Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-02-28
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HERBERT IN CoNGREss.-ln the House Of Rep
resentutlyes Mr. Culiax, from the Committee on
Elections, 10 which the house referred II petition
Ut s2U0 citizens Of California, Making the expul-
SION from the House vi Mr.. Herbert, Tor kiInuS
the waiter Heating, reported that the petition
was accompanied by no pruUi, AID hU aa,hOrlty
was given the Ommitc to compel the atten-
dance oil witnesses, therefore it was not for the
House to determine what further action should
be taken.
Mr.. Herbert remarked that he was oredibly
informed by CalifUrnians now here, that this pc.
tition was got up in the Nisilunce Committee
room in San Francisco. He did not believe that
one man of them ever voted tor him, and they
were considered a band Of outlaws. lie looked
on the petition as coming from that quarter.
Mr.. CVllax said this petition was not referred
to the Committee till the 10th inst, hence 1t
would he seen that they had acted as promptly
as the time allowed.
On motion OF Mr.. Boyce, the report was tn.
bled.
We learn from the Western Presage, that the
Legislature of Iowa, at this winters session, re-
pealed all laws ON the Statute Book of that State,
prohibiting, negroes, Mulattoes and Indians"
from becoming competent witnesses against white
men IN Courts vi justice. This Is as IL should be.
There is no reason in nature, why an other man
should not readily be believed ON oath us q white
man. Ii is high time that such wicked prejudices
were abolished. What has the color OF a mans
skin to do with his telling the truth, or casting an
intelligent ballot? AOuut as much as a gnat has
in producing an eclipse Of the sun. What blind
tauaticism !-F0tticdt AbottioniSt.
The Louisville Times, a strong pro-slayery Dem.
ocratic puper, published in Louisville, Ky. has gone
down for want Of support. The Slavery DemocIa'
cy (which by the way, is no Democracy at ALL has
starved out nine presses in Newport and Coving
ton and has now slain this ably edited paper
which, had it not taken sides with Slavery, would
have been richly sustained, and been an ornament
to the State. So much for taking sides against
labor. Hon. Preston s. Brooks and the Times ex
pred at the same period. Is it rot visible thai
the band of God is against the oppressor = Neic
port (Ky.) Daily Ners, Jan. IS.
SLAVES MAvuM1TrED.-The Fredericksburg, IVA,
Herald of the 20th, learns that by the will OF thu
late Mrs. Mary Hill, all the slaves belonging tt
her estate, numbering some thirty-six, have beer
set free. 1t is believed that they have n choice Of
election as to whether they will 70 to Liberia or a
free State. As the will provides that they are moi
to 20 empty-handed to either quarter, some years
will probably elapse before its objects can be fully
consummated.
Neal Dow goes to England, as we learn, about
the first of April, at the urgent solicitation OF the
United Kingdom Alliance for the suppression OF
the Liquor Traffic. The arrangements are to hold
a series of monster meetings at all the great cen
tres of population throughout England, Ireland
and Scotland.
A personal liberty bill" relative to persons
claimed as fugitive slaves, has been introduced
into the Wisconsin Legislature. 1t directs trial
by jury to be provided for persons claimed, pun
ishes false and malicious arrests of persons as
fugitive slaves with $1,000 fine, and gives power
to county courts to grant writs of ha6eas corpus.
Seventy vessels owned or insured in the United
Satss, were lost in January;value of vessels, 1892
900; value Of cargOes asceftained, 81, 1867 600: val
ue of cargoes not ascertained probably $1,000 OC
more.
FEMALE SUrrRAoE.-The Committee on State AT
fairs, in the Michigan senate, has repoted favor
ably to extending the right of suffrage to females.
When the ladies vote we shall need no special pc.
lice force on election days.
Tho Price Current of Cincinnati publishes a full
statement of Pork Packing in the West. Returns
from 10 places were received, and the tootings
show a decrease as compared with last season of
25 per cent. in number, and also a deficiency in
weight 63 per cent. making a total falling off 81!
per cent.
1t may be interesting to the ardent native
Americans to know that Rev. Bernard keenan,,
Catholic Priest at Lancaster, Pa, gave a select
dinner party on the 18th to the president elect
at the parsonage, at which several distinguished
representatives. of the Romish hierarchy were pres
ent, and which Mr.. Buchanan seemed to enjoy
exceedingly. Is it not startling2
No less than ten bridges are already built,
projected, or in process of construction, across
the Mississippi river, at various points above
st. Louis.
1t is stated in the Richmond Enquirer that
The Hon. Edward Everett has placed in the
hands of trustees Sl2,0 at per cent interest,
and SIS, 90 at 6 per cent. interst-the proceeds
of his oration-for the benefit of the Mt. Vernon
fund.
SLAVE EXEMPTION IN MIss1ssIpPi.-We learn
from the WiSSiSsippian that the Senate of Missis-
sippi, on the 10Th inst, after a long and interest
ing discussion, adopted, by q vote of 20 to 5, the
following amendment, offered by Mr., Ellet. to the
Court bill, exompting a portion of slave property
from sale under executions: Exempting lone
slave, to be selected by the debtor, if he have
more than ore; and should such debtor select to
retain a female slave, then all the children of such
female, under the age of twenty years, shall like
wise be exempted"
This is similar to acts passed in other Southern
States for the protection and encouragement of
Slavery. As q specimen of class legislation, it
will not prove very palatable to the non slavehold-
ing population of the South.
A report has recently been submitted to the
Board of Education in New York city, which es-
limated on satisfactory grounds, that there are
between thirty and forty thousand children in that
city, between the ages of five and sixteen, who are
growing up in ignorance and vagabondisn. and
fitting themselves to be future marauders upon
society.
DEATH OF DIR. K~ASE.-From the Cincinnati
Gazette Of Feb. Oath:
Our telegraphic dispatches this morning an