Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-29
A Visit TO The Spirits in Prison.

While walking down the streets of Port
| land, few DAYS since, IN company with the
very efficient Mayor of that city, was inyit-
ed to step with him across the street, und
take a look Mt the imprisoned spirits, shut lip
| in durance vile heneaih the City Hall. ac-
ccpied the invitation; and, in n moment,
I found myself in II large basement room, sur
rounded OIL nll sides 10y tie imprisoned 'spir-
| it's" which under the recently enacted and
most righteous law of the State, lad been
arrested in their march from the disiillery to
| the sioinnchs of wretclied men, who had be-
come already so far denounced us To desire
the further acquaintance and companionshp
of the liquid devils. Three or four extensive
seizures of the "spirits" lad been made by
the city government, under the new law;
and here they were, nll gathered into one
group, and sorry looking group il was
Their sad plight, piled on each others backs,
around the apartment, recalled the words of
Hamlet TO the skull of poor Yorick;
"Wherc be your gibes now? Your flash
es of merrinent that were wont TO set the
table in roar? Quite
chop-fnllen."
What varied forms have ye taken, MS see
We here in Jour prison, and how varied your
destination! Here, ye swell ont in great
bulk, like corpulent turile-ied nldernInn
and there, ye shrink almost TO the dimensions
of wnter-bucket. Let INC look at your
names aud learn whittier ye were bound.-
AMERICAN Gin, PARsoNsFIELD." Aud
what business had you at Parsonsfield? Did
the parson invite you to visit his field? Nay,
verify lie would sooner have sent you TO
the Potler's.feld. But TO Parsonsiicld you
were going, aud for what? Aye II rc,nem-
brr There is poor widow in that neigh
b,rhood, whose husband ye slew, aud whose
eldest son ye have poisoned, until the poor
lad totiers us he walks. His brain is on fire.
lie talks incoherently, aud strange ihncies
possess him. Sometimes he curses the mo-
tier who bore hinI,, und those hands, which,
when child, she pressed tenderly IN hers
while she prayed, have been raised in vio-
lcnce against her She is almost distracted
with her troubles, aud you would afilict her
still more. leariless, Dbdurate devil -
Yes, you were journcying to Parsonsfeld for
that purpose; but the angel Of justice met
thee in the way and--tlIou art here! How
will that widow rejoice and sing when she
shall hear the glad iidings of thy fall!
But let me look at thy brother fend.- &C.
BRANDY. w. A., BETHEL" Aud what was
your errand Mr.. Brandy, TO Bethel? jacob
went nm n Rr,heI nnJ buil, there nm nlror |
becousa jLcy. The ord met him IN The time
of his ,roublc. Aud Won. too hnye bu;lt nm |
altar n, Bethel wherein Won offer I'm socri. |
fees 10 strange roIs. Bnt goats md b,l. |
locks will no, serve flee for socr;6ces, The |
blood of our sons. ,.ihe exnectancv and hone |
of the fair s,o,c - ;s snoking u,,nn thine nI- |
tar n, Re,LeI Ru, mn, arr. NO, thare Iron
hands conf;ne. nnd hollis and lar, de,n;n thee
Thine nltnr a, Be,hel will grow cold nnd
the sweet waters of The rejoicing heavcns
shulI wash nwny lis stains.
p.,,o, ,o,,. CT.
And you, old gentleman, were bound for