The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-17
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These statistics, though incomplete, are
as nearly correct as it is convenient to get
them at present. 1t would afford me great
pleasure to give them full and complete
were it in my power; but | hope that even
this sketch, incomplete as it is, may be OF
some service in the way of statistics.
There are libraries and Sabbath schools
attached to these several churches, many
of which are in hourishing condition; but
for others [ cannot say so much. Three
of these churches are under the whites, and
cannot be considered as exclusively col
ored, or as much so as some others may
be. They all belong, however, in the cat
egory of colored churches, they being sup
ported and owned mainly by that class of
persons. One of the churches which 1
mentioned in my last, or rather referred to
as one of twenty, was mission chapel un-
der Bethel, and has been merged into Ste
phen Smiths church, leaving nineteen re-
maing.
A National Convention of the friends of
prison reform assembled at the County
Prison on the 7th inst, to consider the
best means of prison discipline. The Con-
vention was composed of officers from sew
eral of the State Prisons in the United
States. They held two sessions per day,
and visited the State Prison and House of
Refuge of this city. They effected aper-
manent organization, and agreed to meet
in New York in September, 1850
Two white men from the State of Della
ware were badly beaten on Thursday last,
while attempting to capture Juvenile fu-
gitive, whom they claimed as owing SER
vice or labor in that State. Itappears that
woman being in debt, and not having
the means to liquidate it, her child was
seized and sold. Having natural mater
nal feeling, she borrowed the sum, paid
for her child, and came here to live; but
Philadelphia being in the United States,
and the child being liable to capture under
the provisions of our very wholesome laws,
(save the mark , her track was followed
even to her very domicil, by two surly in
dividuals with documents and papers
enough to save the glorious Union and in
sure the passage of another omnibus bill
like that which was passed by Congress in
1850; but, alas failing to enlist the posse
coapittatus or engage the services of Uncle
Sans troops, but going to execute their
warrant themselves, the enraged neighbors
pitched in, and jeopardized this precious
Union. One of the men ran away as soon
as he got few knock-downs; but the 9TH
erstaid until, from sundry kicks and stamps
levied by the boots and fists of black men,
his head somewhat resemblsd a peeled
pumpkin that had become squash The
thing was done brown. 1t panied me to
see humanity used up; but when con-
sidered the dirty business they were en-
gagged in, could not help feeling BRAVO !
IF every traficer in human flesh was serv-
ed similar fate, slavery would soon end.
The case of our worthy and much
abused townsman, Mr. Geo. W. Comes,
which l mentioned in my first letter as
coming up before the Court of Quarter
Sessions, was called up on Friday last, and
Barrett, against whom Mr.. Comes prefer
red charge of assault and battery, was
found not guilty, but ordered to pay the
costs The conductors trial is yet to be
proceeded with He was witness for Bar.
rett, and no doubt Barrett viii be witness
for him, This is the democratic idea o.
justice, to bring two raseals before tn.
court charged with the same offences, and
permit one to swear the other clear, AMI
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