The Weekly Anglo-African (New York [N.Y.])
October 15, 1859

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VOL. L.—NO. 13. The Wechly Anglo-Bfricam 1S PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY THOS. HAMILTON, No. 48 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Two Dollars per year, or Four Cents per copy, payable on delivery. RATES OF ADVERTISING. iz Cents a line for the first insertion, and Three (Cente for each subsequent insertion. Notices of Births, Marriages, Deaths, Public Meetings, &e., inserted for Twenty-five Cents, pro vided they do not exceed five lines; if more Smn that, Five Cents for each additional line. All communications for the paper must be ad dressed THOS. HAMILTON, 4% Beekman st., New York, [P. 0. Box 1212.] A HYMN. —0:0— BY HARRIET M'EWRN KIMBALL. —0:0— Jesus! the ladder of my faith Rests on the jasper walls of heaven; And through the veiling clouds I catch Faiut visions of the mystic seven! The glory of the rainbowed throne Tllumes those clouds like lambent flame; As once, on earth, Thy love divine Burned through the robes of human shame. Thou art the same, O, gracious Lord! The same dear Christ that thou wert then; And all the praises angels sing Delight Thee less than prayers of men. We have no tears Thou wilt not dry; We have no wounds Thou wilt not heal; No sorrows pierce our human hearts That thou, dear Savior, dost not feel. Thy pity, like the dew, distils; And Thy compassion, like the light, Owr every morning overfills, And crowns the stars our every night. Let not the world’s rude conflict drown The charmed music of Thy voice, That calls all weary one’s to rest, And bids all morning souls rejoice [From the Anglo-African Magazine.] THE FIRST COLORED CONVENTION. i On the fifteenth day of September, 1830, there was held at Bethel Church, in the city of Philadelphia, the first Convention of the colored people of these United States. It was an event of historical im portance; and, whether we regard the timwo or the men of whom this assemblage was composed, we find matter for interesting and profitable consideration. Emancipation had just taken place in New York, and had just been arrested in Virginia by the Nat Turner rebellion and Welker's pamphlet. Secret sessions of the legislatures of the several Southern States had been held to deliberate upon the production of a colored man who had coolly recommended to his fellow blacks the only solution to the slave question, which, after twenty-five years of arduous labor of the most hopeful and noble-heart ed of the abolitionists,* seems the forlorn hope of freedom to-day—insurrection and bloodshed. Great Britain was in the midst of that bloodless revolution which, two years afterwards, culminated in the passage of the Reform Bill, and thus prepared the joyous and generous state of the British heart which dictated the West India Eman cipation Act. France was rejoicing in the not bloodless trots jours de Juliet. Indeed, the whole world seemed stirred up with a universal excitement, which, when contrast ed with the universal panics of 1837 and 1857, leads one to regard as more than a philosophical speculation the doctrine of those who hold the life of mankind from the creation as but one life, beating with _one heart, animated with one soul, tending to one destiny, although made up of mil lions upon millions of melecular lives, gift ed with their infinite variety of attractions and repulsions, which regulate, or crystal lize them into evanescent substructures or organizations, which we call nationalities and empires and peoples and tribes, whose minute actions and reactions on each other are the histories which absorb our atten tion, whilst the grand universal life moves on beyond our ken, or only guessed at, as the astronomers shadow out movements of our solar system around or towards some distant unknown centre of attraction. If the times of 1830 were eventful, there were 2 nong our people, as well as among other peoples, men equal to the occasion. We had giants in those days There were Bishop Allen, the founder of the great Bethel connection of Methodists, combining in his person the fiery zeal of St. Francis Xavier with the skill and power of organ izing of a Richelieu;the meek but equally eficient Rush (who yet remains with us in fulilment of the scripture), the father of the Zion Methodists; Paul, whose splendid Presence and stately eloquence in the pul- Uit, and whose grand baptisms in the wa ters of Boston Harbor, are a living tradi tonin all New England; the saintly and %ainted Peter Williams, whose views of the best means of our elevation are in triumph 1t activity to-day; William Hamilton, the f' Ses letter of Hon. Gerrit Smith to Conveation “Jary Roscuerm, dated Sept. 3, 1859. thinker and actor, whose sparse specimens of eloquence we will one day place in gilded frames as rare and beautiful speci mens of Etruscan art—William Hamilton, who, four years afterwards, during the New York riots, when met in the street, loaded down with iron missiles, and asked where he was going, replied, “to die on my threshold |7 Watkins, of Baltimore, Fred erick Hinton, with his polished eloquence, James Forten, the merchant prince, William Whipper, just essaying his youth ful powers, Lewis Woodson and John Peck, of Pittsburgh, Austin Steward, then of Rochester, Samuel E. Cornish, who had the distinguished honor of reasoning Ger rit Smith out of colonizationism, and of telling Henry Clay that he would never be president «f anything higher than the American Colonization Society, Philip A. Bell, the born sabreur, who never feared the face of clay,and a hundred others, were the worthily leading spirits among the col ored people. And yet the idea of the first colored Convention did not originate with any of these distinguished men: it came from a young man of Baltimore, then, and still, unknown to fame. Born in that city in 1801, he was in 1817 apprenticed to a man_ some two hundred miles off in the South east. Arriving at his field of labor, he worked hard nearly a week and received poor fare in return. One day while at work near the house, the mistress came out and gave him a furious scolding, so furious, indeed, that her husband mildly interfered; she drove the latter away, and threatened to take the Baltimore out of the lad with cow-hide, &c., &c.; at this moment, to use his own expression, the lad became convert ed, that is, he determined to be his own master as long as he lived. KEarly night fall found him on his way to Baltimore) which he reached after a severe journey which tested his energy and ingenuity to the utmost. At the age of twenty-three he was engaged in the summer time in sup plying Baltimore with ice from his cart, and in winter in cutting up pork for Ellicots’ etabliSnument. ILEINUSTURAYE Lt wve wangy wwasw ’swift with knife and cleaver, for in one day he cut up and dressed some four hun dred and fifteen porkers.f “In 1824, [our young friend fell in with Benjamin Lundy.} and in 1828-9, with Wm. Lloyd Garrison, editors and publish ers of the Genius of Universal Emancipa tion; a radical anti-slavery paper—whose boldness would put the National Era” to shame—printed and published in the slave State of Maryland. In 1829-30, the col ored people of the free States were much excited on the subject of emigration: there had been an emigration to Hayti, and al so to Canada, and some had been diiven to Liberia by the severe laws and brutal con duct of the fermenters of colonization in Virginia and Maryland. Tn some districts of these States, the disguised whites would enter the houses of free colored men at night, and take them out and give them from thirty to fifty lashes, to get them to consent to go to Liberia. It was in the spring of 1830, that the young man we have sketched, Hezexkan Grice, conceived the plan of calling to gether a meeting or convention of colored men, in some place north of the Potomac, for the purpose of comparing views and of adopting a harmonious movement either ‘of emigration, or of determination to re ‘main in the United States; convinced of the hopelessness of contending against the oppressions in the United States, living in the very depth of that oppression and wrong, his own views looked to Canada; but he held them subject to the decision of [t is a profitable comparison of 1830 with 1859, to remember that up to 1834-5, Mr. James Forten, of Philadelphia, was held up as an extraordinary instance of a colored man's ability, and because he had amassed $20,000 at his business. t In the year of grace 1855, professional duties threw the writer of this into an acquaintance with Rutherford, a lineal descendant of the Rutherford of the Scotch Reformation he was engaged at a thousand dollars a year in cutting up” for a pork establishment in New York city he was a splen did fellow (physically) of five-and-twenty, and a magnificent Greek scholar; it was a strange en chantment, tosit in the airy loft over-looking the Hudson, and hear him, cleaver in hand, recite and criticize the glowing lines of Homer Pirdar and Anacreon Mr. Goodell, in his Slavery and Anti-Slavery in the United States,” page 385, states that Ben jamin Lundy started his first anti-slavery paper in Baltimore. This is not correct. Shortly after the discussion on the Missouri Compromise, a Mr. Lambert, residing in Tennesee, published the ExancipaTor,” in that State, a lhorougb-going‘ anti-slavery journal, which gave the best account extant of the insurrection in Charleston in 1822 Mr. Lundy was, at that time, a saddler, working at his bench, in the same place where this paper was published he became deeply interested in the cause and socn associated himself with with Mr. Lambert. The latter died before his journal had completed its first year, and his mantle fell upon the shoulders of Benjamin Lundy, and there found nothing less pure, less noble, or less energetic than w” the majority of the convention which ‘might assemble. On the 2nd of April, 1830, he address ed a written circular to prominent colored ‘men in the free States, requesting their ‘opinions on the necessity and propriety of holding such convention, and stated that if the opinions of a sufficient number war ranted it, he would give notice of the time ‘and place at which duly elected delegates might assemble. Four months passed away, and his spirit almost died within him, for he had received not a line from ‘any one in reply. When he visited Mr. ‘Garrison in his office, and stated his pro jeet, Mr. Garrison took upa copy of Walk ‘er’s Appeal, and said, although it might be right, yet it was too early to have publish ‘ed such a book. On he 11th of August, however, he re ceived a sudden and peremptory order from 1 Bishop Allen, to come instantly to Plila ‘delphia, about the emigration matter. He went, and found a meeting assembled to consider the conflicting reports on Canadaof Messrs. Lewis and Dutton; at a subsequent meeting held the next night, and near the adjournment, the Bishop called Mr. Grice aside, and gave him to read a printed circu lar, issued from New York city, strongly approving of Mr. Grice’s plan of a conven tion, and signed by Peter Williams, Peter Vogelsang and Thomas L. Jinnings. The Bishop added, my dear child, we must take some action immediately, or else these New Yorkers will get ahead of us.” The Bishop left the meeting to attend a lecture on chemistry by Dr. Wells,* of Baltimore. Mr. Grice introduced the subject of the convention; and a committee consisting of Bishop Allen, Benjamin Pascal, Cyrus Black, James Cornish, and Junmius C. Morel, were appointed ‘o lay the matter be fore the colored people of Philadelphia. This committee, led, doubtless, by Bishop Allen, at once issued a call for a conven tion of the colored men of the United States, to be held in the city of Philadel- phia on the 15th September, 1830. My, Grice returned to Baltimore rejoicing at tNe Success vl s Pprojact; pbue, 1M oo same boat which bore him down the Ches apeake, he was accosted by Mr. Zollickof fer, a member of the Society of Friends, a Philad~lphian, and a warm and tried friend of the blacks. Mr. Zollickoffer used argu ments and even entreaties, to dissuade Mr. Grice from holding the Convention, point ing out the dangers and difficulties of the same should it succeed, and the deep in jury it would do the cause in case of fail ure. Of course it wasreason and entreaty thrown away. Cn the fifteenth of September, Mr, Grice again landed in Philadelphia, and in the fulness of his expectation asked every colored man he met about the Convention; no one knew anything about it; the first man did not know the meaning of the word, and another man said, “who ever heard of colored people holding a conven tion—convention,indeed Finally, reach ing the place of meeting, he found, in sol emn conclave, the five gentlemen who had called the Convention, and who had consti tuted themselves delegates: with a warm welcome from Bishop Allen, Mr. Grice,who came with credentials from the people of Baltimore, wasadmitted asdelegate. Alittle while after, Dr. Burton, of Philadelphia, dropped in, and demanded by what right the six gentlemen held their seats as mem bers of the Convention. On a hint from Bishop Allen, Mr. Pascal moved that Dr. Burton be elected an honorary member of the Convention, which softened the Doc tor. In half an hour, five or six tall, grave, ‘stem—looking men, members of the Zion Methodist body in Philadelphia, entered, and demanded by what right the members present held their seats and undertook to represent the colored people. Another hint from the Bishop and it was moved that these gentlemen be elected honorary members. But the gentlemen would sub mit to no such thing, and would accept nothing short of full membership, which was granted them. Among the delegates were Abraham Shadd, of Delaware,J. W. C. Pennington’ of Brooklyn, Austin Steward,of Rochester, Horace Easton, of Boston, and Adams, of Utica. The main subject of discussion was emi. gration to Canada; Junius C. Morel, ‘Chairman of a committee on that subject, presented a report, on which there was a two days’ discussion; the point discussed was, that the report stated that “the lands in Canada were synonymous with those of the Northern States.” The word synony mous was objected to, and the word similar proposed in its stead. Mr. Morel, with great vigor and ingenuity, defended the re port, but was finally voted down, and the A black man of talent, who was instructed in medicine at a medical college in Baltimore, on con dition that he would go to Africa. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 15, 1859. word similar adopted. The Convention recommended emigration to Canada, passed strong resolutions against the American Colonization Society, and at its adjourn. ment appointed the next annual Conven tion of the people of color to be held in Philadelphia, on the first Monday in June, 1831. At the present day, when colored con ventions are almost as frequent as church ‘meetings, it is difficult to estimate the bold iand daring spirit which inaugurated the %Colored Convention of 1830. It was the right move, originating in the right quar tter and at the right time. Glorious old Maryland, or, as one speaking in the view that climate grows the men, would say, Maryland —Virginia region, which has pro ‘duced Benjamin Banneker, Nat. Turner, Frederick Douglass, the parents of Ira Al drige, Henry Highland Garnett, and Sam. ‘Ringold Ward,* also produced the founder of colored conventions, Hezekiah Grice At that time, in the prime of his young manhood, he must have presented the front of one equal to any fortune, able to achieve any undertaking. Standing six feet high, well-proportioned, of a dark bronze complexion, broad brow, and that stamp of features out of which the Greek sculptor would have delighted to mould the face of Vulcan—he was, to the fullest extent, a working man of such sort and magnetism as would lead his fellows where he listed. In looking to the important results that grew out of this Convention, the indepen dence of thought and self-assertion of the black man are the most remarkable. Then the union of purpose and union of strength which grew out of the acquaintanceship and mutual pledges of colored men from the different States. 'T'hen the subsequent conventions, where the great men we have already named, and others, appeared and took part in the discussions with manifes tations of zeal, talent and ability, which at tracted Garrison, the Tappans, Jocelyn, and others of that noble host, who, drawing (O BUIAIE PUSTIGas oo e gooen swyparas ax skl thiciz blaclk brethron in hands, did manfully fight in the days of anti-slavery which tried men’s souls, and when, to be an abolition ist, was, to a large extent, to be a martyr. We cannot help adding the thought, that had these conventions of the colored peo ple of the United States continued their annual sittings from 1830 until the present time, the result would doubtless have been greater general progress among our people themselves, a more united front to meet past and coming exigencies, and a pro founder hold upon the public attention, and a deeper respect on the part of our en emies than we now canboast of. -Looking at public opinion as it is, the living law of the land, and yet a malleable, ductile en tity, which can be moulded, or, at least, af fected, by the thoughts of any masses vig orously expressed, we should have become a power on earth, of greater strength and influence than in our present scattered and dwindled state we dare even dream of. The very announcement’ “Thirtieth An nual Convention of the Colored People of the United States,” would bear a majestic front. Our great gathering at Rochester in 1853, commanded not only public atten tion but respect and admiration. Should we have such a gathering even now, once a year, not encumbered with elaborate i plans of action, with too many wheels with in wheels, we can yet regain much of the ground lost. The partial gathering at Bos ton, the other day, has already assumed its place in the public mind, and won its way into the calculations of the politicians. Our readers will doubtless be glad to learn the subsequent history of Mr. Grice. He did not attend the second Convention, but, in the interval between the second and third, he formed, in the city of Balti more, a Lrcar Ricars Association,” for the purpose of ascertaining the legal status of the colored man in the United States, Tt was entirely composed of colored men, among whom were Mr. Watkins (the col ored Baltimorean), Mr. Deaver, and others. Mr. Grice called on William Wirt, and asked him what he charged forhis opinion on a given subject?” “Fifty dollars.” Then, sir, I will give you fifty dollars if you will give me your opinion on the le gal condition of a free colored man in these United States.” Mr. Wirt required the questions to be written out in proper form before he could answer them. Mr. Grice employed Tyson, who drew up a series of questions, based upon the Constitution of the United States, and relating to the rights and citizenship of the free black. He carried the questions to Mr. Wirt, who, glancing over them, said, “really, sir, my position as an officer All the black men yet mentioned in A pleton’s new Encyclopedia—Aldridge, Banneker and Fred erick Douglass—were either natives or immediate descendants of this regioin terris. under the government renders it a delicate matter for me to answer these questions as they should be answered, but I'll tell you what to do: they should be answered, and by the best legal talent of theland; do you go to Philadelphia, and present my name to Horace Binney, and he will give you an answer satisfactory to you, and which will command the greatest respect throughout the land.” Mr. Grice went to Philadelphia, and presented the questions and request to Horace Binney. This gen tleman pleaded age and poor eye-sight, but told Mr. Grice that if he would call on John Sargent, he would get answers of requisite character and weight. He called on John Sargent, who promptly agreed to answer the questions if Mr. Binney would allow his name to be associated as an au thority in the replies. Mr. Binney again declined, and so the matter fell through. This is what Mr. Grice terms his Dred Scott case”—and so it was. He attended the Convention of 1832, but by some informality, or a want of cre dentials, was not permitted to sit as a full member !—Saul ejected from among the prophets !'—Yet he was heard on the sub ject of rights, and the doctrine of our rights,” as well as the first colored conven tion, are due to the same man. In 1832, chagrined at the colored people of the United States, he migrated to Hayti, where, until 1843, he pursued the business of carver and gilder. In the latter year he was appointed Director of Public Works in Port-au-Prince, which office he held un til two years ago. He is also engaged in and has wide knowledge of, machinery and engineering. Every tWo or three years he visits New York, and is welcomed to the arcana of such men as James J. Mapes, the Bensons, Dunhams,and at the various works, where steam and iron obey human ingenuity inour city. Heisatpresentin thiscity,lodg ing at the house of the widow of his old friend and coadjuter Thomas L. Jinnings, 133 Reade street. We have availed ourselves of his presence among ustoglean fromhim the together in this dengactociiy- pil We cannot dismiss this subject without the remark, of peculiar pertinence at this moment, that it would have been better for our people had Mr. Grice never left these United States. The twenty-seven years he has passed in Hayti, altheugh not with out their mark on the fortunes of that island, are yet without such mark as he would have made in the land and upon the institutions among which he was born. So early as his thirty-second year, before he had reached his intellectual prime, he had inaugurated two of the leading ideas on which our people have since acted, con ventions to consider and alleviate their grievances, and the struggle for legal rights. If he did such things in early youth, what might he not have done with the full force and bent of his matured in tellect? And where, in the wide world, in what region, or under what sun, could he so effectually have labored to elevate the black man, as on this soil and under American institutions So profoundly are we opposed to the fa vorite doctrine of the Puritans and their co-workers, the colonizationists— U b 2 Laib ertas,ibi Patria—that we could almost be seech Divine Providence to reverse some past events, and to fling back into the heart of Virginia and Maryland their Sam. Wards, Highland Garnets, J. W. Penning tons, Frederick Douglasses, and the twenty thousand who now shout hosannas in Can ada-—and we would soon see some stirring in the direction of Üb: Patria,ibi Libertas! NARROW ESCAPEO OF COL. SNIPES. During the revolutionary contest in South Carolina, the most malignant enmi ty existed between the whigs and tories, which often occasioned scenes and inci dents of the most ferocious and terrible na ture. One of these occurred to Col. Snipes, of Marion’s brigade. Col Snipes was a Carolinian, of remark able strength and courage. He was equal ly distinguished for his vindictive hatred of the tories. He had suffered some domestic injuries at their hands, and he was one who never permitted himself to forgive. His temper was sanguinary in the extreme, and led him, in his treatment of the loyalists, to such ferocities as subjected him, on more ‘than one ocecasion, to the harshest rebuke of his commander. It is not certain at what period in the war the following oecur rence took place, but it was on one of those occasions when the partizan militia claimed a sort of periodical privilege of abandon ing their general to look after their families and domestic interests. Availing himself of this privilege, Snipes pursued his way to his plantation. His route was a circuit ous one, but it is probable that he pursued it with little caution. He was more distin guished for audacity than prudence. The tories fell upon his trail, which they follow ed with the keen avidity of the slouth l::fnnd. Snipes rea.el}ed his plantsHu:n in ety, unconscious o uit. ving examined the homestug‘z:d received an account of all things done in his a.baence,‘ from a faithful driver, and lulled into secu rity by the seeming quiet and silence of the neighborhood, he retired to rest, and, after the fatigues of the day, soon fell into a profound sleep. From this he was awak ened by the abrupt entrance and cries of his driver. The faithful negro apprised him in terror. They were already on the plantation. His vigilance alone prevented them from taking his masterin bed. Snipes, starting up, proposed to take shelter in the barn, but the driver pointed to the flames already bursting from that building. He had barely time to leave the house, covered only by his night shirt, and by the counsel of the negro, to fly to the cover of a thick copse of briars and brambles, within fifty yards of the dwelling, when the tories sur rounded it. The very task of penetrating this copse so as to screen himself from sight, effectually removed the thin garment which concealed his nakedness. The shirt was torn from his back by the briers, and the skin shared in its injuries. But, once there, he lay effectually concealed from sight. Ordinary conjecture would scarcely have supposed that any amimal larger than a rabbit would have sought or found shel ter in such a region. The tories immedi ately seized upon the negro and demanded his master at the peril of his life. Know ing and fearing the courage and the arm of Snipes, they did not enter the dwelling, but adopted the less valorous mode of set ting it on fire, and with pointed muskets, surrounded it, in waiting for the moment when their victim should emerge. He, within a few steps of them, heard their threats and expectations, and beheld all their proceedings. The house was con sumed, and the intense heat of the fire subjected our partisan, in his place of re treat, to such torture, as none but the most dogged hardihood could have endured with out complaint. The skin was peeled from his body in many places, and the blisters were shown long after, to persous who were still living. But Snipes too well knew his enemies, and what he had to expect at their hands, to make confession. He bore patiently the torture, which was terribly increased. Finding themselves at fault, the tories brought forward the faithful ne gro, who had thus far saved his master, and determined to extort from him, in the halter, the secret of his hiding-place. But the courage and fidelity of the negro prov ed superior to the terrors of death. Thrice he was run up the tree, and choked nearly LAY R are’ p‘i{;; o aixp’enor o WL TTRas of the tories to inflict, and he wa. at length let down, half dead, as, in truth, ignorant of the secret which they desired to extort. What were the terrors of Snipes in all this trial? What his feelings of equal gratitude and apprehension? ~How noble was the fidelity of the slave, based upon that gentle and affectionate relationship existing betwcen himself and master prob ably from boyhood. Yet this is but one of a thousand such attachments, all equal ly pure and elevated, and maintained through not dissimilar perils. [For the Weekly Anglo-African.) A BONDMAN'S MEDITATION. —o:o—— BY A. P. SMITH. —p O 0, ever thus throughout my way, From dawning life till closing hour, Must slavery cloud my fairest day, S Its hellish blackness round me lower. The flesh and soul shall man enchain, And shackles lock on limbs and mind, Yet none be found to ease our pain, Nor none the fetters to unbind In vain must sorrow’s wailing ery Ascend and sound the blue above— And beats no heart beyond the sky— Unknown are justice, pity, love Then Death, my friend, to thee I pray; From thee a favor I do crave— In mercy take my breath away, This body give the friendly grave. The woes that here my soul do beat, ‘Will hurtless break against the mound That covers o’er the lone retreat— To tyrants’ rage the grave’s a bound. Saddle River, N. J., Sept. 26, 1859. From the Sing Sing Republican, REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS. Every writer upon American history, when he arrives at the account of the cap ture of Andre, lays down the thread of his narrative to expatiate on the patriotism of that noble little band, who, regardless of golden promises, retained the unfortunate spy, and saved their country from impend ing ruin. We do not desire to undervalue their patriotism and services, although we have sometimes asked ourselves the questions: For what purpofie were these three men stationed upon the roadside? Did they go forth from their homes in the morning with a desire or an intention of saving their country Had they any authority to stop travelers on the highroads? If they had been great patriots, would they not have joined the continental army, instead of lounging upon the roadside 7 &e. There is a link in the chain of circum stances which led to the capture of Andre that has been omitted in previous details of this momentous event. Who has ever heard of the names of Moses Sherwood and Jack Peterson, who had as much to do with this circumstance as Williams, Pauld ing, and Van Wart, whose names have be come familiar as household words? Jack Peterson was truly a patriot. He was a mulatto, and enlisted in the Continental army. At one time he was captured, and 'sent to New York as a prisoner, where, with other Americans, he suffered in the notorious “Prison Ship,” until, by a skillful PRICE FOUR CENTS. strategem, be effected his escape. One dark night he managed to tie a gundle of clothes on his head, and by stealth crept to chains which held the ship to the aunchor, down which he slipped quietly and unob served into the water, and soon reached 'Corléer’s Hook by swimming. He traveled cautiously by night, and after many priva tions, sufferings, and hair-breadth escapes, reached his home on the banks of the Cro ton River. The above incident is given on the authority of Capt. Potter, a former resident of Sing Sing, who is a nephew of Moses Sherwood, referred to in the follow ing sketch of Jack Peterson, which was published in the Westchester “Herald” by Caleb Roscoe, who was ever on the alert for facts and incidents which illustrate or develop the history of the American Revo lution. It will be seen by this sketch, which is worthy of re-publication a hundred times, that Jack served in the army of his coun try until he was honorably discbar%led, and that it was pure patriotism that led him and Sherwood to attack an enemy of superior numbers and power. It was not three to one, but two against many.; It was this boldness and patriotism that thiwarted An dre in his design to embark on board the Vulture with his death-warrant of Ameri can liberty. In all future times let the names of Pe terson and Sherwood be shouted in the same sentence with those of Willi~ms, Paulding, and Van Wart. For many years after this great event, Peterson was accustomed to point out to his sons and others one of the cannon balls lodged in an cak tree on Teller’s Point, which was fired from the Vulture on this occasion. A few years ago this tree, be ing very much decayed, was cut down, the ball removed and kept by Wm. Under hill, of Teller’s Point, who not long since presented itto the writer of the present ar ticle: JACK PETERSON. John Peterson, a colored man, (mulatto,) departed this life October 2d, at his late residence in the village of Peekskill, aged 103 years. Peterson was brought up in the family of Job Sherwood, of this coun ty, whose son, Isaac Sherwood, had entered the Continental army, as a first lieutenant, in the regiment commanded by Col. Philip Van Cortland, at the commencement of the war of the Revolution; and Peterson, who was about the same age as the lieutcnant, having become devoted attached to him, begged the privilege of accompanying him by the lieutenant, and Peterson enlist-d as a private in the same regiment to which he was attached. This regiment was in the memorable bat tle of Stillwater, in Saratoga county, atthe time Gen. Burgoyne surrendered his whole army to the American forces under the command of Gen. Gates. Lieut. Sher wood, who always sought the post of dan ger, received in the action a mortal wound, for he always made it a point to be near the lieutenant in the hour of danger. Pe terson watched over this brave officer with untiring perseverance, night and day, until he expired, and after his death followed his remains to the public burying-ground in the city of Albany, where he wasinterred with military honors. The devoted attachment of Peterson to the gallant :~d much la. mented lieutenant was observed by Col. Van Cortlandt, who, without solicitation, gave him his discharge from the service to enable him to return home with the effects which belonged to thelieutenant. On his return to his county, the lines be tween the American and British forces had been removed from Tarrytown to the north side of the Croton River, and the head. quarters of the American troops was estab lished on the farm now owned by John Cocks, Esq., (formerly John Conklin’s,) near which place the father and family of the lientenant had been obliged to take up their residence as a place of security from the enemy. On the morning of the 21st of Septem ber, 1780, Moses Sherwood and Peterson were engaged in making cider, at Barrett's farm, in Cortlandt town, now occupied by J. W. Frost, Esq. They had taken their arms with them, for in those days of peril all were obliged to go armed; even the farmer and his laborers carried their arms with them while engaged in their agricul tural pursuits. It was on that day thatthe Vulture sloop-of-war came to anchor a short distance off the western extremity of Tel ler’s Point, having brought up Andre for the purpose of holding an interview with the traitor Arnold, which took place the night before at the Long Clove, in Rock land county, about six miles below the mil itary posts of Stony and Verplank’s Points. Moses Sherwood, while ‘at the cider mill, which was situated on the west side of the road, saw a barge filled with armed men from the Vulture, in commany with a gun boat, approaching the shore at the point of land where he and Peterson were at work, ‘whereupon they seized their guns and ran to the shore, resolved in their own minds that the enemy should not land without opposition. For this purpose they con cealed themselves behind some rocks, and as the barge came sweeping along towards the place where they were lying, Peterson fired. His aim had been well directed, for an oar was seen to drop from the hands of one of the men on board, and much confu sion was observed amongthem. A second shot from Sherwood compelled them to re turn to the Vulture, which theyedid under cover of canister and grape-shot from the gun-boat, directed towards the point where Sherwood and Peterson were concealed. The cannonade drew the attention of the people of Cortlandt town to the sceme. The Vulture was lyine in a position to be distinctly seen from Verplank’s Point and the whole district of country between it and Tellers Point, on the Westchester

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shore, and likewise from Stony Pointto the Long Clove, in Rockland county. The grounds on both sides of the river, for many miles in extent, sloping gradual ly towards the river, gave the inhabitants a full view of the scene. The inhabitants upon the Westchester side had been on the look-out, for they apprehended an attack; but there were none, however, who enter tained an opinion that it would be brought on before sunset, until Peterson and Sher wood commenced their fire. Many of them now hastened to the end of Tellers Point with a field-piece, which they had obtained from Col. Livingston, who was incommand at Verplank’s Point. They erected asmall redoubt, and opened a well-directed fire on the Vulture, and she fired in return several broadsides directed towards the redoubt. Andre, who had been conducted from the Long Clove to Smith’s house, situated on the high grounds in Haverstraw, heard the firing, and saw from his window the Vulture slip her cable and make sail for New York. This circumstance prevented him from returning to the city by water, for he intended to have been put on board of the Vulture that morning, where he was expected by the officer in command, and as he did not arrive at the time appointed, a barge had been directed to skim along the shore, under the expectation that he had been set over to the east side of the river, and that they would be enabled to carry him to the Vulture. Andre, being disappointed in reaching the Vulture, was compelled to return by land through the towns of Cortlandt, York town, and Mount Pleasant, which }ed to his capture at Tarrytown. But for the firing of Peterson and Sherwood upon the barge, it is more than probable he would havere turned to the Vulture in safety. Peterson received, during life, a pension from the United States for his military ser vices, and Gen. Philip Van Cortland, in consideration of the high regard he enter tained for his military services, put him in possession of a house and lot in Cortlandt town, where he resided until he moved to Peekskill. He retained through a long life the character of an honest man and a faithful soldier, and was much esteemed by all who knew him. F. The THeckly Anglo-African, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 15, 1859. B Advertisements for this paper must be ac companied by the cash. Copies of this paper can be purchased of the news-dealers everywhere. POLITICS OF THE FREE COLORED PEOPLE IN NEW YORK. The Southern slave propaganda, not sat isfied with the cruelty—savage cruelty— with which they visit the bondmen in their midst, set their paid menials at the work of continually misrepresenting the free color ed people of the North. One of the last specimens of this kind of labor is from the New York correspondent of the Richmond “Whig;” and the “National Era,” being a upon us toanswer if his statements are or are not true. The whole letter of this correspondent, silly as it may, in many respects, truly ap pear, is nevertheless calculated to mislead. We are doubly bound, therefore, by a few plain words, to refute so many of its state ments, as have any false bearing upon the politics of colored men in New York. But let us first observe how snugly this south-side correspondent comes to his work. He says: “I oystered up a few days ago at the justly celebrated oyster establish ment of Thomas Downing, on Broadstreet. Downing is from Accomae, in Virginia, and was brought up (so he says)with Hen ry A. Wise.” “So he says.” Here is a doubt expressed as to the truthfulness of Downing’s statement. Black men, having no rights which white men are bound to respect, can utter, we suppose, no truths they are bound to believe only when they see fit. But again} “He (Downing) is the prin cipal proprietl)r and principal paymaster of Zion Church, and is looked up to as a good old grandfather by hundreds of Africans in this city.” That Thomas Downing, by his long standing and strict integrity, has prov ed himself a man worthy of, and receives the highest respect of every man, colored or white, in this city and throughout the country, whose good fortune it is to know him, is most true; but that he is or ever was, principal proprietor and paymaster of Zion Church, we take it upon ourselves to say, is entirely false. He is not, and nev er was, even a member of Zion. Church, much less proprietor and paymaster there of. After this plain refutation of the first paragraph of this writer, the public can judge how much reliance can be placed on some white men’s statements, and how far either black men or white men are bound to respect them. But again: “The aged Thomas is no summer friend. He believes in Wise, and prays night and morning that he may have a chance to vote in this State for Wise’s Presidential electors, because dependenee can be placed in his (Wise's) slavery opin ions” What opinions of Wise’s respecting slavery can dependence be placed upon Such, we ask, as would make colored men chattels T—such as would consign them to a state far worse than death or anything beyond it? If this correspondent, or the Journa.l through which he puts forth his statements, or any others in the service of the slavery propaganda, are so deluded as to believe that the colored voters of New York will support the slavery opinions of Henry A. Wise, orany other of like ilk, or otherwise have any complicity with them, we are perfectly willing to let them remain in their delusion. And again: “Tom can vote, for he is worth over §lOO,OOO, and says he would ‘have been worth $200,000 had it not been for those infernal wretches the Abolition ists and Black Republicans. He (Tom) says these chaps have robbed and cheated him, and he would vote for old Nick soon er than for their candidate.” What Mr. Downing’s additional $lOO,OOO that he would have had has to do with Abolition ism or Republicanism, we are at a loss to conceive; but we suppose there is about as much connection between it as there is between Downing and the Zion Church affairs, so classically penned by the corres pondent just after “oystering up” on Broad street. But hear him again: “The aged Thomas is a politician.” So we should think, and has more completely sold this son of Vir ginia than ever was any one of the pieces of human chattel within the boundaries of the “Old Dominion” since the beginning, and we trust, too, to a better advantage. But, without further wasting words up on these nice personalities of this south side correspondent, let us come at once to the gist of the matter. Hear him: “Itis a singular fact that nearly all of the color ed portion of our city population, especial ly those who, like Downing, own property, are intensely opposed to Abolitionism or Black Republicanism.” 1t is false that ‘nearly all the colored portion of our city population who, like Downing, own proper. ty, are intensely opposed to true Abolition ism or true Republicanism, and the corres pondent of the Richmond “Whig” should have known it, and not launched out thus recklessly upon a statement so devoid of any shadow of truth. The respectable, intelligent colored peo ple of New York, especially those who, like Downing, own property—and, permit us to add, those, too, who do not—are op posed, intensely opposed, to any and all parties who, in any manner whatsoever, i attempt to oppress them, or exhibit in their continual course a disposition so to do, or who have, as a fandamental principle of their creed, such aim or intent, appear they in the garb or semblance of Democracy or anything else. On the other hand, we the respectable, ‘intelligent colored people in New York, who, like Downing, own property, and we who do not, are intensely in favor of liber ty and the rights of citizens, for ourselves and for ali who dwell under the broad stripes and stars of this Republic, and are intensely in favor of that party therein who will strive to extend these unconditionally and immediately. We feel—yea, verily, we know—that in striking us down, liberty and justice are stricken down also in the land, and must so wescazr—WlML US, alll 11U POWEL Ul taromr s in heaven can raise them and hold us pros trate. 'With v it is not parties, but prin ciples. Our iitense opposition is not against true Abolitionism, nor yet true Re publicanism, but against oppression and party corruption and wrong. Parties, as such, be they of whatever name, are to us as the mere scaffolding te the building. If, in examining the platform of parties, or in looking through the antecedents of men, we find either void of sound principles, we shall utterly reject the one, and cast the other forth as a branch that is withered. To this have we, the intelligent colored people of New York come. To sum up in one word, we would put into the Presiden tial chair men of high and sterling princi ples, send from the bench of our Supreme Courts the Judge Taneys, and drive out every two legged rat that feasts, fattens, and even riots on government corruption. These are the politics and political issues of the colored people of New York, and al -80 of every just and honorable man, and to these we intend to exert the utmost of our power. Tae ANGLO-AFRICAN MAGAZINE FOR ALL Ouvr Pusuic Lisraries—Wno Wi Am? —An unknown friend writes as follows: Believing that the publication of your invaluable 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 dol lars towards creating a fund for placing a copy in every public library in this coun try.” 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 Hou Gavitßmigh -00 w 10 00 S. W. Brewster e T Benjamin Coates Bk e 10 00 Joseph N. Tuttle =i N J. C. Garthwaite b Faoos eSO 100 e PoHawall oo WO el e David A. Hays SRR Mg -LA 100 Jacob Van Arsdale- 200 Amos Townsend -g S e 400 WO. Mevetr -0 ciel 100 SOl s el wc eSS USSR D DistrisutioN oF THE Ripeway Prizes.— By reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen that the fifth annual distribu tion of the Ridgway prizes will be made in the Bethesda Church, in Sullivan street, on Friday, Oct. 14th, at 3 o'clock P. M. The Hon. Horace Greeley is to deliver the firstlecture of the Anglo-African course, uext Wednesday evening, the 19th. Sub- Jject—“Great Men.” v ANGLO-AFRICAN LECTURES. It is with unusual satisfaction and no small degree of pride that we call the at tention of our readers to the announcement of the Anglo-African course of popular lec tures in another column of this paper. As will be seen, the object of this course is to aid in the establishment of a reading-room, where the barriers of complexion, sect, or party shall have no existence whatever— a place where young and old may resort to inform themselves upon the current events of the age, and enjoy the various and pi quant pleasures produced by the learned review or the well stored magazine—a place, withal, not for the colored man, and not for the white man, but for the PEOPLE. Already the praiseworthy committee who have the matter in hand have engaged the room, and it will be duly opened in the course of a few weeks. We hail this as a movement in the right direction, and one in which, we are sure, every reader will be ready to coiperate. With special reference to the lectures, we cannot but admire the many delightful features presented by the list: I. The object to be attained, or rather aided, by this course of lectures,is one which must meet the approbation of every liberty-loving, caste-demolishing, social barrier-smashing, and race-elevating indi vidual in the land. 11. We have a !practical demonstration of the institution in the list of lecturers. It comprehends the representatives of color and those who are nnt. It represents the pulpit, the bar, the bench, the editorial chair—the Presbyterian, the Congregation alist, the Methodist, the Baptist, the Uni versalist—learning, eloquence, and enthu siasm. Is not such a formidable combina tion as this likely to occupy the field to advantage 111. The announcement directs itself at once to the masses. Admission to each lecture is set down at TeN ceExts. Com ment upon this item in finances is utterly unnecessary. We cannot close this article without con gratulating ourselves that the age we live in has its men for its duties; and we re joice, in this particular case, the men are at their posts. The committee consists of the Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, William Herries, Peter S. P#ter, Abram W- Lar i kins, and Theodore S. W. Titus. MEETING OF THE COLORED CITI ZENS OF WILLIAMSBURG. An adjourned meeting of the colored citizens of Williamsburg, for the purpose of hearing the report of the delegates to the Troy Convention, was held Monday evening, 10th inst., in Rev. Mr. Hodge’s ch vaw and ‘Elo.:.um._tb t ag Erge and enthusiastic. Willis A. Hodges presided, and Joseph H. Bowen acted as Secretary. After the reading and acceptance of the minutes of the previous meeting, Rev. Wim. J. Hodg es, Chairman of the Committee on Regis try, reported that it is the duty of the In spectors of each pole district to commence registering three weeks previous to the ap proaching election, the names of all per sons who may have voted at the last elec tion, and to have the list ready for inspec tion one week before the election is held. He hoped that every colored voter would see to it that not only his own name was registered, but that of his neighbor also. After Mr. Hodges had concluded, the following resolutions passed by the Troy Convention, were read, thoroughly discuss ed, and adopted by the meeting: Resolved, That we re-affirm the declaration of similar Conventions held by usin the past, assert ing the propriety and the necessity of our contin ued agitation of the equal suffrage question, until the Constitution of our State is purged of the an ti-democratic and anti-Christian property qualifi cation clause, which now so signally disgraces it, Resolved, That the action of the Republican Legislature in ’568, in passing the equal suffrage resolutions by an overwhelming vote, ful(liy dem onstrates the wisdom of the policy adopted by the colored voters of this State in the Gu%etnatorial election. And we trust that the Legislature of 759 will be of such a complexion politically as to warrant us in the expectation that these resolu tions will, at the time prescribed in the Constitu tion, be submitted to the people. And in the event of their passage, we appeal to the people— the whole people—irrespective of their politieal affiliations, to render unto us that justice for which our fathers, in conjunction with white men, strug gled so ardently. Resolved, That we call upon the editors of those journals favorable to the repeal of the odi ous clause in question, to advocate it with the same energy and ability which characterizes their efforts for the success of other measures which have for their object the advancement of the cause of human freedom. And those who refuse to do 8o develope the fact of their inconsisteney and hy poerisy. Resolved, That we renew our fixed determina tion to resist every effort of the proseriptive po litical parties of this State, to deny us the right of euffrage—a right that justly belongs to us—not by adoption but by birth; and in order to bear our united testimony on this great question, we recommend a more thorough organization of the people in evglfg;county of this State. Igsolved. t the indifference and apathy man ifested by so many of the eolored dl;eople on the subjeet of equal suffrage, calls loudly upon us to adopt some more effectual measures for the rais ing of funds to carry forward the movement, and secure a general co-operation of the whole people in relation to this great question. And in orger for us to secure a favorable response to the sac tion already obtained on this subf'ect, in the com g political c_amgaign, it is absolutely necessary for us to sustain, by our money, the movement, by supperting qualified men ot our own color to diseuss and agitate the question among the peo ple. Resolved, That we recommend the formation of an crganizatio.. in everylocality in which ten col ored citizens can be found, to carry out the pur pose of the aforesaid resolutions. The meeting was then addressed by Capt. J. J. Simons, who thought it was useless to pass fine resolutions, while we were sogunwilling to aid, financially, in put ting them into practice. Mr. Jeremiah Powers said he was glad to see so many of what the Democrats called the “yeomanry of the country” present to discuss questions appertaining to our welfare, and wished that the resolu tions had been taken up separately and discussed, as there were many present that could not digest large quantities as well as others could. But he was glad that the doings of the Troy Convention had been endorsed, and hoped that the people, in stead of spending thousands of dollars in pic-nics, balls and other amusements not tending to our social nor political elevation, would use a portion of these means to se cure equal suffrage. On motion of Mr. Plowden, the meeting adjourned to meet next Monday evening, 17th inst., at the same place. LECTURE BY DR. PENNINGTON. A lecture was given by Dr. Pennington in the Seventh-avenue Presbyterian Church (Rev. H. M. Wilson pastor,) on Thursday evening, Oct. 6th. Subject—“ New Eng land compared with old England on the question of Human Rights.” The lectur er said that, on the 24th of June, 1859, he went to Tarrytown to speak on the even ing of that day before a Masonic gathering, on John the Baptist. This done, he visit ed Albany and Troy, and thence went in to the goodly land called New England— otherwise the Eastern States. Since his eight years’ pastorate in one of the States —Connecticut—from 1840 to 1848, he had found a great change. His welcome in Christian families reminded him of old England. In the families of ministers,dea cons, and other good men, he met with a hearty reception, and found that every member joins with the stranger in family devotion, reading the Bible, singing, and prayer. This was really refreshing. He reminded his colored brethren that thiswas one of the great secrets of the progressive refinement of the whites. How sweet and humanizing music sounds in the family Yes, if it is only one verse: “Lord, in the morning shalt Thou hear,” or some other appropriate sacred song— short and sweet—a portion of Scripture read, and the Lord’s prayer, if no more. The manner in which he was welcomed into day and Sabbath schools reminded him of old England. All seemed eager to hear the colored minister from New York—no sneers, no grins, and significant whispering. Colored children are freely admitted into these schools wherever they are found. The public opinion in regard to the colored man, as a man, is as sound as it is in Eng land. The colored man votes in all these States except Connecticut. The public conveyances and hotels are all just as free. In a word, he felt as free as he did when traveling abroad. The last hand he shook in New Hampshire was that of Ex-Govern ‘or Hale, at the railroad depot at Hinsdale, after lodging and breakfasting at one of the et el OTI MTha loxarnaor [exphinnd why ha was not at the mooting the evening previous, but said his family were there, and he had heard a good re port of it. The New England press, as a whole, is ‘with our cause. On the subject of the fu gitive slave question, the hearts of the peo ple of New England are sound. Many of the federal officers hate the fugitive slave law. One had said to him, (the lecturer,) “Sir, we are held offensive without cause. This law has been foolishly tacked on to our duties. 'We have enough United States business to do without executing it. It is not+a necessary part of a Commission eror a Marshal to look after fugitive slaves.” He found the ministers of New England Christians, gentlemen, and scholars. He gave a very interesting account of his wel come to the different pulpits, and a meet ‘ing of the Berkshire South Association. He was glad to say that his project for ed ‘ucating young colored persons as teachers, ‘ministers, and agents for the race every ‘where, met with cordial approval. He con ‘cluded by saying that if colored men in their several professions will prepare them selves to meet their white brethren as equals, they will find their level in this country. Let the colored minister prepare himself; let the colored lecturer, physician, and school-teacher do likewise. A Max 1o Be BouGHT.—A man named Robert Rumley, of Beaufort, N. C., a brick mason by trade, and a minister of good standing in the M. E. Church, appeals to the public throagh his friend, Wm. Bib bins, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for asssistance in raising the sum of nine hundred dollars to purchase his freedom. The case has been investigated, and the documents relating thereto endorsed by Revs. Messrs. Beecher, Storrs, Kennedy, and others. The au thenticity of the papers has also been cer tified to by the Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Carteret county, N. C,, the Collector of the port,and by the clergymen of Beaufort. Will not a liber ty-loving j public respond liberally and promptly to the appeal of this enslaved minister of the gospel Tur Errecrs oF Liquor.—Coroner Hor ton was called on the 11th inst. to hold an inquest upon the body of a colored woman named Elizabeth Jackson, who died at her residence in the basement of a tenement house on the corner of Main and York sts., Brooklyn. Reports had been circulated that Daniel Jackson, the husband of de ceased, had kicked her in the stomach and that she died of the effects; but the post mortem examination proved otherwise. She evidently died of congestion of the brain, the resultof excessive intemperance. Jack son, who had been arrested, was released from custody. ODD FELLOWS' GATHERING AT TORONTO. Toroxto, C. W., Qect. 8, 1859, Drar Axcro:—l left New York at 6 A. M. of the 4th inst., and arrived in Toronto the next morning, and found that the Con vention had already organized. Rev. Mr. Peck, of Baltimore, had been chosen Presi dent, Alfred S. Cassey, of Philadelphia, Vice President, and Mr. Wm. H. Simpson, Chaplain. The Graul Master, David B. Bowser, and the Grand Secretary, James Needham, were present to fulfil! their office, together with the delegates from the States of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, and District of Columbia, with three lodges of Canada. The number of lodges reported was 31, which were shown to be in (a prosperous condition. The whole number of lodges under the sub-committee of management is 50—the number of mem bers, about 2,000. Three of these lodges are located in the West Indies, four in Ca nada, and the rest in ,the United States. The amount expended the past year for the sick, and for other benevolent purposes, is $5,073 11; the balance in treasury, $5,374 88. The amount of property in stocks, mortgages, &c., belonging to the thirty-one lodges reported, is $11,178 54. The officers elected for the sub-committee of management for the present year are, *D. B. Bowser, G. M.; *William Allen, D. G. M.; *James Needham, G. S.; Hen ry Gordon, P. N. F. Treasurer. Directors —*Nathan Bacon, Cyrus Miller, *James McCrummill, Amos Weber. The Convention adjourned to meet at Boston, the first Wednesday in October, 1860. On Friday, the 7th,a grand celebration of the delegates representing the lodges took place. The Past Grand Master’s Chapter and the members of the different lodges met in the Victoria Lodge Room, at 11 o’clock A. M., and at 12 the proces sion was formed on King street, the right resting on Church street. The rich and gorgeous regalia, with their black coats, pantaloons, and hats, and white vests and gloves, created quite a sensation in Toron ‘to. They were headed by the Union Brass ‘Band of said city, who did their best on the ‘occasion. After marching through some of the principal streets, they repaired to St. Lawrence Hall, where a large audience was in waiting, and who received them with unbounded applause. The house was called to order, and prayer was offered by the Chaplain, after which G. M. D. B. Bowser and P. G. M. P. H. Reason ad dressed the audience, at the conclusion of which the Order joined hands and sang “Grod Save the Queen,” accompanied by the jond 1 Tje_sipeesion, spniei the streets to the lodge.room, where they were disn ed. At evening the grand festival of the ocea sion took fplace in St. Lawrence Hall. There were gathered in the assembly the beauty of the city,the young and old, rich and poor, colored and white, all enjoy ing themselves as one. The affair was brilliant. Among the ladies who figured promi nently in the assemblage was Miss E. W——s, who was dressed in white, with a white feather dropping gracefully from the back of the head, which was secured, to gether with the hair, by a chain of white beads. The widow H——n made a fine appearance. She was tastefully dressed in black, which was neatly suited to her grace ful figure. Her hair was dressed full at the side, falling low in the neck, and the whole was sapported by bugles. By her personal attractions and conversational powers, she led captive quite a number of the delegation. Miss M—y R——s wasa favorite, and well she might be. Her ‘beautiful face, which is graced with two ‘bewitching eyes, made her the centre of attraction. Her dress was light, with three pointed flounces, blue, figured with a vine. Miss F—y L-——s appeared tastefully dressed a la Parisian. Miss G——y could not be excelled. All eyes were up on her. Mrs. and Miss P——n, of the Falls, received much attention from the visitors. The madam is an accomplished lady. The young and amiable Miss was neatly dressed in mourning. Mrs. M—nx was unsurpassed, and by many was pro nounced the belle of the room, while oth ers were in favor of Miss J——n. For mySelf, I could not decide. Miss L—y S—-—r was handsomely dressed. Her beautiful tapering form, which was neatly fitted with a white figuredsilk dress, flounc ed to the waist, was truly captivating. The great profusion of curls that hung about her head, interspersed with charms, added grace to beauty. Mrs. L——e, the late bride, was much admired. She was attir ed in her bridal suit, with a wreath upon her head. The Order were in full regalia, and the ladies were in full crinoline, satin slippers, opera cloaks, and everything necessary. for a full dress appearance. In mv next, I will give farther pencil ings and observations. PASSAIC. *Re-elected. A crowded meeting was held in the Athenmum, Manchester, England, on the 13th ult., the Mayor of the city in the chair, to hear an address on American slavery from Rev. Samuel J. May, of Sy racuse, and Miss Sarah P. Remond, of Sa lem, Mass. b Foreign Correspondence.

LETTER FROM REV. AMOS GERRY BEMAN. NUMBER VI. Bostox, October 1, 1859. Mg. Epiror:—A distinguished poet de clares that “the mind is its own place;” but what precisely he means would require all the metaphysicians to tell, from the prince ly Stagerite of Greece down to the Neo phite, who, with dictionary in hand, and ‘an indefinable something in his conscious ‘ness, is endeavoring to give to airy noth ing a local habitation.” This is our intro ‘duction—to what? to Boston, or to the fact that we are in Boston—the proud me tropolis of New England—the crown and glory of the old Bay State; to linger amid its rich historic scemes foraday. A bright er sun never bathed hill-top or dale, dome and spire, palace and cottage, sparkling river or rolling ocean, than on this glad morning. Forth we went with “our better half,” under the guidance of the polite and intelligent Wm. C. Nell, Esq., for our Cic erone, and who can point out with an ex actness, and describe with an eloquence, each scene and locality of interest with which the city abounds, which makes the use of this pen seem a mockery. From the vasty deep of the past he calls up the mighty deeds, and stirs the soul with such lofty ideas as almost inspire the soul— thoughts of intrinsic value flash fresh from his mind and prompt the heart to, and strengthen it for deeds of noble action. We went to Faneunil Hall, where a thous and associations of the past came into the mind, for in that hall what words have been spoken, what thoughts stirred up, what purposes formed, in the “old cradle of Liberty.” What a market is that in which Boston rejoices, and of which it boasts “creature comforts” enough for each —enough for all who have money—for not without money and without price may the poor or the rich here buy. We were then conducted by our kind friend to the Mercantile Association build ing, and its rich library and magnificent reading-room, where there is to be found the living, every day created literature of the civilized world, on terms so low, and free and equal, that the humblest son of toil may feast upon the intelligence of christen dom. Our friend is a member of this As sociation, and from this more than Castalian fount drinks large draughts from more than the “Pierian Spring,” which gushed up in Temple Vale. But of all the noble places in Boston for study, we think that the Boston Library— with its magnificent building, so stately and grand in its ornate simplicity within and without, the very idea of strength and beauty—is the place for the culture of the mind and the improvement ot tne taste— here “without money and without price,” the sons and daughters of Boston may pluck brighter flowers of literature, and richer gems of science, than the most faith ful devotee ever found on the heights of Parnassus. Who would visit this city without enter ing the Atheneum, with its rich collection -of statnary and paintings? Ours is not a critic’s eye, yet we confess that works of art have a fascinating power over us in which, for the time being, we are held spell bound. We love to gaze upon them and ‘think of the persons represented, and of ‘the busy, working minds in which these varied conceptions had their origin, and the busy hands that patiently wrought them out. We cannot particularize, but we must speak of the more than patrician nobility of Senator Sumner, whose picture graces the walls of the Atheneum. The majesty of intellect, the purity of justice, the sweetness of mercy, are all throned on that imperial brow. Standing there, we thought of Hamlet when he said to his moth er, “look here upon this picture and on this,” as we turned our eye upon the intended representation of Rufus Choate—we never saw him and had no idea of his appear ance, and should not have dreamed that what we must call the horrid picture before us was intended to represent him, had not some one have written his name and fas tened it upon the frame of the painting. From ell the accounts so numerous which we have lately read, from Everett down to South-side Adams, we did suppose there might be at least something in his counten ance to strike with admiration, if not to awaken the moral sentiments of the be holder. He looks like the genius who in spired Dante, when he wrote of the infer nal regions, rather than like an arch angel in ruins, as described by Milton in Paralise Lost. If he has friends, why do they not take that painting away? The papers have been full of remarks aud -criticisms upon the statue of Daniel Webster, just placed near the Capitol. We gazed upon it long and intensely, and think that Pow ers was under the control of the spirit of truth when he conceived the vices of Web ster there embodied. He stands there, we think, in the full reality of what he was, of what he had become in his rebellion against truth, justice and liberty. Trace his career from the time when he stood on Plymouth Rock, as he yielded to the pow er of ambition, and thought that his path to the White Housein Washingtonled over the crushed hearts of millions. He paus. ed a moment beneath an October sun in Old Virginia—ah, but a moment—/facillus descencus averni—and the Tth of March ‘the fatal idea of March dawned upon him, and he fully “bowed his knee to the dark spirit of slavery—he fell to rise no more.” So Powers has embodied him. There let him stand as a solemn warning, while there is a rock in the mountains or 4 wave on the shore. Lingering on the heights of Bunker Hill, in the shadow of whose lofty mony. ment a scene of stern conflict rises up be fore the mind’s eye, of those days of trial which “tried men's souls”—of 4 conflict to grow deeper and sterner until the right aud the true shall trinmph over the cruel and the wrong. Then it was sword and cannon ball—now it is pen and press. What a contrast between the “mart of trade” in the city, and the silent shades of Mount Auburn. T this place we would repair, not to gaze upon the “splendid mockery of woe,” but to pay a tribute of ‘respect. at the tomb of Charles T. Forrey, the “slaves heroic friend.” We knew him, honored and esteemed him in life, and la. mented him in death. A tower sixty fefet‘ high stands on the most elevated spot “in this city of the dead,” frouf t}.le t.op of which a magnificent panoramic view is pre sented to the spectator. Boston, W.lth all its grandeur and glory, cities and \.ullages in every direction below, gleamxfxg up through forest shade on the mansions of the dead, in all the splendor of the richest art and the most cultivated taste, tlxat un. bounded wealth and human a.fl'ectnon can bestow. Yonder all is activlty, energy, life—here all is silence, solitude, death. Every path trod by Ilumaq feet leac}s to the grave. Sic transit gloria mundi. A.G. B, OUR NEWARK LETTER NEwarg, N. J., Oect. 11, 1859. Dear Axcro:—On last Wednesday eve. ning, the sth inst., a regular monthly meeting of the Relief Association of this famous and most enterprising little city, was held in the school-room of the Plane street public school. I am informed that this society has charge of the north station of the U. G. R. R, and it has most happily drawn to its mem. bers’ list a majority of each of the four de. ‘nominations into which the colored people of this city are unfortunately divided. Peter D. Hedges is President; Thomas Washington and Elias S. Ray are Vice Presidents; Wilbur G. Strong is Secreta. ry; and Jacob King is Treasurer; and it numbers about 40 members, and is steadi ly increasing in usefulness as well asin membership. Although the roll call showed that the absentees were not in a small minority, yet the evening’s receipts amounted to over $7, and as the ladies (dear souls) were out in goodly numbers, the “heft” of the col lection came from their deeply sympathis ing purses, showing plainly here (as in many other benevolent enterprises) tha the onus of the undertaking is more tha half on their fair shoulders. A Mr. Hall, from Lansingburg, N. Y, was introduced by the President, and ad dressed the meeting very appropriately, showing the great necessity of this and similar associations, for they are one of the noblest of modes for the effectual under mining of the beautiful “peculiar” corner stone institution of this civilized, Christian ized nation, which is at this very moment squeezing out of the blood, muscles and marrow of four millions of human (chattels) “material aid” to send to the protestant churches of poor Ireland, by the hands of Rev. Drs. Dill and Edgar. The speaker elaborated on many inter esting topics relevant to the subject matter, and finally closed by cheering and encour aging the officers and members in their most praiseworthy enterprise, and not to be discouraged on account of the many ab sentees from this evening’s exercise. The meeting unanimously passed avote of thanks to Mr. Hall for his able address, and then adjourned. I understand that Mr. John H. O'Fake has been making a flying visit to her Maj esty’s dominion, Canada West. Mr. Adam Ray is sojourning here among bis many quondam friends, and soliciting subscribers to your popular magazine and paper. EXCELSIOR, OUR RAHWAY LETTER. Ranwary, N. J., Oet. 10, 1859. Dear AxerLo:—W. G. Strong gave a lec ture and varied reading here on the 4th inst. There were but few present, on ac count of a misunderstanding. He is tore peat it in about three or four weeks, for the benefit of the church. I have been in formed that there has been but one lecture in the place previous to Mr. Strong’s ina number of years. After the lecture, “The Weekly Anglo-African” was introduced, and about twenty subscribers obtained. The number of colored people in this place is about 250; but, ‘generally speak ing, they are not a reading class, for thert are but few families that take any kind of a periodical. “The Provincial Freemas and also the “Anglo-African Magazine have been introduced, but with little cess. There are a few intelligent me? i here, but they do not seem to have tha energetic feeling that I would like tose¢ They have a fine school-house, and al suitable means are provided for the educ® tion of their children; but the parents 0 not appreciate it. The gentleman who has taken the census of the colored childrer here, informed me that there were betwee seventy and eighty between the ages of four and eighteen years, and all that the school registers is from twenty-five 0 thirty.

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The young men here are talking about forming a debating society, but whether it il amount to anything or not is more than can say. I trust, fhowever, that it will not all end in talk, for societies are needed in this place very much. The chureh here is in rather a bad con dition, although not so bad, I am informed, as formerly. Most of the people here be- Jong to the Bethel Connexion. 1 under stand that there is another connexion try ing to obtain a church, and I trustthe gen tleman who has started it will be able to accomplish his design. PERO. OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER. PriLaperpuaia, Oect. 10, 1859. Mg. Eprror:—Since my last a somewhat eventful week has passed away. “The In fidel Association of the United States” as sembled in convention, on Monday morn ing last, at Franklin Hall, for the inter change of “liberal sentiments,” and for the i purpose of ascertaining the best and surest way of preventing the spread of Christian- ity. Yes, it is even so—a handful of men, l so to speak, a mere drop in the great ocean of life, striving to turn the mighty current of human destiny the contrary way. “This may they hope when everlasting fate shall vield to fickle chance and chaos judge the ;trifi;." Full twice the space that meas ares day and night to mortal men did they convene, winding up with a viclent phillip ic, uttered by their champion, (Joseph Bar ker,) against all those whose mission is “to preach the gospel toevery creature.” They have engaged Sanford’s opera house for eight months for Mr. Barker to lecture in on Sunday evenings. "(he Philadelphia Baptist Association as sembled in convention on Tuesday after noon, in the Broad street Baptist Church, corner of Broad and Brown streets, to cel-. ehrate their one hundred and, fifty-second anniversary. 'The same after'noon, (Tues day,) at four o'clock, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions convened at the First Presbyterian Church, (Rev. Albert Barnes,) Washington Square and Seventh street. By the financial re port it appears that their expenditures far exceed their income. The indebtedness of the Board at the commencement of the present flnancial year amounts to $66,374,- 13. The Rev. George B. Cheever, D. D., presented for the consideration of the Board, on Wednesday morning, a memori al on the subject of the African slave trade, which he hoped each member woula sign, in order that the memorial, with their names attached, might be sent to the fede ral legislature. Numerous expedients were resorted to, to preventits being considered. On motion of Rev. Dr. Pond, it was refer red to the business committee, which com mittee, at the last session of the Board, re ported adversely to its adoption, which re port was adopted without debate. The whole subject, with the memorial, was re ferred to the prudential committee, as was recommended by the business committee’s report. At the afternoon session of Thurs day, the discontinuance of the Choctaw Mission being under consideration, Dr. Cheever offered an amendment to one al ready pending, and upon it he based along anti-slavery speech. The amendment of Dr. *Cheever was laid on the table, on mo tion of Rev. Mr. Mills. At a quarter to one o'clock, Friday morning, the Board agreed to discontinue the Choctaw mission. The reason alleged for discontinuing this mission by the prudential committee, is, that slave-holding is permitted among church members of the Choctaw nation. At the close of the morning session of Friday, the Board adjourned sine die. They meet next year at Boston. The Philadelphia Baptist Association adjourned without doing anything of gen eral interest except passing resolutions as serting their belief in the sanctity of the' Sabbath, &e. 1 hoped that before this bo dy adjourned it would have a word to say upon “the perplexed question of social eth ics,” but upon that question it was mum. It is with particular pleasure that 1 no tice the movements of our people, and am happy in being able to say that the work of reform moves slowly and steadily on. Quite a goodly number of both sexes assembled at the Shiloh Baptist Church, on last Tuesday evening, to give both coun tenance and support to the movement re cently started among us. I refer to col lections in the churches to aid the commit tee of gentlemen who were appointed at a primary meeting to prosecute to a termina tion the right question of riding in the city passenger railway cars. The collection at this meeting was larger than at any previ. ous meeting. This I hope is an indication of increasing interest in the matter. At the meeting in question, Rev. John Givin acted as chairman, and Mr. Parker T. Smith as secretary. There were no speakers pre viously announced to address the meeting, bat several gentlemen volnnteered, among whom were Mr. Randall Green, Rev. Jere miah Asher, Rev. John Givin, (the chair wan,) Mr. George Goines, Mr. Daniel Col- Iy, and others. The latter gentleman, I am sorry to say, did not see eye to eye with the committee, and whether from ignorance of the facts in the case, or design, I know tot, but from one or the other, he attempt “tto thwart the movement by laying ob- Sacles in the way. He said the whole "E‘i“% was started wrong, and that Mr. Usines had not sued the parties who eject "‘_l fim from the cars, which every one cog ‘2t of the facts in the case knows is the “luencement of the movement. It were well that Mr. Colly had remembered Col. Crockett’s motto: “Always be sure you're right, then go ahead.” Much confusion was created by Mr. Colly’s speech, amid which several went out, but others more in terested continued in the meeting, and con tributed of their means quite liberally. Before the meeting adjourned ten dollars and eighty-three cents was collected. The committee into whose hands the monies thus collected are entrusted is regularly organized. Mr. George W. Goines was chosen President, and Prof. E. D. Bassett, Treasurer. I am happy to learn from your agent in this city, Mr. Jacob C. White, Jr., who is agent both for the “Anglo-African Maga zine” and the “Weekly Anglo-African, that the paper has increased considerably with in a few weeks, owing to the fact that Mr. Robert M. Turner is engaged canvassing the city for subseribers. The paper com mends itself wherever it goes. Frederick Douglass, Esq., is announced to deliver his greatlecture—“Self-made men” —Dbefore the Philadelphia Library Compa ny, on Tuesday evening, Oct. 18th, at the National Hall, in Market street, below Thirteenth street. Many persons are ex pecting a rave literary treat from Mr. Douglass on that occasion. The case of Wm. H. Jeandelle, who was arrested on a charge of committing a breach of the peace in driving a passenger railway car on the Green and Coates street railroad on Sunday, the 17th of July last, has been discharged. On Saturday last, Judge Ludlow, in the Court of Quarter Sessions, delivered his opinion in this case, in which he decided that the defendant was not guilty of the crime whereof he stood charged, and or dered his release. The number of deaths reported to the Board of Health last week, was 156, eight of which were colored. BANNEEER. OUR NEW HAVEN LETTER. New Havey, Oct. 11, 1859 Dear ANgLo:—Sunday last, the 9th in stant, there was quite a religious festivity among the colored religious public of the Eln City. The distinguishing feature of the occasion was the consecration of the religious edifice, recently completed, be longing to a congregation of the A. M. E. (Bethel) connexion, of which the Rev. Mr. Sanford is pastor. In the absence of the Rt. Rev. Paul Quinn, senior Bishop of this connexion, who has charge of this Episco pal District for the present year, the Rev. Jacob Mitchell, of New Bedford, Mass., conducted the consecration ceremonies in accordance with the ritual of the Methodist Church. At 10:30 A. M. a clerical procession en tered the church, repeating the twenty fourth Psalm, and proceeded up the centre i aisle co the altar. This procession consist ‘ed of the following clergymen: Revs. Ja ‘cob Mitchell, Wm. D. W. Schureman, Wm. H. Chase, E. B. Davis,J. H. Jones, I. Sanders, Jos. Long, and A. L. Stanford. All these are ministers of the Bethel con nexion. There were also present in the congregation, the Rev. Mr. Washington, pastor of the A. M. E. (Zion) Church of this city, and Rev. Theodore Doughty Miller, pastor of the Baptist Church. The consecration sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, in the morning; in the afternoon the Rev. John Dudley, a Congregational minister of New Haven, preached; and in the evening the Rev. D. W. Shureman held forth in the sacred desk. The church was filled at all afithese ser vices, but in the evening it was crowded to its utmost capacity. Not less than 800 persons were present at t.e third service. A fine choir had been trained for the occasion under the encouragement of Rev. Mr. Stan ford, who executed some set pieces with fine effect. 'This, of course, was not in accord ance with some of the notions of the Meth odist “fathers,” but Mr. Stanford, who is a progressive young clergyman, declared it to be his intention to foster this modern in novation in Methodical usages. The church edifice is nearly finished, with wide galleries on each side, and a spa cious loft for the choir in front. Besides, there is a well-finished basement that can be used for a lecture and class room, in which the congregation has worshipped for two years past, prior to the completion of the upper part. The New England Conference of the Bethel connexion will assemble in New Haven, next year, and this fact has been an inducement to the congregation to thus push their church edifice to completion. And here, before leaving this subject, let me say that Mrs. Burch, (the wife of Rev. ‘Charles Burch,) took the opportunity of this festive occasion to extend the hospi talities of her house to all the strange col ored clergymen present in the city, togeth er with those resident here, by inviting them and their wives to dine with her on Monday, the 10th inst. Twenty-six per sons sat down to dine on that day under her ‘hospitable roof. The Rev. Mr. Miller of the Baptist, and the Rev. Mr. Holly of the Episcopal church, were not able to be pres- ent until the rest of the company had dined, in consequence of the former being called to attend the funeral of a child of Mr. Jackson, that died of croup; and the latter also “being called to officiate at the funeral of a child of Mr. Douglass, that was accidentally scalded to death. These funerals took place about the dinner hour appointed, and prevented the presence of these clergymen; but both of them, after visiting the house of mourning, also came to the house of feasting. The Rev. Theodore D. Miller preached his farewell sermon last Sunday evening, to the Baptist congregation, of which he ‘has been pastor, and will leave here this week to take charge of a similar congrega tion in Albany. Whilst I am thus writing on ecclesiastic al matters, I am reminded of some notes in a pigeon hole before me, that I sketched down from the proceedings of the Fourth Annual Convention of the Protestant Epis copal Society for promoting the extension of the church among colored people, which was held in St. Luke’s Church, of this city, on Tuesday, August 23d. I would write them out now and send them to the “An glo” if this communication was not already sufficiently lengthy. I will, however, do this in my next. The Connecticut State Fair opens to-day in New Haven, under the most favorable auspices. It will continue four days, (11th, 12th, 13th and 14th insts.) Brewster’s park is the ground selected for holding it, and it is one of the very best spots that could be selected for such a purpose. Du. ring its continuance our city will be crowd ed with strangers from all parts of the State, and even from other States, who will come to be present at this annual ex hibition of the skill and industry of the sons and daughters of toil in the land of “steady habits,” otherwise called the land of “pumpkin pies and wooden nutmegs.” OBSERVER. OUR PROVIDENCE LETTER. Provipexce, R. I, Oct. 6, 1859. Dear AxGro:—ln New Bedford (from which place Iwrote you last) there is much that is commendable, and some things oth erwise. The people are thrifty, enterpris ing, and industrious as a class. They per haps exceed the people of any city or town in the United States in wealth. Their in telligence may be reckoned only by the circumstances under which they were rais ed, and which brought them there. Most of them are either fugitivesor freemen who came from slave States to enjoy and ob tain greater freedom than they were al lowed in the slave States. The citizens generally, both white and colored, are a hospitable, generous-hearted, liberty-lov ing people, but, like the people of most places in the East and North, are always ready and willing to pour their dollars and cents into the slaveholder’s pockets in the purchase of his so-called property, rather than aid those who, by the proseriptive laws of the South, are made the objects of charity. Itis a serious fact that no cause, however benevolent, meets with the same consideration or is responded to as heartily and cheerfully as the object above men tioned; and furthermore, no person, howe ver learned or eloquent, can meet with the i same attention (although a colored man or woman) as a runaway slave. I claim that they are entitled to no more attention and sympathy when here, free, than those who are already residents of these States; nor are the slaves at the South entitled to more, because the free colored people are the im mediate representatives of the slaves. Tt is through this, then, they will eventually become free. These views may be unpopular, and doubtless will not grate so pleasantly on 1 the feelings of thoseto whom they refer; but I do not seek popularity atthe expense of truth. In New Bedford, with the colored as with the whites, there are many 2sms, and no union scarcely on any one subject. This is another lamentable fact, and one which, I regret tosay, exists in more places than in New Bedford. I forgot to say in my last that I have been in attendance on a convention of col ored Baptists, at Newburg, N. Y. It was a?! Missionary Convention. They had a very fine time. The First Baptist Church was tendered to them, and much interest was manifested by the whites during their proceedings. Rev. Jeremiah Asher, of Philadelphia, Corresponding Secretary, read a report on African Missions, which, for clearness of diction and thoroughness, equals any report on paper I have heard for a long time, and stamps him at onceas a man of decided ability. I have also at tended some three or four associations of whites (Baptist) in Mass. There was no difference whatever as regards color. This is progress. W. E. W. A Masoxic Festivan.—We would call the attention of our readers to an:enter tainment that will take place on T'uesday evening next, the 18th inst., at the Metro politan Hall, Prince street, in honor of the visit to this city of St. George’s Comman dry of Knight Templers, from Philadel phia. We are informed that this is the oldest encampment of colored men in this country, having an existence from 1820, as an organized body under the F. I. A. G. encampment, its present warrant bear ing date September 15th, of that year. While in this city they will be the guests of Mount Calvary Commandry, No. 14, under the command of Sir Knight Paul Drayton. The committee will spare no pains to render their visit a pleasant one. Tickets for the festival can be procured of Mr. J. L. Hudson, 567} Houston street; Mr. Her bert Harris, 74 Prince street; Mr. J. Van derbeck, 218 Church street; E. Pendleton, 152 Church street; or any of the commit tee of arrangements. @ersnwal. Mr. Jesse E. Glasgow, a very talented young gentleman of color, a native of Phil adelphia, who is receiving an education at the Edinburgh University, in Scotland, has returned home to spend a few weeks. He will leave again for Scotland in about three weeks. Mr. George Stewart, a well known and very respectable colored citizen of Phila delphia, died about 1 o’clock on the morn ing of the 10th inst. He was a memberof the First African Presbyterian Church, and lived an exemplary life. He was also a P.G.M. of the G. U. O. of O. F., and one of the first initiated into Good Samari tangLodge after it was opened, and of which he was a member in good standing at the time of his death. He leaves a wife and two children, and a very large circle of friends, to mourn his loss. He died with the full assurance of the Christian’s hope. We had a visit last Monday from Messrs. Alfred S. Cassey and Amos Weber, of Philadelphia, on their way home from the Odd Fellow’s gathering, at Toronto, C. W. They returned much refreshed by their trip. The latter gentleman promised us a brief history of their flourishing building association, which, no doubt, will be receiv ed with interest by our readers. For the Weekly Anglo-African, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CO.‘ It has become absolutely necessary to examine and overhaul the books and the management of this company. The whole road, from its Southern to its Northern ter minus, is sadly out of order. There must be a commission to examine and to report on the condition of the road. Many of the bridges are supported by rotten timbers, several switches do not work well, and ma ny stations need to be entirely cleared out. Several agents, conductors, and station masters have grown fat and proud, and be have in a very overbearing manner towards the stock-holders and passengers. The original and time-honorel practice of giv ing monthly and annual reports of the state of the road and the funds, is altogether dis carded by our paid agents, and the right of the company to know the state of their own affairs is disregarded and defied. It is grat ifying, however, to know that the South ern portion of the road renders more satis faction than the Northern portion does. “Outside pressure” and an awfully danger ous competition and opposition keep things straight down “yonder.” The depots must be overhauled Philadelphia must be glanc ed at; a sheep’s eye must be cast at all the intermediate stations between the “City of Brotherly Love” and “Gotham.” New York must have a special commission to examine the books, and repo* upon the propriety or tearing duvwn tho wid Jvrom and build. ing new ones. The faithful and self-sacri ficing stock-holders and agents at this part of the road think that several »aZs are mak ing sad work in the storehouse. At Alba ny “the stones cry out of the wall, and the beams out of the timbers answer them.” Syracuse acknowledgesno particular obli gations to the company at large. Stock holders demand and must have a full and complete annual report. They require to know more about the rsceipts and expen ditures. Rochester gives faithful and sat isfactory reports. Tha: station has one of the best Porters in the land. We know nothing about Canada, excepting the loud complaints of many of the passengers, who declare they are frequantly left without shelter, although ampl2 provisions have been made for them by the company. We warn our managers—hey must “chatk up;” they must report,or we will with draw our stock. MANY STICKHOLDERS of the U. G. R. R. Company Frederick Douglass’ Paper” please copy. Frim the Liberia Herald, FIRST OF AUGUSTIN LIBERIA. The twenty-fifth anniversary of British West India Emancipaton was celebrated with great spirit by theleading citizens of Monrovia. The ceremonies took place at the Seminary building, between the hours of three and six P. M. The principal ad dresses were delivered by Mr. John W, Holm, lately from St. Thomas, W. 1., and Mr. Edward W. Blyden, also a native of that island. Mr. Holm made a neat, bus iness-like speech, in whizh he gave a state ment of the actual conlition of the West India Islands at present. The statistical quotations were to the point and proved conclusively that whatever else may have brought about the deprzssion in West In dian affairs in 1847, and two or three years subsequently, the emancipation was not the cause. Mr. Blyden spoke of the in fluence of that great anti-slavery act upon the condition of the oppressed Africans in the United States, and the results of anti slavery discussions in that country. Mr. B. spoke for several minutes in a flow of eloquence, seldom if ever before listened to in this city. Dr. Martin R. Delany made a brief speech, in which he proved that that sublime act of Great Britain—the emancipation of 800,000 negroes—was ez torted from the British crown by black men; that black men, among whom he mentioned Messrs. Jordan and Osborne, of Jamaica, were the chief movers in the matter. Messrs. Turpin and Potter read pieces of poetry from Whittier and Vashon suitable to the occasion. The wmusical exercises were excellently performed by the Clay- Ashland choir, led by Mr. James Moore. The choir was specially invited to attend and assist on the occasion. All the pro ceedings of the afternoon were highly tifying. ngn Eegev ing a splendid entertainment came off at the nl‘Savylilotel, at which there were present the elite of the city. And we must confess that it is a very long time since we have been in such a company of beauty, fashion and intelligence. The la dies, with one or two odd exceptions, were dressed, of course, in the ‘“amplitude of the fashion;” and not unfrequently we were brought into contact with———which only tended to fasten upon us the convic tion of the extreme agreeableness of this feminine amplification, especially in view of the comfort which it affords at a crowd ed table. But everything went off well. ADVERTISEMENTS. ANGLO-APRICAN COURSE OF LECTURES. M A course of popular lectures will be delivered in SHILOH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Prince street, corner of Marion, during the ensu ing season, for the purpose of establishina(;n ANGLO-AFRICAN READING-ROOM, in this city, where persons may resort without re gard to distinction of complexion, sect, or party. The lectures will be delivered weekly, on WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, in the following orders Oct. 19th—“ Great Men,” Hon. Horace Greeley. Oct. 26th—(expected) Rev. Chas. E. Harris. Nov. 2d—*Nathaniel {Turner,” Rev. J. Sella Martin. Nov. 9the—“The Wrongs and the Remedy of the Anglo-African,” Hon. E. I) Culver. Nov. 16th—Poem, “Dred Scott Decision,” Rev. E. P. Rogers. Nov. 23d—*Chattel Slavery and Revelation,” Mr. William Herries. Nov. 30th—(not yet decided upon.) Dec. 7th—*Africa,” Rev. Amos G. Beman. Dec. 14th—*The Republics of the East and the West,” Mr. George L. Ehle. Dec. 21st—(subject to be announced) Rev. Geo. B. Cheever. Deec. 28th—(expected) Rev. J. B. Smith. ADMISSION TO EACH LECTURE, TEN CENTS. Tickets will be sold at the door only. Doors open at 7, lectures to commence at 8 o'clock precisely. HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET, Chairman of Committee. Wu. Herries, Secretary. 13-tf THE FIFTH ANNUAL DlSTRl bution of the RIDGWAY PRIZES, For children in attendance on the COLORED WARD SCHOOLS In the city of New York, will take place in Beth esda Church, (Rev. C. B. Ray,) Sullivan street, on Friday, Oct. 14th, at 3 o’clock P. M. In compliance with a bequest left by the late Charles Ridgway, of this city, “The New York Society for the Promotion of Education among Colored Children,” will distribute the following Prizes Prizes for Children of Grammar School Grade 1. Gold medal for the best scholar in mathe matics. 2. A silver medal [for each sex] for the best gen eral scholarship, [the mathematical medalist not to be a competitor.] 3. A book for the boy who gives the best decla mation, and for the girl who is the best read er. 4. A book for each sex for the best writer. 6. A book for each sex for the best specimen of drawing. 6. A book for each sex for the best specimen of Painting. Prizes for Children of Primary School Grade. 1. A book for each sex for the best speller and reader in each of the schools. 2. A book for each sex for the best arithmetician in each school. Addresses are expected from Rev. J. Morris Wil liams, of Brookl&’n, Mr. Peter S. Porter, and Rev. C. B. Ray, President of the Society. PETER S. PORTER, PHILIP A. WHITE, Committee. JAMES M'CUNE SMITH, MISS A. E. FREEMAN, TEACHER OF VOCAL AND INSTRU MENTAL MUSIC, 148 JAY STREET, Brooklyn. Terms reasonable. 13-tf RSB S R R RR e B si i THE YOUNG MEN’'S LITERARY Association of the city and county ot New York, meet every Wednesday evening in the lec ture room of the Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Cburch, near Eleventh street, (Rev. H. M. Wil gon, pastor.) 13-tf FOR SALE.—A comqplete File, bound, of the New York Daily Tribune, for 1857. In quire at this office. TIIE FIRST PROMENADE SOII REE of the Brooklyn Esmeralda Club will take place on the 26ith of Oet., at Poplar Hall, Brooklyn. Tickets 75 cents. 13-1 t gon, pastor.) A ROBERTS, Agent for the Weekly Anglo-African and the Anglo-African Magazine, 120 CLINTON COURT, EIGHTH ST., near Sixth avenue, New York, where orders for the abovenamed publications may be left or copies obtained. 12-tf STEPHEN LAWRENCE, ENGINEER, and agent for STEAM PRESSURE GUAGES, No. 35 William street, 12-1 y New York. MISS MARY C. R. MORSE, FASHIONABLE DRESS-MAKER, 68 William street, 12-5 t Newark, N. J. NOTICE.--T“E J. R. GIDDINGS and Jolliffe Female Indepen dent Union, Will hold their FIRST CONVENTION in Philadelphia, on WEDNPESDAY, OCY. 19th. The following Unions will be represented: No. 1, New York; fi’o. 3, Boston, Mass.; No. 6, West Brooklyn, and Nos. 2,4, and 5, of Philadelphia. At the conclusion of the Convention, the first anniversary of thi: order in Philadelphia will be celebrated. By order of the G. A. and W. 8. H. MARTHA LOW. DENTISTBY! DENTISTRY!! Great reduction in prices, at DR. JOHN \8 CLARK’S, Office 52 Laurens street, near Broome, New York. Now is {our time to get a very good set of teeth, that will challenge the admiration of the best judges, for their service in mastication, articula tion, and beauty of proportions, at a very low price. Call and see sgecimens. Teeth filled, cleansed, extracted, and reg;lzlfg.ed. t AMEB[CAN GIFT ENTERPRISE. AN ENTIRE EW PLAN OF SELLING GOODS. GREAT CH .NCE FOR BARGAINS. Every person sending money to this institu tion will get goods and money, varying in value up to $lOO. The flm consist in part of the fol lowing property: Land, iold and silver watches, dry goods, jewelry, subscriptions to valuable newspapers, money from $1 up to 850, &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 ng money for a gift at either price will receive he gift by return mail or express. Six cents ex jra required of those sending money for gifts to pay transportation clmr%:s. Business transacted with fideh:fi and dispatch, and satisfaction guar anteed in all eases. Give our enterprise a trial. Address J. M. COLLIER CO,, Wellsville, Ohio. 7 Agents wanted. 9-tf BELL’S INTELLIGENCE OFFICE has removed from 41 Howard street to 82 Spring street, 2d house east of Broadway. 10-5 t MISCELLANEOUS. 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 daJ 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 conduect, for a moderate compensation, tie vocal department of concerts or exhibitions, or to act as agent for persons desir m%)to give concerts. ersons living at a distance desiring information from this 'cxt{. or vieinity, or wanting to make purchases in this market and not having the time or means to come themselves, mightvf;zg itadvan tageous to employ the subscriber, as his cirele of acquaintances is very lur%:. 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. I. 9-tf FOR 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 FAMILY BOARDING HOUSE, By MRS. S. BABCOCK, 541 Broome street, near Sullivan, New York. 10-tf CHARLES C. BLUE’S BOARDING HOUSE, 102 Olive street, New Haven, Conn., where he will be happy to have his friends call a all times. -8-13¢ NEWTON JOHINSON, Wholesale and retail dealers in CHOICE SEGARS AND TOBACCO, Corner High and Jay streets, BROOKLYN. Choice selections of CHEAP MEERSCHAUM PIPES TUBES. THE TRADE SUPPLIED. A. H. NEWTON, 7-tf WM. H. JOHNSON. HBATH‘S EXCELSIOR WASHING BLUE, (the very best article of the kind,) for sale at the Drug Store 55 WEST BBOAD WAY. 12 1-2 cents per bottle. 7-tf J A MES P X ERBR'H Dietetic Saleratus. a perfectly wholesome article, which is unequaled for its certainty in producing good Bread. 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 prefercnce overall other kinds. Its unparalleled success has hrought 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 unserupulous enough to recommend the imitations, but their object is 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. G-tf THE GOLDEN RULE, DAVID F. NEWTON, Editor, is published monthly, at 48 Beekman st., New York. TERMS. Single copies, monthly, per annum, in ad- R e e v e R b 4 o to one address 2 00 20 604 i H 00 100 “o G 25 00 Sabbath Schools supplied at half the usual rice. X 57 Address all letters to Box 1,212, N. Y. City st Office. FRANKLIN L.JONES, TAILOR, 174 Mulberry New York. 7-tf JAMBS R. W. LEONARD, CARD AND JOB PRINTELR, 219 CENTRE STREET, NEW YORK. 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 Provineial Freeman” will be devoted to Anti-Slavery, Emilgrat.ion, Temperance, and Gen eral Literature. It will open its columns to the views of men of different political opinions, re gserving 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 seet exclusively, it will carefully o{aerve the rights of every sect, at the same time that a re gervation shall be made in favor of an existing difference of opinion as to the views or actions of the sects respectively. As an advertising medium, as a vehiele of infor mation on Agriculture, and as an enemy to vice in any and every 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, I. D. SHADD, Chatham, C. W. MRS. E. LEONARD, FASHIONABLE FRENCH DRESS MIAKE R, 39 Thompson street. Receives monthly the latest Paris Fashions. 8-tf LIPE OF REV. JERMAIN W LO GUEN. The biograph{ of Rev. Jermain W. Loguen is already written g an able pen, and would be at once published but for the pecuniary responsibilities incident to its publication. 'Fbe undersigned, therefore, 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. Loguen to assume to be consistant with his duties both to the fu itive and to his family. We therefore invite the %;iends of Mr. Loguen and of the slave, by way of donation or subscription, to make up the sum of 1000. 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 &r. Loguen will himself assume. There are few men whose history is so marked with stirring incidents, instruetive lessons, and en couraging examples, as Mr. Loguen’s. It 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 acts of subsequent manhood, which have hon orabl connected‘i\is name with the moral and po litica{ causes of the last twenty years, which, to a large extent, have made the subjeet of African freedom the living ta{)ic of private and public eir cles, of the press, the pufi)it, 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 likeness of Mr. Loguen, and will be delivered to subseribers at the price of one dollar. Subsecriptions paid on delivery. Hon. A. P. Granger, H. Putnam, Ira H. Cobb, Abuner Bates, Anson G. Chester, C. Prindle, Moses Summers, J. B. Foote, W. E. Abbott. 8-41, B FOSGATES ANODYNE COR DIAL—An effectual remedy for Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, and the SUMMER COMPLAINTS generally; also cholera preventive. e Successful administration of this medicine for ‘more than half a century, justifies t.he‘{:rognetm in calling attention to its inestimible value in the above diseases. Fl‘;:t mrbegml,bm cireular ac eom ing each drvfih gen enllg:n yPl:‘;oo%eentl‘ B. P(ISGA Auburp, N. Y. Proprietor. MISCELLANEOUS. Srate oF NEw Yoßrk, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, Arpaxy, August 31, 1859. Sy ‘TO THE SHERIFF OF THE i County of New York :—Sir: Notice 13 hereby given that, at the General Election to be held in this State on the TUESDA Y succeed ing the first Monday of November next, the fol lowmg officers are to be elected—to wit: A Seeretary of State, in the place of Gideon J. Tucker; A Comptroller, in the place of Sandford E. Chureh; 'l‘rfin ‘:\tt..orney General, in the place of Lyman main e e s A State Engineer and Surveyor, in the eof Van R. Richmond y A State Treasurer, in the place of Isaae V. Van derpool A Canal Commissioner, in the place of Charles H. Sherrill An insg;:‘ctor of State Prisons, in the place of Wesley 'le'y A Judge of the Court of Appeals, in the place Alexander S. Johnson A Clerk of the Court of Appeals, in the place of Russell F. Hicks; All of whose terms of office will expire on the last day of December next. _Also a Judge of the Su&reme Court for the ‘I First Judicial District, in the place of James J. Roosevelt, whoee term of office will expire on the last day of December next. o Als‘z hsesl::abot!: i'())}' the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and even na istriets, comprisi oun of New York. Jriiag e, oy COUNTY OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED Seventeen Members of Assembly. Two Justices of the Superior Court, in the place of John Slosson and James Monerief One Judse of the Court of Common Pleas, in the place of Charles P. Daly One Justice of the Marine Court, in the place of Albert Thompson; All whose terms of office will expire on the last day of December next. The attention of Inspectors of Election and County Canvassers is directed to chap. 271 of Laws of 1589, a copy of which is printed here with, for instructions in regard to their duties un der said act, submitting to the people a law au thorizing the loan of two million Kve hundred thousand dollars, to provide for the payment of the floating debt of the State.” CHAPTER 271. Ax Act to submit to the People a Law authoriz ing a Loan of Two Million %ive Hundred Thou sand Dollars, to provide for the payment of the Floating Debt of the State. Passed April 13, 1859 —three-fifths being present. The People of the State of R’cw York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1." The Commissioners of the Canal Fund are hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of the State, two million five hundred thou sand dollars, at a rate not exceeding six per cent. per annum, and reimbursable at such periods as shall be determined by the said Commissioners, not exccedin% eighteen years from the time of making such loan. All the provisions of law in relation to loans made by Commissioners of the (Canal Fund, and the issue and transfer of certifi cates of stock, shall apply to loans authorized by this act, so far as the same are applicable. See. 2. The moneys realized by such loan shall be applied exclusively to the payment of claims against the State not otherwise provided for, for work done on the canals of the State, and for pri vate property appropriated by the State for the use of such canals, and for injury to private prop erty growing out of the construction of the cunnfl, or to the payment of the principal and interest of such loan, and for no other urgose whatever. See. 3. Two million five 1‘1)1111 red thousand dol lars is hereby agproprinted to be paid out of the l Treasury, on the warrant of the Auditor of the Canal Department, from the said moneys, within two years from the time when this act shall take effect, for the payment of claims against the State specified in the last preceding section, and for the paymen* of the interest on the loan authorized by thisaet, which shall become payable prior to the receipt into the Treasury of the first annual tax, horeinafter directed to be levied and collected, for the payment of the interest and principal of the loans authorized by this act; but any sum ap plied to pay interest as aforesaid may be refunded out of the proceeds of the said taxes when received into the Treasury. Sec. 4. An annual tax is hereby imposed, and shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other State taxes are levied and collected, suffi cient to pay the interest and redeem the principal of the loan hercby authorized within eighteen }iears from the time of the contracting thereof. he Comptroller shall ascertain and determine what sum, being upplied in the payment of prin cipal and interest, in the first year after the tax can be collected as aforesaid, and in each succeed ing year thereafter,, within the period of eighteen Eears from the time of contracting said loan, will e sufficient to pay the interest and redeem the principal of said loan within =aid period of eigh teeen years; and shall in each year apportion the sum so required among the several counties of this State according to the then last corrected as sesament rolls returned to his office. aud shall give notice of such apportionment to the Board of Su pervisors of the respective counties. It shall be the duty of the Boards of Supervisors of the re spective connties to cause the amount so appor tioned in each year to be levied, collected, and paid to the Treasurer of this State, in the same manner as other State taxes. The money collect ‘ed and paid into the Treasur! under this section shall constitute a sinking fund to qay the interest and redeem the prineipal of the loan contracted pursuant to this act, and shall be sacredly applied to that purpose and if at any time the siniing fund shall be insufficient to ecowply with the re quirements of this section, the Comptroller shall inerease the sum thereafter to be levied and col lected by tax in each year, so as to make thefund adequate for the purpose aforesaid. Sec. 5. The fourth section of this act, imposing a tax, may be repealed whenever the revenues of the canals, after meeting all present constitutional charges upon them, shall amount to enough to forma sinEin fund sufficient to Fuy the interest and redeem t%e principal of all loans within the eighteen years mentioned in the first section of this act. See. 6. This act shall be submitted to the peo ple of this State at the next general election, and the votes given for its adogtion shall be endorsed «(onstitutional Loan,” and shall be in the follow ing form “For aloan of two million five hundred thousand dollars, to pay the floating debt of the State.” The inspectors of the severaleleetion dis triets of this State shall provide a separate box in which the ballots given 1n Yurs\mnce of this act shall be deposited. The ballots shall be canvassed and returned, and the result shall be determywd and certified in the same manner as votes given for the office of Governor of this State. If a ma jority of the votes cast pursuant to this act be “For loan of two million five hundred thousand dollars to pay the floating debt of the State,” then the preceding sections of this act shall take effect; butlif a majority of the votes so cast shall be “Against a loan of two million five hundred thou sand dollars to pay the floating debt of the State,” then the said sections shall not take effect, but shall be inoperative. 2;011:3 respectfully, GIDIE?)N J. TUCKER, Secretaa‘)' of State. Ciry axp CoUNTY OF NEW X ORK, Sheriff’s Office, New York, Aug. 81, 1859. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original notice received by me from the Secretary of State, and now on file in_this office. JOHN KELLY, Sheriff. P eBT D R A A A RARE BARGAIN.--FOR SALE, at Jamaiea, L. L, a house and sixteen lots of ound, for $l,OOO, Terms, $5OO cash, and the g:lance secured by bond and mortgage. Afiply to J. Solon, MeNeil street, Jamaica, or to ‘Hamilton, 48 Beelruar ireet, New York. 90-tf 1 Wmhe beautifal village of 'a maica, L. I, a small cottage, with two lots of ground. Price, 6500 One half the purchase money can remain on bond and mortgage for term of Jvears Ap;'yrl{“'bo Wilsen Rantous, South street, Jamaica, or Hamilton, 48 Beekman street, New York. 8-tf ‘NEWTOK JOHNSON, Brookl{s Agents for 3 THE WELKLY ANGLO AFRICAN and the ANGLO-AFRICAN MAGAZINE, Cor. High and Jay sts. Orders solicited for Books, g-gazmel, Newspa per.. 7‘tf NAMULLRER. Privter, 46 Beokman g- N X

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Woems, Anecdotes wund Shetcles. For the Weekly Anglo-African. NO ENEMIES, —O.O-— BY B. CLARK, SEN. —0:0— “He has no enemies,” you say, I pity his condition; His candor he has thrown away, His manhood and position. “He has no enemies!” well, then, The reason is he never Has heart to act, but only when He sees which way the weather. “He has no encmies.” Indeed, Then what has he been doing? Or, what on earth can be his creed, What has he been pursuing? A truckling, vascilating course, Unmanly, undecided— His little, puny soul is worse Than sixpence twice divided. His prineciples are very light, If he is not contented To be traduced for doing right, When once he has assented. Then give me one of upright heart. ‘Who dares the truth to utter, And act a noble, manly part, Though enemies do mutter. A man of earnest, iron will, Whose enemies are many, And yet whose virtue, strength, and skill, Ie undeterred by any; Whose peerless love for truth and right. Keeps falsehood at its distance; And though Le may be erushed by might, Yet always acts consistent. Ah! like the sturdy forest oak, Through which the winds do rattle, Stands firmer from the heavy stroke, Prepared for truth to battle. Such is the man whose noble soul, When roused to proper action, Disdains a sordid, base eontrol, Or enemies detraction. Who knows, when virtue’s lost and fled, That time is really trying, For if the man is not then dead, He surely must be dying. B@~ A Peoria exchange gives the fol lowing touch at excessive honesty in a con versation which took place between a cer tain well-known forwarding agent and a railroad agent:’ “There’s swindling in all trades but ours.” “That’s so with us,” replied Charlie. “Oh yes,” said Henry, “railroads nev er swindle. Their officers never steal any thing that’s out of their reach.” And with a few side remarks the subject was dropped until another well-known rail road man stepped into the saloon. “K.” said Charlie, “Henry says railroad men never steal anything out of their reach.” “Well,” replied K., “river men have an advantage in that line, by using a long pike-pole with a hook on it. gb yes; river men are honest; the smallest busi ness they ever do is to break open a box of oranges, steal a dozen, and then charge cooperage for nailing up the box Heunry owned up beat, and soon became “a man of few words.” 8 A drunken fellow went to hear a Universalist preach. The preacher argued that it was no matter how degraded or abandoved a man might be, he still was sure of being saved. The drunkard be came much interested in a doctrine which left him room for hope. Unfortunately, however, in the midst of the arguihent, the speaker’s mind became clouded and con fused, and he commenced blundering and staggering as though he was about to break down. The drunkard, seeing this, arose, and supporting himself against the wall, eried out: “Put her through, Bob, or else I'm a goner.” What on airth ails these ’ere shirt buttons, I wonder?” said an old lady. “Jest the minit I puts the needle through ’em to gew ’em on, they splits and flies all to bitts.” “Why, grandmother, them isn’t buttons; they’s my peppermints, and now you've been a spilin’ them.” 8@ Do you suppose there is any doubt about my baggage going to Canada in quired an old lady of the famous wag R., while he was seeing some friends off at the Albany depot the other day. “My dear woman,” answered R., sober ly,“it will depend entirely on the moral instruction it has received. Was it brought up orthodox “No,” answered the uncomprehending woman, “it was brought up on a hand. cart.” “Doubtful case, ma’am, very.” 3@ Jimmy O'Brian lately applied for work at the residence of a well to-do farm er near Stittsville, where he was first re galed vith a dinner. Jimmy having done justice to the meal and himself, the squire wanted to know what Jimmy could do about the farm. “Almost anything you'd set me about, sir.” “Well, Jimmy, if you can do that, I think youw'll suit me. Are youa good cra dler 7” “Bedad, it's mesilf thatis,” replied Jim my; “but couldn’t you give me some_ out door work B A story was told of a priest who, it being Friday, had just helpeg himself to a whole salmon, with the remark, “Itis a fast day with me, gentlemen,” when a great fellow with red whiskers reaches across the table, and, cutting the fish in two, took half of it with the remark, “bad Juck to ye! do yethink that nobody has a soul to be saved but yerself?” 9@~ Mrs. Partington says she did not marry her second husband because she loved the male sex, but because he was tke size of her first protector, and would wear his old clothes out. THE OLD VILLAGE MINISTER. —o—— Many a reader’s heart will respond in al most tearful sympathy to the emotions un der which this beautiful picture of the “Old Village Minister” and the Sabbath associa tions of other days must have been sketch ed: Jn an Eastern paper we read a line or two the other day—the brief announce ment of a death. It was in little type; it was without note or comment—only the death of the old village minister. And so the grey-haired man who ministered at the altar is dead |—whose feet, as they walked on Zion’s hill, were very beautiful in our eyes! How well do we remember, when the storm came up, and the sun was ‘hidden, and cloud called out to cloud, then we wished “the minister” would come, for surely no harm could enter the dwelling that he blessed We used to forget about the falling sparrows; but then we had faith in him, and many a time did we wonder and doubt whether he ever could die like other men, and whether he would not be wafted away, like the prophet of old, in a chariot of fire. Then they had not thrown away the old deacon, and got one that was new—a sleek looking, juvenile deacon, with glossy black bair. The gallery was net gay with red curtains on rings, from behind which came whispers and songs. Then we had St. Martin’s, St. Thomas, and Mear. Shall we ever hear Denmark and Corinth again Sweetly rose Dundee’s wild war ble in those long-gone days; Old Hundred, and Wells, and Peterboro—how grand they were when the breath of the great congregation went up together, and the voice of matron and maiden were blended. How distinctly the picture rises in mem ory—the plain old church, and the people singing before the Lord. The minister “read for their instruction” every Saobath morning, and prayed for the lambs of the flock, and for those that were feeble and old—that God would have them all in his own keeping, guide them in green pastures and lead them beside the still waters, and gather them all in the fold at last. How much snow there used to be sprinkled about them in June—times snow, on the locks of the old. They tell us thereis less of it now; that the children whose feet swung clear of the floor are the men and women to-day; and the voice of the elder is stilled, and the prayers that he uttered are ended. They have removed the old square pulpit, as high as a house, that suc ceeded the swallow’s nest of a predecessor against the wall—the swallow’s nest of a pulpit that hung there beneath a flower shaped bell that Linnceous never numbered nor named. We are sorry that the old square lookout between the heaven and earth is removed, for it was for years among the mysteries of childhood what might be in it—if ever an angel, and where the minister went when we could not see him. Often had we stood at the foot of the stairs that led up to the mystery, but only once did we ever venture to ascend them. Judge of our disappoint ment! There was nothing of gold there— no glories that we had read of ir the Apo calypse—for we fancied there were; there was a rough, bare floor, an uncushioned bench, an old worn Bible, an ancient copy of Watts’ Psalmody, and a little pile of Sunday-school books in the corner. And it was from thence, in the midst of such a place, those words of eloquence had come, that charm, and thrill, and awe us in memory yet- We ascended the little platform, and, standing upon tip-toe, looked over the high breastwork upon the empty pews. There was something very grand about it, we thought, that almost made us ‘breathless; and, stealing down, we left the sacred place—more sacred to us than any we have seen since, save the spot where the minister has wearied and slept. The members of the old congregation have gone up to loftier courts, and we shall see them no more. The grandmothers, in sober black, that came tottering in with their white handker chiefs smoothly folded and laid on their arms: the fair-browed girls that sung the alto and the air; the children, with the sprigs of carroway and dill; the deacon, whose head blossomed like an almond tree, hard by the pulpit door; the old woman that, in the winter-time, brought the tin foot-stove for a solace; the little paper fans that waved, when the days were summer, like so many little wings about the church, as if the old minister had a family of cher ubims for an audience; the old doxology they used to sing last in the afternoon; the trembling benediction, like the blessing of a patriarch, they received—these we shall never see and hear again as they were. No longer, in Sabbath noons, do they sit upon the grass beneath the old poplars,and talk in tones subdued while taking their frugal meal; no longer do they linger among the old grey grave-stones in the “burying ground” that is since a “cemete ry,” and contemplate the stone willows that never put forth a leaf, for the times are changed, and there is but one sermon a day, and those who brought dinners of old have sat down to the feast of the Lamb, where the tree of life, the trae of Heaven, is blooming forever. The deaf, who sat at the pulpit stairs in those old times, can hear the waving of a seraph’s wings to-day, for the “daughters of music” have been lifted from the dust wherein they were lying. The old blind man, whose doubtful feet young eyes did guide, lives now in light; and old black Jonah, who stole softly in and sat down in a pew beside the door, has been made white at last, and bidden come up higher. We think it ought to be set down upon a map somewhere that the old church was very near “the house not made with hands” only the grave yard's breadth removed. We think it ought to be somewhere writ ten: ‘“That house that they builded of old, let it remain forever. Give to them the shivering of the wall they have hallowed. Let the wind end the song the dead sing ers began, and the rains gently fall on the echoless threshold.” B&s™ The Knickerbocker Magazine tell a story of a theological student, who, when asked for the first time to say grade, being rather embarrassed, began in his benevo lent strain, “O, Lord, we thank thee that while we are enjoying health and prosperi ty, so many are tossed upon beds of pain, deprived of the comforts of life.” And al so of an itinerant clergyman, who, not be ing sufficiently acquainted with the use of prepositions, prayed that the Gospel might be dispensed with throughout the world. ADVERTISEMENTS. @ge Anglo-Africn Rlagusine, 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 pects of the colored population of the United States, free and enslaved. To afford scope for the rapidly rising talent of eolored 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 citizenship 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 prospeets of free colored men, by common assent, rests, in a great degree, the condition and prospects of enslaved colored men. Hence, besides the intrinsic interest which attaches itself to a magazine with such scope and information, the aid of all who wish to advance the great cause of Immediate Emancipation, is ear nestly solicited for its support. Terus.—One Dollar per year, payable invaria bly in advance. The January number contains an accurate and beautifully executed portrasit of ALEXANDER DUMAS. 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. 8. CARY. MARY E. CARY. SARAH M. DOUGLASS CRACE A. MAPPS. JAMES M’CUNE SMITH MARTIN R DELANY. JOHN V. DEGRASSE. JAMES FIELDS. T. JOINER WHITE. GEO. B. VASHON. M. H. FREEMAN. CHAS. L. REASON. EBENEZER D. BASSETT ROBERT CAMPBELL. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. WILLIAM C. NELL. 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 candidate for public favor, the first (January) number of which Yies before us. It is published in the interest of that class of our fellow-citizens who are disfranchised by the Dred Scott 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. P i g We hail the appearance of this Magazine as a step in the right direction, and trust that it will not be suffered to lack for the want of support.—Evan gelis (New York.) Among the various new publications recently announced, we are glad to learn of the establish ment of a magazine conducted entirely bly colored rsons, and devoted to the social, moral and po- Eiical advancement of their brethren.—lndepend dent (New York,) The Magazine is one of great ability, interest and taste, and will bear a comwrison with those of much s;reater pretensions. e sincerely hope the friends of the colored people will patronize this work and help them in this honom{:le effort to put themselves in a position which they de serve, and which their enemies would fain g{event them from attaining. “Blake; or the Huts of America,” is beautifully written and filled with thrilling interest.—American Baptist (New York Itis a creditable Eublicafion. 2.0 DBoph a journal will, if rig tth condueted, 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 Inguirer (New York.) The colored citizens of the United States num ber many men of culture and marked ability as speakers and writers, and they have established a monthly in New York, entitle«l the Anglo-African Magazine, which is certainly creditable in style, execution and literary merit. {Ve 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 mfi%flg and encouraging than this new publication. e advent of a monthly mag azine, devoted to Literature, Science, Statistics, ete., is no new thing under the sun, and especially not new in our country. The United States abound in such publieations 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 colored race in the United States. We have had numerous newspapers, a good many psmphlets, a few unpretending poems, a few bio?nphical sketches, mostly narratives of fugitive elaves, sore written by themselves, others onlé written at their dictation, the amanuensis fur g the words, and the fugitives the facts but beyond these, nothing has been even attempted. The Anglo-African is a bright new faet, mg we trust the beginning of an era in the mental, moral, and religious history of the colored people in this Regthq. Whatever mafy be the fate o}) this new publieation, in &)}mt of patronage, whether it shall suceeed or fail, for want of support, we sin eerelyu rejoice to see the attempt mmg,, and made so well. The feature of the Majga.zine for the present month is the essay of Dr.J. M’Cune Smith, show ing the dependence of Civilization on physieal circumstances. The subject is one of great inter est, independent of its bemnis upon relations ex isting in this country. To those who kmow Dr. ADVERTISEMENTS. Smith, it need not be said that his essayis a learned and masterly one. _But 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 political and ethnological mahfi:- ers of the co]oreg‘J races of men. Martiq R. Dela ny, it will be seen, has chosen a l_ofl:y subjeet. He has given a peculiar theory, ascribing to electricity the office of keeping the heavenly bodies in order, which other very able men have ascribed to the law of gravitation. Mr. Delnni dismisses all our fears tfi: this firm old earth of ours isto be smashed up one of these coming days by a colli sion with any other body in space. We shall re fer again to th%a new magazine, and meanwhile wish M,-'lfiom Hamilton, its ent.erpnxmg publisher, every success 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 grospects, of the colored population of the United States. Such in tellectual efforts, affording scope for the aspmng free colored population, deserve Fatronage an we heartilarh(:ipe the Magazine will be well sup ported. We do not expect 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 }l’):rk Colonization Journal. Its list of contributors will embrace the most prominent colored writers and speakers in the country. The present number is very creditable. Laberator (Boston.) We are much pleased with the first number of the Anglo-African Magazine issued by our old friend Thomas Hamilton.”—Visitor Franklin, N.

“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 distinetion in New York. Itshows 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 improve them, intellectually, morally, and physically.— Daily Republican Binghampton, N. Y.) “Here i 8 a curiosity—the first number of a monthly Magazine, Eub{ished and edited by col ored men, its eontributors mainly colored 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. VaalZon, M. H. Freeman, Among the number of contributors named, no doubt others of equal talent are included but we are not so well able to 'sipeak of others, he articles are genemll‘y creditable the Intro ductory, 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 journal, and we hope the ex periment of its publisher will be a decided suc 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, contain 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 progress subseribe for it, read and preserve it. 'i‘he 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 meke an interesting volume.”’—Provincial Free man (Chatham, C. W.) AxGLO-AFRICAN MacaziNne.—We have received the number three of a handsomely printed Maga zine, under the above title, published in New York, b{ Thomas Hamilton, No. 48 Beekman street. Never have we received a monthly which, in view of the ciccuinstances under which it has been issuec, and the manifest ability exhibited on every page, that has given us so much pleasare. It ‘is managed exclusively by colored men, and filled ‘alone with the contributions of their pens. It con toime very able arlvles Ly thie folluwiug distin uished colored men: Dr. Martin Delany, Dr. §ames M’Cune Smith, Rev.J. W.C. Pennington D. D., J. Holland Townsend, Es(s, Robert Campbell. No colored man who can read should be without it, and everyfriend of the colored Ameriean should patronize it. Republican (Norristown, Pa.) ANGLO-A¥RICAN MaGaZINE.—The first number of this Magazine, publshed b{ Thomas Hamilton, 48 Beekman street, N. Y., has appeared. We think it will be read with interest by all who re ceive it. The third sticle, Civilization—its De gendence on Physicd Circumstances,” by Dr. ames M'Cune Smith, we regard as peculiarly in structive and valuable. The idea that in nations advanced in civilizatian, the sources of intellectual power spring from the common lpeople, the physi cally vigorous, is happily developed, and worthy of general attention. {)Ve wish success to the An glo-African Magazine.—American Missionary, (New York.) We wish it could be put in the sossession of every negrophobia-manger in the land.— Student’s Monthly (Oberlin, O.) “This publieatior, eonsidered relatively to its scope and design, will compare favorably with any other.”—Star Broolyn, N. Y.) We should judgeit to be rather superior to the most of the monthlies. 'We hope it may meet with a large circulation.”— Repository of Religior and Literature (Indianapolis, Ind.) Eplror oF Trieuye :—I have just received from the office of the Anglo-African Magazine, pub lished in New York, three numbers, and. as a trib ute to both enterpris¢ and merit, I desire to say a few words on the subject. While there is a epirit that would erush the colored race, and trample them under foot as infe rior, it is cheering tc witness a single triumph of our colored friengs, and see them rise in manliness and power, in spite »f prejudice and hate. If any one goubts their upvard tendency, their want of elements essential te elevation, let him call over and read a single aricle in one of these Magazines, and then blush for the injustice done a crushed cople. The talent and taste exhibited would do Eonor to any Magazne üblished in our nation. Nor would we thus spesE of a single author or a single article the vhole work glows with the evi dence of talent and scholarship—far more so than many of the popular Eroductions of the press. Let our citizens interest themselves in the Anglo- Afri ean Magazine, and while thn%y encourage the en terprise, they will also beenfit themselves by an inerease of useful kaowledge, and a decrease of un generous and unreisonable prejudices. I com mend it to our Reading Rooms, and to every pri- vate family, as a vork of decided merit, for only one dollar year.—Rev. R. H. Conklin, in Tribune (Providence, R. 1.) 4 2 “This monthly, published at New York, bF Thomas Hamilton,is edited and written by col ored people. It is an able Magazine. ~Some sta tistical articles on the colored population of the United States, evince g;-eat 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 eertainly an able work.” —The %mpa:t (Charlestown, Ind.) ANGLO-AFRICAN MAGAZINE.—A new mouthlfi in the pamphlet form, issued at 48 Beekman-st., New Yorfl, at one dollar per annum, by our fneqd Thomas Hamilton, promises good things, solid things, noble, elevating. The first number exhibits tact, talent, erudition, scientific investigations, the pen of a ready writer. The contributions are of the highest order. The narratives, sufferings and hair-breadth escapes of fugitives from the land of Egypt and Pharaoh's host, are t.mlz marvelous, wgfierful No romanece can equal them, and yet they are solid facts. These narratives will grace every number of this new monthly, and will doubtless give it s wide circulation. Anything and everytging calculated to elevate and emanci pate the colored race, meets our warmest sympa thies. The hand of God isin it. Ethiopia is 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 circulate in a sphere peculiarly its own. Tt is to be the organ of the colored race. It has been g‘rojected by col ored men, and, in the main, will be conducted by them. The initial number ;&pesn well. Its leading articles are of a high r, and give evi dence that if negroes have no rights which white men are bound to reegilct," they at least wield pens which, one day, shall work out the redemp- ADVERTISEMENTS. tion of their race, and extort from the proud and domineering Anglo-Saxon the justice now so per sistently denied them The opening article is an introductory one by the publisher, Mr. Thomas Hamilton, who sue cinctj’y states the objects he has in view, and the work which he and his fellow-laborers undertake to do. There are paragraphs somewhat caustic we refer to those comparing colored and white scholars, one comparison bemg between scholars in the City of New York, and another between students in French colleges.

The main article, Civilization—its D}pendence on Physical Circumstances,” is bieDr. ames M’- Cune Smith, a gentleman of liberal education, though for it he is not indebted to his own coun t .ugaving been obliged to obtain it in Europe, wrgere the tiger-ferociousness of caste of color is un known. It is an able Eaper, and conclusively dis roves the current p ilosophg which predicates Euman advancement, or, in other words, civiliza 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, prggnant with faets, so skillfullys)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 slavery, with all its horrors and barbarities, which to-day, in these nominally free States, crushes the colored man beneath a remorseless prejudice and a fiendish spirit of caste, command ing him to quench the fires of aspiration as he feels them burning in his soul, to be a hewer of wood and drawer of water, a menial, feeling no 'manhood, to keep shut the windows of his soul, ‘never opening them to let in the sun-light of knowlecrge, is eviseerated, and shown to be but the invention of the oppressor, as an excuse for his dark and damning dl;eds and crimes. When the despised negro can ply such artillery as this, it is time to pause, and ask what we arc to gain by at tempting longer to hold him down. 'lg:e time is approachin% when the black race now in this country will be a fearful power, unless we relax the hand of oppression. TEey are under the tem perate parallels, where all circumstances conspire 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 Eoint when the red right hand of revolution will e raised, clenching a sword, beneath whose heavy blade fetters will be but as flaxen strings, and op pressors but as men of clay. The negro is natur ally patient and docile—naturally he abhors blood and strife but there are examples which emphat ically warn us that, in the school of slavery, and under the treatment he receives when he is K)Oked 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 scorn and contempt. The Magazine is published by Thomas Hamil ton, at 2%3 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 ean come out of Narragansett.”— Pendulum Greenwich, R. 1.) BOOKS. PUBLICATIONS 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. B. CHEEVERé D. D. rice per single copy 10 cents, s§l per doz., or $7 }l)?e’r hundred. x “This will continue to be an excellent work for circulation so long as distillerics and breweries continue to send forth their poisonous stream.”’— “A. S. Bugle (Salem, 0.) We have received a pamphlet copy of that re markable production of Dr. Cheever's—* The True History of Deacon Giles’s Dissllery,” which is now being r?ublished and illustrated by Thos. Hamilton, at 48 Beekman st., New York. It isa scathing article, abounding in the fire and hammer of unfimchjn% truth. It was written originally for a dpnper called the “Salem Landmark,” pub lished at Salem, Mass., where Dr. Cheever, then a young man, was engaged in the ministx;{. It pro duced a great sensation at the time, and the whole rum-fraternity were in arms about it. Cheever was armigne«f' before a court of justice. The re production of *e article at this time is called for and is eminen lg opportune, when, on either hand, the hellish floods of Intemperance are surg ing back upon communities once reclaimed from their devastating flow.—True American (Erie,Pa.) No work on Temperance ever had such a wide circulation as this and the exigency of the times seemed to call for its republication. It purports to be a Dream,’ but it 18 ‘not all a dream,” but an awful reality.”’—News Letter (Westfield, Mass.) A dream that is worth dreaming. Generally speaking, we have very little confidence in dreams. “Dreams are liars,” yet there are dreams that tell truth of vast import. This is true of Joseph's dreams, Daniel’s, and of others recorded in God's Book. Bunyan dreamed a dream that astonished the worldv, that scattered light and life the earth around; and this same dream is still doing wonders! But 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 ive you even a faint outline of this dream. Suf gce 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 neutl'ly:hin pamphlet form, with unique engravings, by Thomas Hamilton, 48 Beekman st. —@Golden Rule (New York. COLORED PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN 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. 396 pages. Price $l. Postage 19 cents. This wg‘:g 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 Mra. Har riet Beecher Stowe, and illustrated by engravings of Crispus Attucks, the first martyr in the Boston massacre of March sth, 1770; Peter Salem, on Bunker Hill, and a fi-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 ?ecu- Hnr 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 selec%fis: 1 f nearly 400 This neat volume of near pages isa ve curious and interesting book, );mt only as regar?n the character of its contents, but as being the pro- duction of a young colored man, a native of, and educated in, gostnn. It £nrports to be an effort to stem the tide of prejudice against the colored race, and to show that they are fit for something higher than the menial drudgery to which they are generally doomed. Mr. Nell has gathered many interesting facts, and woven them together in a very effective manner. He has extended his researches into the local his tories of seventeen of the States of the Union, and presents a great mass of testimony in behalf of the mxhtafiservice- of the colore! people, which t‘.'hm utt:_)n thtgoe 'llxm hafie not heretofore given ‘the subject a thought. e very properly com ‘mences with the story of Crilpn:itlzneg, &e mu- BOOKS. latto who fell at the time of the Boston Massa cre,’ and records very many deeds of {)roweaa, not forgetting, of course, those of the colored veter ans at the battle of New Orleans. He has also embodied much information in the chapters onthe condition and prospects of the eolorecf, Americap and in the Appendix.”'—Salem Register, “This work is an enlargement, and an imgmve ‘ment as well, of a valuable pamphlet published by Mr. Nell several years ago, and which had i(;ne entirely out of print. Itisa record of striking facts, which, as they illustrate the important ser vices rendered by colored men in the struggle this nation with the mother country, it has too ten been the policitof 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 household. It is well caleulated to put our spuri ous Christianity and our sham Democracy alike to the blush of shame for the cruel prejudice against the. colored people, to which they so in sanely cling, and for denying to them the rights and privileges 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.—AntiSlavery Standard. The title o the native colored people of this country to be considered as men amf brethren” of the whites, has been often contested by ungen erous men, who are willing to consider tfie negro asa i)erson." but reject his claims to citizen. ship. In this volume, the heroism which was dis played by some of the colored men whose blood mingled with that of their white compatriots, in 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. It is a timely work, well written, and full of historic faets of value to every reader.— Rochester Democrat. MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM. BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 1 vol., 12mo. 464 pp., Illustrated. Price $l, postage paid. It reveals the miseries of servile life with ing tense vividness and impressiveness, that can but fasten its facts and ar§ument.s upon the reader’s mind as with pen of iron and with the point of a diamond.— Vt. Journal. This volume, besides its many moving and thrilling details, affords evidence of‘ a most remark- able man. Mr. Douglass has emphatically made himself. As a writer and speaker he has gut few equals in the country.— Christian Advocate. It presents a clear and graphie picture of his slave-life from his earliest recollections, his escape and his life since, including his ve;lxliysriences in this country and Europe. No one will deny Mr. Dou glass the possession of genus and character of a high order. He writes in a nervous, clear, and most telling manner, clothing his narrative with intense interest, and conveying his moral impres gions with a vividness that leaves the reader scarcely any escape. The subject is deeply tragie, and, in his masterlgr handling, possesscs 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 b¥ 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 stamps the writer as a man of genius and a high order of talent.—Ohio State Journal. This is a sl})llendid work. The personal worth of the author, the deserved pogularity 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 create an unprecedent ed demand for this Eook.——- Wesleyan. The book is written with the happiest deserip tive power, with nerve and vigor of expression, and with richness of style. It hasan ample re source in phrase, sreat perspicuity, and a musical, resonating, and half-rhythmic style, which reminds the reader of the author’s origin, and of the native melodies of his race. The book manifests a high. and, to us, unexpected polish. The Interest aroused and kept up by a perusal of tuis bouk 1s of a high order, and rarely degenerates.—Detroit Daily Advertiser. GERRIT SMITH IN CONGRESS. “Slavery has no right but to die!” A work of over 400 pages, containing all his s]l)‘eechel 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, 8 Synopsis of all the missionary work on that continent. BY GEORGE THOMPSON, Author of various works on Africa. Price 81.25. 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. Compl’led from Offi cial Documents. 12m0., bound in cloth. Price 50 cents. The able editor of The ELveming Transcript. Boston, speaks thus of this work Tbi&Mb’ook contains vast amount of in formation respecting the comparative eondition of the Slaveholding and non-SExveho]din States, as to territory, population, indust:F, wea?t.h, edu cation, intelligence, religion, moral advancement and general prolgrese. 'Fhe work must have cost a great deal of laborious research, and it certain ly presents arguments in favor of freedom on ev ery page. It contains just the kind of informa tion that should be more generally known in all sections of the country. We hope there will be a public demand for thousands of copies.” REVIEW OF LYSANDER SPOONER'S ES SAY ON THE UNCONSTITUTION ALITY OF SLAVERY. BY WENDELL PHILLIPS. Price 25 cents. Postage 5 cents, THE HARP OF FREEDOM. “A volume of Poetry and Music adapted to the great struggle now pending between Freedom and lavery in this country.” The musie in this work is arranged as Solos, Duetts, Trios, Quar tettes, Chorusses, &e., &e., adapted to use in the domestic cirele, the school, the club-room, the mass-meeting, and, in short, wherever music 18 loved and appreciated, Slavery abhorred, and Liberty held sacred.” It contains 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 paper, by Mrs. Pul lan. Price 25 cents. Sent, postpaid, upon receipt of the price. It is a complete treatise upon this branch of Domestic Economy, and by far the most valuable publieation upon this subject ever issued, It eomprises a thorough dissertation up on taste n dress, an explanation of the different kinds of stitches, made in sewing, remarks u‘:gon the various kinds and qualities and fabries in the wardrobe, with complete direetions for euttin aud fitting all kinds of garments for women’s mg children’s wear the preparation o table, toilet, and bed linen. Illustrated by nearly 100 cuts of tterns and modes. The appendix contains full Ki.rections for mint% the Sewing Machine. No bemsekeeper can afford to do witgmnt it. THE AMERICAN SLAVE-CODE, IN THEORY AND PQACTICE Its Distinctive Features Saown by its Statutes, Judicial Decisi ms. and Ilustrative Faects pp- 430. 12mo. Price 75 cts., postage paid. From Hon. Wm. Jay to the Author. Your analysis of the slave iaws is vexiy able, and your exhigition of their practical apg ication by tflc Southern Courts evinees great and careful research. It is more easy to make than to refute a charge of exaggeration against a work of fietion, like Mrs. Stowe’s but your book is a 8 im?regnable against such a charge as Eu clid’s Geometry,’ since, like that, it consists of propositions and demonstrations. The book is not only true, but it is unquestionably true.” CYosrm'rs.—-Preliminary Chapter the Relation of Master and Slave; Slave Traffic; Seizure of Slave Property for Debt; Inheritance of Slave Property Uses of Slave Property; Slavescan possess nothing Slaves cannot marry; Slaves BOOKS. cannot, constitutue families; Uplimirny Slave-holders Labor of syye. /0 POWer of and dwellings of slaves Coerced ]OOd’ clothing, wages I'unishments of slaves by u:bor without hirer ;Of laws concerning the m) ds eI S of slaves ;Of the delegated power of Killing Of the protection of slave prgo :tr ‘f’: Overseers by assaults from other P from damage persons than their owpar. ‘acts Lllustratmg the kind and de ree of tion extended to slaves Fugitivéqg fi Y s T}ll: slave cannot sue his master 1{90"1 SI:.:;:ry i seto, e i gE Rey vual; Kights to educa- F“?fi 0; :Lxglous liberty—rights of conscience Or :gl e relation and its gub ts alave t übjeets Relation of Blave to society and to eivil government O the ground and nature of the slave's ci BOra W 8 oD T the civil condi tion no access to the judiciary, and no hon Provnsmn for testing the elaims of the ensln\'ed?“ reedom Rejection of testimony of slaves :nd free colored g Subjeetion to all white pep sons Penal laws against slaves Eduecation p: hibited Free social worship and l‘eligiouspi:: struetion prohibited Legisf:\tive, Judicial, agg constitutional obstruetions to emancipation ’Re}, tions of the slave code to the liberties of the frog Liberties of the free ti):eop]e of color Liberties of the white people of the slave-holding states Li} erties of the white people of the non-slaveholding states. Summary review of the slave-code—its charae ter and effects Inquiries conecrning the duty o Christians, Churches and Ministers the respon sibilities of citizens, of society, of civil Govern. ment, of Legislators, of Magistrates Sernt.iny ot the legality of American slavery; the Heavey prescribed remedy the worthlessness of tempor Izing expedients elosing appeal. UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY. BY LYSANDER SPOUNER. In paper, 294 pp. Bvo. Price 75 cents, or, post age paid, 86 centa. THE MARTYRS AND THE FUGITIVE. BY THE REV. S. H. PLATT. Author of The Gift of Power,” &e., aud Chpist and Adornments,” &e. A thrilling work on Slavery and the Slaye Trade, detailing the eapture of a family in Afrieg by the Slave-dealers, their fearful journey to the coast, the horrors of the middle p e,” theip sale in America, and subsequent mamom; the slavery of their son, his terrible sufferings and per ilous escapes founded upon fact, but fietitiously disguised 1n order to shield him from detection, nncl published for his benefit. Sent postpaid upon the receipt of 38 cents. TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE. The narrative of SoromoN NorTHRUP, a citizen of Noew York, kidnapped in Washington City iy 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a Cotton P{an tation near Red River, Louisiana. 7 illustra trgtions, 336 pp. 12mo. Price I, postage paid. VOICES OF THE PRESS. The volume cannot fail to gain a wide cireuls. tion. No one can contemplate the secenes which are here so naturally set forth, without a new con vietion of the hideousness of the institution from which the sub%ect of the narrative has happily es%})ed.—l\’. Tribune. e think the story as affecting as any tale of sorrow could be.— L. Y. Evangelist, Next to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the extraordina. 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 t the perusal of this book, will arise perfeetly satis fied that American slavery is a hel?eof torments vet untold, and feel like gevot-ing the energies of his life to its extirpation from the face of Gods beautiful earth.— Evening Chromicle. CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE American Reform Traet and Book Sociely GOD AGAINST SLAVERY, AND THE FREEDOM AND DUTY OF THE PULPIT TO REBUKE IT, AS A SIN AGAINST GOD. BY REV. GEORGE B. CHEEVER. D. 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