Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-03-12
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Smith OBrien was urgently pressed to drink Sy
his friends in New York on Saturday. lie contin'
ually and firmly relused-inforuIing them that he
had not swallowed any Intoxicating poison in
twenty-five years and would NOT begin now. A
rare auiS J.! indeed. OF all public mon moet
wonderful in this particular. Iu his best Of noble
qualities, this frmness in resisting the Influence Of
a bad habit is most noble.
KANSAS LEGISLATURE ADJouRNED.-The Kan,
sas Territorial Assembly adjourned on the llth
Every bill Of Importance, except the one abolish
ing and prohibiting slavery in Kansas, was sign
ed by Gov. Medary. That important bill he KEEP,
in his pocket. His Washington masters who had
done 50 much to force slavery into the Territory
would never have forgiven his approval Of q bill
abolishing and prohibiting it forever.
The Governor signed the bill providing for n
Constitutional Convention, but deferred i. TIL The
last moment. ltcould not DO lodged nor denied
a bonfire of on the public square Of Lawrence, the
night Of the adjournment,- Cereland Leader,
The BLACK DocroR."-Proressor Velpeau,
Chief Surgeon of the Charity Hospital in Paris,
is going t. put one of its wards in tho charge Of n
mulatto named Wries, we'll knosn as "lhe Black
Doctor" who has cured several persons of note
of cancerous abcesses which had been pronounced
to be utterly desperate cases. His remedies nre
vegetable, brought from Dutch East Indies. The
most striking of his cures is that Of Adolphe Sax.
the celebrated brass instrument maker, whose face
was nearly consumed by q cancer. The Black
Doctor" has now under treatment the wife Of o
stock. broker, famous for her le.dty, and given
up as incurable in her thirty fourth year by her
former physicians, Ricord and Neleston. wires
will cure her. This mulatto Esculauius receives
fees of fabulous amount, but not TOO dear Cor the
value of his services.
SLIGHTLY PERsoNAL.-At the close of the sitting
of the House of Representatives at Springfield, Ii.
linois, last week, the Clerk read the following:
Il am requested TO announce that Rev. Dr.
Mcfarland will deliver a lecture this evening in
this Hall, on the Education of Idiots Members
Of tie Legislature are iHvited to attend !"
THE HAYTlEN REPUBLIC DENOMINATION.
Fabre Gefrard, Restorer of the Republic of Hay.
ii, on the 23d of January, took the oath of office
as President, in presence of the Senate. The IN.
thusiasm of the people was immense. The Col
den Crown, which has been 80 basely misused by
the late Emperor in subjecting the liberties of
his subjects, was laid upon the table of the Pres
ident of the Senate, when Gen. GetfrRrd rising,
took a little iron hammer and struck three times
en- the emblem of the tyranny he bad overthrown.
The President is about to make "a tonr of the is.
land, in order to fully re'establish the Republic
everywhere.
tLERICAL ANTl'oLAVERY CoNYENTIoN.-W we uni
derstand that q Convention of Ministers o! the
Gospel from all denominations il appointed to 30
held on Tuesday, March l, at Worcester, Mass
The object of this meeting is to discuss the best
plan of maintaining the independence of the pull,
pit in communicating sound INSTRUCTION to the peo.
pie on all subjects having a bearing upon the gem
eral public interest; az, also, to consider what
may be the best plan to pursue in future with
special reference TO the Slavery question.
Among those invited are the most popular and
reliable c%lergymen in the Uni'ed States, North,
South, East and West. The Rev. Or. Cheever is
on the list of the New York delegation. The
deliberations of this body will be highly interest
\. Tribune.
A slave in Cuba is not exactly the same thing as
slave in Carolina. lie has some rights which a
man ia bound to respect. lie has an own.
er, but can buy himself, or any part of himself,
the owner cannot refuse the purchase money.
lie may thus own the half of himself, or a quarter
Of himself, 10 which case he becomes entitled to a
proportionate share OF his time and earnings
Once a year he is allowed a CERTAIN number of days
to find a new purchaser, if his master i'll treats
him. He can have his children legally declared
ree. by paying S25, in Court, at the birth Of each.
Should Cuba be annexed, of course the "prin-
,iples of the bred Scott Decision" would apply to
I thus reducing its slaves to the level of cattle,
ike those in our Southern States. Such an abro,
CATION of their privileges would be almost sure to
,ause an insurrection, and a bloody one. Both
Master and slaves in the Island havs reason to
Tread the day Of annexation Times.