Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-12-13

SLAVE INsURREcTIoN.-A good deal of disquie-
tude exists in New Madrid and Scott Counties,
Missouri, and the County of Obion, Tennessee,
and Fulton, Kentucky, in consequence of the dis
covery of insurrectionary movements among the
slaves in those counties. On the 18th, a meeting
of citizens was he'd in New Madrid, of which
Judge O'Bannon was President, and VIM. S. Nose
ley Secretary. W. n. Warren addressed the meet
ing, giving Il detailed account of contemplated in
surrcctionary movements among the slaves, as the
same had been obtained from the ring-leaders and
insti gators of the plot. a large committee was
then appointed from the several Counties named,
and they submitted a report recommending that
negroes should be prohibited from appearing at
any public preaching, unless attended by their
masters or agents that no negro meetings should
be allowed, nor any negro permitted to preach to
any future gathering that n committee should be
appointed to investigate fully into all these insur-
rectionay and to expel any white per-
son found guilty Of instigating negroes to revolt,
and to intlict whatever punishment might be
found necessary, and requesting every slave owner
to disarm his slaves Another resolution requests
the Rev. Mr.. Thomas to discontinue his mission
AIRY efforts among the negroes hereafter. Where
passes ore hereafter given to slaves, they are to
state the date where given, the place OF destina-
ton, and the hour of return. Large committees
of the most respectable men in that region were
appointed t. give effect to the resolution, -St.
Louis Repn6licau.
The SLAVE TRADE.--The President has appoint
ed the Rev. John Seys 10 he agent for relieving
the negroes, mulattOes or persons of color deliver
ed from on board vessels in the prosecution of the
slave trade by commanders Of United States arm.
cd vessels, according to the provisions of the act
of Congress of March ,, 1919, in addition to the
acts prohibiting the slave traqe. Mr.. Seys is now
in Africa as the special agent of the American
Colonization Society.
TnE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RA1LRoAD.-The Chicago
H., Tribune says:-
"Of The 200, 900 acres of land granted by the
State to aid the construction of the Illinois Cen.
trail Railroad. over 1000, coo acres yet remain un-
sold. Taking the sales made since the land of,
flee of the com p0ny opened in this city as a test
the fund realized from the land alone will not fall
short of S45 900, 900.
OCEAN TELEGRArH.-Thc contracts for making
and laying down the telegraph cable between New.
foundland and Ireland, have been concluded. 1t
is believed that the line will be in operation by the
4th Of July next.
Rev. w, II, Claiming, OF Boston, is lecturing
at Liverpool on England and America"
Owen P. LovCjoy has just been elected to
Congress by the Republicans Of Illinois.
One thousand bushels of hickory nuts were ship.
ped from Toledo the Goth and 9th instant.
New ROUTE.-A project is on foot for facilitat-
ing the communication between the Western States
and the ocean, via the St. Lawrence, by construct
ing a canal across the Michigan Peninsula, which
it is said will shorten the route by some hun
dreds of miles and save much of the nayiga-
ton of the rough waters on Lake Michigan and
Huron.
A meeting of the Probate Judges of the State
is proposed to be held at Columbus on the second
Tuesday of January next, to take 'intn consider
alton the many defects in the organization of the
Probate Court, and asking the Legislature to REM
edy them"
10 1898 the expenses of Government were only
twelve millions Of dollars annually, and a portion
Of that was for the liquidation of the national debt
incurred by the war of 1872. Now, independent
of the debt created by the Mexican war, the expen-
SEES of Government reach sixty-seven millions a
year.
Tho New York journal of commerce published
a list of twenty-six American velssels lost during
the month of November. The value of the vessels
was 1927 600 of the cargoes S94S, S00-making
a total loss of Sl,275, 800 in the short space of a
month.
MRs. SrowE AND Miss MURRAY.-The Boston
Telegraph has the following communication
"ANDovDR, Nov. "a, 1856.
II have received, through Lady Byron, from
Miss Murray, formerly Of the Queens household,
and author of that wonderful book Auditory Of
American Slavery. fee pounds Ste1(iRg for the re-
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