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Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05
DRUas, MEDICINES, PAINTS. bis, GLASS Sc

THE SUBSCRIBER would respectfully inform 2e citizens of Baton Rouge
and Tho adjoining Parishes, that he has opened o9 LAFAYETTE STREET-two doors
snnh orpke q Harts-s !
In entire fresh md neo1y selected stock Of drugs, medi-
cines, paints, oils, dye-stQ6S, pctWtery, brushes patent
medicines, and every other arhcletusuEally sold by Apothe-
carries, which he offers for sale ats .r
WHOLE SALE Ok RETAIL,
and nlelr,s hirnsdfl to servo Them on as good terms al they can be purchased
here ar in Now Orleans. @ IL
p- Es,scial caren H be obsYped, in carfuHy filling prescriptions. 20
O. p. DAVIS
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05

CANDID ADvIcE.-A Middlesex Magis.
trate who was possessed with the itch of.
scribbling, and had written a book which
be meant to publish, sent it 10 Dickens for
his opinion, who, finding it full of absurd
ties, returned it with his compliments. and
desired bis worship would send it to The
| House Of Correction.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05
THE SAILOR AT THE THEATRE.

The SAILOR AT THE THEATRE.-A
sailor in the pit of a theatre, on looking
owe his playful, read, san interval Of
twenty wears occurs between the first and
second acts" At the end of the first act,
he put on his old ~tarpaulin and Lett the
house saying, STEW Of these folks will live
10 see the end ont"
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05

ANEcDoTE.-A wine merchent receiV-
ed the following note the day after the fire
in Water st.
"My dear L. am sorryto tell you
that your store was last night burned to the
ground and your wine is all gone to the
devil
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05

CANDLE PUNs.-An inveterate friend Of
the Major asked yesterday, if the people
of Baltimore illuminate with candle "war-
ranted not to rum" with what sort should
the people of Vera Cruz illuminate
u dun no" said the Mayor.
"Why, spare my city," said George, 'to
b.. sure, spernqcity, Mayor, and nothing
else
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05

UNDEciDED.-A young couple of our ac.
q%uaintance have been on the eve Of effect.
ing an ~elopement for more than a year,
but they can't screw their courage to tho
sticking point. An uncouth, unsentim6n-
tai individual win insist upon it that the
young lady ''knows on which side her
bread Is buttered.' Some months since
they made a pretty fair attempt to get off;
which vas frustrated, when the lover took
his four-bladed knife, and fourisled it fran.
tically over his head for the space Of i
minute and a hall, to the imminent danger
Of nothing IN particular.-E. Bulletin.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05

EMIeRATIoN.-In the month Of March
$4,000 Ifish arrived Al Liverpool, and
24,7O9 in The first fourteen days of the
month ofApril. Upon this mass, the NOR.
tally has been forty per day.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05

SALT.
100 sacks coarse and fine salt just receive
ed and for sale
BEAL and Son.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05
He renlied az follows:

"Dear r., am glad the wine is
gone where my friends will be most likely
to drink it. Yours truly, l."
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05

CYpREss pARRELs-In lots to suit purch
asers, Of a superior quality BEAH 4 So
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-06-05
CnRN and OATS.

500 bushels sack corn,
so sacks of oats.
2For sale by bEAb and SUN
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-21
Treatment of Douglass on Board the
British Steamship Cambria.

On our first page will be found a letter
from Frederick Douglass, giving a vefy clear
account OF The treatment received by him ON
his departure from England. In the Liver
pool Mercury we observe a letter from Viii
liam Short, Of Dublin, in which the same
facts are stated, and upon which The editors
OF the Mercury-the most influential paper in
Liverpool--comments as follows. under the
head Of DiseRAcEFUL ~PERsEcUTIoN:
"We have received the following nara
tive, and, disgraceful as it is that a human
being should be wronsed, i~nsalted; and Ia
booed on board a vessel in the service of
Great Britain, for no other reason than the
color of his skin, we are afraid THAT there is
no ground whatever for questioning its accu-
racy. Ii relates TO Frederick Douglass, the
fugitive slave, now happily free, whose lee
lures on slavery have created a powerful SEN
sation in this country"
We trust that the friends of the colored
man, The friends rather Of Justice and human.
ity, will not let this matter rest here. Mr.,
Cunard, or whoever else it may he, under
whose orders this Liverpool agent has acted,
should be made TO feel the weight of indip-
nation and contempt which such base nander-
ing to a wicked and brutal prejudice deserves.
We trust that British Abolitionis,s will look
10 IL that when Americans 90 abroad they
may find at least this change-that the sign
OF mo NIGGERs ALLOWED HERE!" is not per-
mitted in fact nor in spirit on British soil or
British vessels. In Heavens name let there
be one country where the Shareholder and his
friends may understand that the morality OF
the slave-ship is properly appreciated and de-
lesled, and the bearing Of tho overseer is not
submitted to. The spirit which sends Fred
crick Douglass to 4 cabin hy himself in the
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-21
January &c, 1917.
Fran tie Libsrdtoy.
The War--FOiCe of Massachusetts.

nv IN
nu al tng nesoiut'1as haNe oeen auoP,
tGu ny tne lie lIsla'ule OF Massach9sets ano
.,Sn0u " .ue GosGinof' !" une senate rne
SN9e y" ue" i"at passage was leas, 20
~ ~ o1s .'v 'ole on pSSslne
90 ~ 70 a. 'Tt VS. eds' No, tNaye'
~, - - ~ 80 GUY Ways "e0
"" fe'
HeSo'Ced' mat the present war with Mex
!co mas It's primary of,g'n In me unconstitu-
uonai annexation TO the United States oil the
N,ia5alIv "oNuanoo5 ~. - "a5 u"c1N.t-
presidan, ~ GoneroI ~, ~ ,nLa II
-, nossassior ~ tar,i,a,3S ~ 80, ,.lia
he TIni,ed Sta,es and ~" ~ 80,
cy,oGon of }1rin,. anJ a., !, 49, -
ged-bv y nownrr,l n,,ion araia., ~
ACCOMPLISHMENTS iy .nJ ES"i, I' 800
canse. NJ Immense cos, Of r.. enrao nt IIsc,
for the dismembero,snt ~ Mo- ana -,
the conouesi Of n nnr,ion r. i, rt.rri,ar, r,an,
which slavery has airc do bacn n,cy,IoI
with The ,rinIe uLinc, of .yy,ondi,n I'ra.r'
of strengtbtning The .S,ye.P% mEr ID
obtaininS ,be con,rI Of ,l,o Iree S,,tas
dor The CONSTITUTION of H. ri.;,aa s., ''
Resolved. That sucb a war NJ co,o,os. %,
hateful in its objects, so wantop. uninst and
unconstitutiona in its oririn and cbnrac,er
must he regarded as , ,y,T a,v1,ns, CoaI'
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-21

promise 10 be subject to his brethren in the
lord IL, In obedience 10 his conscience
and the word of God, he debars slavebolders
from The Lords table, he IL told bv the ubi.
qultous agent OF the brethren, that the wuotE
church In General Assembly, including him.
SSey, solemnly declared that slavery as il OK.
lsts In the United States =" sno bar to Chris
tian communion" We cannot throw our
contributions INTO any channel of benevolence
open TO us as Presbyterians, withor, know
ing ihat they are mingled with the price of
"'oou' ana go to propagate a religion that
goes not hesitate TO enslave its own converts.
ror u Presbyterians in the United States.
Nwhere the gospel has been preached for two
hundred years. will ~enslave their own breth.
ren In Christ, what moral principle stands in
me way oil their doing It in Africa, in Asia.
IN south America. or where ever su.h servi.
tude IS known} Thus we manacle the slave.
our tights as free Presbyterians are cloven
Town. and we are left with but one poor pri-
vllege-ihat Of submitting TO our degrada-
lion.
Brethren, shall we continue criminally in
different TO this state of things, and sink down
70 dishonest graves, cursed as towards bv
nose who are struggling for the right! Or
snail we unfurl our glorious old banner 10
the breeze, on whose ample folds are inscrib-
ed those truthful words" Presbyterianism,
The eternal enemy of all oppression, civil or
religious"
Brethren, have done. He who searches
The heart knows whether, in the movement |
have proposed. and in the suggestions | have
made in its favor, | have been actuated by a
sincere desire for His glory and the good Of
His blood-bought church. Humbly appeal.
ing to Him for the Teclitude of my intentions
and affectionately urging the above thought;
upon Your candid consideration, | await tn,
action of the next General Assembly as de
Gliding the question, whether we shall marcel
out of our present church organization TO tn,
rescue and support of TRuE Presbyterianism
or remain to rejoice over the reformation o.
onr beloved Zion.
PESQVTEp
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-21
WHOLE NO. 81.

stratagem, Il will say nothing Of lis mean
ness to deprive me of my berth, without
openly mourning the responsibility of tramp
ing upon' and robbing a traveller of his
ngn,s' on account Of the color Of his skin.
me agent said, that great Dissatisfaction
na1 oeen given TO the .qaicrican travelling
pubic, by my having been permitted 10 come
on Inc qnarter-deck, when crossing the At.
iantlc IN the summe Of 1915, and that much
iIi leellng had been created against the line
IN America by what | said against American
slavery during the voyage and that while bp
would not undertake 10 defend Am, rio an nre-
Jildlce, he must, nevertheless, prevent the re-.
c%urrence of any such event again and M
1t went home in the ship, | must 90 in an
apartment wholly separate from the white
passengers +; but that | should lave every az.
commodation in the way of atten,i IN and
apartments enjoyed by other passenrers.-
Subject TO this restriction, | must never en-.
Ter the saloon--the part Of the shin the most
commodious, and where other PASS n rers
took their meals. ! must eat alone-sleen
alone--be alone. These were nv Limits on
board the British steamship Cambria. Bv
this regulation, was not only deprived OF
the privilege of eating in the saloon, but also
shut out from religious worship. We had
."o :ouhudys during the voyage, and in con-
formlty 10 the religious ideas of The Comma
ny, as well as of the British public, had req
ular religious service performed on board
lhey called upon 4" M Edther,'' the Creator
OF The heavens and the earlh-lhe God who
has made of one blood all nations, The black
as weH as The phite-to bless them-while
they cursed and excluded me on account of
the color of my skin. This, | thought, was
American slaveholding religion, under Brit
,Sh co'ors, and felt myself M great loser by
being excluded from its benefits.
Aside from this prescription, | was as well
provided Tor as any other passenger. Indeed ,
my apartments were much to be preferred TO
any which saw on board. | was treated
with the utmost politeaess by every officer
on board, and received every attention from
the servants during the whole voyage. II
may be asked, then, why do ] yet complain
The answer is, that my position was one of
coercion, when it ought to have been that IF
option. The difference is as wide as that Of
freedom and slavery /; and the man who can
not see the one, cannot see The other.
In haste, yours, sincerely.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-21

sale Of The motherl Those in the slave States
who have nocseen such scenes as these, must
have lived in some obscure corner, or have
shut their eyes. And yet, during my whole
residence in the South, ] never saw or heard
of a petition, remonstrance, or any such thing
10 the lawmakers, to get an end put TO their
wicked laws and practices. blush when |
think of this, for / have 10 take guilt and
shame to myself.
And now a few words on the sinfulness Of
slave-hoIding. ! never have known . slave
holder awakened to a sense OF his sin and
danger by the Influences OF the Il"ly Spirit,
(for the spirit of God operates among slave
holders as well as Others, and He is not driv-
en- from his work by armed mobs or carnai
weapons.) but Slavery was amongst the first
things which troubled him ard when brought
to indulge q hope in Christ, his conscience
was always peculiarly tender on that point,
until his difficulties we're removed by some
spiritual leader.
Now, Messrs. Editors. others may believe
whom they may, but | Would not give the
Of the Holy Ghost on this or any
other subject, for that Of all the Doctors Of
Divinity in the land.
If you should think proper to publish this,
| may send you some facts coTroborative of
the above.
W. N. ALLISON.
January 26, 1917.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-21
WASHINGTON County. Pa.

MEssRs. EDITORS AS there is being a
good deal said at the present day, about
Southern Christians bringing the discipline
OF The church 10 bear on the c~ruelties of sla-
very, and about their moaning and lamentinu
over this great evil | also wish to state a
lew iacts on the subject, if possible, 10 shed
some light on this reTed question.
And hrst, will remark that a residence of
thlrly-slX years in the South, in the very
midst OF Slavery, afforded me a good oppor-
tunity OF observation on this subject. Again,
l VIII remark, that my feelings were very
early enlisted on the subject Of church 90.
vernment, and even before ] became a mem.
Der OF the Church, | was led TO admire the
principles upon which the Presbyterian
Church was governed and therefore any
ihing IN practice which related to this depart
ment OF the Church, attracted my attention.
! VIII now give you the result Of SOM of
my observation. j am, and have heen, per-
sonally acquainted with a great number of
ministers, elders and church-members, who
owned slaves, and who never made an effort
either public or private, 10 teach them 10 read
the Word Of God. And / never knew an in
stance OF any attempt being made to disci-
pline members for this great sin of omis-
sion.
IL is a universal practice among slavehold-
ing chufch-members, 10 have family worship
while their slaves are at work. never knew
but one exception 10 this-and who ever
heard OF this being made a disciplinable Of
fence! | have known elders and private
members, tie up men, women and children,
some OF them aged and infirm, and fog them
severely, and | never knew it TO iniure their
standing In lhe Church. | have known null
tliudes OF clurch-members who bought and
sold slaves "JOr gain" who parted husbands
and wives, parents and children, without any
notice whatever being taken of it by the
Church-eNceptin one Instance, where a man
and his wife were parted, an elder brought it
before The session, and the result of the whole
matter was that the elder was honored with
a call from Judge Lynch's posse, composed
Of church-members.
And now, as to the groaning and painting
OF church-members in the South, to get rid
this great evil. It's generally known that
the laws OF the slave STATES authorize buying
and selling slaves, and parting asunder all
those natural ties which are so dear to hus-
bands and wives, patents and children, bro
Tiers and sisters, and almost every species of
conceivable. Who in the South has
not seen the slave-driver securing The coun-
Try, Just as we see the hog and cattle specu-
lalorS do in this country, and driving their
herds OF slaves through mud and water, and
frequently shutting them up in opens pens at
night, without anything to shelter them from
The weather, be il ever so inclement! Free
9uen'ly these gangs are chained together with
heavy chains.
Who in the South has not seen the inhu.
man siave-driyer going about trying to give
away the infant from the mothers breast,
amid her waillngs of anguish, (and frequent.
~ successful that 1t might not injurc the
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-21
L. YIN EAI,
Deputy Sheriff, NJ. c.

I'J U"N''H' d" -
Now, let an ingenious, benevolent man Of
the world read this advertisements, and what
effect must il produce on his mind ! He in
siinctively shudders, and recoils from a reli-
gion that can cement the walls of its Theolo-
gical Seminaries, with the blood and tears of
sundered families! He points to the Bey of
Tunis, who has emancipated every slave in
his dominions, and contrasts with this act Of
a heather, the Presbyterians Of the United
States, erecting Seminaries and paying the
salaries of Theological Professors, by practi-
ces, at which heathenism would blush. Who
SO blind as not to see that such things as these
must spread infdelily over the land, more
dangerous than that produced by Paine's
''Age of Reason! Think then, of the church
driving men into infdelity
Now, brethren, that Seminary at Columbia
is our seminary. Those professors are our
professors. That act infamy, so unblushing-
ly committed before the sun, by the doctrine
of representation and Presbyterial unity, is
ours. We sanction it by setting down TO the
communion table with it. This outrage up
on all decency is published all over the land,
and il never has been rebuked by any court
Of the church, and it never will be and a no.
torious crime not censured, is either approved
or is not considered censurable.
The world trembles as it reads in the do.
ings of 1915, that the Presbyterian Church
will %enslave and chattelize its own converts.
And well may the world tremble when it
reads on The page Of history, that, in the name
of Religion and Liberty, the most terrible
outrages have been inflicted on humanity
Crime in the church, when the pulpit lhun-
ders against it, and when discipline is armed
against it, is comparatively harmless. But
when that crime becomes sanctioned and sane
tilted by church legislation, and by the prac.
tice of those whose piety it were treason to
doubt, mankind may shudder at the existence
of such a religion. History has Justly charg.
ed the Church of Rome with all the bloody
scenes enacted during the French Revolution.
The Priests taught the people that Popery
was the only and pure Christianity. The
people saw that 'the church, was the sworn
enemy of all liberty, and the sworn friend OF
absolute tyranny. They therefore undertook
TO destroy Christianity from the face of the
earth. But the French people were deceiv-
ed. They mistook the whore of Babylon for
the pure spouse OF Christ. Could they hay e
seen Christianity in her pristine character,
liberiy-loving and liberty giving, the history
of that Revolution would not have Mortified
the world. The future historian also, will
lay at the door of the church in general, and
ours in particular, the guilt of that inidelity
that is sweeping over the United States like
a flood. We are disappearing Christiani-
ty in regard 10 a subject on which the Ameri-
can mind feels most intensely-that of per-
sonal liberty. AS a church, we authorize,
like Tyrus Of old, and the whore of Babylon,
a - trade in the persons Of men," irrespective
Of color or religion. For all tho inhdelity
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-21
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
From the Waichman Of the FaHey.
Facts about Slavery.

Such facts as the following. attes,ed By a
responsible name, arc Just the kind OF inior-
nation we need to decide and act intelligent
ly on the subject. A residence of Miyty-sir
gears in the South, must certainly give the
writer a good opportunity TO know whereof
he afirms.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-05-21

In a church worse than theyl Thus, are we
hamstrung in politics, because we will be in
consistent in religion. Thus, our ministers
expose themselves TO the natural suspicion,
that 1t is their salaries and their ease, that
keep them in a church of which they have no
hope that it will be reformed. Ii NAV be
said that, il we leave The church, we lose our
influence with it. But what influence fer
good have we exerted during the last ten
years! Al the very time we fused our in
fiuence" most, the Assembly OF 1915 retro
graded a whole century! No! The truth
is, we have no influence upon our pro-sIave-
ry brethren, but they have influence upon us.
While we are so Inconsistent as TO commune
WIN slavery, and to baptize it in the name of
the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
we cannot have, nor do we deserve TO have,
any Influence. On the contrary, we will be
despised for not feeling The force of, and APP
preciating our W principles.
vi. .3nofher consideration, and one that
presses Nth mountain weighf upon ma mind,
rs, that tile present position IF the Church is
producing an alarming amount of fnddehfv in
the WOrM, and a terrible degcneracy among
ourSelres.
The church was designed by her Great
Head, 10 be the salt of the earth, and the light
of the world. Woo be to her, when her light
has become darkness, and the salt has lost its
SAVIOR; she then becomes a stumbling block
TO the world. and a rock on which men make
shipwreck, instead of an ark for their saliva
ton. There is, in our country, a large class
of humane, philanthropic men, who are bet
ter acquainted with the professors of religion,
than with religion itself. These men are
taught, that " the church, by its ministers
and members, is the correct expounder of the
Christian Religion. They feel in their very
hearts core a conviction of the unparalleled
turpitude of American slavery. and when they
see Ministers and Elders ia the North, apol-
ogizing for the system, and Ministers and Ell
ders in the South practising the system, they
come TO the conclusion, that Christianity is
a slavehoIding religion, and the church is a
brotherhood Of thieves. Mahomedonism, the
world over, emancipates the slave, the very
momen. he is converted to the faith of his
master. But the American Christian sells
his fellow man and his fellow christian for
money! The following notice of a public
sale, is taken from the Savannah Georgia.
Republican of the Sd of March, 1915, the
same year that marks the grand dpostacy Of
the Presbyterian Church from her %ancien,
faith. After describing the plantation, the
notice adds;
"Also, at the same time and place, the fol-
lowing negro slaves, TO wit: Charles, Peg
gy, Antonett, Davy, September, Maria, Jen-
ny and Isaac, levied on as the property Of
Henry II. Hall, to satisfy a mortgage, issued
out of the Mcintosh Superior Court, in favor
of the Board of Directors of the Theological
Seminary of the Synod of South Carolina and
Georgia, against said Henry T. Hall. Con
4 ILL.,, ,,el
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y. The ultimate and ineritGJh dirision Of
our churches.