the praying—might be dispensed with. [From Eliza Cook’s Journal.] THE QUADRILLE PLAYER. l -—o—. And you do not know any man who will come on more moderate terms said a fashionably dressed lady to a music-seller, a few mornings since. “T assure you,” replied he, the price is exceedingly low. He is an excellent vio linist, and knows his business well. Quad rilles, waltzes, gnd anything else you may require, he will execute perfectly to your satisfaction.” Mind, I may want him to remain rath er late,” said the lady. Any time you please,” replied the mu sic-seller “he is accustomed to late hours, and we have never known him to grumble. He'’s a very industrious man, with a sick daughter to support entirely by his exer tions.” Humph said the lady. “Canhe play Scotch reels?” Capitally,” replied the music-seller.” And you are sure that he will bring a good harpist with him said the lady. “You may depend upon it,” said he. “Well, then, I think we may as well conclude with him,” said the lady, taking a card from her visiting-card case, and hand ing it over the counter. “Thereis my ad dress. We may not want him before half past eight o’clock, but you had better let him be with us by half-past seven, if you please. Good morning. Now mind you don’t disappoint me.” “You may rely upon his being punctu al,” said the music-seller. Hepolitely held the door open, and the lady tripped out, apparently satisfied with her bargain. In the attic of a lodging-house, situated in a narrow turning leading from Drury Lane, was seated, that evening, an elderly man, by the side of an almost expiring fire. A small lamp glimmered on the table, cast ing sufficient light over the apartment to illumine the pafilid face of a young girl, who was reclining on a mattrass near the fire, supported by pillows. Everything in the room betokened abject poverty. The countenance of the man was ruled with lines which misery, and not age, had im planted there and, as he glanced from time to time at the patient near him, it might be seen that his eyes were red, and that his grief, though subdued, was intense. Yet he held a violin to his shoulder, and in the midst of this scene of misery was play ing lively quadrilles and Scotch reels. The invalid was his daughter. Having received a good education, she had for some time supported herself by teaching the piano-forte; but ladies and gentlemen, somehow, will insist upon getting a thing done as cheaply as they can, and the spirit ‘of competition being rather briskly kept ‘up in this line, it happened that, one by ~one, her pupils haddropped off. The daugh ter of a rich grocer in the neighborhood had clung to her to the last, but the feeling of the age wastoo strong to be fought against she was taken away and given to the re duced widow of an officer in the army, who undertook her education at five shillings a quarter less. Thus her only hope was gone, and she was about to seek a situa tion as governess, when her health failed her, and she was thrown on a bed of sick ness. Want of air, exercise, and society, are bad aids to the recovery of an invalid, and the seeds of consumption having been too surely sown, doctors could afford her but temporary relief. The small clock on the mantel-shelf struck seven, and the man arose, placed his violin in the ease, took his hat from a peg, and approached the side of the patient. He fea:etf to awaken her, lest the sudden shock should prove too much. He had that morn ing received a summons from the music seller, to whom the reader has already been inmdund, and as it was the first engage- ment he had been able to procure for a month, he had accepted it joyfully,although, in his heart, he scarcely dared to leave his invalid daughter even for an hour. Putting out the lamp, and stealing with noiseless steps from the apartment, he tar ped at his landlady’s door, and urgently requested that she would go and sit with the patient during the time he was com pelled to be absent. This she immediate ly consented to, and our poor musician, with a Leavy heart, left the house, and pro ceeded towards that of his patroness for the evening. The windows were one blaze of light— carriages were drawing up to the door, and the street was in a continued state of ex citement, when the quadrille player, with his violin-case in his hand, knocked modest ly at the door, and passed almost unno ticed into the drawing-room, where he was met by the harpist, who had arrived about three minutes before him. Many of the guests were already assembled, and the pretty daughter of the hostess, tripping up to the musicians, by the desire of her moth er, requested that they would instantly be gin. The quadrille was arranged, and the sigral being given, the poor violinist me chanically drew his bow across the strings, and with a heavy heart commenced the Danois” set. Happiness beamed oh every countenance near him. The little coquette who had been the first to speak a kind word to him, was the observed of all observers, and in a few minutes was entangled in a labyrinth of engagements. All unconsciously, the eyes of the violinist followed her steps throughout the evening. He fancied that in her he could recognize the features of his daughter, and he felt that she might al so have been thus surrounded by friends and admirers, had she not been compelled to earn her subsistence by her individual exertions. Whilst our talentsare cultivat ed as mere accomplishments, the most lav ish praise is bestowed on them once rely upon them as a means of living, and every effort is made to deprecate them. Never had our violinist felt so complete ly alone as on this occasion. In his own room, miserable as it was, he could at least enjoy a sense of independence. Here, sur rounded by pleasure, yet debarred from the slightest participation in it, his misery was increased by the contrast. He felt that it would have been a relief to him, could he even have spoken to some one; but not one of the bright-eyed beauties who stood near him even deigned him a look. He was 2 the party, but not of it-—solita ry in the midst of society. He was to play until he was told to stop, and then to stop until he was told to play again. He was let out for a guinea. Slowly did the hours pass away. Two —three o’clock in the morning came; but still had our violinist the instrument in his hand, and still did he continue to play in spiring dance-tunes. The thought of his poor invalid daughter became now almost insupportable, and when, at four o'clock, the last waltz was called, a feeling of joy took possession of him which it is impossi ble to describe. At length all was over, and he was al lowed to depart. Having received his fee, he placed his violin in the case, and thread ing his way through the throng of depart ing guests, walked anxiously towards his logging. Arrived there, a tremor seized upon him which he knew not how to ac count for, and when he had ascended the staircase, and stood before the door of the room, he could scarcely summon sufficient courage to enter. At length he recovered himself, and slowly lifting the latch, cautiously stole in to the room. A candle, placed upon a small table near the bedside, was flickering in the socket, and on a chair near the emp ty fire-place sat his landlady, with her face buried in her hands. The noise occasion ed by his entrance caused her to rise, and advancing to him, she motioned towards the bed. Mechanically he followed the direction of her hand, and walked gently to the side of the patient. Her countenance was placid, and a smile almost played upon her features. Not a trace of suffering was discernible, even to /s anxious gaze—but she was dead! She had expired whilst the merry party was at the height of enjoy ment—quietly, very quietly, said thegood hearted landlady, as if, indeed, she were merely falling asleep. The guinea earned by the father for eight hours’ performance of lively music, might, with strict economy, pay for his daughter’s funeral. [From the Cincinnati Enquirer. STRANGE DISEASE AND DEATH. l -—o— Fall, a young mulatto woman, re siding on Culvert street, near Seventh, died recently under singular circumstances, and from a disease that has not yet be come familiar to medical science. During the early part of July, she was affiicted with soreness in the eyes and a vi olent pain in the temples, which continued to increase until she was often maddened, and would lose her senses by its excess. Her optics grew greatly inflamed, and her face and head began to swell visibly, her pain often diminishing in proportion to the swelling, though she complained of ficree throbs shooting through her brain, that up peared like her recollection of shocks from a Leyden jar which she had taken at the Sycamore street Museum. Every few days the swelling would slightly subside, but her head had obtained twice its natural size, and sometimes be came even a third greater than that. At times she could not see at all, nor hear, nor experience any sensation through her senses, and would sink into a state of leth argy, in which she would remain for twen ty or thirty hours. When recovered from t{u she would be so weak and prostrate that the only difference between her then condition and that preceding it was in the possession of her faculties. _ Mary remained thus for several weeks, fluctuating between unconsciousness and prostration and violent pain; and at last it was evident she could not live more than a few days, her nervous system being to tally destroyed. As her end drew near, the pains in her head extended below, af fecting her back, heart, and breast, and fre quently throwing her, by their severity, into convulsions, succeeded by the old stu por—a temporary death—in which she would lie motionless and pulseless for hours. On a certain Monday morning she had more than usual strength, but said she felt she could not live until the following day —that she knew she would die between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock. Her mother, who was much attached to her, and her only relative, endeavored to comfort her as she had done from the be ginning, and by assuring her that she would soon recover from her peculiar mal ady. Mary shook her head, and said her opinion was a firm conviction, and that she could even see herself dying at mid night. The day passed,and the night came on. Mary was in much better spirits, and stronger than usual, until eleven o’clock, when she remarked to her mother, watch ing by her side, “I am sinking; I feel it here,” placing her hand upon her heart; “but T am quite happy at the thought, for you know I have suffered terribly. Tt will soon be over, and I do not think I shall have much more pain.” She remained quiet, talking with her parent in an under tone, while the minutes passed, and the hand of the clock opposite the bed had nearly reached the figure of twelve. “There,” said the mother, hopefully, pointing to the dial; “look there; the hour has passed; you will not die.” “Yes, mother, I shall,” was the low toned reply, and you will see it.” At the third stroke of twelve, Mary shuddered; she lifted her head a little, but it sank back; a tremor ran through her frame; a pallor flashed with an unearthly whiteness over her neck and face; her fea tures grew rigid; she was dead. Mary was about nineteen, and formerly lived in Louisiana with her mother, at that time a slave on the sugar plantation of a wealthy gentleman near Baton Rouge. She was very good looking, and had been carefully educated by her master, who was generally believed—and with truth, no doubt—to be her father. He had liberated her mother aboutfive years before the girl’s death, who, after residing in Massachu setts some time, removed here in the au tumn of 1857. Several physicians were desirous of hold ing a post mortem examination upon the body, but the mother of the girl absolute ly and persistently refused to allow such an examination; and therefore the com prehension of a peculiar disease, which might have been of much benefit to the medical profession, must continue for many years, if not forever, an impenetrable se cret. A W [From Zion's Herald.] HENRY EVANS, THE NEGRO PREACHER. In Bishop Capers’ interesting autobiog raphy, he refers to some of the “black preachers,” as they are called, and many of whom are met with at the South. Henry Evans, of South Carolina, was one of these useful men. Evans was, by general consent, the fa ther of the Methodist Episcopal Church, white and black, in Fayetteville, N. C., and the best preacher of his time, in that region. He became literally the greatest curiosity of the place; and strangers, pass. J ing the Sabbath at Fayetteville, very gen- l erally sought an opportunity of hearin him preach. Evans was a Virginian, ang said to be free born, a shoemaker by trade, and when quite young he became a Chris tian and a Methodist, and was licensed to preach. Whilst 2 young man, he resolved to re move to Charleston, S. and on his way, stopping at Fayetteville, he commcnced preaching to the colored people, and with greatsuccess. The town councilinterfered, and no entreaties prevailed with them to allow him this privilege, when, withdraw ing to the neighboring sand hills, he held religious meetings in the woods, and changed his appointments from one place to another. No law was violated by this course, and the council effectually eluded, the mob, the baser sort, took up the oppo sition. These he also worried out by the same system of changing his appointments, and, when searching for him, he was preaching somewhere else. Happily for Evans and the cause of evangelical religion, his honest counte nance, and holy, earnest pleadings, were soon plainly strengthened and confirmed by the fruits of his pious labors. One after another began to discover that their ser vants were not made worse, but wonderful ly better, by attending his exhortations. The effect, too, on the public morals, be gan plainly to be seen in their improved Sunday habits, and the deerease of drunk enness among them. Soon the mob de sisted from their opposition, from the evi dent change in public opinion, and the ne gro preacher was permitted to declare the truth in Fayetteville. At this period there was no church in the town, and but one congregation, (Pres byterian,) who worshipped in the State House, under which was the market. ‘There was plainly nobody to preach to the -colored people but Evans, and not a few Lofthe whites began_toimfi: that the preaching, so beneficial to servants, PRICE FOUR CENTS. might do them good also. At first, seats near the pulpit were appropriated to their use, but these soon became insufficient, and the crowd took possession, also, of the rear ones. The negroes seemed likely to lose their beloved preacher. Next, the place was included in the ‘neighboring circuit, a Methodist Episcopal Church here constructed, and thus was Methodism introduced into Fayetteville. Whenever Evans preached, there was no room for the blacks; and to accommodate ‘both classes, the weather-boards were lknocked off, and sheds added to both sides of the honse,the whites occupying the cen !ter. Evans’ dwelling was a shed at the ‘end of the church, behind the pulpit. It 'was Bishop Capers’ habit to hold a meeting ‘with the colored congregation in the church ‘every Sabbath, immediately after morning service. On the Sunday before the death of Evans, the little door between his hum ‘ble shed and the chancel, where the Bish.- ‘op stood, was opened, and the dying preach er entered to bid his people alast farewell. 'He was too feeble,almost, to stand up, and, supporting himself by the altar railing, he said: “I have come to say my last word to ‘you; it is this: None but Christ. Three times have T had my life in jeopardy for preaching the gospe{ to you; three times bave I broken the ice on the edge of the water and swam across the river to preach the gospel to you; and now, if in my last lour I could trust to that, or to anything else but Christ crucified for my salvation, all should be lost, and my soul perish for ever.” Servant of God, well done? Hal lowed be the memory of such a faithful preacher of Christ! &.x. D. THE EMPTY CRADLE. ——o——. Every fold counts a missing lamb, and there are but few homes where there has been no mourning over a vacant chair. 1t is hard to part with the darlings of the nursery. Affection clings to them fondly, and is reluctant to loose its hold, but the all-wise Father deals tenderly with his children, and removes some of their treas ures to heaven, that their affections may follow. Many weeping parents will recog nize their own experience in the following paragraphs from an exchange: “The death of a little child is to the mother’s heart like the dew on the plant, from which a bud has just perished. The plant lifts up its head in freshened green ness to the morning light; so the mother’s soul gathers, from the dark sorrow which she has passed, a fresh brightening ot her heavenly hopes. “As she bends over the empty cradle, and fancy brings her sweet infgnt before her, a ray of divine light is on the cherub’s face. 1t is her son still, but with the seal of immortality on his brow. She feels that heaven was the only atmosphere where her precious flower could unfold without spot or blemish, and she would not recall the lost. But the anniversary of his de parture seems to bring his spiritual pres ence near her. She indulges in the tender grief which soothes, like an opiate in pain, all hard passages and care in life. The world to her is no longer filled with human love and hope in future, so glorious with heavenly love and joy; she has treasures of happiness which the worldly, unchas tened heart never conceived. The bright, fresh flowers with which she has decorated ber room, the apartment where her infant died, are mementoes of the far brighter hopes now dawning on her day-dream. She thinks of the glory and beauty of the New Jerusalem, where the little foot never finds a thorn among the flowers, to render a shoe necessary. Nor will a pillow be wanted for the dear head reposing on the breast of a kind Savior. And she knows that her infant is there in the world of eternal bliss. “She has marked one passagein that Book, to her emphatically the Word of Life, now lying closed on the toilet table, which she daily reads: Suffer little chil dren to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”” NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN, ——o_— Socrates, at an extreme age, learned to play on musical instruments. This would look ridiculous for some of the rich old men in our city, especially if they should take it into their heads to thrum a guitar under a lady’s window, which Socrates did not do, but only learned to play wupon some instrument of his time—not a guitar —for the purpose f resisting the wear and tear of old age. Cato, at eighty years of age, thought proper to learn the Greek language. Ma ny of our young men, at thirty and forty, have forgotten even the alphabet of a lan guage, the knowledge of which was neces sary to enter college, and which was made a daily exercise through college. A fine comment upon their love of letters, truly! Plutarch, when between seventy and eighty, commenced the study of Latin. Many of our young lawyers, not thirty years of age, think that nist prius, scure facias, &e., are English expressions; and 'if you tell them that a knowledge of Latin ‘would make them appear a little more re ‘spectable in their profession, they will re ply that they are 700 old to think of learn

‘ing Latin. Boccaccio was thirty-five years of age when he commenced his studies in polite literature; yet he became one of the three great masters of the Tuscan dialect, Dante and Petrarch being the other two. There are many among us ten years younger than Boceacio, who are dying of ennui, and regret that they were not educated to a taste for literature; but now they are ‘oo old. el sow Sir Henry Spelman neglected scl tences'jin his youth, but commenced the study of them when he was between fifty

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and sixty years of age. After his time he became a most learned anmtiquarian and lawyer. Our young men begin to think of laying their seniors on the shelf when they have reached sixty years of age. How different the l;lu'eacnt. estim..le put upon experience from that which characterized a certain period of the Grecian republic, when a man was not allowed to open his mouth in caucusses or political meetings, who was under forty years of age. Colbert, the famou:gFrench Minister, at sixty years of age returned to his Latin and law studies. How many of our col lege lcarned men have ever looked into their classies since their graduation Ludovico, at the great age of 115, wrote the memoirs of his own times. A singu lar exertion, noticed by Voltaire, who was himself one of the most remarkable in stances of the progress of age in new studies. Ogilby, the translator of Homer and Virgil, was unacquainted with Latin and Greek till he was past fifty. Franklin did not fully commence his ghilosopiiicul pursuits till he had reached is fiftieth year. How many among us, of thirty, forty and fifty, who read nothing but newspapers, for the want of a taste for natural philosophy! But they are 00 old to learn. Accorso, a great lawyer, being asked why he began the study of law so late, answered that indeed he began it late, but he should therefore master it the sooner. This agrees with our theory, that healthy old age gives the man the power of accom plishing a difficult study in much less time than would be necessary to one of half his years. Dryden, in his sixty-eighth year, com menced the translation of the Iliad, and his most pleasing productions were written in his old age. We could go on and cite thousands of examples of men who commenced a new study and struck out into an entirely new pursuit, either for livelihood or amusement, at an advanced age. But every one fa miliar with the biography of distinguished men will recollect individual cases enough to convince him that none but the sick and indolent will ever say, I am too old to study. The Teckly Anglo-African, NEW YORK, AUGUST 27, 1859. I 3 Advertisements for this paper must be ac companied by the cash. 57 Capies of this paper can be purchased of the news-dealers everywhere. SLAVES AND MISSIONS. The following article from the Charles ton Courier” illustrates the character of the religious doctrines inenleated in the ex treme Southern States of the Union, and is very well adapted to the rice swamps of the Carolinas, the sugar plantations of Georgia, and the cotton fields of Alabama. The planters are urged to contribute libe rally for the support of missions, to keep the slaves in ignorance, and teach them that submission to all their notions is the will of God. It is this cursed doctrine that our enemies have deceived us with for the last two hundred years, in this country: submit, for it is the will of God; and we have become so accustomed to it that it has become almost a second nature to us. Our own colored ministers have fallen into this error and urged it from the pulpit. White ministers who preach for colored congrega tions almost invariably proclaim this senti ment, teaching us that it is a religious duty to submit to all kinds of wrong and oppres sion for Christ’s sake. Southern planters have found it to be more effectual in crush ing out the manly spirit among the slaves than any system that can be brought to bear upon them—have introduced missions for the purpose of making them believe all their punishments are inflicted upon them by the hand of the Almighty through his agents, their masters, thus inducing these poor, miserable wretches to comply with every wish of the master, with the hope of future happiness hereafter. The moral character of the slaves is spo ken of as comparing favorably with that of many of the poor white men, and re gret expressed that the means of religious instruction cannet be generally diffused among this class. Now we know some thing of the character of slaveholding re ligion; it forbids teaching to read the Bi ble under the most severe penalties, and without this of what use is such religious. teaching Itis such spiritual consolation as the wolf would give to lambs in order to make his prey the more certain. We have frequently heard of these religious slaveholders purchasing Bibles for their slaves, some of whom were represented as being very pious, yet of what use is a Bible to one who cannot read,or to a whole community of illiterate persons. It is to them, as it was to the Inca of Peru when the Spaniards ordered him to obey the teachings of that book. Wken placed in his hands he threw it from him in disgust, after placing it to his car, saying, This book tells me nothing.” These gentlemen, says this religious writer, owe the negroes a dcbt_: of gratitude which can only be cancelled by giving them the gospel. We believe these gen tlemen can only cancel the debt they owe by giving the negroes their liberty and paying them for their services. When this shall take place we shall see proper fields open for the service of missionaries, who shall teach some other doctrines be sides Servants, obey your masters.” 5 COLORED MISSIONS, M: -3rs. Epirors:—The missions to the colored people on our river deltas and sea island plantations, I consider as among the most important connected with the South ern church. While there are thousands ::Ended for foreign missions, it is remark o how small a sum ismnally'iicen by the patrons of those missions for their sup; port and continuance. The annual min utes of the South Carolina Conference show that but one or two of these missions are self-supporting; and when we consider the great mf:untage to the planters them selves, in the increased honesty of the ne groes and the general improvement of their morals, it is strange that this state of things should be permitted to remain. A negro once said to the missionary, Massa, you save more rice on de planta tion than all de lock and key massa puton 'em.” And ought it not to be so? Does not religion make people honest? Did not Zachias pay back four-fold if he had taken anything dishonestly from any man? I know there are some who may smile at this. I heard a planter lately say that the morals of the negroes on the plantations could very favorably compare with the lower working class anywhere, white or col ored; and I believe it and have reasons to know it, and I am fully convinced if the planter would encourage those missions, by giving them a good support, and by build ing good houses forthese people to worship in and would countenance the mission with their occasional presence, these missions would eventually drive out those miserable grog shops, whose owners rob the planters of thousands by encouraging their negroes to steal. These missions, though estab lished a long time, some are still in their infancy in doing good, for the want of aid mentioned above. The gentlemen owning these negroes owe them a debt which, I think, can only be cancelled by their giving them the gos pel through the regular ministration of ac credited ministers of the gospel; and by so doing, the blessing of Him who said the poor you always have with you” shall de scend upon them. So mote it be. M. W. G. THE NEW YORK HERALD AND WM. H. SEWARD The New York Herald serves up a col umn or so daily upon Wm. H. Seward. It is the cue of that journal to endeavor to accomplish, by its own peculiar means, what it fails in by facts and arguments, or rather where facts and arguments do not appear. We think it often fails in its at tempts, but its purpose is ever the same. When it is its purpose to pursue an indi vidual (for itseldom has themes, and never principles, to advocate) it assumes the at titude of a ferocious bull-dog, who always and forever lugs with the same set of teeth, and snyffs up the blood of his victim with the same ugly nose. Nor does itlet go its hold till it is beaten off with a huge blud geon, or coaxed or bought off with what will procure many rounds of fresh beef and plumb-pudding. It pursueth and luggeth the honorable Senator from New York in this fashion “W. H. Seward and Black Republican ism;” “nigger-worshippers;” “W.H. Sew ard, the Rochester rum-seller;” “W. H. Seward, the nigger-worshippers’ candidate for the Presidency;” “the bloody and trea sonable doctrines of W. H. Seward;” “W. 'H. Seward’s Auburn speech;” “the Roch ester manifesto of W. H. Seward;” “the dammnable doctrines of W. H. Seward;” “the dangerous doctrines of W. H. Sew ard;” “the treasonable doctrines of Wm. H. Seward;” “nigger-worshippers;” “slave ry and the slave-trade;” “our Southern brethren are in danger—a division of the Union must take place if the treasonable designs of Wm. H. Seward are allowed to prevail;” “the South is in danger;” “our Southern brethren are made angry because W. H. Seward was allowed to make that Rochester speech;” “W. H. Seward’s bloody doctrines;” “war on the South;” “W. H. Seward;” “the South; “slavery 4 “the slave-trade;” “niggers ought to be slaves;” “free niggers;” “niggers in the South;” “niggers in the North;” “niggers in general;” “bloody,” “treasonable,” “dan gerous,” “horrible,” “infamous,” “villain- 1 ous,” “Southern brethren,” “the Presiden cy,” “nomination.” Such, and such only, are the snaps and snarls, the gruffs and growls, the screeches and howls, the various changes, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, the sum and substance of the rigmarole the “Herald” puts forth day after day and ‘month after month about W. H. Seward, because, forsooth, it feels a private convic tion that he is at present the most promi nent and the strongest man in the Repub lican ranks for the Presidency. And if it is with such miserable, flimsy, trashy stuff it hopes to frighten the Republican Party into the act of throwing Seward over board; or, should they nominate him, it is with such twaddle, such repetition of vul gar common-places, it confidently hopes to break him down. But if, with such, itsuc ceeds, or produces the least influence bey ond its own admirers, we much mistake eitherthe capacity, the intelligence, or the independence of the public mind. It is at present no especial affair of ours. We only note the fact to indicate the tone of the po litical mind of the country. JUSTICE TO WHOM JUSTICE IS DUE. It is a mistake to suppose that the peo ple of this country are, as a whole, more blind to the real value of the colored peo ple than any other people or nation. In the late action of the Slaveholders’ Con vention at Baltimore, and in the remarks of a New Orleans paper in reference to the colored population of Maryland and Louisiana, we have full evidence that the South are wide awake to the value of the colored people. And then, too, look at the re-opening of the slave-trade! Why isit that New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Newport, and Bris tol, are expending such sums of money to bring in a new stock of African blood? Is it because they hate the colored skin? No; it is because they love the colored skin. The fact is, that a white man loves to make any use he can of the colored skin. The Southern man loves to make a slave of a man under a black skin. The Northerner likes to make a good servant of a man under a black skin, &ec. Americans have no more prejudice against color than any other people. Like other people, they have a selfish prejudice; ‘that’s all. AFRICAN COTTON. We call the attention of the friends of the free labor movement to the following letter from a gentleman in Boston to Ben jamin Coates Esq., of Philadelphia, who kindly furnished us with a copy: Bosrox, August 8, 1859. “Bexs. Coates, Esq.— Dear Sir .—Hav ing read your pamphlet upon African Cot ton, I think you may be interested to know that I have imported about 4000 pounds from Liverpool, through the agency of Mr. Thomas Clegg, and am now caus ing it to be spun and woven at a mill un der my charge. 1 shall have the pleasure of soon sending you a small sample of the cotton, and the cloth woven. I write now, as I think it possible you may wish to or der some of the cloth, which 1 shall sell at our regular price; it will be a good honest sheeting of No. 24 yarn. 1 have tried this experiment in order to substantiate statements regarding cotton, and in the hope of turning the attention of some of our anti-slavery merchants that way. “Yours very truly, Epwarp ATKINSON.” CHEERING INTELLIGENCE. Rev. Amos Gerry Beman, for many years the gifted pastor of the Colored Con gregational Church at New Haven, but more recently the stated supply of the church at Portland, Me., has entered the field as a missionary, under the auspices of the American Missionary Association. He will labor for the elevation of the colored people, visiting them, preaching and lectur ing to them, and stirring up their minds on the great themes of religion and humanity. We ask for him an earnest hearing on these great subjects, as he isable,eloquent, and thorough. i A Sourrery Verpict.—A slave named Charles was tried in Winsboro, La., on a chargeof striking and drawing blood from his overseer—a capital offence. A ma jority of the jury were in favor of an un conditional acquittal of the negro; but fi nally the following queer verdict was ren dered: We, the court and jury empan led for the trial of Charles, a slave, acquit him of any capital offence, and from mo tives of policy, and not from the justice of the case, sentence him to receive one hun dred and fifty-four lashes by the Sheriff, but not so as to cut the skin of said slave, on the first day of September.” An appeal has been taken in behalf of the negro to the Supreme Court. ANcro-ArricaN Magazive.—Hear what the Hartford (Ct.) Courant,” one of the oldest and most respectable journalsin this country, says of our magazine: “Mr. Adam Ray, a very intelligent and well educated gentleman of color,is in this city engaged in soliciting subscriptions to a magazine with the above title, pub lished in New York, and edited, printed, and entirely conducted, by persous of col or. We have looked over the first six numbers, and find them to contain ArTI CLES OF GREAT LITERARY MERIT AND INTER EST, NOT SECOND, INDEED, IN ABILITY TO SIMI LAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR BEST PERIODICALS.” HOW SHALL WE VOTE? To the Editor of the Anglo-African: Sir—lt has been well said that “Human ity neverreposes one experience succeed ing another incessantly—every age yield ing its tribute of fanaticism to the great hope of ameliorating the condition of man kind.” In that hope the free colored pop ulation of these States have largely shared —how largely, how vainly, you, and I, and all of us, well know. But still we hope, and there is no idea to which we cling with greater tenacity than that of our ultimate equal participation in the rights and privileges of American citizens. And so, although chattelized on the one hand and disfranchized on the other, we might be thought to have no interest inthe affairs of state; and yet every movement in the field of politics affects us nearly, as tending to accelerate or retard the object of our hopes. Therefore, it is but natural that we should desire to throw the influence of our limited army of twelve or fifteen thousand voters upon that side which seems to further best the ends we have in view. But inlooking over the political arena, and scanning the men and measures about to be involved in the .coming Presidential contest, while ‘there is much to excite our interest, not to say anxiety, there is nothing to elicit our sympathies towards either of the contend ing hosts. By these we are deserted, as slaves; by those disliked, as freemen. On the one side, the soi disant Democra cy are marshalling and drilling their forces to secure the victories they have already achieved in behalf of slavery. On the other, a heterogeneous agglomeration of political fragments, known as the Republi can party, (facetiously, by their opponents, yelept Black, on the principle of lucus a non lucendo, I suppose,) are massed. They aim to lead back the government to its pristine condition of political soundness, and so secure the present and prospective Territories of the Union for the benefit of free white labor. They seem to forget that to nations as well as individuals, Facilis est decensus Avermi Sed revocare gradum Hoc opus, hic labor est. Now, sir, here is a dilemma theßande Noire, as the Times” is pleased to style us, must act; but if we aid the one party we become participes ertminus in the re opening of the slave trade, and the estab lishment and protection of slavery in the Territories. If we assist the other, we guarantee the existence of slavery where it is, and endorse a policy which looks to the expulsion of the free black American from his native land. So that, despite the pre judice existing against our independent po litical action, sound policy and correct prin ciples alike forbid that we should seek to i identify ourselves with either, and compel us, if we act at all, to act independently. r We are reduced to the necessity of choos ing between two evils; and as every vote withheld from the Republican side is vir tually thrown in favor of the Democracy, I think we ought, while fully appreciating the sentiments which the Republican party entertain towards us, to codperate in their efforts to cripple the power we would fain destroy—not that we dislike prejudice less, but that we hate slavery more. YORK. New Yorg, August 3d, 1859. Home Corvespondence. Srlpiics OUR HARTFORD LETTERS. Harrrorn, Conn., Aug. 18, 1859. Dear Axcro:—Prof. Wm. F. Johnson, of the New York Institution for the Blind, assisted by Miss E. L. Waters, of Avery iOollege, Pa., gave one of his interesting ‘exhibitions, by the aid of the magic lan ‘tern, portraying the features of American slavery, on Tuesday evening the 9th inst., in the Talcott street Congregrational Church. It was not well attended, in con sequence of Dan Rice’s Great Show” be ing held on the opposite corner of the street, which naturally drew a great many of our peopie, who would otherwise have attended the exhibition. 'The exhibition was interspersed with short lectures, the singing of slave songs, ete. IFriend John son is so well known to the public that I deem it useless for me to eulogize. Of Miss Waters, permit me to say that she has a beautiful and musical voice, and that the descriptions she gave of the pictures repre senting slavery were well-timed, eloquent, and full of pathos. She is an honorto her sex, and bids fair to become distinguished in the laudable cause of the oppressed. Prof. Johnson also gave one of his exhibi tions on the 16th inst., at Middletown, Conn, and I am informed by one who was present that it was so interesting that the citizens of said city have extended to him an invitation to repeat the same at his ear liest convenience. He has gone to Spring field, Mass. 1 wish him abundant suc cess. Mr. Adamn Ray is in this city, soliciting subseribers to the Anglo-African Maga zine” and the weekly paper, and is meeting with some success. I attended the monthly concert of the Sabbath School teachers connected with the Talcott street Church, on Sunday evens ing the 7th inst., and was quite pleased in listening to the recitations of the little boys and girls one or two of the boys recited twenty-nine verses apiece, which I think speaks well. The Superintendent of the school awarded several books to the juven iles, after which addresses were made by Mr. Wells, of this city, Prof. Johnson, of New York, and W. G. Strong, of Newark, New Jersey. It was my pleasure on Saturday last to take a trip to Worcester, Mass. It is a beautiful city, situated in a valley, sur rounded with hills. The Female Medical College of the State is located in this place. While there, I listened to two eloquent dis courses from Rev. Peter Ross, pastor of the Zion M. E. Church in that city. Of friend Ross, I would say that he is an able cham pion of the cause of Christ; his heart is in the work he does not believe in “stand ing still,” but is working while it is called day.” He goes in heart and hand for the elevation and improvement of his people, and is identified with us in the cause of freedom. May God bless him. Of our people in Worcester, I would say that while there are a few enterprizing men, there is not that energy and ambition ‘among the people in general that I would liked to have seen but I think if more of our public flecturers and speakers would visit them, they would arouse to action, and rise high in the scale of intelligence. Wil bur G. Strong gave a lecture and varied reading entertainment there on the 15th inst., but for reasons which I have men tioned in the foregoing, it was not well at tended. In perusing the Hartford Daily Times” of the 6th inst., (a Demoecratic organ,) I find the followingi sarcastic paragraph: “We note that the colored Convention of Boston adjourned on Tuesday, sine die. Well, that is cool. After voting them selves as good as any white man, and va rious games of thatsort, these deeply-dyed in-the-wool darkies voted to adjourn with out any dye whatever.” I wrote a communication in refutation of the above remarks, and sent it the Hart ford Daily Press (a Republican organ) for publication; but, from some cause unknown to me, the editor failed to publish it. The following is my comment It is my humble opinion that if the mos? learned editors of the Times” would please peruse their Latin grammar. they would find that sine die has no reference whatever to color, but that it has an en tirely different meaning. If they had paid strict attention to their studies when they were scholars, (though I doubt if they ever were,) they would not have exposed their ignorance to the public in such a manner. lam astonished that the most respectfal editors of the “Times” should bemean themselves so much as to meddle with dar kies (as they call them.) They must most assuredly be identified with darkies, for ‘whoever acts like a darkey, or espresses darkey sentiments, is a darkey, no matter what caste he may be. I am confident, Mr. Editor, that you will agree with me in asserting that the sentiments they have ex pressed are tinged with darkeyism. If they will have the goodness to attend the next Convention of the people of color, they will teach them good manners, or common courtesy, at least, (that is, if they are teach able.) If they are afraid to come alone, please get the editor of the New York Herald” and James Buchanan to accom pany them. Rev. William T. Catto, of Wash ington, D. C., made his advent here to-day. Heis to preach in the Talcott street Congregational Church this evening. Wilbur G. Strong proposes also giving a lecture and varied jreading entertainment in the Pearl street M. E. Church, at the same time. lintend leaving this city for Middle town, on Saturday, the 20th inst. Yours fraternally, METAMORA. HarTrorp, Aug. 19, 1859. Dear Axero:—This large, thriving, busy city is at this time rather barren of any in teresting news, except that I have seen Mr. Wilbur G. Strong, principal of the colored school at Newark, N. J. He is here visiting his parents and friends, and designed delivering a lecture last evening, accompanied with some comic and dramat ic recitations, at Zion Methodist Chapel; but, on account of the small number pres ent when the hour arrived for commencing the exercises, he postponed the matter two weeks hence. 'The principal reason of the paucity of persons in attendance was the first appearance of Rev. Wm. T. Catto, (recently from Washington, D. C.,) at the Talcott street Congregational Church; but, being unable to attend, I cannot say any thing more than that I hear he delivered a fine sermon, and that it was generally ac ceptable. This church and society have been without a pastor for some time, but are now endeavoring to induce the Rev. Mr. Catto to accept a call. lam unac quainted with this gentleman, but his rep utation as a scholar, a man, and a preacher stands high. I have just seen your general traveling agent, and he intimates to me rather pri vately and confidentially, (be careful and not repeat this,) that his experience in Hartford has very much surprized and dis appointed him, for either the people of col or here are not getting adequate compen sation for their labor, or are lamentably averse to improving their minds by reading the choicest productions of our talented colored men, or else enviously and jealous ly indifferent to the worthy claims of the recent literary enterprizes—viz: “The An glo African Magazine” and “The Weekly Anglo-African.” Such are some of the im pressions that your agent told me he had forced upon him, and he told me more; but I beg pardon for repeating so much; and further on that point deponent saith not, as no doubt your agent is of age, and will write you more fully. The flourishing Sabbath school attached to the Zion M. E. Church, in Pearl street, held a creditable monthly concert last Sab bath evening, 14th inst., at said church,un der the direct supervision of its young but energetic and willing superintendent, Mr. Hitchcock. All the exercises passed off ad mirably, and the children were cheered and encouraged by the presence of their parents, teachers, and many other friends, among whom I must mention Dr. Wells and Da vid Hawley, city missionary. The former beautifully addressed the children and pa rents, and the latter made the most effec tive speech that T ever heard addressed to a Sabbath sehool. It is impossible for me to do it any justice; therefore, just let me say that it was mosaically interspersed with the most appropriate anecdotes, which at one time drew copious tears both from juveniles and adults, and at another the whole audience were convulsed with laugh ter. Evidently Sabbath school addresses are Mr. Hawley’s forte. i There are quite a large number of sub i stantial buildings in the course of erection here—dwellings, stores, warehouses, and one large church edifice for the Methodist denomination. The hard times, apparently, are just on the “leave,” and good times are almost ev erywhere prevalent, as ean be seen in all the workshops and manufactories, the large wholesale and retail establishments, and the vast number of mechanics and laborers as busy as bees in almost all quarters of the city. Excuse brevity. SKIMMER. OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER. PriLapeLPHIA, Aug. 22, 1859, Mr. Eprror:—Pursuant to announce ment, General J. J. Simons, of New York, delivered a lecture upon “the present and future aspect of the colored people of the United States” on Monday evening, the 15th inst. The lecture was given in the basement of the Central Presbyterian Church, Lombard st., below Ninth. The speaker alluded to several plans that had been inaugurated for our amelioration. ’:H_e said: We have met in conventions and WW*which have failed to bring us G&Vemncé; we have wept, and prayed, and sighed, and yet we are not el evated.” He would suggest a plan, as we are driven to the last extremity, and that is, that we take the Bible in one hand, and the sword in the other, and battle for our rights; but he did not want to kill any body. Now,what use would the sword be if not to kill? But it is natural for milita. ry generals to use the sword for every pur pose, and perhaps the General used the sword in this case as a means of frighten ing our enemies. The lecturer took very high grounds on the question of human freedom,and characterized the Dred Secctt decision” as tyrannical and anti-republican in its character. “I challenge the most learned orator of your city,” said the Gen eral, to show that we have had any rela tionship with Africa for the last 240 years,” &e. At the close of the lecture, the General invited Messrs. Jacob C. White, Sr., and John C. Bowers, to speak, whereupon Mr. Bowers took the stand and made “a few remarks,” in which he endorsed the senti ments of the lecturer iz toto. Mr. White then arose and said in substance that he had retired from public life and was labor ing in another field; he was happy to see young men coming up areund him into whose hands he would entrust the adminis tration of public affairs; that he had al ways thought for himself, and hoped ever to do so, and for one he deprecated the idea of being dictated to. Mr. White’s re marks were delivered in a tone of firmness and good humor; they were suggested by the air and manner of the General, the whole tenor of whose remarks, during the lecture, was dictatorial and assuming. “The Frank Johnson Guards” made an excursion, on Tuesday last, to Haddington Mansion, in full uniform. They made a very respectable appearance, and were fa vorably noticed by the press of our city. At Haddington speeches were made by Messrs. Lieut. Daniel Colly, J. J. Simons, Frederick C. Revels, and others. Mr. Wm. H. Johnson was advertised to speak, but being unable to attend, Mr. Revels read the following letter from him, which elicited three hearty rounds of applause: PuruapeLpaia, Aug. 16, 1859, Tuesday, .6 o’clock A. M. To the Frank Johnson Guards GENTLEMEN AND SorpiErs:—Owing to the complicated pressure of business, and the uncontrollable force of circumstances with which I am surrounded, it is rendered impracticable for me to be at Haddington to-day. Therefore, please accept these reasons as sufficient apology for not com plying with your very kind invitation to participate in the demonstration to-day in favor of the rights of black men, in com mon with white ones,in the State of Penn sylvania, and against slavery in the United States. You cannot adequately appreciate the feelings of regret experienced by me in thus being deprived of the pleasure to raise my weak voice, with other gentle men, in the expression of our heartfelt ap preciation for the spirit which has actuated so many of our fellow proscribed Ameri cans to shoulder the musket and mount the epaulettes. Soldiers, this looks as if you mean to do something worthy of your noble and brave ancestors, who, in the revolution, bore arms, and bore them bravely; who fought for the liberties of our common country; who stood transfixed with the enemy’s bayonets; who bequeathed to you a proud inheritance; and it is fitting and proper that you maintain it, if for no other pur pose than to perpetuate their immortal memories. Soldiers, allow me to congratulate you upon the successful completion of your military organization. It is in your power to contribute much towards refuting the base calumnies heaped upon our people, namely: that we are not capable of self government, that we have not the capacity for noble attainments, and that we are nat urally inferior to the Anglo-Saxon race. These charges we have to refute, and the question now is, how is this to be done? You seem to have properly solved the problem. It can be done, and done only, by our people making themselves familiar with all the different branches of the arts and sciences, and then they will command the respect and esteem of all mankind. Our claims upon this Government will then be considered with favor by those in power. Itis a duty incuwbent upon some to preach from the pulpit the doctrines of re vealed religion, and others to diffuse from the rostrum and with the pen literature and knowledge, and others to inform them selves of, and practice, professional pur suits, whilst others, with pencil and chisel, are acquiring a proficiency in the arts and sciences of the age we live in. It becomes you, citizens, soldiers, to acquire a perfect knowledge of military tactics and the art of modern and scientific warfare. Soldiers, do not trust to your arms for ‘the acquirement of your rights or the abo lition of slavery. No, I warn you against allowing yourselves to be thus deluded. Believe me when I tell you that the rights of the proseribed are not to be obtained at the point of the bayonet, or slavery to die by the sword. No revolution fraught with blood and death is to affect our dearest hopes. It will be done by good reasoning and a common sense way of proving the fitness of our people to adorn the higher walks of life, and to the conversion of the American people to a true sense of the many wrongs imposed upon us,and the in justice of American oppression When this is consummated, (and T devoutly pray that it will shortly be,) our wrongs will be righted, and proscri(i)tion will cease to af fect you and me, and slavery, growing dis gusted with herself, and for want of suste nance, will commit suicide. May God, in His infinite mercy and goodness, prolong your lives, that you may be able to fire your first gun over her downfall as a fune ral salute. WM. H. JOHNSON. When we want to play soldier, we labor under a disability, for, according to the State Constitution, the beating of arms is confined to able-bodied white male citizeng, The number of deaths reported to the Board of Health last week was 205, thir teen of whom were colored. l BANNEKER. OUR MIDDLETOWN LETTER Mivoierowy, Ct., Aug. 17, 1850 ok e ok cousin, Miss El;j mst"accoufpanied by my t,w 2 lectu:: _eth L.. Waters. I' tiiero gregational Churelh o?v:}:il:et;li:: L;) e in the Taleott street’ Convre’ i e‘ e gregational Church, (colored.) I then proceeded alone fo f,. F’ron, lelel"e we had an interesting mees. b T e L umstances) 1y the name of Peters, with whop hand an old lady by the name of Elizabeth, A ams, who was born on Long Islang, Sep tember, 1757. She detailed readily Many striking incidents relative to the revoly. tionary war, and sung two war songs for me. Her faculties are all good with the exception of a slight failure in hearing. She is of Indian and African extractio, She is shrewd and witty, and is as activ, as some of her great-grandchildren, v, whom lam acquainted. Not long ago 2 gentleman informed her that Dan Rices big show was within six miles of her, whey, she quickly answered, “take down o hundred,” (meaning herself,) and she wi]; be show enough.” I asked her how it wys that she was so much more witty than any of her posterity. She replied, That i easily accounted for; I have been in the world a great while longer than they have.” I am informed that for the last twenty years she has walked once a weck a dic tance of seven miles, done a day’s work and returned in the evening, making foyr. teen miles a day, or seven hundred ay twenty-eight miles a year. For Lo day’s labor she received fifty cents, o twenty-six dollars a year, which she save( until she had suflicient to purchase a o with a neat little cottage thereon, that sh. rents out for thirty dollars a year. The present year she has been keeping hous for her grandson, Mr. Norris Peters, a sin. gle man, and who owns a good farm of for. ty acres. She attends to all the house work, and has breakfast ready every morn. ing at four o’clock. Itwill be rememberel that this old lady and her children were iy bondage many years, and while those wh enslaved her, and denied her the mos common education, (for she cannot real one word,) have been summoned long sinc: to an unknown world, she still lives in the enjoyment of excellent health and in the possession of a happy home. I would call the attention of the N. Y. “Herald,” and other enemies of the colored man, to thi case,and defy them to point to a single i stance among the whites that will compar in the slightest respect with this. I purpose visiting Brattleboro, Boston, Providence and Newport, returning in ser son for the Troy Convention. T shall all that I can to procure subscribers t your best of publications. I expect to lec ture here this evening, and to-morrow even ing at Springfield. Yours for truth and justiee, W. F. JOHNSON. OUR NEWARK LETTER. Newark, N. J.,, August 23, 1850. Mg. Epiror:—ln my last letter I alluded to an altercation that took place in the Z M. E. Church, between the Revs. T. A Davis and Wm. Butler. As the partict lars at that time were not definitely stated. it is but just that the parties should be placed before the public in a true and right light. It appears that the Rev. Mr. But. ler was at Newark by invitation of th: pastor, Rev. J. Trusty, whom he expectd to meet at the church, but failing to fin! him there, he concluded to await his arr val. Mr. Davis, who was present at the time, got into a debate with a sister, with whom the most friendly feelings did not exist. They both used unbecoming lan guage, and were much excited. Mr. Da vis went so far as to speak of the reputa tion of her family. This was too much for her to stand, and she became highly in censed. At this juncture Mr. Davis left her and passed to the opposite side of the church, and there met Mr. Buatler, who, having heard the row, and considering Mr. D. to be in fault, proceeded to reprimand him for troubling the woman, and particn larly for making use of the language he used towards her. This affronted Mr. D, who replied, rather abusively, that he would not allow a young whipper-snapper to call him, a man of a family, to an ac count. Mr. Butler, as a brother, felt that he had done no more than discharge his duty by stating what he had, therefore he repeated the same. At this Mr. D. be came incensed, and used, towards Mr. B, objectionable language, which was imne diately repelled, when one word brougi on another until the reputation of M Butler's family was individually assailed in such abusive language that Mr. 8., for getting his position in society, and also the place where he was then standing, resent: ed it by stating, in unmistakable language, that it was a lie, and that a repetition o the same would induce him to slap his cheek. Mr. D. did not hesitate to repeat the objectionable language, which was 19 sooner done than Mr. B. slapped his fa.ce- Mr. D., forgetting the humble injunction to turn the other cheek, resented it instant'v er by a blow at Mr. 8., which rather mar-| red his appearance. A brother m“‘

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tmc came “to the rescue,” and order ed them to desist, as they were desecrating the house of God by their conduct,and he, a 5 trustee, would not allow it. Mr. B. im- mediately acknowledged that he had done wrong and was sorry for it. But Mr. D, who was not to be intimidated by the trus tee or his vested authority, caught an um brella that was standing by, and broke it over the trustee’s head, for which he would have been roughly handled had it not been for others, who interfered and succeeded in quelling the disturbance. By this time quite 2 number had collected in front of the church and the affair became public, ayd many were the rumors. The Rev. Mr. Trusty, as soon as he heard of it, took immediate steps to have the affair brought before the proper persons, and settled ac cording to the discipline of their church. The nearest elders of the Connexion met at Newark on the 16th. They were the Revs. Juo. A. Williams, W. C. Marshal, and J. Trusty. The parties, who had been notified to be present, together with the witnesses, were on hand at the appointed time. When the brothers were called upon to answer to the charge they both plead guilty. Mr. Butler acknowledged that he had done wrong in allowing himself to be come so excited as to strike the brother, for which he told him at the time he was sorry. He also acknowledged that he had desecrated the house of God, for which he hoped to be forgiven. After this manifest ation of repentance he was reinstated. On the part of Mr. Davis, who plead guilty, there was no submission. He denied the statements of the witnesses, who were members of the church, and whose state ments were corroborated by those who were in and about the church at the time. He told them that it was a concocted plan among them to injure him. He became very noisy and would hear to no one, and tho committee could not do otherwise than suspend him until the sitting of the Quar terly or Annual Conference. The annual pic-nic of the Bethel Church Sabbath School took place in Coe’s Woods on the 18th. This being the fourth pic nic, it was not so numerously attended as was their last. 'There was quite a number of strangers present, among whom were the Revs. Mr. Crippen, Mr. Jones, and others. It was a great satis faction to many anxious parents and guar dians that there were not so many one- Lorse vehicles on the ground as at the pic nic in July. Then quite a number of the young ladies and gentlemen participated in that dangerous and cruel sport of horse racing, but owing to the mercy of Divine Providence, and not to the skill of the per formers, no serious accident occurred. One couple, who were driving, Jehu like, were thrown over the dash-board of the chaise in a gladiatorial style that would have “brought down the house,” had it occur red in your late Hippodrome. 1 PASSAIC. LETTER FROM NEW GARDEN, IND. New Garpey, Ind., Aug. 3, 1859. Mg. Eprror:—The anniversary of the emancipation in the West India Islands was celebrated yesterday by the people of color, at Richmond, from various parts of this State. The daughters of Ruth and the Masonic Fraternity turned out in full re galia. The Sabbath Schools, citizens, and visitors from various parts, joined the pro cession, which was organized in front of Starr Hall, and marched through diverse streets, with music and banners, which made a grand display. From thence to the Fair grounds, under the direction of Grand Marshall Calvin Outland, where a sumptuous dinner was prepared under his superintendence. At about one o'clock the audience was addressed by the talented Frances Ellen Watkins, of Baltimore; af ter which an oration was delivered by the cloquent and well known 11. Ford Doug lass, of Chicago, 111. Between the talent ed two the cause of the down-trodden and oppressed was fully vindicated, and the great theory of human rights was held up in its true light to thousands. The curs ing and blighting form of slavery was fair ly and justly exhibited to the cowards of the North, who uphold this God-defying, man-degrading, soul-crushing, and hell-de serving institution, which holds men in ab ject bondage. After the orations were con cluded, the procession again formed and re turned to the city, and then dismissed. At night the people again assembled in Starr Hall, where they were addressed by Miss Watkins and Mr. Douglass, the former on “Home Influence,” and the latter on the Brutality of Slavery;” after which they were served with refreshments,and a social reiinion took place, and so closed this an niversary of the emancipation in the Brit ish West India Islands. The eloquent and talented Frances Ellen Watkins, has been lecturing in this State for some two months, with great success, and we hope the Hoosier State will yet become a pat tern for her sister States in doing the great work of freedom., Yours for truth and right, J. GREENLY AMPEY. Y, In the police reports of the Richmond Enquirer” appears the folluwing strange item: “T'wo slaves named Gasby and Ben, belonging to J. P. Ballard, were ap-‘ propriately punished for having white wo men in their rooms at the Exchange Hotel If Gasby and Ben had taken rooms at the Exchange Hotel why should they have been appropriately punished” for feceiving company, a privilege allowed the other boarders j For the Weekly Anglo-African. THE NEW ENGLAND CONVENTION. Mr. Epitor:—As conventions appear to be the order of the day, from the ones re cently held at Harrisburg, Boston, and yet to be at Troy, on the 13th of next month, perhaps a word or two in reference to them may not be amiss in your very commend. able paper. Now, in regard to the one at Harrisburg I have but little to say, riot be ing present, but, from all accounts, it was but an edition of former days, except a lit tle more hilarity and kicking of the foot at the Assembly Ball, done up in the distin guished capitol city style. Now we do not condemn a reasonable amount of pru dent physical enjoyment connected with mental pleasure, but we do say that we have neither time or means for such ex travagant expenditures. How much bet ter than educating the elasticity of our heels would it be to achieve what we can for the best interests of our crushed people and the honor of God—especially we who are so exceedingly limited in time, num bers, and in intelligence. As to the Boston effort, if we dared to be so unclassic in this progressive age, we would say, behold the labor of the moun tain, but the product is the squeak of the mouse. 'T'rue,it was a glorious gathering, so far as earnest, noble hearts were con cerned, yet it was abortive of many good, practical results—not because these hearts failed in their activities, but because over borne by other considerations, which were made of greater moment and power by those who claimed the authority; in plain words, there were but two prominent is sues before that meeting—equal school rights in Providence, and African civiliza tion. This absorbed much of the time and intelligence of it. Now, as to the school effort, it was, on the part of those engaged in it, indeed noble and manly— worthy of our highest eulogy; but it was in very bad taste, to say the least, to give it so prominent a part in this meeting. Now I, for one, would be glad to hear those who there advocated this question of equal school rights, at any proper time or place, for they did it with so much ability and elo quence, but 1 did not expect to be called to Boston to witness the ovation. Neither did I suppose that this meeting was called to alleviate the pain and heal the wounds that our friend, the President, received at that terrible onslaught in Shiloh Church, New York, for, as much as I sympathized with him, I should rather he would have borne his defeat as a good soldier, knowing that he was not the only man who was wounded and unhorsed in that battle, and who have as yet had no redress, except a consciousness of having attempted to do duty. Now what has our friend done but to jeopardise his wounds again, in accept ing battle with the Rev. J. Sella Martin, of Boston, a man who deals only in shafts 'qf steel that seldom miss their mark But I will not despair, Mr. Editor, (though we once in a while have abortions after well-digested measures,) for our hori zon is brightening, hope is shedding its fee ble but yet cheering rays, and in the deep and distant vista, there are prestiges of a more glorious day coming. “There is a good time a coming, We may not live to see the day, But earth shall glisten in the ray Of the good time a coming.” Next week the subject of my remarks will be the Troy Convention. Yours for truth and right, LONG ISLANDER. A CARD. 1 TO THE PUBLIC. Having seen in the Anglo—African”! the publication of a fight betweeen Mr. Butler and myself, I would say that Mr. Butler offered the first insult and gave the first blow, and we both should have bheen tried and found guilty of the offence dis gracing the church and ourselves. At the trial, Mr. B. confessed that he gave the first blow and the first insult; and yet, for all that, the committee to try the case, with the pastor of the church, acquits Mr. But ler, and suspends me, until the sitting of the Annual Conference. 1 ask the public, is that just and right in the sight of God? If two thieves are detected in the same crime, should not both suffer alike? I think it is so in a court of justice. The law knows no favors, and has no cloak for the sins of any one individual. Why, if the crime is sufficient to bring down the penal ty of the law upon our head, we cannot es cape. They tell me in the decision that it was because I showed no humility that they convicted me. ‘Now, the murderer may weep, but because he shows signs of peni tence, will he be reprieved? No, for the law is just. 1 do this to show that there has been ‘partiality shown in the case. I know no ‘suspension as that until justice is done. ‘What more could Ido than to acknowl edge my guilt, and call for mercy And yet they cut my throat in the dark at their Quarterly Conference, in my absence. I hope the community will see how unjust they have been to their neighbors, from the split in the Connexion down to the present day. I will have more to say as soon asl get a letter from Halifax. Yourstruly, REV. THOS.A. DAVIS. The State of South Carolina is taking a census, and in seventeen parishes there is adecrease of over 5,000 whites since 1855, while the blacks have largely increased. The Palmetto State will soon be African ized. Helvs Summary. The Rev. J. C. Gangooly, the some what famous Brahmin preacher, who was recently a “lion” among the visiters at Saratoga, was refused a place at the table at the Glen House on account of his color, while on a visit to the White Mountains the other day. The Boston Transeript,” which publishes a communication from the insulted and incensed Brahmin, says he is about the color of Tom Corwin, of Ohio, and Senator Hamlin, of Maine, and does not look so much like one of the African race as Senator Pearce, of Maryland. The Troy Budget” of the 16th says: Yesterday afternoon a young and intelli gent colored lad named Chew, formerly a waiter at the Verandah, and now an em ployee upon the steamer Francis Skiddy, was drowned yesterday afternoon near the dock running along Starbuck’s foundry. The coroner’s inquest resulted in the usual verdict. The lad was fourteen years of age.” A female slaveholder in Little Rock, Ar kansas, recently caused her advertisement to be inserted in the papers of her locale “Run away from the subscriber on the 28th inst., a negro man named LeGrand, generally calling himself LeGrand Field, about 25 years old, almost white, would pass for a white man anywhere, about 5 feet 10 inches high—had a slight goatee when he left, is not talkative, is a man of good address, had on good clothes, and makes a genteel appearance.” The Baton Rouge Gazette” has the following: On the first trip down of that elegant packet, the Charmer, a man got on at Rodney, and took possession of a negro boy employed on the boat, whom he at once proceeded to tie with his hands behind him. It seems that the boy was the prop. erty of the man. In the process of tying the man talked loud, and gave his lan guage the polish of an occasional oath. The boy said he would sooner die than go with the man, to be treated as he had been, and soon after jumped into the river and was drowned. The boat was under head way, and stopped a moment, but the negro did not rise.” A colored man named Harding Johnson fell into the water while endeavoring to go on board a vessel lying at Fort Hill wharf, and was drowned. Johnson was steward of the schooner Lively, lying at Clarke’s wharf, East Boston, and was 22 years of age. He was a Nova Scotian. A correspondent of theN. Y. “Tribune,” writing from Saratoga Springs, under date of August 16th, says: “I chanced last evening to attend a lecture given by the Rev. Mr. Garnet, of your city, before a society of young colored men of this place. At the close of the lecture, there was in troduced to the large audience, composed of colored people, Southern visitors, and others, a white woman, Mrs. Wells, of St. Louis, who had purchased herself, after be ing sold in the slave shambles; also, had purchased her mother and others of her family, and has now raised nearly enough money to complete the purchase of her on ly remaining sister. The case of Pompey, slave of P. Roney, Esq., charged with the murder of Elisha Malone, a free man of color, was conclud ed at Dinwiddie Court-House, Va., on the 7th inst. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to transportation. His val ue was assessed at 51,125. The judgment of the court was “murder in the second de gree.” Four of the magistrates were at first in favor of rendering a verdict of mur der in the first degre, the one remaining being for the verdict finally given. An affecting reiinion of a slave mother and daughter took place in Washington on Wednesday. They had been separated many years. The daughter had come from her master in T'ennessee, provided by him with money and other necessaries, to find the old woman. Thisshe did. The moth er, in rags and misery, tooold to work, will have solace for her declining years. FROM WASHINGTON. WasniNgron, Monday, Aug. 22, 1859. The Administration has bestowed upon the subject of the African slave trade its earnest attention, and, with a view of sup pressing as far as possible this traffic, has initiated measures more efficient and exten sive than ever before for that purpose. The squadron for the coast of Africa, as arranged by the Secretary of the Navy, will censist of the following named vessels: The steamers Mystic, Sumpter, San Jacin to, and Mohican, and the sloops-of-war Constellation, (the flag-ship,) Portsmouth, Marion, and Vincennes. The most effi cientofficers are assigned to their command. Those of the steamers Mystic and Sump ter are, respectively, Lieutenant W. E. Le- Roy, and Lieutenant G. F. Armstrong. These gentlemen were, at their own re quest, ordered to this service. Their ves sels being of light draught, can penetrate waters too shallow for those which have hitherto been on that coast, beside having the advantage of steam. Hence slavers will be more closely pursued. The joint treaty with England requires that the United States shall keep on the Algerian coast a force of eighty guns, but by the recent arrangement on the part of the Administration the number of our guns will be one hundred and sixteen. Mr. Birney, who succeeds Mr. Morse as Naval Store-Keeper, went out in the Con stellation, with instructions to remove the naval depot for the African Squadron from Porto Praya to San Paul de Lando, which is three hundred and thirty-six mlles south of the Congo River, or about twenty-five hundred miles distant from Porto Praya. This new depot will consequently be much nearer than the former to the principal points of traffic on the coast, and will, ina great measnre, obviate the necessity of long cruises. £On our own coast, too, there is to be an efficient naval force, composed of the steam ers Crusader, Lieut. Maffit; the Mohawk, Lieut. Craven; Wyandotte, Lieut. Stan ley; and the Fulton, Commodore G. G. Williamson. They are to cruise in the neighborhood of Cuba, for the purpose of capturing any slavers which may, by their expertness, escape the vigilance of our na val police on the Afiican coast. These arrangements will soon go into full operation, and the Secretary of the Navy is now hurrying the preparation of such of the vessels as are yet in port for this important service. DREADFUL OUTRAGES. Bavrimock, Tuesday Aug. 23, 1859. A dreadful series of outrages were per petrated on Saturday night, on board the steamer Express, whith left here the same evening, with a large company for the camp meeting on Choptank River. After the boat had got some distance from the city, a party of rowdies rallying under the ery of “Enbolts,” Ranters,” and Rip- Raps,” made an indiscriminate assault upon the white and colored passengers, knock ing them down in every direction. Many of them were horribly beaten, and several stabbed. Many of the white men were robbed of their money and watches, the assailants blowing out the lights to prevent their being recognized. One colored man was stabbed, and his wife outraged in his presence. On Sunday morning the boat stopped at Cambridge, where the Sheriff of Dorchester county arrested four of the ringleaders, and committed them to jail. It is reported that one colored man has died of his wounds. Personal. il The Hampshire “{azette” says that Prof. O. C. Gilbert, the eloquent colored orator and excellent mmsician,” is concert izing with success in the neighborhood of Northampton, Mass. The Hon. Daniel Hdat, of Sandwich, N. H.,one of the earliest and most successful merchants of Carroll tounty, died at his residence on the 11th imst. He was a man of active ability, generous feeling, and un doubted integrity. He was the earliest candidate of the Anti-Slavery party for Governor of New Hampshire, having first been put in nominatin twenty years ago. Gen. Hoit was 83 ywars of age, and re tained his full mentd vigor to the last. He was President of the Carroll County Bank at the time of lis decease, but had long since withdrawn from the active pur suits of his manhood. Miss Louisa C. C. Waters, who has been the guest of the Hon. Joshua R. Giddings for the last six months, and who is known at the West as the “Erie Warbler,” will probably visit New Yak before long. Miss Elizabeth L. Waters is spending the summer vacation Erie, Pa., and will resume her labors the Ist of September. Rev. Amos Gerry leman, who is now spending a few days with us, purposes vis iting, ;next week, Gteenport and other places on Long Islang in prosecution of his very important mision, to which we have made reference m another column. Our readers may expect to hear from him. A correspondent wrting from Hartford on the 23d inst., says: “I have just learned that the Rev. J.T. Holly preached his farewell sermon lst Sabbath even ing.” Rev. Stephen Smitl, of Philadelphia, accompanied by his niete, Mrs. U. B. Vi dal, and family, arrivad in this city on Wednesday. Prof. C. L. Reason md lady returned home on Wednesday, fom a visit to Prince ton and Cape May. Wm. Whipper is mazing a tour through the provinces of Canads, during the month of August. Paul Drayton has reurned, much bene fitted by his Western teur. {From the Fraukin Visitor.) i SAMUEL R. WARD'S LETTERS FROM JAMATICA. NUMBER TWO. The white people of this island are, as you may judge from wiat I have already said, exceedingly like tie Southern whites of your continent, and therefore very un like those of the North Slaveholders ev erywhere, as a rule, beng in a false, un manly, dependent positi)n, acquire habits of effeminacy. Hence, whether they de scended from, or were connected with, the most robust, the most vigorous, the most enterprising of the human race, or not, they are sure to present, in bedy, and mind, and morals, the saddest specimens of weakness and degeneracy. Not even the natural de pravity of our fallen natare is so fruitful a source of untold and universal mischief, when left free, as the mast refined, the best regulated age, and the most religious state of society wherein despetism is an admit ted and a recognized element. If no other reason could be given, the following would be abundantly conclusive—viz: Slavery cramps, cripples, obscures, enervates, and, in the end, destroys the religious principle, just as it blasts, withers, scorches every other thing of “lively report”—every other thing upon which the welfare of society de pends. Hence it is that slaveholding communi. ties, left to themselves, present none of the features—much less of the achievements— of such enterprize as digs canals, constructs railroads, builds colleges, sends forth mis. sionaries, and evangelizes unenlightened districts. Slavery never overspread Lan. caster with spindles, nor Lowell with looms. No, no; the cotton of Carolina has to be carried by freemen thousands of milestobe convertec{ by freemen into decent fabrics. Your Southern post-roads must be kept in repair by Northern money. And but for the incessant flow of Northern mind and Northern capital to the South, your South.- ern States, because slave States, would ne ver have a decent college, nor even an academy like yours of Franklin. Enerva tion, imbecility, and an absence of all en terprise—indeed, an unfitness to breathe the very air of freedom—is the result of slavery upon the dominant class. Just this will you see in every part of this is land. We have, growing spontaneously all around us, in the greatest abundance, some half-dozen different fibrous plants. We could make from them paper enough to supply half the world. We import wrapping paper for our shops. Yonder lies a mountain seven miles in length; it is a mass of limestone within, while its surface abounds in wood, fit to burn the stone into lime. Yet, except at the penitentiary, we have not a decent lime-kiln within thirty miles of us. We are farmers. But we import pork, lard, butter, hams, cheese and—save the mark —lndian corn So it was in the days of slavery—so it is now. Here is the city of Kingston, with 36,- 000 inhabitants. We have forty miles of streets in this city. 'T'here is not a quar ter of a mile of side-walk or any other de cent foot-path in the whole city. You must go to Aleppo or Bagdad before you shall see such barbarous streets and lanes as ours for driving. We have a natural descent, from north to south, from the mountain to the bay; yet no other gut ters or channels for the drainage of our town, than such as the water finds for it self. Our mails are carried on mules’ backs; ninety-nine one-hundredths of our population never saw a stage-coach, for the very good reason that there never was one on the island. We have a railway run ning sixteen miles into a bush, and a tele graph line, recently established, betwixt Kingston, the metropolis,and Spanishtown, the capitol. One hour’s travel in the first class carriages would fatigue you as much as a drive of five miles over a corduroy road, in a lumber wagon. The trade around the island is committed entirely to sailing vessels of the smallest size, rudest construction, and slowest movement. We depend upon the United States for almost everything. We need, therefore, the ad vantage of steam communication with you. The matter has been before two sessions of Parliament. In the first, the proposition was negotiated; in the second, it was car ried, and that was all. Nothing whatever was done—nothing will be done. These are the people whom emancipa tion “ruined.” MARRIED. In Jersey City, July 23d, by Rev. lloover, Mr. ALrrep J. ALDRIDGE to Miss CorDELIA A BARrTIEN. Special Rotices. e k& To the Colored Citizens OF THE STATE oF NEW York.—lt becomes my du ty as President of the New York State Suffrage Association to request you forthwith to call meet ings in the several towns and counties of the State, for the purpose of electing delegates to at tend the Political Suffrage Convention, which is to be held at Troy, N. Y., commencing on Tues day, the 13th day of September next, at ten o’clock A. M., and to continue two days if deemed advisable by the Convention. A large amount of important business will be brought before the Convention, and a large gathering is anticipated. Let all who desire the social, moral, and political elevation of our people, see to it that this Con vention is second to none that has been heretofore held for the consideration of this question. We are laboring for our just rights. Let us show the world that we are in earnest. Papers friendly to the objeets of the Conven tion will please copy. In behalf of Association. 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The re production of the article at this time is called for and is eminentla' oo?portune, when, on either hand, the hellish s of Intemperance are surg ing back upon eommunities once reclaimed from their devastating flow.—True American (Erie, Pa) No work on Temperance ever had such a wide cireculation as this and the exigency of the times seemed to eall for its republication. It purports to be a Dream,’ but it is not all a dream,” but an awful reality.”—News Letter (Westfield, Mass.) A dream that is worth dreaming. Generally speaking, we have very little confidence in dreams. “Dreams are liars,” yet there are dreams that tell truth of vast import. This is true of Joscph's dreams, Daniel’s, and of others recorded 1. God's Book. Bm:f*an dreamed a dream that astonished the world, that scattered light and life the earth around; and this same dream is still doing wonders! 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This work has been compiled as a means of en lightening publie sentiment on an interesting but much neglected department of American History, and is graced with an introduction by Mrs. Har riet Beecher Stowe, and illustrated by engravings of Crispus Attucks, the first martyr in the Boston massacre of Mareh 6th, 1770; Peter Salem, on Bunker Hill, and a fac-simile autograph -certifi cate of General Washington, tendered to a eolored soldier. The increasing interest on the general subject of Slavery invests this book with rare at traction at the present time, for throughout its pages are exhibited various phases of the })ecu liar institution,” interwoven with incidents of pat riotism and bravery of colored Americans in the days that tried men’s souls.” From several com mendatory notices of the press, the following are selections “This neat volume of nearly 400 pages is a very curious and interesting book, not only as regard’s ‘the character of its contents, but as being the pro duction of a ]{oung colored man, a native of, and educated in, Boston. It erports to be an effort to stem the tide of prejudice against the colored race, and to show that they are fit for something higher than the menial drudgery to which they are generally doomed. Mr. Nell has gathered many interesting facts, and woven them together in a very effective manner. He has extended his researches into the local his tories of seventeen of the States of the Union, and presents a great mass of tcstimrzx(xiy in behalf of the military services of the colored people, which will astonish those who have not heretofore given the subjecta thought. He very properly com mences with the story of Crispus Attuc&, tie mu latto who fell at the time of the Boston Massa ere,” and records very many deeds of Proweu. not forgetting, of course, those of the colored veter ans at the battle of New Orleans. He has also embodied much information in the che?tcrs onthe condition and prospects of the colored American, and in the Appendix.”—Salem Reguster, This work is an enlargement, and an improve ment as well, of a valuable pamdphlet Eublilged by Mr. Nell several years ago, and which had gone entirely out of print. Itisa record of strii.ing facts, which, as they illustrate the important ser vices rendered by colored men in the struggle of this nation with the mother country, it has too of ten been the polic{iof our white historians to ig nore or conceal. Mr. Nell's industry in compiling this volume is equalled only by his modest esti mate of the value of his labors. He deserves the thanks of every friend of impartial liberty, and his book should find a lflace in every Anti-Slavery household. It is well caleulated to put our spuri ous Christianity and our sham Democracy alike to the blush of shame for the eruel prejudice against the ecolored people, to which they so in sanely eling, and for denying to them the rights and privileges of manhood, and dooming them to social preseription and virtual outlawry, in a land for whose deliverance from oppression their fath ers freely shed their blood.—Anti-Slavery Stand- ard. The title of the native colored pe.:(i)le of this country to be considered as men brethren” of the whites, has been often contested by ungen erous men, who are willing to consider t{e negro asa i)crson,” but rejeet his elaims to ecitizen ship. In this volume, the heroism which was dis played by some of the colored men whose blood mingled with that of their white compatriots. in 1 the Revolution, is commemorated, together with ‘the testimonials which those who lived in the times t;vihen the services of black men were ne.lt.l;: rej nor ized, paid to the colored fegficers of oand E::gu. It is a timely work, well written, and full of historic faets of value to every reader.— Rochester Democrat. MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM. BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 1 vol., 12mo. 464 pp., Illns_.&ated. Price $l, It reveals the m& servile life with in- BOOKS. tense vividness and impressiveness, that can but fasten its facts and nts upon the reader’s mind as with a pen 03 iron and with the point of a le;mond— Vt. 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It hasan ample re source in phrase, sreat perspicuitfy, and a musical, resonating, and half-rhythmie style, which reminds the reader of the author’s origin, and of the native ‘melodies of his race. The book manifests a high, ‘and, to us, unexpected polish. The interest ‘aroused and kept ug by a perusal of this book is of a high order, and rarely degenerates.— Detroit Daily Advertiser. X TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE. The narrative of SoromoN NortHRUP, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a Cotton PYan tation near Red River, Louisiana. 7 illustra. trations, 336 pp. 12mo. Price gl, postage paid. VOICES OF THE PRESS. The volume eannot fail to gain a wide cireula tion. No one can contemplate the scenes which are here so naturally set forth, without a new con viction of the hideousness of the institution from which the subj;ct of the narrative has happily escaped.—N. Y. Tribune. We think the story as affecting as any tale of sorrow could be.—N. Y. Evangehst. Next to Unele Tom’s Cabin, the extraordinary narrative of Solomon Northrup is the most re markable book that was ever issued from the American press.— Detroit Trib. He who with an unbiassed mind sits down to the perusal of this book, will arise perfectly satis fied that American slavery is a hels)eof torments vet untold, and feel like gevoting the energies of his life to its extirpation from the face of God’s beautiful earth.— Evening Chronicle. GERRIT SMITH IN CONGRESS. “Slavery has no right but to die!” A work of over 400 pages, containing all his speeches delivered in Congress also, an accurate hlfeness. Price only 80 cents o sty and postage paid. FORTY YEARS IN SLAVERY. THE KIDNAPPED AND THE RANSOMED Being the personal recollections of Peter Still ang his wife Vina, after forty years in Slavery. BY MRS. KATE E. R. PICKARD, With an introduction by Rev. Samuel J. May, and a Biogra&l’lical Sketeh of Seth Concklin, y William H. Furness, D. D. 1 vol,, 4 illustrations, 408 pp. 12mo. Price %1, stage paid. Peter Still was i{i)dmppped in early childhood from the door-step of his home in New Jersey. For more than forty years he was a slave in Ken tucky and Alabama. At last he purchased his freedzm by the slow aceumulation of extra labor, and returning to the region of his birth, found his yet surviving mother and his numerous brothers and sisters, living in and near Philadelphia. His wife and three children, under the pilotage of Seth Concklin, attempted to escape, but were re eap tured at Vincennes, Indiana. Peter immediateiv set about collecting the means for their purchase. The sum demanded for them was exorbitant— £s,ooo—and would have discouraged almost any other man than Peter Still. Yet the strong social fcelix:lg and the energy of his race were strikingly manifest in his untiring perseverance, which was crowned with success, an.}i Peter had the unspeak able pleasure of bringing his household to a free home, where they can quietly enjoy their own fireside, free from the master’s frown and the dri ver's lash. The writer of this narrative was a highly es teemed teacher in the Female Scwminary at Tus cumbia, Alabama, who had everf' opportunity to acquire personal knowledge of all the prominent facts amfe circumstances which she has narrated. We can promise the lovers of exciting adventure very much in this volume to gratify their taste, and all those who really desire to fathom the heights and degths of that iniquity which is threatening the destruction of our Republic, may turn to it in the assurance that they will find in 1t much valuable information, given with the striet est regard to truth. THE PALM LAND; OR, WEST AFRICA, ILLUSTRATED Being a history of missionary labors and travels, with deseriptions of men and things in Westeru Africa. Also, a Synopsis of all the missionary work on that continent. BY GEORGE THOMPSON, Author of various works on Africa. Price $1.25. Sent by mail free of postage. THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. A Statistical View of the Condition of the FREE and SLAVE STATES. B’y Henry Chase and Charles W. Sanborn. Compiled from Offi cial Documents. 12m0., bound in ecloth. Price 50 eents. The able editor of The Evening Transcript. Boston, speaks thus of this work “This Ettle book contains a vast amount of in formation respecting the comparative condition of the Slaveholding and non-Slaveholding States, as to territory, population, industry, wea%th, edu eation, intelligence, rel'¥ion, moraF advancement and general progress. The work must have cost a great deal of laborious research, and it certain ly presents arguments in favor of freedom on ev ery page. It contains just the kind of informa tion that should be more generally known in all sections of the country. %Ve hope there will be a public demand for thousands of copies.” THE GREAT BOSTON SLAVE CASE. ANTHONY BURNS. A HISTORY. BY CHARLES EMERY STEVENS. IMustrated from Origina] Drawings made by an eye‘witness. 12m0., eloth, eents. The volume gives the secret hiator{ of the case together with personal sketches of the prmei(fml characters, includin%..lndfie Lorxoif, Wendell Phillips, Richard H. Dana, Jr., Theodore Parker, Gov. Gardner, Gen. Edmacds, Mayor Smith, Hal let Freeman, the Suttle l.m({(’)c“ In an ap pendix will be found official uments, letters, and other matter illustrative of the subject, to gether with a detailed account of the first slave case under the Constitution of 1780, in which the Supreme Court decided that Slavery no longer existed in Massachusetts. THE MARTYRS AND THE FUGITIVE. BY THE REV. 8. H. PLATT. Author of The Gift of Power,” &e., and Christ and Adornments,” &e. A thnlhng work on Slavery and the Slave Trade, detailing the capture of a family in Africa by the Slave-dealers, tgeir fearful journey to the eoast, the horrors of the middle puuge,” their sale in America, and subsequent martyrdom the slavery of their son, his terrible nfi’ermfis and per ilous escapes founded upon fact, but fictitiously %flh@dm order to shield him from detection, published for his benefit. Sent postpaid upon the receipt of 38 cents.

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Hoems, Bneedotes wnd Shetches —o— must be sweet in childhood to give back The spirit to its Maker, ere the heart Has grown familiar with the paths of sin, And sown, to garner up its bitter fruits. I knew a boy whose infant feet had trod Upen the blossoms of some seven springs, And when the eighth came round, and called bim out. To revel in its light, he turned away, And sought his chamber to lie down and die. "Tlwas night; he summoned his accustom'd friends, And in this wise bestowed his last requests Mother, I'm dying now! There is deep suffocation in my breast, As if some heavy hand my bosom pressed And on my brow 1 fecl the cold sweat stand My lips grow dry and tremulous, and my breath Comes feebly up. Oh! tell me, is this death? Mother, your hand— Here, Jay it on my wrist, And place the other now beneath my head And say, sweet mother, say, when T am dead Shall T be missed Never beside your knee Shall I kneel down again at night to pray, Nor with the morning wake, and sing the lay You taught fo me. *Oh, at the time of prayer, When you look round and sce a vacaut seat, You will not wait then for my coming feet— You’ll miss me there!” Fatber, I'm going home! To the good home you spoke of—that bless’d land Where it it is one bright summer always, and Storms do not eome, “1 must be bappy then— From pain and death you say I shall be free, That sickness never enters there, and we Shall meet again Brother, the little spot 1 used to call my garden, where long hours We've strayed to watch the budding things and flowers, Forget it not Plant there some box or pine— Something that lives in winter, and will be A verdant offering to my memory, And eall it mine.” Sister, my young rose tree, That all the spring has been my pleasant care, Juet putting forth its leaves so green and fair, I give to thee; And when its roses bloom, I shall be gone away—my short life gone— But will you not bestow a single one Upon my tomb 2" Now, mother, sing the tune You sang last night; I'm weary, and must sleep— Who was it called my name Nay, do not weep You'll all come soon Morping spread over earth her rosy wings, And that young sufferer, eold and ivory pale, Lay on his couch asleep. The gentle air Came through the opening window, freighted with The savory labors of the early spring He breathed it not. The laugh of passers-by Jarr’d like 2 discord in some mournful tune, But marred not his slumbers. He wasdead “SrosHiy’ Asour.”—At a certain “court time,” in Pike county, Alabama, there was a trial for a general row,and a witness tes tified that one Saltonstall jest kept sloshin’ about. As this remark regarding the chiv alrous Saltonstall was frequently repeated, said the lawyer for the defence:” Come, witness, say over again what it was that Mr. Saltonstall had to do with this affair.” Saltonstall! why, I've told you several times; the rest of them clinched and pair ed off, but Saltonstall he jest kept sloshin’ about.” “Ah, good fellow,” exclaimed the law yer, we want to know what thisis. It isn't legal evidence in the shape you put it. Tell us what you mean by sloshin’ about.” “Well,” answered the witness very de liberately, “I'll try. You see, John Brew er and Sykes clinched and fout. That’s in a legal form, ain’t it Oh, yes,” said the lawyer, goon.” Abner and Blackman then pitched into one another, and Blackman bit off a piece of Abner’s lip—that’s legal, too, aint it?” Proceed!” Simpson, and Bill Stone, and Murry, was all together on the ground, a bitin’ and kickin’ oue another—that’s legal, too, is it 77 “Very—but go on.” “And Saltonstall made it his business to walk backward and forward through the crowd with a big stick in his hand, and knock down every loose man in the crowd as fast as he came to ’em! That’s what I call sloshin’ about.”"— Montgomery Mail. Nor Fir ror tHE OFFicE.—Governor P—l, of Lentucky, tells a good one on himself. When on the canvass preceding his election, he stopped at a cabin on the wayside, in the eastern mountains of the State, for a bite of dinner. The good housewife served him a better repast than he expected, tender and juicy fresh veni son being one of the courses, followed by a tempting display of pastry. Cautting in to one of the pies, and tasting the same, his palate was entirely propitiated, and he paid his compliments to the lady by way of making an enquiry. _“Madam,” said he, this is a very deli cious pie; but upon my word I don’t know what is the fruit in it—pray tell me, if you please.” “Why! stranger; where did you come from demanded the dame in turn. “Well, I am from the lower part of the State, but no such fruit as this grows there. Indeed, madam, I am ignorant of thie fruit, and beg you will inform me what it is.” Up for Governor,” exclaimed the as tonished woman, and don’t know huckle berries! Well, I mistrust you ain't fitten for the office!” The Governor would have relinquished the track, but his party wouldn’t let him off, and he was elected in spite of his igno rance of huckleberries. A PRISON REBELLION IN 1823. The New England Galaxy” for 1828, contains the following interesting account of an insurrection in the Massachusetts State Prison 1 A more impressing exhibition of moral courage, opposed to the wildest ferocity un der the most appalling circumstances, was never seen, than that which was witnessed by the officers of the Massachusetts State Prison, in the great rebellion which occur. red about five yearssince. Three conviets had been scntensed, under the rules of the prison, to be whipped in the yard, and by some effort of one of the other prisoners, a door had been opened at midday commu nicating with the great dining hall, and. through the warden’s lodge with thestreet. The dinner hall is long, dark and damp, from its situation near the surface of the ground, and in this all the prisoners assem bled, with clubs and such tools as they could seize in passing through the work shops. Knives, hammers, chisels, with evex:ly variety of such weapons, werein the hands of the ferocious spirits, who were drawn away from their encroachments on society, forming a congregation of strength, vileness and talent that can hardly be equal led on earth, even among the famed brig ands of Italy. Men of all ages and char acters, guilty of every variety of infamous crimes, dressed in the motly and peculiar garb of the institution, and displaying the wild and demoniac appearance that always pertains to imprisoned wretches, were gathered otgether for the single purpose of preventing the punishment which was to be inflicted on the morrow upon their com rades. The warden, the surgeon, and some oth er officers of the prison were there at the time, and were alarmed at the consequences likely to ensue from the conflict necessary to restore order. They huddled together, but could scarcely be said to consult, as the stoutest of them lost all presence of mind in overwhelming fear. The news rapidly spread through the town,and a subordi nate officer, of most mild and kind dispo sition, hurried to the scene, and, calm and collected, into the midst of the officers. The most equable tempered and mildest man in the government, was, in this hour of peril, the firmest. He instantly dispatched a re quest to Major Wainwright, commander of the marines stationed at the navy yard, for assistance, and declared his purpose to en ter into the hall and try the force of firm demeanor and persuasion upon the enraged multitude. All his brethren exclaimed against an attempt so full of hazard; butin vain. They offered him arms,a sword and pistol but he refused them, and said he had no fear, and in case of danger arms would do him no service and alone, with only a little rattan, which was his usual walking-stick, he advanced into the hall to hold parley with the selected,congregated, and enraged villains of the whole common wealth. He demanded jtheir purpose in thus coming together with arms, in viola tion of the prison laws. They replied that they were determined to obtain the remis sion of the punishment of their three com rades. He said that it wasimpossible; the rules of the prison must be enforced, and they must submit. At the hint of submission, they drew a little nearer together, prepared their weap ons for service, and, as they were dimly seen in the farther end of the hall by those who observed thewm from the gratings that opened up to the day,a more appalling sight cannot be conceived, nor one of more 'moral grandeur than that of asingle man standing within their grasp, and exposed to be torn limb from limb instantly, if a word or look should add to the already in tense excitement. The excitement, too, was of the most dangerous kind. It broke not forthin noise and imprecation, but was seen only in the dark looks and the strain- ed nerves, that showed a deep determina: tion. The officer expostulated; he re-| minded them of the hopelessness of escape —that the town was alarmed, and that the government of the prison would submit to nothing but unconditional surrender. He said that all those who would go quietly away should be forgiven for this offence, but that if every prisoner was killed in the contest, power enough would be obtained to enforce the regulations of the prison. They replied that they expected some would be killed, but that death would be better than such imprisonment; and, with look and tone which bespoke an indomita- ble purpose, they declared that not a man should leave the hall alive till the flogging was remitted. At this period of the discus- sion, their evil passions seemed to be more inflamed, and.one or two offered to destroy the officer, who still stood firmer and with more temperate impulsethan did his friends who saw from above, but couid not avert the danger that threatened him. Just at this moment, and in about fifteen minutes from the ~ommencement of the tu- mult, the officer saw the feet of the ma rines, whose presence he alone relied on for succor, filing past the small lights. Without any apparent anxiety, he had re peatedly turned his attention to their ap proach, and now he knew that it was his only time of eseape before a conflict for life became, as was expected, one of the most dark and dreadful in the world. He stepped slowly back, still urging them to depart before the officers were driven to use the last resort of firearms. When within three or four feet of the door, it was opened and closed instantly again as he sprang through, and was so unexpetcedly restored to his friends. Major Wainwright was requested to or der his men to fire down on the conviets through the little window, first with pow. der, and then with ball, till they were wil ling to retreat; but he took a wiser as well as a bolder cowrse. Relying upon the ef fect which firm determination would have upon men so critically sitnated, he ordered the door to be a?in thrown open, and marched in at the head of thirty men, who filed through the passage and formed at the end of the hall opposite the crowd of crim inals huddled together at the other. He stated that he was empowered to quell the rebellion—that he should net quit that hall alive till every convict had returned to his ‘duty. They seemed balancing the strength of the two parties, and replied thatsome of them were ready to die, and only waited for an attack to see who was the most pow erful, swearing that they would fight to the last unless flogging was remitted, for they would not submit to any such punishment in the prison. Major Wainwright ordered the marines to load their pieces; and that they might not be suspected of trifling, each man was made to hold up to view the bullet which he afterwards {mt in his gun. This only caused a irow of determination, and no one blanched or seemed to shrink from the foremost exposure. They knew that their number would enable them to bear down and destroy the handful of marines after the discharge, and before they were ordered to retire; but the latter answered that the pieces could be reloaded. The marines were ordered to take their aim so as to be sure and kill as many as possible; their guns were presented, but not a prisoner stirred,,except to grasp more firmly his weapon. Still desirous to avoid such a tremendous slaughter as must have fol lowed the discharge of a single gun, Major W. advanced a step or two, and spoke even more firmly than before, urging them to depart. Again, and while looking direct ly into the muzzles of their guns, they ex pressed their determination to “fight it out.” The intrepid officer then took out his watch, aud told his men to hold their pieces aimed at the prisoners, but not to fire till they had orders; then, turning to the con victs, he said: You must leave this hall; I give you three minutes to decide. If, at the expiration of that time,a man remains, he shall be shot dead.” No situation of greater interest than this can be conceived. At one end of the hall a fearless multitude of the most desperate and powerful men in creation, waiting for the assault; at the other a little band of well disciplined men, waiting with arms presented, and ready on the least motion or sign to begin the car mage, and their tall, imposing commander holding up his watch to count the lapse_of three minutes given to thereprieve of num bers. No poet or painter can conceive a spec tacle of more dark and terrible sublim ity no human heart can conceive a situa tion of more appalling suspense. For two minutes, not a person or a muscle was moved; not a sound was heard in the un wonted stillness of the prison, except the labored breathings of the infuriated wretch es, as they began to pant between fearand revenge. At the expiration of the two minutes, during which they had faced the ministers of death with unblenching eyes, two or three of those in the rear and near ‘est to the farther entrance, went slowly out; a few more followed the example, dropping out quietly and deliberately, and before half the last minute was gone, every man was struck by the panic, and crowded for an exit, and the hall was cleared as if by magic. Thus the steady firmness of moral force, and the strong effect of determination act ing deliberately, awed the most savage men, and suppressed a scene of carnage which would have instantly followed the least precipitancy or exertion of physical force. ADVERTISEMENTS. o Y s Y L Che Auglo-3rican Fagnsiue, A MONTHLY OCTAYVO OF 32 PAGES, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE, STATISTICS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CAUSE OF HUMAN FREEDOM. Its objects are s To present a elear and concise statement of the present condition, the past history, and the pros peets of the colored population of the United States, frree and enslaved. To afford scope for the rapidly rising talent of colored men in their special and general literature. To examine the population movements of the colored people. To present a reliable statement of their reli gious condition, and of their moral and economic statistics. To present a statement of their eduecational con dition and movements. Of their legal condition and status in the seve ral States. To examine into the basis on which rest their claims for citizenship of the scveral States, and of the United States. To present an elaborate account of the various Books, Pamphlets and Newspapers, written or ed ited by colored men. To present the biographies of noteworthy col ored men throughout the world. On the condition and prospects of free colored men, by common assent, rests, in a great degrec, the condition and prospects of enslaved colored men. Henece, besides the intrinsic interest which attaches itself to a magazine with such scope and information, the aid of all who wish to advance the great cause of Immediate Emancipation, is ear nestly solicited ior its support. Terus.—One Dollar per year, payable invaria bly in advance. The January number contains an accurate and beautifully executed portrait of ALEXANDER DUMAS. 5% All communications should be directed to THOS. HAMILTON, 48 Beekman-st., N. Y.; P. O. Box 1212, CONTRIBUTORS. Rev. Bishop PAYNE. J. W.C. PENNINGTON, D. D. J. THEO. HOLLY. H. HIGHLAND GARNET. AMOS GERRY BEMAN, E.P. ROGERS. CHAS. B. RAY. JONATHAN C. GIBES. ROBERT GORDON. EDWARD W. BLYDEN. J. HOLLAND TOWNSEND. ROBERT HAMILTON. WILLIAM J. WILSON. ADAM RAY. W. MILLER DUTTON. WM. HALL. CHAS. M. WILSON. GEORGE T. DOWNING. J. M. BELL. MARY A. S. CARY. MARY E. CARY. SARAH M. DOUGLASS. GRACE A. MAPPS. JAMES M'CUNE SMITH. MARTIN R. DELANY. JOHN V. DEGRASSE. JAMES FIELDS. T. JOINER WHITE. GEO. B. VASHON. M. H. FREEMAN. CHAS. L. REASON. EBENEZER D. BASSETT. ROBERT CAMPBELL. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. WILLIAM C, NELL. 1 WILLIAM WHIPPER. 4 ADVERTISEMENTS. J. MERCER LANGSTON JUNIUS C. MOREL. WM. JAMES WATKINS. PARKER T. SMITH. CHARLES LENOX REMOND. EMMA GLOUCESTER WHITE. FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS. ELIZABETH WATERS. NOTICES OF THE PRESS The Anglo-African Magazine is the title of new candi%;te for publie favor, the first (January number of which Yies before us. It is publishe in the interest of that dass of our fellow-citizen who are disfranchised Ly the Dred Scott decision and its eontents, in their generality, speak ver significantly of the irjustice done them by th opinions of some of t?e Judges of the Suprem C}c))urt. 2 A BV We hail the appearance of this Magazine as a ste) in the right direction, and trust that it will not b suffered to lack for the want of support.—Ewvan gelist (New York.) Among the various new publications recentl announced, we are glad to learn of the establish ment of a mngfizine conducted entirely biy eolore rsons, and devoted t¢ the social, moral and po Eiical advancement of their brethren.—lndepend dent (New York.) The Magazine is ore of great ability, interes and taste, and will bear a comg;rison with thos of much greater pretessions. e sincerely hop the frien£ of the colred people will {)mtroniz‘ this work and help them in this honorable effor to put themselves in a position which they de serve, and which their :nemies would fain ercven them from attaining., “Blake or the Huts o America,” is beautifuly written and filled witl thrilling interest.—Amrican Baptist (New York It is a creditable E:xblication. B 88 el a journal will, if rig ‘lg condueted, do much t« raise the condition of this class of our population and inspire them with a manly self-respect, anc breathe a Christian aim into their struggles.— Christian Inquirer (New York.) The colored eitizens of the United States num ber many men of culure and marked ability a: speakers and writers, and th:g have established monthly in New York, entitled the Anglo-Africar Magazine, which is certainly creditable in style execotion and literary mert. {Ve hope that its suceess may be such as to encour age its undertakers to yet greater exertions to im provement, even amid the difficulties which lie in their way.—National Era (Washington, D. C.) The new year has thas far brought to our notiee nothing more gratifyitg and encouraging than this new publication. The advent of a monthly mag azine, devoted to Literature, Science, Statisties, ete., is no new thing under the sun, and especially not new in our comatry. The United States abound in such publications but to our knowl edge, nothing of the ¢haracter of the magazine be fore us, has ever beex attempted by any member or members of the eolored race in the United States. We have had numerous newspapers, a good many pamphles, a few unpretending poems, a few biographical sgetches, mostly narratives of fugitive slaves, somewritten by themselves, others only written at their dictation, the amanuensis fur nisfiingi the words, aid the fugitives the facts but beyond these, nothing has been even attempted. The Anglo-African 5 bright new fact, ang we trust the beginning #f an era in the mental, moral, and religious history of the colored people in this Regublic. Whatever may be the fate of this new publication, in poiat of patronage, whether it shall succeed or fail for want of support, we sin cerely rejoice to see the attempt made, and made g 0 well.

The feature of she Magazine for the present month is the essay of Dr. J. M'Cune Smith, show ing the dependence of Civilization on physical circumstances. The subject is one of great inter est, independent of its bearings upon relations ex istiniin this county. To those who know Dr. Smith, it need not be said that his essay is a learned and mastedy one. But we will say this and more, for it is an original and brilliant pro duction—one whica we would gladly see in the hands of all the pdlitical and ethnological malign ers of the colored races of men. Martin R. Dela ny, it will be seen, haschosen a lofty subject. e has given a peculiar tieory, aseribing to electriecity i the office of keeping he heavenly bodies in order, which other very abl¢ men have ascribed to the Jaw of gravitation. Mr. Delnnng dismisses all our fears that this firm old ea of ours is to be smashed up one of tlese coming days by a eolli sion with any other lody in space. We shall re fer again to this new nagazine, and meanwhile wish Mr. Thomas Hamilto, its enterprizing publisher, every success in thi¢ praiseworthy effort to pro mote literature and barning among our people.— Frederick Douglass' 2aper (Rochester, N. Y.) It discusses in an able manner the cnnditiou.' past and present, and the future prospeets, of the colored population of the United States. Such in- tellectual efforts, affrding scope for the aspiring free colored population, deserve patronage an§ we heartily h?e the Magazine wifi be well sup ported. %Ve o notexpect to agree with all the views which may be presented in it, but heartily wish it success. Tlns far the articles are good specimens of thought and composition.—New York Colonization Jeurnal. Its list of contribitors will embrace the most prominent colored writers and speakers in the country. The present number is very creditable. Laberator (Boston) We are much pkased with the first number of the Angio-African Wagazine issued by our old friend Thomas Handlton.”— Visitor (Franklin, N.

“There is a wellwritten introductory, but the ablest and most elalorate article is that on Civil ization—its Dependence on Physical Cirecum stances,” by James M’Cune Smith, a eolored phy sician of much distizetion in New York. Itshows much research and thought. The Magazine eommences its career with a modest appearance and sibseription price—a favorable sign of permanence and success. We hope that it will be taken by al the colored personsin our village who are abl4, as it cannot fail to improve them, intellectualz, morally, and ‘;’hysicafiy.—- Darly Republican singhampton, N. Y.) “Here is a cniositi—the first number of a monthly Magazine E“b ished and edited by eol ored men, its contibutors mainly colored people. Among these contibutors we notice the names of those whom we knav to possess talent of a high order: Rev. H. 1. Garnet, Dr. James M’Cune Smith, Frederick Douglass, J. W. C. Pennington, Mary A. S. Carey, Sarah M. Douglass, Geo. B. Vn.simn, M. 11. Fremman, &e. Among the number of contributors naned, no doubt others of equal talent are included; but we are not so well able to gpeak of others. e '1‘;:& articles are gmerally creditable; the Intro duetory, and one on Civilization—its Depend ence on Physical Circumstances,” are certainly able.”— Daily Dispatch (Pittsburgh, Pa.) “'This first nunber gives promise of an inter esting and valuab® journal, and we hope the ex periment of its pwblisher will be a decided sue cess.”— Free South, (Newport, Ky.) This Magazin¢ is one of the best appearing monthlies we havi seen from the American press, and the leading aticles, and those from the con tributors, contain srguments and general informa tion that should bs procured by every family, and particularly youns men, and treasured up. Let the friends of litemture and 'Phrogress subseribe for it, read and presave it. he contributors are among the ablest writers we have, and from the number interestec in this work, at the end of the year, you that suiscribe will have the material to make an interesing volthne."—Provincial Free man Chatham, C. W.) Axcro-Arricay Macazixe.—We have received the number thres of a handsomely l}:’nnted Maga zine, under the above title, published in New York, by Thomas Hamilton, No. 48 Beekman street. §ever kave we received a monthlg' which, in view of the Greumstances under which it has been issued, and the manifest ability exhibited on every page, that has given us so much pleasure. It is managed exchisively by colored men, and filled alone with the eontributions of their npens. It con- tains very able articles by the following distin- fuinhed colored men: Dr. Martin Delany, Dr. ames M'Cune Smith, Rev.J. W.C.Pennington D. D., J. Holland Townsend, m, Robert Campbell. No eolored man who can should be without l it, and every friend of the colored American should patronize it.— Republican (Norristawn, Pa.) dé::m-bgrdm MacaziNe.—The first number 48 Beskman street, N, Y'.?L m think it will be read -with interest by all who_ re ceive it.. The third article, Civilization—its De ndence on Physieal Circumstances,” by Dr. g:mu M’Cune Smith, we regard as peenliarly in struetive and valuable. The idea that in nations advanced in civilization, the sources p‘l)z, ii‘i)t‘e;ll;chtngl wer spring from the common e physi- E:Hy vxgowous,xp lup&;ly devell:;ed,' and worthy of general attention. e wish suceess to the An glo-African Magazine.—American Missionary, (New York.) We wish it could be put in the rsossmion of every negrophobia-monger in the land.— Student’s Monthly (Oterlin, O.) “This _publication, considered relatively to its seope and design, will conllsmre favorably with any other.”—Slcr%rooklyn, YD) “We should judge it to be rather superior to the most of the monthlies., We hope it may meet with a large circulation.” i Repository of Religion and Laterature (Indianapolis, Ind.) Eorror or Trisuse :—II have just received from the office of the Anglo-African Magazine, pub lished in New York, three numbers, and, as a trib ute to both enterprise and merit, I desire to say a few words on fhe subjeet. L] While there is a spirit that would erush _the colored race, and trample them under foot as infe rior, it is cheering to witness a single triumph of our colored friengs, and see them rise in manliness and power, in spite of prejudice and hate. If any one Souhts their upward tendeney, their want of elements essential to elevation, let him eall over and read a single article in one of these Magazines, and then blush for the injustice done a erushed people. The talent and taste exhibited would do fionor to any Magazine Eubliahed in our nation. Nor would we thus speak of a single author or a single article the wKole work glows with the evi dence of talent gnd scholarship—far more so than many of the popular productions of the press. Let our citizens interest themselves in the Anglo-Afri. ean Magazine, and while th%y encourage the en terprise, they will also beenfit themselves by an increase of useful knowledge, and a decrease of un generos and unreasonable prejudices. I com mend it {o our Reading Rooms, and to every pri vate family, as a work of decided merit, for only one dollar a year.—Rev. R. H. Conklin, in Tribune (Providence, R.l) “This monthly, pablished at New York, by Thomas Hamilton, is edited and written by col ored people. It is an able Magazine. Some sta tistical articles on the colored population of the United States, evinee a great deal of research, and are valuable.”—Zion's Herald (Boston, Ms.) We have the third number of this work before us, and have perused it. It is ecertainly an able work."—The Prospect (Charlestown, Ind. ANGLO-AFRICAN M4aGAZINE.—A new monthly in the pamphlet form, issued at 48 Beekman-st., fl' ew York, at one dollar per annum, by our friend Thomas Hamilton, promises good “things, solid things, noble, elevating. The first number exhibits tact, talent, erudition, seientific investigations, the pen of a ready writer. The contributions are of the highest order. The narratives, sufferings and hair-breadth eseapes of fugitives from the land of Egyé)t and Pharaoh’s host, are truly marvelous, wonderful! No remance can equal tfiem. and yet they are solid facts. These narratives will grace every number of this new monthly, and will doubtless give it a wide circulation. Anything and everything caleulated to elevate and emanei pate the colored race, meets our warmest sympa thies. The hand of God isin it. Ethiopia 1s soon to stretch forth her hands to God.” Friends, hand"in your names, enclose $1 to Mr. Hamilton, 48 Beckman-st.—Golden Rule (New York.) This is a new Magazine, but, as its name im ports, it is to fill an existing void, and cireulate in a sphere peculiarly its own. It is to be the organ of the eolored race. It has been rojected by col ored men, and, in ‘the main, will Ec conducted by them. The initial number appears well. Ifs leading articles are of a high onl]er, and give evi denee that if negroes have no rights which white men are bound to respect,” they at least wield pens which, one day, s}}}all work out the redemp tion of their race, and extort from the proud and domineering Anglo-Saxon the justice now so per sistently denied them. The opening article is an introductory one by the publisher, Mr. Thomas Hamilton, who sune cinetly states the objects he has in view, and the work which he and his fellow-laborers undertake to do. There are paragraphs somewhat caustic we refer to those comparing colored and white scholars, one comparison being between scholars in the City of New York, am% another between students in French colleges.

The main article, Civilization—its Dependence on Physical Circumstances,”” is by Dr. James M'- Cune Smith, a gentleman of ligera] education, though for it he is not indebted to his own coun trg*, having been obliged to obtain it in Europe, where the tiger-ferociousness of caste of color is un known. It is an able Raper, and conclusi\‘ciy dis- Frovcs the current philosophy which predicates wuman advaneement, or, in otl")er words, civiliza tion, on the innate superiority of a race; but, on the contrary, shows that it is due rather to eli mate and geographieal position. The fiper is learned, pregnant with faets, so skillfully handled, that the deductions are beyond the possibility of being overthrown. The doctrine of innate superi ority of race is seattered to the winds. This cen tury-nursed lie, which has been made the execuse for slavery, with all its horrors and barbarities, which to-day, in these nominally free States, crushes the colored man beneath a remorseless prejudice and a fiendish spirit of caste, command ing him to quench the fires of aspiration as he feels them burning in his soul, to be a hewer of wood and drawer of water, a menial, feeling no manhood, to keep shut the windows of his soul, never opening them to let in the sun-light of knowletfgee, is eviscerated, and shown to be but the invention of the o;g)reasor, as an excuse for his dark and damning deeds and crimes. When the despised negro can ply such artillery as this, it is time to pause, and ask what we are to gain by at tempting longer to hold him down. The time is approaching when the black race now in this country will be a fearful power, unless we relax the hand of oppression. They are under the tem perate parallels, where all eircumstances conspire to give them physical and mental tK:Wer. In each decade, the census figures show that they in crease in a ratio which, ere long, will reach that oint when the red right hand of revolution will Ee raised, clenching a sword, beneath whose heavy blade fetters will be but as flaxen strings, and op pressors but as men of clay. The negro is natur ally patient and docile—naturally he abhors blood and strife but there are examples which emphat ically warn us that, in the school of slavery, and under the treatment he receives when he is fooked upon as he is now, by a large portion of this peo ple, he aptly learns the aphorism of Jefferson, and which we profess to believe a God-ordained one— Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God St. Domingo thunders in our ears, Beware! Take your hands from your victim's throat, or meet the retributive justice ready to pour upon your heads wrath more terrible than the seven vials of the Apocalypse 4 Such are some of the thoughts which have sug gested themselves while we have been writing this notice. Others there ave which come thronging around our pen, but this is no time for their utter ance. In conclusion, we would say, we are glad this Magazine has been established. Conducted as there is every reason to believe it will be, it will demonstrate that Anglo-Africans stand on the plane of progress, and are not those brutish beings they have been represented to be. 1t is ealm and dignified, manful in its tone, counselling the col ored man to toil on and vindicate his race, by _be ing true to the instinets of his nature, notwith st.and.i.n% the other races proudly affect superiori ty, and look down with seorn and contempt. The Magazine is published by Thomas Hamil ton, at 48 Beekman street; New York, at $1 a year. We mention the terms, becanse we hope there will be many who will subseribe, if for no other purpose, to see what good can come out of Narragansett.”— Pendulum Greenwich, R. L) BOOKS. PUBLIC ATIONS FOR SALE BY THOS. HAMILTON, 43 Beekman street, New York. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FEMALE SLAVE. In one vol,, 12m0.: Price One Dollar. EXTRACTS FROM RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOTICES. From Hon. W. H. Seward. DEar Siz:—Just on the eve of my departure from home, I received the volume which you had sent e entitled the Autobiography of a Fe- BOOKS. male Sla\'e‘-; n{d,m?d }t with fixed interest fro;l_ l begin nin& end, and I have met no recent pub lication has scemed to me so t.rut.hful,Pjust and benevolent, and so likely to touch the hearts and consciences of len in regard to the practice of slavery. 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U;?eil”nelauonl Slave Property for Debt Inheritance ;m:; Property Uses of Slave Property 5 sfi‘- Slave possess nothing Slaves cannot mappy §T e cannot eonstitutue families Unlimited i o 1- Slave-holders Labor of slaves; Food p&otel:i of n and dwellings of slaves Coerced labor Wi\.hggi s, wages Punishments of slaves by the owner I:d hirer Of laws concerning the murder and Killin, t of slaves Of the delegated power of ovemee"g. t| Of the protection of slave property from damagé by assaults from other persons than their owners Faets illustrating the kind and degree of proteci tion extended to slaves Fugitives from slavery The slave cannot sue his master No ower “of self-redemption or change of masters ’Fhe rela tion hereditary and perpetual Rights to educa. tion—religious liberty—rights of conscience Or. i%in of the relation and its subjects Relation of the slave to society and to civil government; (f the ground and nature of the slave's civil eong;. tion no access to the judieiary, and no hopeg rovision for testing the claims of the enslaveg 1, E-eedom Rejection of testimony of slaves ayg free colored Yersons; Subjeetion to all white per sons Penal laws against slaves; Education pro hibited Free social worshiF and religious in struetion ‘prohibited Legislative, judilial, and constitutional obstructions to emancipation Rels. tions of the slave code to the liberties of the free Liberties of the free [i‘cople of eolor Liberties of the white Igxeople of the slave-holding states; L}, ‘erties of the white people of the non-slaveholdiny states. 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