Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-02-21
THE1ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

among the Mormon emigrants by the band.cartI
train which is now in the mountains. The train
contained $50 souls; one sey enth are already dead
and they are dying at the rate Of Is per day
There are some GOO more behind, of which we
shave heard nothing. 1t is impossible for the nj
to get through this Fail. The Mormons estimated
that there are nOt less than 1900 of their brethren
yet &c come in, and the snow is reported to be not
less than a foo. deep in the mountains"
Tue WHEREFORE UNIvERsITY.-A short time
since, the Cincinnati Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and other Conferences, purchased
the beautiful property known as the Tawawa
Springs near Xenia, aud founded the Wilberforce
University for the education Of colored persons.
The property was bought cheap, and The buildings
are well arranged for tho purposes Of a college.
The Board OF Trustees comprise many of the
most learned and distin guished men in the State
OF all denominations and parties. The college
opens with a good prospect of success. Several
OF the students are from the Southern States, who
have been brought there by their masters, and set
free they having also provided money for their
education. Still the college, having no rich on.
dOwmonts, is in want of means. If Congress were
to give the college a grant of land, it would great
ly aid it, Ohio State Journal.
The ATLANTIC TELEGRAPu.-A bill passed the
Senate on the 22nd, appropriating $40, 600 for the
conveyance 9f messages on the Atlantic telegraph.
ihi'' 70 :" ioW Oihiii ~ CONtTSCL Win the lel-
egtaph Company 10 carry messages upon the same
conditions as the contract entered into with the
British Government. The contract is as fol.
lows =
"The British Government shall have n priority
in the conveyance Of their messages over all others,
subject to the exception only of the Government
of the United States, in the event of their enter.
ing into an arrangement with the Company sim
liar IN principle to that of the British Governments;
in which case the messages of the two Govern.
ments shall have priority in the order in which
they arrive at the stations"
TUG ATLANTIC TELEGRAPu CABLr.-Mr. Newall.
OF Gatesaead, Eng, is engaged to make one half
OF the Atlantic Telegraph, and Mes.rs. Kuper
y Co, OF London, the other hall. These firms
are under contract to complete their resnecti We
portions IN the course of the unsuing summer.
The Gateshead Observer says:-
"It may assist the reader to a fair conception of
the immensely OF the task, to state that Mr..
Newall will have to twist strands of wire as an
outer protection of the electric line itself, %, 900
miles In length, or long enough to go round the
whole earth"
Joint resolutions are pending in the Michigan Leg
islature, opposing the introduction of Slavery by
Congress- into Territory now free, and calling for
the repeal or modification of the Fugitive Slave
Law. An amendment was proposed in the House
- Wv - Ohoo o IitlluS utCluEln0 inc Il uPl-
tive Slave Law a Finally" which Fought to be
acquicsced in" The House refused to entertain
The PRoFIrs OF THE SLAVE TKADE.-It is said
that about forty vessels are engaged in this
country, IN the diabOlical slave trade.-These, it ia
calculated, ship 600 negroes each from the a African
coast, Of whom 500 are landed at the port of des.
tinations. Allowing $4,000 for each vessel for
brokerage and commission from the port whence
she sails, $1,000 on each vessel for wages for
officers and mon, SIS head for the purchase of
negroes on the African coast, and $42 to secure
the landing of each negro at tho port of delivery,
the whole cost would come up to 81 LAG. 900.
twenty thousand negroes at $500 a head, would
produce $1,000 600, or clear profit of So, 524. 900.
or upon two voyages a year moro than Sl7,-
900 600.
SLAVE EXEMPTION IN MIsslssiPpI.-The Jackson
MisstsStppian, Of Saturday week says:
Yesterday evening. after a long and interesting
discussion OF two days, the following amendment,
offered by Mr.. Elicit to the course bill, exemptine
a portion OF slave property from sale under ex.
ecution, passed the Senate by 20,yeas to 5 nays -
~"Exempting one slave, to be selected by the debt
or, IT he have more than one and, should such
elect TO retain a female slave, then all the children
OF such female under the age of IL years, shall
likewise be exempted.
The Archbishop of Paris was assassinated
while performing religious services in the Church
Of st. Etienne. by a discharged priest, named
Vcrges. The assassin stepped forward, and lift
ing lis cap, plunged u knife into the heart of the
Archbishop, exclaiming. Down with the God
dess pan expression which he afterwards ex,
planned to refer to the doctrine of the immaculate
conception. The Archbishop fell to the pavement
and instantly expired. The murderer, who wa.
Immediately arrested, had been suspended for
preaching against the dogma of the Immaculate
conception.