Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-06-02
miscellaneous
MRS. AsENATn NICHOLSON.

Mrs. Nicholson was born in Vermont. Her fam.
lily name was Hatch. For several years she was II
very successful teacher. Some of the best educa
ted mon in,the country were her pupils and still
cherish n grateful remembrance Of her teachings
and n high appreciation OF her learning and tale nts.
Hor Tito was bcclouded with many sorrows, and for
many years she liyeo a lone widow without any
children of her own, though her husband left some
by II previous marriage to comfort her.
She was long known asa vigorous and chaste
writer in n number of public journals to which she
was Il constant contributor. In this way she assis-
ted to introduce and inaugurlte the principle re.
formntOry enterprises ct the day, in their iucipieut
stages, when they most needed help ard encounter
cd strong opposition.
It was her pen chiefly that made Solomon South
wick's paper the dread of the Anti Masonic fatcr.
nifty, and she became, as she believed, the object
of long-coutinued and secretly conducted espiun.
age and persecution On that account. She became
n regular cOntrll utor to the The Nec. York GeHiHsI
Of Temperance as early as 1901 and arterward
the princina nj writoriu The Ftmaie AdcOcute, issued
10y the same publisher. She was II warm friend
of the late Rev. j. r.. McDJwall, and became his
bioIraphor. For fifteen years she kept the Tenn
pcrance or Graham Boarding in New-Iork, which
was the home and resort Of radical friends of Tenn
pcrance and kindred reforms both in the city and
country. 1t was under her roof, sometimes threat.
ened with mobs, that a consultation OF friends of
the ensiavcd from different States matured the
preliminary measures for forming the American
Anti.Siavery Society in 1888. And it was from
her house that a large portion Of the Eastern dele
CATION 10 tho ntSt National Antl-NllNery NONNcn-I
tiOn started for Pniladolphll, in December, to COM
plcto their organization. In her clearinghouse
it was thai Mr.. Greeley. now of The Ncic- York.
Tribune. then n young man audla new advcnturcr
in the City, became first deeply interested in the
Anu-Slavcry cause, as he was artcrWard accustonn-
ed to mention. After this Mrs. n. went to Ireland
and travelled on foot, from cabin to cabin, through
the country just before and during the famine.
Her letters and appeals to the people of America,
through Mr.. Greeley, Mr. Leavitt and other editors
were Instrumental in procuring large supplies Of
food from this country, some of which she received
and distributes with her own hands.
In Ireland she became reyered as the American
Mrs. FIR the idol OF the peasantry the admiration OF
the wealthy, the almoner Of the philanthropic, the
wonder of all. OConnell and Father Mathew
were among her warm friends. From Ireland she
passed over to England, and thence to the Conti-
nent. At the Worlds Peace Convention ut Frank
fort she assisted, with Elihu Burritt and Others, to
represent the philanthropists in America.
She spent some time in Paris. Returning to
Great Britain she scrutinized society in England
and Scotland, made many friends acquired rare
information and accomplished great good. In
London, whore she was kindly received by all class
cs, she found Il wide field for the exercise Of her
peculiar gift Of personal labor, conyersing with
rich and poor on the highest topics of interest to
rational and immortal beings.
After an absence Of about eight years she return.
ell home about three years ago. Some years pre-
vious to her going to Europe she had visited the
West Indies and the Southern States for her health
where sha gained much information respecting
Slavery.
She wrote several nharrhlets on vorious sub
jects. Among her published volumes are her
''Memoirs of the Rev. j. r. McDowall, '"Irelind's
Welcome 10 the Stranger. y "Lichts and Shades of
Ireland" and "Loose Pnners =" or incidents of
travel in France. England and else where. Who
ever would become truly acquainted with the Irish
and with Ireland, must possess themselves Of the
writinr. of Mrs Nirbnlson Her nJnnse paners5
are a rich magazine of miscellaneous sketches of
scenery cLor7cter and b,nrronbicol a,ecdote She
had commenced writing her own memoirs. How
fur she proceeded we are unable to saw. 1t is much
to be hoped that her attempts in that direction will
not have been wholly lost. She has left other val
liable manuscripts, chiefly of n religious character,
which We trust will be published. As n writer she
possessed rare talents, and though she unfolded II
rich vein Of thought, peculiarly her own. was re-
markuble for neatness and naturalness of STYLE, n
chastcned Imagination and correct taste.
She was preeminently a Christian philantbronist
and a.Christian reforner. Astounding in good
works, she was Il hearty believer in the primitive
Protestant doctrine Of classification by faith"
HT dying motto and testimony, like that of John
Howard, was: "-ny hope is IN Christ" When
some one at her bedside sought to comfort her with
the quotation Cf Blessed are the dead" &C., "for
their works do follow them" she returned an an
sTer dlscialmInB all dependence on the merit OF
ner Sood WORKS. ono rested IN Christ as her
savior ,
marry t'tuo winter she was Nlsiteu ny II return ~
an old sp'I'ai complaint which confined ana weak
enei hef' On gettinG better she went out on some
business anu proDaDIy walked 700 lar one was
atutohe' SOON "l'Sr VIII a oieeu'hS AT te lung.
rms to', ny medical assistance was checked. But
9otn 'nGSe STACKS ceuuce1 her strength ana She
pect.eu rapidly. one SuHered mneh pam n"'
pore 1t WIZ ercai pHiiehce; ohe hau Hng heehi III
ureu I" 10 Ing WIZ 0, her lieaVe"'y rHt"er' @"e
now learner inc harder ieSson OF sweet SHGm'sS'o"
: 'mtv III III hor %nen a 'ie eBS3y -" was cs u. !"
Pr.hy VIII ner sue salu' Tray H' ior Tue anew
auph VI my pain, DuJ only ir grace 10 endure