Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-17

MIR. Shorter, one Of the enlightened representa-
tiyes Of Alabama in COasress, in q recent speech,
utters himself thus annually with regard ~ the
Pilgrim Fathers
The Pilgrim fathers. indeed! Sir | have a
sovereign contempt for the memory of the Pilgrim
fathers. The religion of Plymouth rock - the
religion Of Ianaticism, Of intolerance, Of iuhdel.
ity, OF bigotry and hypocrisy. u is the religion
ot the Boston clcrgymen, who violate the seventh
commandment in going to and returning from
their evening lectures; and who, when exposed to
the Indignation of n virtuous community, are
lionized aud Jeted by the Juircr portion ol their
ilocks. In my judgment, Mr.. Chairman, the
greatest calamity that ever befel our country vas
that event which clothed Plymouth Rock with its
historic associations"
THE New SLAVERY Scurur.-The New Orleans
P~icayune says that the Louisiana State Senate.
before 1t adjourned ordered the printing Of ten thou
sand copies of the report OF the select Committee
upon The African Emigration Bill which it had
previously defeated by voting it's indefinite post
p0nement. The Picayune argues therefrom that
the project is not abandoned by its authors, whG
have not surrendered tho hope of carrying il
through at another session Of the legislature
Bait. american.
Every issue Of the London Times is accompa'
MED with n double sheet supplement filed exclus'
lively with advertisements, in addition to the like
matter inserted in the regular edition. Its charg-
es, moreover, are beyond any rates in this country.
Its weekly receipts from this sourso exceed
S25. 900. A single firm THAT of Windham Il Col.
pays the Times for the advertising Of one article
("Circasian Oil") $3.50, 900 per annum, and $50,
0OO more per year for another articIe-the "Circas
ian Liquid"
Curious WILL.-The will Of Gov. Blatchett of
Plymouth. proved in 1888. contains the following
singular clause:
Il desire my body to be kept so long ait may
not be offensive, and that ono of my toes or fin
gers may be cut off, to secure a certainty Of being
dead. ! further request my dear wife, that as she
has been troubled with one old fool, she will not
think of marryitg a second.
STAMPEDE OF ~SLAvEs.-From information which
has reached us, there would seem to have been a
stampede of slaves from the border
valley counties Of Virginia during tho last Easter
holidays. We have heard of seven having made
their escape from the plantation of Mr.. Mason, in
Louden county, near the point Uf Rocks, and two
from Berkeley couuty. 1t is supposed others have
also gone.--BaH. Sun.
1t ie STATED that the lsrges. room that was ever
constructed is that in which the tobacco stores are
kept at the London Docks. The room is said to
cover nearly six acres. being of course. under one
root 1t is II curinus circumstance that these enor-
nous apartments should he devoted to an article
OF mere luxury.
INTERESTING rRok UrAu-DRArGHAn YurNG
ORDERS JOHNSON To LEAVE THE TLRRiroRY.-St.
Louis, April 9.--The ST. Joseph Gazette notices
the arrival mt that place Of Alexander Constant
from Fort kearney, on the 30ih ult.
Constant reports that Brigham Young had no.
titled johnson to leave the Territory by the 10Th
OF March, otherwise the troops would be annihi-
lated.
Young had rendered the army sufRcieu. provis'
ions to last them 10 the States.
Constant met q supply train Of one hundred and
sixty wagons, accom- psnied by four companies VI
troupe, on the LIST inst. on Little Blue Fork.
The Indians were all peacable.
New ORLEANS TEST OF ARTISTIC MEa,r.-A
letter from an American SCULPTOR in Rome 10 a
friend in Albany, contaius the following:
There have been very ie orders given to the
artists in Rome this season 80 far. The was one
American from New Orleans, fprmerly 40 editor
there, who visited my studio and wanted some
;hing IN the way o. sculpture. but would not buy
anything of me because | was = "Northern man !"
lie consequently went to those # the Italian sculp-
tors aud bought to the amount of twenty thousand
dollars.
The editor alluded to is Mr.. Built, formerly Of
the the New Orleans Picayune.
From Richmond south to Charleston, the coun-
try on the line Of the railroad seems to be one
con,inaed scene Of dilapid.tion. The houses
look m~iserably poor. and the slave huts are built
of logs and mud. Tie ears go at a snail's pace,
and the negroes. with their tattored garments,
mules, wagons and horses with their rope bar
ness, and every thing around bet0kens an entire
lack Of vigoT and t~rugAlity. l am sold that a
better state of things prevails at some distance in
the interior, and IN goiug from Charleston to
savannah | saw some gnnd houses, slave quarters
and plantations Cor. Boston Transcript
Senator Hammond, % South Carolina, has, it
is said. one of the largest landed estates Of the
South, his farm comprising over eleven thousand
acres.
lido not depend upon Parliaments, or Kings,
or Congresses. or majnrities, for my rights.
hold them direct from the Creator who formed me.
SO does every human being. The man. or body of
men, who take away these rights, without the
forms Of law, or with the forms OF Law, unless
forfeited by crime, are despots. tyrants and nsurV-
ers. ard by the very act forfeit their own,-Owe"
LocSoy.
Park Benjamin. ESQ. has established a Liter
airy Agency" in New York. and proposes to read
manuscript that may be sent him, and express
an opinion on their merits. for which service he
requires a preliminary fee. For u still further
deposit he also proposes TO assist authors to find
"A publisher.
The TERRITORY OF ARIzoNA.-After a good
deal of vacillatiOn. the Senate Committee on
Territories has reported. through it's Chairman
MIR. Douglas. a bill organizing a new Territory,
named Arizona.
GIRARD CoLLEGE.-By the Tenth Annual Re-
port OF this Institution. it appears that 355 or
phans are now under instruction.; an excess of SO
over last year. Since the last Report. SO orphans
have been received, and 27 apprenticed to suita.
blh tradaa The astah Ii sh m N ,yho, cpIl 10 oan.
Die of providing for 800 pupils.-The expendi.
lures for the year were $SS. l73 43. OF the III
apprentices now bound out, 100 have been linden
tured to masters residing in Philadelphia, and 81
to persons living elsewhere in Pennsylvania.
P. 7. Barnum is in luck once more. He is
again at the head of the New York museum,
which has been languishing FOR want of his pattern.
al care. and with the assistance of S27 900 lately
received on insurance, is preparing to rebuild
Iranistan on a magnificent scale.
On ntr That Ska D,no;Jo.I " --.l