Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-19
News of tbe lOesk.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, April IL.
The American State Council has repudiated the
the nomination Of Mr.. Fillmore, and nominated Mr..
Banks.
NoRwEGIANs.-The Madison (Wis.) Journal
learns that the Norwegian population of Dane
county amounts to COPS persons. They constitute
the majority of the inhabitants in several of the
towns, and are industrious and good citizens.
KID GLOVES are to a great extent made out OF
rat skins, and the price of rats in New York is &C.
ing up RAPIDLY. One writer says that rat-breeding
will yet be II profitable employment.
The Jackson Mississippian says that Mississippi
owes a debt to the Pierce Administration" and
Prentice wants to know whether that State means
to issue bonds to secure its payment, and if so,
what will probably be their market value?
Mr.. Knight Of Kansas related the following
anecdOte When the rifles and two cannon on the
boat were discovered the four men who had charge
OF then were brought on deck, and n meeting OF
the passengers held to determine their fate. TIL
first proposition was to fasten stones to them and
throw them overheard. While this was under dis
cussions, one of the prisoners, Il very large, feshy
man, said, 'Gentiemen, the dinner bell has lust
rung, and, if you please, l will 20 down and eat,
as don't wish to 90 TO the bottom with an empty
stomach" This man had been in the Mexican war,
and his calm, fearless, sang .ti0id manner rather
excited merriment among the passengers, and
when dinner was over their blood was somewhat
cooled. For the above facts and incidents we are
indebted to q distinguished clergyman of this city,
who conversed with Mr.. knight.-Leader.
WE BE BRETHREN.'-The fraternal relations ac-
tually existing between the ultra Shareholders of the
SnuthaIn N "a aud tho - ,--l 4 -.
very-as-anybody Methodists, find occasionally very
emphatic expression. At Pittsburg, four years af-
ter the division, the Bishops of both ichurches
united in receiving and distributing the Lords Sup
per. Recently, another b~rotherly communing has
TRANSFERRED. The Hestcrn Christian Adrocate saws.
among its items-'The new Methodist Episcopal
church, in Broad ST., Trenton, n, j. was dedicated
on Friday, Feb. ODD. Bishop Simpson preached in
the morning; Bishop Pierce, OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, in the afternoon, and Bish-
op Jones i'll the evening"
FREE BLACKs IN KENTUcKY.-We learn from an
article in the Frankfort Commonwealth that
there are over II 900 free blacks in Kentucky.
Jefferson county has LOO; Farette, 700; Mason.
800 franklin, 3SS and so on down to . in Law,
renee county. All the counties in Kentucky have
free blacks. except Johnson. That county has 26
slaves, but no free blacks.
The MoRMoNs.--The Mormons have established
a paper at Copenhagen, called the Star of Scan
dinavia. In this it is stated that the number of
the Latter Day Saints, in Denmark Norway and
Sweden, amounts to 1902 persons, among whom
are twenty-one elders, nineteen priests, fifteen
teachers and eleven deacons. In Sweden there
are $40 Mormons. From the lst of July to the end
of December, 1855, % emigrated to America. In
Denmark there are 2247 Mormons. of whom 1908
are in Copenhagen. There are but seven Mormons
in Iceland.
JAMES MARTIN, one Of the negroes accused Of
freeing Minister Wheeler's slaves, on the ferry
boat at Philadelphia, 1.-THE anne with whom the
public are familiar through the case of Passmore
W illiamson,) has prosecuted Alderman Freeman
of Philadelphia, on a charge of having corruptly
malicionsly demanded of him, and William
Curtis, Isaiah Moore, John Ballard, and James S.
Braddock, excessive bail in the suit brought before
him by John III. Wheeler in default whereof he
them to prison and with ~unlawfully
and corruptly cOnspirlng with certain other per-
sons to oppre sand maltreat him and the persons
above named
Madame Jenny Lind Goldshmidt made her last
in public in London on the 18th ult.-l
performance was the Messiah, for the benefit
of the Nightingale fund. 1t took place at Exter
Hall, which was completely filled, and the recipts
to 81 ,s72 q 5, (about 50. 000.) The ex-
penses amounted to t547 l3s lover S2,6000,) not
withstanding which, Mrs. Goldschmit paid over
to the fund the whole receipts, and paid the expen-
SEES from her own pocket. The amount of expenses
speaks little for the iiberality of her assistants,
her own liberality shows her appreciation
of the services of one Of her own sex in the beney.
enterprise in which Miss Nightingale is en-
gagged.
New Work BY Mrs. SrowE.-The Washington
correspondent of the Nep York Evangelist states
the' degraded condition of the poor white
men and women Of the South is soon to be brought
nome to the sympathies of the country, in a new
work from the pen of the author of "uncle Toms
This announcement will be received with
great satisfaction by the friends Of freedom every
where. We hope it is made ON uumis taxable au
hority,- SfaRlard.