Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-02-27
suspicion fastens on everybody the least inclined
to favor the action of the United States government.

tdCutu W tDo NuHJOT y ONCE, reached mere on MOI
day morning from Richmond, Va, with MasO
Thomas, the alleged kidnapper, and George Ar
derson, the negro, in charge. The officers stat
that an effort was on foot 10 detain the parties i
Richmond, but becoming apprised Of it at a lat
hour on Friday night, thew took Thomas and tn
negro out of Jail ION the order Of the Governor Q
Virginia) and started for New York at four o'clocl
on Saturday morning, before Thomas lawye
could serve the writ of habeas corpus. Thoma
was sent before the Court of General Sessions, {
answer the indictment. and was committed in de
fault of bail for $4,000. Anderson was also com
mitted as Il witness, not being able to give bail i
81 900 for his apr earance.-New York Journal Q
Commerce.
ROYAL INDEPENDENCE.-A At the wedding Of tn
Princess Royal, full accounts Of which reached u
by q late steamer, among the other digritaries-
and none in England, native or foreign, would per
init themselves to be absent at such a pageant
was SARAH BoNETTA, an. African princess, VIII,
is on a visit to that country. She attended by
special invitation of Queen Victoria, who sent hel
dresses suitable for the occasion. 1t has not, W,
presume, occurred to anybody that the Englisl
monarchy stands any less firmly for this act Of tht
present occupant of the throne but it is certain
that should Mr.. Buchanan invite n cOlored woman
to a levee ut the White House. the whole Southern
Congressional delegation would leave their seats in
the Senate and House, go home and dissolve thu
Union. We are not unmindfGl Of the even absurd
violence OF the supposition that Mr.. Buchanan
could do a manly or an independent thing bu'
the contrast as to consequences shows very striking
ly that the Queen of England has the independence
10 do a very unusual thing, without regard to alb
straot opinion of social customs, which the Presi
dent Of the Republic could not do-not in thu
same case merely. but in o similar one-as he val
ues his government.-A. S. Standard
CALLING NEGRos"BRETHaES.'-A Northern Meth
odlst minister, on a visit to Maryland, thus writes
NJ host being a leader of the colord class, | took
pleasure in occasionally accompanying him and lead
ing the class. | termed them brothers and sis
ters' but the good brother told me he did not apply
these flial and iraternal terms to the members OF
his oolored class; he did not think it proper! Said
/, What do you call them, brother?' WE'LL call
them aunts, uncles, Tom, Dick, or Harry remind
ing me of the words of Clementine the lVth, who,
having assembled the papal chair, returned the bow
ct the cOngratulating ambassadors and others.
When the ma ster of the ceremonies told his 1Ioli.
ness that he should not have returned their salute,
o. | beg your pardon said be, Il have not been
Popelong enough to forget good manners"
EARTHQUAKE IN OnGo.-On Friday evening, the
18th inst. about s o'clock, a slight shock was
felt at Coshocton, at Steubenville, o., aud extend.
ed as far rs New Brighton Pa, 1t was so slight
that nobody at first supposed it to be an earth.
quake. 1t shook the windows a little, and one
old lady saw three distinct waves over a bed quilt
she had on the frames. AT the same time a me.
teor descended at Cosbocton, and was seen at
several other places. The only claim it has to an
earthquake is, that the same slight tremulous
motion was felt in a number OF places ct the
same time.
Seventeen men are constantly employed at the
Charlestown navy yard in shaving the bark from
wood to be used as fuel on board ships-of-war
fitting out at that station. The object of this
singular custom, says the Journal, is to prevent
the accumulation on board ship of dirt and in.
sects. which would naturally result from putting
the wood on board with the bark on.
INSANE PERsoNs-Hamilton County has now to
provide for 243 insane persons, besides the ex
pense of keeping about sixty at the Dayton
Asylum.
In all the cities OF Indiana, meetings are being
held to devise means for sustaining the Free School
system. which was lately struck down by a deei.
sion of the Supreme Court. 1t is an encouraging
feature to see the people taking 80 much interest
in the cause of education. 1t is an unmistakable
sign of the future prosperity Of the State.
THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA.-A correspondent of
the Journal of Commerce states that the Ameri-
can, Isabella or Catawtay vines, which have been
into Madeira, have succeeded admira.
bly,. lie adds:
SHOULD they continue to prosper, the grape
culture may revive in Madeira, otherwise the hills
will soon be denuded of the last vine. 1t should
be added, that though much suffering followed
from the first years grape failure to the peasantry,
who make the mass Of the people, sufficient time
has elapsed for the substitution OF other vegeta.
bles and fruits, and the peasantry were never in
a better condition"
POWER OF SLAvERY.-It is curious to observe
how questions connected with slavery govern
in Washington. Robinson, of Indiana,
o prominent candidate for Clerk of the House.
but it leaked out that he had voted when 10 Con.
gress against the Fugitive Slave law, and he was
Allen, of Illinois, his competitor, was
supposed to be against the Kansas bogus Consti.
tuition, and before he could get the nomination,
he had to declare he was in favor of it, and went
with the Administration
The New Orleans Delta informs US that "the
united will of the South" among other things
which it can DO just as well as no.,
'Can stare rotten institutions. consecrated by
ages, out of existence, and curdle, with the light
ening of its Look, the blood of nations. "-LiGera-
tor.
Terrible power! in thy might remember
mercy
TIE PLEASURES OF HEAvEN.-Jeremy Taylor,
speaking Of the widow of a blacksmith, who was
laboring to procure the necessaries of
thus quantity ~portrays her character
"Thus she lived, poor. patient and resigned.
heart was a passion flower, bearing within it
the crown of thorns and the cross of Christ. Her
ideas of heaven were few and simple. She reject
the doctrine that it was the place of constant
activity and not of repose, and believed that when
she at length reached it she would work no more,
but sit in a clean white apron and sing psalms"
A correspondent of The Ecening Post. writing
from Illinois, says:
at cannot be denied that Mr.. Douglass has the
whole Democratic party with him in illinois. AT
this time the Administration party don't amount
to a corporais guard Douglas, to-day, is as
strong in his party as Henry Clay ever was in his
in Kentucky, Mr.. Webster in Massachusetts,, or
in South Carolina. | do not mean to say
party make up a majority of the people Of
the State. His enemies may talk abou; detection
in Egypt, and of ~infdelity to his cause In the
North, and Of the spread OF treason to him over
the State. Is is not true. There is not q cabin
in the canebrake or the cache-not a lodge in the