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The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-12-10

HT- A story is told Of a Bostonian's first
appearance in polite society in Arkansas
The company were engaged in dancing,
but the loveliest female present occupied
chair at the window without a partner
Stepping up to the lady with a palpitatlng
heart, his mind greatly excited by fear OF
a refuse, he exclaimed, "Will you do me
the honor to grace me with your company
for the next set2" Her lustrous eyes shone
with unwonted brilliancy, her white pearly
teeth fairly glistened in the fickerlne
candle light, her snowy bosom rose and fell
with joyful rapture, as she replied, Yes
stree! for / have sot, and sot, till I've tux
rootp
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MY BONDAGE AND NY FREEDOM
BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
vol, limo. AGA 3D., illustrated Price 81.

vol, limo. 464 PIP, Illustrated. Price 81,
postage paid.
1t reveals the miseries of"servile life with 10
tense vividness and impressiveness, that can bu
asten its facts and arguments upon the reader q
mind as with pen of iron and with the point of
"a diamond.-Vt Journal
This volume, besides its many moving and
thrilling Details affords evidence of most remark
able man. Mr.. Douglass has emphatically made
himself As writer and speaker he has but few
equals in the eountry.-C Christian Adrocate
It presents clear and graphic picture Of his
save-life from his earliest recoections his escape
and his life SINCE including his experiences in this
country and Europe No one will deny Mr.. Dou-
glass the possession of genus and character of a
high order. He writes in nervous, clear, and
most telling manner, clothing his narrative with
intense interest, and conveying his moral impress
sions with a vividness that leaves the reader
scarcely any escape The subject is deeply tragic,
and, in his mastery handling, possesses an en-
crossing interest.-N Y Evangelist
We have before listened to the hoInely tale OF
the liberated slave, but it did not impress us as
does this narrative of Douglass for the reason
that we were left to supply the commentary which
lis here pressed upon us by one who has both seen
land felt what he relates. The story bears through
out the impress of truth, and the manner In which
lit is told stamps the writer man of genius anC
la high order of talent.-OhiO State Journal.
This is splendid work The personal worth Of
the author the deserved popularity he has secured
throughout this nation, and the universal desire
that prevails to have memento of one of natures
snoblemen, will conspire to create unprecedent-
led demand for this book Wesleyan.
The book is written with the happiest descrip.
tive power, with nerve and yigor of expression
land with richness of STYLE If has an annie re-
;resonating, and halfrhythmic style, which reminds
the reader of the authors origin and of the native
melodies of his race. The book manifests high
and, to us, unexpected polish, The interest
aroused and kept up by Perusal of this book is
of a high order and rarely degenerates. Detroit
DailR AdrertiSer
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THE MANUAL OF THE WARDROBE.

LAM Price 25 cents Sent, postpaid, upon receipt
'of the price. Tt is a complete treatise upon this
branch of Domestic Economy, and by far the
most valuable publication upon this subject ever
issued, It's omprises thorough dissertation up
on taste dress, an explanation of the different
kinds of stitches, made in sewing, remarks upon
the various kinds and qualities and fabrics used in
the wardrobe, with complete directions for cutting
aud fitting all kinds of garments for women's and
schildren's wear the preparation table, toilet
and bed linen. illustrated by nearly 100 cuts OF
patterns and modes The appendix contains full
directions for using the Sewing Machine. Ne
shensekeeper can afford to do without it,
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ia was at dinner some time ago, in
company with a man who listened to me
and said nothing for long time; but be
nodded his head, and 7 thought him intelli-
gent. At length, towards the end of the
dinner, some apple dumplings were placed
on the table, and my man had no sooner
seen them than he burst forth with
"Them are the jockies for me-" | wish
Spurzheim could have examined his head.
Coleradge's Table Talk.
The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-12-10

paT Ike came home from school very
much agitated because he couldn't under
stand the principles of Allegation, as laid
down In Greenleaf.
"There, DEAR" said Mrs. Darlington,
"don't fret about it; you must tell the
teacher you amt no alligator, and know
he'll relinquish. you" The lad was com
forted accordingly.
The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-12-10
,EVIEW OF LYSANDER SPOONER'S ES
SAY ON THE UNCONSTITUTION-
Atty OF SLAVERY.
BY WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Price % cents. Postage cents
THE HARP OF FREEDOM.

"a volume of Poetry and Music adapted to the
great struggle now pending between Freedom and
Slavery in this country" The music in this
work is arranged Solos, Duets, Trios, Quar-
tettes, Chorusses, DC, &c adapted to use in the
domestic circle, the school, the club-room, the
rnass-meeting, and in short, wherever music is
loved and appreciated, Slavery abhorred, and
Liberty held sacred"
1t contains nearly 200 choice songs, and is sold
for IS cents per copy. Postage 10 cents.
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THE AMERICAN SLAVE CODE,
\ cory AND Pr ACTIC
It's Distinctive Features Saown by its

Statutes, judicial Decisi ms aud
Illustrative Facts
Pr. 430. 12mo Price IS cts, postage paid.
From Hon. VIM. Jay 10 he Authm.
" Your analysis of the slave raws is very able,
and your exhibition of their practical application
by the Southern Courts evinces great and careful
research 1t is more easy to make
than to refnte charge of exaggeration against a
work Of fiction, like Mrs. Stoves but your book
lis as impregnable against such charge as Eu-
ehds Geometry since, like that it consists Of
propositions and demonstrations. The book is not
,only true, but it is mquestionably true
CONTENTS. Preliminary Chapter; the Relation
.of Master and Slave; Slave Traffic; Seizure OF
iSlave Property for Debt; Inheritance of Slave
Property Uses of Slave Property; Slaves can
possess nothing; Slaves cannot marry; Slaves
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THE PALM LAND :

OR, WEST AFRICA, ILLUSTRATED;
Being history of missionary labors and travels
with descriptions of men and things in Western
Africa. Also, Synopsis of all the missionary
work on that continent.
BY GEORGE THOMPSON,
Author of various works on Africa.
Price $1.25. Sent by mail free of postage
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THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH

A Statistical View of the Condition of the
FREE and SLAVE STATES. BY Henry Chase
and Charles W. Sanborn. Compiled from Off
cial Documents. limo, bound in cloth Price
so cents,
The able editor of The Egcning Transcript
Boston, speaks thus of this work:
This little book contains vast amount of in
formation respecting the comparative condition
of the Slaveholding and non-Slaveholdng States
as to territory population, industry, wealth, edu
cation, intelligence, religion, moral advancement
and general progress The work must have cost
a great deal of laborous research, and it certain
Nv presents arguments in favor of freedom on ev-
cry page. 1t contains just the kind OF lnforma-
ton that should be more generally known in all
sections of the country. We hope there will be
a public demand for thousands of copies.
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ADVER EASEMENTS.
Gbe Auglo- Afritau aflaga}iue,
A MONTHLY OCTAVE OF 80 PAGES,
DEVOTED TO
SCIENCE, STATISTICS
AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CAUSE OF
HUMAN FREEDOM.

It's objects are =
To present a clear and concise statement of the
present condition, the past history, and the pros
poets of the colored population of the United
States, free and enslaved.
To afford scope for the rapidly rising talent Of
solored men in their special and general literature
To examine the population movements of the
scolored people.
] To present a reliable statement of their reli
! gious condition, and of their moral and economic
statistics.
To present statement of their educational con
sdition and movements.
OF their legal condition and status in the seve
I raj States.
To examine into the basis on which rest thei
claims for citizenship of the several States, and
1 the United States.
A To present an elaborate account of the variou
Books, Pamphlets and Newspapers, written or ed
zited by colored men.
To present the biographies of noteworthy col
ored men throughout the world.
On the condition and prospects of free colore'
4 men, by common assent, rests, in a great degree
@the condition and prospects of ensiared dolores
I men. Hence, besides the intrinsic interest whicl
zattaches itself to a magazine with such scope an
informaton, the aid of all who wish to advance tn
great cause of Immediate Emancipation, is ear
Enestly solicited for its support.
s TERMs.-One Dollar per year, payable invaria
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81 The January number contains accurate an
beautifully executed portrait of ALEXANDEl
4DUMAS
81 [Y All communications should be directed to
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A work of over 400 pages, containing all hi
speeches delivered in Congress also, an accurate
likeness.
Price only so cents per copy, and P stage paid.
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DREN ON AFRICA
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cents each BY George Thompson, Missionary to
the Mendi Mission, West Africa
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Freezing,
Dying alone,

y1I1t5 "l0I1Ni
Too wicked for prayer, too weak formy moar
To be heard in the crazy town,
Gone mad in the joy of snow coming down,
To lie and to die in my terrible woe,
With a bed and shroud of beautiful snow
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THE MARTYRS AND THE FUGITIVE
Br THE REV. :. II. PLAT.

2 > 3I4R1 I+F-F . II. PI4AII.
Autisor 81 80 The Gift Of Power, &c, and Christ
and Adornments,' 50 &c.
A thrilling work on Slavery and +La S.u.
Trade, detailing the capture Of family in Afr;oo
by the Slavedealers. their fearful Journey 70 t,a
coast. the horrors of the middle passage. tla;r
sale IN America, and subsequent martyrdom tba
slavery Of their son. his terrible sufferins and nor
ilous escapes founded upon fact, but fictiiio6slv
disguised in order to shield him from detection
and published for his benefit.
Sent postpaid upon the recent Of IS cents
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BOOKS.

cannot constitute families; Unlimited power Of
Shareholders Labor of slaves Food, clothing.
Iand dwellings of slaves; Coerced labor without
wages Punishments of slaves by the owner and
|hlrer; OF laws concerning the murder and killing
Iof slaves; of the delegated power of ovcrseers:
Ot the protection Of slave property from DAMAGES
10y assaults from other persons than their owners
Facts illustrating the kind and degree Of nrotec.
stlon extended to slaves Fugitives from slavery
The slave cannot sue his MASTER No mower of
ssel-redemption or change of masters The rela
Ston hereditary and perpetual; Rights to etIuca-
Huon-religious iberty-rights of conscience Or
sgn of the relation and its subjects Relation ~
Hthe slave to society and to civil government az
sthe ground and nature of the slaves civil cond
Ehon no access to the judiciary, and no honest
zprovlslon for testing the claims of the enslavaa a.
%freedom; Rejection Of testimony Of Slaves All
free colored persons; Subsection to all Whit ~
sons Penal laws against slaves Education prn
Emolted Free social worship and raIioiors !,
=sstruetlon prohibited; Legislative. indie;aI All
unconstitutional distractions TO emaneiHat;op p"I"
lions Of the slave code to the liberties If the 81
q liberties OF the free people Of color. Ibaras ~
ENC "hlte people Of the sIarehoIdinp states. lii
ertles OF the white people Of the non-slavehoIdipe
state. ''0'eii's
81 Summary review Of the slave-code-its ebarae
@ter and effects Inquiries concerning the duty OF
81 hflstians- Churches and Ministers the resnoa
sssbliitses Of citizens, Of society, Of civil Govern
aeTt, Of legislators, Of Magistrates Scrutiny q,
sssthe legality Of American slavery; the Heaven
SpFescr1as:d remedy; the worthlessness Of ternnor
n zlng expedients; closing appeal.
81 UNCONSTITUTIONAL OF SLAVERY
srEE
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Sisters, all,

9lsLETSy dtlp
God and myself, have lost by my fall
The veriest wretch that goes shiverlng by,
Takes wide sweep, lest | wander too nigh
For all that is on or above me, know,
There's nothing SO pure as the beautiful snow
How strange it should be that beautiful snow
Should fall on a sinner with nowhere to go!
Strange it should be, when night comes again
If snow and ice struck my desperate brainl
Painting,
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S9- The best way to humble a proud
man, is to take no notice of him.
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DEATH OF CHILDREN.

The following gem we take from the
cincinnati enquirer" None but faith
Ter could have penned it:
Those who have never lost a child are
unable to understand how great void the
death of one little one can make. There
lis, we think, nothing on earth that can cast
SO long and so wide, and SO black a shad-
ow as small coffin.
1t is emphatically the shadow of death
that freezes the parents heart Small as
lis an infants tomb, it sometimes is capa
cious enough to hold the brightest hopes
and dearest joys of whole family CIR
Gle
The little child is often the bright focus
where all the rays of gladness in house
hold centre. and from which they are re
aected again over happy hearts; and when
the central light is eclipsed, great darkness
falls over all.
How many there must be in heaven
gathered up from all climes-even from
the heather shores--who died so young as
Ito retain no memory of earth, and to whom
the world of glory seems as native land
whose souls were washed and regenerated
50 early that no stain of this world was ev-
Ter visible there
Whatever wound of sin there may have
been has healed without scar. Their ev
/ ry thought has been moulded by the scene
/ y and society of Heaven, and they stand
continually before the Father. In how
large a sense may we say, "Of such is the
/ Kingdom of Heavenp
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BEAUTIFUL ALLEGoRY.-Mr. Crittenden
was engaged in defending man who had
been indicted for capital offence. After
an elaborate and powerful defence, he clos
led his efforts with the following striking
] and beautiful allegory:
"When God, in his eternal wisdom, con-
sceived the thought of mans creation, he
3called to him the three ministers who wait
constantly on the throne-Justice Truth
and Mercy-and thus addressed them:
s'Shall we make man?' Then said Justice
TO, God, make him not, for he will trample
/ upon thy laws Truth made answer also
70, God, make him not, for he will pollutt
5thy sanctuaries' But Mercy, dropping
upon her knees and lookingup through hel
itears. exclaimed: 90, God, make him;
will evatch over him with my care through
sall ne dark paths he may have to tread,
sThcn God made man, and said tc
shiln, %, man, thou art the child of Mercy
/ 60 and deal mercifully with thy broth
Ter
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TWELVE YEARS ! SAVE

y = LA l.,
The narrative Of SOLOMON n oRTHRrp. clifton Il
New York, kidnapped in Washington CITY in
1871, and rescued in 1858, from a Cotton Plan
tation near Red River, Louisiana iIlustrs
trations, $50 PIP. limo. Price 81, postage
paid.
VOICES or THE PRESS.
The volume cannot fail to gain wide circula
|tion. No one can contemplate the scenes which
are here so naturally set forth, without new con
viction of the hideousness of the institution from
(which the subject of the narrative has happily
Y. Tribaae.
We think the story as affecting as any tale OF
sorrow could be.-N y Evangelist
Next to Uncle Toms Cabin the extraoriina
narrative Of solomon Northrup is the most re
Imarkable book that was ever issued from the
American press,-Detroit 7rib
He who with unbiased mind sits down to
sthe perusal of this book, will arise perfectly salts
fled that American slavery is hell of tormonts
;yet untold, and feel like deyoting the energies o.
his life to its extrpation from the face Of Gods
beautiful earth-Erening Chronicle
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poenls, 9mtnotes altb sktttBes.
ONCE I WAS PURE.

The following poem we regard as one of the
most touehingly beautiful in the language, and
relI worthy of attentive perusal by every reader
Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and earth below
Over the house-tops, over the street,
Over the heads Of the people you meet.
Dancing,
Fitting,
Swimming along
Beautiful snow, it can do nothing wrong.
Flying to kiss fair lady's cheek,
Clnging to lips in frolicksome freak;
Beautiful snow from the heaven above,
Pure as an angel, as gentle as love
Obi the snow, the beautiful snow,
How the flakes gather and laugh as they go
Whirling about in its maddening fun,
1t plays in its glee with every one'
Chasing,
Laughing,
Hurrying by,
1t lights up the face, and it sparkles the eye
And even the dogs, with bark and bound,
Snap at the crystals that eddy around.
The town is alive, and its heart in glow,
To welcome the coming of beautiful snow.
Bow the wild crowd goes swaying along,
Hailing each other with humor and song
How the gay sledges, like meters, flash by,
Bright for a moment, then lost to the eye;
Ringing,
Swinging,
Dashing they go,
Over the crust of the beautiful snow
Snow 80 pure when it falls from the sky,
And trampled in mud by the crowd rushing by
Trampled and tracked by thousands of feet,
Till it blends with filth in the horrible street.
Once I was pure as the snow-but fell
Fell, like the snow-f flakes, from heaven to bel
Fell to be trampled as filth of the street,
Fell to be scoffed, to be spit on, and beat
a# Pleading,
Cursing,
Dreading to die,
Selling my soul to whoever would buy;
Dealing in shame for morsel of bread,
Hating the living, and fearing the dead;
Merciful God have fallen SO low?
Yet was once like the beautiful snow
Once was fair as the beautiful snow,
With eye like its crystal, heart like its glow
Once was loved for my innocent grace,
Flattered and sought for the charms of n
face;
Father,
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GOD AGAINST SLAVERY,
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This volume contains the sermons delivered br
Doctor Cheever, to immense crowds at the Church
Iof the Puritans and elsewhere, in October last,
|and his magnificent address at the Academy Of
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lon handsome paper, in large type, and neatly
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Pantheism, and Rationalism By Rev. III. Patter-
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over 30 men, before a select committee Of the
House of Commons, in England, in 1790-91.
HINTS TO CHRISTIANS.
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