Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-07-06

spius ef, a lew years ago from Virginia, and
now residing in this city. She brought with
her this woman, her mother and two or three
children, upon whose wages she has lived
Tor some years past, and now purposes TO nut
Amanda In her pocket. She Miss A. b.
Is a member OF tue Methodist Episcopal
Church, belongs 10 the McKendree Chapel
congregation, and attends class regularly. | !
an glad 10 say some Of the brethren are a
niue sttrrtd about this Transaction.
Nltlh a lew days another young wife,
win an Infant child in her arms, has been
put into thls same Peoples Jail. She is
seizeo upon by the sheriff, and one hundred
aud eighty dollars levied upon her. Tbis is
done by a woman, too-a Mrs. or Miss NJ.
Of Prince Georges County, Md. Mrs. Nj.
sold the woman a few years since. with her
Two children, for six hundred and 6Gy dol.
lars, aud has received the entire sum, within
hiiy dollars, with the interest, (say, eighty
d~oiiars,) and now leyies upon her for this
balance. The husband procured a purchas-
eT, and has himself contrivcd 10 pay UP $3.50
Of the original sum. The balance is vet due,
not to The woman but some one else, who
made the purchase. The lawyers have col
hold Of the case, and whether the anxious
husband will be able to save his wife, or be
compelled 10 give her uP, Heaven only
knows.
These few slight incidents will help you
to see, a little, how we live and grt on il
this part OF the country. Have we any oc.
casioh 10 dig up old superstilions and witch
cries! or may we find full occupation in ex,
posing and combating those that remain? !.
II not enough 10 make one sick al heart, Il
see, al this noon of the XlXrh Christian
Century, PIRACY, The sanctioned usage of so
ciety! How long shall we grow weary and
r faint in looking, before those Who have pray
ers to otter, testimonies 10 maintain, ballot
boxes 10 WELD, will shake themselves from
sIuth and stupidity, assert their sovereign
majesty, and swear before Israel and III,
sun" these enormllics shall no longeg bt
tolerated
There is a strong disposition on the part o
, Slave holders in this District to sell thei
slaves. They anticipate the agitation 0
Congress win the question of Emancipation
If they can sell, at high market prices, In
smarlest and most valuable Of their Slaves
: and get Congress to pay for II e old and re
= fuse ones, when they must give them M
j that will all be decidedly clever and cOn,(or
! table. That is the q me. You at the IRE
. North know but little Of The ~uiseries endt
red by The colored people here. Not a da
passes, that some family is not torn TO piecs
and made desolale Observation-Disclosures
{ The ''badies and souls of men,
= The case OF Dayton and Sayres has gor
a through the forms of the Courts. The
= stand convicted Of the au(ui crime of 'cary
d ing out Of The District Of Columbia sever
g ,y-ono "persons !" That is the lergth an
u breadth Of their offences. is not PROVED
that they inveigled, urged, advised or aske
them 10 60. 1t is not pretended, they di
anything Of the kind. The seventy-on
persons" were found on their schoone
20 Pearl, going down the Potomac; that is al
i dayton Is fined one hundred and forty do
Nv lars for each of the persons and Sayres OF
hundred for each of them, the whole su
he footing UP seventeen thousand and forty dc
l. lars! They are committed TO Jail I'LL pa
a ment is made. One-half Of the fine mont
Is goes to tic schools Of the comfy, and Il
Iy other. to the rdscals claiming the peers ons
is 1t will he good hard money when it is pal
probably ! it is for the people Of the Nor
h. 10 say what shall be done neA. in the case
iy these noble martyrs 10 the fanaticlsm and
s. Tocily Of Slavery.