The Weekly Anglo-African (New York [N.Y.])
September 24, 1859

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A~ NN Che Wlechly Anglo-African o 13 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY THOS. HAMILTON, 0. 48 BEEKMAN STREET. NEW YORK TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Two Dollars per year, or Four Cents per copy, pavable on delivery. RATES OF ADVERTISING. six Cents a line for the first insertion, and Three Cents for each subsequent insertion. Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths, Public Meetings, &c., inserted for Twenty-five Cents, pro vided they do not exceed five lines; if more than that, Five Cents for each additional line. All ecommunieations for the paper must be ad dressed THOS. HAMILTON, 48 Beekman st New York, [P. 0. Box 1212.] For the Weekly Anglo-African. MY THOUGHTS OF HOME. —0:0— BY GEORGE T. COOK. —0:0— Those thoughts of home still charm my mind, &till sound so pleasant to myear; still bring me back my childbood scenes, Reminding me of friends most dear. i As through the world wher’er we roam, Though friendsare dear and strangers kind, i'opd suemory brings us back again, 4 To those dear scenes we Jeft behind. \ajestic secnes Ay mect our view, Sweet zephyrs calmly blow we roam With beating hearts and aching brows, Whene'er returns the thongbts of home. sce the bird soar to the sky He views Empyrean, but still unblest, Ile leaveth all, and with transport flics, Downward to his lovely nest. Perhaps tine views or heauteous scenes, Have shown all grandeur they possess But those enchanted thoughts of home Retnrn with all their lovelines~. AL' when the world recedes from view, And Teavenly Power forbids us roam Through such fallacious scenes of yore, Tis then we banish thoughts of home. When Heaven shall bid our souls depart, Our forms return to earth again, We'll banish mundane thoughts of home, And only thoughts of Heaven retain. Why =hould affection drop a tear, Or friendship’s spirit seek the tomb*® No sorrow for the dead’s sincere, Unless 'tis felt at home—blest home Deforeed Correspondence. i THE ISSUE PLAINLY STATED. R When Senator Seward, in his celebrated Rochester speech, alluded in distinct and emphatic terms to the irrepressible con flict between freedom and slavery, a wolf ish howl leaped from the brazen throats of men-stealers and their confedrates all over‘ the land. This illustrieus statesman was denounced and villified from one end of the,Union to the other. Republicans be ran to inquire whether or not the prospec- tive President of these United States had not, by his rather too bold utterances, placed himself in a'dilemma from which lie could not be extricated in time for elec tion. Some of the weak-kneed brethren declared that Mr. Seward did not mean l what he said, and in some respectable” quarters an evisceration of the speech was attempted. Now, this was a very foolish course for white men, with all their boasted Anglo- l Saxon wisdom, topursue. Negroes—Tim buctoo negroes—could have done 1o worse. Senator Seward said nothing in that speech that had not been said a thousand times before by Gerrit Smith, Wm. Lloyd Garri son, and a host of others; nothing that was not known to be true; nothing 'that would have been clutched at in an ordinary speech, and at an ordinary time. Every one knows that the virulent denunciation of which the Senator was the vietim was manifested for political effect. The gen tleman, however, survived, and will, in all probability, astonish the “natives” on the 4th of March, 1861, by a few more “irre pressible” assertions of a similar character in hisinaugural. Ye who have tears to shed—honest tears, tears which are ortho dox, tears which are constitutional—pre pare to shed them now. We live in perilous times. No dodging now among the Delphic oracles of by-gone years—uo mental reservations—no equivo cations. When Cromwell was about to sit for his portrait, the artist suggested to him that an omission of the scars which disfig ured Lim would enhance the comeliness of the picture. Paint me as I am!” he in dignantly replied. The artist did so, and a faithful picture—one that represented Cromwell as he was—was the result. So should the issue of the hour, the true prin tple involved in the present conflict, be portrayed before the people. What isit? Let it be plainly stated. Politically speaking, there are but two barties in this Republic. These are com bosed, on the one hand, of all those, at the ‘::\frfh or at the South, at the East or at the e, who are opposed to slavery; and on ?fi;other of all those who are in Jfavor of accursed evil. Those who view the present aspect of affairs with a philosophic eye, and whose range of vision enables them to descry, as in the strong, clear light of eternity, the re sistless undercurrent which is upheaving the foundation of our already diseased and tottering body politie, will find no difficulty in discerning and assenting to the correct ness of this plain and positive declaration. These are aware of the fact that the ques tion of the life or the death of liberty in these United States is the all-absorbing,% aye, the test question in American poli tics. “On the part of a majority of those com posing the Democratic party, there is man ifestly a disposition to ignore the real issue and substitute some other in its stead. A few bold and determined Southern politi cians do not hesitate to avow their inten tion and determination to makeslavery the “God over all and blessed forevermore” of this Republic, and to compel men and women everywhere in the land to fall down and worship this incarnation of crime and corruption—this embodiment of death and damnpation. But a majority of -the slaveocratic party, both at the North and at the South, hesitate, for certain reasons, to make this candid avowal. The Republican party is likewise fear ful, but for a different reason, of a presen tation of the only true, living, real issue. With a few cxceptions,itsleadersarenot dis posed to take the broad, consistent,and right eous ground of opposition to the existence of slavery. They prefer to harp upon the popular and palatable doctrine of its non extension to the Territories of the Repub lic, and appear exceedingly afraid of the imputation of Abolitionism, They talk of ‘the slaveholders’ rights wnder the Consti tution” about asflippantly as the slavehold l ers do themselves. DBut if they were to in ‘terpret the Constitution in accordance with t the well established rules of legal herme ‘neutics, they would discover that the slave holder, as such, has no more rights under the Constitution than he has under the shadow of the protecting wing of Heaven —has no more right, as a slavcholder, a human flesh-jobber, to live in the Republie, under a Constitution ordained to estab tish justice” and secure liberty,” than a wolf has in the cradle of a new-born babe. Now, the Republican party is the only political party in the land in a position, numerically speaking, to strike a death blow to American slavery—such a blow as will send it staggering to hell. It is im portant, then, that it assumes a defensible and right position in the present conflict. It does not deserve success, it ought not expect success, while in the occupancy of any other position. I believe it will take such a position. It must do so in order to preserve its distinctiveness, its vitality. If it is not right, let Abolitionists strive to make it right. More can be accomplished ‘on the part of those who are right, by go ing into the party and renovating and rev olutionizing it, than by standing outside harping upon a beautiful theory, but with out the requisite machinery to crystalize it into practical life. If slavery is to be vot ed down in this Republic, it becomes a 1 question of arithmetic. We must look ati this question from the stand-point of com mon sense, and the single rule of three. It is my opinion, founded upon actnal observation, that the masses of the people of the free States are prepared to act in the right direetion. I have just returned from a lecturing tour of four weeks through the Western part of this State and Ver mont. What do I find to be the fact? That the most radical utterances which es caped my lips were the most cordially re ceived and the most loudly applauded. Now, to those who reason from premise to conclusion, this is a fact truly significant— a fact which means something. Let us, then, I repeat it, state the issue boldly. Let the people thoroughly under stand it, and they will lead their leaders, and lead them on to vietory. We all know that such are the dissimilarity and consequent antagonism existing between liberty and slavery, that there never can be a reconciliation between them. While slavery is allowed to exist anywhere inthe land, it «7l develope itself; it2c2/l breathe its pestilential breath into the nation’s lungs; it 2/ cast its murky shadow across the pathof liberty. Such is its natare. Just so with the spirit of liberty. It is jealous of its honor. The envenomed ha tred of its antagonist cannot fail to be most cordially reciprocated. The two must be in perpetual conflict, in conformity with their respective instincts, in accordance with the changeless laws of their being. If these premises be correct, the irresisti. ble deduction is that the present bitter con flict must result in the extinction of the one or the other; and the fallacy of any theory based upon the assumption of the possibility of harmonizing their belligerent iinstincts, is as clearly demonstrated as the plainest mathematical problem. Either the two become one—one in nature, one in sympathy, one to all intents and pur poses—or one or the other must cease to exist. Then how absurd it is to attempt to ig nore the issue And howinconsistent the endeavor to oppose the further spread of slavery, while refusing to assume the po sition of hostility to its continuance in a certain locality One might as well ex ‘pect to thaw an iceberg by the cold, pale ‘beams of a winter moon, as to expect to promote the peace and happiness of the na tion by such a course of procedure. The dividing line is already drawn. It may not be perceptible to the contracted and darkened vision of the mere politician; but no great truth ever evolved in the world of matter or of mind, stands out in more bold relief than this: He who isnot for slavery is against it, and must take his station accordingly. Under which king, Benzonio—which king WM. JAMES WATKINS, Rocnester, Sept. sth, 1859. FROM THE OLD “LONG ISLAND l SCRIBE” NEWTOWN, near ;\'e?v York, Sept. 5, 1859. At home again, at the old school desk, Newtown avenue—formerly Dutch Lane” —dedicated, twenty-seven years ago, to “all improvements in the arts, in science, in literature, in natters of real-estate, in money invested, in political advancement, wn religious life, our progress in human Sreedom,” §c. I I have had charge of the church and school here, in connection with Train’s Meadow, Columbusville, a part of East Brooklyn, and also a part of Northern New York City for the past year, preaching and teaching from house to house, and from pulpit to pulpit, among both white and col- ored people. The field opens and widens as I labor. g This little spot in Queen's county, has 1 been a sort of starting point for many of'l our ministers and teachers within these twenty-seven years since I swept the new shavings out of it of a snowy March day in 1832. Ward, Hicks, Wilson, Berian, Powel, Glouscester, Reeve, Lynch, and others, have all sat at the desk where I now write. At this desk many decply in teresting facts might be recorded of the colored people of this New-old-town. It was originally settled by the Dutch, hence the colored people are strongly Dutch de scent. Some of our oldest inhabitants— my Elder C. for instance—a man nearly seventy years old, speaks Dutch as well as ‘many Hollanders. i may add that few of the towns within ten miles of the City Hall feel more pow erfully the effects of what Dr. Smith calls the German invasion,” than this town. Many of the old farms have entirely changed hands. In some parts of the town I find that within these twenty-seven years the habits of the people have changed very materially. They have become German ized in almast every respect. It is seen as to the Sabbath, trade, agriculture, speech, social habits, &c. But it must be remembered here, that in all these changes, the colored people may be regarded as the conservative element. They are respected and employed by all. Your great and gay city has drawn largely from old Newtown, and so has Brooklyn. I suppose that if we should at some time get up a big meeting here, and invite all the sons and daughters of New town to make us a welcome visit, you have little idea how many would take leave of absence from your city for twenty-four hours, and how many five, ten, and fifteen cents would be put into the pockets of the Flushing Railroad Company, and the New town Stage Company, both of which, I am happy to say, make no distinction of color among their passengers; but regard one man’s money as just as good with them as another’s. I believe it is generally admitted that our crops have come in fair, if not extra good. I suppose that inyour Fulton, Cen tre, and other markets on the east side of the city, the old Long Island garden will be found to be well represented in all the luxuries of the domestic board, which are now being consumed by yourreturning and hungry travelers, and laid up by your cau tious housekeepers for the winter, which already begins to breathe significantly through your doors and windows evenings and mornings. Let them lay in well; winter is no respector of persons. On the subject of farming, our colored men of this town are among the most in telligent on the Island. As cultivators of their own small portions of soil they are not excelled in skill by any other class. All they need is more broad acres to make them A No. lin the business. As it is NEW YORK, SEPT. 24, 1859. they are most valuable in their connexion with the New York garden and market agriculture. The social position of the colored people of this town has decidedly improved with in a few years. Their religious position averages well with that of our New York and Brooklyn friends. The Reformed Dutch, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Baptist, and Methodist pul pits (white) are well sustained by able preachers. In the mornings and evenings of the Sabbath the people distribute them selves in these different churches. In the afternoon they meet in their own church. This arrangement gives their pastor two thirds of the time for labors elsewhere, while it gives them time to indulge a rea sonable taste for variety. 'This spot has facilities, and is destined to be the locality of an important institution of education for colored youths. The proprietors of the Flushing Rail road, which runs within a stone’s throw of the desk where I now write, have made, within this season, great improvements in the time, prices, and other regulations of their road. The road now connects with the fine Thirty-fouth street ferry on this side, and sits you down at Winfield for ten cents, or Newtown for fifteen. Thus con necting with Flushing and the upper part of New York you travel with a good class of passengers, in good cars, and under gentlemanly conductors. A pleasing fact is, that one of their depots is in charge of a respectable colored man of this town, who, I believe, has also the care or inspection of one section of the rails. This is certainly an advancement in the right direction. May the day soon come when we shall see other roads do likewise. J. W.C. P. FEAR NOT, LOVE. —0:0— Fear not, love, though all forsake thee, Though a seornful world may frown, will never cease to love thee, I will ne’er thy name disown. In thy happier days, remember, All my heart was pledged to thee Now, when fate conspires to erush thee, T will not unfaithful be, Faithless friends that round thee hover’'d, When thy path with flowers was strown, Now, when winter’s blast approaches, All like suminer birds are flown But fear not, though all lorsake thee, I will ne’er unfaithful b I'will never cease to love thee E’en till death I'll cling to thee. LETTER FROM MARTIN R. DELANY. _O——. Correspondence of the N. Y. Observer. Moxrovia, Afriea, July 25, 1859, I left New York on the 24th day of May, in the afternoon, on the barque Men- di, Johnson, Turpin Dunbar owners of vessel and gargo; the cargo being valued at s4o,ooo—the vessel being 400 tons bur den; arriving here on Monday, the 12th instant, after a passage of forty-six days from port to port. Among the cabin pas sengers were the three owners; the family of Hon. J. D. Johnson, one of the owners; Rev. W. C. Monroe, lady and two child ren; Samuel T. Ray, Esq., lady and child; and B. E. Castendyk, a German gentleman traveling for pleasure. Among the steerage passengers were a preacher and many good mechanics. On our voyage we spoke a Portuguese vessel in the night; were signalized by one which was too stupid to give her nationali ty; spoke an English trader, the Tweed side, of London,” from Sierra Leone, in daylight; and the Sunbeam,” a propeller of the Niger River Expedition,” outward bound, July 7th—llatitude 7 deg. 48 min., longitude 13 deg. 36 min. Sunday, the 11th, after lying in the roadstead of Grand Cape Mount 36 hours, we sailed out at dusk, just as the M. C. Stevens” approached, which left Baltimore twelve days before the Mendi, we beatin her 36 hours to the coast of Africa, ang two days into Monrovia. In the roadstead of Cape Messurado, (Monrovia Harbor,) lay at anchor the “Moses Shepard,” a vessel belonging to McGill Brothers, a Monrovia firm of black,‘ gentlemen, and the Quail,” a schooner of war belonging to the Liberian navy, com manded by Captain Cooper, a Liberian. Shortly after anchoring Capt.———,an English naval officer retained for the pur pose of teaching naval tactics, and Lieut. Wm. Mongo, a young Liberian gentleman, and second in command, said to be a promising young officer, paid the Mendi a visit. On Wednesday, the 14th inst., I receiv ed from his Excellency, President Benson, by the hand of his private Secretary—an accomplished young gentleman, and son of a distinguished Liberian now deceased— an official dispatch pertaining to my mis sion; but he having to leave on an official tour down the coast next day, I was offi cially commended to the Secretary of State, Hon. John N. Lewis. The city of Monrovia has much disap pointed me in many respects, but more par ticulary in the location being much better than I had supposed, both in point of land and water. And a breakwater (which is quite practicable to a certain extent) would make Messurado Bay, if not a good harbor, at least a safe and convenient roa Istead for vessels. This could be done at a compar atively small national expense, 2s a moun tain of granite rock stands projecting out into the bay. I have just returned from an examina tion of the planting distriets. In this ex carsion I was favored by the Hon. John Seys, agent for recaptured Afrieans, and U. S. Consular Agent for Liberia; John Moore, Esq., one of the Liberian Govern ment Surveyors, and B. E. Castendyk, Esq., the German traveler. Six jolly Koormen (native Africans) rowed us up the beautiful St. Paul river in a canvas covered boat, loaned for my especial use by Colonel Yates, Vice President of the Re public. I am surprised at the beauty, size and importance of the St. Paul river as high as navigation goes, and still more so at the extent to which improvements have been carried in these districts, by the recent opening up of sugar, coffee and other farms, with handsome buildings thereon erected, and of these I have much hereaf ter to say. But there are three sugar mills in good working order, and another by the Mendi just going up. One on the Gauw dilla farm of Mr. Spencer Anderson, the largest and best mill in the country; an other on the place of Mr. Charles Cooper —a fine mill; and a small one on the place of Mr. Outland. Many more are talking of and doutless will also obtain mills; and Mr. Anderson talks of soon having in a crop of two hundred acres of cane, with fifty hands employed. The natives are industrious, noble-hearted, and willing headed fellows to work. Treat them well and they’ll die for you; and I dare say that in almost all cases where they arc found faulty, they have been badly treated by somebody. Many make sugar who have no mills, by taking their cane to those who have, and paying a tollage of one third of the sugar. The cattle up this river are very fine, the “windward” or Mandingo being a tall, large, long-horned cattle, bearing a close resemblance to that class of English bred cattle; and the “leeward” or Golah, being a heavy, large, short-legged and short. horned animal, a very type of our English Durham bred beeves. 'T'he farmers here buy them from the native drovers, who bring them constantly for sale; and the handsomest oxen and cows I think I ever saw, are on the St. Paul river. As the English blood horse Godolphin was sired by an African horse—(the Arabian hors es,” so called, being all raised and obtained in Africa,)—may it not also be that the English blooded cattle were also obtained there and kept still mouthed, as that great people are ever wont to do? It is not im probable. Stock of all kinds—Sheep, goats, swine, turkeys, Muscovy and common ducks, chickens, Guineafowls; and on the farm— the Gaudilla—geese; and all kinds of live stock are plentiful on the St. Paul. Nei ther are the cows in Monrovia so small as those at a distance are made to believe. They are handsome, well-built small cattle, comparing favorably with the cows in the interior counties of Pennsylvania, where no attention is paid to the breeding of cat tle; though the Monrovia cow is much the heaviest, and handsomely made like the Durham cattle. Monrovia also abounds vith all kinds of live stock except horses, which I have no doubt will live here as soon as they are required. A suitable little steamer is now much needed on the St. Paul river, and I know of nothing that would pay better just now and for time to come. Aside from the simple trade in freight and passengers, which is now carried on by small row boats and native canoes, which constantly line the riter to the danger of life and proper ty, vessels could be towed in from the bay and thus take in their sugar at the plant ers’ doors, who have now to transport it, one barrel at a time,in a canve, down to the city of Monrovia. It is simply silly to talk about the ““St. Paul bar-mouth” be ing impassable for vessels. The largest can enter the “bar-mouth,” and should it become obstructed, five or ten dollars a month will keep it open, by those match less and valuable people, the Koormen, who, it would seem, could eat their food or smoke a pipe wunder water. They are without doubt the best watermen in the world. They will dive and fix anything at the bottom of the hull of a vessel or of an anchor cast—their heads all the time under water. They swim like fish, and everybody considers himself safe with a Koorman in a boat. Capt. Mclatire's life was once saved by one of these faithful men, and it was but yesterday a sea cap tain fell in the bay and went down to rise no more by himself, when a noble Koor man plunged into the sea, dove down, and brought him up with smiles of joy. The captain, whom I saw, told the fact himself. Since our arrival, the M. C. Stevens, Brigand, and J. W. Paige, have been in port, besides one or more English vessels. Tuespay Evesive, 26th.—I have left open my letter, as you see, to witness In dependence day, which came off with grand effect—the civic and military forming in front of the President’s house, at 10 o'clock in the morning. The military consisted of two compa nies, simply as an escort—the “Young Guards” and Johnson Guards”—two nice ly uniformed companies; the former being peculiarly dressed with white pants, red fa tizue jackets, and helmet caps with blue bands, and a large star boldly in front; and ‘the “Johnson Guards,” with blue pants, blue fatigue coats, and the modern military caps with bands. The field officers, who walked, consisted of Gen. J. N. Lewis, Col. B. P. Gates, Col. Francis Paiue, Maj. Gabriel Moore, and Adj. R. R. Sherman, with handsome uniforms, all fine looking men. Ex-President Roberts, Vice Consul for Great Britain, and Rev. John Seys, Con sular agent for the United States, walked together in the procession, which consisted of a large nuinber of invited gentlemen, and the Youths’ Temperance Society, with banners, led by the music. The distin. guished ex-President fills his place in soci ety with great dignity of character. In the absence of His[i‘lxcellency, Vice Pres ident D. B. Warner took first rank in the cortege, marching through several streets of thetown to the Methodist church, where an able oration was delivered by J. B. Jordan, Esq. This was a memorable day in Liberia. The “Palmas,” of Baltimore, has just arrived having sailed in April last, and put into Bermuda in distress, after being dis masted. I keep a daily journal, and the tempera ture has not been above 83 deg. and ave rages 76 deg. F. so far; in fact the climate is fine. I will write you again from the Niger, whither I set out on Monday next, the Ist of August. M. R. D. A HOSPITAL HERO. —oo— It was a cold night in December, and the wind blew along the slushy London streets; the blazing lights in the butchers’ shops of Clare Market ‘waved about‘like infernal banners. The policemen steod stiffly up in the door-ways for shelter, and we, who were snugly ensconced in the house sur geon’s room of old St. Barnabas, were perhaps the only people perfectly comfort able in the parish of St. Clement Danes. Our party consisted of Brown, (we'll call him Brown,) of myself, and a small, thin man called Jourdan. How small and fragile he looked, as he sat on the arm of the old horsehair sofa, discussing with Brown and myself a question in physiol ogy. How red the spots grew over his cheek-bones, and how his cough rattled as he called Muller, and Koliker,and Schroe der Van der Kolk to witness that he was right and we two signally and miserably “'X'Ollg. Well, so be it,” said I, at last. “How the wind howls. It must matter but lit tle to those poor neighbors of ours under the Adelphi archs whether their sensory nerve fibres can be traced upward from the posterior columns of the cord or not. For my own part, I don’t believe a”— “What!” shrieked Jourdan, ‘“when Wagner has demonstrated that"— “Oh please, sir,” said a nurse, bounc ing into the room, that man in the Top- Ward has got out of bed, and is jumpin’ i mad.” “Well, make him’go back again.” “Tean’t, sir. He's got the erutch from the patient in the next bed, and I darei’t go near him.” Heigh-ho said Jourdan, it’s always thus in our profession. We just taste oc casionally the sweets of the scientific dis cussion, when we have to leave them for the disgusting practical applications.” Up stairs we went, past wards where the sufferers were forgetting in sleep the distresses to which they would presently awake. All was quiet in the old hospital save the howl of the wind and Jourdan’s cough. Confound the pedantic little chap,” I thought to myself, “he’ll waken that operation case.” One more stair to climb, and we reached the Top-Wa where there was unusual excitement ae patients sitting up in their beds—the poor fellow with heart disease, the consumptive, the dropsical patient, all watching a tall, stalwart figure standing in a flannel night gown, with his back to the fire, leaning with his chin on a crutch, and evidently in deep thought. Directly he saw us, he shouldered the said piece of timber, if not to show how fields were won, to give us as good a representation as circumstances would allow of how he intended winning the field on the prefent occasion. Whisk came the handle over my head,as I ducked and escaped the blow. My good man,” safd Brown, “now do go into bed. Is there anything I"— Whisk, came the cratch again over our heads, and as we ducked the maniac leap ed rapidly past us from bed to bed, gained the door, and ere we had time to intercept him was in the passage. In the ceiling of the passage, just out side this door, was a trap which led out upon the roof; it was not far from the floor. With the activity of madness, he leaped, caught the edge of the trap, and was upon the roof. We looked at each other. Here’s a business,” says Brown; hell be down into the street in a twinkling, for he’ll never stand against this wind.” “What a mess we shall get into,” was my selfish thought. We got a pair of steps, and gettingupon them, put our heads out of the trap. I'he moon was shining bright, butthe wind was shrieking tbrough the old stacks of chim neys; and now and then a tile detached would slide down the roof and drop]into the street. “By Jove!” says Brown, “he must have fallen; Ican't seehim anywhere. Let me look. Ah, there! Good heavens! how could he have got there, right at the end of this pointed old roof, covered with slippery tiles Across this, in the moonlight, we could see a long shadow, and what I at first took to be a chimney stalk was the mad man, standing gazing at the moon. At each gust of the fierce wind his body swayed as though he would fall; but there he stood in all the sublimity and strength of mania, gazing at that planet whose supposed in fluence over such unfortunates as himself has given its name to the most awful of maladies. What could we do? The nurses, the porters were assembled at the foot of the steps. Our feeling of responsi bility was intensely painful. An exclama tion, a sadden noise, might send that m wretch tumbling into the street. hat PRICE FOUR CENTS. were we to do? I felt something push by me on the steps, and then for the first time noticed that Jourdan had rejoined us. A paroxysm of coughing had kept him below stairs when Brown and I hurried into the ward. I saw his eyes sparkling and heard his rongh breathing as the little fellow said: Hold these,” and put a pair of half-Wel lingtons into my hand. Was /e mad too, taklr{% off his boots in such a place Why, Jourdan, what”"— Hush said he, as he raised himself through the trap and stood on the roof. We now fsaw Le was going to seize the madman. The latter, as I have said, was a tall, stout man, in a state of acute mania; our friend was diminutive, and his naturally small frame was wasted by disease. He got on the sharp apex of the sloping roof; a blast of wind came, and down he went; but he caught something, raised himself, and walked along like one on a tight-rope. The madman does not seem to notice uim. We watch them both, and our hearts beat not only with anxiety, but shame. The possibility of such a feat had never entered our imaginations. Now he nears the maniac, who notices him, turns half round, and throws his arms up in defiance. But on Jourdan goes. The shadows now mingle on the roof. The wind seems to howl louder, and our eyes are less able to distinguish objects. Great heavens! they're down!” said Brown, squeezing my arm; as something rattled over the roof. No—it was only a tile. What are they doing? They are near er us now—d Jourdan walking warily back ward, and leading the maniac, whom he has grasped by the breast of the night shirt. Still are those mad hands held out threateningly over the frail figure guiding himto safety. They reach the trap. Brown and I descend the stepsso as to make room for the strange pair. Down they come. We seize the great mad arms and pin them down, and put the man to bed. We turn to look for Jourdan. He is quietly putting on his boots again; and so we all return to the house-surgeon’s room. I shall not trouble the reader with any moral reflections, which he may draw as well as myself from this little adventure. Poor Jourdan’s brave spirit is now, 1 trust, where he obtains a clearer insight into those great truths he so enthusiastically in his short and useful life. The patient whose life he saved was only suffering from tem porary mental excitement, and is now a i strong and useful man. "HINTS.

Do everything in its proper time. Keep everything in its place. Always mend clothes before washing. Alum or vinegar is good to set colors of red, green, or yellow. Sal-soda will bleach very white; one spoonful is encugh for a kettle of clothes. Save your suds for garden plants, or to harden yards when sandy. Stir Poland starch with a common candle, and it will not stick to the iron, and will be much nicer. Count your clothes-pins, knives and forks, towels, handkerchiefs, &c., at least once a week. Wash your tea-trays with coldsuds, pol ish with a little flour, and rub with a dry cloth. Frozen potatoes make more starch than fresh ones they also make nice cakes. Save all your pieces of bread for pud ding; dry, or they will mould. Examine your pickles, sweetmeats, and everything put away. Buy small quantities of cheese at a time. Get some farmer to put down your but ter in the fall. A hot shovel held over varnished farni ture will take out white spots. A bit of glue, dissolved in skim milk and water, will restore old crape. Ribbons of any kind should be washed in cold soap-suds, and not rinsed. If your flat-irons are rough, rub them well with fine salt, and it will make them smooth. Oat straw i 8 best for filling beds. It should be changed once a year. If you are buying a carpet for durabili ty, choose small figures. A bit of soap rubbed in the hinges of doors will prevent their creaking. Seotch snuff put on holes where crickets come out will destroy them. Wood ashes and common salt, wet with water, will stop the cracks of a stove, and prevent the smoke from escaping. Green should be the color of bed hang ings and window drapery. A gallon of strong lye put in a barrel of hard water will make it as soft as rain wa ter. Tre Parisn MiNister.—The author of Adam Bede, in sketching the rector of a parish, says he was not much of a preach er. He preached short moral sermoms. But then he acted pretty much ufieto what he said. He didn’t set up for being no different from other folks one day, and then be as like ’em as two peas the rest; and he made folks love and respect him. Mrs. Poyser used to say he was like a good meal o’ victuals: you were better for him without thinking on it. 85~ How are you, count said a not ed wag, to a spruce looking specimen of the genus snob. r Sir,” said the indignat swell, who are you, and why do you call me count Why, I saw you counting oysters last week, and supposed you were of royal blood,” said the wag. Snob vamoused.

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The TWeekly Anglo-Arican. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 24, 1859. I Advertiscments Sor *m er must e companied by the cash. bl 19" Copies of this paper can be purchased of the news-dealers everywhere. ki _ THE MOVING OF THE EXTREMES. The people of eolor who are at all mov ing onward, are commonly divided into two extremes, neither of which is exclusively desirable, but both of which are inclusive ly indispensable. The first of these is composed of those who believe that our el evation depends upon the mere obtaining on our part of refined education, refined manners, refined appearance, political rights, and social rights. These, and these only, they believe, will elevate us to our proper level. This class can see but very little good effected outside of lectures, orations, speech es, special pleadings, courts of justice, pul pits, rostrums, cars, steamboats, hotels, and comfortable dwellings—in short, agood ap pearance and a pleasant recognition frem the dominant class generally. The attain ment of a good trade or a good business never so much as once have entered their minds; the exercise of a rigid system of domestic ezonomy, or even a moderate de gree of temperance in their domestic af fairs, they have scarcely even dreamed of. They look on and behold a corresponding class of whites, who, by the full possession of the one and the rigid exercise of the other, rise first to comfort, then to ease, then to competency, and then to indepen dence. They look on, but feel that this method of getting on in the world is not for them—is not to be by them nor tothem commended—is not elevation. Their’s is a higher #deal, they tell us. They aim at a nobler goal. They are, in fact, truly transcendental. Speak, speak-—lecture, lec ture—talk, talk—declaim, advocate, agi tate; this is their mission, and is all right and good—very good, as far as it goes. Indeed, it is all so important ;to the pro gress of our cause that it ought to be the earnest life-work of the special individual man; still, it ought nat to be the sole creed and entire basis of an entire class from which only they are to strive to effect their complete elevation. It forms a platform neither long enough nor broad enough, and hence it is that some of our best efforts and best resolves fail ere the first symotoms of success, while most of the rest die of stran gulation long before the great masses of our people perceive that there are any signs of life in them. Something more, then, is needed, and the city and village life to which this class of our people is mostly confined, fails to supply that some thing. The second division of our people, on the contrary, are those who, if they ever knew of it, eschew this entire method of promotion. Certainly they have no faith in anything as a means except, primarily, labor. Labor! That with them is the key note not only, but the entire note to the end of the scale and down again. Labor! labor They work to live and thrive, and live and thrive to work; they work, they eat, they drink, they sleep; they sleep, they eat, they drink, they work. Thus, day in and day out, do they perform the same dreary round of hard labor, unreliey ed by an encouraging lecture, a good book, a useful journal, or a pleasant thought. For these they have neither time nor taste. This class, where economy and sobriety predominate, is pecuniarily advancing; and here. as we did for the other class, we pro nounce their effort clever enough as far as it goes. It has, unlike the other, sufficient breadth and depth of foundation, but not height enough upon which a people may stand and therefrom rise to their full stat ure. The country life which this class has led, and the primitive training it has had, have combined to contract their views to too narrow limits for a just and prover ele vation. For them too something more is needed. Here, then, are the two extremes of col ored society, forming excellent materials for permanent advancement. ~What we need, then, is a third party—a middle par ty, a rational party, a party constructed out of the essential elements of both-—the blending together of the extremes into one great whole. Let our people who are located in the rural sections of the country—we mean those who are toiling and thriving—llook up occasionally from their toil, and see what else is going on in the world beyond. Let them endeavor to learn something beyond their immediate neighborhoods. There are other lessons than those they have mas tered (though perhaps none so difficult) yet to be learned before they can be all that a true state of society demands. 1 And let those of our large cities and vil lages, who at present sce elevation only in moral and mental culture, in fine finish, in a nice sense of personal justice and honor, and in equality—we say let them look abroad among their rougher but honest, and in some senses well-positioned brethren in out-the-way corners of the country. Let them carry among this class what they have, and our word for it they will receive four-fold in return. They have intelli gence and refinement; these they can car ry and impart. The others, their country brethren, have position and experience; the benefit of these they can give in return. Thus shall we be enabled gradually to pro duce a people free, earnest, vigorous, intel ligent—a people that shall bea power un mistakable in the land. [For the Weekly Anglo-African.] A FAILING OVERLOOKED. Mr. Eprror:—Having been so hxgflyl delighted with the efforts made in your valuable paper for our good, I have screw- ed my courage up to the point necessary to appear in print and make mention of a failing” which has been overlooked by our orators and writers. This failing is ‘the unwillingness on the part of a very large majority of the colored people to work for one another. No matter what the work may be, the feeling is the same. If a colored mechanic desires a journey man, he may apply to a colored man fa miliar with the trade, and who is out of employment seeking a situation, and prob ably trying to borrow} the means for his support, and it is more thanlikely that the mechanic or tradesman will receive as an answer some frivolous excuse about his expecting an engagement the next day or week, giving the lie direct to his first state ment that he wishes work; or else he treats the applicant with contempt, as if he had been grossly insulted and the offending party wasbeneath hisnotice. In case the ap plicant fails to receive either of the two kinds of treatment mentioned, and the man condescends to engage with him at the highest prices paid, the result is, the bossis absolutely swindled, in nine cases out of ten, out of both time and money, by the short-comings of his assistant. These make themselves apparent in various ways, such as the want of punctuality, or the ab sence of the boss furnishes a chance for the “jour”to “loaf;” and if the boss complains, for apologies he gets abuse. Should this fail to get him his discharge, he pretends sickness, and stays from work a day or more. These annoyances can be multi plied ad libitum, and nothing more than a true picture be presented, for I can place my finger on a man who has been forced to sell his establishment in consequence of this kind of treatment from his employees. Here is a specimen of an excuse offered a friend of mine by his assistant, who pre vented him from keeping an engagement, while such assistant was well aware of the engagement and the time appointed; ‘also, that my friend could not fulfill it with out his presence when the time should come. The time came, but not the assist ‘ant until nearly two hours after. Upon imquiring'why he did not present himself sooner, the assistant replied that “there was somebody sick.” The answer being so indefinite, my friend asked if it was one of his family who was sick. The reply was, No, you have got me now,” and then ‘enjoyed a laugh at what he considered a ‘capital joke. When a white man wishes to employ him, mark the difference. He will almost kneel in thankfulness, no matter how me nial the job or low the wages. As for promptness, he almost rivals the sun; and if perchance unavoidably delayed—for in these cases he never lets trifles delay him, he will be as cringing and humble jin his apologies as the meanest cur. As for’ “loafing,” the idea never appears to enter his head, for his employer has only to call, and you hear his prompt “Sar.” This de scription might be extended, but the mem ory of any victim can add to it, and this suffices my purpose. This failing is by no means confined to males. If any difference exists, the females are the strongest in their opposition to working for colored people, for they make use of the license afforded the sex, and boldly say they won't do it. An instance presents itself to my mind which will illus trate the general feeling regarding this matter. A widow lady of color in compe tent circumstances desired a tidy girl for a companion as well as an assistant, and commissioned me to find one. At that time I resided in Brooklyn, and commenced inquiries there. Having been told of a poor family consisting of a mother and sev ‘eral children where such a girl could prob ably be found, I hastened to their resi dence, which was in a basement,; and pre sented unmistakable evidences of poverty. I was graciously received, stated my busi ness, (but omitted to mention that the lady ‘was colored,) and the mother was delight ‘ed, for she said it was such hard getting along to take care of so many children, &e. In affew minutes an unlucky thought prompted the mother to ask if it was a white lady. I replied in the negative, and ‘the change was magical. Her affability ‘was gone, and she was a_personification of insulted virtue; and in freezing tones she told me she could not entertain such a thought,” compelling me to leave her with the feeling that I had inflicted a wound in that mother’s breast which time scarce would suffice to heal. Mark the sequel! The same girl, if her parent had consented, would at this moment have been an orna ment to her family—that is, as far as cor rect associations promote good morals; but exactly the reverse is the result. Left to grow in idleness, she has reaped the fruits of idleness. It is perceptible that this failing has its results in many ‘ways, and most seriously as it affects the young. Parents who pos sess this prejudice, if they will allow their children to work for colored men, are al ‘ways on the alert for what they conceive ‘as an affront to their dignity—so much so that if the child is requested occasionally to do a little dirty work, the parents are up in arms, and the child must be withdrawn. And for what purpose—to give him a posi tion where dirty or hard work never comes Oh! no—to put him with a *white man, where it is all dirty or hard work, and where it is rare that anything higher pre sents itself The result is, the child’s am bition is quenched, and he becomes a drudge for life. This is a fruitful theme, but fearing that I have already trespassed on the space in your columns allotted to abler contribu ‘tors, I leave the subject, trusting that it will ‘meet the attention it deserves from those igenflemen whose efforts are directed to ward benefitting our condition. FAIR WEATHER. For the Weakly Anglo-African. A TRIAL SERMON. It will doubtless afford much pleasure to the friends of Mr. George Dixon, clerk for so many years of the Abyssinian Bap tist Church, of this city, to hear that his son, Mr. Wm. T. Dixon, preached his trial sermon on Tuesday evening, September 13, in said church, preparatory to entering the ministry. We noticed within the al tar, beside the pastor of the church, Rev. Mr. Spelman, the Revs. Messrs. Cary and Hawkins. The latter is pastor of the Bap tist Church at Newburg. After the regu lar opening service, the candidate took for his text the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th verses of the second chapter of Paul's Epistle to Titus. We are pleased to say that the sermon gave evidence of much thought and study, and that we have no doubt of the final success of this young man in being, by God’s help, of much usefulness in that branch of the Church of Christ to which he is attached. Messrs. Spelman and Cary then madesome very acceptable remarks, after which Dea con Wm. Fenwick extended the right hand to the candidate, invoking the blessings of the Lord on his labors in His vineyard. The father of our young friend then made a short address, but it was very evident that his heart was too full for utterance. The meeting was closed by prayer by the Rev. Mr. Hawkins, and the benediction. The procee(iings seemed to afford much gratifica ion to the large congregation as sembled. This church is ina very flour ishing condition, and numbers on its roll some 430 members. The society has late ly purchased a very neat church edifice in Waverly Place, a few doors north of Sixth avenue—a very eligible situation. R. TRUTH VS. FALSEHOOD. T'o the Editor of the Weekly Anglo-African: Would that I could feel that there is not a necessity for this communication; but as your columns have been used to circulate an insinuation prejudicial to me, Ifeel that I may in justice solicit a chance to reply. I am not feeling as pleasant as I might, because of my detestation of deceit, false hood, and maliciousness. A moralist has remarked that the es sence of alieis in the intent.” Henry Highland Garnet is reported, m your pa per, to have said, in Boston, not long ago, as follows: “Go to a hotel kept by some of the colored friends, and they will look at you, and begin to stutter—‘Very sorry, but you know we have to'—(Great merri ment. ‘Who's that? Is it Downing Well, I will not call any names. I will not say a word here in respect to my friend Downing. If he were here I would speak more plainly. If these colored men say, We can’t entertain our people,’ and if they hold to that, when they come to sit in high places, as your Presidents, tell them to go home and get civilized. (Applause.)” I desire to borrow words from Holy ‘Writ, and say that I am a liar, and the i truth is not in” me, if the unmistakable in ‘sinuation intended in the quotation from your paper be true. The author of it is, ac cording to the rules of debate, called upon to prove what he has asserted. As I say in the commencement, I regret that I am in this unprofitable controversy. I do not desire to engage in a controversy with one who can manifest the spirit which the author of the quotation does, though R E V. may be a prefix to his name, for 1 might be tempted to use a stump—to club him. However, I wish it to be under stood that I am not to be backed down by even the fear of a premature “grave,” though a doctor once said that I had the “heart disease.” If speaking the truth shall carry me there, bury me alongside of ‘my sister.” GEO. T. DOWNING. THE ANGLO-AFRICAN MAGAZINE FOR ALL oF Our PuLic Lißraries—Wno Wi Am? —An unknown friend writes as follows: Believing that the publication of your in valuable magazine is doing more to do away with the wicked prejudice existing against the black man, and to elevate him socially and politically, than by any other effort being made; and feeling that great good would result from placing it within the reach of the masses, I will give ten dollars towards creating a fund for placing a copy in every public library in this country.” How does this proposition strike the true friends of the black man? Will they re spond liberally and promptly The following is a list of pledges and monies received for said purpose: A friend of the black man” §lO 00 Hon. Gerrit Smith 1000 S. W. Brewster e Benjamin Coates Pl s el i 10 00 There are now ten anti-slavery papers printed in the slave-states, in English, be sides eight in German. Of these, nine, or one half, are published in Missouri, three in Virginia, two in Kentucky, two at Washington, D. C., and two in Mary s EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the Evangelical Association of Colored Ministers of Con gregational and Presbyterian Churches, commeneced its session in Siloam Presby?-v rian Church, Brooklyn, on Wednesday evening, the 14th inst. The Rev. Amos G. Beman, of Portland, opened the exercises by reading a hymn, which was followed by prayer. The Rev. Samuel Harrison, of Pittsfield, Mass., preached from the text Jeremiah viii, 14, Why do we sit still He wound up a sensible sermon by appealing to the colored people, as such, to be active, be cause of the efforts of Chureh and State to crush them. He urged upon them the importance of working out their elevation by teaching their children useful mechan ical trades—lleaving the cities and towns and becoming owners of the soil. The in iquity of American slavery called for their action. He urged upon the ministers the importance of taking a bold stand in favor of their race. They could.not depend up ‘on the dominant race to do their work for ‘them. Three thousand New England ‘ministers, a few years ago, had made a ‘united effort in favor of Kansas; but when the Dred Scott decision was announced, how many, even New England clergymen, rose to assert the rights of the colored race? Not three hundted could be found. The following ministers were present:— l Rev. Samuel Harrison, Pittsfield, Mass.; Rev. A. G. Beman, Portland, Maine; Rev. )E. P. Rogers, Newark, N. J.; Rev. Geo. 'W. Levere, Rev. A. N. Freeman, Rev. J. 'N. Gloucester, Rev. J.A. Prime, Brooklyn, 1 N. Y.; Rev. H. M. Wilson, Rev. H. H. ‘Garnet, N. Y. City; and Rev. S. S. Joce lyn, of the American Missionary Associa ‘tion. Elders representing many of the churches were present also. The object of this annual convocation is to give the ministers of color throughout ‘the Northern, Eastern and Western States ‘an opportunity of interchanging views up on the best means to be employed for amel iorating the condition of their people, and of hearing reports of their progress in va rious parts of the country. The principal object of the Association is to procure a fund for the aid of people and destitute churches, and sustaining an Evangelist who shall travel from place to place to inquire into the condition of the people, and bring to bear upon them such influences as may tend to the promotion of their interests, so cially and religiously. ORGANIZATION OF THE ANNUAL MEETING. On Thursday morning the Association met in the same place; Rev. A. N. Free man, President in the chair. The Rev. Amos G. Beman, of Portland, Maine, was chosen President of the Asso ciation for the ensuing year; the Rev. H. M. Wilson, of New York, was re-elected Recording Secretary. The following ministers were received in the course of the morning session: Rev. Charles W. Gardner, Harrisburg, Pa.; Rev. Benjamin Lynch, Newport, R. I.; Rev. C. B. Ray, New York City; Rev. Jeremiah Bowman, Cincinnati; Rev. Dan iel Vanderveer, Elizabeth, N. J. The Rev. H. M. Wilson and the Rev. C. W. Gardner stated that the influence of the meetings of that Association in Phila delphia two years ago was of the most healthful nature, the result being that the people who, before, were separated by pet ty jealousies and bickerings, had been uni ted. PUBLIC MEETING. On Thursday evening a public meeting was held in the large hall of the Polytech nic Institute, Livingston street, between Court and Boerum streets; Rev. A. G. Be man, President in the chair. The exercis es were opened by the singing of a hymn by the audience, and prayer by the Rev. J. A. Prime. The Rev. A. N. Freeman, of Brookly, was the first speaker. He said that he never before felt so much the necessity of good fecling and unity of spirit and pur pose among his people, and he could assure that meeting that no progress could be made among the colored people unless the differences which existed were dismissed from their ranks, and they should feel suf ferers in common with one another. When this general sympathy should have become a characteristic of the race in the United States, then, and not till then, would there be any solid basis of hope for their redemp tion and their elevation. There was only ‘that one thing——c.\'lo.\'—which could be depended upon, and tbey themselves could ‘and must wield the influence for their own and their children’s sakes. The Rev. A. G. Beman, of Portland, next spoke, recounting the disadvantages which had been overcome, the present en couragement to go onward in self-elevation, and the duty to act in the capacity of rep resentatives of a race wronged by oppression and fraud, and in the name of their com mon Christianity to stand up together for right. The Rev. H. H. Garnet addressed the meeting on the subject of the condition of the church in reference to slavery. He charged the church of America with the guilt of sustaining a system of slavery the vilest under heaven, living upon the hearts’ blood of millions. He said that many of the Doctors of Divinity in that City of Churches, Brooklyn, did not know the def inition of the word man. If they were asked to spell the word from an object, that object being a black man, they would say M-A-N, chattel; or M-a-N, property. Bat the sin did not lie with the white people only; there were some black men who were a little worse. Voltaire and Tom Paine had never been g‘gty 0£ making infidels to the extent of the clergy of the United States. They approached the young mind while yet in college, and poisoned it ere it had an opportunity of bleoming in God’s broad sunlight. T'rue suecess in the work ‘of the] ministry depended upon a proper regard for the works of justice, truth and righteousness, without compromise. A minister who did notlead his people, or try s 0 to do, instead of spending his days in pleasing them and in bowing down before the shrine of their iniquities, had mistaken his mission altogether, and all such should be jostled out of their wrong into their le gitimate calling in life. ~He urged upon the people the importance of drawing clos er to God the heavier the weight of wrong laid upon them by their oppressors. He concluded his eloquent speech with a soul stirring peroration, thanking the God of liberty for the signs of the times, and the omens of not distant triumph. The Rev. Jeremiah W. Loguen, Gener al Superintendent of the Underground Railroad, at Syracuse, also addressed the meeting at some length upon the unsur passed characteristic of human endurance, as it was pre-eminently developed in the colored race of the United States of Ame rica. Mr. L.’s speech abounded with anec dotes and mirthfulness, at the same time its delivery was earnest and decided. The audience was by no means as large as it might have been. Great enthusiasm, however, prevailed throughout the exer cises. BUSINESS MEETINGS. On Friday morning the Association again met, for the transaction of business, in Si loam Church, Prince street; Rev. A. G. Beman, President in the chair. CELEBRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. On Friday evening, notwithstanding the storm, a goodly congregation gathered into Siloam Church for the purpose of partici pating in the Lord’s supper. This was a happy meeting. The President of the As sociation, Rev. A. G. Beman, conducted the exercises. The Rev. H. M. Wilson, of New York, addressed the people, previ ous to the dispensation of the elements, upon the design of the sacrament of the Lord’s supper as a commemorative ordi nance. The elements were set apart by the Rev. Charles W. Gardner, in an effect ing and appropriate prayer. The Rev. Charles B. Ray administered the bread, and the Rev. E. P. Rogers ad ministered the wine. The congregation was then addressed by the Rev. A. N. Freeman, who called out the Rev. Mr. Gardner. Mr. Gardner said that he had been in the Gospel ministry for fifty-one years, that he had found the grace of God suffi cient for him amid the trials and difficulties of life. He spoke of the duties of punc tuality and faithfulness to the common doc trines of the Christian church. To illus trate what he meant by punctuality he re lated an instance in his own experience. Many years ago he had invited the Presi dent of Princeton College to preach for him. The time came for services to commence but the President had not yet come. He (Mr. G.) opened the service at the hour, and when the congregation were conclnd ing the singing of the first hymn, in came the President, to whom he administered the following rebuke: “Dr. you are too late.” Mr. G. related many interest ing experiences of his life as a minister, and urged upon his brethren to go onward in the cause of the people, and in Christ’s name, and they would succeed. After singing, and the benediction by Rev. Mr. Gardner, the congregation dispersed. MISSIONARY MEETING. On Sunday evening the Missionary Meeting, appointed by the Association, was held in Shiloh Presbyterian Church, New York. The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, in the absence of the President of the Association, conducted the exercises. ‘The opening prayer was offeredl by the Rev. Mr. Bowman, of Cincinnati. After singing the hymn “Watchman tell us of the right,” &c., the Rev. Henry H. Garnet stated the object of the meeting to be that of hearing addresses from brethren from various parts of the .ountry, in reference to the great subject of Christian Missions, at home and abroad. He said that mem bers of the churches had a common inter est in the object of the Association, and had a duty to perform in connection with it. Each one could become a member by paying half a dollar to its funds annually. What the Association wanted to do with the money was to aid feeble churches and churches which were destitute of ministers. There were nine churches now without pastors, and the idea of the Asssociation was to provide and sustain an evangelist whose duty it should be to travel and visit the churches, to encourage and strengthen them. Another object would be to en courage young men to devote themselves to study, with a view to preparation for the Gospel ministry, and he hoped that ere long a sufficient number of young men would be found offering themselves, and that the needed help would be forthcoming from the churches, through the Association. The meetings of the Association during past week had been of a very encouraging character, and the deliberations had been characterized by much harmony and broth erly love. i The Rev. Jeremiah Bowman, of Cincin nati, spoke flzfitl}e general subject of‘ missions. He also pointed out some of the reasons why, above all others, the colored people had a great duty to perform in the ‘great enterprise-of missions to-their own immediate brethren. In all parts of the ‘country there were large numbe=s of col ored people destitute of a pure Gospel. Tt had become an established rule among ministers of the various denominations, to distinguish between the Gospel to white men and the Gospel to the colored man. It was time, then, for the colored men who were more favored, to see that their less fa vored brethren were provided with a pure and undefiled Gospel. Mr. Nelson, an elder from the Presbyte rian Church at Reading, Pa., addressed the meeting at some length on the importance of the consolidated action of the colored people in the great missionary work of el evating the aspirations of their brethren— of their youth, the present age might at least be the harbinger of brighter, freer, happier days, for the race in the future. The Rev. H. M. Wilson, of the Seventh avenue Presbyterian Church, made a brief address upon the magnificence of the idea which the Association has set forth as the object of its cfforts, that of sending an evangelist to the destitate churches. Mr. James Cross, a deacon from the ‘Talcott street Congregational Church,Hart ford, Conn., referred to the difficulties and afflictions of weak churches, and the gran deur of that idea which might soon incor porate itself in a great and powerful trans action, with a view to the salvation of souls, and the general elevation of the people. He urged the people to be faithful in sus taining the ministry. The Rev. Charles W. Gardner, of the Presbyterian Church at Harrisburg, Pa., had come to the conclusion that the people must answer their own prayers. God was a consistent being and could not be expect ed to interfere with the original plan and designs of His unerring providence. “Watch and pray,” comprehended work ing to accomplish the end of prayer. The prayer of faith was always accompanied with corresponding activity. People were very fond of praying for the perishing heathen of foreign lands, forgetting the tremendous amount of heathenism they ought to pray for at home. He said that the grand object of the Association was not one which was placed beyond the meansof the colored people. He knew well that in themselves they had the resources, if they had the will to apply them in a practical way. Themostof their prosperous church es were supported by about one-third of the community. He was glad to say of Congregationalism and Presbyterianism, that before their judications of examina tion there was no respect of persons, so that young men of color had every oppor tunity to prepare themselves forthe minis try. It was the duty of church mem bers to pray that the Lord would inspire young men with a desire for the ministerial work, and when they had found such young men they ought to aid them in their efforts onward. By so doing they would not simply perpetuate the church with its bless ed institutions, but would preserve and promote intelligence in the race, aud make it a blessing both to the church and the world. THE CLOSING MEETING. The closing meeting of the Association was held in the Seventh avenue Presbyte rian Church, on Monday evening. The Rev. H. M. Wilson conducted the exercis es. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Charles B. Ray, Rev. J. N. Glouces ter, Mr. Cross of Hartford, Mr. Nelson of Reading, Pa., and Rev. Mr. Loguen of Sy racuse. The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet made the concluding address, in the name of the Association, bidding an affectionate fare well to the people. He reminded the min isters, elders and deacons of the responsi bility resting on them, and urged them not only to renewed but to increased activity in the great work contemplated by the As sociation. He charged the people to be more affectionate towards each other, and to work more earnestly for their own and the elevation of the race. The meeting was closed with the usual benediction, aud the audience dispersed. We have not been able to procure the various resolutions which were discussed and adopted at the business sessions of the Association, on Friday and Saturday, nor the statistical reports from the churches rep resented. Robert H. Mills, a native of Long Is land, about 28 years of age, was accident ally drowned on the 14th inst. at Fulton Ferry. He was employed as steward on board the schooner Langdon Gilmore, ly ing at Forrester’s dock. 'The master of the vessel stated that deceased had a moth er living in the interior, and that he had Jjust returned from a short visit to her pre vious to sailing. The deceased had $2B and a galvanized watch in his possession. The body was buried in the Cemetery of the Evergreens. The Portsmouth “Journal” publishes a‘ passport given by James Monroe, when Minister to England, in 1806, to Essex White, a slave and body-servant of John Randolph, and a negro, in which the said Essex White is called “a citizen of the United States.” 33}12 @qtrexspmhznu‘ I B O S———— SRR TRO BT 05 ommay fig i Sa6 Hargor, Sept. 12, 1859, g iting ;nynxt;::e'—fov: b their religious g'g‘s pef)p le from tion voluntaril s f.br tlfat e 5o liberty :Ssu‘nzed in this land of the Rev. Alexand y.P g .Greenpon a church in b etlil Ofsey, Soe bby tharge in Green st t hase pl.wes. He was port attending a fair—a successfy] faxr.—h.eld by his people there to raise f; unds to liquidate a debt on their building; and, altlfough but few in number, they have,by their energy and labors, cleared over oo hundred dollars. He used all necessary means to secure for us a good meetiy, i among his people in this place, and the a" tendance proved that he had not labory in vain. There are in this place less than ty, hundred colored people. Their church ed. ifice—a small but comfortable building~ was built some twenty years ago, the ded. cation sermon being preached by the vene. rable and reverend Christopher Rush, wh, has toiled so long and so well for the rej;. gious prosperity of the colored people (f this country. During these twenty years, of course, a great many changes hayve ken place here. Those men then iy prime of life, and who built the church, now show the weight of years heavy upoy them. Many of those who were childre, then, and whom these fathers thought ang hoped would be pillars in the church an towers of strength and beauty in society, have disappointed those bright hopes. Ty, many of them have become “sons of the ocean,” spending years away as whalemen, to return now and then with all the destyuc. tive habits of the sailor fastened upon them Some of the people here are doing well, They have acted nobly, and are enjoying the fruits of well-spent lives. The church end congregatioit present an appearance of peace and hopefulness for the future. In their pastor and his good lady they lave able and efficient counsellors for everything good. The spirit of improvement is in ‘them, and we are glad to find them held in “honor for work’s sakeé.” At the close of one of our meetings some of the good friends subscribed for “The Weekly Anglo-African” for the pastor,and for the American Missionary Magazine’ for his wife. They have a fine Sabbath school. Mr. Hempsted, the superintend. ent, is a man well fitted for the responsible station which he holds in the church and ‘in the school. This part of the island has been much ‘neglected by anti-slavery laborers, and as a consequence there is much to be done in the way of reform. At the present time there is no Anti-Slavery Society, and we did not find an anti-slavery paper or a tem perance journal, there being no temper ance or literary society it their midst. It is to be feared that rum is doing a fearful work with some in this place. Indeed, one will not have to travel long to find evi ‘dences of its existence and power. Who cver examines will find that many of the young as well as the old are being led away captive by this fascinating demon. The future looks more hopeful. Parents are taking a deeper and a wiser interest in their children. This is well. In our youth we must find those who are to be the cham pions of every good cause; too much pains cannot be taken to fit them to “act well their part” in all the great interests of so ciety. The good ladies here are about to hold a fair for the support of the Gospel in their midst; and the young people, full of zeal, propose soon to give an exhibition of an intellectual character, at which the elo quent and masterly argument before the United States Court in Ohio, for the trial of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescuers, deliv ered by Dr. Charles H. Langston, will be recited. May it be thus recited athousand times by our young men in all parts of the land, and in various [schools and associa tions. May its living and burning truths flash over a multitude of hearts, that, if ev er the occasion demands, they may be pre pared and ready to go and do likewise.” Our visit in this place has been very pleasant, and we trust not altogether in vain. It will not be in vain, Mr. Editor, for you will, from week to week, do much to strengthen and encouray the friends here to run with patience the race set be fore them”—to do with all their might what their hands find to do for their own ‘elevation, and for the deliverance of those in chains in this guilty land. 4. G. B. OUR NEW HAVEN LETTER. New Havex, Sept. 137 1859 Dear Axcro.—To a sojourner, the color ed people of this elm-shaded city preseni the appearance of considerable thrift and prosperity, which is, in a great measure, I am informed, due to their being totally ex empt here, and throughout the State also, from taxation, as an offset to the depriva tion of the exercise of the elective fran chise, and one of the most important legit imate results is the great number of real estate owners in almost every village, town and city. There are quite a number of colored mechanics here, viz: carriage and body makers, four; carpenters and joiners,eight; boot and shoe makers, four; brick layers and plasterers, three; carriage and black smiths, three; tailor, house paiuter, and coach painter, each one; clothiers and clothing dealers and cleaners, some fivé of

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¢ix; and quite a number of hackmen and city express (baggage and package) men. Being unfortunately a bashful man I have not obtained the true number of dress makers. Mrs. Mary A. S. Cary left us last Fri day, the 9th inst., for Boston and interme diate places. The friends of African and West Indi an emigration are quite numerous and in fluential here, for I have conversed with many who are striving hard to transplant themselves to some tropical clime. OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER. PurLapeLpia, Sept. 19, 1859. Mr. Epror:—The census of the Phila delphia Almshouse was taken on the 10th inst inst., at 12 o'clock M., and the num ber of inmates at that time was ascertained to be 2,359,"an increase of 64 over last year. According to ‘the report for this year, there were in the wards for white women, 1,169; in the wards for white men, 1,064; in the wards for colored women, 77; and in the wards for colored men, 49. This seems like a great disparity—only 126 colored to 2,233 whites. The negro race must be a very independent set, if those of Philadelphia are a sample—that is, so far as going to the Almshouse is con cerned. In a late issue of your paper, reference is made to the North American and Unit ed States Gazette,” as containing occasion al articles derogatory to the colored peo ple; and so it does, but the Public Ledg er” is far more extensively read by them than the North American” is, simply be cause the “Ledger” costs but one cent, while the other costs three cents. It also contains occasional articles "derogatory to the colored people, and I will give you a specimen. On the morning of the 14th inst. the Ledger” put forth aleader head ed Inferior things die out.” The article commenced by citing an instance of a sky lark that was rendered silent by having a mocking-bird placed near it, and another of a black-bird that was so placed dying of grief. “This will illustrate,” says the writer, the tendency of all inferior things to die out, which seems a universal law of nature.” D’remising these things, the wri ter continues: “It is thus with races of men. The presence of the white race be comes, by an inevitable law, the destruc tion and death of the Indian. The whis ky, the vices, and the diseases of the white man, apart from his arms and arts, are too strong for the inferior race, and he passes away, because the two cannot occupy the same sphere as independent lords of crea tion. If with the negro it is different, it is only where he does not practically occupy the same sphere.” Do the facts of history sustain that position? Nay, does not eve ry-day observation prove the contrary to be true? 1 cannot be made to believe that the writer could possibly think other wise; but I am persuaded that he, knowing the gullibility of the masses, (please excuse a vulgarism,) seeks a favorable opportuni ty to belie history, in order to prove the black man to be inferior to the white. Whatever theories may be "advanced re specting the capacity of the negro, his ability to cope with the white man in intel lectual attainments, &c., the negro does not exhibit signs of inferiority in the sense in which the writer intimates, for neither whisky, vices, diseases, luxury, nor slavery will kill the black man; but he livesthrough them all, and increases in numbers faster than the white man, and is an ever-existing eyesore to colonizationists and negro-hat ers. With these facts staring them in the face, they attempt to write the negro out of existence; but he has embraced their civilization, and can fight them with their own weapon—the pen—although it has been said by professed ethnologists that he cannot embrace their civilization. In addi tion to all the other means which are be ing and have been adopted for the purpose of exterminating the colored people from the United States, is the bleaching” pro cess. This seems to be the most success ful experiment of all, for in 1850, according to census returns, there were in the United States 405,751 mulattoes—perhaps not all told. Virginia, the great slave-mart, con tains 79,775 of that number. The Ledg er's” proposition is true—true to the letter —andso are some of the facts cited in sup port of it; but his allusion to the negro question in that connection is very unfor tunate for him. I have been credibly informed that four out of cight lodges of the G. U. O. of O. I in Philadelphia will send delegates to Toronto, C. Wi, where the A. M. C. will meet on the first Wednesday in October, 1850, The delegates will doubtless have A pleasant time in the Queen’s dominions. The representatives elected hereare as fol lows: Trom Unity Lodge, No. 711, Mr. Joseph 1L Carter; Good Samaritan Lodge No. 816, Mr. Alfred S. Casey; Pheenix 1:"‘12“» Xt‘- Y 94, Mr. Charles Simpson; Carthagenian Lodge, No. 901, Mr. Amos Weber. Our city was visited on Friday evening, 16. th inst., by a heavy storm of wind and rain, which lasted until late on Saturday @vening. Daring its continuance, awnings Vere blown to atoms, trees had thejr tops t‘:‘-‘lstv(l off and their branches strewn over éi:“tll:rrilrilln'ostl:xllmnd(:mtly. The rain fell i \‘]‘Lllal:s ;xlsldc out, leaving them \'ari..u; .ttrf rom .the storm. T'rees in u ;Ul (ims of the city were blown down, mpede the 'progress of vehicles. In one or two instances trees were blown down athwart the city railroad track, and had of necessity to be removed before the cars could proceed. The Washington, Franklin, and Independence Squares were closed all day yesterday-—or rather the two former were—because they were not fit to use, on account of the branches of trees being strewn over the ground. The trees in Independence Square were not iujured so much as those in Washington, Square: The number of deaths reported to the Board of Health last week was 108, 5 of whom were colored. BANNEKER. OUR MAUMEE CITY LETTER. Forr Miami, dMivMEE Ciry, Ohio, August 29, 1859, Me. Epiror:—Many thanks for your kindly thought to remember your old friend, by sending both the monthly and weekly Anglo-African.” The latter seems to my mind just the thing needed to fill a great want of the people of color in the United States, both bond and nominally free. May your enterprise meet with a just apprecia tion by the people for whose defence you purpose to devote your energies, both physical and mental. Located up here in the northwest corner of the Buckeye State, I may not be able at any time to furnish you with much news in regard to the peo ple of color in this section yet, as a branch of the underground railroad passes within eight miles of my present home, and hav ing frequent occasions to visit the city of Toledo—the residence of some few hundred colored people originally brought to this point in pursuit of employment on Lake Lrie, the public hotels located here, or in the adjoining State of Michigan—l may beable to furnish your excellent paper with a few items of interest to the cause you advocate. Justice to myself and the cause of uni versal freedom—for which every one who admits the brotherhood of mankind, regard less of color, must labor and wait, compels me to say that seven additional years of observation of men and the motievs of ac tion that guide them in their intercourse with each other in every-day life, deepens the conviction in my mind that the only way successfully to battle with oppression, of whatever kind or degree, is to assume the position that the world’s our country, our countrymen all mankind.” Hence our right'to claim their sympathy in our be half, as well as every other portion of op pressed humanity throughout the world, not more on account of color than of caste. 1 know very many among us maintain the notion that our position in the United States is mainly attributed to color, and not condition. Yet it remains to be seen how far the former is true, after each and all of us shall have bent our whole souls to the accomplishment of our entire liberty from the shackles that have so long manacled both mind and body. Educate our sonsin the notion that the whole world is their country, and their countrymen all man kind. Teach them to study Geography with the design to make them familiar with the condition, climate, produce, and soil of this glorious earth from centre to circum ference, rather than to have them content to grow up in this Egypt of oppression as the hewers of wood and drawers of water for the 'Anglo-Saxon. Teach them still furtber, to study navigation, with a view to familiarize them with the pathway on the mighty ocean, whose waves encircle the earth, bearing upon their bosom the wealth of every land. 'Thus taught, thus prepar ed, bid them God speed, and let them go forth to the battle of life in other lands, where character, and not color, is the only test of manhood. But, Mr. Editor, I am admonished to bring my letter to a close. Much remains to be said about the future of our youth. The old, like the Israelites, for and on ac count of our sins, must wander and die to a man, perhaps, in this wilderness of oppres sion. May our children find the promised land through some Joshua in their midst. MIAMI. OUR READING LETTER. Reapixg, Pa., Sept 20, 1869. 1 Mz. Eprror:—Our metropolis is ::gt-;' situated on the banks of the Schuylkill river, about one degree north of the “Qua ker City,” and is overlooked by a range of mountains called Neversink, on which the famous First of August” is usually cele brated by the proscribed Americans of this city. It is a very healthy city, admirably situated. Its inhabitants are principally German, and what are known to us as Pennsylvania Dutch. Need I say that it isin “Old Berks” where the political contest between J. Glancy Jones and Maj. John Schawrtz was held, the former being a strong Administration Democrat, and was defeated. This county has always been Democratic, consequently that important change, it was thought, was the death-blow to the Democratic party. The colored citizens are about organiz ing a military company in this city, to be called the Douglass Guards. William S. Fry, Captain. They have been meeting for some time in the colored Odd Fellows’ Hall, Tenth street, for the purpose of drill ing. The company numbers some twenty or thirty persons, all warlike men. They have not, as yet, adopted a uniform, but the talk is that their suits will be black pantaloons and coats, and large caps, and several other additions which I cannot de seribe. The “Garnet Guards,” of our State Capital, intend visiting Reading the first of October next, also the Star Club,” of the same place, numbering, I was told, about a hundred persons. This will be something new to Old Berk.” The colored inbabitants of this place number about three hundred, though very much reduced since 1852, at which time it is said they numbered five or six hundred. The reduction is owing to the recent emi gration to Canada. 7 They have three churches, two Sabbath schools, and one day school. Considera ble property is owned by colored persons in and out of town, which makes them re sponsible in the eyes of the whites. The Union Prayer Meetings are now being held in the several churclies, and conducted very sociably and agreeably by both sex and colors. The Young Men’s Literary Association, of Reading, is in a flourishing condition. The members, though few in number, are very enterprising. A number of books was presented to the society by the citizens of both colors. Considerable feeling is manifested by our citizens in regard to the article in your ‘paper styled a Cry for the Needy,” and I think something can be done toward the commendable object put forth, even in this town. The Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, an emancipat- ed slave, gave usa lecture, on last Sabbath, which was instructive as well as amusing. He related several of his trials with his task-masters of Old Virginia,” and after being sold from that state down to New Orleans. He- is to lecture this evening, and no doubt will be listened to with inter est by many. Great excitement prevails in this place between two opposition circuses—Dan Rice, and Nathan Co’s.—but the former is so well acquainted in Reading, it is be lieved he will draw the greatest crowd. Mr. G. S. Nelson left Reading to attend the Convention of Ministers, at Brooklyn, New York, on last Wednesday, but has not, as yet, returned. That ever-ruling orb of day has reached the antumnal equinox almost, and conse quently given us about thirty-six hours of rain, and wind enough to root up trees in various parts of the city, and placing the grain-stacks almost horizontal. Enough for this time or there will be no thing for the next. A A CORRECTION. To the Editor of the Weekly Anglo- African: Dear Sir—One item in your issue of the 10th inst. you will please have the goodness to correct; it is the one in refer ence to a Liberian Ex-Judge of the Supe rior Court being at the Sulphur Springs in Virginia. Our Government has never ap pointed any man a Judge without his be ing there over three years. And again how inconsistent it would be to appoint a man a Judge without his having the neces sary qualifications; and I suppose that you will agree with me when I make the asser tion that there are none among our people in the Southern States possessing them, within a few months after leaving bondage. Believing that the article wasinserted with out any intention to belittle the policy of our Government, I am led to ask a correc tion of the statement, but ‘more still to af firm that it is untrue. A LIBERIAN. Tae Axcro-ArricaN MagaziNe.—The following notice of our Magazine is from that ably edited daily, the Evening News” of St. Anthony’s Falls, Minnesota The above Magazine for August (the 7th number,) edited, conducted and pub lished exclusively by that class of our fel low citizens who have been outlawed by the highest court in this inconsistent Re public, lies on the table before us. Itis got up in excellent mechanical style,and in a literary point of view exhibits considera ble enterprise, and much genuine talent. Among the colored contributors are Dr. James McCune Smith, Rev. H. H. Garnet, Fred Douglass, Dr. Pennington, Sarah M. Douglass, Bishop Payne, Charles L. Rem ond, Frances Ellen Watkins, Dr. M. R. Delany, &e., &e. The January number contained a beautiful engraving of that oth er “nigger,” Alexandre Dumas. It is probable that more of the real genius of the African race comes to a focus between these covers than in any similar periodical in the world. 'We heartily welcome this little book to the realm of letters, and bid it good speed to its task of human enlighten ment. Nothing else can possibly do so much to remove the impediments that trip the feet of the colored man, and to let in sunshine upon the pathway of the race; nothing else can do so much to break down or, rather, melt down, the unjust and con ceited prejudices of society; nothing so much to make tolerable the infamy of col or nothing so much to dispel the univer sity-bred l/ie—the innate superiority of race; nothing so much to conquer political jealousy and ethnological malignity noth ing so much to overthrow the old stupid sophisms which have robbed the negro of his self-reliance and trampled him to earth with the silver heel of caste, ever since he made his first independent struggle to be a man. Our colored friends who “have no rights which white men are bound to re spect” have a paper-covered argument here which they will be bound to respect,” and they may be assured that the rest of the civility will come by and by if they will only work and wait. Lectures By A. M. Greex.— Friend Douglass: 1 had the pleasure of listen ing, on the last two Sabbaths, to two very able lectures by A. M. Green, Esq., a col ored gentleman of Detroit, Michigan, who is traveling with Mrs. Tisdale, and assist ing her in procuring means for the redemp tion of her mother from slavery. The subject of the first lecture was, “The Beauty and Utility of Christian Educa tion;” the second, Slavery and Intemper ance.” These subjects were discussed in a manner quite cre(Jiitable to the head and heart of the lecturer. As he is compara tively unknown to fame, and as he purpos es visiting eastward on a lecturing tour, I deem it an act of justice to the lecturer to call upon the friends of humanity, wherev er he may visit, to give him a cordial re ception. Ww. J. W. Fredrick Douglass’ Paper. %zr@sflqflal. Samuel Philbrick Esq., Treasurer of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, died on the 19th inst. Dr. Martin R. Delany left Monrovia on the 4th of August, aboard the Mendi,” for Cape Palmas, enroute for Lagos, where he will meet Prof. Campbell, who probably arrived there the latter part of July. The poople of Careysburg, Liberia, turned out enmasse to erect a house and church for Rev. W. C. Monroe, who is much pleased with his new home. Rev. J. Sella Martin is now preaching at Lawrence, Mass., to the largest white ‘congregation in the State. He will re main there for about two months, acting as their regular supply. The people of Hartford will be pleased to learn that Rev. Amos Gerry Beman will preach in the Talcott Street Church next Sabbath, and will give a lecture Mon- i day evening at the same place on the im provement that the colored people have made and their future prospects. Mr. Peter Freeler, who was a slave to a Mr. Whitbeck, of Coxsackie, when slavery was allowed and existed in this State, now owns about one hundred acres of land in the State of Ohio, and is an industrious and thrifty farmer. His wife was also a slave until he purchased her freedom of an other master, for which he gave $lOO. The two sons of Mr. Whitbeck are thrifty farm ers, and live within a mile or two of Mr. Freeler, whose residence is at Constantia. For the Weekly Anglo-African. NEW JERSEY EMANCIPATION, (Concluded.) After the adjournment of the meeting in the Park, we mingled very freely with the people, learning thereby much of their con dition. There is within a radius of four miles of this place about four hundred col ored people, living, some of them, in very good circumstances. The very large num ber of elderly persons seen at the meeting might have been rathersurprising to a New Yorker; but after gazing upon the ruddy faces of the children, and feasting your eyes upon the glowing countenance of the comely maidens of this health-giving re gion, one cannot fail to see why it is that men and women are permitted to grow old there. One gentleman informed me that his mother, who was a girl at the time of the Revolution and remembered many in cidents connected therewith, is hale and hearty yet, and bids fair for a continnance of life for many years. After partaking of the hospitality of the homes of Mr. Thomas Cox and the Rev. John Hamilton, and a sumptuous dinner at a hotel, given by the Wallace Guards, we were conducted to the hall where the festi val took place. The tables (which were groaning with the delicacies of the season and also with the dainties which only the hand of lovely woman can compound) stood at right angles with_the room, leaving am ple space to the friends to promenade. The hall was erowded with well-dressed la dies and gentlemen, both white and colored. After the re-organization of the meeting and a speech by the President, Mr. Thom as Cox, which showed a thorough knowl edge of the history of his native State, Mr. Powers took the stand and delivered the most powerful address that we ever heard fall from his lips. Throughout his speech and at its conclusion the people manifested their approval by long-continued applause. After taking his seat, Mr. Powers was pre sented with a splendid boquet of flowers. So, exit Powers with his flowers. Mr. Zu ille then essayed to speak, but between the rattling of the knives, forks, plates and tongues of the multitude, (for New Jersey was feeding,) he found it such an up-hill job that he was compelled to desist. Music being always in order at a feast, some one calling for a song, of course the “choir” had to “go in.” Now, you know, what the poet says about music having charms, &c., but she was nowhere” that night. She had too much opposition. The extreme pleasure that it seemed to afford those fair creatures behind the tables to wait upon you, if you wanld consent to re ceive anything at their hands, and the affa bility with which it was tendered compell ed you to eat whether you wanted it or not. We (Powers, Zuille and “the choir”) desire to extend our thanks to the friends for their hospitality. The obligations im posed by their kindness cannot be forgot ten while life lasts. The Church, (Bethel) under the pastoral charge of the Rev. John Hamilton, is in a very flourishing condition. It now num bers some sixty members. The building having become too small, this festival was given for the purpose of securing means to enlarge it. We congratulate the ladies on the success of their efforts. The day-school, under the direction of Mrs. Mary S. Sharper, is also in a flourish ing state. The teacher, who is a very in telligent lady, ard who has lately gone to Morristown, seems highly pleased with her prospects. After the sale of a large number of your valuable publications, we took the one o’clock train for home. At the eonclusion of a pleasant snooze we found ourselves in the City of Newark. After waiting there some time, our red-mouthed, one-eyed steed was hitched to, and went jif, jif fing” off towards the city, leaving out car standing on the track alone in its glory.” However, the “critter” soon backed down again, and being in the wagon, “we all took aride.” Now, Mr. Editor, I have given you a faithful description of what I saw in Mor ristown, where I went 808-IN AROUND. DIED. PeLr.—On the 15th inst., at Hudson, N. Y., of typhoid fever, Josepn PELL. As a lawyer he had few equals, and had it not been for the grejadice in this eountry against the colored man, he would have ranked with the Van Burens and O’Connors. As a thinker, he was vigorous; as a scholar, grofound; and as a writer, terse end brilliant. By is death the people of Hudson have lost a true and devoted friend. ADVERTISEMENTS. FOB SALE==The good-will'and fixtures of a Barber's shop, in the thriving village of Stam ford, Conn. Price $l5O. Apply to ROBT. STE VENS, in said village, or at this office. 10-tf FAM[LY BOARDING HOUSE, By MRS. S. BABCOCK, 541 Broome street, near Sullivan, New York. 10-tf BELL’S INTELLIGENCE OFFICE has removed from 41 Howard street to &2 Spring street, 2d house east of Broadway. 10-5 t AME RICANGIFT ENTERPRISE. AN ENTIRE NEW PLAN OF SELLING GOODS. GREAT CHANCE FOR BARGAINS. Every person sending money to this institu tion will get goods and money, varying in value up to $lOO. The gifts consist in part of the fol lowing property: Land, gold and silver watches, dry goods, jewelry, subscriptions to valuable newspapers, money from $1 up to §5O, &e., &e. Every person investing money with us will get a gift worth from the money they invest up to $lOO. To give all classes a chance to try their luck in our enterprise, we have gifts at three prices, $1,.50 cents, and 25 cents. Persons send ing money for a gift at either price will receive the gift by return mail or express. Six cents ex tra required of those sending money for gifts to pay transportation charges. Business transacted with fidehity and dispatch, and satisfaction guar anteed in all cases. Give our enterprise a trial. Address J. M. COLLIER CO., Wellsville, Ohio. {ZF Agents wanted. 9-tf ROBERT HAMILTON, VOCAL IST AND CHORISTER of ZION CHURCH, corner of Church and Leonard streets, New York, respectfully announces to the public that on and after the twentieth inst., he will be prepared to give instructions, through the day or evening, to such scholars, singing societies, clubs, or individ uals, as may desire 1 knowledge of the most beau tiful SCIENCE OF MUSIC. He also offers his services to churches or indi viduals, to sing at, or conduet, for a moderate compensation, the vocal departicent of concert® or exhibitions, or to act as agent for persons desir ing to give concerts. Persons living at a distance desiring information from this eity or viecinity, or wanting to make purchases in this market and not having the time or means Lo come themselves, might find itadvan tageous to employ the subseriber, as his eircle of acquaintances is very large, and his facilities for purchasing or selling very favorable. TERMS, MODERATE. Please address the subseriber, at the office of the Anglo-African,”’ or at his residence, No. 22 Talman street, Brooklyn, L. 1. O-tf A RARE BARGAIN.--FOIR SALL, at Jamaica, L. 1., a house and sixteen lots of ground, for $l,OOO. Terms, $5OO cash, and the balance secured by bond and mortgage. Apply to J. Solon, MeNeil street, Jamaica, or to Thos. Hamilton, 48 Beekman street, New York, 9-tf MRS. E. LEONARD, FASHIONABLE FRENCH DRESS MAKER, 39 Thompson street. Receives monthly the latest Paris Fashions. 8-tf FOR SALE. In the beautiful village of Ja maica, L. I, a small cottage, with two lots of ground. Price, $5OO. 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This Saleratus not only has the approval of the most eminent physicians and chemists of the day, but upwards of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND intelligent families in the New England and Mid dle States have given it preference over all ether kinds. Its unparalleled suceess has brought a multi tude of counterfeits in the market, some of which are of a poisonous nature, but the best class of grocers everywhere sell the genuine. However, purchasers should always see that the name of James Pyle is on each package. Some of the gro cerymen are unscru&nl?)us enough to recommend the imitations, but their objeet 18 to make a large profit, as they can buy them for much less thau the genuine. Grand Depot 345 Washington st., cor. of Frank lin, New York. 6-tf THE GOLDEN RULE, DAVID F. NEWTON, Editor, is published monthly, at 48 Beekman st., New York. TERMS. s Single copies, monthly, per annum, in ad gvancg. ol got sD O A b g to one address 200 20 oo 500 100 e 25 00 Sabbath Schools supplied at half the usual rice. e 7~ Address all letters to Box 1,212, N. Y. City st Office. FRANKLIN L.JONES, TAILOR, 174 Mulberry st., New York. 7-f et Too e AR R i JAMBS R. W. LEONARD, CARD AND JOB PRINTER, 219 CENTRE STREET, NEW YORK. MISCELLANEOTUS. THE PROVINCIAL FREEMAN AND SEMI-MONTHLY ADVERTISER, Is published by I. D. SHADD CO., CHATHAM, C. W. Terus—One Dollar per year, invariably in ad vance. The Provincial Freemsn" will be devoted to Anti-Slavery, Emigration, Temperance, and Gen eral Literature. It will open its eolumns to the views of men of different political opinions, re serving the right, as an independent journal, of full expression, on all questions or projects affect- Ing the people in a political way. Not commutted to the views of any religious sect exclusively, it will ecarefully observe the rights of everfl' sect, at the same time that a re servation shall be made in favor of an existing i difference of opinion as to the views or actions of the seets respectively. As an advertising medium, as a vehicle of infor ‘mation on Agriculture, and as an enemy to vice in any and evilxs conceivable form, anda promot er of good morals, it shall be made worthy of the patronage of the public. All letters, to receive attention, whether for publication or on business, must be addressed, post-paid, 1. D. SHADD, Chatham, C. W. WANTED——A situation by a colored youn man, as porter in a store or office has goog city reference. Afig)licat.ion can be mada to Rev. H. H. Garnet, 52 Laurens street, or at this office. BOOKS. LIPB OF REV. JERMAIN W LO GUEN. The biograph{ of Rev. Jermain W. Loguen is already written E an able pen, and would be at once published but for the pecuniary reeFonsibilities incident to its publication. The undersigned, thereiore, issue this circular to the friends of Mr. Loguen and of the Under- Ground Railroad, of which he has been, and still is, a faithful superintendent, to donate or sub seribe for the publication. The amount of money to be raised to insure its publication is $1,500— a sum quite too large for Mr. Logl\:cn to assume to be consistant withs his duties both to the fu gitive and to his family. We therefore invite the friends of Mr. Loguen and of the slave, by way of donation or subscription, to make up the sum of $lOOO. When $lOOO is thus subseribed, the book will be immediately published, and the subseribers will receive the amount of their subseriptions in books, if they wish. All over that sum Mr. Loguen will himself assume. There are few men whose history is so marked with stirring incidents, instructive lessons, and en couraging examples, as Mr. Loguen’s. 1t contains the peculiarity of Mr. Loguen’s childhood, his daring escape from bondage, the perils and hard ships he endured in his passage to freedom, and the aets of subsequent manhood, which have hon orably connected his name with the moral and po litica{causes of the last twenty years, which, to a large extent, have made the subject of African freedom the living topic of private and publie eir cles, of the press, the pulpit, and the State and National Legislatures. The book will be about the size of the life of Frederick Douglass, in one volume, illustrated by a steel-plate lifieness of Mr. Loguen, and will be delivered to subseribers at the price of one dollar. Subscriptions paid on delivery. Hon. A. P. Granger, H. Putnam, Ira H. Cobb, Abner Bates, Anpson G. Chester, C. Prindle, Moses Summers, J. B. Foote, W. E. Abbott. 8-44 PUBLICATION S FOR SALE BY THOMAS HAMILTON, 48 Beekman street, New York. THE DREAM Or, the true history of Dea. Giles’s Distillery and Dea. Jones’s Brewery. BY GEO.&. CHEEVER, D. D. Price, per single copy 10 cents, §1 per doz., or &7 per hundred. “This will eontinue to be an excellent work for circulation so long as distilleries and breweries continue to send forth their poisonous stream.”’— A. S. Bugle (Salem, 0.) We have received a pamphlet copy of that re markable produection of Dr. Cheever's—* The True History of Deacon Giles’s Distillery,”” which is now being republished and illustrated by Thos. Hamilton, at 48 Beekman st., New York. It isa seathing article, abounding in the fire and hammer of unfiinching truth. It was written originally for a paper ca.llcd the Salem TLandmark,” pub lished at Salem, Mass., where Dr. Cheever, then a young man, was engaged in the ministry. It pro duoed a great sensation at the time, and the whole rum-fraternity were in arms about it. Cheever was arraigned before a court of justice. The re production of the article at this time is called for and is eminently opportune, when, on either hand, the hellish tloods of Intemperance are surg ing back upon communities onee reclaimed from their devastating flow.— True American (Erie,Pa.) No work on Temperance ever had such g wide circulation as this and the exigeney of the times seemed to call for its republication. It purports to be a Dream,’ but it 1s not all a dream,’” but an awful reality.”—News Letter (Westfield, Mass.) A dream that is worth dreaming. Generally t(!lpeaking, we have very little confidence in reams. ‘“Dreams are liars,” yet there are dreams that tell truth of vast import. This is true of Joseph’s dreams, Daniel’s, and of others recorded in God’s DBook. Bunyan dreamed a dream that astonished the wor]d’, that secattered light and life the earth around; and this same dream is still doing wonders! Dut to the dream before us “It was a dream, yet not all a dream.” It's a dream or true history of *“Deacon Giles's Distillery and Deacon Jones’s Brewery,” by Geo. B. Cheever. Friends, it would be impossible to give you even a faint outline of this dream. Suf fice it to say, it is one of the author’s happiest ef forts, on a subject,that ought to interest every one. This new edition of this invaluable dream is put up neatlf in pamphlet form, with unique engravings, by Thomas Hamilton, 48 Beekman st. ~—Golden Rule (New York. COLORED PATRIOTS OF THE FAMERICAN REVOLUTION; WITH SKETCHES OF SEVERAL DISTINGUISHED COLORED PERSONS TO WHICH IS ADDED A BRIEF SUR VEY OF THE CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF COLORED AMERICANS. BY WILLIAM C. NELL. 806 pages. Price $l. Postage 19 cents. This work has been compiled as a means of en lightening public 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 martf'r in the Boston massacre of March sth, 1770; Peter Salem, on Bunker Hill, and a fac-simile autograph certifi cate of General Washington, tendered to a colored soldier. The increasing interest on the general subject of Slavery invests this book with rare at traction at the present time, for throughout its ages are exhibited various phases of the ¥een- Ear 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 ve curious and interesting book, not only as regarl(z the character of its contents, but as being the pro duction of a goung colored man, a pative of, and educated in, Boston. It purports to be an effort to stem the tide of preju«fice 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 loeal his tories of seventeen of the States of the Union, and presents a great mass of testimony in behalf of the military services of the coloredy people, which will astonish those who have not heretofore given the subject a thought. He very properly com mences with the story of Crispus Attnegs, t{e mu latto who fell at the time of the *Boston Massa cre,’ and records very many deeds of Frowesa, not forgetting, of course, those of the colored veter ans at the battle of New Orleans. He has also embodied much information in the er!:fters onthe condition and prospects of the eolored American, and in the Appendix.”—Salem Register, “This wor£ is an enlargement, and an xgnmm ment as well, of a valuable p::aphlet gnbln by Mr. Nell several years ago, and which had oo entirely out of print. Itisa record of striking, facts, which, as they illustrate the important ser- RIS Be e e i vices rendered by colored men in the struggle this nation with the mother country, it has too ten been the po!icfiof our white historians to ig nore or conceal. Mr. Nell's industry in eompiling 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 place in every Anti-Slavery homeholfl-. It is we)l ealeulated to put our spuri ous Christianity and our sham Demoeracy alike to the blush of shame for the ecruel prejudice against the colored people, to which they so in sanely cling, and for denying to them the rights anq P""fl@gqs of manhood, and dooming them to social prescription and virtual outlawry, in a land for whose deliverance from oppression their fath ers freely shed their blood.— Anti Slavery Standard. The title o the native colored people of this country to be considered as men tmcl brethren’ of the whites, has been often contested b ungen erous men, who are willing to consider tie negro asa i)erson,” but reject his claims to citizen ship. In this volume, the heroism which wgs dis played by some of the colored men whose blood mingled with that of their white compatriots, in the Revolution, is commemorated, together with the testimonials which those who lived in the times when the services of black men were neither rejected nor unrecognized, paid to the colored de fenders of our country and homes. Itis a timely work, well written, and full of historic facts of value to every reader.— Rochester Democrat. MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM. BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 1 vol, 12mo. 464 pp., Ilustrated. Price $l, postage paid. It reveals the miseries of servile life with iu tense vividness and impressiveness, that can but fasten its facts and arguments upon the reader’s mind as with a pen of iron and with the point of a diamond.—V¢. Journal. This volume, besides its many moving -ad thrilling details, affords evidence of a most remari ‘able man. Mr. Douglass has emphatically made himself. As a writer and speaker he has Kuc few equals in the country.— Christian Advocate. It presents a clear and graphic picture of his slave-life from his earliest recollections, his escape and his life since, including his experiences in this country and Europe. No one will deny Mr. Dou glass the possession of genus and character of a high order. Ie writes In a nervous, clear, and most telling manner, clothing his narrative with intense interest, and conveying his moral impres sions with a vividness that leaves the reader scarcely any escape. The subject is deeply tragie, and, in his nm.stcrl{ handling, possesses an en grossing interest.—N. Y. Evangelist. We have before listened to the homely tale of the liberated slave, but it did not impress us as does this narrative of Douglass, for the reason that we were left to supply the commentary which is here pressed upon us by one who has both seen and felt what he relates. The story bears through out the impress of truth, and the manner in which it is told ?nmps the writer as a man of genius and a high order of talent.—Ohio State Journal. This iz a sll)llcndid work. The personal worth of the author, the deserved popularity he has secured throughout this nation, and the universal desire that prevails to have a memento of one of nature’s noblemen, will conspire to ereate an unprecedent ed demand for this book.— Wesleyan. The book is written with the happiest deserip tive power, with nerve and vigor of expression, and with richness of style. It has an ample re source in phrase, %reat perspicuity, 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, unexpeeted polish. The interest aroused and kept up by a perusal of this book is of a high order, and rarely degenerates.— Detroit Darly Advertiser. GERRIT SMITH IN CONGRESS. “Slavery has no right but to die!” A work of over 400 pages, containing all his s{cechcs delivered in Congress also, an accurate likeness. Price only 80 cents per copy, and p stage paid. THE PALM LAND; OR, WEST AFRICA, ILLUSTRATED Being a history of missionary labors and travels, with deseriptions of men and things in Western 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. By Henry Chase and Charles W. Sanborn. Cempiled from Offi cial Documents. 12m0., bound in eloth. Price 50 cents. The able editor of The Evening Transcript. Boston, speaks thus of this work “This Littld book contains a vast amount of in formation respecting the comparative condition of the Slaveholding and non-Slaveholding States, as to territory, population, industry, wealth, edu cation, intelligence, rclifion, moral advancement and general progress. The work must have cost a great deal of laborious research, and it certain- Iy presents arguments in favor of freedom on ev ery page. lt contains just the kind of informa tion that should be more generally known in all sections of the country. %V e hope there will be public demand for thousands of copies.” TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE. The narrative of SoLomoN Norrmrup, a eitizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a Cotton I’{m tation near Red River, Lounisfana. 7 illustra trations, 336 pp. 12mo. Price gl, postage paid. VOICES OF THE PRESS, The volume cannot fail to gain a wide ecircula tion. No one can contemplate the scenes which are here o naturally set forth, without a new con vietion of the hideousness of the institution from which the subject of the narrative has happily escaped.—-—N. Y. Tribune. We think the story as affecting as any tale of sorrow could be.—N. Y. Evangelist. Next to Uncle 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 perfeetly satis fied that American slavcrg isa hell of torments et untold, and feel like devoting the energies of i]ifl life to its extirpation from tge face of God's beautiful earth.——?vening Chronicle. FORTY YEARS IN SLAVERY. THE KIDNAPPED AND THE RANSOMEIL Being the personal recollections of Peter Still and his wife Vina, after forty years in Slavery. BY MRS. KATE E. R. PICKARD, With an introduction by Kev. Samuel J. May, and a Biogrn&l’lical Sketeh of Seth Coneklin, by William 11. Furness, D. D. 1 vol., 4 illustrations, 408 pp. 12mo. Price $l, postage paid. Peter Still was kidnappped in ear]K 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 freed):)m by the slow accumulation 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. lis wife and three children, under the pilotage of Seth Concklin, attempted to escape, but were re_-uf— tured at Vincennes, Indiana. Peter immediately set about collecting the means for their purchase. The sum demanded for them was exorbitant— ss,ooo—and would have discouraged almost any other man than Peter Still. ~Yet the strong social feeling and the energy of his race were strikingly mani!%st in his untiring gerseverance, which was crowned with success, and 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 Seminary at yl'ue cumbia, Alabama, who had every opportunity to acquire J)ersonnl knowledge of AII the prominent facts and circumstances which she has narrated. We can promise the lovers of exeiting adventure very much in this volume to gratify their taste a;? all those who really desire to fathom the heights and desgu of that iniquity which is threatening the destruction of our Republie, may turn to it in the assurance that they will find in 1t mueh valuable information, given with the striet est regard to truth. TN, MULLER Printer, 46 Beekman Bt., N.

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Fooms, Anecdotes and Sheteles. THE CRADLE SONG OF THE POOR. —oio— I cannot bear to see thee Streteh thy hands in vain I have got no bread to give thee— Nothing, child, to ease th; pain. When God sent thee first to bless me, Proud and thankful too was I Now, my darling, T thy mother, Almost long to see thee die. Sleep, my darling, thou art weary God is good, but life is dreary. I have watched thy beauty fading, And thy strength sink day by day Soon I know will want and fever Take thy little life away. Famine makes thy father reckless, Hope has left both him and me We could suffer all, my baby, Had we but one crust for thee. Sleep, my darling, thou art weary God is good, but life is dreary. Better thou should perish early, Starve so soon, my darling one, Than live to want, to sin, to struggle, Vainly still, as I have done; Better that thy angel spirit With my joy, my peace, were flown, Ere thy heart grow cold and careless, Reckless, hopeless; like my own. Sleep, my darling, thou art weary; God is good, but life is dreary. I am wasted, dear, with hunger, And my brain is all opprest I have scareely strength to press thee, Wan and feeble, to my breast. Patience, baby, God will help us, Death will come to you and me He will take us to His Heaven, Where no want or pain can be. Sleep, my darling, thou art weary Godis good, but life is dreary. Such the plaint that, late and early, Did we listen, we might hear Close beside us but the thunder Of the city dulls our ear. Every heart, like God's bright angel, Can bid one such sorrow ceass God has glory when His children Bring His poor ones joy and peace. Lisign, nearer, while she sings, Sounds the fluttering of wings. B~ There is a rule at Oberlin College that no student shall board at a house where prayers are not regularly made each day. A certain man fitted up a boarding house, and filled it with boarders, but for got until the eleventh hour the prayer pro viso. Not being a praying man himself, he looked around for one who was. At length he found one—a meek young man from Trumbull county, who agreed to pay for his board in praying. For a time all went on smoothly, but the boarding-master furnished his table so poorly that the boar ders began to grumble and to leave, and the other morning the praying boarder ac tually “struck.” Something like the fol lowing dialogue occurred at the table: Landlord—* Will you pray, Mr. Mild.” Mild—* No, sir, I will not.” Landlord—* Why not, sir Mild—*“lt don’t pay, sir.” Landlord Don’t pay Mild—*“lt don’t pay, sir. I can’t pray on such victuals as these, and unless you bind yourself in writing to set a better ta ble than you have done for the last three weeks, nary another prayasr do you get out of me!? And that’s the way matters stood at the latest advices. B It is customary in some parts of the country, either upon railroads or steamboats, to exact one half fare from the ministers of the different churches. One pleasant day Captain S. stood upon the upper deck of his steamer, tolling the last bell previous to her departure, when he was accosted by a a serious looking indi vidual in the following terms: “Are you Captain 8. “I am, sir,” said the captain, with a turn of the head and a quizzical glance. “What is the regular fare to Louis ville “Two dollars and a half.” “Well, captain, 1 am a Methodist preach er. What will you charge me 7’ Apparently in a deep study for a mo ment, the captain seemed to take the meas ure of our clerical friend, and replied in his peculiar decided tone: “Well, I guess we shan’t charge you a cent more than anybody else.” 8™ A rustic groomsman recently took passage on board of a steamboat with his bride, and going up to the office and ad dressing the polite clerk, said in a sup pressed voice, and in a very fconfidential way. “I say, me and my wife have just got married, and I'm looking for ’commoda tions.” Looking for a berth hastily inquired the clerk, passing tickets out to another passenger. “A birth thunder and lightning,'no!” gasped the astonished man; “we hain’t but jest got married! We want a place fi)o?ltay all night, you know, and—and 2 e 9 B&F Luttrell “tells a story of Sir F. Gould, who had a habit of adding the phrase “on the contrary” to everything he said. A gentleman saying to him, “so I hear, Gould, you eat three eggs every morning for breakfast?” “No,” replied Sir Francis, “You are mistaken; on the contrary—" ‘“What the devil,” said Lut trell, does the contrary of eating three eggs mean Laying them, of course,” said Sheridan. This was ready wit. 8" Rowland Hill compared a sinner to an oyster, which opened its shell, all mouth, to take in the water; just as the sinner, with the mouth at full stretch, took in the tide of iniquity. Heavenly grace,” he said, was like a ramp of beef—cut and come again—no meagre fare, my dear brethren.” B&™ In a Western village, one Sunday, when the plate was being passed in church a gentleman said tojthe collector—“Go on. I'm a dead-head—l've got a pass.” B&”“ What church do you attend, Mrs. Partington?” “Oh! any paradox church where the Gospel is dispensed with.” A REPORTER'S JOKE. Morgan O’Sullivan, an Irishman and a celebrated Parliamentary reporter, attach ed to the London “Morning Chronicle,” some fifty years ago, was as remarkable for his honor as for his professioal ability. Whenever any one offended Morgan, or got out of favor with him, he invariably retaliated in the way of some practical joke that generally placed his antagonist in a very ridiculous position, and afforded the humorist satisfaction. In this way he onge got even with two individuals at the same time, who had ex cited his ire—namely, the celebrated Wil berforce, then a leading member in the op position in Parliament, and one Jack Fin {nerty, a Parliamentary reporter of the “Morning Herald.” Finnerty was fresh from Tipperary, and quite unacquainted with the characteristics of the different members, but he received a good deal of generous professional assistance at the out set of his career from Morgan O'Sullivan. On the occasion now referred to, Finnerty came into the raporters’ gallery at a period of the night when the debates seemed to have slackened; he concluded to take a doze on one of the benches, requesting his friend to wake him up if anything lively came before the House, and thereupon went off to sleep. Presently Mr. Wilberforce got upon his legs, and addressed a very thrilling speech before the House. As he progressed, a mischievous idea seized Morgan O'Sullivan, which, as soon as he (Wilberforce) sat down, he proceed ed to put in practice, thus: Rousing Fin nerty from his slumber on the benches, (’Sullivan exclaimed, Jack, Wilberforce has justmadean extraordinary speech.” What about returned Finnerty, rub bing his eyes. About the potato; the effect of it on national vivacity—the great virtues of it as an article of popular diet; proved that the finest kind of men were rcared on it, far superior to the English.” Wilberforce said that, did he?” ex claimed Finnerty; *come, let me take his remarks in full from your notes.” “With pleasure, my dear fellow,” re plied O’Sullivan, who commenced as if reading from a note-book, whilst Finnerty eagerly wrote after him in the following vein: Mr. Wilberforce then emphatically re marked that it always appeared to him be yond question, that the great cause why the Irish laborers, asa body, were so much stronger and capable of enduring so much more fatigue than the English, arose from the surpassing virtues of their potato.” “That’s what 1 call eloquene,” interrupt ed Jack Finnerty. Morgan resumed, And I have no doubt (continued Mr. Wilberforce) that had it been my lot to have been born and reared in Ireland, where my food would have con sisted principally of that inestimable root, instead of being the poor, infirm, shriveled and stunted creature you, sir, and the hon orable gentlemen now behold me, I would have been a stout, athletic, handsome man, able to carry an enormous weight.” “Well done, Wilberforce,” exclaimed Jack, rubbing his hands in high glee; go on, Morgan.” Sullivan then proceeded in the same vein of pathos and absurdity, but adroitly keep ing within the bounds that Finnerty’s cre dulity would swallow, until he had placed a most whimsical speech in the mouth of the grave and earnest Wilberforce. Fin nerty, with many expressions of thanks to his brother reporter, started for the Herald office. On his way, turning into a tavern close by the House of Commons, where a num ber of reporters of the different morning papers were regaling themselves, here Jack furnished them all with copies of Wilber force’s speech,” and the hoax found its way the next morning into every paper in London, with the exception of the *“Morn ing Chronicle,” to which, as a matter of course, the correct report was furnished by O’Sullivan. The public were astounded by the extraordinary speech which, accord ing to all the papers, Mr. Wilberforce had made, and the general opinion was express ed that he was a candidate for Bedlam. The following evening, on the speaker tak ing the chair, Wilberforce arose and claim ed the indulgence of the House. “Every ‘honorablé member,” he observed, “has doubtless read the speech which I am rep resented as having made on the previou’ night. With the permission of the House 1 will read it. (Here the honorable gen tleman read the speech amidst the most deafening roars of laughter.) “I can as sure the honorable members that no one could have read this speech with more sur prise than I myself did this morning when I found the paper on the breakfast table. For myself, personally, I care but little about it, though if I were capable of utter ing such nonsense as is here put into my mouth, it is high time that, instead of be ing a member of this House, I were an in mate of some luntic asylum. It is for the dignity of this House that 1 feel concerned, for if the honorable members were capable of listening to such nonsense, supposing me capable of giving expression to it, it were much more appropriate to call this a thea tre for the performance of farces, than a place for the legislative deliberations of the representatives of the people.” This was only one of the many instan ces in which Morgan O’Sullivan paid off to his heart’s content, members of Parliament and other potential personages, who had in some manner or other provoked the wag gish propensities of this incurable humor -Ist. A New Use For Parer Suirt CoLLARs.— We heard a young man yesterdfiy com plaining thus: Went and bought a doz en paper collars—thought they were very nice, sir—and so cheap, sir. They were cheap—exceedingly cheap—but I put it to you, sir, as a friend, sir, as a friend, if it isn't ‘cutting it too fat'—decidedly too fat, sir—to have a great loafer come along, when you are all dressed for church, sir, and tear off the whole side of your collar to light his detestible ecigar with, sir, as he did mine, sir {"—exhibiting compound frac ture of the garotto extending half way around his neck. Taen Ducks.—A fellow was arrested for stealing ducks, and after a deseription of them the counsel for the prisoner said: “Why, they can’t be such a rare breed, for I have some of them in my own yard.” Very likely,” said the complainant; “I have lost a good many ducks lately.” POWER OF IMAGINATION. Dr. Noble, in a very able and analytic lecture at Manchester, “On the Dynamic Influence of Ideas,” told a good anecdote of Mr. Boutihouse,a French servant, in il lustration of the power of imagination. As Dr. Noble says: v “Mr. Boutihouse served in Napoleon's army, and was present at many engage ments during the early part of last centu ry. At the battle of Wagram, 1800, he ‘was engaged in the fray; the ranks around him had been terribly thinned by shot and at sunset he was nearly isolated. ~While re-loading his musket he was shot down by a cannon ball. His impression was that the ball had passed through his legs below the knee, separating them from the thighs; for he suddenly sank down, shortened as he believed. The trunk of the body fell backwards on the ground, and the senses were completely paralyzed by the shock. Thus he lay motionless among the dead and wounded during the rest of the night, not daring to move a muscle lest the loss of blood should be fatally increased. He felt no pain, but this he attributed to the stun ning effect of the shock on the brain and nervous system. At early dawn he was aroused by one of the medical staff who came around to help the wounded. ‘What is the matter with you, my good fellow said the sur geon. ‘Ah! touch me tenderly,’ replied Mr. Boutihouse, ‘I beseech you, a cannon ball has carried off my legs.” The surgeon examined the limbs referred to, and then giving him a good shake, said, with a joy ous laugh, Get up with you, you have no thing the matter with you.’ Mr. Bouti house immediately sprang up in utter as tonishment and stood firmly on the legs he thought lost forever. ‘I felt more thank ful,’ said Mr. Boutihouse, ‘than I had been in the whole course of my life. I had, in deed, been shot down by an immense can non ball, but instead of passing through my legs, as I firmly believed it had, the ball went under my feet and ploughed a hole in the earth beneath, at least a foot in depth, into which my feet suddenly sank, giving me the idea that T had been thus shortened by the loss of my legs.” The truth of this story was vouched for by Dr. Noble.” 1 85~ T'wo Scotch gentlemen went to Ire land to make a tour andgsee the natives. ‘One of them, one drizzly day, bet the other the price of their dinner and a bottle of wine that the first Pat they met would be too mueh for them. A diminutive fellow, with an old frieze coat and a piece of a hat was trying to plow with a pony under the shelter of a row of trees. “Pat,” said our friend. “Yes, your honor,” he replied. “If the devil were to come just now, which one of us would he take?” “Sure he'd take me, yer honor.” But why, Pat?” “(ase he'd be sure of yer honor at any time ADVERTISEMENTS. The Buglo-African Flagazine, A MONTHLY OCTAVO OF 32 PAGES, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE, STATISTICS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CAUSE OF HUMAN FREEDOM. Its objects are To present a clear and concise statement of the present condition, the past history, and the pros- peets of the ecolored population of the United States, free and enslaved. To afford scope for the rapidly rising talent of aolored 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 educational 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 ecitizenship of the several 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 degree, the condition and prospects of enslaved colored men. Hence, besides the intrinsie 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 for 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. 7% 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. GIBBS. ROBERT GORDON. EDWARD W. BLYDEN J. HOLLAND TOWNSEND. ROBERT HAMILTON. WILLIAM J. WILSON. ADAM RAY. W. MILLER DUTTON WM. H. 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. ADVERTISEMENTS. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. WILLIAM NELL. WILLIAM WHIPPER. 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 a new candltynte for publie favor, the first (January) number of which lies before us. It is published in the interest of that class of our fellow-citizens who are disfranchised by the Dred Seott decision, and its contents, in their generality, speak very significantly of the injustice done them by the opinions of some of the Judges of the Supreme Court' We hail the appearance of this Magazine as a step in the right direetion, and trust that it will not be suffered to lack for the want of support.— Evan gelie (New York.) Among the various new publications recently announced, we are glad to learn of the establish ment of a magazine conduected entirely b{y colored persons, and devoted to _the social, moral and po litical advancement of their brethren.—lndepend dent (New York.) The Magazine is one of great ability, interest and taste, and will bear a comgurison with those of much greater pretensions. We sincerely hope the fl‘iengs of the colored people will {:atronizc this work and help them in this honorable effort to put themselves in a position which they de serve, and which their enemies would fain {{event them from attaining. “Blake or the Huts of Ameriea,” is beautifully written and filled with thrilling interest.—American Baptist (New York) It is a creditable publication. Such a journal will, if rigfltl{ conducted, do much to raise the condition of this class of our population, and inspire them with a manly self-respect, and breathe a Christian aim into their struggles.— Christian Inquirer (New York.) The colored citizens of the United States num ber many men of culture and marked ability as speakers and writers, and thei' have established a monthly in New York, entitled the Anglo-African Magazine, which is certainly creditable in style, execution and literary merit. ‘We hope that its success 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 thus far brought to our notice nothing more gratifying 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 mew in our country. The United States abound in such publications but to our knowl edge, nothing of the character of the magazine be fore us, has ever been attempted by any member or members of the eolored race in the United States. We have had numerous newspapers, a good many pamphlets, a few unpretending poems, a few biographical sketches, mostly narratives of fugitive slaves, some written by themselves, others only written at their dictation, the amanuensis fur nisf‘iino' the words, and the fugitives the facts but beyona these, nothing has been even nttomgted. The Anglo-African is a bright new fact, and we trust the beginning of an era in the mental, moral, and religious history of the eolored people in this Regublic. Whatever may be the fate of this new publication, in point of patronage, whether it shall succeed or fail, for want of supfort, we sin cerely rejoice to see the attempt made, and made so well. The feature of the Magazine for the present month is the essay of Dr.J. M’Cune Smith, show ing the dependence of Civilization on physical circumstances. The subjeet is one of great inter est, independent of its bearings upon relations ex isting in this country. To those who know Dr. Smith, it need not be said that his essayis a learned and masterly one. DBut we will say this and more, for it is an original and brilliant pro duction—one which we would gladly see in the hands of all the qnliticnl and ethnological malign ers of the colored races of men. Martin R. Dela ny, it will be seen, has chosen a lofty subject. He has given a peculiar theory, ascribing to electricity the office of keeping the heavenly bodies in order, which other very able men have aseribed to the law of gravitation. Mr. Delany dismisses all our fears that this firm old eartl)x of ours is to be smashed up one of these coming days by a colli sion with any other body in space. We shall re fer again to this new magazine, and meanwhile wish Mr. Thomas Hamilton, its enterprizing publisher, every suceess in this praiseworthy effort to pro mote literature and learning among our people.— Frederick Douglass’ Paper (Rochester, N. Y.) It discusses in an able manner the condition, past and present, and the future g)rospccts, of the colored population of the United States, Such in tellectual efforts, affording scope for the aspiring free colored population, deserve patronage and we heartily hope the Magazine will be well sup ported. We do not expeet to agree with all the views which may be presented in it, but heartily wish it success.” Thus far the articles are good specimens of thought and composition.—New York Colonization Journal. Tts list of contributors will embrace the most prominent eolored writers and speakers in the country. The present number is very ereditable. Liberator (Boston.) We are much pleased with the first number of the Anglo-African Magazine issued by our old friend Thomas Hamilton.”"—Visitor (Franklin, N. XY “There is a well-written introductory, but the ablest and most elaborate article is that on Civil ization—its Dependence on Physical Circum ‘stances,” by James M’Cune Smith, a colored phy sician of much distinction in New York. It shows much research and thought. The Magazine commences its career with a modest appearance and subseription price—a favorable sign of permanence and success. 'We hope that it will be taken by all the colored personsin our village who are able, as it cannot fail to imrrovc them, intellectually, morally, and physically.— Daily Republican (Binghampton, N. Y.) Here is a curiosity—the first number of a monthly Magazine, Eublished and edited by col ored men, its contributors mainly eolored people. Among these contributors we notice the names of those whom we know to possess talent of a high order: Rev. H. H. Garnet, Dr. James M'Cune Smith, Frederick Douglass, J. W. C. Pennington, Mary A.S. Carey, Sarah M. Douglass, Geo. B. Vasgon, M. H. Freeman, &ec. Among the number of contributors named, no doubt others of equal talent are included but we are not so well able to ’slpcak of others. s ee T he articles are generally creditable the lutro duetory, and one on ‘Civilization—its Depend ence on Physical Circumstances,’ are certainly able.”— Daily Dispatch (Pittsburgh, Pa.) This first number gives promise of an inter esting and valuable joumal, and we hope the ex periment of its publisher will be a decided sne cess.”— Free South, (Newport, Ky.) This Magazine is one of the best appearing monthlies we have seen from the American press, and the leading articles, and those from the con tributors, eontain arguments and general informa tion that should be procured by every family, and particularly young men, and treasured up. Let the friends of literature and 'i:rogress subseribe for it, read and preserve it. The contributors are among the ablest writers we have, and from the number interested in this work, at the end of the year, you that subseribe will have the material to make an interesting volume.’—Provincial Free man (Chatham, C. W.) Axcro-Arrica¥y Macazine.—We have reccived the number three of a handsomely printed Maga zine, under the above title, published in New York, by Thomas Hamilton, No. 48 Beekman street. §ever have we received a monthly which, in view of the circumstances under which it has been issued, and the manifest ability exhibited on every page, that has %iven us so much pleasure. It is managed exclusively by colored men, and filled alone with the contributions of their pens. It con tains very able articles by the foflowinegndistin gnished- colored men: Dr. Martin Delany, Dr. ames M’Cune Smith, Rev.J. W.C. Pennington D. D., J. Holland Townsend, Esq., Robert Campbell. No eolored man who can refi should be without it, and every friend of the colored American should patronize if. Republican (Norristown, Pa.) ADVERTISEMENTS. ANGLO-AFRICAN M:;n;.-i{he fin;l fitt))er of this Magazine, publish: Thomas n, 48 Beekman strget, B Xy Ku appeared. We think it will be read with interest by all who re ceive it. The third article, Civilization—its De ndence on Physieal Circumstanees,” by Dr. g:mes M’'Cune Smith, we regard as peculiarly in struetive and valuable. The idea that in nations advaneed in ecivilization, the sources (])f infelll(;;tutl wer spring from the common people, the physi &y vigorzgns, is happily devefiped, and worthy aBt S gy of general attention. e wish success to tlxo An glo-African Magazine.—American Missionary, (New York.) “We wish it could be put in the gossession of every negrophobia-monger in the land.— Student’s Monthly (Oberlin, O.) This publication, considered relatively to its scope and design, will conlmere favorably with any other.”—Star (Brooklyn, N. Y.) We should judge it to be rather superior to the most of the monthlies. We hope it may meet with a large circulation.” Repository of Religion and Literature Indianapolis, Ind.) Epiror or Trisuxe :—II have just reecived 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, 1 desire to say a few words on the subject. While there is a spirit that would erush the colored race, and trample them under foot as infe rior, it is eheering to witness a single triumph of our colored friends, and see them rise in manliness and power, in spite of prejudice and hate. If any one !loubts their upward tendeney, their want of elements essential to elevation, let him ecall over and read a single article in one of these Magazines, and then blush for the injustice done a crushed Keople. The talent and taste exhibited would do onor to any Magazine published in our nation. Nor would we thus speak of a single author or a single article the whole work glows with the evi dence of talent and scholarship—far more so than many of the popular productions of the press. Let ouvr citizens interest themselves in the Anglo-Afri can Magazine, and while they encourage the en terprise, they will also beenfit themselves by an increase of useful knowledge, and a decrease of un generous and unreasonable prejudices. I com mend it to our Reading Rooms, and to every pri vate family, as a work of decided merit, for only one dollar a year.—Rev. R. H. Conllin, in Tribune (Providence, R. L) “This monthly, published at New York, b Thomas Hamilton, is edited and written by cof-, 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 certainly an able work."—The Prospect (Charlestown, Ind.) ANGLO-AFRICAN MAGAZINE.—A new monthly in the pamphlet form, issued at 48 Beekman-st., New 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, scientific investigations, the pen of aready writer. The contributions are of the highest order. The narratives, sufferings and hair-breadth escapes of fugitives from the land of Egygt and Pharaoh’s host, are truly marvelous, wonderful! No romance can equal them, and yet they are solid facts. These narratives will grace every number of this new monthly, and will doubtless give it a wide ecirculation. Anything and everything caleulated to elevate and emaneci 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 Beekman-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 colored race. It has been projected by col ored men. and, in the main, will Ee condueted by them. The initial number appears well. Its 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, ehall 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 introduectory one by the publisher, Mr. Thomas IHamilton, who sue cinetly states the objeets he has in view, and the work which he and his fellow-laborers undertake to do. There are paragraphs somewhat caustie we refer to those comparing colored and white scholars, one comparison being between scholars in the City of New York, and another between students in French colleges. The main artiele, Civilization—its Dependence on Physical Cireumstances,” is by Dr. James M’- Cune ‘Smith, a gentleman of liberal education, though for it he is not indebted to his own coun try, having been obliged to obtain it in Europe, where the tiger-ferociousness of caste of coloris un known. It is an able paper, and conclusively dis proves the current philosophy which predicates human advancenient, or, in other words, eiviliza tion, on the innate superiority of a race; but, on the contrary, shows that it is due rather to cli mate and geographical position. The paper is learned, pregnant with facts, so'skil]fu]ly?mndled, that the deductions are beyond the possibility of being overthrown. The doctrine of innate superi ority of race is scattered to the winds. This cen tury-nursed /ie, which has been made the excuse for slav§ry, 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 soulpto be a hewer of wood and drawer of water, a menial, fecling no manhood, to keefi shut the windows of his soul, never opening them to let in the sun-light of knowledge, is eviscerated, and shown to be but the invention of the oppressor, 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 fearfual Eower, unless we; relax the hand of oppression. They are under thie tem perate parallels, where all eircumstances eonspire to give them physical and mental power. In each decade, the census figures show that they in crease in a ratio which, ere long, will reach that point when the red right hand of revolution will Eg 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 docil@—naturally he abhors blood t and strife but there are examples which emphat ically warn us that, in the school of slavery, and undeér the treatment he receives when he is looked 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 Such are some of the thoughts which have sug gested themselves while we have been writing this notice. Others there are 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 calm 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 standing 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, because we hope there will be many who will subseribe, if for no other purpose, to see “what good can come out of Narragansett.”— Pendulum (Greemvich, R. 1) BOOKS. PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE BY THOS. HAMILTON, 48 Beekman street, New York. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FEMALE SLAVE. In one v 01.,, 12mo. Price One Dollar. EXTRACTS FROM RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOTIGES. BOOKS From Hon. W. H. Seward. Dear Siß:—Just on the eve of my departure from home, I received the volume which you had sent me entitled the Autobiography of Fe male Slave.”” Iread it with fixed interest from beginning to end, and T have met no recent pub lication that has seemed to me so truthful, just and benevolent, and so likely to touch the hearts and conseiences of men in regard to the praectice of slavery. Aecept my thanks for it, with my best wishes, less for the sake of the author or for your own than for the sake of our country and of ‘humanity, that the book mlzv obtain a Tree and wide circulation. I am, &e., &e. But here at last is a genuine, bona fide voice from the South. Out of the ve:( eompany of the slaveholders themselves, bristling with defi ance of the world, comes this wail of mingled pity and condemnation.”—Anti-Slavery Standard. Each paig‘e, each line, each word, seems drawn out of a seething cauldron of hnman agony, drip ping from its bloody baptism.”—West. Liz. Mac. THEODORE PARKER'S EXPERIENCE AS A MINISTER, With Some Account of His Early Life and Education for the Ministry, Contained in a letter from him to the members of the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society of Boston, With the farewell letter of the Society to Mr. lar ker, and other correswondence. Avolume has just appeared entitled Theodore Parker’s Experience as a Minister, with some ae count of his early life and education for the Min istry, contained in a letter from him to the mem bers of the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society of Boston. Boston Rufus Leighton, jr.” This work will be read with decp interest by a large number of persons beside tKe arish to which it is especially addressed. It is satcd Frederick sted, West End, Santa Cruz, April 19, 1859, and occupies 160 printed pages. fir. Parker gives a history of his life, reviews recent religious and re formatory movements in this part of the country, and relates his experience as a minister. The let ter has the author’s noted beauties of style, his biting sarcasm, womanly tenderness, masculine \'igor. extravagant statements, rare pathos, and offensive comments on those who differ from him. The tone is that of a conqueror and a hero, not of a man reviled and a martyr. There is a great deal of pluck in the work, and many of those inost se verely censured will find it entertaining in the hottest day. Of course the sharpest things are said about those who most nearle' agree with the writer, and against his clerical brethren. He does not stint either praise or censure in his com ments on men and opinions.— Evening Transcrip (Boston.) REVIEW OF LYSANDER SPOONER’'S ES SAY ON THE UNCONSTITUTION ALITY OF SLAVERY. BY WENDELL PHILLIPS. Price 25 cents. Postage 5 cents. TWO NEW BOOKS. BY HENRY WARD BEECHER. L PLAIN AND PLEASANT TALK ABOUT FRUITS, FLOWERS, AND FARNMING, BY HENRY WARD PEECHER. One neat 12mo. Price 31 25. LIST OF CONTENTS (IN PART.) (l, Our Creed. What are Flowers (3ood T ALALU ALC L lUWEDs vl For? Plea of Health, Horti culture. Downing's Fruits of America. Wine and Hortieulture. Strawberries. Absorbent qualities of Flour. Shade Trees Hedges. Hot Beds. Original Recipes. Pleasures of Hortieul ture. Practical Use of Leaves. Ornamental Shrubs. A Hole in the Pocket. Farmers’ Gardens. Miracles in Fruits. Grapesand Grape Vines. The Nursery Business. Blight and Insects. Blight and the Pear-tree. The Flower Garden. Parlor Flowersin Winter Parlor Plants in Winter. 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It will, no doubt, be news to many, that, to his wide reputa tion as an Orator, Preacher and Writer, must be added that of a practical Farmer, Gardener, and Fruit-grower, for such he is, and has been but the Book speaks for itself. VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF RELIGSGILOUS BUCGRBRIECTH RY HENRY WARD BEECHER. One neat 12mo, &1 25. LIST OF CONTENTS (IN PART.) Chureh Musie. P T 3 ALt Abide with Us. The Close of the Year. God's Pity. The Mountain and the Closet. Faults in, and Aids to I’ralz'er.' Forsaking God. A Rhapsm(i}y of the Pen Christian Consolation. Troubles. Trustin God Phases of the Times. Fullness of God. Cause of Dull Meetings Sudden Conversion. Total Depravity. Working with l?lrrrorista The Day and the Desk Is Conversion Instanta neous? The Episcopal Service. Congregational Liturgy. Churches and Organs. Patriotism and Liberty. Where Christians Meet. Points of Character. Overcome Little Trou bles. “Sin Revived and I Died.” Humility Before God. How to I;ecome a Clrris tian. God’s Witness to Chris tian Fidelity. Apostolie Ministers. The Progress of Chis tianity. Duties of Religious Pub lisking Soecieties. The above volume contains, am‘(lmg other inter esting matter, the celebrated Theodore Parker” articles on Total Depravity, and the now famous speech before the (Ifoston) American Tract Socie ty, in answer to Daniel Lord, Esq., thoroughly re vised by the author. Copies sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt of price. THE HARP OF FREEDOM. “A volume of Poetry and Musie adapted to the great struggle now pending between Freedom and Slavery in this countrly." The music in this work is arranged as Solos, Duetts, Trios, Quar tettes, Chorusses, &e., &e., adapted to use in the domestie eirele, the school, the club-room, the mass-meeting, and, in short, wherever music is loved and appreciated, Slavery abhorred, and Liberty held sacred.” It eontains nearly 200 choice songs, and is sold for 75 cents per copy. Postage 16 cents. THE MANUAL OF THE WARDROBE. 100 large octavo pages, in r, by Mrs. Pul lan. Price 25 cents. ago:nl:, p(?s?:g:id, u{)on receipt of the price. It is a complete treatise upon this branch of Domestic Economy, and by far the most valuable publication upon this subject ever issued, Its omprises a thorough dissertation up on taste n dress, an explanation of the different kinds of stitches, made in sewing, remarks m:gqn the various kinds and qualities and fabrics used in the wardrobe, with eomplete directions for cumng aud fitting all kinds of garments for women’s an children’s wear the preparation of table, toilet, and bed linen. Illustrated by nearly 100 cuts oi tterns and modes. The appendix contains fuli s?rections for using the Sewing Machine. No housekeeper can afford to do without it. THE AMERICAN SLAVE-CODE, IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Its Distinetive Features Shown by its Statutes, Judicial Decisions, andy I]lmmPntivo Faets. 430. 12mo. ice 70 cts., e paid. From Hon. Wm. Jay to thcpfitt:gr.pud Your analysis of the slave lawsis very able, BOOKS. and tgm' exhibition of their practieal fl[rpii(‘fltim by the Southern Couris evinees great arefy] research. ltisn R e R S ore easy to mal. than to refute a charge of exqry, i) O ke g Xaggeration against work of fietion, like Mrs, Stoyoe .IR gty 2 -&y MWOK is as Im(?regnable fgaunst such a charcp g 4 },v elid’s eometry.’ since, like that, it Tdobata ot propositions and dcmunsh‘utions. The o only true, but it is unguestionahly 'rut- Coxn:.\"rfl.-l’roliminar\' (‘lmpt}rl' I'l,} Relati of Master and Slave; Slave Trath‘c'- se Slave Property for Debt Inheritance (:;ugehoi I‘roperty; Uses of Slave Proportv Slay possess nothing Slaves cannot marry gshe'n; tannot constitutue families Unlimited g 55 Unlimited power of bla\-e-holt_lers; Labor of slaves Food, clothing and dwe\hngp of slaves Coereed labor without wages Punishmenta of slaves by the owner and hirer Of laws ctoncerning the murder and killing of slaves; Of the delegated power of overscerg Of the protection of slaye property frovl damagq b‘y asg'gu]ts fro'm other persons than theiy owner% Faets illustrating the kind and degree of protee. tion extended to slaves Fugitives from s]:“‘(*[‘\"~ The slave ecannot sue his master N, ower "of self.redcmpliun or change of masters 'Em rela. tion hereditary and perpetual Rights to edyes. tion—religious ]iberty-—'rights of conseience igin of the I‘Clfll.inll and its S_ll!'i"da‘; Relation the slave to society and to ejvil government the ground and nature of the slave’s eivil condi tion no access to the judiciary, and no honest rovision for testing the elaims of the enslaved: g'eedom; Rejection of testimony of slaves ayg free colored Yemous 3 Subjection to all white per sons Penal laws against sla)-es; Edueation pro hibited Free social worslnf) and religious in struetion "prohibited Legislative, judicial, ang constitutional obstructions to emancipation Rely tions of the slave code to the liberties of the froe Liberties of the free Sc ople of color; Liberties of the white people of the slave-holding states Lih erties of the white people of the non—slnwholdiug states. 3 Summary review of the slave-code—its chyyy,. ter and effects Inquiries concerning the dyy, of Christians, Churches and Ministers the reso,. 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