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Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-07-07
Nos, II and IS.

ms described in the mortgage from the said
John Longabaugh to the said Beall and Eek
les, dated on the 9th day of February 1916
and recorded in Lber II. B. No. ! folios 6l9
and 90 with the
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-07-07

STATE CENTRAL CoMHrTTEE.-By virtue
of and in obedience 20 resolution adopted
at the last meeting of the American State
Council OF Maryland, for the appointment Of
a State Central Committee, have appointed
the following named gentlemen:
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-10-22

The Boston and Worcester railroads are about
to substitute iron passenger cars for wooden ones.
They are much lighter, stronger, and less less liza
BILE to injury from collision-ths latter item being
an important one in this country.
A counterfeiter was recently arrested in Cincin-
natl, having in his possession $4,000 in spurious
bills.
Up to the present time. there has been collected
in boxes at the Boston Pos. Office, contributions to
aid 10 the completion Of the Washington monu-
ment, amounting to the insufficient sum of $40.
IL no financial crisis should occur betwee now
and New Years, strong hopes are entertained Of
increasing it to SIS. and il the Boston Laudator
Of Washington should give one or two repetition'
of bic ~iss,pre, II may possibly reach $40, or even
s25.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-10-22
TIL ANTI-SLAVER BUGLI

Mr. Mann. (Hearty applause.) Antioch College
staggered under S60,O 600 debt. Ono, bsaring the
form OF q man, came to its President md said, II
VIII pay one-sixtb, If you will promise me no ne
gro shall enter its halls" 'Let it perish fret "
was Horace Mann's reply. (R~enewed and entbu.
siassic applause.) The Legislature are asked to
put his statue opposite Webster's. Oh, no. When
'he Emperor makes his horse a consul, honest
men decline a share in the consulship. While
that ill'used iron stands there, our State lie in bad
odor to offer statutes to anybody.
AT Revai, one of the Hanse towns, they will
show you in their treasury, the sword which, 200
years ago, beheaded a lawless Baron for daring to
carry of his fugitive slave from the shelter of the
city walls. Our great slave hunter is beyond the
reach OF mans sword; but il any noble soul in the
State will stir our mother Massachusetts to behead
bis image, we will cherish the name of tina. true
Massachusetts, boy as sacredly as they keep the
brave old sword at Reval. loud and prolonged
applauss.)
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-10-22

CHRISTIAN SPIRIT OF AUsrnrA.-SiI.y Hunga-
rians who escaped from the Austrian army were
resaken. placed before a battery, fred upon with
grape, and all killed but two.-The Papers.
And what has the Christian spirit of America
donef 1t has taken four millions Of people who
never were soldiers-who never attempted to in.
jure any one, and reduced them to beasts Of bur.
don. robbing them of husbands. wives and chill.
dren. selling ONE for concubines and others for
inmates of b~ro,hels, places many in a worse fate
than being blown from the muzzles of guns.
Try again; we'll meet all your Austrian spirits
with Yankee ones that will match them.-Peasure
Boat.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-10-22
WHAT WILL THE ABoLITIoNIsTs SAY

When the Inflated steamer Barnett exrIoded on
the st. Johns river, ia Florida, ca ptain Shaw, the
and part owner of the boat, was
thrown high in the air, falling on deck and from
thence overheard into the river. His negro bow,
lsam, ran upon deck, seriously scalded, and with
the blood streaming down his neck from severe
cuts upon the head, to seek aid from his master;
but, on seeing that master laundering in the river
twenty yards astern, forgetting in his devotion his
own wounds. be sprang into the water and with
bis own life blood ebbibg from bis veins, succeeded
in saving his owner from a watery grave. Capt.
Shaw has since died; but Isam still lives a manned
and Scared monument to bis generosity. May no
meet his master in O better world. j. M. F.
REMARKs.-"Wbat will the Abolitiopists say.?"
Why they will soy that this slave has refuted the
falsehoof of shareholders, that the colored race are
so much inferior to the whites. They will say that
the soul Of a slave, who could return good for evil,
by plunging, all ecalded and bleeding, into the
water, and risking his own life to save the mean
creature who had robbed him of bis manhood and
ranked him with brutcs, will find a higher place
in heaven than the mean soul that enslaved him.
They will cay that such a boy is as capable of tax
ing care Of himself as if he were white. They will
say that he should have The largest share of his
property and a good certif ,ate of Free
dom. They will say that those who can enslave
such boys deserve to be blown up, scalded and
drowned, If any one deserves it. They will say a
good many other things that would shame any de-
cent editor, who for the sake of southern patronage
may have been tempted to be forever ridiculing
and the colored race. But not being my
self a member of the Abolition nor any other So
| leave them to answer for themselves.-
Pleasure Boat.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-10-22

Rev. MIR. Gangooly, the converted high-caste
Brabmin now travelling in this country. proposes
in the following letter to refutc some of the re-
ceived stories of the heather abuses in India
WAR A LITTLE.'-MR. EDITOR: How often l
hear the people in this country speak Of strange,
unfounded stories respecting the manners, GUS
toms and religious institutions of India For
instance, you all know that Hindoo mothers feed
the 'crocodiles with their babies'-that devotees
throw themselves as sacrifice under the solid
wheels of the car of Juggernaut-that the Hin
docs burn their widows or shotees, &c. | dare
say you remember of sesing the pictures of all
these in Jour geography while a school boy. 1t
amuses me to see the young boys and girls here
know a great deal of India, and more of her pecu.
l~iarities than ! do. The %clergymen allade to these
in their sermGne. A minister in Buffalo, N. Y.
said TO me that be preached on the car of Jugger.
naut. Lastly, in Arlington, ! heard a gentleman
preach on the love Of God, and ailude to the Hin.
doc mother and the crocodile in his course. But
I do not blame those who tell such absurd stories,
for they write what they hear, not what they
know Of.
Eat the request Of my friends, and as we'll
with a desire to give correct information, / have
written a small book on the Indian life and reli-
gion, securing a little time from my usual study
hours. 1t contains two parts; the first treats dis
tinctly the manners, customs and other social Pc
culiarities of my people, and the second tells you
of the numerous religious festivals, ceremonies,
&c. l heve observed an excellent plan, faithfully
to consider the meaning of the Hindoo worship, 80
as to give the foreigners the true ideas Of the
thing. Having done my part, l should say that
if this small book be ever published. it will show
sou the state of things in India just as they are;
for it's writer has not noted down the facts stand
ing on his carriage at the distance of a mile from
the real scene, but his high position in his ma
tive community has enabled him to inspect his ma.
teriaIs minutely. Yours truly.
~. G. GANGOOLY."
Boston Transcript.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-10-22

Has the State, then, no wor:hier sons, tina. she
needs import such poor materially Within her
bosom rests the dust Of Horace Mann, whose
name hundreds VI thousands Of children on Wes-
tern prairies, looking up to Massachusetts teach
ers, learn to bless. lie bears the sceptre of Mas
influence to the shores Of the Pacific.
When at The head Of our Normal School, a colored
was admitted, and the narrow predjodice Of
closed every door against her-"Coms TO
my table; let my roof, then, be your home" said
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-18
SCELLAN Y.
General Jacks0n's Duel.

We extract from a cotemporary's ac-
count, the chief items Of interest connected
with the extraordinary duel between Gen.
Jackson and notorious gambler named
Dickinson. which occurred on the 29th of
April, 1907, near the State line between
Kentucky and Tennessee. 1t appears that
Jackson and Dickinson had staked five
hundred dollars on horse race, and that
jackson proved winner. He took Dickin-
sons note for the amount, and was satisfied
with the endorsement Jackson had many
enemies, who feared as we'll as hated him,
and they naturally crowded around Dckin-
son. and laid in wait for the first opportunity
that might present itself to bring him in
collision with the latter. This was the first
occasion, and they made use of it, in viola
ton Of all truth and mercy, for they forced
Dnkinson-who, it seems, was in some re-
spectS, of an amiab!e and credulous dispo
sition-beyond his own animosity and sus-
pieions, to believe that Jack-on had dispar-
a1ed the character of his note in some way
or other; and hence the challenge. Jack
son denied the charge entirely, but it failed
to concillaie Dickinson, or even to be be-
4 lieved by him against the representations
of those who were thus using him to get
their enemy out of the way; and the chal-
lenge was accepted. The two principals
were accompanied TO the fatal spot by ten
or twelve friends each.
! Sixteen feet was the distance at which
the duel WAS to be fought, which will be
better appreciated by rejecting that it is
only five PAGES and one foot. Now couple
this with the fact that Dickinson, the day
before, practising at the image of man.
! fired four balls, instantaLeously after the
command each time, into space capable oil
being covered by a silver dollar, aud some
idea can be formed of the barbarity Of
duels in those days. 1t is said, alas, on the
same good authority, that Dickinson was SC
confident Of killing jackson, that he was in
duced to authorize bets to the amount oi
three thousand dollars that such would be
tbe case. All that now remained, was foI
the attendants 10 retire to a safe position
and give the words of command. They
fired. but no one fell. But an instant re.
vealed the real state of affairs, and Dickin.
sons friends ran forward TO sustain him
A dark stream of blood spirited from his
) side, and an ominous indication was afforded
in the fruitless endeavor TO staunch it. A
pawpaw bush, standing near by, afforded {
convenient place to recline him while un
dergoing the process of examination. L
was found that the ball had entered the side
above the point of the hip-bone, and below
the ribs, and passing entirely through th'
body, was retarded by the opposite hip-bon'
and lodged just within the skin.
The small difficulty of extraction bu
showed the great danger of the wound; ant
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-18

knowed thou vast in the wurld sum-
whares, altho knowd not the name or plase
of residunce. My hart sed he wood cum
& took currige. lie has cum--he is hear
-yu air him-yu air my affiner,y! o tis
two mutch-two mulch r & she bust out
cryin. Yes SEE l, Il think il is darn site
two mutch, Hast thow not yearned fur
me z she yelled. ringin her hands like q fe-
MALE play actor. S,zi, mot a yearn.' .Bi
this time CRATE krowd of free Iovirs had
collected around us, & they all kommensed
fur to holler shame brute beast etset-
terry, etsettery. was Jest as mad rs q
Martch hair. Seq j, syu pack of ornery
critters 60 away from me & talk this retch-
ed woomun alo g with yu. My name is
Artemas Ward, and ime in the show bisnis.
pay my bills and mind my own fairs.
ime marrid man Il my children all look
ike me 1t am Snowman, don't go in
fur settin the laws of my country at de-
fiance. l amt in favor Of privatearin or
nethin else illegal. think yure afiinerty
bisness is cussed nonsense, besides being
ontrajusly wicked ] pored 4ih my indig-
nation in this way until gut out Of breth,
when stopt. ! took down my tent and
shall leeve town this evening
A. WARD.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-18
A YenOInOus Insect.

One great drawback to the comfort of a
residence in Mexico. is the constant dread
one stands in of the numerous vermn and
poisonous reptiles and insects which infest
the country, the bite of which latter is some-
times fatal, but always attended with the
most fatal consequences. The most to be
dreaded of these reptiles is the scorpion,
alacran,-not longer than the first joint of
yonr finger. He finds a secure hiding place
in the toe of ones boot. or in the sleeves of
the coat where he ensconces himself in am
bush, when woe to the unfortunate who at
tempts putting on the sphdbited article for,
enraged at being disturbed, he inficts a
series of stings-until he is removed from
the person any one Of which is sufficient
to throw one into spasms. The sting to an
infant is GtaoGyS fatal rarely 10 an adult,
but generally attended with great pain and
temporary paralysis of the part affected,
nervous people being thrown into convul-
sions. These little tormelts abound in old
houses delighting in dark corners. and hid
ing themselves in the crevices of the walls.
They sally forth at night and drop upon
one when least expected. They are often
found beneath ones pillow, or between the
sheets, causing shudder when discovered.
For months after my arrival in the country,
| was scrupulously careful in examining
every article Of clothing before putting il
on, shaking out my boots, and turning
sleeves and stockings inside out yet, not
withstanding my precautions, was several
times bitten, and at last, gave it up in dis
gust, resolving 10 run my chance.
The alcran, though usually small, some
times grows quite large, and have seen
them as large and as thick as my thumb
most hideous object to behold but for
tunately, the largest are least to be dreaded
for as they increase in size, they become
less venomous; they look more like crat
than anything else that | can compare them
TO, having however a long. tail which they
carry in an arc over their back, the ex-
treme end armed with horn-llke substance,
sharp as cambria needle, and hooked and
this is their weapon; and. on being molest-
ed, they WELD il with an unparalleled ac-
tivity and spite. The young ones, on being
given birth TO, Immediately climb upon the
mothers back, and attacking her, gradually
eat her up, leaving only the shell, and, by
that time, are sufficiently strong to go of
into the world, literally on their own hook.
The alacran of Durango is the most ven-
omous, and hundreds OF children are yearly
killed by them in that province. So great
/ is the dread of them, that the mayor pays
standing reward of sixpence for every
one captured, and boys armed with stiletios
wage constant war upon them.-Dust ana
Foam.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-18

record the particulars of an accident thai
occurred at the lower mill, in this village
yesterday afternoon, by which human
being in the prime of life was hurried tc
the bourne from which, as the immortal
Shakespeare says, no traveller returns"
(''Du tell exclaimed Mrs. S.) Mr. Da.
vid Jones, a workman who has but few su.
periors this side of the city, was supretend-
ing one of the large drums, ("l wonder il
twas brass drum such as has 'Eblubus,
Unum' printed ont said Mrs. Slocum.)
when he became entangled. His arm was
drawn around the drum, and finally his
whole body was drawn over the shaft at a
fearful rate. When his situation was dis
covered, he had revolyed with immense We
rocity about fifteen minutes, his head and
limos striking large beam distinct blow
at each revolution. C''Poor creeter, how il
must have hurt him p' When the machin-
cry had been stopped, it was found that
Mr. Jones arms and legs were macerated
to jelly ('Well, didn't it kill him !" asked
Mrs. s., with increasing interest y portions
of durmeta, coreburnt, and cerebellum, in
confuced masses, were scattered about the
fioor-in short, the gates of eternity had
opened upon him."
Here Mr.. Slocum paused to wipe his
spectacles, and the wife seized the opportu-
nifty to press the question.
''Was the man killed?'
Il don't know-havent come to that
place yet-yon'll know when I've finished
the piece" And Mr.. Slocum continued
reading.
1T was evident when the shapeless form
was taken down that it was no longer ten
anted by the immortal sprt-that the vital
spark was extinct" "Was the man killed ?
that's what | want to come att said Mrs.
Socum.
DO have a little patience, old woman, y
said BIr. Slocum, eyeing his better halt
over his spectaeles, Il presume we shall
come upon it right away. And he went
on reading: This fatal casualty has cast a
gloom over our village, and we trust that
it will prove warning to all persons who
are called upon to regulate the powerful
machinery of our mills"
"Now," said Mrs. Slocum, perceivine
that the narration was ended, snow | should
ike TO know whether the man was killed
or not"
Mr.. Slocum looked puzzled. He scratch
ed his head, scrutnizing the article he had
been perusing, and took graceful survey
of the paper.
81 declare, wife," said he, sits curious,
l>--A ss.s,alis- H. ,1ar pos slara,t saw
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-18

all hope was soon destroyed by the discove-
ry Of mingled hemorrhage and purging.
The first thing, on discovering the nature
of the wound, was, to dispatch courier to
Dickinson's wife with the intelligence that
he was dangerously wounded. He was
then conveyed back to his lodgings. Here
he was placed in. room, and on two feath-
er-beds, underlaid by two mattresses. He
writhed in unremitting torture until he was
too far gone to exhibit his sufferings, and
gave vent all the while to his agony in the
most awful blasphemy. So profuse was the
flow from his wound, that it passed through
all his bedding, and required tito be cleansed
up every few hours.
Thus he progressed until nine in the eve
ming. The bed stood in the middle OF The
floor, and a brilliant light illuminated the
room, when the clock struck nine. just
then he asked, complainingly, why they had
blown out the candle and left him in the
dark. The surgeon shook his head, for he
knew the infallible omen. He had gone
completely blind. The last spark of light
went out TO him on earth. Again he COM
menced cursing, and within five minutes
from the time of his blindness, his spirit
fled from that suffering body. Dickinson
was a man of great wealth, and was the
husband Of blooming wife of twenty-five.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-18
Free Lovers.

A stroke of satire is often far more ef-
fective than the greatest argument. The
following is an extract of letter in the
Cleveland Plain-deater, purporting to be
written by an itinerant Snowman, who call
ed one day upon the communicates Of Ber-
lin Heights, Ohio:--
Hear am at Berlin Hites among the
Free Lovers. | arroye here last Toosday
and bitterly doc i cuss the Day ever sot
foot in this re'ched plase. ] hearn tell of
these Free Luvirs for sum time q | tfawt
ide cum and see what kind of kritters they
was. | pitcht my tent in field near the
Luv Kure, as they kali it & unfoldid my
bannir to the breese. Bimeby the pepIe
kommensed fur to pour into my show g. i
begun for to congraiterlate myself on doin
stavin bisness. But they ware an ornery
lookin set, | must say. The mems fases
was all kuvered with hare & they looked
harf starved TO deth The wimmin was
wus nor the men. They wore trowsis, short
gownds and straw hats with fadid green rib
bins onto them, & they all kerrid bloc kot-
ton umbrellers in their hands. Bimeby a
perfectly orful lookin female presentid her
self to the dore. Her gound was skander-
iusly short * her trowses was shameful to
behold. Sez she. AR, kin it be ? yes, It's
troo, 0 It's troo p Sez i, .15 sents, marin.
Sez she, IS so i've found you at larsi : Sez
i, yes, yu has found me at larst, & yu wood
hav found me at fust if you had cum SOON
err Ssz she, Air you man' Sez i, i
think air, but if yu dowt it yu may ad-
dress Mrs. A. Ward, Baldwinsville, Injan-
ny, postige pade, Il she viii doubtless give
you the required informashun.' Sez she,
then yu air what the world cawls married ]?
said yes marin, air. The eksentric fe-
maile then grabbed me by the arm. & seq
she in wild voise, 'Yu air mine, o yu air
mine r Scarcely sez as released my
self from her irn grasp. She agane clutch
ed me by the arm and sed, 'Yu are my al
finerty.' Sez i. what upon airtl is that =
'Dost thou not know? sez she. No marm,
seq i, idosont.' Sez she, Listen. mar, l.
lie ,sll ye. Fur years i've yesrred fur Gee
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-18
Couldn't Find it Out.

Mr.. Slocum was not educated in Uni
versity, and his life has been in by-paths
and out of the way places. His mind is
characterized by the hteralness rather than
the comprehensive grasp of great subjects.
Mr.. Slocum can, however, master a printed
paragraph by dint of spelling the hard
words in deliberate manner, and manages
to gain few glimpses of men and things
from his rocky farm, through the medium
of a newspaper. 1t is quite edifying to
hear Mr.. Slocum reading the village paper
aloud to his wife after hard days work.
A few evenings since, farmer Slocom was
reading an account of dreadful accident
which had happened at the factory in the
next town, and which the village editor had
described in a great many words.
~ d'clare, wife, that was an awful acci
dent over to the mills said Mr.. Slocum.
"What was it about, MIR. Slocum."
"I'l read the count, wife, then you'll
know all about il"
Mr.. s. began to read.
Horrible and Fatal Accideat-It be
comes our melancholy and painful duty e