Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-06-22

SENTENCES IN CHARLBsToN.- last was
" sentence day in the criminal court at Charles
ton. An Irishman, named John McNamec,
convicted of aiding slave to run away, was
sentenced to be hung on the 18th Of Scptem-
Der while Reuben Dickey, who, whom drunk,
murdered his brother in law in shocking man
ner, was convicted Of manslaughtcr and sem
tcnced to nine months imprisonment and a
fine of $50. Another similar case received the
same punishment.
Con SPBEp THEM THE Baltimore corrcs-
pondent of tho Tribune says: Tho number OF
slaves who have absconded this Spring from
their owners is said to be large, and reports of
the continual emigration 10 "free soil multi
ply thckly. IL masters will not froe their
slaves, they seem disposed to free themselves.
/ will try and show you, before long, the ex-
tent of this emigration. 1t will open slave
owners eyes, l think.
CALIFoRNfA GoLD.-Tho quantity Of Cali
fornia gold imported into New York from the
18th June, l849, to 4th June, 1850, was $685.
347. The value of gold dust brought by pas
sengers, and not entered on monifcsts, for tho
same period is estimated at Sl,00O,000 making
an aggregate of Sli,OOO,OOO for the year.
The Missouri papers speak of an omigrant
who packed up his traps in whoclbarrow and
set off for California. At the last advices the
pedestrian had passed every company preceding
him on his journey, except the mule pack train.
lie is hardy Highlander by BIRTH and is well
capacitated to endure the vicisstudes that must
attend such an undertaking. Since his dcpar-
turc thence, other omigrants, in Strengthened
circumstances, have started to California with
wheelbarrowsl
A NEW WoNDER-The True Democrat
says that Mr. Thayer has invented a process
of tanning shcepskin in three hours, II neces-
sary; ordinarily in twelve and leaving it, TO
all appearances, as strong and well finished as
the softcst leather Those who have tried them,
say that skins thus tanned will last as long as
the best.
The SLAVE TRADE.-Williams the slave
dealer and Maryland overseer, boasts that he
has cleared thirty thousand dollars within the
last six months, by his traffic in human flesh.-
Such l am informed and believe was his re-
mark within a few days past.-C0r. True De-
mocrGt.
CONNECTED NERsoN or THE BTBLE.-An asso-
citation called the American Bible Union has
been formed in New York for the purpose Of
promoting thorough revision of the common
English version of the Bible, and the correction
| of its numerous inaccuracies rs n translation
Rev. DR.. Cone is the President Of the new So
ciety.
| pAINB's GREAT Discovery. learn from Tho
Tribune that the gcnuineness Of Henry NJ.
Paino's discovery of method by which light
and heat can be produced by the simple decom-
position of water is to be Immediately tested at
| the Astor House in New York. The expert
mont will be tried under circumstances that will
render collusion or trick impossible. This is
good news.
The work upon the Jenny Lind Musical Hall
of New York has commenced. The building is
to be l50 feet long to 100 wide. The singing
hall, which is to be on the third floor, viii be
1913 feet long, 100 feot wide, and so feet high,
and is meant to seat comfortably 10000 persons.
1t will cost $S5,o00.
A FEMALE DEAcoN.--A young lady was
ordained Dcaconcss in Pittsburgh, Pa, recent
ly, in the English Lutheran Church. Deacon.
esses ore an order of women who devote thcil
lives to the various occupations Of charity, ant
take the VOWS of cclibacy for this purpose.
RoDERT w. BARNwELL has been appointed
U. S. Senator from South Carolina in place oi
L. IL. Elmore deceased.
The Secretary of the State Of Ohio estimates
the population of the State at this time to bC
two millions and sixty five thousand.