Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-01
Receipts for the Bugle for two weeks ending April
OBITUARY.

Departed this life at New Garden Columbians
Co., on the I'd. inst, Simeon Votaw son of Aaron
and Lydia Votaw, 1.-THE latter deceased) in the
10Th. year of his age. His disease (Scarletins)
was Of that insidioas character that defed the
power Of medical skill. Could a fond Fathers
ardent attachment have arrested the shaft of the
Death Angel that Fathers life would not have
been dimmed by blighted hopes and Iarcerated
affections. But man is 2owerless when the pale
messenger pronounces his fiat. The assurance
that the separation is not final alone can bring
peace to the bereaved Parent.
The son beloved has passed away,
TO the beautiful realms of Celestial day;
Where his kindred and friends a glorioI band
Will welcome him home to that better land
Where a mothers love is undimed by death.
Unfaltering, unchanged by the parting breath,
Her seraph voice and her angel hand
Will guide her son in that better land.
Com municafed.
DIED-In tae city of Boston, April 7th, very
suddenly, Mr.. JOEL STEPHENSON, (colored,) aged
80 years.
Mr.. Stephenson was a native of Jamaica, and a
college graduate. For the last three years, he had
been the accountant of Messrs. Morey, ODER & Co.,
now Morey & Smith, glass ware merchants, S and
7 Haverhill street. As a business man, his pune
tuality, accuracy and efficiency won for him the
deepest respect of his employers. They loved him
for his infexible integrity, his uniformly amiable
and affectionate department, and answering fdel.
ity to their interests. lie inspired every acquaint.
ance with confidence in him.. as one disposed to
deal justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly.-
Doing right and advocating the truth was his re.
iigion. his piety, his Christianity. Though edu-
Gated in a profound respect for the evangelical
sects Of religionists, he was often heard to express
contempt for a seventh'day religion, and empty
forms, and empty words. Nothing was SO often.
sive to him as can't, pretenoe, hypocrisy and in
nothing was this SO offensive to him as in religion.
lie seemed incapable of insincerity himself, and
when he met persons OF about equal proportions
of colorphobia and pietistical profession. it was
difficult to repress his emotions of mingled pity
and disgust. As an evidence OF his moral courage
and discrimination, We will just name the fact of
bis recently subscribing for the unpopular paper
called the Pleasure. Boat, lie was a Progressire.-
Being of a skin q shade darker than some Of the
race. his character for purity and intelligence was
a perpetual rebuke of the prevailing stupid preju-
dice against color.
We are glad to be able to say, that his wife was
worthy such a husband, whose graduation to q
higher school of wisdom and goodness Ia matter Of
rejoicing considered in reference to him) has filled
her heart with bitter anguish, solaced only by the
reflection that be is now blest with better teachers
and finer opportunities for improvement.
It'll proper to say, that his employers gave him
every attention possible in his brief sickness, paid
to his memory the sad tribute of respect when be
had departed, and did what could be done to con-
sole the bereaved. If merchants generally were
OF this character, we should soon hear the last Of
the prevalent unjust and vile persecution Of the
colorsd man, j.. ]. L.