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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29
VOL. s..
Fiction.

Among tho popular rchgionists Of the day
there is a vast deal of cant and more Of incon-
siderate and reckless defamation on the SUBJ
ject of fiction. Hundreds of cIergymen who
have never uttered any ~offectual protest against
that combination Of atrocities, American Slave
ry, often launch their heaviest thunderbo1ts at
the dreadful sin Of novel reading. The Ameri-
can Tract Society has made this practice the
subject of one of its soporifcrous homilies, and
its agents are busy in dropping it in hotels,
steamboats,, &c. Not one of those long-faced
dcvotees Of a heartlcss and formal religion ever
thinks of discriminating between good novels
and bad, or evenof defining the word felton,
Ask them for u definition, and they arc utterly
comic lnded, and if they attempt to answer they
will be pretty certain to give you one which not
only applies 20 the popular novel, but to half
the books found n the Sunday School, and
even to the parallels OF Jesus!
We have been led to maks these remarks by
finding the following passage i'll the f~ittsbuzgh
Christian Advocate, a Methodist Journal Of
unquestionable orthodoxy. 1t is not oiSen that
we find i'll a popular religious Journal any thing
half SO enli 5htcned and sensible.
"Fiction has as legitimate a place in the
world a. poetry ana painting. Alas tor poetry
II you Danish fiction. IL is oor4-paiating; and
Is good, bad, or indifferent, according to It's OBJ
Jcct and tendencies, just Ike q poem or a pic
turc. Our own notion is, that fiction is too
important an engine TO be given up wholly to
the devil and his angels. There is no more
reason why Satan should have fiction all to him
sen, than, Tin the language OF Charles Wcsiey,l
that ne should have al the good tunes. Fic-
tlon' IKE painting, music, poetry, &c., is not an
evl IN itself: but derives its IN oral character
from the purpose of the writer and the tendency
OF his work. This was doubtless the view of
the subject taken by Mr.. Wesley, who re-pub-
hshed, at his own press, that good old fiction,
The Fool of Quality, or Henry Earl of More
land, " the preface of which may be found in
his works to this day.
Let us not be understood to commend indis-
criminatcly where others as Unfortunately
~denounce. The great majority of novels are
not fit to be read, and not q few are positively
immoral. These can be banished only by Gle
waiting the minds and refining the tastes of the
people, not by a reckless crusade against all
novels.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29
SONG For THE NEW YEAR.

OLD TINE has turned another page
OF eternity and truth;
Eo reads with n warning voice to age,
And whispers a lesson to youth.
A year has fed o'cr heart and head
Since last the yulc log burnt
And we have a task to closely ask,
What the bosom and brain have lcarnts
Oh let us hope that our sands have run
With VISIONS precious grains;
Oh ! may we find that our hands have done
Some work of glorious pains,
Thon a welcome and cheer to the merry New
Year,
While the holly CLEANS above us;
With a pardon for the foes who hate,
And a prayer for those who love us.
We may have seen some loved ones pass
To the hallowcd rest;
We may miss the glow of an honest brow
And the warmth of a friendly breast;
But if we nurscd them while on earth,
With hearts all true and kind,
VIII their spirits blame the sinless mirth
OF those true hearts left behind:
No, no it were not well or wiso
To mourn with endless pain;
There's a better world beyond the skies,
Where the good shall meet again.
Then a welcome and cheer to the merry New
Year,
While the holly CLEANS above us;
With a pardon for the foes who hate,
And a prayer for those who love us.
Have our days rolled on serencly free
From sorrows dim alloyi
Do We still possess the gifts that bless
And fill our souls with joy
Arc the creatures dear still clinging near:
Do we hear loved voices come:
Do we gaze on eyes whose glories shed
A halo round our homes
o., if we do, let thanks be poured
To Him who hath spared and given,
And forget not, o'cr the festive board.
The mcrcics held from Heaven.
Then q welcome and cheer to the merry Ne,
Year,
While the holly CLEANS above us;
With a pardon for the foes who hate,
And a prayer for those who love US.
Eliza Cook.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29
Done Brown"

Poor fellow! lie is a used up man, be-
yond all question. Aud we don't wonder
that public sympathy is a little turned to-
wards him. RooT says that when the chiv-
airy pounced upon BRowN, il reminded him
of q picture lac once saw of a gang of prairie
wolves deyouring a buffalo cali: One had
hold of a leg, another of a side, and another
of the neck, while another was pulling at
the tail ale was not sufficiently acquaint-
ed" he said, with the member from Indi-
ana to offer him his sympathy, but if the
member was not now, after the operation
he had undergone, fit to be trusted on the
slavery question, there never could be found
such-a man north of Mason and DiXon's
line"
1t was once fashionable in the North to
cherish men of Southern feeling but accor-
ding to his almanac, that time had passed,
and would never return, never, never
True Dem
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29
salem, Ohio, December %, Is40.
To Correspondents,

We will hand your letter to friend Walker in
the hope that he may find it convenient to do as
you wish. -
7, PA little too theological, but we may
publish when we can find room.
A. C., Deeyfeld. Accepted with many thanks.
viii try to ind room soon.
o. A. J.-Your lincs arc hardly up to our
standard.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29
Gbe Anti Glaperp BuoIr,

I LOVE AGITATION WHEN THERE Is CAUSE FOR
ALARM BELL WHICH srARrLEs THE IN
HABTTANTs OF A CITY, SAVES THEM FROM BEING
BURNED IN THEIR DEDs.-Burke.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

~ GEN. SAN. HoUsToN, the Texan Senator,
who has been supposed to agree with Mr.. Ben
ton on the Slavery Question, has written a let
ter in which he fully endorses tho doctrines of
John c. Calhoun. Tho hero of San Jacinto
would like to be the successor of the hero of
Buena Vista; or, if the Union should be dis
solved, he might perhaps aspire to be one of the
leaders in the new slaveholding confederacy.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

~ GEO. DUTToN, a swindler who has been
palming himself off as a fugitive slave in New
York City, and thereby obtaining money from
various persons, has been arrested for the Of
fence. The fellow is a rogue, no doubt, but not
half so bad as those who, by keeping slavery in
countcnancc, prepare the way for this form of
~swindling. If the black fellow confined his
deprcdations to that class of whites who sustain
the peculiar institution, there would be at least
this poor consolation. that they received only
their deserts; but he has not scrupled to bleed
so good a friend of the slave as the venerable
Hopper.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

AFRICAN ELoaUENcE.-Rev. George Thomp-
son, Missionary at Kaw Mendi, Africa, in a re-
cent letter, says: cit would do you good to SEQ
an African Chief holding forth in a spirited pal
aver. For gravity, dignity, eloquenoe, ease,
gentility, &C., they will compare favorably with
any lawyer, Statesman or President rs Slf
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

~" THE FRIEND OF YOUTH for December
mo. q is all that its best friends could reason
ably expect. We are glad to see that this pub
~lication is acquiring an extensive circulation
Published monthly, at Washington, d. c., for
SO cts. per annum Address Margaret L. Bal
ley, Editor.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

HEAR, 0 HEAVENS "A correspondent of
The North Star tells an affecting story of Will
liam Smith, formerly a slave of Judge CASTOR,
of Newborn, n. C.-who having worked out
his own freedom and redeemed his mother, is
now begging for help to rescue from the New
Orleans shambles a young and beautiful sister,
and save her from a fate worse than death. The
girl is q member of n church and regarded as a
Christian. The man who holds her has been of
fcred s. 1000 for her, but is willing to compound
with her brother and his own conscience by re-
eoiving 5000, if contributed to set her free
Meetings to sympathise with Mr.. Smith have
been held in New York and Brooklyn, but they
were thinly attended. The correspondent of
the Star says, probably with truth, " Had these
meetings been exhibitions of a monkey with a
red jacket on, the churches, which were reluc-
family granted for them to be held in, would
have been filled to repletion." How long shall
cases like this be permitted to mock all our pro-
LESSONS of Republicanism and Christianity ?
Will the popular Church always lend her
strength to the spoilcr? ..r rs
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

G%sDr. South says The taie-bearer and
lhe tale nearer should both be hanged up
hack to back, only the one by the tongue
and the other by the ear.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

tYT The New York Tribune, usually right in
matters of fact, is mistaken in supposing WEN
DELL PHILLIPS to be "principlod against human
governments" Mr.. Phillips refuses all partici-
patton in the affairs of the present United States
Government, not because he is a Non-Resist-
ant and therefore opposed to Force, but because
that government, in its fundamental law, con-
tains provisions which impose upon all who
support it the obligations of an oath to aid in
keeping the slaves in their chains. That oath
he considers immoral, and therefore he will not
take it. The number of Abolitionists who arc
opposed to governments of force per Sc is, we
are sorry to say, exceedingly small. In this re-
spect the popular belief is erroneous. 1t is COM
mon for the press to speak of the American An
ti-Slavery Society as a Non-R Resistance Associa-
ton, whereas it is no such thing. 1t has pro-
pounded no new theories of government, unless
the doctrine that slavery is a sin and that it is
immoral to support, or to swear to support it,
under any circumstances, is a new revelation.
We hope The Tribune will correct its error
Let every tub stand ON its own bottom. As the
disciples of Fourier do not like to be held res
p~onsiblc for every form of Socialism, so ought
not the American A. s.. Society to be charged
with doctrines which it does not hold and to
which the majority of its members are opposed.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

No INTERCOURSE WITH AusTRIA.-Tie
New York Tribune of Monday says:
Petitions are now circulating through the
city, designed to induce Congress to sus-
pend diplomatic intercourse with Austria,
" by reason of its tyranny, its barharous pun
ishments, its sanguinary atrocify, and Judi
rial murders in Hungary, Austria, and Italy"
All this is very good. But we very much
fear that such petitions may give other ma
tiOns the hint to deal with the United States
Ia the same way. If "tyranny, baibarous
prnishments, sanguinary atrocities, and jul
dicial MURDERS" should Ire generally consid-
cred MS good grounds for the establishment
OF a non-intercourse law, the diplomatic
corps at Washington would muster very
small In many Statcs of this Uuion, ssch
atrocities Haynan's as are committed the year
round, and thut7 too under the sanction of
regilarly enacted statute laws.-CriS. Cit.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

ABOLITION MovEMENTs.-Last evening,
MI. benjamin Fowler, of this city, returned
IN me steamer Ocean Wave, after an unsuc-
cessiui tour through several counties of Hi
nous 10 obtain Possession of three abscond-
ing @aSes- About a year since, a negro wo-
man and two boys, slaves of Mr.. f., were en-
need on by ntoiitionists, nnd recently he
iearned thai they were in Will county, Ill.
IN company with the proper officer, he went
10 The place OF their conceslment, and up-
on a legal warrant attempted to obtain DOS
session OF his property but the aboliiionists
OF that vicinity collected in strong force. and
threateaed violence should no attempt to re-
move them Mr.. +. succeeded in getting
one of the boys in his possession, bat was
. forced to relinquish liln-S. Louis Rem.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-12-29

~ Quo SENATE still uuorganized
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-04-26
WASHINGTON Monument.

Sylvanus Ripley, Esq, OF this village, agent
for procuring subscriptions in the fourth Con-
gressonal District for the National Monument
now in the process of erection at Washington
city, is soliciting subscriptions in this County,
and will ere long visit the whole District. He
intends next to take Caledonia County. Having
recently visited the site of the Monument, the
base Of which is begun, and learned something
of the design, we take pleasure in recommend,
ing it to the patronage of the people of this dis
trict. This monument will be worthy Of the ha-
ton which erects it-a lasting and honorable
testimonial to him whose patriotic services it
commentaries and we can hardly conceive it
possible that there is even one intelligent Amer.
lean citizen who will not estimate it u pleasant
privilege 10 contribute his mite to carry on the
work to completion.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-04-26
EDITORS TABLE.

AN AppREss, delivered in the Rep esentntives'
Hall in Montpelier, Ocr. 20, 1913, by James
Da,ie Butler Of Wells River, W. Published
by older of the Legislature.
A very full and very interesting description
of the Battle of Bennington, and valuable ad-
dlon to the history of the State. The pamph-
let is beautifully printed, q credit due 10 the
Burlington Free Press Office. BY the way, at
the same time an address was delivered by Geo.
F. Hough'on, Esq of ST. Adams, which was al
SO ordered to be printed but we have not yet
received a copy.
Godeys Lady's Book for May is out in excel
lent season, and is a very excellent number, as it
ought to be for The merry month Of May.
Liitctrs Lining Age. No. 259 is more than
usually interesting Madame de Maintenon
Lays oil the Scottish Cavaliers, Supernatural Be-
ings, Hartley Coleridge, Massacre of ST. Bar
tholumew Last moments of ralleyrand, Closing
years Of Dean Swilt's life, Mellvle's new book
Mardi, and Austria in her new development. are
the leading articles.
The Anglers almanac for 1S49: New York
John ]. Brown u CO., at the Anglers depot
lC3 Fulton Street.
As az Almanac, just as good as any but we
can't make much out Of the fishing part. The
best way 10 learn that is to go and try.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-04-26
Extensiye Silk and shawl Store.

Messrs. Jeweu q Presco Is advertisement APP
pears in another column, and, if we are any
judges of men and things, ii is TO exaggcration
of the advantages TO be derived from a visit to
the great New England Depot for Shaws aud
Silk Goods in Nj Street. Passing through the
main sa les-room or avenue OF this establishment,
which Is l5O feet in length, we were ushered in
to an arched hall or saloon, some 20 feet by 40,
richly carpeted and furnished; and these two
spacious apartments, with two basement rooms
OF large dimensions, are filled almost exclusive
y with sha~ls and silk goods for the wholesale
and retail trade. AT first glance, it would seem
unjust TO the Wholesale purchasers to have goods
realled from the same establishment, but, on re-
Election, we think the caplld trader will admit
this TO be a mistake. II would be extremely
hazardous for any firm TO inpor. a stock of goods
equal IN magnitude to that Of Messrs. J. g. p,
and rely sngly upon either the wholesale or re-
tail branches of trade for market. Besides,
an union of the two enables the proprielors
to caer for the tastes of consumers, and iu,
port such styles and fabrics will surely find
a ready sale. 1t is by this system, that Stuart,
of New York, has arrived at such distinction IN
the dry goods business; and Il Boston was as
favorable in point Of locality, there would be an
other establishment in no respect inferior.
Considering The large proportion of shawls
and silk goods that are brought out under the
influence OF This well established house, the low
prices at which they are always offered, the SUI
perior fabrics and the styles that always ado,n
their counters, we cannot appreciate the motives
that would induce any lady or gentleman 10
make selections in Boston, without consulting
Messrs. Jewelt a. Prescolt's assortment.
New England Washingionian.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-04-26
Facts for the People.

SINNERS excellent work, "Ihe Plough, The
Loom and The .4nrii," is on its round again, with
lis "a stereoyped pages of matter beautifully
printed, and replete with suggestions for the
practical Farmer, and for every one who would
study the connection between the national in
dusry in all its departments. II is impossible,
one would think, for the Farmer who reads this
work, not to become highly sensible of his obi
cation to DE waichul of the action of the gov
ernment in lts domestic and International policy,
and of The Importance Of all measures which tend
TO draw the consumers close around the produ-
GERS of our great staple commodities. While the
major part of this Journal is appropriated to SCI
enlific and practical agriculture, the following
article may serve to show The earncslness with
which il is exhoriny the followers Of the plough
TO lose as little time as possible in exchanging
its products for such as they may need OF the
loom and the anvll.--BaH. Amer.
COMPARATIVE CONSUMPTION OF COTTON AND
WOOL, UNDER THE FREE TRADE AND PRoTEC-
TIVE SYSTEMS.
The annual Circular of the British Board OF
Trade gives the following statement Of the
Exports Of Packages from Liverpool 10 The u
niied Staies, for lS4s, and the three previous
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-04-26
The Snow Storm of April 18th

Extended over large portion OF the United
States and was nearly severe in South Caro-
lima as in Vermont We note the following:
Wilmington, N. C.-six inches OF snow fell ;
early corn, garden vegetables, fruits and flowers
all swept away.
Fayetteville, N. C.-four inches of snow, icic-
les in abundance.
Columbia, S. C.-snow from IL to o'clock
the people had strawberries and snow at the
same time. Cotton plants were up about two
fact through all the inland portions Of South
Carolina, the cotton, rice and grain crops were
much injured. The same remark applies to por.
tons of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-04-26
" Prescription Prescribed :"

The Loco Foco papers continue to grumble at
the Administration for dlsplacng few OF the
most active pariizans of the opposition. The
following letter from the late Assistant Posimas-
ter General Tower whose displacement great
many tears were shed,) will show what Loco Fo.
cosm deemed sufficient cause for removal:-
Appointment Office, 7. o. Department.,
July &c, l54S
Sir Your letter has been received and sub
mitted to the Postmaster General. think your
reasons for abandoning the Democratic party
wholly unsatisfactory. The Postmaster General
has heretofore refused to listen TO applicants for
the removal OF Poslmaslers Tor such reasons. But
the party to which you are now attached having
token ground against the administration, and The
regular nominee of The party for President do
not see how the administration can farther re-
fuse to act in these cases, without snbjectng it
to tho charge OF lending Its influence to defeat
the candidate of the party.
am yours, sc. w. 5. BROWN.
II. J. SICKLE, Esq, p. M.
Thus 1t will be seen that stalking ground a.
Galnst the regular nominee of the party for Pres
iden:," was a sufficient cause for the removal
while Mr.. BRowN superintendent the gullotlne
But the very men who were oudest in demand
ing the practical application of this rule, are now
The most boisterous IN their denunciatons OF the
Administration, because il has turned out few
men who used their official influence for party
purposes ALBANY Journal. .t..,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-04-26
Wool Depot at White River.

We rive fact or two as to the orgaizotion Of
this Depot, in order that tho wool growers oil
this section may understand the way of doing
the thing. In the first place committees were
appointed in all the neighboring towns to solicit
the wool growers to sign paper specifying the
number of iiecces they would deposit in the de-
pot for sale. This committee reported that 49,
SEQ feeces had beeu subscribed in The Vermont
towns and 1880 in the N. II. towns---esiimated
at 1910 pounds. Eight Directors were then
appointed consisting of
Clark Hough of Lebanon,
George Dewey Of Hanover.
George w. Cutting OF Lyme,
Merritt rarnum of Pluntied N. u.
John Porter and Alfred tlazen of Hartford
Nathan Cushing Of Woodstock, and
Ebenezer Bridge Of Pomfret.
Col Clark IIough of Lebanon, introduced the
following resolution, which was unanimously u.
dopted:
Resolved, That the Board of Directors shall
have the supervision, direction and control OF
the Depot, aud the business thereof may APP
point All agent or agents, as they Shall think
best, but shall not delegate to such agent or o.
gents pny power herein vested in them.
Voted, that The Board of Directors have the
power to ill all vacancies which may occur in
Their number.
We advice the woo-growers Of this section
of Vermout-say of Washington, LamoiIle and
pats of Orange, Caledonia and Orleans Counties
to go and do likewise. The larger the depot,
the cheaper is it TO manage in proportion TO the
amount of sales; ana the sooner the thing is
done the better for all interested. We never
have heard Of Woo Depot which was not sue.
cessful
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-04-26
A CARD.
PANAMA, March 90, IL.

PANAMA, March ~, lS49.
We, the subscribers, citizens OF The United
States, who have taken the lslhmus route to Cal
ifurnia, and are now detained at Panama, wish
ing fully 10 apprise emigranls designing to come
this way of the existing state OF affairs here
submit the following statement for The truth OF
which they Individually and collectively stand
pledged.
There are now on the Isihmus not less than
thirteen hundred (1300 Americans, and the
steamer Falcon Is daily expected from New York
with large number of passengers The steam
er California has not yet arrived, although long
since due, nor is there vessel of any descrip-
ton in this port, destined for San Francisco, nor
can we obtain positive assurance that any sailing
vessel is on her way hther. We therefore feel
it our duty to warn our fellow citizens agains,
coming this route for several months hence, as
they will certainly be subjected to much deten-
ton on their arrival a. Panama. They further
advise their countrymen that there are still on
tho lsthmus many passengers who have been
there SIX weeks, and that the expenses Of living
are exorbitant as well as the price of passage 10
California which in the vessels that lett last was
two hundred dollars The accommodations and
fare IN these vessels were of the most ordinary
kind.