Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-03-08
EDITORIAL BREIITIES.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON will soon give
course of lectures in Pittsburgh.
The colorcd people of New York have got up
Fair to raise funds for the defence OF Fugi-
tivcs.
An unsuccessful attempt to arrest Fugitive
Slave was made in Pottsville, Pa, on the
9th ult. Il
Since the arrest of Shadyach, the circulation
of the Boston Commonwealth has increased one
thousand copies day.
The press OF, which benjamin franklin work.
cd when he was learning the printers trade, is
for sale ut the office of the NecpOrt Or. -
Nc,cS
An extensive frc occurred in Sandusky City
on the 26th ult., whereby two young clerks
(ono named Gray, the other Allen) lost their
lives.
COMMODORE STOCKTON has been elected u
S. Senator by the Legislature of New Jersey
lie is a democrat of the IIunker sort, and was
chosen by the help of Wings.
IIARRrEr MARrrSEAu's 5 new work, Letters on
the laws of Mans Nature and Development
has made its appearance in London. Mesme-
rism, Clairvoyancc, SC. arc among the subjects
of which it treats.
that M Ornat truth wa9
ever born into the world that did not start with
the discredit of n Nazareth and uneducated
people arc invariably the first to receive reve-
lation.'
Speaking Of the spirit Rappngs,' N. p.
Willis says: "Of the indirect evidence in fa-
vor of the reality of this new spirit intercourse,
none seems to us stronger than its moderate be-
ginnings, and its apparent incapability of being
turned to bad uses
The Commonwealth says that a paper has
been circulated for signatures among the Clerks
of the Custom House in Boston, designed to
pledge them to volunteer their services in the
slave catching business. A large majority re-
fused to sign.
1t is melancholy to reflect, says tho Boston
Commonwealth, that the patriotic officers who
have been engaged in the arrest of Shadrach
have not only lost their fees, but Marshal Riley
has made himself liable by the law for the mar
ket price of the slave.
SENATOR NILBs of Connecticut, in a recent
letter, says: "A people who will quietly sub
nit to arbitrary and oppressive laws, because
they effect only a humble and degraded class,
are unworthy of freedom and should not ex-
pect long to preserve it,
The Democratic Convention Of Connecticut
has endorsed the Compromises. AS the Wings
of the State have done the same thing, VIC don't
sec why the two parties should not unite like
kindred drops instead of keeping up the
farce Of separate action.
A correspondent of the National Era express
es desire that Mr.. Giddings would compile
and publish in volume all the speeches he has
made in Congress on the Slavery Question. In
this desire we express our own hearty concur
renee. and hope Mr. g. will undertake the
work without delay.
The Wings of Philadelphia held a great
Union meeting at the Chinese Museum on the
9th ult., and passed resolutions in favor of the
Fugitive law and of the repeal of that portion
of the law of Pa. which prevents the prisons of
the Commonwealth from being used for the
purpose of securing Fugitive Slaves, declaring
that 10 candidate adverse to these measures de-
serves the Wing vote.
Salem Quarterly Meeting.
Rerie;o Of he remarks in The Bugle Of The 1st
Of his month, in reference TO Salem Quarter
ty Meeting.
To The Editor Of The Bugle:--
ANS. TO lst. think l am not "wholly
mistaken" in what say about J. A. Dug
dale's case; though ! did not give it as my
own statement, but as part of the action of
the Quarterly Meeting.
Ans. 2nd. The part which this refers to
was also given as the action of the aforesaid