The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-10

HOhio, and, while there, I spent few days.
Eat the Wilberforce University, near Xenia.
4 The first old acquaintance | met, were
! REV. VIM. Watson, formerly of Cincinnati /
I and Mr. John Gallia Mr.. Gallia, in 1881
slcft Cincinnati for the gold regions of Cali
Hfornia. He made use of his time, saved
5his money, united bis fortunes with a Miss
I Buckner's, also an adventurer in Califor-
: MIA, invested his money to advantage in|
I Xenia, and owns now as imposing a resi-
dence as any one could wish. He has done
well and is now doing an excellent business
{ in Xenia. Many colored men have sett-
zled in and about that place, and they reflect
no discredit upon their race, as a general
thing. There is less opportunity, then, toI
zbecome house-servants, than in larger
splaces, and they have therefore given|
themselves to shOp-keeping, farming, &c. j
which prevents them from being satisfied
with mental situations.
q There are two colored churches in Xenia
8 Baptist and Methodist The house of
& the Baptist is very respectable, refecting
great credit upon the members of that
achurch; but the Westinghouse of our Me-
Hthodist friends needs to be torn down and
81 replaced by a new one. The pastor of
the same, Rev James A. Shorter, is just
sthe man to instill life into his people, and
& the promise is, that they will have good
house, for they have good and energetic
h pastor Our Baptist friends have rule,
I'll was told, in their church, which will not
i aIlow any preacher South of "Mason &
EDixon's Line" to preach in their pulpit.
3 was told that the Rev Henry Adams, of
/! louisville, Kentucky, was passing through
Ethere when these good friends would not
Is ALLOW Mr. A. to preach, or merely to speak
hin defense of himself He offered to pay
e one dollar, and did so, to be allowed to-
speak fifteen minutes; but, after having
#received the money, they would not allow
81 him to speak so long. have the pleasure
9Of Mr.. Adams acquaintance, and | know
THAT there is not more faithful, consistent
@and useful minister of Iesus Christ Ha
Ehas ever stood up for the right, and the
Epresent exalted position Of his church was
drought about by Mr.. AS position and his
4 working habits. He is not, nor ever was,
la sycOphant to that power which grinds out
zhis manhood and the manhood of his race.
#I wish, that every colored church in the
#United States had such pastor as Rev.
B Henry Adams of Louisville, Ky. He has
8 his way of doing things; but I know that
Nhe loves his race, and why should he be
s excluded from the pulpits of colored
Echurches7 What nonsense!! | must
leave Xenia with the hope that our
Hpeople there will be as wise as they are
good.
| had heard much of Wilberforce Uni
versity and determined to see it; so Mr.
ELane "a colored gentleman who runs g
coach between Towada and this place
#lIr. Lane is one of that class of our people
who seem to know everybody. So, along
q the road, he would point out different farm;
& belonging to our people, There is one il
3 particular, owned by a colored family from
the South. A good house, good fences
land, as far as the eye could reach, every
q speck of ground was under cultivation
B In the immediate vicinity of the University
+ our colored friends have purchased good
alarms and are making good use of them
81 was told that Rev. VIM. Watson has {
Emodel farm and is model farmer.
,E The University is, after all, the mair
Esource of attraction to me- The location
,Mof Wilberforce University could not, in my
;Hopinion, be better. 1t is in a beautiful re
Mgion Of the country. The location is infn
Hitely superior to that Of Oberlin, Lorraine
ECO, in the same State. 1t is healthy, 70
mantie and picturesque. The buildings
B are well adapted to the purposes they are
& now used for The rooms, both recitation
and bedrooms, are large and well ventil
lated. This place was originally built and
Efitted out for fashionable watering place
{ land when the present owners purchased the
& ground and buildings, they secured by pur-
Hehase all the furniture and improvements
Ia The original cost to those who fitted up
the Springs, was told, was 100000, and
II the University corporation purchased it for
E$15,OOO. If this is correct, l think the
& owners have got bargain They have ex-
s cellent water-springs pouring forth in ev-
Gerry direction a pure and clear stream.
1.-THE grounds arc laid out with taste and
b afford the pupils ample room for their ram
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