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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01

ed criminals were not proof against them,
such persons surely could not be.
After this, the services were closed in the
Male Prison, by singing the Millennium
and the Farewell"
In our Prison the piece first mentioned was
sung at the close of a brief but appropriate
and spirited Sermon by Mr.. Luckey. the
Chaplain. You are so well acquainted with
the condition and spirit Of things with US,
that | need not enlarge upon the pure and
exalted pleasure that was manifest IN every
countenance in our little Chapel. Then fol
lowed the clay Of the Prisoner" with an
effect as touching as had been witnessed in
the lower Chapel, and the services were
closed with the " FAREWELL"
"Perhaps, after all, the most affecting
scene occurred in the hospital OF the Male
Prison, when the unfortunate inmates of that
place Of sickness and death - some of them
in a state of gloom bordering on despair, and
others drawing near to the grave were per-
mitted to listen to the heavenly strains of
these charming Ministries. 1t was almost
enough TO g create a soul under the ribs of
Death" The eye of the stricken invalid,
moistened with tears, sparkled with unwont-
ed brightness, and the pallid face seemed an
mated by a new hope. With what touching
effect came TO us all at that moment the sig
niicant words of Christ, " | was sick and
in prison and we came unto me- n few
words spoken by Mr.. Luckcy on this occa-
sion were in admirable harmony with the
spirit awakened by the music. Such a
scene to have its full effect, must be Witness
ed it cannot be adequately described.
The influence of this visit upon the disci-
cipline of the Prisons can hardly be over es-
timated. | am confident it will be visible
for months 10 come in the more cheerful ODE
dience of the prisoners to the rules of the
institution, in the diminution of that dull
ness and listlessness so observant in all pris-
ons, and in a more serious attention to relig-
ious instruction. 1t is by influences such as
this that all necessity for the lash may be
removed as gently and efiectually as the icy
drapery Of winter is melted away in the gen.
ial atmosphere of Spring.
Not one of our prisoners who was pres
ent at the visit of the other branch of this
gentle and musical Family had forgotten any
of the pleasant incidents of that occasion,
and | can scarcely tell you how grateful they
are for this second blessing - for a blessing
indeed it is to them.
And also to US! l mean to us especially
who live at the Female Prison as officers,
and are little less excluded from the pleas
ures of society and the delights afforded by
art than those under our charge. In the
dearth of our social ~enjoyments, such visits
are scarcely less a boon to US than to our
prisoners.
But you understand all that. | will only
add that the universal wish of all here is tina
the Hutchinsons might be often among us
with their gentle, unaffected manners, theil
hearts of harmony, and their music SO wei
calculated to produce such hearts in others
Very truly, yours,
T.. w. FARNHAM.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01
From the Harbinger.
THE

In the deep wild wood is a lonely man,
And he swings his broad-axe like a slight
rattan
His garb is uncouth, but his step is proud,
And his voice, when he speakoth, is firm and
loud.
The forest recedes, as his strong arm swings
And he letteth in light like the King of Kings.
His hut is of logs, ard his infant brood
Tumble forth to rejoice in that solitude.
They chase the honey bee home to its store,
And the old tree gives up what it never bore,
They hide in the breaks, they rush thro'
the stream,
And fit to and fro like the things of a dream.
The mother is pale, like the sweet moon
light,
But they say, in her youth, no rose was so
bright;
She moves in the cabin with gentle grace,
And the homeliest things have their regular
place;
She sings as she works with a signing
smile,
And her far off homo riseth in vision the
while. E. B. W.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

The N. Y. correspondent of the Washing
ton Union, relates the following:
"My friend and neighbour medical man
has an Irish servant-girl, called Mary, who
has only been in the country aboutfour months.
She is a hard-working and kind-hearted crea-
ture. She called on me yesterday to ask a
favor, which was conducted something after
the following fashion:
Good morning 10 your honor
Good morning, Mary how are all at
home!'
'All well. give your honor thanks; but
I've just called after asking a favor, if I'm
not intruding upon your honor
Not at all, Mary. What Is it | can do
for youY'
well, tho doctor says you sometimes
write to the old country, and / wish to know
II your honor cannot put me in the way list
after sending a little money to my poor little
brothers in Ireland 2
Certainly l can. How much do you want
to send, Mary?
May it please your honor, by hard work,
| have jist saved 43 or SIS. Ihave two poor
little brothers in the poor-house in Ireland,
between the ages Of 7 and . years. The liv-
ing is very poor for the poor boys, who've no
mother or father. / hear potatoes will be
very scarce in the old country this winter ;
and am afraid they'll suffer for something
to eat and to warm them, when the weather
gets so cold. | wish to send them this mo-
ney, to take them from the poor-house, and
make them comfortable
Il shall be most happy, Mary, to get a
draft on a good house in Liverpool, who will
see that the money you intrust to me shall be
honestly and faithfully applied as you wish.
And more than this, though | am poor my
self, | will add a small trifle to the amount,
which may help the boys to be more COM
fortable.'
'Oh! your honor is very good, and | don't
know how to thank you enough. | know
your honor means all right; but what is a
draG?'
1T is this; we pay a good man in New
York our money, who is an agent for, or a
partner in, a good house in Liverpool. He
then gives US an order on his house in Eng
land, payable to your friends in Ireland.-
When it is received, your friends are inform.
ed of it by mail. They then tell the Liver
pool house to remit to them, or their mercan.
tile friends in Ireland, when they duly receive
it. This is safer then sending the geld be.
cause, if one draft is lost, we can get another
when, if the money should be lost, it would
be gone forever
'Oh! bless your honor, I just see how il
is. A thousand thanks to you. Here's the
43, and I'd jist wish you to do with it as you
would for your own relations
Certainly | will, Mary
"A thousand blessings on your honor. I
must be away after my work. Good morn.
ing, sir
Good morning, Mary
This poor woman had worked hard evel
since she landed in New York, in a servilC
situation; stinting herself in every thing no
absolutely necessary for her comfort, in ordel
to lay by this small sum of money, to be sen
out to her poor orphan brothers, confined in q
work-house or poor house. Her simple story
was very affecting.
have no doubt there are many such thu:
toiling and struggling in New York to carr
a p%ittance, which they freely divide with thei
poor friends left in Ireland,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01
From Jerrold's Magazine.
DEATH AND THE HANGMAN

Up a crazy old house-top,
In a dreary room, whose walls were hung
With pictures grim of the gallows-d:op,
And the doggerel rhymes by felons sung
There, at the close of a Sabbath night,
The hangman sat as mute as stone:
There he sat in the murky light,
He and his shadow alone-alone!
The hum Of the streets had died ava
And the mighty city held its breath,
AS though it knew that the coming day
Had been set apart by man, for Death.
The hangman rose, and paced the room,
(The curse of Cain is a weary curse y
He paused to look at the felon's doom,
And he tried to hum the felon's verse.
At length to his shadowy self he spoke:
"Two living creatures, of flesh and bone,
/ on the morrow must help to choke,
Doing to them what to others they've done.
"When first took to the hangman's trade,
I'd many qualms at the gallows-tree;
But | said, otis law, and those who made
The law must answer for such as me-
"The makers of law have honor and wealth,
But /, who finish what they begin,
Can only creep among men by stealth
For somehow, they think my craft a sin.
"Two on the morrow must hang till they're
dead,
And | must hang them, nor pause nor quail;
For where should | look for my daily bread,
If the gallows' gain, alas! should fail?
We have nothing to fearr' said a voice
(and the room
Was fl'd with a damp and fetid air,
And the walls all reek'd like a long-closed
tomb,
For 10! the presence Of Death was there.)
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01
WORK-FAINT NOT.

There are times when a heaviness comes
over the heart, and we feel as if there were
no hope. Who has not felt itl For his
there is no cure but lcOtk. Plunge into it
put all your energies into motion-rouse
up the inner man-nct, and this heaviness
shall disappear as mist before the morning
sun.
There arises doubts in the human mind
which sink us into lethargy, wrap us in gloom,
and make us think it were bootless to attempt
any thing. Who has not experienced them!
Worh that is the cure. Task your intellect
Stir up your feelings-rouse the soul-do,
and these doubts, hanging like a heavy cloud
upon the mountain, will scatter and disap-
pear, and leave you in sunshine and open day.
There comes suspicion of the best men,
and fears about the hottest efforts, and we
stand like one chained. Who has not felt
this! Work. Therein is freedom. BY night,
by day, in season and out of season, WORK,
and liberty will be yours. Put in requisition
mind and body, wal with inertness, snap the
chain-link of selfshness, stand upa defender
OF the right and be yourSeL-and this suspi-
clon, and these fears will be lulled, and like
the ocean storm, you will be purified by tho
contest, and able to bear and breast any hu-
man i'll.
GLADDEN. life with its s~unniest features, and
gloss it over with its richest llues, and it be-
comes a poor and painted thing, if there be
IN 1t no toll no hearty, hard work. The la
borer sighs for repose. Where is itl What
Is 1t! Friend, whoever thou art, know it is
to be found alone in work. No good, no
greatness, no progress is gained without it.
Work, then, and faint not; for therein is the
welI-spring Of human hope, and human hap
piness.-Irue .9mcrican.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01

awe have nothing to fear! Good men may
preach ,
That life is sacred that none must slay !
But we have the rope and the beam to teach
That the laU can Kill its two a-day.
"And the gallows-lesson som WiH learn
So hangman mine, there is always hope
That we must thrive until all men spurn
Those grisly teachers-the beam and rope"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01

WELL ANSWERED. A person who sus-
pected that a minister of his acquaintance
was not truly a Calvinist, went to him and
said -"Sir, am told that you are against
the perseverance of the saints "Not l,
indeed" answered he sit is the perseve-
rance of the sinners that 1 oppose."' "But
this is not a satisfactory answer, sir. Do
you think that a child Of God cannot fall
very low, End yet be restored ~ He repli-
ed 81 think it will be very dangerous to try
the experiment."
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES
J. MCCLURE, Il Go.

DEALERS in Produce, No. IL Front st.
~ between Main and Walnut, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01

A cloud is on tho western sky,
There's tempest DER the sea,
And bankrupt States are clustering high,
But not a whit care we.
Our guns shall roar, our steel shall CLEAN,
Before Columbia's distant stream
Shall own another's sway;
Well take our stand,
And draw the brand,
AS in the ancient day.
They count on feuds within the Isle,
They think the sword is broke,
They look to Ireland, and they smile
But let them bide the stroke.
When rendered one in hand and heart,
BY robber wal and swindler art,
Home griefs all cast away;
We take our stand,
And draw the brand,
AS in the ancient day.
Oh, let them look to where, in bonds,
For help their bendsmen cry
Oh, let them look ere British hands
Wipe out hat living lie.
Beneath the flag Of Liberty
Well sweep the wide Atlantic sea,
And tear their chains away;
lnefe take our Stdnu,
And draw the brand,
AS in the ancient day.
Veil, starry banner, veil your pride
The blood-red cross before,
Emblem of that by Jordan's side,
Mans freedom-price that bore.
Nc land is strong that owns a slave,
Vain is it wealthy, crafty, brave:
Our freedom for our stay,
Well take our stand,
And draw the brand,
As in the ancient day.
Shout, dusky millions, through the world
Ye scourge-driven nations, shout!
The flag of Liberty's unfurled,
And freedoms sword is out!
The %slaver's boastful thirst of gain
Tends but to break the bondsman's chain !
And Britain's on the way
To take her stand,
And draw the brand,
As in the ancient day.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01

FATHER MATTHEw.-The great Tempe
rance Reformer of Ireland still perseveres in
his work, declaring that the few cases of
backsliders which have come to light may be
clearly traced to the very great temptations
which have been presented by the dealers in
strong drink, or by persons who employed
strong drink as the means for eifecting some
netarious purpose. He still numbers moro
than five millions of consistent teetotallers.
PREcocITY.-'' Would you like me to give
you a dollar !" asked a little boy of a gen.
tleman he met in the street. "C~ertainiy,"
was the reply. "Very well, them" said the
boy, do unto others as you would that 9TH
ers should do unto YOU"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01
ID z TAD.
From tie Dublin Unirersitg Magazine.

From tie Dublin University Magazine.
My dear IL send you the song you wish
cd to have. The Americans totally forget,
when they so i~nsolently calculate upon aid
from Ireland, in a war with England, that
their W apple is rotten to the core. A ma
ton with three or four millions of slaves, who
would go to wal with an equally strong ma
ton with no slaves, is a mad people.
Yours, G.P r. JAMES.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-05-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
VISIT OF THE HUTCHINSON FAMI-
LY TO THE STATE PRISON.

The following letter from Mrs. Farnham,
Principal Matron of the Female Prison at
Sing Sing, to Judge Edmunds, we publish
with great pleasure
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-06
CLARKE COUNTY.

Al a large and respectable meeting Of the citi-
zsns OF Clarke county, held on The 22d of Decem'
Der, 1915, al Reynolds Hotel, in Berryville, fol
the purpose of expressing their opinions relative
10 a Convention 10 amend The Constitution, James
Castleman, ESQ was called 10 The chair, and Mr.
Champ Shepherd appointed secretary.
n. Carroll Mason, Esq, offered the following
prea mple and resolutions, which, with some little
amendment proposed by P. Mccormick, Esq.
and accepted BY MIR. Mason, were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, this meeting is duly sensible Of the
importance OF holding a Convention 10 amend
their Stale Constitution in such a manner as
would prove most %efec,ual to The advancement Of
popular rights, and also for correcting any Other
defects in our present Constitution, which a Con
ven,ion. in its wisdom, may see ht-Therefore,
Rcsolred, That we are in favor OF a Conven'
lion 10 revise and amend the present Constitution
Of this Commonwealth.
Resolred. That we urge upon our Legislature
the importance OF passing an act TO take The sense
ofthe- neople of Virginia on the propriety, expe
diency. &C., of calling such a Convention.
Rssoirsd, That W. are in favor OF the furihel
extension of popular rights, and are DESTROYS o
seeing, as far as practicable, The blessings, i'm
munities and privileges Of our Republican gov
eminent extended 10 all our citizens.
Rssolred, Tha. by going into a Convention
we need apprehend no danger 10 our rights anc
liberties, while there is virtue in the people, anc
so long as man is capable of selt-government.
On motion,
ResOlrsd, Tha, a copy Of these proceedings b
I forthwith forwarded 10 MIR. Funston, our delegate
in the Legislature.
On motion ct Mr.. T. F. Pendle;on,
Hesolred, That the procee lings Of this meetinI
be signed by The Chairman and Secretary, an
published in the Richmond Enquirer and Wing
| and the Winchester and Charlestown papers.
The meeting then adjourned.
JAMES CAsTLEMAN, Chairman.
C. SHEPHERD, Secretary.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4,h.
SENATE.

The bill directing the commissioners Of the re
verne for the county OF Hardy 10 change The as
sessment OF certain lands Of VIM. Seymour, anC
the heirs OF the late Gen. Henry Lee OF said coun
", was taken up.
The bill was opposed by Messrs. Thompson 0
A., and Witcher, and advocated by Messrs
Crawford, Thompson Of r., Wallace, Strineer
Gallaher and Caperton-and passed-aye: II
noes IA.
The bill concerning the Presbyterian and LII
theran congregation OF Jacobs Church in She
nandoah, was taken up.
Mr.. CRAWFORD explained the bill
Messrs. THOMPSON OF A. and WlTCHER
opposed the bill.
MIR. VOOLFOLK moved 10 postpone The bill
indefinitely.
Afthr some remarks from Messrs. Voolfolk,
Witcher, Crawford, Gallaher, Thompson Of r.
Caper,on and Stanard, The motion 10 postpone
was carried-ayes %, noes 4.
The bill concerning The Lutheran and German
Reformed Congregation in the county Of Wythe,
was taken up and postponed Indefinitely, on mo-
ton of Mr.. VOOLFOLK.
An act concerning Lieut. Edward S. Gay OF
The Public Guard was taken up on motion OF
COX.
Messrs. THOMPSON of A., WITCHER
and McMULLEN opposed the passage Of the
bill, and Messrs. cox, CAPERTON and STA.
NARD sustained it-and the bill passed, ayes 10,
noes 10.
On motion Of MIR. DENNIS, the Senate ad-
iourned.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-06
FoR TIE ENQUIRER
To the People Of MsckleBwg County

To the People Of Msckea5lDg County
FeIlow.citizens Ii being well ascertained lha,
our long-lried and faithful public servant, Mark
Alexander, has declined a reelection 10 The Le-
g%islalure, ii becomes us TO look around, and see
which of our citizens would be mos, likely 10 sup
ply his place, with honor 10 himself, and TO the
best interests OF the county. Among others, who
nigh, be mentioned, we know Of no one tctter
qualified than Henry Z. Coleman. He is a gen.
,leman Of fine sense, of first rate education, and
a ,horough-going Republican in his principles
intimate with The great questions which divide
The Western end Eastern portions Of Tie Stale,
and eminently capable OF defending our rights
upon The floor OF the Legislature. II is more
than probable, We think, from Mr.. C.'s habits OF
privacy, and the retiring modcsty Of his nature,
that had he been consulted, he would have beer
opposed 10 any use Of his name in The coming
election. But, at the same time, we doubt NO,
that, should it appear 10 be The wish OF many
friends that he should become a candidate and
the nomination be fairly conferred upon him, ne
would accept it. We, therefore, invite our Demo
cratic friends Throughout, the county, 10 unite up
on him; being firmly persuaded tina, We have no
citizen more worthy, and no one more deserving
or The support Of the people, Than Henry Z Cole
man. NAM 'ohIno'
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Terms Of the Enquirer.

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upnn tue EDITORS
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To TIC Editors Of he Enquirc,

MEcKLENsuRG COUNTY, Jan. 81, 1916.
Messrs. Editors : The fact having been an.
%nounccd, that our faithful and talented repre-
sentative, Mark Alexander, Esq, will not be a
candidate for re. election in The Spring, you will
please announce in your next paper, that il Is
generally understood in the county, that a con-
yenlion is 10 be held al Boydton, at February
Court, for the purpose Of selecting asuccessor, al
which time, the name of Decatur White, Esq,
a Young and talented member Of The Democratic
party, will be presented and his claims warmly
supported. II is deemed unnecessary al this time
10 say any thing oil The qualifications Of Mr..
White, as he is vel known 10 the people OF old
Mecklenburg, as Republican ofthe true stamp
and a gentleman Of the first talents, admitted by
ali. More anon. MANY VOTERS.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-06
In The summary OF The proceedings OF The

In The summary Of The proceedings Of he
House OF Delegates yesterday, it will be seen
that Mr.. Yerby's proposition, appropria,ing fhY>
thousand dollars annually + the primary Schools
was passed by the lower House. Friends as We
are OF The general diffusion OF educstiot,&e
cannot but express our cordial dissent 10 tfS,
movement. In The first place, it operates most
unequally upon The different portions OF The
State, and must ensender hostility 10 The cause
Of education. But, above all, 1t will decidedly
interfere with any improvement Of the present
system, which all experience reaches US is radical
ly detective. We had hoped, (and we do mol ye.
despair Of success that The Legislature would
authorize a system Of District Schools, 10 be
adopted By each county that may desire it, and 10
be supported by The taxation OF each and every
county. This seems 10 Us TO be the mos, equi,a.
bic system, and The che most likely 10 attain he
great object in view, viz: the diffusion Of inielli.
gence throughout the Commonwealth. II Mr..
Yerby's proposition be made a law, il will, We
respectfully submit, not only create prejudices
against Education. but will fas,en upon US the pre-.
sent inefficient system.
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POPLAR OUN SCHOOL.

TX
I'VE Female School at my residence, at Poplar
! Mount, In Gternsviile county, will inmenee The
Is: of February, 1916, and end the lst Of december. l
VII lake as boaidsrs in my family not exceeding eight
scholars. Wtll be taught In my School the Engisn,
French and Latin Languages, and, also, Algebra ana
Geometry.
TEGMS-sl0o for Board and Tuition for the term OF
ten months, including every charge except Music,
which VIII be an extra charge Of $40.
Jan. 27-c5t JNO. r. HARDAIAY, NJ. d.