Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-06-12

little startled tho other day, out o its dullnes
a1d dignity, by an accident. a reporter carelossl,
threw his over coat over the rear railing whicI
shuts off tho reporters from tho Senate below
1t CHANGED that in the pocket Of said overcuat
there was a stout bowie knife, which was, by thu
impulse given to the coat, thrown with some VIC
lonce below, striking the blade into Senator Ham
m0nd's seat, which was at that moment unoccu
pied. For a moment the senators were startled
out of their propriety, and the Scrgeantat-Arm
went ur to the gallery, and arrested the p%ropriotoi
of the coat, but when explanations were made, hC
was released"
The story, as given above, differs from the YER
sion transmitted to us at the time.
In the first place, the time was at midnight
during the later stage of the Lccompton discus
sion. The o%yercoat did not belong to the reporter
who was Ignorant of the existence Of the dagger
in The pocket. The most noticeable part of Tho
story is the fact that the reporter was Senator
Summers private secretary. Had the knife
which fell and stuck quivering in the vacant sea,
OF the South Carolina senator, fallen at q few
moments earlier, it would have proved fatal. But
what construction would South Carolina place
on the unfortunate coincidence? Would not the
act have been considered as an intended return
for the outrage committed by Brooks
In CAUCUS TOGETHER The people may know
what confidence to place in the professions of the
Anti'Lccompton Democrats in Congress when We
inform them that with the exception Of Harris Of
Illinois, they all went into caucus with the Lee
compton men, and nominated and elected on
avowed ~Lccompton man for Door keeper of the
House. This indicates that harmonious and
friendly relations have been restored among the
distracted brethren. They held sweet counsel
together, and no doubt the estrays were rejoicing
that, in the language of Mr.. Foley, the admins.
tration had reinstated them in ''iull felership."
VIM. NJ. Connolly has been convicted Of har.
boring fugitives at Cincinnati. One Of the jury
was a United States Deputy Marshal, and the de
fence, on this ground asked for a new trial.
Judge Leavitt, :he good Presbyterian, refused a
new trial, and sentenced Connolly to pay a fine of
SO and be imprisone in the coun ty jail 20 days.
And ID this American Presbyterianism? And is
it 'inidelity" to doubt the christianity of such
business rs this? Then we are a rank "infdel."
This Judge Leavitt has been blazoned by the Gin.
cinnati press as q leader in the Union Prayer
Meeting of that city, during the recent "rovival."
lie now lmprisons q man for what God plainly
commands. "Thou shalt not return to his master
the servant which has escaped from his master
unto thee-he shall dreH tciM thee, &C." Saith
God Is not this the fast | have chosen, that thou
deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring
the poor that are cast out to thy house, and when
thou seest the naked that thou cover him 7" Now
the question that forces itself upon our judgment
naturally and irresistably, is, what mortal advan
tage could accrue to any Of Gods creatures by IA
revival or n huHdyed revivals of Judge Leavitt's
iOi'S'Oh LiU az tCtn
Connolly, convicted at Cincinnati Of having vio
lated the fugitive slave act by harboring two run,
away negroes, has been sentenced to twenty days
Imprisonment and ten dollars fne-not sufficient
punishment to satisfy the vengeance of the negro
drivers, but enough to disgrace the court that in
ficts it, and too great for an act which no humane
and Christian man can consider q crime. His
motion for a new trial was not granted.
The CAPTURE OF TIE CoKTEs. KINGsroN,( Jam J
Lay IL.
The most important intelligence of the fortnight
ls the arrival at Port Royal of a SLAYER, which
was captured on the 10th ult., off Havana, By
her Britanic Aajesty's steam gunboat Forward.
No flag was flying at the time of her capture,
and no papers or other instruments were on board
to indicate her nationality. Two men, called
George and Charles. were the only part of the
crew that fell into the hands of tho CT uisers, and
they are now in charge of the naval authorities.
Lieut.. Henry Davis, the commander of the gun.
boat. has sworn to the necessary dispositions, and
a Court of Vice-Admiralty will be held on the
18th inst, when the Attorney General on the be-
half of her Majesty will apply for the confscation
of the vessel, which has the name Cortes painted
on her stern, and the tackel. apparel and furniture
found on board. The schooner had just left the
Havana for Africa when she was captured; she
therefore had no slaves.
This is the third capture effected by the gun.
boats sent 20 the coast of Cuba by the Lords of
the Admiralty, at the solicitation of tho delegates
appointed by the Anti Slavery Convention held
in this island in the latter part of 1856.
The first capture was made by the Arab, which
added 362 Africans to our population
The second capture was effected two months
ago by the Jasper, but no slaves were found on
board the suspected SLAYER. She was also on her
way to Africa, and had on board G8,0 600 sterling
in gold, which, with tackle. apparel, furniture,
armes, ammunition and food found thereon, were
napE -a,ln Of - n.,.t@ 81 ". tI.,...1t- I.1l =.
Spanish Town on the 9th ult. The reputed
master Lust by name and The mate, both of
whom were brought as prisoners to Port Royal,
have left the island, the officers of the Jasper hav-
ing subscribed and presented them with $50 to
defray their expenses 10 CuLa-KimgSton Cores
|pOndeAa N. Y. Herald 3lst.
We have mentioned that tho proposition sub.
mitted n few days since to call q constitutional
convention in Maryland, was Observation-Disclosures
CITY voting for, and the country districts agains.
the proposed Convention. The Baltimore Amer.
lean attributes the defeat of the measures to the
fact that the American" party in the State de
signed altering the basis of representation to pure
white one, cutting off the blacks altogether;
whereby the city would have gained and the
country districts LOST political power.
DESTRUCTION OF LlqUoK.-Between sixty and
seventy women, residing in the town of Towan-
da, deprived a liquor seller of his occupation on
thursday afternoon. The village of Towanda
never saw quite such a sight as was presented on
Thursday, for the women who broke into the sa-
loon spilled about two hundred gallons of poor
whisky and brandy, and enjoyed the sport amaz'
ingly.-Bloomington Illinois Paragraph.
On the same principle that the present would be
o good time to buy Cuba, and pay two hundred
millions of dollars for it, the expenses of the
Government having been only fifty millions. about
its income this year, this would be a good time to
go to war with the greatest naval power of the
globe. There are about eight hundred soldiers
guarding the coast defenses, along our Atlantic
and Mexican gulf seabord, the rest of tho army
being on the prairies ard in the mountains some
thousands of miles from the sea Shore incin-
natl Commercial.
REWARD OF MERiT-U. S. COMMISSIONERS -
The U. s.. Court for this district entertain, as will
be seen by reference to another paragraph, a high
opinion of the intelligence of the jurors who con-
victed Connolly. Since they rendered their yer,
dict, three of their number have been appointed
u, S, Commissioners viz, Mcssrs. S. Sprague,
R. A. Constable, and Alfred McVcy.