Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-02-02
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Further EAtoRATioN TO KANsAs.-On the 10th
~ meeting was held at Montgomery, Alabama, ut
which a speech was made by Major JEFF. BndVrd,
who is trying to raise a company ot men to emf
CRATE t. Kansas. Major Buiford gave notice that
he meant to start on the 9th of April. Col. Gayle
of Dallas pledged that county for $4,000. The
meeting was addressed by VIM. l.. fancy and
others, and q Committee was appointed 10 receive
subscriptions, and to procure information as TO
the route, &c, Gen. Clayton offered the following
resolution which was adopted
Resolved, That we to the people Of
the different counties in this State, to hold county
meetings. appoint committees, and raise subscrip.
tons for the support and transportation Of Major
Buff rd's company; and forward their subscrip-
tons to the committee on contributions at this
place.
EcoNoNY AssocIATioN.-A Pittsburgh CORES.
pondent Of the Cincinnati GaxcNc writes as FOL
lows
"The Association of Germans founded at Econ.
omy 10y George Rapp, twenty miles below us on
the Ohio River, had n centennial celebration
y few days since, in commemorative ST the fltieth
anniversary Of their settlement, The Association
is much weaker in numbers now than it was at its
establishment as the members have never married,
except ii few Of the leaders, and they are steadily
dwindling to a handful but those who remain en-
JOY remarkable vigor in their advanced age. They
Itlill lle NHOle u tue GAtCuSlNG una uOW IlCH
domain of the original foundation, and have ac-
cumulated a large amount of ready money, upon
the proceeds Of which they live costly, without the
necessity Of that labor and industry which once
characterised them"
NEWSPAPER PRorlTs.-The New York Mirror
learns from good authority, "the net profits of the
Tribune newspaper for the last year amounts to
S95, 600; and that the profits of the Herald exceed
seyenty-iye thousand dollars. The Courier and
Enquirer and the journal Of Commerce nave prob
ably each u balance of about fifty thousand dollars
on the rights side Of the ledger, and the Commercial
Advertiser twenty-five thousand dollars. The Times
if we may judge from the alacrity with which Mr..
Jones accepted Mr.. l~larper's offer to sell thirty
shares at fifty thousand dollars, is also doing a
good business and the Express, we are happy to
learn, has found the past year one Of unprecedent
prosperity ; and the same is said to he true Of the
Post and NCrS."
DR.. Graph, a South African Missionary, states
that the King of Abyssinia has prohibited slavery,
renowned polygamy, and is anxious for the intro
duction Of European arts and artizans.
Truth STRANGER THAN FIcTIoN.-A few days
since, in conversation with Capt. Alexander Scott,
one of the pioneers in the steamboat business OF
the West, he gave US the following facts, which
illustrate the adage that truth is stranger than
fiction" In November, 1927, he was descending
the Mississippi in command Of the steamer Amer
lea, laden with a valuable cargo of tobacco, lead
and furs, the latter article alone worth 800, 900.
When rear Plumb Point the steamer struck q
snag and sank in deep water. The furs were for
the most part recovered, but the boat, with the rest
Of her cargo, was abandoned as u total loss. Years
passed, and the remembrance Of the Americas
fate had faded from the recollection of all, except,
perhaps, that venerable Individual, che Oldest in
habitant," 1t is well known that the current OF
the Mississippi frequently changes, so that what
WAS once the channel of that pohln stream after
ward became terra tirma, susceptible of cultivation,
This was the case with the site of the Americas
wreck. The channel near Plumb Point became
an island, on which, for eight years, luxuriant
crops OF Indian corn were raised but recently the
hayward current of the Father of Waters took
another turn, and commenced washing away the
, earthly formation, until the America was again ex
posed to the light of day. The lead IN her hull, i,
is supposed, will be all recovered i'll good condition
the tobacco, it is fair to presume, will be slightly
the worse for wet. She was sunk on the 18th Of
November, 1927, and consequently was imbeddet
for twenty-eight years.-IfHS. Post.
Some interesting statistics relative to the agri
culture Of England and France have lately been
published in Cornwall, from which it appears that
in England, out of 0,000,0 900 acres cultivated
lO,0OO,O 900 are sown with wheat or other cereals
while in France so, 200, 900 are cultivated for the
latter purpose. The average growth Of wheat per
acre in England is four quarters, or t%hirty-twC
EDuSheiSt III france one ana tUfce' HltnS, OF nearly
thirteen bushels The produce of English land per
acre is about SO Is, and that of France about 81
l2s. per acre. The number of sheep is about the
same in both countries, viz So 200, 600, and the
wool produced about GO 1000 tuns but owing to
the difference in the average, there is something
less than one-and-a-half sheep per acrein England,
and only about one-third of q sheep per acre in
Franse. In France 4,000,0 900 of cattle are slaugh,
tered annually, the average weight being 250
pounds, in England there is not half that many
slaughtered, but the average weight is about COO
pounds.
THE NORTH AND THE SoUTH, OR SLAVERY AND
FREEDoM.-In the State of Maine, which has no
slaves, and not enough Of free colored inhabitants
to give that State the least direct interest in emigra-
ton to Liberia, the shipbuilders have subscribed
money to build Il ship to be presented as a free gift
to the Colonization Society. The State Of Virginia,
under pretense of aiding that same Society, has
laid a capitation tax upon the free colored people.
Under this tax-act $4,000 will be raised, which
sum the generous and high-minded State of Vir-
giaia has nObly appropriated to meet the expenses
of the State Government, leaving the Colonization
Society to whistle.
SLAVERY ABOLISHED IN EGYPr.-Of the advance
made of late years by the Mohammedan nations
toward civilization, there is no stronger proof than
their Reputation Of domestic Slavery, for which
the religion, especially in its doc
trine of the plurality OF wives, holds out many
temptations and inducements. Yet Slavery, with
iii a few years past has been formally abolished by
the Bey of Tunis /; il has been greatly restricted
in Turkey and now, according to the following
paragraph from Galignani's Messenger, it has been
abolished also in Egypt: