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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-10

THE AM I-SLA VERT BUGL r.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. AT sALEx. ONO
by the Executive Committee Of the Western Anti
Slavery Society.
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Or, $500 at the end Of tho year.
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be addressed 10 MARrus Il. ROBINSON. Editor.
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are not subscribers hut who are believed to be in
tsrssted in the dissemination of anti slavery truth
with the hope that they will either suhscribe them
selves OF use their influence TO extend its crcula
sion among their friends.
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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-10
TIE SPY.

TIE LIBEL SUIT AGAINST TIE New YoRK Colo.
NIzATIoN SocIETY--VERDIcT FOR THE DEFENDANT
A few days since libel suit WAS brought agans,
Anson G. Phelps. President Of the New York Col.
onization Society. by a colored man named Lewis
ii. Putnam. in the Supreme Court Of New York
The damages were laid at $4,000. It appears
that the plaintiff was engaged in a new plan where
by to oolonize Liberia. and collected considerable
money in behalf Of the object. The Colonization
Society. believing his operations were fraudulent,
denounced him as swnidler. and hence the SUIT.
On Saturday morning the jury were charged by
Judge Lott, and after half an hours deberaton,
returned with a verdict for the defendant
Mr.. Van Buren,, counsel for the defendant, NOV
ed that Putnam be sent before the Grand Jury. in
order to be indicted for perjury, it being alleged
that the plaintiff swore falsely on the witness stand
Tho Jud ge said he would lay the papers before the
Grand Jury.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-10

The PURCHASE OF MoUNT VERNoN.-The Legis.
lature of Virginia has unan mously passed bill
amending the act incorporating the Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association of the Union. so as TO author.
ize the purchase of Mount Vernon. including 200
acres Of land, and to improve the same. At cost
not exceeding 100000 the property to be held
forever by the Association and sacred to the Faith
or of his Country The tract to include the Mao;
sion and Tomb Of Washington.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-10

"Gop bless the PRESIDENT He has stood up
with all the elevation OF noble nature in posi-
tion made reputable by the purity of his previous
character and like John the Baptist in the wilder
ness, is warning the southern sinners to flee the
wrath 10 come."--Er.
There is slight difference between the two.
John the Baptist was clothed with the hair of q
camel and James Buchanan with the hair of an
ass. John was in the wilderness and Buchanan
lin the woods" Johns head was cut off,
Buehanan's ought to be.--Brandon (Miss.) Re-
publican.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-10
@ -%~ SERMON F7~u1@
PREACHED BY REV. GEO. W. BASSETT

At the Congregational Church, Warrington, d. C.
Sunday, February 2Sth. 1883.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-10
SLAVERY

EXAMINED BY THE LIGHT OF NATURE
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
Shall we have Civil war.

The Rochester Speech of Senator Seward is
creating a profound sensation in the country.
The conservative Republicans are frightened
by such bold and open treason against the
Union, and such an open Proclamation of
War against fifteen States of the country.
Grrrit Smith, Theodore Parker, and VIM.
Lloyd Garrison. go not so far as Seward in
declaring a crusade against the South. Who
ever votes the Republican State Ticket en-
dorses this heresy of the leader of the Repub-
lican Party, for the speech was made to aid
it. and Mr.. Morgan.
The political issue submitted to the people
of this State is boldly and wickedly stated
by William III. Seward TO be whether the
cotton aud rice fields of South Carolina and
the sugar plantations of Louisiana shall
ultimately be titled by free labor, and
Charleston aud New Orleans become marts
for legitimate merchandise alone, or whether
the rye and wheat fields of Massachusetts and
New York shall be again surrendered by their
farmers to slave culture and 10 the produc-
ton of slaves, and Boston and Nep York become
once more markets for trade IN bodies and souls of
men "
We have lived in peace with the South
since 1875, and in 1853 a Senator in Congress
declares that nothing short OF civil war aud
conquest will avail for the future. Merchants
Mechanics. men of labor, and men of the pro-
fessi0ns, join the Americans in rebuke of a
sentiment wanting in all that is manly, just
and patrotic.-N. T. cypress.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
Weather-Health.

The weather has been all that could be
desired for nearly a week and the consequence
has been felt in marked and steady dimun-
ution of the epidemic. Yesterday the
weather was indeed delightful. The air was
cool. yet not too cool for comfort; the sky
bright and pleasant, the sun shOne out cheerily,
and all nature seemed to rejoice in the change
Our streets were crowded unusually. and
congratulations were heard on every hand.
Especially warm were the greetings exchan-
ged by the regular stand-by's the couldn't
getaway club--who have borne the burden
Of the summer, and who have watched
labOred and nursed through long, dreary
months. Light at last!''-"Out of the woods
once MORE" were frequent exclamations-all
founded upon the fact that several DAYS of
seasOnable weather-such we have exper-
ienced-was sure harbinger of better
weather in future. and of perfect restoration
of the health of the metropolis. For the first
time since the. commencement of the epidemic,
do we feel warranted in extending to our
unacclimated absent friends warm and
cordial invitation to return to their homes.
just as soon as it suits their convenience. We
are persuaded that the dangerous season is
over, and that all who wish may rush here
with entire impunity.-N o. Crescent, Nov. 3.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
WASHINGTON. Nov. 4

1t will be recollccted that several months
ago the Government of Great Britain sug-
gested in general terms that some mode ought
to be adopted for verifying the nationality of
vessels which could be mutually used by both
parties without offence TO either. and the dis
tinct form of the proposition has not been
made nor is it known what Arrangement her
Majesty's Government will recommend. Ii is
not however. considered to be necessary for
the United States TO take the initiative in this
matter, as the law of nations is acknowledged
by Great Britain to mean that for which cur
Government has always eontended. If Eng
land desires any notifications of her PROPOSE
ton, it will OF course be entitled to consid-
Grafton.
The substance of the dispatch of Lord Ma
pier to the State Department isrepresented to
be in effect that the Nicaragua Government
will avail itself of the aid OF the British feet
to prevent the landing of filibusters. Our
Government considers itself able to enforce
the neutrality laws. Should therefore Walker
and his followers fall into the hands of the
British, aud thus be prevented from carrying
out their designs, it would prove un occur
renee much To be deprecated, as it would pro-
duce unpleasant state of feeling against
the British Government.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
From, the Boston Advertiser,
Generous Donation to the Ladies'
Mount vernon Fund.

We are gratified to be able to lay before
our readers the suMoined letter, which was
| received a few days since by Mrs. Louisa
! IngersOll GreenOugh. vice regent for Massa.
chusetts of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Asso-
| citation for the Union, from Commodore
Stringham, u. s. N. now in command of the
hayward at Charleston. The letter was
accompanied by draft for three hundred ana
fifty eight dollars, being the amount of sub
scriptions in aid of the ladies' fund for the
purchase of Mount Vernon made by the
military and civil officers and other persons
attached to the navy-yard, and from the
officers and crew of the receiving-ship Ohio
The donation of this large sum has been
suitably acknowledged by Mrs. Greenough,
and we trust that the bright example of the
Charlestown navy-yard may be initiated at
all the naval stations of the country. We
know well that our national sailors are as
generous as they are patriotic; and no doubt
they will all he glad to avail themselves of
any opportunity that may be afforded them
to aid in accomplishing the noble purpose
which the ladies of the union have taken in
hand with such abundant promise of glorious
success.
THE PURCHASE OF MOUNT VERNoN-The
boys of Mr.. Cushing's "Chauncy Hall SCHOOL,
in this city, have contributed seventy-One
dollars and forty cents,-and the boys of Mr..
DlXweIi : "PrlVate Latin SCHOOL, sixty dol
lars,-to the ladies' fund for the purchase of
Mount Vernon. The money has been paid
over to Mrs. Theodore Chase of this city, one
of the ladies actively engaged in the promo
ton of the noble enterprise, and at her re-
quest we make public this gratifying mani
fcstation of youthful patriotism.
We notice that the Vice Regent for the
State of Connecticut, of the Ladies Mt. Yer
non Association of the Union" is Mrs. Mary
B. Goodrich, whose husband, Hon. S. G..
Goodrich, is everywhere known by the tamil
lar name of -'Petcr Parlcy.' We are glad to
find that the charge of the patriotic work in
our sister State has been confded to the hands
of lady of such high distinction and of SO
agreeable manners; and are gratiiied tn hear
that Mrs. Goodrich has made substantial pro-
gress in organizing the State by towns and
counties for the collection of subscriptions,
having engaged the cooperation of many gen
erous and noble-minded ladies' and being sus-
tanned by an advisory committee composed of
some of the most distinguished gentlemen of
the State. Under such auspices, we may
safely consider that the ladies Of 1.-The land OF
steady habits" will make a liberal subscrip-
ton to the fund. - go
The Yice-Regent for Massachusetts, as our
readers are aware, is Mrs. Louisa lngersoll
Greenough; for New York. Miss Mary Morris
Hamilton for Virginia, Mrs. Anna Cora
Richie.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
For the Nashville Patriot.
OBITUARY..

Departed this life on the LIST Of November 1855 at
9 ?. NJ at his residence near Nashville OLIVER BlIss
HAYES. He was born in South Hadley, Mass. IN the
2Ist of May, 1883, and the of the Rev. Joel
Hayes, eminent Congregational minister Of that
town.
After RECEIVING the highest literary culture in the
best New England Schools, and qualifying him self for
his profession, which that of the law he q
BALTIMORE where he remained short time, ami inal
Iy settled in Nashville early 1905. Abot this time
aud cotemporary with him were many great names
at the Nashville bar, whitesde, 0yerton, Grundy,
Dickinson and others, who have long departed
and he their las: survivor, now gone There were
likewise great interests involved and great questions
be settled by the courts particularly those grow
ing Of the conflicting land tiles Of the country.
BY his genius his tact, his knowledge Of men, aeon
business habits the ready resources Of hts INTEL
ect his power OF invest CATION and graceful and
henent elocution, he made strong Impression upon
the public mind and his services were eagerly sought
for by ths suitors the Courts His practice
tended through considerable portion of Middle Ten
nessec, and in most OF tie important causes he was
retained counsel. During the whole period Of his
professional career which was continued 70 about
1880, lie ranked with the ablest Of his cotsmpora-
ries.
HIS ane conversational talent, cultivated taste, rea-
uy VII ana Various knoNiedgcs nave rarely oeeu sur
passed., and made him exceedingly attractive IN the
social circle.
Having acquired compel mt estate, about the Pc
Rod before alluded To, he rstlred from his pro-
fssion al the view Of devotng himself the min
isify, and ordained as minister in the Presby
t.rAn Church. But commencing bis abors at 50 lale
period, and having pastoral relation, Il 20
supposed be caula acquire the same high astiac-
IA in the former hed. Yet the fervor Of his PFC
~ the fidelity 18th which he discharged the various
duties gned him by bis brethren and the ability
OF his occasional ebrts viii be atlessed BY then Il.
in the conclusion Of this imperfect sketch viii not
be out Of place add that in his house he dis
pensed liberal hostatAs IN The exercise u al
the domestic virtues husband and fsshef his char
acter shone wah peculiar beauty and loveliness
Daring his list hlnssss WATCH Was protune.ed for
several months, in which he endured mach PAY steal
safisrng exhieed tbs most perfect resignation 10
tbs insne will never utserng marmaf complaint
bus always saying, sass hss win eat thine be done
and reisias aisne upon the merits and atohne blood
Of christ for mercy.
Thus has PASSED awsg from The earth this eminens
lax.eF and servant af TIE Most Elgh. leaving his
bsighs ex4mps rseh iaAefl.apce - hss children
4aa those Who may essae Aflsr alsza W.
as4F esk s
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
The Central American Question.
NEUTRALITY OF THE IsTHMUs GUARANTEED

NEUTRALITY OF THE ISTHMUS GUARANTEED
~ WASHINGTON Saturday. Oct 80.
Messrs. White & Co. are defeated, and
General Jerez has triumphed. A transit con-
tract with Messrs. Vandyke Il Wallace, OF
Philadelphia. under the title of the Central
American Transit Company, was executed to
day by Gen. Jerez. 1t was signed, sealed
and delivered in the presence of Secretary
Cass, who cordially approves of the same. 1t
is understood that Commodore Vanderbilt is
the secret cash partner.
The contract requires semi-monthly mails
and continues for fifty years. or, should rail
road be constructed west of the bay, for sixty
years. The transit must be in successful
operation within four months or the grant
and property of the line will be forfeited.
Should tie line be interrupted at any time
for the space OF four months, forfeiture will
ensuc.
The only tax which can be imposed is one
dollar on each passenger Ports at the ter
mini are Free and So is all interior navigation.
The contract is subject to all treaty stipula-
tions which may be hereafter made
This contract secures the great object at
which our Government has aimed the free
navigation of the River and Bay. The White
contract was a monopoly of interior naviga-
ton as well as the through transit from ocean
to ocean, and hence it was seriously objec-
tionable The administration fully approves
of the conditions of the new contract.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
Land warrant titles.

Judge Black, Attorney General, has given
an opinion of much Importance in the case of
titles to land warrants. This opinion was at
the solicitation of the Secretary of the Int
-rior, as to the proper construction of the act
of June Sd, 1858, which provides that the
title to a land warrant issued after the death
of person who applied for it according to
the prescribed forms "shall vest in the widow,
if there be one, and if there be no widow,
then in the heirs and legatees of the claim
ants" In the opinion of the Attorney
General
The heirs of a man are those persons who
are entitled to the Ter rel situs to take his in-
heritable real estate at the time of his death.
His legatecs are those to whom he has be-
queathed his personal pronerty by viii. Heirs
sometimes means children, in common par
lance. and the word is to be so understood in
IA statute when the context shows that .inten-
ton to have been ia the mind of the legisla-
ture. But l am not aware that any reason
exists here for taking it in sense different
from that in which it Is usually and properly
accepted. This act of Congress. then, vests
the land in the persons to whom the claimant
may have left it by will; and if he died in-
testate, then ii goes to the heirs-that IL, to
the persons who are entitled to claim his real
estate by the intestate laws.
lido not see anything in the general policy
of the previous laws which would justify us
in giving the act OF 1858 a construction not
warranted by its plain words Ii is true thai
all the acts on the same subject are To be con-
strued together as IA pdri mlteria, but where
the words of later act diiier from those of
an older one abe later aet must prevail and
give the rule in ali Cases 10 which il applies
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
Mfasissippi.

The Legislature of Mississippi met. in ex-
ira session, at Jackson on the LIST inst, and
organized by the selection of JAMES DRANE,
of Choctaw, as President of the Senate, and
S. S. CaLHooN, of Yazoo, as Secretary; j. l..
AUrRr, of Marshall, was elected Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and c. A.
BRoUGHER, of Tippah, Clerk.
The officers of both houses were elected by
reclamation. The Governors Message is oc-
cupied almost exclusively by the treatment OF
subjects of local State interest. The follow
ing is the only passage relating to national
af airs sE T-sr --..rrEaf ..r. Z.
II herewith communicate to you the reso-
buttons of the Legislature OF the State OF
Texas, which are creditable to the State, and
must find a response in the mind and heart of
every patriot:
| have also received Legislative Resolu-
tions from the State of Massachusetts,, Maine,
and New Hampshire, which are such as You
would expect from the fanatical abolition
sources from which they come. | have not
acknow ged the receipt OF these resolutions;
nor will | communicate them to you unless
specially called upon TO do so. These fanat-
les have no right to expect these offensive,
incendiary and treasonable proceedings to be
treated with the ordinary county"
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
Lrrrer from rI<. winthrop.



The following terse, manly. and conclusive
letter, written by the Hon. Robert C. Win
throp. in reply to an invitation to preside at
at the fremont Temple meeting. this evening
has been handed to US for publication by the
gentleman 70 whom it was addressed in Or
der that the sentiments of national patriotism
therein contained might be spread before the
public at the earliest practicable moment:
+ Boston, Oct 80, 1853.
Cdl. Isaac H. Wright and others, Commit
tee':-
Gentlemen II thank you for your polite in
vitation to preside at the proposed meeting of
the National Men, on Monday evening next.
1t will not be in my power TO attend it. and
must beg you to excnse me. Belonging 10
neither of the three parties which have candi-
dates in the field, have bad no disposition to
render myself responsible for any vote hut my
own at the coming election. / desired and
designed. on the contrary. to. keep myself
entirely aloof from politics during the present
campaign. But observing Willingness in
some quarters to draw my position into doubt
and to throw discrcdit on my friends, owing
to the absence Of my name, with Others, from
the signatures of the recent Wing address.
cannot hesitate 10 avail myself OF your ob1lg-
ing invitation to avow explicly the intention
which long ago formed. in regard to the
particular subject of your meeting
I have an unchangeable conviction that in
temperate anti-slavery agitation has been the
source of a very large part of the troubles by
which our country has been disturbed and
harassed for some years past;-that it has
done nothing to advance any real interest OF
freedom, but has provoked and stimulated
not few of the very measures against which
it was ostensibly aimed that it has imped-
ed and INSTRUCTED all other measures for the
prosperity and welfare of the people; and
that there is little hope OF any useful or prac-
teal legislation being successfully attempted
for the prize-fghts of pro-slavery and anti
slaverp agitators.
1t is for the highest interest of the whole
country that there should be an end of this
sectional strife; and know not how this re-
suit can be more effectively promoted than
by granting at least temporary furlough to
those of the cOmbatants who, by disposition,
or principle, or antecedent circumstances, or
connections. are most strongly inclined to pro-
long and aggravate that strife.
This consideration alone is sufficient to de-
termine my choice between the only two can
didates presented to us in the District in which
it is my fortune TO reside and ii is hardly ne
cessary for me to add that my vote will be
given to Col. Heard.
am, gentlemen, very respectfully,
Yaur obcdient servant,
ROBERT G. WINTHROP.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-11-08
A Thrilling incident.

I A merchant wishing to celebrate his dangh-
ter's wedding, collected a party of her young
companions; they circled around her, wish
ing much happiness to the youthful bride
and her chosen one. Her father gazed proud
ly on his lovely child, and hoped that as bright
prospects for the future might open for the
rest of his children who were playing among
the guests. Passing through the hall of the
basement, he met servant who was carrying
light d candle in her hand, without stick.
He blamed her for such conduct, and went
into the kitchen to see about supper. The
girl soon returned, but without the candle,
The merchant Immediately recoliected that
several barrels of gunpowder had been plac
ed in the cellar during the day, and, that
one had been opened. .-szs
Where is your candle 20 be inquired, in
the utmost alarm.
Il couldn't bring ii up with me, for my
arms are full of wood" replied the girl.
where did yon put it? ~ s&
We'll. I'd no candlestek so stuck ii in
some black sand that's in the small barrel
Her master dashed down stairs: the passage
was long and dark his knees threatened to
give way under him; his breath was chOked;
his flesh seemed dry and parchcd. as if he felt
the suffocating blast of death. At the end of
| the cellar, nnder the very room where is chill
dren and their friends were revealing in f.
| Lefty, he saw the open barrel of powder, full
at the top, the candle suck loosely in the
| grains. a long red snuff of burnt wick; this
| sight seemed to wither all his powers; the
laughter of the company struck upon his ear
| like the kneli of death. He stood moment
unable to move. The music commenced
above; the feet of the dancers responded with
yivacity; the floor shook and the loose bottles
in the cellar jingled with the motion. He
| fancied the candle moved-with desperate
energy he sprang forward. but how to remove
| it; the slightest touch woald cause the re
hot wick to, fall into the powder. With un-
| eqnalled presence of mind he placed hand
on each side of the candle. with the open
| palm upwards, and the fingers pointed tow
ards the Object of his care. which as his hands
met, were secured in the clasping of his fing
ers, and safely moved away from its danger
ous position. When he reached the head of
the stairs he smiled at his previous alarm. but
| the reaction was too powerful. and he fell into
| fits of the most violent laughter. He was
| conveyed to his bed senseless, and many weeks
elapsed ere his nerves recovered sufficient
tone to.allow him to resume his business.