The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-08-27
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what famous Brahmin preacher, who was
recently a lion" among the visitors at
Saratoga, was refused place at the table
at the Glen House on account of his color,
while on visit to the White Mountains
the other day. The Boston Transcript"
which publishes communication from the
insulted and incensed Brahmin, says he is
about the color of Tom Corwin, of Ohio,
and Senator Hamlin, of Maine, and does
not look so much like one of the African
race as Senator Pearce, of Maryland.
The Troy " Budget of the 18th says:
Yesterday afternoon young and intelli-
gent colored lad named Chew, formerly
waiter at the Verandah, and now an en-
ployee upon the steamer Francis Skiddy,
was drowned yesterday afternoon near the
dock running along Starbuck's foundry.
The coroners inquest resulted in the usual
verdict. The lad was fourteen years of
age"
A female STAKEHOLDER in Little Rock, Ar
kansas, recently caused her advertisement
to be inserted in the papers of her locale ::
Run away from the subscriber on the
| 2Sth inst, negro man named LeGrand,
generally calling himself LeGrand Field,
about 25 years old, almost white, acomld
pass for q 1Vbite man anyaObere, about 5
feet 10 inches high-had slight goatee
when he left, is not laxative, is man of
good address, had on good clothes, and
makes genteel appearance"
The Baton Rouge " Gazette" has the
following: On the first trip down of that
elegant packet, the Charmer, a man got on
at Rodney, and took possession of a negro
boy employed OH the boat, whom he at
once proceeded to tie with his hands behind
him. 1t seems that the boy was the prop
erty of the man. In the process of tying
the man talked loud, and gave his Ian
guage the polish of an occasional oath.
The boy said he would sooner die than go
with the man, to be treated as he had been,
and soon after jumped into the river and
was drowned. The boat was under head
way, and stopped moment, but the negro
did not rise"
A colored man named Harding johnson
fell into the water while endeavoring to
go on board vessel lying at Fort Hill
wharf, and was drowned johnson was
steward Of the schooner Lively, lying at
Clarkes wharf, East Boston, and was %
years of age. He was Nova Scotian.
A correspondent of them. Y Tribune"
writing from Saratoga Springs, under date
of August 10th, says: 81 CHANGED last
evening to attend lecture given by the
Rev. Mr.. Garnet, of your city, before a
society of young colored men of this place.
| AT the close of the lecture, there was in
troduced to the large audience, composed
of colored people, Southern visitors, and
others, achate woman, Mrs. Wells, of St.
Louis, who had purchased herself, after be-
ing sold in the slave shambles; also, had
| purchased her mother and others of her
family, and has now raised nearly enough
money to complete the purchase of her on
ly remaining sister.
The case of Pompey, slave of P. Roney,
Esq, charged with the murder of Elisha
Malone, free man of color, was conclud-
ed at Dinwiddie Court House, Va, on the
9TH inst. The prisoner was found guilty,
and sentenced to transportation. His val
ne was assessed at$1 ,125. The Judgment
of the court was murder in the second de-
gree" -Four of the magistrates were at
first in favor of rendering verdict of muir
der in the first degre, the one remaining
being for the verdict finally given.
An affecting reunion of slave mother
and daughter took place in Washington on
Wednesday. They had been separated
many years. The daughter had come from
her master in Tennessee, provided by him
with money and other necessaries, to find
the old woman. This she did. The moth
er, in rags and misery, too old to work, will
have solace for her declining years.