The Weekly Anglo-African (New York [N.Y.])
December 3, 1859

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D W, i l‘.msc-l. one antumn morn, a wanderer wu the wood, His large sad eyes peered on the ground, his feet the dead leaves strewed Aud the hazy Indian sumner fell on the woodiand drear, Aud. not unlike the wanderer’s heart, the world was sad and gear gut rocks of shining mieca, rude specimens of oure, At curious fossils took my eare— of him I thought o nore When a wail of mortal sorrow through the quiv ering foliage spread— Twas a wail that sank intomy soul, for thus me thought it said “My life 1s like a ereeping vive, that in the early Rpring, Puts vigorously forth its secions, and these to a yew-tree ellng, Which one by one the woodman, unfecling wreteh, hath shorn, Vi oft the eonscious eitts lie withered and for lorn “Lut rallying from its stupor, one tendril sprung :lllt'“‘ Al eentering all its soul in this, slow up the yew tree orew “YVou ent that braneh in twain, and leave the stock to die, S 0 like the vine, of hope bereft, alone in tne world am 1." Deferred Correspondente. it it LETTER FROM READING. Reanixg, Pa., Nov. 21, 1859. Dear Axcro:—Since my last letter, there hias been a convention of the teachers of the Berks county public schools, which lasted three days, and ,was very interest ing. The body was organized by appoint ing the Rev. Wm. A. Good as President, and John Ryan and C. A. R. Kriele as Vice Presidents. "The minutes being read and approved, the Presiderft appointed a committee on finance. I'his committee, from some ecause or other, passed by me several times in collecting the funds, but never asked me to pay. This I did not understand altogether; consequently 1 made inquiries of the reverend President as (o the cause, to which he merely respond ed, ina careless way, that he guessed it was all right, and telling me to walk up and pay my money, as he did not think there would be any objection. I told him my going up there would appear as though I wanted to push myself in where I was not wanted, and this was the last exchange of words the President had with me during the three days session. The proceedings of the first day were merely the reports of the committees appointed one year previ ous. The evening was occupied by a lecture delivered by Thomas H. Burrows, editor of the “Pennsylvania School Jour nal.” The lecture pictured out very beau tifully the causes why the free school sys tem had! not reached the desired point. Among other things, he said that the grand school in which the first and lasting impression must be made is the home school, by the parent. A great ma ny other things were said, instructive as well as wise. The second day's proceed ings commenced with the reading of an anonymous essay relative to books, after which the subject, “Choice of books,” was discussed. Several other questions were diseussed, when Mr. Wickersham, princi pal of the State Normal School, was cho sen teacher for the day. The firstinstruc tion given was that in arithmetic, in which the gentleman handled in a masterly man ner every obscure point pertaining to that study, elucidating very satisfactorily every mterrogatory put to him by the members of the institute, and giving his ideas in re zard to the study of said branch. At seven o’clock the institute again met, nd was opened with a lecture read by Mr. Wickersham, which oceupied about two bonrs. It was ably composed and gener- Uy instructive, said to be the work of fany Lours labor. 'The forenmoon exer “esof the following day were of little “portance. The afternoon was past in U instruction of English grammar, by Mr. W., who expounded the principles of teaching this branch very clearly. Some very minute points were discussed rela tive to the subjects and objects of a verb, in the course of which the general rule came up for inspection. The rule is, “The subject is that of which something is said. The following exam ple was given: “The boy cuts sticks.” This shows that the rule is inadequate, from the fact that something is said of the object, “sticks,” as well as the subjeect, “boy.” It was therefore considered defec tive in ferreting out the subject. Mr. H. C. Hickok, State Superintend ant, entertained the gathering in the even ing fortwo hours and a half, in a brilliant and eloquent address on the workings of the common school system, after whichthe institute adjourned sine die. Prof. O. S. Fowler has been lecturing in this city for several evenings, on the subject of phrenology. He has had crowd ed audiences during his stay. Protracted meetings are going on in this town, and are resulting in great good. Un ion prayer meetings are also being held in the several churches. T. HENRY WARD BEECHER AND THE VIRGINIA OUTBREAK. Mg. Epiror: Much has been said and written relative to the invasion of Harper’s Ferry; yet 1 donot nor can 1 endorse any of the views 1 have heard expressed or read. The stand-point from which they all discuss is so limited that my views of freedom, of right, and of justice have been entirely set aside. Although much has been said,(and well said, so far as it went,) and 1 may not be able to throw mueh light on the subject, yet I wish to expend a thought or two in respect to what has been said, which consist mainly in two or three ideas. [l%rst, old John Brown is a good, courageous, honest man. T'his no one can deny, unless their moral sense is so dead and their intellect so blighted that they are alike incapable of appreciating and diseriminating the moral qualities of an act, or else their moral obliquity is so is so great that they are rendered imper vious to all right feelings and right impres pressions. Second, Rev. H. W. Beecher and others sympathise with him, but still regard him as insane, because he loved liberty better than slavery. 1 wonder if they would express and entertain the same opinion if the people for whom he sacrificed himself had been whites? Some claim that such a step would have been right on the part of the slaves themselves, thus at tempting to establish a distinct nation, class and people, unallied by blood, senti ‘ment, or feeling. Such an idea 1 regard as the climax of absurdity, because man is an individual unit, and if it is right for me to fight for my individual freedom, it is équally the right of Beecher and all oth ers to fight for it. This is a view of the subject in which these reverend gentlemen need to be in doctrinated. Is not the mnegro a man? Are not his rights as sacred in the eyes of God as the white man’s? Does a mere given complexion give superior rights, and if so how do they know that that com plexion is white —what is the proof? I not the command, “love thy neighbor as thyself,” as binding as respects the blacks as the whites? Hungary and Italy can claim a large share of sympathy, men, and assistance if wanted; but alas! 1 cannot counsel, or advise, or justify rendering as sistance to the enslaved African, especially when he needs it more than the rest; but if they, when all the elements of strength are against them, will rise and assert their rights, and obtain them, all well—if not, let them remain in hopeless bondage. This half-way, milk-and-water dough-faced sen timent is too contemptible to require fur ther comment. I regard man, (madein the image of God,) of whatever color, race or cast, as alike entitled to an equality of rights on God’s footstool. Third. How keen and delicate are the sensibilities at the idea of the indiscrimi nate bloodshed of men, women, and child ren for such an object; and yet how little do they feel for the millions of bleeding hearts and the thousands of lives annually slaughtered on the altar of slavery. They ‘never calculate, arithmetieally, the amount of human woe ‘hese millions experience day after day; and if John Brown had sue ceeded, and the result had been an indis criminate slaughter, I doubtif itcould have equalled, with all its horror, the amount of woe caused in a single year by the iron hand of slavery, both as regards the num ber of lives destroyed and hearts rent in twain. This is a stand-point from which some of you learned theologians and philanthro pists would do well to consider this subject. This I offer only as an offset to their rea soning. Ido mot advise or counsel such l a course, because success is the standard by which the American people are regu lated, governed, and controlled. Yours, in behalf of liberty, justice, and right, WM. E. WALKER. LETTER FROM CAMDEN. Cawmpen, N. J.,, Nov. 22, 1859. I beg leave to call the attention of your readers to a very important feature of your paper, and which will, if viewed in its pro per light, make your already valuable sheet almost indispensable in those commu nities where it has a circulation, and oth ers into which it is fast finding its way. There are a great many people in this sec tion of the country (and I think the same may be said of other places) who flatter themselves that they can do better by changing localities; but, owing to the fact of not having the kind of information which might assist them in making a choice, and being destitute of the means to travel from place to place, they are obliged to stand to the rack, fodder or no fodder—that is, re main where they are. It is said that a rolling stone will gather no moss, but some of these persons doubtless think that a stone which has never rolled may be bene fitted by being once turned over. Now, “The Anglo” seems to serve as a complete directory. The letters from your corres pondents, who write from different places contain just such information as these home scekers desire; and who will say that numbers are not already beginning to turn it to account. But, fearing my letter may grow tedious or take up more room than can be spared, 1 will conelude by saying something in re lation to this little one horse town of ours, the geographical position of which is prob ably known to most of your readers. How ever, it may be no harm to say that it is directly Zopposite the great Quaker City, ‘and is the terminus of the famous Camden and Amboy Railroad. It was incorporat ed in February, 1828, having at that time less than 2,000 inhabitants. Its popula tion at the present time is supposed to be over 15,000. The colored people number about 1200. There are eleven white churches, and one A. M. E. chureh, found ed by Benjamin Wilson, better known as Father Wilson. It was built in the sum mer of 1833, and the Rev. Israel Scott was the first preacher. It was re-built in 1850. The present pastor is Rev. J. T'. Jackson. The colored people here, as in many other places, seem content with fewer priv ileges than they might have by a little more action. We do not seem disposed to ask for more rights, and it is not reasona ble that we will get them until we do. There are no people so poor as not to have one privilege, and that is to petition for a redress of their wrongs; and if we are re fused, let us still petition,‘until, in the lan guage of John Adams, the tables are over turned by the force of their numbers. When, I ask, in the name of consistency, ‘will black men learn that “eternal vigi lance is the price of liberty Our op i pressors are already much tronbled. They ery, “Peace be still I” and compare us to the frogs and lice of Egypt, and like them let us continue to goup into their dough troughs and bed-chambers, until they let the people go. WEST JERSEY, LETTER FROM HARTFORD. Harrrorp, Nov. 23, 1859, Mr. Eprror: Allow me, through the columns of your paper, to offer'a sugges on, and for the following reasons: You ‘are doubtless aware that the stigma of mental inferiority has long rested upon us as arace. Well,thrown as we are into daily contact with the Anglo-Saxon, this ques tion has been repeatedly argued, especially since the Harper’s Ferry insurrection. We have denied it, and mentioned instances where our people have contended for lite rary honors, and borne off their share. In almost every instance we are met with the question, “If your race has accomplished what you claim they have why do we hear so little of it?” Now,it occurs to me that some of our men might not only show when, where, and how this has been done, to the entire satisfaction of those who ask the question, but also enable our own peo ple to know more than we do of our lite rary as well as political history. In view of this, will not some one contribute a bio graphical sketch of some deceased man, identified with our race, who has left his mark in the temple of wisdom, every week? For our own part we are satisfied that there are many of us who would like to be post ed on this subject,in order to meet the questionsatisfactorily. Having offered our suggestion, we turn to the local news. Last evening, Prof. O. C. Gilbert and company, from Boston, Mass., gave a con cert in the Talcott street church. We do not profess to be amateurs in music, but we will nevertheless say that the troupe NEW YORK, DECEMBER 3, 1859. performed creditably to themselves and to the delight of the audience, consisting of eighty-six. With this exception there is nothing of particular importance worth re lation. Your paper, notwithstanding “Skim mer’s” assertion, may be found on the par lor tables of our people, although it is through the instrumentality of a son of Mr. Perry Davis, who makes his appear ance with it every Saturday afternoon. Everybody seems to be preparing for Thanksgiving,” and a good time of feasting is anticipated. The Masonic Lodge No. 16 is increasing in numbers, under the leadership of Henry Nott, W. M., and John Rodney, Secretary. It has sixteen members—all masters but one, which shows that they like the prin ciples. They contemplate having a festi ‘val some time next month. At the end of the second column on the fourth page of your last issue, is the re mark of a young lady, which some of us young men hope the young ladies will fol low. Nonsense is well enough in its place sometimes, but we think, situated as we are, that we ought to have some higher aim, and in our opinion—acknowle!ging the influence of the ladies as we do, they can make our young men read more by opening a discussion on some literary sub- Ject when we call to see them. We feel glad to know that a reading room has been started in your city, and although we can not enjoy its benefits yet we console our selves with the idea that it will be produc tive of good, especially if the ladies pat ronize it and enter into discussions upon the merits of the different periodicals on the files. Nothing calls into action and better strengthens one's judgment as this habit of conversing on what we read. The times require more intellectual develop ment on our part, and we are satisfied that if the ladies lead the gentlemen will cer tainly follow. SIGMA. LETTER FROM NEWARK. Newark, N. 7, Nov. 21, 1859. Dear Axcro: A free-will offering meet ‘ing was held in the Academy street M. E. Church on Sunday evening, the 13th inst., and was continued every evening during the week. The meeting was well at tended. On Wednesday evening, the Rev. Win. F. Butler, of Hudson, N. Y., delivered a lecture, on the subject of “T'he Social Prin ciple.” He commenced with a brief view of the selfish system, and its modifications, then dwelt upon the selfishness of nations, and their rapid decline, attributing our po sition in this country ‘o the total disregard of the social principle on the part of the American nation. He then concluded ‘with some very eloquent and pertinent re ‘marks to our people, exhorting them to cultivate the social principle by forming themselves into associations of such a na ture that would tend to improve them mor ‘ally, socially and politically. The audi ence was held spell-bound for the space of an hour. I was informed by competent judges that it was the best lecture ever de livered in that church. Indeed I must af firm that nothing of the same kind ever af forded me so much pleasure. It elicited the approbation and applause of all pres ent. One grand feature of the lecture was ‘that it was delivered extemporaneously, ‘which I deem is the petter way of reache ing the hearts of the people. On Friday evening he lectured again, on a different i subject, at which time he eulogized the hero, John Brown—said that our Douglass i was a match for his enemies, and spoke of ‘Garnet, Clinton, and a host of our men. While he was speaking he was loudly ap ‘plauded. Mr. Butler is a young man of promise, and, if he continues, will soon as ‘cend high in the scale of intelligence. After the lecture George Johnson, of Roch ester, N. Y., made a few remarks on the horrors of American slavery. He is to give a lecture here next week. On Sunday evening last it was my pleas ure to listen to an address to the young people, by the Rev. A. Gerry Beman, who is to lecture here again in a few weeks. He left this morning for your city. Dr. H. J. Brown is to give a lecture here this evening on the subject of Phrenology and Physiology. I anticipate having a rich treat. More anon. METAMORA. LETTER FROM ALBANY. Areany, Nov. 21, 1859. Dear Axcro: The ladies of Bethel gave a fine entertainment last Thursday even ing, for the benefit of their church. The only cause of regret to me was the pres ence of so few young men, who, I am very sorry to say, are very backward in any and. everything relating to their improvement. Would that they could but remember thatl theirs is a responsible position in the world —that the Douglasses, Garnets, Bemans, and such men, who have spent their lives in behalf of their people, must pass from the stage of action,and that to them is left the great work of moulding and stamping our future character as a people before the world Would to God they could devote a little less time to the fleeting pleasures of this life which so engross their attention, and “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,” resting assured that every thing needful will be added to them. Where is the “young lion?” Let him come and roar in their midst, and awake them by his thundering eloguence from ‘their deep slumber. Itis bad for a man to be ashamed of his own, but really, I saw a specimen of a man ‘the other day of whom I was truly ashamed but before he left me the scale was turned, and he skulked away, deeply ashamed. In a conversation I introduced “The Anglo-African,” as usual. He took it rather scornfully, looked at it, folded it up, returned it to me, and remarked, “No sir, I never subseribe to colored men's pa pers. 1 never did and never mean to. I want a paper from which I can learn some thing. The colored people can’t learn me anything. They are nothing themselves but a poor ignorant set, with Fred Douglass as their grand mouth-piece, who had to flee the country for his base work, in inciting insurrection, &e. This was fuel for me— coming from a colored man—in appearance if not in principle; and I set the flames to it, and scqgrched him so well that, as the Psalmist says of the wicked, “I looked for him and he was no where to be found.” He made the speediest exit I have seen lately. On inquiry, I learned that he was a member of a white church, that he ig nored his own people entirely, was an oc cupant of the highly-honored “negro pew,” which he would loose if he dared to speak for his own. Such men are scarce, thank God and I hope he is but a spared monu ment to show what the Anglo-African was, and what, in this day of light and knowl edge he is—daring in almost every depart ment to cope with his would-be lords. While every human heart mourns the advent of the 2d of December, the day that seals John Brown’s fate, still the “In surrection,” as every work based on good and righteous principles will, is showing its gsod fruit. Despite the extraordinary vig ilance of all Virginia, the underground railroad moves on. Its passengers daily increase, its stock rises, and, blessed be God, freedom’s area widens daily. sichie gag’ il o VR B AN ODE TOO LAMB. Hind quarters of the t}pe of innocence, Whether with peas and mint I must dispense, Or go the twain, blaspheming the expense, And thus enjoy thee in the fullest sense, That is the question. Rear section of young mutton—tender food— Just in the dawn of grass-fed juicy-hood— Dainties like these should not be served up nude, But graced with all the trimmings understood, To help digestion. Then boil the peas, the fragrant mint prepare, Be thou, prime joint, not overdone, nor rare Concoct the gravy with exceeding care— When all is ready, serve I shall be there— I always am Incipient sheep’s meat, when on thee I dine, Hot be the plate, and icy cold the wine; Three slices midway of the leg be mine— Then put the rest away. for very fine It cold roast lamb

CHAS. H. LANGSTON ON THE VIR GINIA OUTBREAK. bt The following “card,” a trump one, ap pears in the Cleveland “Plaindealer” of the 18th inst.: A CARD. Mr. Eprror: Card-writing seems to be the order of the day, particularly with ref erence to Capt. John Brown and his insur rectionary movements at Harper's Ferry. We have heard through the public jour nals from many of the great men, and some of the great women, too,who are said to be connected with the “bloody attempt to dissolve the Union,” to “subvert and overturn the government,” to “push for ward the irrepressible conflict,” and to “in cite the slaves of Virginia and Maryland to cut their masters’ throats.” Giddings, Hale, Smith, the Plumbs, and others, have de nied any knowledge of or connection with “the mad scheme of its crazy perpetra tors.” Why this hasty denial? Why all this hot haste to throw off the imaginary disgrace or danger that may grow out of complicity with this daring friend of liber ty and lover of mercy? Were the noble old hero and his brave and faithful follow ers engaged in a mean, selflsh, and das tardly work 7 Were they “plotting crime” agaiust the rights or liberties of any human being? Were they in Virginia to take the property or lives of men who respect the rights of life, liberty, or property in others Capt. Brown was engaged in no vile, base, sordid, malicious, or selfish enterprise. His aim and ends were lofty, noble, generous, benevolent, humane, and God-like. His actions were in perfect harmony with, and resulted from the teaching of the Bible, of our Revolutionary fathers, and of every true and faithful anti-slavery man in this country and the world. A CARD Does not the Holy Bible teach that it is the duty of the strong and powerful to as sist the weak and helpless, and that the rich should succor the poor and needy? Does it not command us to remember those in bonds as being bound with them Does it not tell us to loose the bonds of wicked ness, undo the heavy burdens, and let the oppressed go free? Does not the Bible plainly say, Whatsoever ye would that man shall do to you,do ye even so to them?” And further: “He that stealeth a man and gelleth him, orif he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.” Did not Capt. Brown act in consonance with these Biblical principles and injune tions? He went into Virginia to aid the afflicted and helpless, to assist the weak, and to relieve the poor and needy; to un do the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, to do to others as he would have them do to him; and above all, to put to death, as the papers tell us, those who steal ‘mer and sell them, and in whose hands stolen men are found. His actions, then, are only the results of his faithfulness to the plain teachings of the word of God. The renowned fathers of our celebrated revolution taught the world that “resist ance to-tyrants is obedience to God;” that all men are created equal, and have the in alienable right to life and liberty. They proclaim death, but not slavery, or, rather, “give me liborty, or give me death.” They also ordained an established a constitution to secure the blessings of liberty to them selves and their posterity. (It is to be remembered that they have a large colored posterity in the Southern States.) And they further declared that when any gov ernment becomes destructive of these ends —mnamely, liberty, justice and happiness— it is the right of the people to abolish it, and to institute a news government. On cthese pure and holy principles they fear lessly entered into a seven years’ war against the most powerful nation of the earth, relying on a just God whom they believed would raise up friends to fight their battles for them. Their belief was more than realized. The friends of free dom came to their assistance. Did not Capt. Brown act in accordance with the foregoing revolutionary princi ples? Did he not obey God by resisting tyrants? Did he notin all things show his implicit faith in the equality of all men, and their inalienable right to life and lib erty? When he saw that the govern ments of the South were destructive of these ends, did he not aim to abolish thiem and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles as to him seemed the most lilzely tosecure "\e happi ness and safety of the people? Some will say, no doabt, that teach ings of the renowned fathers ha. o ref erence to the negroes, for, cays Judge I'a ney, the prevalent opinion at the time of the Revolution was that “black men had no rights which white men were bound to respect. In sober earnestness, did “the i;;reat and good men of those days which tried men’s souls” have no higher idea of liberty and the rights of man than that? Did they believe in a one-sided, selfish, partial, sectarian freedom ?—liberty for the proud “Anglo-Saxon,” and chains and fet ters for “all the world and the rest of mankind 7" T think they must have had a higher, a nobler idea of man and his in alienable rights. But be this as it may, the Abolitionists—the true friends of God and humanity—are applying both the doc trines of the Bible and the teachings of the fathers to every human being, whether white or black, bond or free. We Aboli tionists profess to propagate no new doc trine in politics or morals, but to urge all men to practice the old well-defined and immutable principles of “the fatherhood of God and the universal brotherhood of man.” Liberty and equality belong natur ally to the entire brotherhood, and the man who takes from his brother his liberty be comes a tyrant, and thus forfeits his right to live. Now, it is plain to be seen that Captain Brown only carried out in his actions the principles emanating from these three sources—viz: First—the Bible; second— the Revolutionary fathers; third—all good Abolitionists. If, then, Brown acted on these pure and righteous principles, why are the friends of justice, liberty, and right so hasty in deny ing all connection with him or sympathy with his ends and aims? Perhaps they see the bloody gallows of the “affrighted chivalry” rising before them in awful hor ror—or, more probably, they see a politi cal grave yawning to receive them. But, to speak.of myself, I have no politi cal prospects, and therefore no political fears, for my black face and curly hair doom me, in this land of equality, to po litical damnation, and that beyond the pos sibility of redemption.- But I have a neck as dear to me as Smitl’s, Hale’s, or Gid dings’, and therefore 1 must, like them' publish a card of denial. So here it is. But what shall I deny? 1 cannot deny that 1 feel the very deepest sympathy with the immortal John Brown in his heroicand daring efforts to free the slaves. To do this would be, in my opinion, more criminal than to urge the slaves to open rebellion. To deny any connection with the “dark and fiendish plot,” would be worse than nonsense; the fearless chivalry of the Old Dominion would prove me guilty without the least difficulty, for their heroic imagin ations now convert every harmless pillow in to an infernal machine, behold the veritable Captain Brown in every peaceable non-re sistant Northern Abolitionist, and see in every colored man the dusky ghost of Gen. Nat. Turner, the hero of Southamp ton. So their testimony against me would be imaginary, their trial a farce, but their rope haltar would be a stern and bindiug reality. But there is one thing which I must de- PRICE FOUR CENTS. ny. The man who “Floods” the “Nation al Demoerat,” of Cleveland, with “fauws tete” to the infinite disgrace of the city, but to the great gratification of the Custom House clique, says that “Langston seems to be the most sensible of the whole par ty.” This I positively deny. With these explanations and denials, 1 hope the Mar shal of the Northern District of Ohio, the federal administration generally, and all slave-holders, and particularly all official “smelling committees,” will be fully satis fied} H. LANGSTON. CLEVELAND, Nov., 1859 THE SCHOOLMASTER'S PROMISE. _—o— correspondent of the Germantown Telegraph tells the following anecdote of his old schoolmaster, “Old Haskins 3" “Boys,” said he one day, smiling. What's up? thought we, and were all at tention. It was like a sun-peep through a heavy storm-cloud when “Old Haskins” smiled, and the phenomena was unaccount able. “Boys,” said he, “I am about to bargain with you for good behavior.” (Change of tactics, verily! “I desire that you will conducet yourselves with decorum for one week, and I will promise to show you a curiosity—what no man ever saw and, having shown it, what no man will ever see again.” “Yes, sir I” “Agreed 1” “I yi, sir!” and various other expressions of acquiescence came from every corner of the room; and as a preface to the new state of things, the school was dismissed at an early hour, leaving the boys to gaze into each other’s eyes in astonishment, as if to answer to the riddle which had stolen upon them as a pleasant dream. An anxious week followed—a week of curiosity, bewilderment, hope and pleas ure in embryo. Out of school it was all the talk. “What no man ever saw, and what no man shall ever see again !"--not even the terrible author of the compromise. What could it be? Another and another day, until at last ‘the identical one named dawned upon the gladdened young hearts. Nine o'clock came. FEvery urchin was at his post—books and slates, all in readi ness and ignorance-—every task fully com mitted to memory. Altogether a charming state of affairs. An active mind, not wed ded too closely to orthodox ideas, would have divined at once the great advantage of rewards and kindness over oppression and eruelty. But our old tutor was in vincible- Unmake him? Never. You could not alter his plans one iota. Tingle, tingle, sounded the little bell. That bell had a voice as well as a tongue. Boys all attention !—eyes, ears, mouth all agape. Momentous epoch Old Haskins raised the lid of his desk, and adjusted his ominous looking specta cles upon his nasal projection, and proceeded to the solemn ceremony. “Attention school roared the tutor. A single order was neces-ary—yon might have heard a pin drop. “The hour has at length arrived. Be hold in my upraised fingers a single al mond. (Terrible suspense.) In this al mond is a kernel (Ceremoniously breaks the shell and exposes the tiny thing). This no man ever saw 'Then opening his capacious jaws, exposing an array of decaying ivory and raw flesh, that remind ed us of a Bengal tiger, he thrusts in the mysterious kernel, crushes and swallows it. “Boys exclaimed he, with great em phasis, “boys you will never—ll will never —no man will ever—see that kernel again To your lessons, yon rascols, every dog of you A TOUCHING SIGHT. -——-0— “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me.” A day ortwo since—a sultry hot day-—when the limp leaves hung motion less on the trees, and the pavement almost scorched one’s feet, and the dogs went panting about with protruding tongues, and large flies drove patient horses nearly distracted—we saw a poor creature in “un womanly rags” seated under the shadow of a broad tree,in front of a handsome house. By her side, with her head in her lap, was a little girl, dirty, ragged, and heated like herself. The woman untied the woolen hood, stroked back the brown hair from the little one’s face, and tenderly kissed her drooping eyelids then, with a weary sigh she opened.a discolored calico sack, and turned over old bones, and bits of bread, and stale meat, and still the little one shook her head, as well she might, at the nauseous compound. And still the poor mother coaxed, taking up one dry crust of bread after another, and still the parched lips of the child closed firmly over the rebellious teeth. “Raspberries! rasp berries screamed a burly fellow, as he turned a short corner, suddenly, with his well-filled cart. ‘“Raspberries—fresh, ripe raspberries I” We looked at the child: it was pitiful to see those great, hungry eyes follow him, while she kept so unnaturally still—never asking, child-like, for that which she longed for so much. Learning so early the hard lesson furrowed all over her mother’s mournful face. The raspber ry man saw it all at a glance. Selecting one of the finest of his baskets he emptied the contents into the poor mother’s lap, saying, I have got children at home, too.” Forever blessed be “the children’ we say those golden links between us and heaven. Who shall say how often “the children” stand between us and that ossification of the heart born of the jostling cares of life? Ah! this world-blinded vision of ours, which neither sees, nor knows, how heavily life’s burden may be pressing upon a faint ing sister or brother

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POVERTY NOT S 0 GREAT A CURSE, If there is anything in the world that a young man should be more grateful for than another, it is the fioverty which neces sitates his starting in life under very great disadvantages. Poverty is one of the best tests of human quality in existence. A triumph over it is like graduating with nonor from West Point. It demonstrates stuff and stamina. Itis a certificate of worthy labor creditably performed. A young man who cannot stand this test is not good for anything. He can never rise above a drudge or a pauper. A young man who cannot feel his will harden as the yoke of poverty presses upon him, and his pluck rise with every difficulty that pover ty throws in his way, may as well retire into some corner and hide himself. Pov ty saves a thousand times more men than it ruins for it only ruins those who are not particularly worth saving, while it saves multitudes of those whom wealth would have ruined. If any young man who reads this letter is so unfortunate as to be rich, I give him my pity. I pity you, my rich young friend, because you are in danger. You lack one great stimu- Ins to effort and excellence, which your poor companion possesses. You will be very apt, if you have a soft spot in your lead, to think yourself above him, and that sort of thing makes you mean, and injures you. With full pockets and full stemach, and good linen and broadcloth on your back, your heart and soul plethoric, in the race of life you will find yourself sur passed by all the poor boys around yeu, before you know it. No, my boy, if you are poor, thank God and take courage for he intends to give you a chance to make something of your self. If you had plenty of money ten chances to one it would spoil you for all useful purposes. Do you lack education Have you been cut short in the text books Remember that education, like some other things, does not consist in the multitude of things that a man possesses. What can youdv? That is the question that settles the business for you. Do vou know your business? Do you know men and how to deal with them? Has your mind, by any means whatsoever, received that discipline which gives to it action, power and facility If so, then you are more a man, and a thousand times better educated than the fellow who graduates from college with his brains full of stuff that he cannot apply to the practical business of life—stuff, the acquisition of which has been in no sense a disciplinary process so far as he is con cerned. There are very few men in this world less than thirty years of age, and unmarried, who can afford to be rich. One of the greatest benefits to be reaped from great financial disasters, is the saving of a large crop of young men.— Zimothy Tit comb. The Teckly Anglo-Afracan. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 3, 1859. Advertisements for this paper must be ac companied by the cash. 7 Copies of this paper can be purchased of the news-dealers everywhere. THE IRREPRESSIBE CONFLICT. No matter what way we turn our eyes, we find an irrepressible conflict going on, and one which has been going on since the foundation of the government. It is eve rywhere rife in the land, and to evil-doers is fearful. In church and in state, in the moral circle, in the social circle, there it is, ceaseless and irrepressible, and will so con tinue till the last vestige of human oppres sion is extinct, or society itself in the land is destroyed. This conflict is between right and wrong—between human bondage and human oppression on the one hand, and human freedom and equality on the other—between the robber of rights and the robbed. If society places itself clearly on the side of wrong, it will, in this conflict, in the end, destroy itself; if on the side of right, then human bondage and oppression must come to nought in the land, and that right speedily. Mens feelings, religion, educa tion, and interests are all deeply enlisted on the cne side or the other of this suject, and it is impossible now to retire from the great conflict. The conflict is onward and irrepressible. Itisvain to deny it. For our part, we have np fears for the ultimate result. As much as we love country, gov ernment, law and order—yea, even life it self—we love liberty, right, equity, and justice more. In the former we have noth ing so dear to us but we are willing to give up—yea, even sacrifice—for the full se- 1} curement of the latter. For these wewould contend, if need be, unto death. If we wish to trace back to the com mencement of this conflict, we must go be hind the present. 'We must look back to Plymoath Rock and Jamestown. We must hunt up the Round-heads and the puritans, and examine into the principles that actuated each in the outset, and to come down to the present, with its animat ed scenes and stirring commotions. We shall then discover that every attempt to make the antagonisms of these two par ties and their distinct principles cohere have ever been utter failures. There has been, and ever will be, a con flict. It was manifested—openly and loudly manifested—at the adoption of the Constitution, and so also during the Revo lution, and subsequently, down to theadop tion of the Missouri Compromise, and then with a uiolence not even yet forgotten. In coming down still later, we have but to re cur tothe days when the right of petition and John Quincy Adams, the “old man el oquent,” were in the pillory, to remind the reader of the progress of the conflict. Still further on, to the foisting of the Texas in iquity; then again, the plastering on the walls of the Republic that wretched piece of patch-work known as the compromise of 1850, and so down to the stirring hours of Brooks and of Sumner, and of Douglas and Nebraska, and to the rubbing out of the Missouri Compromise by the latter-day traitors; to Cuba and Mexico, to the revi val of the African slave-trade, and to the advance of Abolitionism in the North, and the spread of free and liberal sentiments ‘generally. Thus may we learn something of the irrepressible conflict going on in the country, from tke commencement down; and yet, in all this, we shall have present- ed its political aspect only. The same conflict, irrepressible and on ward, is and ever has been between the master and the slave, and the church and the slave—between sordid interest and en lightened conscience—between a low, ser vile press and an enlightened community. Repress this conflict ?—conquer it? What arm is sufficiently powerful—what force, either in the press or the government, or in the combination of demagogues, is equal to the task? All these may patch up, plaster over, smooth down, hem in, and cover up or smother out to their utmost; but they cannot check an atom of the con flict. Like a terrible volcam®, it will break out with ten-fold violence and ten-fold fear fulness. These may hide from their cred ulous votaries the facts; they may conceal the truth, they may veil the terrible reali ty; but that the conflict is irrepressible and onward it is wholly in vain to deny. JERMAIN W. LOGUEN'S BOOK. It has been wisely remarked by a dis tinguished writer that “of books there is no end,” and we may be permitted to add that such books as will pay for the labor of careful reading, or even ordinary perusal, only now and then reach the surface; and these, because of this fact, ought to be the more valued. Then, again, these books commend themselves to us, and are to be read and studied from different stand points. To properly appreciate any book, this should be first sought out and contin ually kept in view. The narrative of J. W. Loguen is now on our table, and from the cursory view we have given it, we can assure the public that it is all it promises. By its perusal, our youth may learn many lessons hither to not found in their books, but without ‘which they have already lost too much. They cannot too well understand the his tory of American slavery, and its opera tions upon the holders of slaves and the slaves themselves; they cannot too well know the feelings, the trials, and the sor rows of the slave, and the true workings of the system upon the entire community where it exists, and its effects upon us even here. We firmly believe that much of the lack of true feeling, the cold apathy existing on the great subject of human rights 2 mong the gereral com nunity here, and especially amon: ns, is owing to an absence of informatio. such as is afforded in this narrative. The style is plain, ‘and the narrative simple and direct, and cannot fail to both interest and impress the general reader, i‘ and touch a still higher chord in the breast 1 of the reflecting. In it there is much over which to sorrow, and much to stir up all the deeper feelings of our manhood. We sincerely thank Mr. Loguen for the appear- ance of this book, and hope it will find its way into every family in the land; and es pecially do we hope that no colored family, and no Sabbath School library, and no col ored youth, will be found without a copy, CaxapiaNy Sympatay wWiTH JouN Broww. —A meeting of the colored inhabitants of Montreal, was held on the evening of the 24th ult., for the purpose of considering the propriety of setting apart the 2d day of December (the day fixed for the execu tion of John Brown) for fasting and pray er to Almighty God in his behalf, and in demonstration of their deep sympathy with and for that suffering hero of the oppressed man’s cause. The following resolution was adopted as expressive of the sentiment of the meeting: Resolved, That the 24 day of December be ob gerved by the friends of the slave in this city in an appropriate manner that at 9 o’clock a pub- Jie Prayer Meeting be held in Bonaventure Hall, for the purpose of supplicating Almighty God that He will impart unto John Brown his sustaining grace, and the .comfort of His gracious spirit, du ring the fearful trial which awaits him in meeting the extreme penalty of the law. in consequence of his attempt to release our brethren in bonds; that, at 10 1-2 o’clock A. M. the Rev. A.T. Wood ‘be invited to deliver an appropriate discourse i that in the evening, at 7 o’clock, a meeting be held for the purpose of giving expression to our sentiments in relation to Slavery, in which Dr. Howe, Mr. Stearn, and other distinguished speak ers of Boston, will address the meeting; that at these meetings a collection will be taken up for the purpose of aiding the funds for the support of John Brown’s family; and that the following committee be appointed to carry out these reso \lunon Messrs. Thomas Cook, C. F. Sheldon, Mathew Bell. A Mwrary Fuseran Procrssion.—A meeting was held last Tuesday evening, 29th inst., in the Metropolitan Assembly Rooms, for the purpose of organizing a mil itary company to do honors to the remains of the Harper’s Ferry patriots. Gen.J. J. Simons was in the Chair, and urged the importance of an arrangement of thiskind, believin that it would result in much good and be highly creditable to all engaged in it, and earnestly solicited the audience to enroll their names without delay. It was resolved that every member of the associ ation be taxed one dollar toward creating a fund for the widows of the patriots. THE VIRGINIA INSURRECTION. PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION. The correspondent of the “Herald,” writing under date of Monday, the 28th ult, says that the arrangements for Brown’s execution had been nearly completed at that time, and that every precaution had been taken to guard against a surprise or disturbance of any kind. The most stringent regulation had been adopted in regard to the presence of civil-, ians at the execution. All applications for passes for civilians to attend within the military lines were refused by the Govern or, on the ground that it would conflict with the military programme. He said ‘that no civilian could, under any circum stances, be admitted within the military lines, the outer one of which would be nearly a mile from the scaffold. Not a word of what John Brown may utter, if he should say anything, will, therefore, be au dible to the:men forming even the line next the gallows. Governor Wise stated the cause of this exclusion of all persons other than the mil itary to be that, in the event of anattempt ed rescue, an order to fire upon the prison er would be given, and that those within the lines, especially those sufficiently near the gallows to hear what Brown may say, would inevitably share his fate. THE ROPE. The principal excitement of yesterday, (Saturday,) says the “Tribune” correspon dent, was caused by the public exhibition at the Sheriff’s office, of the rope with which John Brown is to be hung. It wasexam ined by crowds. The horrible, bloodthirs ty discourses for which it afforded the text were almost startling, even in this region of barbarous free speech. I think that if ample arrangements had not been made to preserve erder during the execution, Brown migh. be seized by the infuriated people and torn in pieces. There is no limit to the violence of expression. Whether it will lead to equal violence of action is doubtful. I should judge not; words cost nothing—deeds demand daring and cour age, BROWN’S CONDITION. The same writer says: A statement, I perceive, has been scattered through the Northern papers, intimating that Brown is “repentant.” If the idea conveyed be that he repents of his recent invasion, then it is incorrect. Brown manifests no regret on that score, although he has, within a day or two, appeared more quiet and thought ful than before, as if centering his mind upon his rapidly approaching death. He is perfectly composed, and wholly recon ciled to his fate, as indeed he has been all along. To-day he is engaged in writing a long letter to one of his friends, which he desires to have published after his execu tion, and in which he endeavors to set right certain errors which he says have ap peared in the newspaper accounts of his conversations with Gov. Wise. Heis ve ry earnest on one point: he declares he never has said that his attempt at Harper’s Ferry was intended as a revenge for the injuries he received in Kansas. Here, he avers, he has been misrepresented or mis understood. Brown is now confined by light chains upon his ankles. His hands are left free. He suffers no discomforts, except the inces sant visits to which he is subjected, and of which he begins to complain. The Jother prisoners are fettered in a similar man ner. SYMPATHY FOR THE CONDEMNED. The Wesleyan Methodists in Syracuse, N. Y., have appointed a prayer meeting at their chapel on Friday morning, at 6 o'cl’k, for the purpose of offering up special pray er for John Brown, who is to be executed on that day. All Christians in that city are invited to attend this meeting. In many of the New England towns, meetings of sympathy are appointed to be held at the time fixed for the execution. It was resolved at a meeti: in the Joy street church, Boston, on Sunday, that gll colored persons having places of business should close them on that day, and pass the day as gloomily as possible. At a meeting of the colored citizens of Worces ter, which was held on Tuesday night, it was proposed that the part of the popula tion which those present should abstain from all ordinary occupations between the hours of 11 and 3 o’clock, and that they should wear crape for one week after the event. VISIT TO JOHN BROWN BY AN OLD NEIGHBOR. The Erie (Penn.) “T'rue American” pub lishes a long narrative of the visit of M. B. Lowry, of that place, to John Brown. Mr. Lowry says: I felt that it was due to the old man, and to my old friendship for him, to visit him in his prison, and bear to him the saluta tions of his neighbors in Northwestern Pennsylvania. 1 have just returned— having seen the misguided but honest old man, and brought a message from him. It is this—given to me as the door was closing between us: “Say to those without, I am cheerful.” I obtained before leaving a letter from the Adjutant-General of our State, and was well armed, in addition, with letters to Gov. Wise, Senator Mason, Andrew Hunter, Col. Washington and others, from friends in Philadelphia and Baltimore. I was informed for the first time when I reached Philadelphia that all Northerners who had been identified as friends of Brown had been warned from the State, and that the country about Charlestown was under martial law, and I was strongly warned not to venture any further on my journey. Mr. Brown did not at first recognize me, but on my giving my name, greeted me cordially and gratefully. He said there were many whom he had hoped to see, but had not seen, but he had not expected to see any of his old Crawford County friends. He alluded to Crawford as being very dear to him, as its soil was hallowed as the rest ing-place of his former wife and two be loved children, and the sight of any one from that region was very cheering. 1 cannot pretend to give his language—it was the natural expression of a deep and impassioned nature, and as eloquent as ‘words could be uttered. I remarked to Mr. Brown that thefe had ‘been a different version given to his Kan sas exploits by the “Herald of Freedom” from that which his friends gave, and ven ‘tured the opinion that his reputation de ‘manded an explanation. He replied that he understood my allusion, but that I was mistaken in supposing that it needed any refutation from him. “Time and the hon est verdict of posterity,” said he, “will ap prove of every act of mine to prevent Slavery from being established in Kansas. I never shed the blood of a fellow man ex cept in self-defense or in promotion of a righteous cause.” He spoke in indignant terms of the editor of the “Herald of Free dom,” characterizing him as “selfish, unjust, revengeful, mercenary, untruthful and cor rupt.” I remarked thatl regretted to hear him speak of G. W. Brown in such terms, as he was an old acquaintance of mine, and had been trusted and respected. His answer was: “Mr. Lowry, you are mis taken if you suppose that anything that George Washington Brown could say can tarnish the character of John Brown.” During our conversation the martial music (where Gov. Wise was reviewing his army near the prison,) made a great noise, and thinking it must annoy him I asked him if it did not. “No,” said the old man, “it is inspiring And here, as I parted with him, telling him I would see him again, if possible, he repeated to me: “Tell those without that lam cheerful.” My time was up and I was invited to leave. INTERVIEW WITH GOV. WISE. I wished much to see Brown again, and expressed a wish to stay in his cell all night, but they-assured me that if my wish even was known 1 might not be safe—and in accordance with the advice of these friends I left in the morning train for Har per’s Ferry. On the train I met Gov. Wise. In a previous conversation with me the evening before he had asked me whether John Brown was considered an insane man when he resided in Pennsyl vania. I said that he was thought to be sane and honest. In the cars I asked the 'Governor if he would commute the sen ‘tence of Mr. Brown. “I dare commute ‘the sentence of Brown—and the citizens ‘of Virginia would acquiesce, but I will not ‘do it. Why,” said he, “John Brown never ‘asked to be pardoned. And I doubt wheth er he would ask it if he knew the asking would obtain it.” He said that he would rather pardon Brown than Cook, and he would pardon neither. I asked the Gov ernor if Brown’s friends could have his body after death. He answered: “The surgeons will claim his body.” I said to the Governor that Brown was a monoma ‘niac, and as crazy upon the subject of Sla very as Gerrit Smith. He said: “Men of ‘that kind of insanity ought to be hanged.” A very intelligent Virginia gentleman, a Mr. Brown, asked me “what I wished to do with Brown’s body 1 told him it 'would belong to his wife; but if his friends would not claim it I would, if they gave it to me, and bury it in my own burying ground. He replied that it would be used for a different purpose if the North should ‘get it; that Massachusetts would take the 'head, and other Northern States ether parts of the body, and each would erect over its portion a monument higher than Bunker Hill. Mr. Brown isa member of the Old-School Presbyterian Church and a decidedly re ligious man, though he strictly and sternly refuses to be aided in his prayers by the Pro-Slavery divines of Virginia. One of these gentlemen, in conversation with me, said that he had called on Brown to pray with him. He said Brown asked him if he was ready to fight, if necessity required it, for the freedom of the slave. On his an swering in the negative Brown said that he would thank him to retire from his cell, that his prayers would be an abomination to his God. To another clergyman he said he would not insult his God by bow ing down with any one who had the blood of the slave upon his skirts. I omitted above to say that Gov. Wise told me there was one condition on which he would surrender Geeneral Brown—which was that I should deliver up to him Gen eral Sympathy to be executed in his stead. The Governor and the citizens are evident ly more afraid of the latter than of the for mer. w The present panic among these brave Virginians demonstrates the correctness of Brown’s estimate of them when he thoaught that a small body of slaves with those unearthly weapons in their hands, could rush down from the mountains, victors over a panic-stricken Commonwealth. M. B. LOWRY. A Cororep Armist.—The Mobile “Mer cury” gives the following illustration of African genius: “At the late fair of the West Alabama Agricultural Society, held at Demopolis, a premium ot a siluer cup was awarded to E. T. Page, ot Mobile, for a portrait of Hon. F. S. Lyon. The artist is a colored man, formerly a barber on Royal street. He is of unblemished char acter, of strict integrity, and highly esteem ed by his white acquaintances. Portrait painting seems to be a natural gift to Page, which he has pursued, so far as we know, without any instruction. Such illustra tions in the African race occasionally occur among us, as if to remind the world that the South is the only region where they are protected and fostered, and all the worth of their character is encouraged to develop itself.” Gerrir Surra—The Utica “Observer” of Monday says: “We are pleased to be able to state, on good authority, that Mr. Smith continues to improve. His bodily and mental cendition are hopefully gain ing. His appetite is better, and he sleeps better than when brought to the asylum.” Home Correspondence, G OUR NEW BEDFORD LETTER. New Beprorp, Oct. 25, 1859. Mr. Epiror: 'The ship Memphis sailed from this port last January, professedly on a whaling voyage; was reported Oetober 28 at St. Helena from Ambizette, on the coast of Africa, clean, bound to Patagonia. This was the slaver captain’s dodge, but the knowing one’s cannot be duped. They too well understand the latitude and longi tude of that place to believe the latter re port. Never in the history of the trade has a vessel of so large a tonnage been employed in the whaling business. It cannot be done with profit, as it would re quire six years to obtain a full cargo of oil, even under the most successful circum stances. Later dates from the Coast of Africa state that the American ship Memphis, with seven hundred slaves, had escaped the vig ilance of all the cruisers and put to sea. There is no doubt that when she left this port she was bound on a slaving voyage, and that she has accomplished her object. If she arrives at any one of the Southern ports and disposes of her cargo, it will yield the owners, after paying all the ex penses, a quarter of a million of dollars. So long as this nefarious traffic can be made profitable there will be found capital sufficient and men ready to engage in it. The sudden wealth that is accumulated by some of the merchants will one day be traced to their participation in this murder ous employment. There is no business so vile but that Americans will engage in it. Men in the north own the ships, furnish the men and pocket the profits. Itis reported that twenty-six vessels were expected on the coast of Africa for cargoes of slaves for the United States this year. A course of charity lectures, under the auspices of the Salem Baptist Church, will commence on Friday evening in this city. Rev. J. S. Kallock of Boston delivers the initiatory lecture, to be followed by Revs. Mark Trafton, J. Sella Martin, Wm. R. Alger, and Howard M. Ticknor, Esq. Our Legislature now in session have very creditably stricken out the word “white” in the statute, and henceforth all able-bodied colored men, between the ages of eighteen and forty, must hold themselves in readiness to do military duty whenever our State is invaded. We will not be re quired to take up arms in defense of the U. 8. Government unless the scenes of 1812 are to be repeated. In such anemer gency 1 would recommend neutrality. Under the militia law five thousand men can be enrolled. Whenever the number falls below that figure we can petition for a charter and it must be granted- All honor to Hon. Moses Kimball of Boston for moving in this matter. 1 We may look forward to the day when colored men will be found occupying a seat in the jury box. Tkere is no law on our statute-book that disqualifies them; the choice is left to our Selectmen, our Mayor and Aldermen. We hope an enlightened public sentiment will soon require them to bestow upon us a place among our peers. We have just entered upon the annual course of Lyceum lectures. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher gave the introdactory. His subject was “Dargain Makers.” He was followed by Rev. E. H. Chapin, and Hon. Horace Greeley. The course thisyear will embrace twenty lectures. This institution has had the proscribed seat but during the past ten years the doors have been thrown open to all, regardless of color. The Anglo-Africans have a fair represen tation among them. ACUSHNET. OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER. PuiLaperruiA, Nov. 28, 1859. Mg. Epiror: A man named Bishop had a second hearing before Alderman Hib bard on Monday last, on a charge of kid napping a colored boy. The facts are somewhat as follows: Bishop is a sports man, and induced the boy to go with him as a race rider; but when he came back withotit the boy he was arrested and placed under $5OO bonds for the safe return of the boy. A final hearing will take place in a few days. Bishop promises to bring the boy back safe to this city. On Tuesday evening last, Mr, Davis D, Turner lectured before the Banneker In stitufe, on j“Ancient History.” The lec ture was well attended by persons of both sexes, but the room was notso much crowd ed as on the anniversary occasion. The lecture occupied forty minutes in its de livery, and was listened to with marked attention. It was a concatenation of facts from beginning to end, and forms an inter esting epitome of historical events. When the lecture was concluded, the following question was -discussed: Which is the best calculated to advance our interests— wealth or education?” It was discussed by Messrs. J. C. Wears and David B. Bow ser on the side of wealth, and Geo. E. Ste phens, Wm. Still, J. C. Bowers, and Red man Faucett on the side of education. The debate was very spirited, and many inter esting facts were detailed by the several speakers. I have been informed that a committee of gentlemen waited upon the trustees of Bethel Church last week, to get the church for a meeting on the second proximo, to of fer prayers for John Brown, that being the largest church in the city; but they actu ally refused to grant it, upon the ground that it would injure their Southern connex ion. Is it possible that a negro church in the City of Brotherly Love is afraid of the consequences of offering prayers for a man who has sacrificed his life for the deliver ance of their race ftom the unhallowed grasp of man-stealers and piratical maraud ers? Do they believe in the God of Dan. iel, of Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego Where isgthe spirit that actuated those ho ly men to openly worship the God of Hea ven, “who has no attribute that takes sides with the oppressor?” Shame shame on the miserable creeping worms of to-day, who are not willing toshow their hatred of oppression openly and publicly. I charit ably hope that it is not true, for the honor of God, for humanity, and for my Bethe] friends. The refusal of Bethel Church however, will not prevent the day being observed as a day of fasting and prayer, for the committee have engaged Shiloh Baptisti Church, and the public is invited to repair thither, and as many as can do so remain the entire day. The Rev. James Underdue preached a sermon last Thursday evening, at his church, Eleventh and Pearl streets, which I am told was quite up to the standard of ultra Abolitionism. That is just such a sermon as I would look for from Mr. Un derdue, or any other minister of equal in telligence. It is time we had awakened to the true sense of our condition. The committee of gentlemen who .have been calling meetings in some of the church es for the purpose of raising moneyto con duct a suit in court in favor of our riding in city passenger cars, have given the mat ter into the hands of counsel, who will en ter suit in a few days. T'he committee have not met with as much success as they had hoped for. They have labored hard to get meetings in all the churches, but some of them still keep their doors closed against the railroad movement. The trustees of Bethel Church will not grant it for that purpose; they think it too sacred a place to hold a meeting in to deliberate upon the right to ride in railroad cars. T was not aware that Methodist churches, howev er large they might be, were more holy than Presbyterian or Baptist churches; but we must live and learn. OnThursday eve ning last there was a meeting held in the Second Presbyterian Church to consider this matter; but, owing to the lecture be fore the Banneker Institute, there were not many persons present. The number of deaths reported to the Board of Health last week was 159, six of which were colored persons. BANNEKER. P.B.—A considerable portion of my last letter underwent a transposition before it appeared in print, and you will do me the favor of correcting one or two mistakes. In speaking of T. Morris Chester’s lecture, I am made to say: “He had seen in Southl street goods manufactured from Liberian ‘cotton.” It should read “in Market street” ‘instead of South street. In concluding my reply to“ Advance,” I ammade tosay: “But Philadelphians are not like New Yorkers; they meet and conquer prejudices by com batting them; but when grave questions are raised, they give way under their gravity.” It should read, “but when grave questions are raised here, we give way under their gravity.” OUR TRENTON LETTER. Trexton, Nov. 25, 1859. Mr. Epitor: The people of Trenton, though not so far advanced in progress as some of the cities of the confederacy of these States, have some interesting marks of improvement. There are two churches—ihe Mount Zion, (A. M. E.) and the St. John's, (W. M.) The latter has not a very large con gregation, partly on account of its locality and partly on account of its size. The other having been recently rebuilt, has the advantage, both in size and location, and consequently is much better attended. There are also two Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons, two benevolent societies —one male and the other female a Cor poration School, averaging from 30 to 40 scholars daily. Until very recently there was no colored boarding-house, though two of our hotel keepers have always willingly, I believe, accommodated respectable colored persons. We now have one of our own, kept Mr. S. Vandergriffe. In occupation also we are showing some signs of improvement. Thereare two res taurants kept here, one of which (Mr. J. Boardley’s) is kept with considerable taste, furnishing all the delicacies of the season in a manner that would be creditable, even ‘in your metropolis. There is also a clo thier among us, who furnishes us with clothing of the latest fashion at the short est notice. 'We have also a “Patent-Safe, Picture-Frame, Glass-Case” manufacturer, who at our last Agricultural Fair was awarded a premium. In addition to these there are those among us employed in all the usmal avocations accessible to us. 1 do not think that our city furnishes any thing like a propertion of mechanies, though I believe we have one founder and one baker here. The Trenton Debating Association is the only society here that h.s anything of a literary character about it. Every win ter, about the time the State Legislature organizes, it opens, and closes about the time the Legislature adjourns. The object of the Association is to discuss questions of religious or moral import, in a manner that may impart useful information tothe ey bers, and at the same time draw oy the latent ability, or talent, that may be slup, bering among us. ‘There is a considerable amount of reg?_;; estate held by our people in this city though not so much as in some of the ply ces in which I have resided, and there are. some highly respected members of this community who, having resided mary years in this place, have established for themselves a high standing in public opin. ion, and also opened the way for other: Having briefly introduced ourselves o your notice I shall strive hereafter to iu-i form you of the incidents oceurring among‘ us. 2N OUR NEW HAVEN LETTER. New Haves, Nov. 25, 1859 Dear Axero: The rumor that was cir. culated in this city a month since to the ef fect that the Rev. Mr. Catto, of Was}xing.! ton, D. C,, had accepted a call from Temple-street Congregational Church, 4, would enter upon his duties the secy Sunday in November, was premature, qy) had no foundation in fact. 1 make 4, statement because the rumor found };]ac.,' inone of my letters several weeks since, A call has been extended to him, and j; is expected that he will accept it; and, m‘ deed, a fresh rumor now says that he hag definitely done so, and has promised eat i his Christmas dinner in New Haven: by the truth of this report is doubtful, 4 i comes from the same unreliable souree the previous one—viz: General Rumqr, Hewever, “we shall see what we shal] see.” i and all that we can doin the meantiy, without wishing any harm to the Wy, ingtonians for their loss, is to labor 4 wait, and pray that we may finally ohtg;, so noble an accession to our clerical for,. in this city as this gifted divine. A quarterly meeting was held in Zion A. M. E. Church, of which the Rev George Washington is elder in charge la Sunday, the 20thinst. The Revs. Mesys Spywood and Giles were prescnt to asiy the pastor in the interesting services on thy occasion. 3 The Rev. Mr. Stanford, of the Bethe A. M. E. Church, is now absent from tls city, on a visit to his native State, Nex Jersey, whither he went to spend Thank. giving day. This politico-religious feast passed of here yesterday with appropriate religio and social festivities. The Zion Methodis and St. Luke’s Episcopal JC'hurches wer: the only ones open among our people fir religious services. At St. Luke’s Churd, the rector requested the prayers of the can. gregation for the five men under sentenc of death in Virginia, and made use of appropriate prayer in the Episcopal litu. gy during the services for that purjose In Zion’s Church, immediately after thei morning services, a meeting was convened to consider what religious action should be taken by the colored religious public «f New Haven in reference to John Brow and his fellow-sufferers. The Rev. Joh Jones was called to the chair, and Thomas Stewart, Fsq., was appointed Secretary The result}of this meeting was the issuing of an invitation for a mass religious 'meet ing of the colored citizens of New Haven to be held pext Thursday, Dee. 1, to de cipe upon proper solemnities to be obsers. ed on the following day, when the grea martyr of liberty is to be executed. It has been rumored that certain colored men in our city have made arrangement: to get up a dancing party, or something of the kind, on the very day that Brown is be executed. I hear that circulars have already been issued to that effect, but heve not seen them; but if it be true tha any colored man or woman can be so reck less and regardless of the blood of timl martyr, which will ecry from the ground| unto Heaven for vengeance, and so indif ferent to the cause of prostrate and bleed ing liberty, as to insult the religious s lemnities of that day by a shindy, the such persons should be made to wither u der the scathing rcbuke of an indigna public sentiment. The soiree referred to in my last, fron some unexplained cause, did nottake place on Thursday evening, and the public is a loss to know whether the affair has only been postponed or definitely abandoned. Nothing of a public social character took place among our people on Thanksgiving day except a tea given in the basement o! Zion Church, for the benefit of the pastor: but this was not as well attended as the self-sacrificing zeal of this man of God dv serves at the hands of the New Haver public. There is one little incident that cam under the notice of our benevoleet publi this week that added to the heartiness their thanksgiving to Almighty God on th day appointed. Five fugitive slaves,frtim the vicinity of Harper’s Ferry, Va., ariv I ed inour city in a destitute and sufferin? condition, after a perilous escape from th clutches of the legalized man.-stealers this guilty nation. Their wants were ‘\m-‘ mediately supplied, and their tempors comforts attended to, and they were s‘-n!! on their way rejoicing to the dominions Her Brittanic Majesty, on the eve Thanksgiving day, where they have doubf" less arrived, and now stand up with th fetters of American slavery broken fl‘O‘f‘ their limbs—redeemed, regenerated, an’ disenthralled by the genius of univerfi"‘ emancipation. 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tence of death in Virginia) to regain their God-given liberties in defiance of American tyranny, afforded a joyful occasion of de vout thanksgiving to the Author of every good and perfect gift. OBSERVER. OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER. Sax Fraxcisco, Nov. 5, 1859, Mg. Eviror: This city, during the past fortnight, has been quite barren of such news as might interest your readers, al though the usual quantity of /items under the heads of fire, elopement, suicide, bur glary, reward, lost, stolen, rape, murder, stabbed, shot, escaped, failure, new discov ery, explosion, &e., form themes for com ment by the press of this State; yet but few of our people, comparatively, are the subjects of the heads enumerated. Our new prima donna, Mrs. Anne Pen-l dell, formerly of Boston, it is said, announc ed a concert, which was given on the first inst. The lady chose for her debut,as per programme, the following selections of mu sic: “Bright Star of Hope,” “Ask me not why,” (from the “Child of the RRegiment,”) “Far Away,” a ballad; “Where are now the hopes cherished,” (“Normaj;”) “O, whisper whit thou feelest,” (“Crown Dia monds;”) and “My dreams are now no more of thee” She was ably supported in a duett by Mr. John Coursey—“Ah! 1 have sighed to rest” (1 Trovatore.”) “Let all obc*y," from the “Enchantress,” was sung by W. IL DBlake. Erastus Briscoe and Samuel Grooms, of the orchestra, were well up to their different parts, as was al so the pianist. Upon the whole, it was a decided success. Albert Lee has been found guilty of murder in the first degree. The plea set up by higfeounsel was insanity, which was not sustained by the evidence. His sen tence was deferred until to.day, the bth inst., at which time it is the intention of his friends to urge his counsel to offer a motion to set aside the sentence to enter tain several technicalities. TALL SON OF PA. LETTER FROM NEWARK. Newark, N. J., Dee. 1, 1859. Mz. Emiror: The Rev..E. P. Rogers was last Tuesday evening installed as Pastor of the Plane street Presbyterian Church of this city, by the Presbytery of Newark. The Rev. Dr. J. F. Stearns, of the First Preshyterian Chureh of this city, presided, and put the constitutional questions to the candidate and to the congregation. Rev. J. P. Wilson of the South Park Church, preached the sermon. Rev. Dr. J. Few Smith, of the Second Presbyterian Church, delivered the charge to the pastor. The Rev. J. F. Pingry, of Roseville, gave the charge to the people, and Rev. Mr. Cheever, of Paterson, made the installing prayer. The choir was uncommonly full and the music was excellent. The services were solemn and deeply interesting, and were witnessed by the largest audience ever assembled in the church. Iriends were preseut from New York and adjacent villages. After the congregation was dismissed, the elders, trustees, and heads of families, as is usual on such occastons, greeted the pastor with a warm and hearty shake of the hand. Rev. Mr. Rogers has served the Plane street Chureh for the space of thirteen years, but, for reasons which could not be mentioned, has not un'il now consented to be installed over them. The Committee of Visitation from the Newark Presbytery held services in Mr. Roger’s Church last evening and will be continued this evening. The forenoons were devoted to prayer meetings and the afternoous and evenings to preaching. The Rev. Wm. J. Alston,ff St. Phil lip’s Church, New York, read services and preached in St. I’hillip’s Church, last even ing. Heisa young clergyman, of very fine talents, and has made many friends in Newark. This is his third visit to St. Phillip’s Parish, Newark. Dr. H. J. Brown, of Bristol, Pa., deliv ered a lecture on Phrenology, combined with music, at Union Hall, on Monday evening, the 21stult. Mrs. Brown played accompaniments on the guitar. A public prayer meeting is to be held at the Zion Church on Friday, for the pur pose of offering up prayers to Almighty God for sustaining grace to be given to John Brown. SKIMMER. SYMPATHY WITH THE MARTYRS OF HARPER'S FERRY. A union meeting of Christians of various denominations was held in the Siloam Pres byterian Church, in Brooklyn, Nov. 24th, for the purpose of considering the case of Joln Brown and his brother martyrs now under sentence of death in the jail at Charlestown, Va. The meeting was opened by the pastor of the church, Rev. A. N Freeman, who read appropriate selections from the holy scriptures, after which a prayer was offered by Rev. S. White. Mr. Freeman then made a statement of the object of the meeting, the circumstances of the prisoners, of their families, of the cause which called them to Harper’s Ferry, and the duties of the lovers of God and humani ty, and called upon Revs. Messrs. Wm. E. Walker and J. A. Prime to make a prayer. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Rev. Amos Gerry Beman, H. H. Garnet, .N. Gloucester, A. N. Freeman, W. E. Walker, Mr. W. J. Wilson, and others. A letter from John Brown to his old school teacher, in Litchfield, Conn.. was read to the meeting; also a letter to the family of Mr. Brown from an association of ladies of Brooklyn and New York, banded together for the purpose of affording “material aid” to the families and friends of the sufferers, written by Mrs. A. M. Grant—a letter full of the noblest sentiments of humanity and the sweetest spirit of Christian charity. Mrs. Tompkins, of Brooklyn, read an ad dress to be sent to the noble martyr by the colored ladies of Brooklyn, which, for beauty of expression and depth of pathos, marked it-as an emenation from a heart at tuned to the feelings of the most exalted Christian sensibility. All felt it to be good to be there. The addressof Rev. H. High land Garnet was in that finished orator's happiest vein—full of noble thoughts, burning sarcasms, keen wit, sublime devo tion to principle, and inspiring and animat ing appeals to all present to be firm and faithful to God and humanity, trusting in the promises and purposes of the great moral Governor of the Universe, who will do right and “execute judgment for all who are oppressed.” A collection was taken up in behalf of the families of the Harper's Ferry mar tyrs. ESPERANCE, JUSTICE AND CAUTION TO “STEAM BOATERS.” Mg. Epmror: In your issue of the 12th inst., communication appeared, over the nom de plume of “Steamboaters,” of a fault finding nature, and taking umbrage at my expression of thanks forkindness shown me by the family of Mr. Wm. A. Warg, while on my late visit to Stonington. Now, as my letter related solely to that place and its people, I am much surprised at the appearance of said article, charging ‘me with ingratitude because 1 had not spo ken of acts of kindness shown me else where, and which I had purposed acknowl ‘edging publicly at an early day. ‘1 had ‘intended to return, through your columns, ‘my sincere thanks to Messrs. Livingston ‘and Dickinson, and all the officers of the steamer Plymouth Rock, for the great kindness shown me while on their boat, and to say that the favors received from the captain and clerk were the first ever offered me by men of their profession; so I hope that “Steamboaters” will not sup pose that this acknowledgment was forced from me. Of the kind treatment received aboard of said boat I had frequently spo ken, but was not aware that it was render ‘ed on the part of some with the expecta tion of its being published. Now one word of caution. I regret to say that we have not yet learned that “in union there is strength,” in division weak ness, but too often let our private difficul ties excite us to plans not calculated to benefit us, but which are productive of petty jealousies, small in their nature, but magnified into large and mischievous er rors. We must learn to give our coat to the needy brother without trying to attract the attention of the community to our be nevolence. If we would be Christ-like, we should not proclaim our good deedsybut let them speak for themselves. In conclusion, I will say that, although much pained at your peculiar and false ac ‘cusation, I shall always remember and “highly appreciate the kindness received at your hands. Yours truly, WM. F. JOHNSON, HorewaLE, Mass., Nov. 17, 1859. LETTER TO THE WIFE OF JOHN BROWN. The following is the letter alluded to in our report, found elsewhere, of the sym pathy meeting in Brooklyn, on the 24th inst., as being sent by the ladies of New York, Brooklyn and Williamsburgh, to the wife of the martyr, Brown: No. 62 Easr Slen:nnm ‘ST., \_ X November 23, 1859. Drar Mgs. Brown: A few weeks since some colored ladies of this city met at the ‘house of the Rev. Henry Highland Gar ‘net, an old and, I doubt not, highly valued i friend of your husband’s, to supplicate our ‘common Father in behalf of one whom they felt had offered up his life, and the lives of those dearer to him than his own, in the effort to obtain for their oppressed race their “God-given rights.” It was a time of strong supplication, of weeping, and of wrestlings with God, and some of us felt we had, through Him, who had been our beloved brother’s Exampler, obtained an an swer of peace, and I think I may say, from our united experience, “Be comforted Till that meeting for prayer I, and 1 know many of them, ",iad labored, as it ‘were, under a horror of great darkness. Before the gray down had broken over a sleeping world, through the busy hours of the day, at evening tide, and in the mid watches of the night, the ery had gone up unceasingly from our sorrowful and bur dened spirits: “Lord, send deliverance to our brother from the hands of fierce and cruel men who seek hisblood 1”7 We could get no rest—we could give but little com fort to each other; but since then the bur ‘den has been taken from my heart individ ‘vally, and strange to say, I cannot feel ‘troubled about him. Ah, you weepingly say, “he is not their husband. Yet, dear friend, he is our honored and dearly-loved brother, and we are satisfied that there is One who cares for him more tenderly than we, or than even his sorrowing and deso late companion. We know he is dear to our God as the apple of hiseye. Do you doubt it? We do not, and we are sure you do not. Can not our Heavenly Fath er quickly send ten legions of Angels to striketerror into the hearts of these men? Can he not send one bright visitant, as in ‘the days of old, when his faithful servant, chained and manacled, lay sleeping be tween his keepers, and yet at that light touch, and in obedience to that angel voice, arose and went forth, not knowing but “that it was a vision?” Yes, surely. Our God changes not; and if your husband be delivered, to sorrow a few more years over those scenes of cruelty which have so wrung his noble spirit for more than thirty years; and if it be his Mister’s will to whis per now to him, “Come up higher I” would you hold back the chariot wheels, though they be wheels of fire. No, my dear sor rowing sister—we are assured, from what we gather of your like-mindedness with your noble champion, your motto is: “It is my God—my covenant God—who doeth all things well.” Well, we wanted to tell you how we have met again and again in prayer for you, and those who are still in bonds, and how, in offering this word of sympathy to you now we desire to express our deep, undying gratitude to him who has given his life so freely to obtain for us our defrauded rights, and whose be reaved ones we accept, according to his sug gestion in “The Tribune” of November 12, as a solemn legacy at his hands—if in deed it be our Master’s will to give him now the Crown of Glory, which awaits all those to whom it will be said at that day: “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these ye have done it unto me.” Tell your dear husband then, that hence forth you shall be our own! We are a poor and despised people—almost forbid den, by the oppressive restrictions of the Free States, to rise to the higher walks of lucrative employments, toiling early and late for our daily bread; but we hope—and we intend, by God’s help—to organize in every I'ree State, and in every colored church, a band of sisters, to collect our weekly pence, and pour it lovingly into your lap. God will help us, for he is the Judge of the widow and the lather of the fatherless.” And you have all been made widows, and your children fatherless, be cause your husbands, and your children’s fathers, counted not their lives as dear, so that they might fulfill this command of our God's: “Therefore 1 say unto you, whatsoever ye would that others should do unto you, do ye even so unto them, for this is the law and the prophets.” (The Mosaic as well as the Christian dispensa tion). Fear not, beloved sister. Trust in the God of Jacob. He who of old sent his prophet forth with this word to the tyrant who oppressed the enslaved hosts of Is rael, “Let my people go!” The great 1 Am has also sent your husband, we be lieve, to utter the same warning note in the ears of those oppressors, and woe, woe, woe, is theirs if, instead of honoring the word of the Lord, they slay the prophet. Trust then in this same God, and if you will cast your fatherless ones upon Him, and if you and they will, as your beloved husband has done, deal justly, love mercy. and walk humbly with your God, and it shall be well with you in time and in eter nity. We hope very soon to send you the first fruits of our offering of love. Many will doubtless minister to you; but in our min istration we trust to make a fund to min-1 ister to you and yours till you shall say it is enough, and until you yourselves sbal]i say to us: “Clothe the naked, feed the hungry, shelter the homeless ones, who are daily fleeing from the oppressor.” We do not ask you to write now. We know, we cannot be unmindful of the loneliness, and we fear the agony of these solemn days. The one who is privileged to write these words for her sisters unto you, knows well the heart of che widow and all its desolations; but we pray that He whose ysu are, whom you serve, who has said that not a cup of cold water shall be given to a disciple in I{is name, without receiving a disciple’s reward, will cause His face to shine upon you, will speak peace to your troubled spirit, will send the strong consolations of the Gospel, which have the voices in his counsel and the guide of the life of your husband and our brother into your heart. May a Triune Jehovah shed life, light and peace around your dwelling, Pray your loving sisters. THE MUSICAL FESTIVALS. Mz. Epmror: The last of a series of musical entertainments, by the Anglo-Afri can Musical Union, came off on Tues day evening last at the Metropolitan As sembly Rooms, No. 178 Prince street, and was in itself a most brilliant affair, though the audience was not as large as might have been hoped for. The instrumental department was represented by Messrs. Stevens, Plett, Waldron, Boston and Dias. Comment upon the selections and per formances of these gentlemen would be superfluous in a community where their distinguished ability is so familiar to all. The vocal department was gracefully sustained by two young ladies of rare mu sical abilities, Mr. W. F. Sturges, assisted by Mr. Boston, forming in all a most select and unusually efficient corps. In returning my thanks to the above mentioned distingnished musicians, and also to the popular vocalists, Mesdames Magnan and Luca, and Robert Hamilton and daughters, I will also embrace the opportunity to compliment them on the promptness which has always characterized their engagements. The failure to draw good houses during the series which at first promised so fair can be traced to no other cause than the failure of the musicians engaged for the first evening to fulfil their engagements— causing a lack of confidence on the part of the public and a most disastrous failure to the Association. However, experience has tanght us upon whom to place our de pendence in the future. We do not de spair while generous, able, good and true spirits stand by us, but feel sanguine that our next effort will be crowned with great success. J. R. W. LEONARD, President. FRIGHT IN KENTUCKY, The citizens of Frankfort, the capital of the State of Kentucky, and Versailles, in Woodford county, “says the Louisville “Courier” of the 22d ult., have been excit ed for some days, but by no means alarm ed, at a report of a threatened rising of the negroes in those counties. On Saturday, a dispatch from Harper’s Ferry, Va., advised the Mayor of Frank fort that the negroes, instigated by some “white scoundrels,” designed an attack on that city and Versailles, and that when these places fell it was their intention to devastate the country around. The information was obtained through an intercepted letter from an Abolitionist named Day, addressed to Osawatomie Brown. The intelligence was so direct, and of such an alarming character, that Mr. Hunter} the prosecuting attorney at Charlestown, deemed it his duty to advise the authorities of Frankfort, as above. Immediately on its reception, the mayor of Frankfort called the trustees together to devise means to avert such a calamity. Precautionary measures were takenin that city, and also in Versailles, by appointing an extra police force patrol for each district in the counties. The new military com pany organized last week in Versailles were ready to respond with alacrity at the first sound of the tocsin of war. This Abolitionist, Day, continues the “Courier,” has been connected with the no torious Delia Webster, who was once in the Kentucky penitentiary for running off negroes. He was driven away from Trim ble county some years ago, for his negro stealing propensities. In connection with the above, it is stated that Mr. Abner Williams, for twenty years past a resident of Covington, Ky., and a worthy and respectable citizen, received, on the 25th ult., an anonymous letter, through the post office, of which the fol lowing is a copy: Covingron, Nov. 23 Mg. WiLLiams At a private meeting held re cently by the citizens of Covington, it was re solved that a committee be appointed to inform you by letter that the principles you entertain upon the subject of slavery isin direct opposition to the interests of the slaveholding citizens of this State and it was further resolved that you be requested to move'to the other side of ;the river within two weeks from the above date. If youdo not obey this warning, you and your confederates must suffer the consequences. COMMITTEE. Prrsonal, i In a lettc* enclosing subscriptions for our Magazine, from Rev. Joseph M. Harden, dated “Lagos, W. Africa, Oct. 7, 1859,” appears the following item of intelligence, which will be read with interest by many of our readers: “Dr. M. R. Delany is here with me, and is passing through the acclimating process. He has had several attacks of fever, but is now much better, and I think him clear of danger.” Notwithstanding the unpleasantness of the evening of the 21st ult., there was a large and intelligent audience found in Bethesda Church, (Rev. C. B. Ray’s) to witness the closing exhibition by Prof. A. M. Green, who subsequently left for the West. The Professor’s lecture was fre quently interrupted by the applause of the audience, on whom he made a very favor able and lasting impression. Prof. Wm. F. Johnson had been de tained for several days by illness in Bos ton, but had so far recovered as to proceed to Portland, Me., where he now is. Wade Hampton, a much-respected citi zen of Brooklyn, died at his residence in Oxford street on Thanksgiving day (24th ult.) after an illness of ten months. He was in the 48th year of his age. Rev. Amos Gerry BeMay IN New York. —Rev. Mr. Beman has been spending al week in this city, laboring with great ac ceptance in the Shiloh Presbyterian Church. His visit was very opportune, and it is boped he will return at an early day and spend a longer time among us. Mr. Be man is an agent of the American Mission ary Association, and we congratulate the Society in obtaining the services of one so efficient and acceptable to our people. HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET. New Yorxk, Nov. 28, 1859. G_RAND ORATORIO.==The Oratorio of “Joseph,” by G, W. Curtis, will be performed by the pupils oly Colored Grammar School No. 2, Laurens street, assisted by the Luca family, on TUESDAY EVENING, Dec. 13, at the Sfliloh Presbyterian Church, corner of Prince and Marion street, for the benefit of the bereaved relatives of that most noble, self-sacrificing hero, John Brown, and of those engaged with him in endeavoring to “undo the heavy burdens and let the oppressed go free.” Tickets, 25 cents. Doors open at 7, perform ance to commence at 8 o’clock. L 2 Y Special Hotices. e Union Prayer Meeting 1N PritaperpHlA.—The undersigned, committee appointed by a public meeting on Thanksgiving day in the Union Baptist Church, to make ar rangements for a general prayer-meeting for the entire colored population of this city on the day appointed by the authorities of Virginia for the execution of John Brown, Give Norice, That such meeting will take place in the Shiloh Church, South and Clifton streets, on December 2d, 1859, aud we invite our people to meet at 10 A. M, laying aside all secular eoncerns as far as possible, presenting themselves in a devout, orderly spirit, with fasting and prayer, beforea God of truth and justice, whom we acknowledge as the ecommon Father of mankind, holy, just and true in all his dealings wtth his children that to our ever-living God and Father we may make a united appeal that he may remove from us the miseries of op pression and from our ecommon country its infat uated blindness, its sneering sceptical spirit and its practical atheism that repentance and par don may he given to the black man and white man of this country—to the black man, because he has said, in the bitterness and anguish of his misery, God has forgotten us! and to the white man be cause, in the pride and insolence of his heart, he has said, There is no God! JONATHAN C. GIBBS, Pastor of the Seventh st. Pres. Ch. JEREMIAH ASHER, Pastor of the Shiloh Church. JESSE F. BOULDEN, Pastor of Union Baptist Church. November 29, 1859. e P ek, k@~ There will be a Union ANTI-SLAVERY PRAYER MEETING at SHILOH CHURCH, corner of Prince and Marion streets, (Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, Pastor,) on Fripay, the Second Day of December, at 10 o’clock A. M., the day on which the aged martyr, John Brown, is to offer up his life for obeying God rather than man. Minis ters of the Gospel and Christians of every name, patriots and citizens, and the descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, are invited to attend. Several addresses will be made. A collection will be taken for the families of the martyrs. SAMSON WHITE, A. M. FREEMAN, HENRY JOHNSON, J. M. GLOUCESTER, H., HIGHLAND GARNET, AMOS G, BEMAN. ADIBROTYPE GALLERY" BOSTON AND LYONS Take pleasure in announcing that they have taken rooms at No. 4 Beach street, near West Broad way, where they are })repared to take Ambro types, Phototypes, Melanotypes, and Crayono types. Pictures taken for lockets, breastpins, and finger rings. Pictures with or without cases, to suit eustomers. P. 8. Old pictures eopied and cleaned at the shortest notice. The public are invited to call and examine specimens. THOS. S. BOSTON, nld tf M. J. LYONS, A RARE BARGAIN FOR PER sons wishing to lay out money to advantage. —TWENTY-TWO LOTS (increasing in value yearly) for sale for cash. They aresituated inthe beautiful little village of Bloomfield, N. H., and contain 4,000 square feet each. They are within two miles of the flourishing village of Island Pond. The Grand Trunk Railroad is located near the purchase, and the Nulhegan River is also near. Price, 810 each, or more reasonable if one wishes to purchase the whole. A good warrantee deed guarranteed. Apply to THOS. HAMILTON, 48 Beekman street, New York. dstf SAMUEL J. HOWARD returns his sincere thanks to his friends and the public at large for their patronage. and hopes that his prompt attention to business heretofgre will secure a continuation of the same. Orders will be received at the following places: Office, 97 High street, Brooklyn Dudley Stafford, 69 Beekman street, New York; 313 Broadway, New York. This express may be found each day at Peck Slip wharf, from an early hour until 8 o’clock A. M., and from 12 till 3 P. M. Orders received in Brooklyn at the office, 97 High street, 299 Hudson avenue, Dr. R. J. Davis’, corner Clinton and Fulton streets; 314 Fulton street, 41 Hicks street. 19-26¢ G_RAND CONCERT. The Trustees of the Bridge street A. M. E. Cherch announce that there will be a concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music. given partly for the BENEFIT OF SAID CHURCH, On Monday Evemning, Dec. 5, under the direction of Mr. Robt. Hamilton. Ad mittance 20 cents. For full particulars see pro gramme, THE ‘BANNEKER INSTITUTE/, intend giving a series of Ten Lectures du ring the present season, at Central Hall, Philadel phia, which will be delivered by its members. The lectures will be delivered in tiie following or der November 22—By D. D. Turner. Subjeet, “History.” December 6—DBy W. H. Johnson. Subject, “Politics.” December 20—By John W. Simpson. Subjeet, Chemistry.” January 3—By R. Faucet. January 17—DBy James Underdue. February 7—By H. A. Moore. Subject, “His tory of Musie,” February 21—By G. E. Stephens. Subject, “Pagan and Christian Lit 5 ature.” ]March 6—DBy P. T. Smith. Subject, ‘“Ethnol o Y.!‘ e afarch 20—B} 0. V. Catto. april 3—By J. C. White, Jr. Subjeet, “Math ematics.” The lovers of Literature and Musie are cordi ally solicited to lend their aid and countenance, with their ’Fresence, to this enterprise. Season Tickets, 25 cents. To be had at the Of fice of the Lebanon Cemetery, 717 Lombard st. G. W. Goines’. Sixth street, above Lombard, or from any of the members of the Institute. D. D. TURNER, 0. V. CATTO, W. H. MINTON, Committee on Debates and Leectures. J A MES e B W ke 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 preference overall other kinds. Its unparalleled success has brought a multi tude of counterfeits in the market, some of which are of a poisonous nature, but the best class of grocers everywhere sell the genuine. However, urchasers should always see that the name of games Pyle is on e.cl:flpnckage. Some of the gro cerymen are unscru& ous enough to recommend the imitations, but their object is to make a large profit, as they ean buy them for much less than the genuine. Grand Depot 345 Washington st., cor. of Frank lin, New York. 6-tf 1 FOB SALE.—A comlplem File, bound, of the New York Daily T'ribune, for 1851. In quire at this office. e e ettt ROBT. HAMILTON respectfully an nounces that his Concert is postponed for further preparation. MISCELLANEOUS. TIIE YOUNG AMERICA PIANO. a perfect article, and fully warranted for PlO, and a SCHOOL PIANO, for SSL3O. The subscribers having been induced, after re peated application, to make a Piano at a low price, to meet the wants of many now deprived of the luxury, have perfected such an instrument, suita ble for SMALL PARLORS, SITTING ROOMS, &c. finished in rosewood—a beautiful piano, at ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS. These pianos are fully warranted, and have all our last improvements. Circulars furnished on application giving full particulars. THEY ALSO FURNISH A HANDSOMELY FINISHED PIANO, adapted for school practice and purposes, at ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS. All our piano-fortes have our great improve- i ment, the insulated Iron rim. PIANOS TO RENT. We have constantly on hand a variety of pianos to rent, mostly of our own manufacture, which are very desirable, as they have our new improvements, and are unsurpassed in quality of tone and excel lence of finish. We rent PIANOS OF ALL SIZES, 6, 64, 6%, 7, and 7# octave. All styles, from the small school and cottage in struments for small parlors and sitting rooms, to the full grands, for concert rooms, large parlors, &e. Persons who wish to rent pianos and purchase in a few months, can select from our large stock, and the rent for a specified time will be allowed towards the purchase money, as may be agreed upon. Our arrangements for TUNING AND REPAIRING are under the entire supervision of Mr. C. A. Vin ton, whose long experience in this department en ables us to guarantee perfect satisfaction to all who may wish jto employ him. Orders addressed to him at our piano-forte rooms will be promptly at tended to. N. B.—Special attention given to boxing, pack ng, and carting pianos for families. Instruments e curely packed for forwarding to all parts of the country, as well as for sea voyages. Persons at a distance unable to visit the city can, by stating the quality of the instrument wanted, be supplied. lllustrated circulars furnished on applica tion, giving full particulars. New York City Ware-rooms, 487 Broadway. BOARDMAN, GRAY CO., Albany, N. Y. LIFE OF JERMAIN W. LOGUEN, The great UNDERGROUND RAILROAD KING, is now ready and FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. There are few men whose history is so marked with stirring incidents, instructive lessons and en couraging examples, as Mr. Loguen’s. It con tains the peculiarities of his ehildhood, his daring escape from bondage, the perils and hardships he endured in his passage to freedom, and the acts of subsequent manhood, which have honorably con nected his name with the moral and political caus es of the last twenty years, which, to a large ex tent, have made the subject of African freedom the living topie of private and publie circles, of the press, the pulpit, and the State and National Legislatures. The book is about the size of the Life of Fred erick Douglass, in one volume, illustrated by a steel-plate likeness of Mr. Loguen. Price $l. ANT[—SLAVBRY ARD TEMPER ance Lecrures.—Prof. A. M. Green will de liver Auti-Slavery and Temperance Lectures as follows On Thursday, Dec. Ist., at Albany Fri day, 2d, at Syracuse Sunday, 4th, at Rochester; Tuesday, 6th, at Buffalo. Bros. Stephen Myers, of Albany, J. 'W. Loguen, of Syracuse, Prof. J. Taylor, of Rochester, and Brother Moore and Tho mas Harman, of Rochester, will please take notice and make arrangements according to above no tice. “Douglass' Paper” please copy" DEC. 27, A. L. 383 FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE IVANGE! s ORIENTAL LODGE No. 2, F. A. located at the Orient of New Haven, Conn., und working under the auspices of the Philanthropie United Grand Lodge of America, will commemo rate the festival of the above patron of the Mason ie order, on TUESDAY, Dec. 27, A. D. 1839, by the following exercises in BREWSTER'S HALL, in said city, commencing at 8 o’clock P. M. 1. VOLUNTARY ON THE ORGAN, 2. Prayer.......... Rev. Bro. Jas. M. Williams. 3, Singing of a Masonsc Ode. By the Brethren. ‘4. Masonic Address...... Rev. Bro, J. T. Holly. 9 Mu5ie............ cvibe on v o s e saky D 6 BN 6. Masonic Poem. ...Rev. Bro. J. Sella Martin. Y. Male. iLB 8. Closing Ode, or Doxology. :By the Brethren. 9. Benedietion. ..........Rev. Bro. Jno. Taylor The officers and members of the Grand Lodge, and numerous other brethren from abroad, are expected to be present and participate in the fes tivities of the oceasion. The order will appear in full regalia. Immeditealy after the conclusion of the above exercises, a procession will be formed and proceed to the State Houre, where an elegant supper will be served up. Tickets of admission to the exercises in Brews ster’s Hall, 15 cents each. Tickets of admission to the supper, 50 cents each—to be had of the fol lowing commitsee, and also at the musie-store of Skinner Sperry, 154 Chapel street. COMMITTEE. -J. P. Anthony, 35 State st., Charles Boardley, Charles I. Freeman, William Bartice, Prince T. Rogers, Richard Zarecus, Henry Martin. 16-td ROBERT HAMILTON, VOCA L~ IST AND CHORISTER of ZLON CHURCH, corner of Church and Leonard streets, New York, respectfully announces to the public that he is pre pared to give instructions, day or evening, to such scholars, singing societies, clubs, or individ nz:'lsl, as may desire 2 knowledge of the most beau tifu SCIENCE OF MUSIC. He also offers his services to ehurches or indi viduals, to sing at, or conduct, for a moderate compensation, the vocal department of conecerts or exhibitions, or to act as agent for persons desir ing to give concerts. Persons living at a distance desiring information from this eity or vicinity, or wanting to make purchases in this market and not having the time or means to come themselves, might find it advan tageous to employ the subseriber, as his circle of acquaintances is very large, and his facilities for purchasing or selling very favorable. TERMS, MODERATE. Please address the subscriber, at the office of the Anglo-African,”” or at his residence, No. 22 Talman street, Brooklyn, L. I. 9-tf J A. SIRMONS, Boot and Shoe Maker, 147 Navy street, Brooklyn. Repairing done at the shortest notice. ATTFJNT[ON! ATTENTION!AT tention! Titus’ Reform Intelligence Office, 193 Mercer street, between Bleeker and Amity streets. Letters written, and male and female help supplied by the month, week, day or job. A reg ister is kept for the names of all colored persons to enable their friends to find them without trav eling over the whole city. Price of registering, ten cents, or gratis fo those who have no money. Also a register of the different societies, their pli\y ces of meeting, and the names of their officers. Rooms to let. o« B W TERUE, 15-2¢ Proprietor. A ROBERTS, Agent for the Weekly Anglo-African the Anglo-African M ine, 120 CLINTON CgURT, EIGHTH ST., near Sixth avenue, New York, where orders for the above-named publications may be left or copies obtained. 12-tf Fflm L.JONES, TAILOR, 174 Mulberry st., New York. 7-tf MISCELLANEOUS. ANGLQ-AFBICAN COURSE OF LECTURES, 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 estabhshina‘;n ANGLO-AFRICAN READING-ROOM, in this city, where persons may resort without re g‘ard to distinction of complexion, sect, or party The lectures will be delivered weekly, on WEDNESDAY EVENING, in the following orders Dec. Tth—*“Africa in the Light of Chistian Phi losophy,” Rev. Amos G. Beman. ~_Deec. 14th—*The Republics of the East and the West,” Mr. George L. Ehle. Dec. 21st—(subject to be announced) Rev. Geo B. Cheever; D. D. Dec. 28th—" Secret of the progress of Slavery,” 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 GIDEON LIPPETT, ICE CREAM AND REFRESHMENT NSALOON, NO. 75 KNOX STREET, ALBANY, N. Y. I= Families supplied with IcE CREAM at the shortest notice, in forms of all sizes. MISS A. E. FREEMAN, TEACHER OF VOCAL AND INSTRU MENTAL MUSIC, 148 JAY STREET, Brooklyn. Terms reasonable. 13-tf T B. VOORHEES DANCING +ACADEMY, at Metropolitan rooms, 178 Prince st. Practicing evenings, Monday and Friday, Pri vate classes on Wednesday evening, from 8 till 11. An afternoon class for masters ang misses every Saturday, at 3 o’ciock. Ali the fashionable dances taught. For terms, &e., apply at the rooms at the hours i ‘above specified, or af his residence, 1564 Sullivan street. 15-12¢ EMBROIDERY AND BRAIDING done to order, by Miss Addie M. Hamilton, No. 22 Tallman st., Brooklyn. 15-tf FAMILY BOARDING HOUSE, By MRS. S. BABCOCK, 541 Broome street, near Sullivan, New York. 10 tf COMMUNION FURNITURE.==An experience of 30 years inone place in the man ufacture and sale of Communion Furniture, en ables the subseriber to supply churches with sets of Communion Serviee, either silver-plated or Britannia, varying in price to suit the wants of all. Also a general assortment of Plated and Bri tania Ware, for family use, at retail as well wholesale. Old ware replated, to look like new, at the old stand of LUCIUS HART, nl9 4t 4 and 6 Burling Slip, N. Y. 3 S’I‘EPHEN LAWRENCE, ENCINEER, and agent for STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, AND STEAM PRESSURE GUAGES; No. 36 William street, 12-1 y New York. TIIE YOUNG MEN’'S LITERARY Association of the city and county ot New York, meet every Wednesday evening i the leec ture room of the Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Cburch, near Eleventh street, (Rev. H. M. Wil son, pastor.) The exercises consist of reading, lectures and debates. Admission free. w 13-tf MRS. E. LEONARD, FASHIONABLE FRENCH DRESS MAKER, No. 166 Church street, Receives monthly the latest Paris Fashions. 8-tf BELL’S INTELLIGENCE OFFICE has removed from 41 Howard street to 82 Spring street, 2d house east of Broadway. 10-5¢ WISS_ OLIVEIA A. HAMILTON, (Y fashionable dress making, No. 22 Tallman st., Brooklyn. 15-tf JAMES R. W. LEONARD, CARD AND JOB PRINTER, 219 CENTRE STREET, NEW YORK. OHAI{LES C. BLUE'S BOARDING HOUSE. 102 Olive street, New Haven. 'onn., where he will be happy to have his iriends call at all times. 8-13¢ A RARE BAKGAIN.--FOR SALE, at Jamaiea, L. 1., a house and sixteen lots of ground, for $l,OOO. Terms, $5OO cash, and the balanee secured by bond and mortgage. Apply to J. Solon, McNeil strest, Jamaica, or to ’lt‘)hos. Hamilton, 48 Beekmar ireet, New York. 9-tf THE PROVINCIAL FREEMAN AND SEMI-MONTHLY ADVERTISER, Is published by I. D. SHADD CO., CHATHAM, C. W. TerMs—One Dollar per year, invariably in ad vance. The “Provincial Freeman” will be devoted to Anti-Slavery, Emigration, Temperance, and Gen eral Literature. It will open its columns to the views of men of different political opinions, re serving the right, as an independent journal, of full expression, on all questions or projeets affect ing the people in a political way. Not committed to the views of any religious sect, “exclusively, it will earefully observe the rights of every sect, at the same time that a re ‘gervation shallbe 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 vehicle of infor ‘mation on Agriculture, and as an enemy to vice in zny and evo:_y conceivable form, and a promot er of good morals, it shall be nade worthy of the patronage of the publie. All letters, to reeeive attention, whether for -publication or on business, must be addressed, post-paid, I. D, SHADD, Chatham, C. W. THE GOLDEN RULE, DAVID F. NEWTON, Editor, is published monthly, at 48 Beekman st., New York. _ TERMS. Single copies, monthly, per annum, in ad- Yoo il L 0 B 0 5 to one address 200 20 e 500 100 o w L AOB Sabbath Schools supplied at half the usual price. 2 Address all letters to Box 1,212, N. Y. City st Office. PUBL] CATIONS FOR SALE BY THOS. HAMILTON, 48 Beekman street, New York. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FEMALE SLAVE. In one vol., 12mo. Price One Dollar. EXTRACTS FROM RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOTICES. From Hon. W. H. Seward. Dear Stk :—Just on the eve of my departure from home, I received the volume which you had sent me entitled the Autobiography of a Fe male Slave.”” Iread it with fixed interest from begixmin.i to end, and I have met no recent pub lication that has seemed to me so truthful, just and benevolent, and so likely to touch the hearts and consciences of men in regard to the practice of slavery. Accept my thanks for it, with my best wishes, less for the sake of the author or for l‘:om- own than for the sake of our country and of umanity, that the beok may obtain a Tree and wide circulation. I am, &e., &e. But here at last is a genuine, bona fide voice from the South. Out of the very company of the slaveholders themselves, bristling with defi ance of the world, comes this wail of mingled pity and condemnation.”—Anti- Slavery Stamlird. Each page, each line, each word, seems drawn out of a see:img cauldron of hnman agony, drip ping from its bloody baptism.”— West. Lit. Mag. N.MULLRER, Printer, 40 Boekma St N, Y.

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Poems, Anecdotes and Shetehes. THE THANKSGIVING. BY J. FRANK.—I6S3, i Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness, Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness, Come into the daylight’s splendor, There with joy thy praises render Unto Him whose boundless grace Grants thee at His feet a place He whomall the heavens obey, Deigns to dwell in thee to-day. Hasten as a bride to mect Him, And with loving reverence greet Him, Whe, with worJs of life immortal, Now is knocking at thy portal: Haste to make for Him a way, Cast thee at his feet, and say, Sinee, O Lord! Thou com’st to me, Never will I turn from Thee. Ah! how hungers all my spirit For the love I do not merit! Ah! how oft with sighs fast thronging, For this food have I been longing How have thirsted in the strife For this draught, O Prinee of Life Wish'd, O Friend of Man, to be, Ever one with God; throngh Thee Here I sink before Thee lowly, Fill'd with joy most deep and holy, As with trembling awe and wonder, On Thy mighty works I ponder— On this banquet’s mystery, On the depths we cannot see Far beyond all mortal sight, Lie the secrets of Thy might. Sun, who all my life dost brighten, Light who dost my soul enlighten Joy, the sweetest man ere knoweth, Fount whence all my being floweth, Here I fall before Thy feet Grant me worthily to eat Of this blessed, heavenly food, To Thy praise, and to my good. Jesus, Bread of Life from Heaven, Never be Thou vainly given, Nor Ito my hurt invited Be Thy love with love requited Let me learn its depths indeed, While on thes my soul doth feed; Let me, here so richly blest, Be hereafter too Thy guest! <5~ Hogarth was once applied to by a miserly old nobleman to paint on his stair case a representation of Pharaol’s host in the Red Sea. In attempting to fix on the price, Hogath became quite dissatisfied. The miser was unwilling to give more than one half the real value of the picture. At last, Hogarth, out of all patience, agreed to his patron’s terms. Within a day or two the picture was ready. The nobleman was surprised at such ex pedition, and immediately called to exam ine it. The canvass was painted all over red. “Zounds said the purchaser, “what have you here? T ordered a scene of the Red Sea.” “The Red Sea you have,” said Ho garth, still smarting to have his talents an dervalued. “DBut where are the Israelites 7" “They are all gone over.” “And where are the Egyptians?” “Theyare all drowned.” The miser’s confusion could only be equalled by the haste with which he paid his bill. "I'lie biter was bit. Xz In Berks County, says an exchange, one of the political parties had for twenty years been in the habit of holding their nominating conventions at the house of Mr. G——. He happened on a recent occasion, for the flrst time, to be in when they bhad fin ished their business, and heard a little del egate move that “this convention adjourn swne die.” “Sine die said Mr. G——, to a person standing near, “where’s that 7” “Why that’s way up in the northern part of the county,” said his neighbor. “Hold on, if you please, Mr. Cheerman,” said the landlord, with a great emphasis and earnestness, “hold on, sir, I'd like to be heard on that question. I have kept a public house now for mor'n twenty years. lam a poor man. Ihavealways belonged to the party, and never split iy my life. This is the most central location in the county, and it’s the place where we've al lers met. I've never hid nor asked an office, and have worked night and day for the party, and now to go to adjourn this convention way up o sine die R&™ A few years ago, Rev. Mr. B, a faithful, fearless preacher in one of the “hill towns of Hampshire county, preach ed a pointed sermon against the use of ar dent spirits, especially desiened for a mem ber of his congregation who was in the habit of hiring his help at low ‘wages, in consideration of the frequent treats he fur nished his workmen. “Old Nat” felt him self particularly hit by the discourse, as the coat fitted him exactly, and tharefore ab sented himself frol church for some two years. A few weeks ago he was seized with his last illness, and expressed a desire to see Rev. Mr. B. before he died. His son went post-haste for the minister, who, of course, was quite ready to respond to the dying nian’s summons. On entering the room, he was greeted with the cool salutation: “Mr. B, 1 am about to die, and I haye sent for you that yow might have a chauce to apologize for that liquor sermon you preached to me two years ago I” L& “Susan,” said a young Connecticut servant girl in Norwich, looking out of the upper story of a small grocery, and address ing another girl who was trying to enter ut the front door, “we've all” been to camp meeting and been converted so when you want milk on Sunday you will have to come in at the back door.” Xz&™ When Anacharsis, the Scythian, was travelling in Greece, he was reproached by an Athenian with the barbarity of his native land. “It is true,” replied Anachar sis, “that my country is a disgrace to me, but you are a disgrace to your country.” TEE FROZEN GUEST.

In the winter of 1855 I was travelling in Minnesota. I had crossed a prairie— sixteen miles it was said to be from the point where I had started—and put up for the night at a small log cabin, with two rooms on the floor, an unusual luxury in that part of the country at that time, for ‘most cabins contained but one but then i this was reckoned as a sort of' tavern, and was kept by an Illinois man, who seemed 'to understand the practical business of “roughing it” in a new country pretty well. f Any one who has passed a winter in Min nesota may know something of what is usually denominated there a blue day, which signifies nothing more nor less than an exceedingly cold day, such as is rarely if ever experienced in Massachusetts. It is true that people get used to it, and do not feel it, or seem to fecl it, quite as much as they would here. I will give you an extract from a letter received from an esteemed friend in the vi cinity of the town of Redwing, although the town was neither built nor contempla ted at that time. He says: “I have been carting fencing stuff to day, a distance of four miles, over a light crust of snow which fell last night. It has been a comfortably cold day—not what we call a ‘blue day’ here, by any means, but you might, if you had it east; it was only 22 degrees below zero this morning, but it rose twelve degrees from that before noon. l You see I cannot do without my thermom eter, although I am content at present with alog cabin. What would you think of getting up and feeding your cattle at 35 degrees below zero? What do you say —I have done it once or twice since I have been here But in spite of this seeming bravado of the cold the people do sometimes get fro zen, as the little incident I am about to re late will show. I had crossed a sixteen mile prairie, and put up at a log tavern con taining two rooms. It was an exceedingly cold morning when I started, and I think I was advised, then, not to leave till the weather moderated but I was anxious to get on, and so 1 started, in spite of their friendly protestations. I was warmly dressed, and wore a pair of boots tanned with the hair on, which gave me courage to believe that T might safely contend with the cold. Instead of the weather moderating, as it had been prognosticated, it grew colder and colder every moment. I neversaw sucha blue, still, stinging cold day in all my pre vious experience. It seemed actually as though my breath froze before it escaped from my nostrils, and T was compelled to brush the pendant icicles from my nose as often as once in five minutes. When Ireached the log-cabin tavern be fore mentioned every joint in my body was numb and stiff as though my whole frame had suddenly become petrified. 1 should have perished, I think, had another mile been added to my journey. Asit was, I felt thankful when I reached a place of warmth and shelter. Besides the usual occupants of the cabin there were three or four persons present, who, like myself, had been forced to dis continue their journey to avoid the intense cold. They were talking with the host in relation to some person whom they called Steers, who was supposed to be on his way froin Central Pc'at with load of grain or lumber, or somei ing—l forget what. At i all events, he wl3 expected with an ox team. One remnarked that any other man but Steers would be frozen, if he under took it Another suggested that he would be a fool if he started at all. A third, wishing to be facetionus no doubt, added that he reckoned he would be a “hump of ice.” It grew colder as the day advanced, and 1 began to think there might be danger of freezing even in the cabin, although the the guests kept cramming the fuel by arm fuls in the big cooking-stove till it was red hot in every spot which came in contact with the fire. About an hour after sunset, and while we were yet seated around the table, eat ing our pork and potatoes, we heard a team approaching over the frozen crust. Did you ever observe how far you could hear the slightest crack of the surface incrusta tion on one of those terribly still freezing nights The approaching team drew nearer— came opposite—paused, crushing down the crisp snow as though it had been so much glass. “That must be Steers!” cried most of the company, and in spite of the shudder ing cold, which you could almost fancy you saw creeping through the solid logs, there was a general rush for the door. There stood the cart and oxen, and there sat the driver. Neither moved. The landlord, who was an old acquaintance, ran out and seized the new comer by the shoulder. The next instant he started back with a look of horror. “eaven preserve us!” he exclaimed, “but the man is dead fro zen to the wagon !"—Christian Watch man. A~ Eroquent Extract.—Generation af ter generation have felt as we do now, and their lives were as active as our own. The heavens shall be as bright over our graves as they are aronnd our paths. Yet a lit tle while, and all this will have happened. The throbbing heart will be stilled, and we shall be at rest. Our funeral will wend its way, and the prayers will be said, and we shall be left in the darkness and silence of the tomb. And it may be that, for a short time, we shall be spoken of but the things of life shall ereep on, and our names shall be forgotten. Days will continue to move on, and laughter and songs will be heard in the room where we died,and the eyes that mourned for us be dried and an mated with joy; and even our children will cease to think of us, and will remem ber to lisp our names no more No Twe o Hesitate.— An independent minister, as much distinguished for his ec centricity as for his piety, dined one day with the senior deacon of his church. The deacon, who was in the habit of asking blessings of a most wearisome length, was particularly prolix, and paused to gain a new supply of breath and words, the in stan’ he stopped, the minister sat down, and com uenced rattling his knife and fork. Th: worthy deacon, looking down, ex cla:med-—“Doctor, Doctor I'm not through ye'—l only hesitated “Hesitated 1” re plied the doctor—“it’s no time to hesitate when the turkey’s getting cold ADVERTISEMENTS. @ge Auglo-Arican Ragajine, MONTHLY OCTAVO OF 32 PAGES, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE, STATISTICS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CAUSE OF HUMAN FREEDOM. j Its objects are To present a elear and concise statement of the present eondition, the past history, and the pros peets of the eolored population of the United States, free and enslaved. To afford scope for the rapidly rising talent of ¢olored 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 economie statisties. 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 prospects of free colored men, by common assent, rests, in a great degree, the condition and prospects of enslaved eolored men. Henee, besides the intrinsie interest which attaches itself to a magazine with such scope and information, the aid of ali who wish to advance the great ecause of Immediate Emancipation, is ear nestly solicited for its support. i TerMs.—One Dollar per year, payable invaria bly in advance. The January number sontains an aceurate and beautifully executed portrait of ALEXANDER DUMAS. %7 All communieations should be directed to THOS. HAMILTON, 48 Beekman-gt., N. Y.; P. O. Box 1212, CONTRIBUTORS. Rev. Bishop PAYNE. J. W. C. PENNINGTON, D. D. J.THEO. HOLLY. M. HIGHLAND GARNET. AMOS GERRY BEMAN. E.P. ROGERS. CHAS. B. RAY. JONATHAN C. GIBBS. ROBERT GORDON. EDWARD W. BLYDEN J. HOLLAND TOWNSEND. ROBERT ‘HAMILTON. WILLIAM J. WILSON. ADAM RAY. W. MILLER DUTTON WM. H. HALL. CHAS. M. WILSON. GEORGE T. DOWNING J. M. BELL. MARY A. S. CARY. MARY E. CARY. SARAH M. DOUGLASS “RACE A. MAPPS. JAMES M'CUNE SMITH MARTIN R DELANY. JOHN V. DEGRASSE. JAMES FIELDS. T. JOINER WHITE. GEO. B. VASHON. M. 11. FREEMAN. CIHAS, L. REASON. EBENEZER D. BASSETT ROBERT CAMPBELL. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. i 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 lies before us. It is published in the interest of that elass of our fellow-citizens who are disfranchised by the Dred Scott deeision, 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. e We hail the appearance of this Magazine as a step in the right direction, and trust that it wvill 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 mafazinc conducted entirely bly colored versons, and devoted to the social, moral and po iitical advancement of their brethren.—lndepend dent (New York.) The Magazine is one of great ability, interest and taste, and will bear a comparisonawith those of much greater pretensions. We sineerely hope the friends of the colored people will patronize this work and help them in this honomi:le effort to put themselves in a position which they de serve, and which their enemies would fain grevent them from attaining. *Blake or the Huts of America,” is beautifully written and filled with thrilling interest.—American Baptist (New York.) Itis a creditable Fublication. xR A ‘a journal will, if rightly eonducted, do much to raise the condition of this class of our population, ‘and inspire them with a manly self-respect, and breathe a Christian aim into their struggles.— Christian Inquirer (New York.) The colored citizens of the United States num ber many men of eulture and marked ability as speakers and writers, and thea‘ have established a monthly in New York, entitled the Anglo-African Magazine, which is certainly creditable in style, execution and literary ment. {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 gratifying and encouraging than this new publication. The advent of a monthly mag azine, devoted to Literature, Science, Statisties, ete., is no new thing under the sun, and especially not new in our country. The United States abound in such publications but to our knowl edge, nothing of the character of the magazine be fore us, has ever been attempted by any member or members of the colored race in the United States. We have had numerous newspapers, a good many pamphlets, a few unpretending poems, a few biographieal sketches, mostly narratives of fugitive slaves, some written by themselves, others on:g; written at their dictation, the amanuensis fur ni 'ng the words, and the fugitives the facts but beyond these, nothing has been even attempted. The Anglo-African is a bright new faet, nng we trust the beginning of an era in the mental, moral, and religious history of the colored people in this Regnblic. Whatever may be the fate otP this new publieation, in tl;oint of patronage, whether it shall sueeeed or fail, for want of support, we sin cerely rejoice to see the attempt mui:: and made so well.

The featnre of the Mx}gazine for the present month is the essay of Dr.J. M’Cune Smith, show ing the dependence of Civilization on physieal circumstances. The subjeet is one of great inter est, independent of its bemns: upon relations ex isting in this country. To those who know Dr. ADVERTISEMENTS. Smnith, it need not be said that his essayis a learned and masterly one. But we Wiil say this and more, for it is an original and brilliant pro duetion—one which we would gladly see in the hands of all the Sofifica.l and ethnological malign ers of the colored races of men. Martin R. Dela ny, it will be seen, has chosen a ]p@y subject. !Ie has given a peculiar theory, aseribing to electricity the office of keeping the heavenly bodn:s in order, which other very able men have ascribed to the law of gravitation. Mr. Delamfylv dismisses all our fears tfl: this firm old earth of ours is to be smashed up one of these eoming days by a eolli sion with any other body in space. We shall re fer again to tfls new magazine, and meanwhile wish Mr.‘%‘homu Hamilton, its enterprizing publisher, every success in this pn}isewort.hy effort to pro mote literature and learning among our people.— Frederick Douglass’ Paper (Rochester, N.'Y.) It diseusses in an able manner the condition, ‘past and present, and the futare grospects, of t._he colored population of the United States. Sueil in tellectual efforts, affording scope for the aspmma: free colored population, deserve .Hatronage; an we heartily hope the Magazine will be well sup ported. VVVe d‘.): not expeet to agree with all the views which may be presented in it, but heartily wish it success. Thus far the articles are good specimens of thought and eomposition.—New York Colonization Journal. Its list of contributors will embrace the most prominent colored writers nnd. speakers in the country. The present number is very creditable. Liberator (Boston.) We are much pleased with the first number o the Anglo-African Magazine issued by our old friend Thomas Hamilton.”— Visitor (Franklin, N.

There is a well-written introduetory, but the ablest and most elaborate article is that on Civil ization—its Dependence on I’hyswal Circum stances,” by James M’Cune Smith, a colored phy sician of much distinetion in New York. Itshows muech research and thought. The Magazine commences its career with a modest appearance and subscription price—a favorable sign of permanence and suceess. 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 })hysically.— Daily Republican Binghampton, N. Y.) “Here is a curiosity—the first number of a monthly Magazine, gubiislied and edited by col ored men, its contributors mainly colored people. Among these contributors we rotice 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. Vasiyion, M. H. Freeman, &e. Agnn_ng the number of contributors named, no doubt others of equal talent are included but we are not so well able to speak of others. 3 v The articles are generally 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 sue 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 g‘oung men, and treasured up. Let the friends of literature and progress subseribe for it, read and preserve it. 'i:hc contributors are among the ablest writers we have, and from the number interested in this work, at the end of the year, you that subseribe will have the material to make an interesting volume.”’— Provincial Free man (Chatham, C. W.) ANGLO-AFRICAN MaGaziNe.—We have received the number three of a handsomely printed Maga zine, under the above title, published in New York, by Thomas Hamilton, No. 48 Beekman street. K’e\'er have we received a monthly which, in view of the cireumstances 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 tains very able articles by the following distin §u.inhed colored men Dr. Martin Delany, Dr. ames M’Cune Smith, Rev.J. W.C. Pennington, D. D., J. Holland Townsend, Esq., Robert Campbell. No colored man who can reu(}l should be without it, and everyfriend of the colored American should patronize it. —Republican Norristown, Pa.) ANGLO-AFRICAN MaGaziNe.—The first number of this Magazine, published by 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 article, Civilization—its De fi;endence on Physical Cirecumstances,” by Dr. James M'Cune Smith, we regard as peeculiarly in structive and valuable. The idea that in nations advanced in eivilization, the sources of intelleetual power spring from the common ]pcol-nln, the physi cally vigorous, is happily developed, and worthy of general att ntion. We wish suceess to the dn glo-African Magazine—American Missionary, (New York.) We wish it eould be put in the Emsscssion of every negrophobia-monger in the land.—Student’s Monthly (Oberlin, 0.) “This publication, eonsidered relatively to its scope and design, will compare favorably with any other.”"—Star (Brooklyn, N. Y.) We should judge it to be rather superior to the most of the monthlies. N We hope it may meet with a large circulation.”— Repository of Religion and Literature (Indianapolis, Ind.) Eprtor or TrisuNE :(—1 have just received from the office of the Anglo-African Magazine, pub lished in New York, three numbers, and, as a trib ute to both enterprise and merit, I desire to say a few words on the subject. While there is a spirit that would ecrush the colored race, and trample them under foot as infe rior, it is cheering to witness a single triumph of our colored friengs, and see them rise in manliness and Sower, in spite of prejudice and hate. If any one doubts their upward tendency, their want of elements essential to elevation, let him call over and read a single article in one of these Magazines, and then blush for the injustice done a ecrushed cople. The talent and taste exhibited would do iionor to any Magazine published in our nation. Nor would we thus speak of a single author or a single article the wim]e work glows with the evi dence of talent and scholarship—far more so than many of the popular productions of the press. Let our citizens interest themselves in the Anglo-Afri ean Magazine, and while they encourage the en terprise, they will also beenfit themselves by an inerease of useful knowledge, and a decrease of un generous and unreasonable prejudices. I eom mend it to our Reading Rooms, and to every pri vate family, as a work of decided merit, for only one dollar a year.—Rev. R. H. Conklin, in Tribune (Providence, R.I) “This monthly, published at New York, l?' Thomas Hamilton, is edited and written by eol ored people. It is an able Magazine. Some sta tistical articles on the eolored population of the United States, evinee a great deal of research, and are valuable.”— Zion's Herald Boston, Ms.) We have the third number of this work before ug, and have perused it. It is certainly an able work.”"—The Prospect (Charlestown, Ind.) ANGLo-ArricAN MAGAZINE—A new monthly in the pamphlet form, issued at 48 Beekman-st., New York, at one dollar per annum, by our friend Thomas Hamilton, promises good things, solid things, noble, elevating. The first number exhibits taet, 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 Egyé)t and Pharaoh’s host, are t.rulfi marvelous, wonderful No romance ean equal them, and yet they are solid facts. These narratives will grace every number of this new monthly, and will doubtless give it a wide ecirculation. Anything and everytfiing calenlated to elevate and emanei pate the colored race, meets our warmest sympa thies. The hand of God isin it. Ethiopia is soon to streteh 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 eirculate in sphere peculiarly its own. It is to be the organ of the colored race. It has been Ko;ected by col ‘ored men, and, in the main, will be conducted by ‘them. The initial number o:spem well. Its leading articles are of a high order, and give evi dence that if negroes have no rights which white men are bound to mmt,” they at least wield pens whieh, one day, s 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 artiele is an introduetory one by the s)ublisher. Mr. Thomas Hamilton, who sue cinetly states the objects he has in view, and the i work which he and his fellow-lghorers Wndertake te do. There are paragraphs somewhat ecanstic we refer to those comparing colored and white scholars, one comparison being between scholars in the City of New York, aiig another between students in French colleges.

The main article, Civilization—its Dependence on Physical Cireumstanees,” is by Dr. James M- Cune Smith, a gentleman of liberal edueation, though for it he is not indebted to his own coun trg'. having been obliged to obtain it in Europe, where the tiger-ferociousness of caste of color is un known. It is an able paper, and conclusively dis- Emves the current piii‘losopl'? which predicates uman advancement, or, in other words, civiliza tion, on the innate superiority of a race; but, on the contsary, shows tii):t itis due rTa]:her to eli mate and geo hieal ition. e paper is learned, pr gr:g with fzi’tss, 80 skillfullymndled, that the dceglli:tions are beyond the possibility of being overthrown. The doctrine of innate superi ority of race is scattered to the winds. This cen tury-nursed lie, 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 prejudiee 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 knowleti)ge, is eviscerated, and shown to be but the invention of the oppressor, as an excuse for his dark and damning Adl;eds and crimes. When the despised negro ean ply such artillery as this, it is time to pause, and ask what we are to gain by at tempting longer to hold him down. The time is approaching when the black race now in this country will be a fearful power, unless we relax the hand of oppression. They are under the tem perate parallels, where all 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 Foint when the red right hand of revolution wiil 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 f[ooked upon as he is now, by a large portion of this peo- i 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 I St. Domingo thunders in our ears, Beware! Take your hands from your vietim’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 ealm and dignified, manful in its tone, counselling the ecol 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 lamil ton, at 48 Beekman street, New York, at $1 a year. We mention the terms, because we hope there will be many who will subseribe, if for no other purpose, to see what good can come out of Narragansett.”— Pendulum Greemwich, 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. CHEEVER, D. D. Price per single copy 10 cents, §1 per doz., or §7 per hundred. This will continue to be an exeellent work for cireulation so long as distilleries and breweries continue to send forth their poisonous stream.”’— A. 8. Bugle (Salem, 0.) We have received a pamphlet copy of that re markable produetion of Dr. Cheever's—* The True History of Deacen Giles’s Distillery,”” which is now being republished and illustrated by Thos. Hamilton, at 48 Beekman st., New York. It isa seathing article, abounding in the fire and hammer of unfiinching truth. It was written originally for a dpaper called the “Salem Landmark,” pub lished at Salem, Mass., where Dr. Cheever, then a young man, was engaged in the ministry. It pro duced a great sensation at the time, and the wEole rum-fraternity were in arms about it. Cheever was arraigned before a court of justice. The re production of the article at this time is ealled for and is eminently opportune, when, on either hand, the hellish tloods of Intemperance are surg ing back upon communities once reclaimed from their devastating flow.—lT'rue 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 is not all a dream,’ but an awful reality.”—News Letter (Westfield, Mass.) A dream that is worth dreaming. Generally speaking, we have very little confidence in dreams. “Dreams are liars,” yet there are dreams that tell truth of vast import. This is true of Joseph’s dreams, Daniel's, and of others recorded in God’s Book. Bunyan dreamed a dream that astonished the worhi: 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 give you even a faint outline of this dream. Suf fice it to say, it is one of the author’s happiest ef forts, on a subject that ought to interest every one. This new edition of this invaluable dream is put up neatly in pamphlet form, with unique engravings, by Thomas Hamilton, 45 Beekman st. —Golden Rule (New York. COLORED PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; WITH SKETCHES OF SEVERAL DISTINGUISHED COLORED PERSONS TO WHICH 1S 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 work has been compiled as a means of en- lightening public sentiment on an interesting but much neglected department of American History, i and is graced with an introduetion by Mrs. Har riet Beecher Stowe, and illustrated by engravings of Crispus Attucks, the first martf'r i the Boston massacre of Mareh sth, 1770; Peter Salem, on Bunker Hill, and a fac-simile autograph certifi cate of General Washington, tendered to a colored soldier. The increasing interest on the general subject of Slavery invests this book with rare at traction at the present time, for throughout its E:gcs are exhibited various phases of the pecu iar institution,” interwoven with incidents of pat riotism and bravery of colored Americans in the days that tried men’s souls.” From several com mendatory notices of the press, the following are selections This neat volume of nearly 400 pages is a very curious and interesting book, not only as regards the charaeter of its contents, but as being the pro duction of a young colored man, a native of, and edueated in, Boston. 1t purports 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 etiective manner. He has extended his researches into the loecal his tories of seventeen of the States of the Union, and presents a great mass of testimony in behalf of the military services of the colored people, which will astonish those who have not heretofore given the subject a thought. He very properly com mences with the story ofCrilpuAttucE:,rth‘. BOOKS. O L latto who fell at the time of the Boston Massa cre, nnd reeords very many deeds rowess, not forgetting, of course, those of the cofi)red veter ans at the battle of New Orleans. He has also embodied much information in the chapters on the condition and prospects of the coloredp Ameriean and in the Appendix.”—Salem Register, This work is an enlargement, and an improve ment as well, of a valuable pamphlet übliaEed by Mr. Nell several years ago, and whicii had gone entirely out of print. It is a record of st.riiing facts, which. as they illustrate the important ser viees rendered by colored men in the struggle this nation with the mother country, it has too ten been the policy of our white historians to ig ‘nore or coneeal. {dr. Nell's industry in eompiling i this volume is equalled only by his modest esti -mate of the value of his labors. e deserves the thanks of every friend of impartial liberty, and his book should find a lYlace in every Anti-Slavery household. 1t is well ealeulated to put our spuri ous Christianity and our sham Demoeracy alike to the blush of shame for the eruel prejudice against the colored people, to which they so in sanely cling, and for denying to them the rights and nrivileges of manhood, and dooming them to socia prescription and virtual outlawry, in a land for whose deliverance from oppression their fath ers freely shed their blood.— Anti Slavery Standard. The title o the native colored people of this country to be considered as “men an«i‘ brethren™ of the whites, has been often contested by ungen erous men, who are willing to consider tiie negro asa Porson," but reject his claims to eitizen 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 unreeognized, paid to the eolored de fenders of our country and iiomes. 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 in tense vividpess and impressiveness, that can bu fasten its facts and arguments upon the reader’s mind as with a pen of iron and with the point of diamond.— V¢, Journal. This volume, besides its many moving and thrilling details, affords evidence o; a most remark 'able man. Mr. Douglass has emphatically made bimself. As a writer and speaker he has gut few equals in the country.— Christian Advocate. It presents a clear and graphic picture of his slave-life from his earliest recollections, his eseape and his life since, including his experiences in this country and Europe. No one wili’ileny Mr. Dou glass the possession of genus and character of a high order. He writes in a mnervous, clear, and most telling manner, clothing his narrative with intense interest, and conveying his moral impres glons with a vividness that leaves the reader ‘searcely any eseape. The subjeet is deeply tragic, and, in his masterly handling, possesses an en grossing interest.—N. Y. Evangelist. We have before listened to the homely tale of the liberated slave, but it did not impress us as does this narrative of Douglass, for the reason that we were left to supply the commentary which is here pressed upon us by one who has both seen and felt what he relates. The story bears through out the impress of truth, and the manner in which it is told stamps the writer as a man of genius and a high order of talent.— Ohio State Journal. This is a splendid work. The personal worth of the author, the deserved popularity he has secured throughout this nation, and the universal desire that prevails to have a memento of one of nature’s noblemen, will conspire to 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, great perspicuity, and a musieal, resonating, and half-rhythmie style, which reminds the reader of the author’s origin, and of the native melodies of his race. The book manifests a high, and, to us, unexpected polish. The interest aroused and kept ug by a perusal of this book is of a high order, and rarely degenerates.—Detroit Daily Advertiser. GERRIT SMITH IN CONGRESS. “Slavery has no right but to die!” A work of over 400 pages, containing all his speeches delivered in Congress also, an accurate likeness. Price only 80 cents per copy, and p stage paid. THE PALM LAND; OR, WEST AFRICA, ILLUSTRATED Being a history of missionary labors and travels, with deseriptions of men and things in Western Africa. Also, a Synopsis of all the missionary work on that continent. BY GEORGE THOMPSON, Author of various works on Africa. Price $1.25. Sent by mail free of postage. THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. A Statistical View of the Condition of the FREE and SLAVE STATES. By Henry Chase and Charles W. Sanborn. Compii'ed from Offi cial Documents. 12m0., bound in eloth. Price 50 eents. The able editor of The FEvening Transcript. Boston, speaks thus of this work L RN iittle book eontains a vast amount of in formation respecting the comparative condition of the Slaveholding and non-Slaveholding States, ‘aB to territory, population, industrly, wealth, edu cation, intelligence, religion, moral advancement and general progress. The work must have cost a great deal of laborious research, and it certain ly presents arguments in favor of freedom on ev ery page. It contains just the kind ot .nforma tion that should be more generally known in all gections of the country. %Ve hope there will be a publie 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 b cents. THE HARP OF FREEDOM. “A volume of Poetry and Music adapted to the great struggle now pending between Freedom and Slavery in this country.” The music in this work is arranged as Solos, Duetts, Trios, Quar tettes, Chorusses, &e., &e., adapted to use in the domestie eirele, the school, the elub-room, the mass-meeting, and, in short, wherever musie is 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 publication upon this subjeet ever issued, Its omprises a thorough dissertation up on taste n dress, an explanation of the different kinds of stitehes, made in sewing, remarks upon the various kinds and qualities and fabries nses(in the wardrobe, with complete direetions for eutting aud fitting all kinds of garments for women’s and children’s wear the preparation o table, toilet, and bed linen. lllustrated by nearly 100 cuts of patterns and modes. The appendix eontains full girectim.s for using the Sewing Machine. Neo bemsekeeper can afi?ord to do withaut it. THE AMERICAN SLAVE-CODE, TN THEORY AND PRACTICE Its Distinetive Features Saown by its Statutes, Judicial Deeisi ins 3ndy IHustrative Facts pp-430. 12mo. Price 75 ets., postage paid. From Hon. Wm. Jay tethe Author. Your analysis of the slave iaws is very able, ‘and your exhibition of their practical application by the Southern Courts evinees great ang 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 as impregnable 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.” (,{)Nmrs.——Preliminnry Chapter the Relation of Master and Slave; Slave Traflie; Seizure of Slave Property for Debt; Tnheritance of Slave Property Uses of Slave FProperty Slaves can possess nothing Slaves cannet marry; Slaves BOOKS. eannot constitute families Unlimited power of Slave-holders Labor of slaves Food, clothing, and dwellings of slaves; Coerced labor withont wages Punishments of slaves by the owner and hirer Of laws concerning the murder and killing of slaves; Of the delegated power of overseers Of the protection of slave property from damages }:{y assaults from other persons than their owners acts illustrating the kind and degree of protee tion extended to slaves Fugitives from slavery The slave eannot sue his master No, wer of self-redemption or change of masters ’Fl?e rela tion heredi)tary and perpetual Rights to educa tion—religious liberty—rights of conscience Or iiin of the relation and its subjeets Relation of the slave to society and to civil government; Of the ground and nature of the slave’s eivil eond; tion no access to the judiciary, and no honest rovision for testing the claims of the enslaved ii-mdom; Rejection of testimony of slaves and free colored g:mons Subjeetion to all white per sons Penal laws against slaves Education pro hibited Free social worship and religious ip struction prohibited Legisi:stive, Judicial, ang constitutional olstruetions to emancipation ’Re]a tions of the slave code to the liberties of the free Liberties of the free people of color Liberties O;r the' Whilt'f lP“Of;le of the slave-holding states Lib erties of the white people of the non-slavehold; o peop wveholding Summary review of the slave-code —its charae ter and effects Inquiries coneerning the duty ot Christians, Churehes and Ministers the respon sibilities of eitizens, of society of civil Govern ment, of Legislators, of Magistrates Serutiny ot the legality of American slavery the Heaven preseribed remedy the worthlessness of tempor Izing expedients closing appeal. UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY. BY LYSANDER SPOONER. In paper, 204 pp. Bvo. Prica 75 eents, or, pos age paid, 86 cents. THE MARTYRS AND THE FUGITIVE, BY THE REV. S. H. PLATT. Author of The Gift of Power,” &e and Christ and Adornments,” &e. A thrilling work on Slavery and the Slaye Trade, detailing the capture of a family in Africa by the Slave-dealers, their fearful journey to coast, the horrors of the middle “passage, their sale in America, and subsequent rtyrfimn; the slavery of their son, his terrible sufferings and per ilous eseapes founded upon fact, but fictitionsly disguised in order to shield him ~m deteetion anm(f published for his benefit. Sent postpaid upon the receipt of 38 cents. FTWELVE YEARS A SLAVE. The natrative of SoLomox N ORTHRUP, citizen o New York, kidnapped in Washington City iy 1841, and reseued in 1853, from a Cotton Plan. tation near Red River, Louisiana. 7 illustra trations, 336 pp. 12mo. Price gl, postage paid. VOICES OF THE PRESS. The volume cannot fail to gain a wide cireuls tion. No one ean contemplate the seenes which are here so naturally set forth, without a new con vietion of the hideousness of the institution from which the subject of the narrative has happily (‘SCRP(.‘(].——"’V. Y. Tribune. We think the story as affecting as any tale o sorrow could be.—N. Y. Evangehist. Next to Uncle Tom's Cabin, the extraordina narrative of Solomon Northrup is the most re. markable book that was ever issued from the Ameriean press.— Detroit T'rib. He who with an unbiassed mind sits down to the perusal of this book, will arise rfectly satis fied that American slavery is a lwli“ of torments vet untold, and feel like i{-voting the energies o his life to its extirpation from the face of God's beautiful earth.— Evening Chronicle. CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE American Reform Traet and Book Society 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. Price 50 ets., postage 13 ets. This volume contains the sermons delivered by Doctor Cheever, to immense erowds, at the Church of the Puritans, and elsewhere, in QOctober last, and his magnificent address at the Aecademy of Musie, and is a 12mo. book of 272 pages, prinfe/ on handeome paper, in large type, and neatly bound in eloth. FABLES OF INFIDELITY AND FACTS OF FAITH. A series of tracts on the absurdity of Atheism, Pantheism, and Rationalism. By Rev. H. Patter son. 12mo. 330 pp., cloth, 50 cents. A work adl mirably adapted to the wants of the times. EVIDENCE ON THE SLAVE TRADE. 12mo. 177 pp.,:l ~th, 25 cents. Evidence of over 50 men, Ilnzfuru a seleet committee of the House of Commons, in England, in 1790-91. HINTS TO CHRISTIANS. Designed to aid in their efforts to convert men to God. Flexible eloth, stamped, 18mo., 31 pp 10 cents; paper covers, 4 eents. SINNER S FRIEND. 32 pp., paswr cover, 3 cents. 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