New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-12-14
Thin Rs in Baltimore.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.


BALTIMORE, Dec. IL, 1912.
Our citizens are in fair way to become wise,
if we may Judge by the number of literary lee
lures, so called, which are 80 frequent that it is
impossible to attend the half of them, unless one
possessed the attribute of ubiquity. Nor, ndeed,
is it any privaton to lose the opportunity of killing
time by hearing the half Of them: for at least that
proportion are not worth hearing; howbeit our
people are thankful for small favors'' in this
way. judging by the maaa which prevails to so
great an extent in this community.
In addition to the regular lectures before the
Mercantile Library, ard snndry Lyceums, we have
star lecturers, among whom is the Rev. Mr.
Mafit, who is indeed quite comet in his cratic
course, and attracts much of the puslic gaze as
though he had the tail of comet; and forsooth
the published announcements of his lectures are
nearly as long, furnishing, they do, such an
osanium gotherum of the sublime and ridiculous,
as to astonisIl the natives. Still he draus full
houses and makes money by his lectures; which is
all fair business transaction, since he gets nothing
Tor daily and nightly preaching.
This city is moreover "the headquarters OF
Washingtoniansm, as the recent revival of lem
perance is called, and for the last few weeks, we
have earned the title by the excitement on the sub
ject, which has become we'll nigh universal The
iremen have taken up the work in good earnest.
and the ladies are rallying to the rescue. In.
stances Of signal reformation are frequent and ap.
pear permanent, but still much remains to be done
among the sef-syled higher classes, who still
drink to shameful and ruinous extent.
The Maryland State Colonization Society has
held another meeting, prior to the embarkatlon OF
lot of emgranis for Cape Palmas. DR.. M. Gill,
young coonist of fine talents, and who has been
some twelve years in Africa, addressed the meet
ing, and was followed by Ex-Governor Pinney
The following touching incident was related at the
meeting, which is worth publishing at the North.
The Rev. Amos Herring, colenist from Libe-
ria, who is reputed pous and most worthy col
,red minister, in the employ of the Methodist
Missionary Society, being on visit to the United
States. took passage a few days since in the rail
road line from New-Yerk to Philadelphia, on his
way to this city, with view to sail in the vessel
about to depart from this port for Africa, on ms
return 10 his missionary labors. The day was ex-
tremely cold on account of the Snow-storm, and M
was not permitted to ride in the cars with the gen.
tlemen who were "not guilty OF skin colored Ike
his own" but was thrust into the negro car,
where there was no StOpe. The result was that
he suffered an attack of pleurisy on the passage
which has confined him TO his bed ever since, ana
his life is supposed to be in imminent hazard.
DR.. Goheen, the late Mission Physician from
Africa, being casually in the city, on his way to
Virginia, visited him yesterday with Dr. McGill,
and knowing the worth of Mr. Herring by per
sonal acquaintance during his long soourn at Mon
rovia he manifested a becoming interest in his
case, and expressed great anxiety as to the proba-
BILE fatal termination of his disease.
What a sad commentary does this instance
afford of the cruelty of that prejudice, which the
colored people are doomed to suffer In this "white
mans country Surely this prejudice ought to
relax towards free citizen of our American Col
ony in Liberia, who is gentleman IN MS
appearance and department, and wlthal Chris
tan Missionary of exemplary character and use
fulness Humanity will mourn If this esumabie
man should be sacrifice 10 this unreasonable
and nhuman prejudice. Nor can believe, that
if Mr.. Herring had been permitted by the conduc-
tor TO take seat with the other passengers ana
been protected from the cold, that any gentleman
would have objected, be he from the North or the
South The fault is not with the passengers, but
with the rule" by which the conductor is govern
ed and the life of this useful man will, fear, be
the forfeit Ten years ago no such rule would be
enforced in the North, and it is probably only
another of the fruits of the misguided Abohuonlsts
of the Notsh, which has unhappily embittered
prejudice where it existed before, and created 1t
where it was not, At all events, it furnishes the
nom;nally free colored people OF this country
another exemphfcation of the reasons which should
urge them to fee from this prejudice to the city
of refuge" opened for them in Liberia, where, &C
corling to the testimony of Dr.. McGill, they will
secure the rights of free ctzenship in their father
land, and find in every brother. Mr. Her
ring, though now dangerously i'll, expresses great
anxiety to return in the vessel about 10 saii, and
saws that he would go back to Africa in her ii ne
was only able to "crawl en- board
THE HAYrIgs DrflcuLTf.-A letter from Ha-
vana in the New-0rleans Bee gives the following
explanation of the capture, by Hayden vessel, OF
two Spanish ships, laden with four--in conse-
quence OF which, as we stated yesterday, the Gov
ernor of Cuba has fitted out squadron 10 make
repr;sals:
The negroes declare that they were drives to this
act of piracy by famine, and that they were per-
fishing OF hunger, the late earthquake hao oe-
s,royed every thing they possessed 1t appears
that the blacks were in command of a ship, and
numbered from fifty 10 sixty men