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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28
THE oFF1oE.sEEKING MANIA.

Many have remarked the increase OF the thirst
for public office in this community; and we know
that ut present, the number Of those who make n
rade Of ofhce.seeking is unparalleled in our history.
The numbe of Offices under the new government
of the city is extremely and unnecessarily larGe-l
yet for every Office there IRE ut least n hundred MS
pirants. The business Of a policeman is not the
most attractive that we can imagine but the May
or's Office is crowded contirrslly with applications
for situations in the police department-they have
poured in by housands-even whom every depart
ment has been occupied. And the head Of every
department has had q harrassing experience in
choosing his sub3rdinates, from the throng OF pluce
hunters. Where he makes one friend by an mp
pointment, he embitters twenty individuals who
fancy that their claims have not received proper
consideration.
Oficc-sceking is now q recognized trade. The
study of political trickery--how to twist and turn
to suit circumstances-how to be "all things TO NIL
men"-how to "crook the pregnant hinges OF the
knee. that thrift may follow fawning"-has become
fashionable. Men engaged in lucrative business,
neglect it or abandon it altogether for the exciting
search for Office, and q temporary position. AS o
general rule, these persons never get into the way
of making a living by their trade or profession,
after they have once tasted the pap from the pup
lie store. Few escape from the public field I'M
scathed, to follow their old walks again. Place
hunting alone will get a man habits that it will be
difficult to shake of. We know of q number OF
lamentable instances of persons of intelligence
who have occupied highly respectable positions in
social life, who have been tempted to enter the po-
htical arena, and have slowly, but surely, become
the victims Of habits thus acquired. Out of office
they have never been able to gain o respectable
standing in society.
1t is n fact which il is impossible to conceal, that
the majority of on: candidates are nominated, and
the elections decided by bar-goom cliques. The
secret caucus, composed Of about n dozen wire
pullers, who discuss and decide claims between
drinks, is q much older institution here than the
know-Nothings and are much more
to the public interests than that general organiza'
ton, or any organization of the kind can possibly
be. As q general rule, the politicians say that the
man who never treats stands no chance at at all.
This treating" is the method by which ruinous
habits are acquired, and fastened upon natures not
prone to dissipation. To the pressing crowd OF
place-hunters, who are now engaged in any bust
ness which affords them n living, we would speak
a word of warning. Beware Of the fatal step
Relinquish the searchl You are hunting that. The
embrace of which may be your death !-PhR. N
american.
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OBITUARY.

DIED-On the 22nd Of April, after a protracted
of 8 weeks, of Eccentric fever, at her faith
er's residence, in New Baltimore, Stark Co., Miss
Mary +. Underwood, aged % years and 6 months.
Her spirit left the body without a struggle, and
winged its flight to the spirit world her friends
deeply mourn her loss, but they find consolation in
knowing that the world is none the worse, from her
having lived on earth her life was one worthy OF
imitation; she possessed a kind and loving heart,
which made her the pride of the family circle
she was an active living member of society, and
had Il strong desire to see truth triumph over err
ro-, and for this end she labored. Anti-S.ayery
and Temperance were reforms, with which she
strongly sympathized, and labored zealously to ad
vance, but alas! she has been stricken down in thu
morning of life and in the beginning of her useful
ness by her death, truth has lost a noble adyo
cate, society one of its purest gems, and earth ha
been robbed of one of its brightest flowers, bu
she leaves behind her an enduring monument in
life of s~potless purity. and q character without G
blemish. W.
The Alliance Ledger and tho Canton papers ar,
requested to copy the above.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28
Pennsylvania YEARLY MEETING OF PR0GR ESS-
I'VE FRIENDS

AoAIN Tnfs RELIdIous DobY SENDS Fk1TKRSAL
SOLICITATIONS TO THE FRIENDS Of Truth, Purity and
Progress, in every part Of tho land, WITHOUT dis
tinction of sex, sect, party or color, earl cstly in
viting their presence at its THIRD ANNUAL
.CONYOCATI0N, to be held in the new meeting
house ut LONGWOOD, si,uated between tho
villages Of Kennett Square and Hamorton, Chester
County, Pa, commencing at 10 o'clock A. NJ. On
FIRST DAY, the Goth IF Fifth month, 1855. and
continuing rs long as the business claiming atten
ton may require. - ..
The chief Characteristic Of the Progressive
Friends, By which they are distinguished from
nearly every other Religious, Society, is seen in
the fact, that they prescribe no system of the-,
illogical belief rs a test Of membership but invite
to equal cooperation all who regard mankind as
one Brotherhood, and who acknowledge the duty
of showing their faith in God, not by asserting 10
the l~ifelcss propositions Of q man.made creed, hut
by lives Of personal purity and a hearty devotion.
to the welfare of their fellow-men. Slavery. H.
temperance, War, Capital Punishment, the denia
Of the Equal Rights Of Of Women, Oppression in
all its forms, Ignorance, Superstition, Pries,erafs
and Ecclesiastical Domination-these, and such as
these, are the evils and sins, which they feel con
strained to as.ai!by rightful and legitimate wcap.
on willie they seek to promote every virtue that
can adorn humanity, and to foster those immuatbls.
principles Of justice, mercy and love, which alone
can secure the peace, progress and happiness Of al
the children Of God. To all whose hearts incline
them to engage in a work so transcendently i'm
portant and sublime, we say, como and aid US BY
your sympathies, aspirations and counsels, and by
the conservation thereto of your noblest powers.
Joseph 4. Dug9ale, William Barnard,
Martha Chambers, Olrer Johnson.
Sidney PIERCE Curtis, Thomas Hdmbcton.
Thomas CARTS, Hannah u. Darlington,
COMMITTEE or ARRANGEMENTS.
Communication intended for the meeting,
whether from individuals or associations, should.
be addressed to either or both Of the Clerks.
viz JOSEPH A. DuopALE and SIDNEY PEincs
CrRrIs, Hamorton, Chester County, Pa d
Friends in the vicinity will be hospitaGle to
strangers to the extent of their ability.
! A OBLIGATORY MEETING will he held on
the day previous to the Yearly Meeting the 10Th.
of 9Th month, May at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Theo-
dore Parker Of Boston, and Professor Harvey. Of
Philadelphia, have given assurances they will be
present and address the meeting.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28
SLAVERY IN H SOUTH.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, March Is, 1855

MISSISSIPPI RIVER, March IL, 1850.
Well. I have. to a limited extent, had q view
of Slavery at home. ] have seen the apparently
happy and Cheerful, conferences OF hundreds OF
draymen in the city OF Charleston: nave gaazeu
upon the vast cotton fields swarmIiG with ."eSe
people, the women generally holding the plough ;
have been into their cabins have conversad with
them freely, under a variety of circumstances;
and last, but not least, have seen them labelled
and sold on the stand of the auctioneer. And l
have seen too-with n great deal more that was
painful-the re-marriage of those who are sold
away from their own families to another planta-
ton. But is it all dark, or is there u brighter
side to the picture?" There is much less Of the
latter than | expected to find. / came out South,
with my mind open to conviction touching the
subject, and have endeavored to look at it with
all the favor l could Summon. have even
sought for its virtues" The result has been n
serious conviction that it is n bad system, and, as
it regards the traffic, an unmitigated sin in the
light of heaven. Away from the cities, the moral
and religious influence brought to bear upon the
slave, is in the main, exceedingly limited. In
visiting some of their churches. it is true, | have
been a good deal interested, though l did not hear
any of their own preachers. In general, their
worship ~partakes much of what may be called
truly devotional. | was particularly struck, on
one occasion, with the singing. The way the
congregation 'turned up" was a caution 10 ioeah
lungs, if not to shattered nerves! But, after al
I could not, in its way, help liking it,.
After all that has been said to the contrary
one may express his opinion very freely, on this
subject at the South. But Pharoah never stuck
with q tighter grasp to the Israelites than do the
people to this system. The sad effects Of the
system end not with the Stare. They are mani
fest throughout the South. While the warm sun
and genial, and balmy atmosphere throw an air Of
loveliness over the face of nature-the green
foliage beginning to appear, even while it is ye
winter at the ~North-though in this respect
every prospect pleases'--stil las you pass. shrougl
the country, the query is constantly forcing itsel
on the mind, why this cherries. dilapidatec
appearance of the work of man ?" why this
slow speed of the cars-these tedious delay,
IN the road ?" where is the pleasant vii
lage church-spire. and the little square school
house?" Indeed where are all those arrange
ments that go to make up the charm of a New
England village? Nowhere can they be found
While aHthis may not be attributable to slavery
yet facts will warrant the response that very mucl
of it is. One is surprised at the absence of enter
prise and thrift. The great absorbing idea i
cotton, cotton!
-Erangelist] c.. II.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28
From the Boston Telegraph.
VIRGINIA.
.Erangelist.

Extract from a letter from an intelligent Virgin.
ian to his friend in that city:
at is quite certain that the Know Nothings will
carry this State by a large majority. 1t is aston
ishing to observe the excitement, particularly
among the more ignorant of the People, who are
ready to rise to-day in defence of their sacred
liberties, against the Pope and all his minions.
Those who have the most religion are, as usual,
readiest to fight for what they have.
l see, however, in this new movement many far
seeing persons who, aware Of the abominable cor
ru ption of the Democratic party and its necessary
and inevitable dissolution, are Fastening out OF
the way of the falling walls; and a few are looking
forward to the time when a new and true Ameri-
can party shall lie formed, which shall have at
heart all the hest interests of man, and not be the
mere plant tool of a few slave owners. Among
these latter / class Mr.. Beale, the venerable friend
of Kossuth, and the Know Nothing candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, and who is opposed directly
on the ground of his abolition tendencies. MIR.
Wise, at Parkersburg on the 18th ult., drew a sad
picture of the degeneracy OF virginia, and COM
pared her with the free States, very much to her
disadvantage in all respects, but assigned as the
cause, the vast immigration of foreigners into the
free States, and their superior commercial advan-
tages.
Mr.. Beale is said to have given slavery as the
true cause, and told the people that so long as they
bowed down and worshipped at the shrine OF
slavery, they need expect nothing better. 1t was
a bold speech, and will lose him many votes, but l
am still confident of his success"
The following is the language of Mr.. Beale, as
reported in the Virginia papers:
9Th great prime cause Of the degeneracy Of
Virginia, is the existence in her midst Of the insti-
tuition of Slavery. 1t is Slavery that has done the
This is undoubtedly correct, and Mr.. Beale de.
serves credit for saying it. The defenders of
slavery of course are highly indignant that Virgin
ians should divulge in SO abrupt a manner the cause
of the decay of the State. The Star of Renapha
Valley. in noticing this remark Of Mr.. Beale's. says
that this degeneracy of the State is not caused by
Slavery, but bv the absence of a system OF inter
nal improvements by the absence Of public
schools by the efforts of abohtionists to divert
emigration to other States and by the lack of ef'
fort 10 develope the resources of the State: The
man has substituted the effects for the
cause, and Mr.. Beale is unquesiionably right. Mr..
Wise knows that TO is right. but is not frank
enough to say 70.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28

Slave Bil--nor to. resist the admission Of any new
slave State into the Union MOI to terminate sla-
very in The District Of Columbia and m the no
tionai Territories-bu it is, primarily ,eomprehen-
sively, and uncomprOoisingly, to effect the inme'
disto, total and eternal overthrow of slavery,
wherever it exists on the American soil, and 10
EXPOSE and %confron. Whatever party or sect seeks
to purchase peace or success n; the expense OF hr'
man liberty. Living or dSing, cur motto is, No
Union with Shareholders religiously or politi
cally!"
In behalf of the Executive Committee,
VIM. LLOYD GARRISON, President.
EDNrEp QUGNcY, c..r,,,ra
SYpSEr Howard GAY, ~
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28
DIR. SPEARS,
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

OFFICE OVER M'coNNEL's STORE, ON MAIN STREET;
Residence, North Sids Of Green Street, Near the
UcSt End.
ESPECIAL attention will be paid to all Chronic
Diseases, and ~promptness in the treatment Of
those of an acute character.
SALEM, April q, 1866.
From an intimate acquaintance with DR.. Spears
and his method of practice, | can most cordially
recommend him, as an attentive aud skillful physi-
clan, to all the afflicted.
JAMES SMILEY, NJ. D.
SALEM, April "a. 1855.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28

RICHEST NAN IN THE INDIANA PEN1TENTIARY.-
Tho Ripley Curcuit Court, last week, sentenced
MIR. Muir to the penitentiary for two years, for for
ging a note of S25. Mr.. Muir is probably the
richest man in Ripley county, Ind. 1t is supposed
his property is worth near 100000. 1t has been
his strife to be rich, and now he will have the
honor of Dragging of being the richest man in the
penitentiary. Won't that be something Of which
to be proud ?-Mdiana Sentinel.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28

PUBLIC FEELING IN CUBA.-The Havana cores
pendent of the St. Louis Democrat gives a graphic
account Of matters and things in the capitol of
Cuba. From the following extract from his last
letter, we should infer that the theatre-goers Of
Havana would make poor soldiers.
The fears of an invasion and a general upris-
ing are not by any means entirely departed from
the city, Notwithstanding the announcement in the
official papers, that the hopes of the fllibusterers
are crushed by the magnificent. preparations made
for their reception, and the fearful fate of those
hitherto convicted of attemps upon the authority
of the powers that he. The least out-of-the.w way
occurrences suggest the probability of an immedi-
ate revolution. There vas a beautiful illustration
of this in the theatre the other night. A negro
threw down IL bucket of water with n crash that
was sufficient to be heard through the whole house.
A cry was Immediately raised by some timorous
or mischievous wretch, Of '''fHibusterers !" and
the scene which followed can BIO better imagined
than described. The pit rose in a body over the
orchestra, which was then performing rushed upon
the stage, and behind it, kicking out the lights by
the way the galleries jumped into the pit. one
box burst into another. and altogether there was
just such n row as might he expected among from
three to four thousand people in the greatest pos
siblc state of excitement. Cries Of Vipe Ia Coacha
helped to increase the uproar but unfortunately
for his immediate qualification, Coneha was not
present to hear them.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28

for such other and further decree rs may seem
proper in the premises, with costs of suit and oil
general relief.
We understand that the plaintiff is now in Cam
ada, and that she brings this suit in order if pos
sible, to obtain permission to return to this city.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28
Receipts for the BuglG for the week ending Apr.a5
HYMENEAL.

MARRIED, on Thursday the 10th instant, by
Rev. G. Lowman, A. II. BATTIN, Esq, late Of
the Salem Weekly Democrat, to Miss ELIZA
ATKINSON, Of Wellsville.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28

eHed 10Th Destruction.
Correspondence Of the Louisville Democrat.
LAWRENCE, K. T.. April l, 1855.
Messrs. Editors: Knowing the deep interest
that is felt all over the Union, in the result Of the
election, held in this Territory on the Both ult., /
send you o few items that fell under my own obser-
vation.
On the 2Sth of March, n large train of wagons
and horses entered this place from Missouri, led
By a Colonel Young, as chief, assisted by a DR..
Moss, and several others. They encamped about
a quarter Of q mile west of the town, and during
the next day, 10Th, were reinforced by several
smaller parties, amounting in the aggregate to
near q thousand men. They made no secret of
their intentions. They came to vote, and so an
nounced on all occasions. The leaders were evil
IDENTIFY men of great influence with those under
their orders, else they could never have restrained
such a disorderly and irresponsible crew of black
guards and ~rufians.
Whiskey in any quantity they had on hand, and
were not sparing in its use. as was evidenced by
the whoopings and ceilings that incessantly rose
fl ON their camps. The leaders mixed freely with
the citizens, and assured them no harm should be
done to either person or property, so long as they
were not molested.
At the opening OF the polls, Col. Young was the
first man to present himself. lie made oath tina
he was a resident of the territory; and declared
that he could not again vote in Missouri until h'
had resided there one year.
Two of The Judges of election declared the vote
legal, and the other asserted it was not. Being ar
an,i.slayery man, he resigned. and a pro-slavery
man was appointed in his stead. The balance o.
the Missourian followed in the wake of their chief
and until four o'clock in the afternoon the anti
slavery men, or abol;tionists, las they are unlversal
ly termed by the Missourians, had q very slim
chance for exercising the right of franchise.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28

ARIsrocRAcY.-Punch gives the following defni-
ton "A class of persons who despise the public,
and are venerated by the public for that very
reason
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28

PRoscRIPrioN.-We copy tho following from the
Danville (Ky.) Tribune. Mr.. Fee is a native of
Kentucky.-a man of eminent piety,-who has,
during eighteen years, labored zealously for Eman-
cipation:
Rep. J. G.. Fee.-This notorious Abolitionist
was figuring at Crab Orchard a few weeks
since. We published, week before last, the
proceedings of n public meeting held in regard
to him; and of subsequent events, the cores
pendent of the Louisville Courier writes as fol-
lows:
1.-The citizens thought this state of affairs would
never do, and consequently appointed a committee
to wait on Mr.. Fee, and request him to desist from
his incendiary proceedings. But Mr.. Fee was
artful and headstrong. lie said he thought it his
duty to preach, and so he would continue. This
very naturally aroused the fire Of the people, and
about forty citizens paid Fee a visit. They imme-
diately went to work, first catching his horse, then
~saddling and bridling it, they put Fees hat on his
head, he having refused SO to do, put him on his
horse, and started him for Madison county, where
he resides.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN KANSAS.

HOG ii FORKS, as Described by The Stakeholder
Character Of the Voters utrages upon The Set
He's-he O6ice cfthe Herald Of Freedom Threat
ened 10Th Destruction.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-04-28

the Commencement address before the two Liter
AIRY Societies of the Mississippi University at
Oxford.
We think that the Americans have a great pas
sion for statistics. Here is the latest exploit in
that line. We have not examined into the cor
rectness of the estimate, preierring that our read
ers shall ''cast it up" for themselves:
A FORMIDABLE UNDERTAKING.-A contemporary
puts the tobacco question into the following shape:
Suppose a tobacco chewer is addicted to the habit
of chewing tobacco fifty years of his life. and that
each day Of that time he consumes two inches of
solid plug, it amounts to six thousand four hundred
and seventy-five feet, making nearly one mile aud
a quarter in length of solid tobacco, half an inch
thick and two inches broad. Now what would the
yonng beginner think if he had the whole amount
stretched out before him, and were told to chew
it would be one of the exercises OF his life, and
also that it would tax his income to the amount of
two thousand and ninety-fuur dollarsy'
An IMMENSE BREAKwATER.-The Chicago and
Rock Island Railroad Company besides the erection
of a east bridge across the Mississippi, at Rock
Island, are preparing to build an immense break
water in the Mississippi, just above and adjoining
on the railroad bridge.
This breakwater will require about 100000 feet
Of lumber and Is, 1000 yards Of rock for it's con-
struction. 1t is intended for the great draT to
rest upon when swung around the upper end Of
it for a house to be built upon for the draw-break-
or to reside in, and for IN icebreaker and break
water. It's hugo dimensions will defy tho storm
aud foods.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-22

1900 Revera-pPOCLATAT OF7tcE
EtwYoRE Feb - lst5 Wb-ress Joon Bets "a SEGA :.
years. over " hlrs and s'e'Eb IN otyan fts
1st sunday llh and ~n'rees we '-l 1'ua
Peir. bss ,iboe d. in eoteqnerce Of the james ihsn -
eev.d ard whereas the who drove sao s.i<1
49, - be nth lines do by suhorty vested IN me, ODER
rp-rd Of the soprrhens'on and eonvc Aon o. ne
ne, vi eo iftsd sad violence 20 ne PAID On coo7con
n. III. ender 90 the o~rGcate Of the Recorder or P'rc
sroey hat ,uch ion had upon the t-.no ~ -
he .r.en OF claiming ssd reward Rut all claims not
r,spA 10 be MAYOR within t~eDty day. sr .1cn conVc
- I'll 10 disresu3.d FERNANDO WOOD Mayor.
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10 Ubcm il Alap Concern.

CITY and COUNTRY ADVERTISING. -
~ Upon the philosophy Of Advertising sud the best prtet
Of carrying the system valuable DoImal'h
msy be had PALMERS Advertising Agency, Tribune
Buioings. New-IoIk
CE.-PERSONAL.-The LADY who was
~ In of the kncse rhocse cnuhues on the so cay
Of AUGUST 1881 when Cig was upset snd gentleman IN
jnred wall confer favor hy srudlus her sfdf- q
DR. s. GRIsWOLO, No ~ Hudson At.
ITO IRON MASTERS.-Th Iron Masters oi
Peunsyvaua and the n.,hborus states are 80 %
assemble in CONVFNTIOS at the Rooms OF tho boeid OF
Tmoe II Philadelphia on TUESDAI March o. to' 10
aoopt such seem necessary TO prevent tc
OF periOdcs disasters, imminent % "n1h
his great has unfortunately become tbe as tn ney
liable present Revenue policy OF the General Gov
bns desirable to lay before the Convention accurate sta
,cs OF sgnude OF the io1 interest us progress and 90
veoYmeut aimee Census Of 1850, the Iron Masters VINO
have not received circulars will please forward to the under
sn.d as coon as convenient the Of their WORKS style
OF firm address full description OF WORKS their eap.cry
yhehera stopped yed toe last where the IRON
found market what fuel used. aud any other information
to further the views OF the Committee $500 -
CHARLES w. FISHER, Secretary,
No. III North Water st., Philadelphia