Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-10-10

II. N. LEWIS, We much regret to hear Of the
death OF Mr.. ii. N. Lewis, formerly junior editor
of the alliance Ledger, and moro recently of the
Wydndot Pioneer. lie was, when he died, in the
primo Of life. May the turf rest lightly upon him.
BosroN. Oct. G.-Among the requests of the late
JohE f.. Thayer was $4,000 to Harvard College,
the income Of which is to be applied to the aid of
the ten best under graduates who may be in need
Of pecuniary assistance.
DETROIT, Oct. G.--The Farmers & Mechanics
Bank Of this city has been placed Under an injunc.
ton BY the Attorney General.
WRoNG IMpREss1oN.-The New Haven Register
corrects the erroneous impression that has obtain
ed, that the whole forty-thrce signors of the noble
to President Buchanan are clergymon,
Only five of them are clergymen, and the remain
der, lawyers, doctors and other folks.
The Cincinnati Commercial says that "thc low
price Of whisky and the high price of corn is caus-
ing distillcrs in this section to suspend operations.
In consequence of this fact stock hogs are becom-
ing more abundant, and prices are declining. We
learn that the hog cholera also prevails to a con-
siderable extent in the pens attached to distillors
in this vicinity"
SAMUEL HoAR.--A monument has lately been
erected in the cemetry at Concord, Mass in mem-
DRY of the lion. Samuel iIoar, WHO died in novem.
Der last. it is of Quincy granite, twelve feet high,
six wide, and three deep and represents a door and
window, the design being from the pilgrims pro
gress. The following forms the inscription on q
white marble slab beneath the window.
"The Pilgrim they laid in a chamber, whose
window opened toward the sun.rising. The name
Of the chamber was Peace. There he lay till the
break of day, and then he awoke and sang"
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The submarine telegraph cable, connecting
Europe with Africa. was successfully laid on the
9th ult., between Bona and Cape Tenlada, a dis
lance of one hundred and forty miles. 1t was
submerged more than two miles deep a part Of
the distance,
The total population of Canada is now 2,27l
49,. The increase in fSe years is 100, l12.
Capt, T. kendrick, while on q scout on Fish
Eating Creek, Florida, q short time ago, found
monster live oak tree, measuring 81 feet in cir
lcumference, which throws q shade at noon, IL
yards in diameter. Capt. KS whole company, 81
men, dined under the shade Of this tree, at noon
and hitGhed their horses to the limbs
COMMERCIAL MoRALs.-Tho Rev. james Mar
tinau; the great English preacher, has recent.
published a discourse ON Commercial Morals,
in which he says that .,in the rapid expansion 0
relations and the haste of human affairs, practice
slide insensible into existence and get q footing a
usages, before any conscience has time to estimat
them; and when they have won The sanction G
prescription they soon shape conscicnces to sui
them, aud laugh at the critic as a simpleton, an
3 hurry on the crash Of social retribution." II
8 adds:
The derences frequently put forth for the que
tionable usages on which | have touched, seem
shed a painful light upon the inner ethics of mot
c orn trade. Indicating as they do a wide-spreo
n confusion of sentiments, a drifting Judgment wit
= out moral compass to steer by in newly openir
ATTITUDES of human affairs, they arc more startlir
to the thoughtful observer than the exceptions
t cases of individual fraud which less corrupt til
popular fancy, because they speak more plainl
for themselves.
There has not been an execution in Maine fc
twenty four years.