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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03
General Items.

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There are three thousand and foriy-seven
miles Of Telegraphic tmm unicstion In the
United States, and two thousand, eight hun
dred and twelve in process Of construction.
A volcanic eruption occurred iu Georgia
on the 18th ult. Sounds resembling distant
thunder, and a slight shaking Of the EARTH
were followed BY a discharge Of rocks from
a q mountain at a place called the Narrows.
The deficit in revenue under the new law
Of the Post Once Department was 100000
the frat year OF The experiment, this year but
$40 900. In consequence Of this marked inn
provement In It's %resul,s, a yet greater redoc-
ton in The rates Of postage is anticipated.
The Supreme Court Of Indiana has given
a death blow TO the law Of that State making
it a penal offence for a negro to settle there
without giving bonds-it has decided 1t TO
be unconstitutional, a decision eommon sense
gave long ago.
John Carlisle lie sentenced to be hung at
Darlington, 8. c., on the e5th Of February,
for stealing and selling q slave.
The first paper published in this country
was "The Boston Newsletter" the 6rst
copy Of which was issued April S3rd, l7le.
1t is proposed TO build a suspension bridge
over. The Niagara immediately above the Falls.
1t will be constructed Of sixteen iron cables,
eleven hundred feet long, and not less than
four inches thick. 1t will be two hundred
and thirty feet above the water, and Is de-
signed to have a railway track through the
centre. Mr.. Ellet, of Philadelphia, has con-
racied to build it for $3.50, 600.
The Duke of Buckingham owes his crodi.
tors nearly ten millions Of dollars! His real
estate canno, be touched, while his personal
property is not worth more than half a mil.
lion-one tpentietA Of what he owes Many
of the English nobility are quite SIS unable to
pay their honest debts.
John Quincy Adams is now ntnets years
old! and expects to take his seat in the sp-
preaching Congress.
The small pox is destroying an immense
number of sheep in Grea, Britain.
Two hundred and twenty years ago, Ss4
purchased the land which now forms the
county Of New York, and upon which The
city stands.
Eight hundred pounds of gold are annual
ly made into pens in this country. One man.
u~facturer in New York expends $1,000 week
ly in his business-the manufacture Of the
silver cases is another branch of trade.
There are but 1900 proprietors of land in
Ireland, and 5000, 900 landless persons
There must certainly be a change soon.
The steamboats, Tempest and Talisman, on
the 18th ult. ran into each other on the Mis-
sissippi river. The latter Immediately sunk,
and some fifty or more passengers who were
in bed at the time of the collision, were killed
or drowned.
Governor Whitcomb, of Indiana, met with
a severe accident on the 10Th ult. He was
crushed between the cars and the platform
Of the depot, and it was feared, very much in
jured.
The city of Oilalsn, in Mexico, was dos
troyed by an earthquake on the 23d of Octo-
Der,
Canales, the guerrilla chief is dead-sO say
accounts from Mexico.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03

DIscoNrISUANcE OF THE SUNDAY MAIL
The Rochester American learns from the
Mail Agents that hereafter there will be no
way.mail on any of the railroads of New
York on Sunday. The through mails, how
ever, between the principal places, will be
carried as hereiofoTe.-Er. paper.
IT there be any grester crime In carrying 4
letter or newspaper on Sunday than on Mon
day. the large through malls should IS GER
tainly be discontinued on that day as the
small WY malls. Such an arrangement ss
tia, stated shove sespv very much hhs
vAohsok shining and rt'Sii repentance.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03

WHAT sExri-lt may be a mawkish SEN
sibili,y which leads US to view with such dis
gust the putting of "nigger concerts" by pa
pers, whose editors claim to be par excellence
the friends of the colored man, as has been
the case with the Cincinnati Herald, both
under its last and present proprietor. We
say 1t may be a mawkish sensibility, or it
may be sympathy with the down-trodden peo-
pie who are carrlcatured by "Sable Harmo-
nists'' and Ethiopian Serenaders"-we are
willing the colored man should, himself, de-
eide.
The question Of what next !" was sug-
gested by seeing in a recent No. of the Her
aid an advertisement Of the '.Sable Harmo-
nists'' surmounted by a picture Of hve musi-
clans with blackened faces, and in what was
designed for negro attitudes. Had we found
such a display in the New Orleans Picayune,
and in midst of advertisements for runaway
negroes, we should no. have been surprised
nor are W peyy much surprised by seeing u
in the columns Of the Herald.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03

PErIrIoYs.-Ths Elk. Com. have prepar-
ed petitions for general circulation. A great
many copies were sent last year to persons
who it is feared never troubled themselves
about them. IT'S unwise to furnish petitions
for waste paper, and it would be well if those
who will circulate such as we had last fall,
would send for them if they can. We shall
however send out copies next week to some
of those who, we presume, will attend to the
business.
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The Value Of Slave Population.

Tho Auditor of the St1ts Of Kentucky, has
made a return of the Taxable Property in the
State of Kentucky, with various other inter
esting Statistical details. Some of those
items furnish tho means of making a very
jus, estimate of the value of Slave capital;
Number Of Slaves in Kentucky, 1885, s
Aggregate value, S5~8,ll5.994
Average value of each individual, 1906
Estimating the cost of keeping a family,
on the lowest scale Of comfortable life, the
average cost Of a family of six persons, lin
Guiding all the children cannot be less than
$500 per annum. The interest on the value
Of each ia SlS,36 per annum. This for the
family is Sllo,l6 more. Applying these ag-
gfegstes to the whole number Of slaves in
Kentucky, and wa find that the cost Of ksa.
ping slaves amounts in each year. to mere
than Thirteen Millions of Dollars!
The total valustion Of the State is casa.
7l6,ls3. The cost Of keeping the Slaves
then. amounts to Ave per cent. on the eniir'
amount Of capital In the etste Of Kentucky
This COS, alone IA deemed IN Barops a GOO
i~ntsrsst on propsr8s IF thsse indtv4dusk
supported themse! 9s, tSA sesa!, il psoSao
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03

DECLARATION or INDRpENpEsck.-The or.
iginal Declaration of Independence, in the
hand writing of Thos. Jefferson. with nu-
merous in,erlinear and marginal corrections,
is now In the possession OF the American
Philosophical Society In Philadelphia. ltis
preserved with great care. We learn that
the society will not allow any copy to be
made of the instrument.
Not allow a copy to bs taken1 Why sol
Does 1t contain something, which, If publish.
ed would cause an unpleasant agitation in
The circles of the South5
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03

or We have inserted in this weeks pa
per a communication from B. F. Perky,
somewhat personal In its character it Is true ;
but perhaps no more so than the %clrcumstan-
oes of the case will warrant, He believed
that injustice was done him In a letter we
published some time back, and he therefore
presents the other version of the story. It IL
NOT desirable that q eontrosspy In regard to
such q personal matter, be protractsS,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03
The Presidency.

The Oneida Herald, published at Utica,
New York, comes out enthu sisstieally for
Mr.. Clay for the Presidency. 1t says, mo
monan power can Withstand the onward
march Of freedoms cause led on by HESsY
CLAY" Bot we hesitate no, 10 say that
Freedon's army never will be led on By any
man VINO don't care enough for Fresdom to
free his own slaves. 1t Is useless for the
friends Of Mr.. Clay 10 count on any such
thing. The voice Of Kentucky has been spo-
ken In favor Of a change in the constitution
OF that state with q view TO einancipation.-
Let Mr.. Clay bow TO that voica, and set his
slaves ifeey then, Ia addition 10 his opposition
10 any territory, let him take tho ground that
D'orriiory shall be forced by Siaveholders
upon US, 1t 'AaH be free, aud Northern Wing,
and Democrats and Aboli,ionists will listen
to his voice, and follow bis lead, and strike
for God and Liberty, and erswn hia iastdiys
With Tat glory whlcI bee, his In prospect
during bis early efforts in the cause OF Free.
DOM.
The above extract from the True Demo
crat don't Look much as If the conductors O
that paper intend TO be either csjoled or brow
beaten into the support Of Henry Clay, idol
lied as he Is by the Wing party.
Go ahead, neighbors! We hope your eff
forts will at least redeem a portion Of tina
party from the disgrace Of voting for a slave
holder. SO far, 80 good. We ,sust yor
will take advance ground by and by.
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To Correspondents.

@. d. ]. Sent him a draft this week.
hope he has received it ere now.
C. r. C. Wherefore tho changed
Would not the priest prepare the 'taekie?"
B. F. P. Seventy five cents. We have
forwarded the copies ordered.
B. NJ. c. Report has not yet come to
hand. ..
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03

G- 1t was stated in a previous number,
that the expenses of VIM. Lloyd Garrison's
illness at Cleveland, were 800; and an in
vitation was extended to those who wished
10 aid in defraying them, to send their dona-
lions 10 the Treasurer of the Western Anti
Slavery ~Society-such contributions to be
acknowledged through the columns of tho
BugIe.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03

o. Several Of the AntiISlavery Disunion
papers are congratulating themselves upon
the death of the Liberty party. This would
be, no doubt, a happy event for them, ena-
bling them, as it would, to crafty that pen
chant to desecrate the graves Of the dead, to
find food for their malice, of which the bye
ma and themselves have the monopoly. When
they have satisfied their appetite, by this
fresh feast, we trust they will, without fur
thor ceremony, address themselves to the i'm
portant work of the Emancipation Of the
Slave. They seem to be in danger Of forget
ting it.-Cin. Herald.
Hoity toity! One would think that the
Herald had never said a word against any
who were no longer numbered with ,hs living,
but on the contrary had unbounded respect
for Nero, Caligula, Robespierre, and-to come
nearer home-the deceased partner Of Frank
lin and Armfeld's slave-trading firm. We
suspect however, that the Herald would be
rather hyenaish IL the merits Of these worthless
were brought upon the tapiS, but for any Of
Liberty party's dead members who have done
wrong to be spoken Of, or the defunct party
itself, oh horrible! horrible!!
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-03

Tie Eeoero,, (says the Boston Transcript)
are a numerous class Of persons In the Met-
lean clues, corresponding very nearly to ths
i0rzuroni Of Naples, and the hogfrs Of the
United States. The number in the city OF
Mexico has been estimated at $4,000.
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ton to the State, would be at least equal 70
what IL now Is, while the enormous tax up.
on other properly would not exist. This.
however, is a question for Kentueky.-0"-
Clro7,
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@There have been som very thin sheets
In The paper we have been using for several
weeks past, as some Of our subscribers have
doubtless perceived. A loi has been order.
ed from another manufacturer which we hope
will be far better.
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Too Late.

We see by a notice In some Of our eachan-
ges, that Lysander Spooner has been issuing
a Part end to his Uncons,itu,ionsli,y Of SIa.
very. We should say he was "a day after
the Fair"-or 10 fit the language to his par.
ticular case, IA few weeks after the Buffalo
Convention"
Now that Liberty party men have taken up
Hale, they must put do,on Spoonsr. The tick
Q, lie not, and could not have been Hale and
Spooner; the only way In which these names
can be brought into jux,ap %osiiion, is, Hale
or Spooner-and IS the former was adopted
the latter must be discarded.
Somebody was kind enough to send us
Part LIST Of tho work, but as we have not YET
learned the lesson it contained, the donor pio-
badly thought there was no use in furnishing
us with Part end. The arguments in the
first book, were apily described as an attempt
to reason the nose of q mans face but we
should Judge FROM the m we have
seen upon the end, that his subsequent effort
wss directed to reasoning the head of a mans
shoulders.
But, as we have intinated, tho hook lie too
late in its appearance; the authority OF Spoon
er is weakened by the nomination Of Hale.
The members Of Liberty party have no further
use for the spoonerian theory--at least, moi
until the Presidential candidate of the Indie.
pendent Democrats becomes a convert TO it.
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ENcouRAaEMeNT.-A good friend in Ash.
tabula Co., who greatly desires to see anti
slavery works as the result Of anti.slavery
faith, and whose practical abolitionism is
worth more to the cause than the dead pro-
LESSONS of all who say in Quaker phraseolo-
gy II unite" but do nothing TO give value
to their unity, thus discourses Of what a
handful in her neighborhood have resolved
to do, and are doing, in sustaining sewing
circles.
~ was right glad to see your article on
sewing circles-it was just right. In Sep
TENDER we organized with halfa dozen meu-
bers, but have increased to seventeen. In
the beginning we pledged ourselves to raise
$50, 90 this year for the Western Socie-
ty, and we have gone 10 work with a right
good will to do it. We have given to our
circle the name we love and honor-"Garri-
sonian Anti. Slavery Sowing Circle" and now
intend TO go ahead.
"a small circle of little girls have also
gone to work with great zeal-adopting for
their motto No union with slaveholders.-
You will hear from them at next years Fair"
That little girls circle pleases us. The
STAKEHOLDER breads such an organization with
its bold hearted motto, far more than he does
the namby PANTY resolutions Of political eli
que and ecclesiastical c~onclave whose mem
bers, however much they may talk agains
slavery in their smoothly spoken way, con-
tinue, and intend 10 continue to hold fellow.
ship with the oppressor.
We presume there are not less than twenty
towns in Ohio which can each do as much as
the one of which we have been speaking, il
they soiN, and if each individual will bu'
commence the practical copjugation Of the
verb ~ tUiN," they will be surprised to find
the rest as easy as a school boys lesson anc
that Thou wilt" and ale will' naturally
follow, as do also tho plural "We will
you viii, ""They will"
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c. DONALDSON & Co

WHOLESALE & RETAIL MERCHANTS
Keep constantly on hand a general assortment
OF HARDWARE and CUTLERY.
No. Is MAIN ST. CINCINNATI.
July II, 40
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$4,000

at the Ultimate disposal Of the American An
ti-Siavery Society.
MARIA Wrsroa CHAPMAN,
ANN 4. GREENE PHILIPS,
and others,
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Rebuked and humble in spirit, the an.
xious merchant retired from his count
ing DOM and sought his home. His
heart felt lighter than it had been for
many days.-and yet he could feel its
weight in his bosom. In his extremity
aid had come, but from quarter least
dreamed of-from one who, in like
extremity, had asked him for consider,
alton, but asked in vain.
On the next morning, Mr.. Elder
went to his place of business with feel.
ings but little less troubled than they
had been on the day before. His pay.
ments were lighter, but his means were
or the first time, exhausted. The best
he could do would be to borrow; but he
already owed heavily for borrowed
money, and was not certain that to 60
further was practicable.
He thought of Mr.. Carlton; but ev-
cry feeling of his heart forbade him to
seek further aid from him.
81 deserve no consideration there,
and cannot ask it," he murmured, as
he pursued his way toward his store.
The first thing that met his eye on en-.
terng his counting room was a pile OF
ships letters. There had been an ar
rival from Valparaiso. He broke the
seal of the first one he took up with ca
gerness. "Thank God!' was his al
most immediate exclamation. 1t was
from one of his captains, and contained
drafts for fifteen thousand dollars. it
also informed him that the slip Sarah.
commanded by said captain, would sail
for home in a week, with return car
go hides and specie amounting to thirty
thousand dollars. The voyage had
been profitable beyond expectation.
Elder had just finished reading the
letter, when Mr.. Carlton came ln.-
Selling the kind-hearted merchent by
the hand, and pressing it hard, he said,
with emotion
"Mr. Carlton, you have saved me {!
All! sir, this would be to me far hap.
pier moment, if, seven years ago, when
you were in trouble, had as generous.
ly aided you"
"Let the past sleep in peace" re-
turned Mr.. Carlton. "lf fortune has
smiled again, permit me to rejoice with
you, as | do with all who are blessed
with you, as do with all who are blas-
sed with favorite gales. To meet with
difficulties is OF use to US. 1t gives US
the power of sympathy with others;
and that gift we should all desire, for
it is a good thing 10 lift the burden from
shoulders bent down with too heavy
a weight, and throw sunlight over a
heart shaded by gloom.
Mr.. Elder recovered from his Grip
pied condition in the course OF few
months. He was never again kno wn
to Cypress suffering debtor.
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The Life Clock.

There is little mystic clock
No human eye hath seen, .
That beatetb on and beateth on ..t...
From morning until cen.
And when the soul is wrapt in sleep
And heareth not sound,
1t ticks and ticks the livelong night,
e And never runneth down.
Oh! wondrous IS that work of art
Which knells the passing hour;
But art ne'er formed or mind conceived
This life clocks magic power.
Nor set in gold nor decked with gems,
By wealth and pride possessed,
But rich or poor, high or low,
Each bears it in his breast.
When life's deep stream mid beds of flower
All still and softly gides,
Like the wavelet's step, with a gentle beat,
1t warns Of passing tides.
When threatening darkness gathers Ger
And hopes bright visions flee.
Like the ullen stroke of the muffled oar
ltbeateih heavily. ..,.
When passion nerves the warriors arm,
For deeds of hate and wrong.
Though needed not the fearful sound
Its knell is deep and strong.
When eyes to eyes are gazing soft,
And tender words are spoken,
Then fast and wild il rattles on,
As If with love 'twere broken.
Such is the clock that measures life,
OF flesh and spirit blended,
And thus twill run within the heart
TIL that strange tie Is ended.
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Report Of the Secretary Of the
... .. Treasury.

The annual report of The Secretary
of the Treasury is before US.
The report sets out with the receipts
and expenditures for the fiscal year en-
ding on the thirlieth of June last, which
are as follows:
RECEIPTS AND MEANS.
From customs, $26, ZIP, ,667 81
From sales of public lands, 1854 1852 4s
From miscellaneous sources, 92, 1926 II
Total receipts, 29,499 PAT O6
Add the balance in the treasury 1st
July, 1915, 1868 ,3O6 22
Total means, 37,l57,55S %
The expenditures during che same
fiscal year amounted to the sum
of .'.... 2s,Osl, ,ll4 20
Leaving the balance in the Treas
ry on the LIST Of July, 1916, of 9,l26 ,439 Os
The estimated receipts and expendi-
lures for the fiscal year ending 3Oth
June, 847, are as follows:
RECEIPTS, VIZ:
From customs, lst quarter, by ac-
tual returns of the collectors, Sc, ,153, ,S26 80
For the I'd, Sd and 4th quarters. as
estimated, 2l,6sI ,9O4 81
Total from customs. 27,s35, ,73l 90
From sales of public lands, $4,000 90
From miscellaneous sources 100, 900 Oh
Total receipts, exclusive Of treas
ury notes and loans, 1885, ,73l 90
From treasury notes under the act
22d July, 1916, $4,000, 900 0o
From loan under
the same act, 5,0OO,O 90
--- 10000 900 90
Add balance in the treasury Ist
July, 1876, 9,I26 439 Os
Total means, as estimated, Sc, 1862, ITO 08
EXPENDITURES, VIZ.
The actual expen-
dtures for the
lst quarter end
ing 30th ofSep- ..
tember, 1876,
amounted to $l4,0SS ,65I 81
The estimated ex- .-H r.f
penditures for .,
the public serv-
ice during the
other three qrs., le fas-
from the lst of tr~.
October lSi6,to
30th June, ,lSI7 Ha9.3
are as follows, a 8 s,.-s...,i ..4a
viz ,......
Civil lists, foreign ''' ''~
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Debtor and Gre editor.
BY T. s. ARTHUR.

Two men met in Wall street. They
were merchants.
"What do you think of Cartoons af
fairs Mr.. Elderg' asked one of them.
81 think we shall secure a pretty fail
per ccntage. Don't your
"Yes if we wind him up"
"That we shall do of course. Why
let him 90 on? 1t will take him two OF
three years to get through, II at all"
"lfhe can get through in two or three
years shall certainly be IN favor OF
letting him go on. Times have been
rather hard and business dull. But
every thing looks encouraging now.''
81 don't believe in extensions, Mr..
Highland. The surest way when I.
man gets into difficulties is to wind him
up and secure what you can. Ten
chances to one, if you let him 60 on,
you lose every cent"
81 have granted extensions in sever
al instances. Mr.. Elder" replied his
companion, and obtained, eventually,
my whole claim, except in single
case"
"l,'s always risk. Igo by the mot
TO ''a bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush," returned Elder. ~ am al
ways ready to take what can get to-
day, and never trust to the morrow
This is my way of doing business"
% "But do you not think the debtor en-
titled to some consideration"
"How?' with a look of surprise.
"He is man Of like passions with
ourselves"
= 81 don't know that understand you
exactly, Mr.. Highland"
"Mr. Carlton has domestic relations
as wei as you and l."
81 never doubted it. But what of
that2"
"If we break him up in business, the
evil will not visit him alone. Think Of
the effects upon his family"
m sin trade we never consider mans
family relations"
:. "Bu, should we not, Mr.. Elder?
Should we not regard the debtor as a
mang
"As a man who owes us, and unable
to pay what is due; but in no other
light" returned Mr.. Elder, with a
slight cull of his lip"
e''rhere we differ widely" ,lf
.g Sand will continue TO differ. / mag
inc. Good morning, Mr.. Highland"
The two men parted.
An hour previous, Mr.. Carlton, ab out
whom they had been conversing. sat
with his family, a wife and three daught-
ers, at the breakfast table. He tried
to converse in his usual cheerful man.
f,er, but too heavy weight was upon
his heart. There had come crisis in
his affairs, which he feared would not
be passed without ruin to himself.
If the effects Of this would not reach
beyond his store and counting-room? if
upon his head alone would fall the frag-
ments of his broken fortune, he would
not have m1rmured. But the disaster
could not stop there. ltwould extend
even to the sanctuary OF home. l'a