Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-05-19

he has established in the former city. He
will undoubtedly succeed in making a hand
some collection Of curiosities.
Sir John franklin, who four years since
sailed on an expedition to discover a North
West passage has not been heard rom. His
wife has offered EaOOO to any one who will
make successful exerlions to obtain tidings
Of him.
Ezekiel Lane died recently at Buffalo, a.
ged l02 years. He built the first house there
in 1884, and himself and family were the
first white inhabitants of that place where
now is a city of five thousand houses, and
where is heard the hum and hustle of forty
thousand people.
a school teacher in Pennsylvania has been
convicted of sending a challenge for a duel,
the penalty for which is $500 fine and i'm
prisonment. The prisoner during the trial
gave such evidences of insanity that a motion
for a new trial was filed.
A Yankee has invented a hanging machine
which does up the work by steam. This in
v%ention, we think, will hardly be accepta-
BILE to the advocates for capital punishment,
unless a new version is given to their foun-
dation text so that it will read "Whoso she'd
deth mans blood, by steam engine shall he
be choked to death"
The national expenses of Great Britain for
this year are estimated at 1870, 900, 900.
There is a section Of country in New Jer-
sey where they mine cedar shingles. An
immense number of logs have been discover
ed at a depth o twenty feet below the surface
which affords an inexhaustible quantity of
material TO those thus engaged. How they
got there the writer does not say.
The remains of Major Webster, the son OF
Daniel Webster, who died in Mexico, arri-
we'd in Boston, as his father was about con-
signing to the grave another child-Mrs. APP
pleton, of Boston.
The Hoffmans ofN. y. recently sold in one
hour 100000 worth of sugar this is said to
be the largest sale of the article ever made in
this country.
A Boston Yankee has invented a sewing
machine which may be carried inside a hat,
and which works at the rate of fire hundred
stitches per minute. If it will sew on alb
sconding buttons, patch dilapidated panta-
looms, and darn stockings, it will prove a
great blessing TO single gentlemen, and
should be called the Bachelors Companion.
An arrival at New York from Barbados
brings intelligence that great excitement had
been produced in the French West India Is
lands by the news of the French revolution
and the announcement that slavery was to be
abolished in the islands. At Guadaloupe
and Martinique an instruction of the slave
population was hourly expected, and a gen.
eral alarm pervaded the white inhabitants
Nat. MteHigencer.
That part of the above item of news in re-
lation to an anticipated Instruction, we must
take the liberty to disbelieve. That an ex-
element should be created in those islands
by the intelligence that the Provisional Gov
eminent of France meant to be consistently
republican, is no marvel; but there was moth
ing in such intelligence to incite the slaves to
instructions; but on the contrary, had they
contemplated a rising, an intimation that they
were speedily to be made free without loss
or risk to themselves, would have caused the
movement to be postponed, and made them
content to ''wait a little longer" for ''the good
time coming"
1t would be difficult TO make men believe
that a convict who had been informed of the
Executives design to pardon him, had, in
consequence of such knowledge attempted to
break Jail; and yet thousands give credence
to this more improbable tale, merely because
it appeals to their hatred of the negro.
The CONFERENCE OF THE NJ. f. CHURCH
has been, and perhaps is still in session in
Pittsburg. We have seen but a very mea-
gre report of its proceedings, and noted but
little of particular interest except its refusal
to hold official connection with a delegate
or representative from the church South. A
delegate from the English Methodists was
present. A warm discussion upon the 1ues-
ton of slavery was anticipated. One of our
exchanges says,
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that a petition has been presented by Bangor
Me. asking the Conference to refund contTi-
buttons made to the Book Concern, if the
Conference decides to share the Book Con-
Germ with the South; the petitioners declaring
their intention of Withholding support di'
rectly or otherwise, to Slavery. Numerous
DetitiOns were also nresentpd from adhorinc