Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-01-02
UDe Anti 5laperp Bualr.
SALEM, ono. JANUARY ., 1853.
FIELD NOTES.

ATwATER CuRtsrMAs, 1857.
DEAR NJ: The evening Of Thursday the 18th,
found US at Marlboro; but having an appointment
at New BALTIMORE, some three miles distaht.
The night was dark aud rainy, the roads next to
impassable for horse flesh, and the prospect for a
meeting anything but encouraging. Having call.
ed a council Of war, We agreed to divide our
forces, and 1 was the one selected to make a de-
scent upon Baltimore. A couple of volunteers
proposed to accompany me, and having EQUIPPED
ourselves with Ovcrcoats, umbrellas and lanterns.
We resolved to accomplish as much as he, of whom
it was said or sung.
1.-THE king of France, with twenty thousand men,
Marched up u hill, aud then marched down again"
Three miles of mud brought us to the town
and the people there not being aware that anti.
slavery agents Arrays meet their appointments,
had concluded we would not he on hand. and
therefore had not opened, lighted or warmed the
meeting house. This vas not in itself much to he
regretted, for the most comfortable accommoda
tons would not have brought mtny abroad on
such a night in such a place. We intended hold
ing a meeting there on the next evening also. but
the storm promising a continuance we concluded
not to make u second attempt, and again address
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paniment OF driving rain. When | assure you
that the dry jokes that were circulated among the
company on our homeward trip. were about the
only dry things we could muster, you will under.
stand what a damper the storm was to our pros.
poets for a meeting in New Baltimore.
Having abandoned that place, we had no ap.
pointment for the following day. and my wife EN-.
braced the opportunity Of meeting with the Msrl-
bvro Sewing Circle at the house Of VIM. Brooke.
1t is the custom to convene in the morning and
sew through the day, once in two weeks. This
seems 10 FAVOR of devotion to the interests of the
bondman-it is a praiseworthy eff,rt to accom-.
plisli the work proposed. And although the good
company and sumptuous dinner were decided at.
fractions, yet zeal in the cause was ur mistakable
and o resolutc determination 90 the part Of each
to have it said Of her, "she hath done what she
could"
On Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon we
held meetings at DEER CREEK. where at least half
{ our audience was composed Of culored persons.
r This, to us, was a matter for surprise, until we
learned that large numbers of the prescribed class
q had settled in that neighbornood, and we were
/ glad TO learn that they were not only among the
n most respectable of citizens, but also Of the mos,
respected. Here and there will perhaps be found
/ nne whose character is excep;ionable. We were
. assured that Of all who live in that immediate
n vicinity, there has never been more than two ui
three whose habits were such as injuriously t.
effect the excellent reputation that the colorec
y people Of Deer Creek sustain.
The reputable conduct and good standing Of tn,
+ free colored population ~accomplishes a might,
le work for the emancipation Of the slave, and i
isa kind of work that can he done only by them
Not only are they themselves hest by the prac
,, tice Of Temperance, Industry and Morality ant
k by the cultivation of their intellectual powers. bu
ts each step in that direction is Il vindicatiOn Of tn
I" capabilities Of the culored rnce, and an irresistab.
i argument in favor oc the recognition of it
It. equality.
,d Oar meetings there were both well attended
AM at the first one, the interest OF some Of ou
auditors was maniterted by the various question
they PRESENTED during the course Of our remark,
re most, if not all of which were in relation to on
cd political connections with slavery.
ul From Deer Greek, we went on Sunday evenin
-, ~ to LIMA. which, if not a very religions place,
~ not deficient in that respect because Of the lack c
at revival meetings. One was in progress when "
lie we're there. and had we been acquainted with tn
w. fact before making our appointment, we shoul
have sought for hearers elsewhere. Tor it was n,
Ups 10 be expected that those who we're engaged in r,
to vival- would interest :hemselves in ary human
I'd tartan movemen that came. seeking its kingdom
II not with noise, and shoutings, aud blinded exci,,
AZ. ment, but with tho quiet power Of Truth.
AS The school house had been promised us, but W
art found it closed on our arrival, the teacher refusin
\, to give up the key. Some, however, assembled
he f,ont Of the building and with the Pickering ligi
Of a solitary candle playing upon them, | shoul
not wonder if they presented a picturesque al
en pearance to those, who, like the Priest and Levitt
10 passed by On the other side as they wen, up
=, the temple-worship. The door of the house WI
~ subsequently opened from the inside. by order
one Of the directurs-which order clambered
CHI through n window-and a small number gathers
ey within to hear the truth. The audience ",
ne wholly destitute Of women, they having probab
10 all gone to he revived at the NJ. E.. Church.
ely Had not Lima been so Enthusiastically Joined
her idols, we should have held a second meetir
IN there. but finding her so Ephraim.like, we co
cluded to let her alone, at least for the present.
lei Did you ever hear Of ATwATER? Iii a TOW
which lieth on the southern border of the Wester
Reserve, aud which has q church that is a chur
'et' "a regular, true.blrc Presbyterian churcn, who
DC priest ana people are al honor to sectarian big
or ry. The Inhabitants of Atwater once made
,si. great mistake 10 opening their meeting house