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LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, juno Z, 1860.

BALTIMORE juno 7, 1860.
Mr.. EDlroR:- Mrs. Mary j. Hackett,
one Of the most esteemed colored ladies Of
our city, died April 20, aged 81 years,
with full assurance of blissful immor-
talty. She was the wife Of Mr.. George
A. Hackett, who is well known every
where.
Mr.. Silas Dickinson left our city a few
weeks ago for the purpose of being united
in the bonds of matrimony to lady in
Newport, r. l. We were very sorry to
part with him, but as he would go, he car
ried with him the best wishes of all his
friends and acquaintance for bis future
prosperity.
Our people are stirred up very much In
consequence Of our city council passing an
ordinance prohibiting our people from as
sembling for any purpose whatever, except
religious services, without permit from
the Mayor, and at least one white. person
present But we are satisfied that it pass
ed before they had thorough knowledge
of our intentions, which we intend to make
known, and then are sure they will repeal
the Objectionable ordinance
Others may say and do as they will, or
may, but we know that there is SO much
sympathy between the white and colored
citizens Of Baltimore, that whenever the
laws come too hard on the latter, all they
have to do is to ask for their repeal, and the
request is complied with Last Thursday
morning Mr.. VIM. Winsey was married at
st. Thomas Church to Miss Cobourn, by
the Rev John Jordon, all of Baltimore,
and left Immediately for Philadelphia.
They were accompanied by Mrs. Tenant,
the bridesmaid, and widower Landy, the
groomsman; also by Miss Victoria A,
Moore, Of the Quaker City, and other
ladies and gentlemen.
LADIES FRIEND.
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LETTER FROM DOWN SOUTH.

Alai June D, 1901.
DEAR ANGLo:-You will confer an act
of kindness upon several of your friends,
and your humble correspondent in partic-
ular, by informing us a0hat has become of
the "Angt0," that we are cheered no more
by its ever welcome coming. We know
that you are worried because of many
things, and that we should exercise little
self-denial, and be content to know that al
though we have not received a single copy
for the last six weeks, thousands of others
have, through its widespread influence,
been made to feel the thrill Of pride in
their race-proud to know that they are
identified with a people who have for years
struggled in their upward, onward march
against every obstacle that squint-eyed
prejudice could bring to bear against them
to obstruet the path to their advancement.
Such considerations as these have stretched
our very limited ration of patience to an
indefinite length.
But why talk of patience, with the mer-
curry at So in the shade? Dear "Anglo,"
allow me to observe, in the classic language
of the times, that patience, with your hum
BILE servant, is played out" Selfdenial,
indeed !-selfde-fddlestlcks Oh, yes,
nice thing, that, isn't it We have tried
not little ourselves, and plead guilty to
the charge of admiring it in others; but
why have it rubbed in with brick-bat?
Suppose, now, that we have "a SPELL" as
our nautical friends have it, and you prac-
tice little selfdenial for time in refer
ence to any one of the many cases that SO
loudly represent their respective claims
to the indulgence of that most Christian
virtue. Say, for instance, that you con-
fine yourself to four cups of Oolong in
stead of the usual fourteen, and allow us
an opportunity of recruiting our exhaust
ed patience over the interesting columns
of the anglo" know that the Mes
danes Grundy will exclaim '"This may be
all very true; but why should Belisare
make his private disappointments and az
hictions public matterw answer, SIM
ply because they are my own property,
and | reserve to myself the right of ma
king them as public as the MONDAY sun,
if l am so inclined as they do ev-
erything they know, and very great
many things that they don't. And, my
dear Miss McFlimSey, l thought that it
might possibly annoy you, which, l am
happy to think, it has. BELIsARE.
Belisare is informed that his paper has
been regularly mailed, with the postage
prepaid, but has probably been stolen by
Southern officials, who will steal newspa-
pers as well as men.-ED.
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HARLEM SCHOOL.

Mr.. ANGLo:-Having occasion to go to
Harlem yesterday, I managed to find time
to search out and visit Ward School No 4,
taught by Madam Groves.
Having been directed to the place by an
old resident, | went in front of the house,
but could not see the school, The reason
was, that it is a neat private dwelling, fit
ted up inside with all the appliances of a
good school, including the best approved
style of seats, desks, ETC., without any ap-
pearance on the outside of its being a
school
1t happened to be intermission time, but
the kind and lady-like welcome of the
Madame induced me to remain until the
afternoon session commenced, and staid
until it ended.
The first four children that made their
appearance inside the gate were two color
ed girls and two white girls. | remarked
to the teacher Cooking through the window
that two of the girls were bringing visit
ors with them. "Ohl no" she answered,
"a they are all my scholars" Sure enough,
when the school opened, about twenty col
ored children were in their seats, and
about forty white.
After some excellent singing by the ju-
nior children, the visitor was invited to en-
gage the children in some exercise, so the
slate and pencil was chosen, and we found
some of them, especially the larger girls,
as sharp as Japanese sword. We all
became interested, and the exercise was
kept up with undated zeal until the end
of the afternoon session.
You will please remember, Mr.. Anglo,
that Ward School No. 4, Harlem, is the
school for the colored children of that
place, and was formerly held in the Zion
M. Church basement, with everything else
but accommodations for the education and
health of children; but by the perSevering
energy of the teacher, and the liberality
Of the trustees, good house has been OBJ
tanned, well furnished.
As there are not colored children enough
in Harlem to warrant the trustees in max
ing the necessary outlay for school pur-
poses, permission was given the teacher to
receive white children as well as colored,
if parents would send them; the result is,
that the Madam has been obliged to refuse
admission to more than twenty, for want
of room.
You will remember, Mr.. Anglo, that
Madam Groves is one of our best colored
teachers.
Your reporter is invited to call, Mr.. An
clio, and see for himself The school is
situated on l2Oth-street, between Sd and
4th-avenues. PILLAR.
NV YORK, June Is, 1860.
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AN APPEAL FOR THE PHILADEL.
PHIA RESCUERS.

Mr.. EDIToR ii saw in late number
Of your paper an appeal from one of the
Philadelphia rescuers, and | would ask
through the columns Of your paper if this
appeal does not find ready and hearty
response in the bosom of every hater of
American despotism Shall these men
throw themselves across the track of the
general government and be crushed by
that INDUSTRIOUS Juggernaut Of organized
villainy, the Fugitive Slave Law, and we
sit silent, with our hands folded, in selfish
Inactivity? 1t is not enough to express
our sympathy by words; we should be
ready to crystalize it into actions. l am
not content with simply offering them pc
cumary assistance from my limited re-
sources; | would call on others to aid these
men IN their hour Of trial Let the day
~O0rer bring his offering, and our men
:. wealth be ready with their contribu-
,''ls Let the hands Of toll release their
% aVla upon their hard-wOn earnings, feeling
= mere Is no poverty like the poverty
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at Lundy's Lane, on the celebrated battle
ground half century or more ago. The
view from the observatory of the surround
ing country is really grand. The accommo-
dations for Anglo-African visitors are very
good upon the American side of the Falls.
The ladies of the village are making
arrangements to hold strawberry festival
next week, for the purpose of assisting to
defray the expenses of the coming ami
versary of the British West Indies A
large celebration is expected upon that
occasion here. CATARACT.
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For the Weekly Anglo African.
BE up AND DING.
BY A. P. SMITH.


Whatsoever thy hands find to do, do with tn
NIGHT. for there is no work nor device in til
rave whittier thou goest"
Exceeding far the swiftest steed,
Unseen and silent, with them speed,
And fast as stars feet through the sky,
The wings Of time are passing by
SO onward rushes life along
Al brief as cen trihers song,
Which, while It's heard, died on the air,
Which goes, but who can tell us where?
How swift the moments fly
The years how few, before we die
Before we merge into the gloom,
The darkness surging round the tomb
Then, oh be strong to serve the right,
Your arm nerved high with holy might;
And ever hence, while yet you may,
Stern dutys clarion voice obey
Ave, do for know there's no return
To do what trihers now may sprun,
Although, perchance, with anguish deep,
Neglected works the spirit weep
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him through the presence of his protection,
and he was saved.

him through the presence OF his protection,
and he was saved.
In the course of his life he had prepared
a manuel of all languages, showing their
derivation from one original, from whence
they radiated as from one common centre.
He had left tn, manuscript at publishing
house in Nassau street, and in one hour a
fire consumed what he had spent life
time in acquiring, and for which he had
been offered and refused a very large sum.
Yet, with this heavy loss hanging upon
him, he was the same cheerful and happy
man, possessing the aspect and marked ur-
banity of the polished gentleman.
was making remark in his presence
relative to the treatment of the colored
man in this country compared with his
treatment in other countries, when he came
out in the most eloquent terms that ever
heard in praise of the African. | have
since read the travels of Bayard Taylor,
aud could but smile to see the attempt he
made to bring the noble African down to
his Tract-Society level. My traveller spoke
of them as noble, honest, brave, and hui
name, and stated one pointed truth, that
all the a00rld could not make SlaUeS of tie
africans If they did not enstave themselrs.
He said that he saw in Napoleon's army
black men who were generals-one of
whom, | presume, was the father of Alex
ander Dumas-and that Napoleon's per-
sonal physician was black man. He al
so informed me that he had seen black
men commanders in England, with the IA
vor OF gold epaulettes upon their should
ers. He had seen the same IN Brazil and
Spain, and the finest body of men he ever
saw, he said, was a regiment of black men
purely so-with blue unaorms, faced
with buff, and trimmed with gold lace.
Picture to yourself such body of men,
who never could turn pale. do not be
discouraged" he said to me; "God rules !"
"Do you know" he continued, shat thirty
years ago there was little slave boy in
his mothers arms who is now a learned
Judge on the bench of one Of the highe |
courts in the West Indies? Then take
couragew He said his advice to every
colored man was to get knowledge book
knowledge, head knowledge, heart knowl-
edge, and by all means aud not the least,
hand Observation-Disclosures the hands
find to do, do with all the might Be in
dustrious, honest, and persevering, and sue
cess would surely follow.
The last time l saw the old traveller,
while he held me by the hand and the
tears were glistening in his eyes, he said
"My friend, l have had many reyerses-
loss of family, loss of friends, and loss OF
wealth-but God always permits me to
look up. My friend, always remember to
look up and trust in God" With these
words he left me, and would repeat the
admonition to every colored man, woman,
and child in the community.
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From the N. Y Saturday Press
THE MINER OVER.
By ZELoTEs r. BENNETT.

o.
Sit at the open window,
On this dewy Summer morn,
Where the honeysuckle blossoms
Mid wealth of green are born;
Sit l, gazing outward, outward
Through the lazy, hazy air,
Breathing in the fragrant incense
To my senses waited there.
There is dew upon the meadows,
Which the sunlight softly sips,
kissing off the teeming nectar
From the daisy's pouting lips;
And respondent jewels dangle
From the trees that skirt the way,
Like the eyes of angels glist'ning
In the coming light of day.
There are carols gaily floating
On the breeze that rustles by,
And the world AWAKENING murmurs
Through the latticed window SIGH;
And ! hear the quiet ripple
Ola stream that winds along,
Ger the yellow sand and pebbles,
With never-ceasing song.
But the sun that opes the blossoms
Scarce has touched the grassy lawn,
And that darkest dark hour vanished
Which precedes the coming dawn,
Ere the drift-clouds gather slowly
In the azure realm of light,
And with sad and fearful whispers
Throw aside their robes of white,
Then hear the rain-drops patter,
As the cloudy pinions part,
As of spirit fingers tapping
At the window of ones heart!
And the birds upon the branches
Hide beneath the shelt'ring leaves,
Putting on the only garment
Which kindly Nature weaves
Sit | muslng at the window,
While the rain-drops still are beating,
Dreaming of form that haunts me,
And treasured word repeating,
When sunbeam, like that stealing
Through the golden gates Of even,
Wipes away the tears that glistened
In the weeping eyes of heaven!
Thus, | muse, my wild heart throbbing,
Pass the tears which mortals shed,
And the sunshine of the morrow
Brings oblivion of the dead
All our sorrows are as fieeting
As this sunny Summer shower,
And in new joys that are dawning
We forget each fearful hour!
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congregation will go and crowd the men,
bers out, because they cannot hear him at
their own church, SO that when he does
preach they will not let anybody else hear
him. PopU1us.
PHILADELPHIA, June 5, 1860
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SATAN TRANSFORMED. Roman Catho
lie peasant boy in Ireland is reported to
have listened attentively to priest earn
estly denouncing the " revival and warn
ing the people against it as the work of
the devil.
aAh! thin, your riverince," replied the
lad, it must be new divil, for that's not
the way the ould divil used to make the
people behave themselves
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E- hind makes the man.
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Here we have the endorsement of sixty black
republican members of Congress to Mr.. Spoon
er's theory of natural justice and of the funda-
mental principles Of our political system. 1t
shows conclusively that all their talk about
only wishing to exclude slavery from the Terri
tories is nothing but flimsy disguise thrown
over their real designs; and that the effort to
obtain Congressional action against slavery in
the Territories is only the entering wedge of the
great fallacy which they wish to drive to its
head and sunder this Union in civil war, fra
ternal bloodshed, and universal anarchy. The
resolution Of Mr. Blake is guarded with like
fiimsy pretenoe. Although in his preamble he
sweepingly condemns the Institution Of slavery,
he assumes to limit the exercise of the power
of Congress over it, by asking for its interdic-
ton wherever Congress has the power to
legislate on the subject" This is an India rub
Der limit, that can BE stretched to any extent,
according to the rules Of Interpretation that may
probation under which the constitution, as well as
Mr.. Blake's resolution, carries us to the habeas
corpus the liberation of every slave, and the
arming, organizing and disciplining of the ne
gross as militia to protect the abolition courts.
Seward has given to Spooner his full and
unconditional endorsement of his theories and
rules of Interpretation, and Spooner now prints
it on the very title page of his book. In this
we have the explanation Of the reason why
Seward did not approve of John Browns pro-
posed raid on Virginia, when Forbes communi-
Gated It to him. He saw that Brown was fool
as we'll as q fanatic, and that his bloody treason
would defeat the object both of them had in
view, by awakening the country too soon to the
sense of danger. Spooner proposed safer
plan obtain Congressional majority and
get into the White House, and then apply the
rules of Interpretation, protected by the army
and navy Of the federal government. Even
now he Development has come too soon for
Seward, and he foreeees that if the end is made
too palpable, the good sense of the country,
not yet subdued by fanatical mania,
will revolt against the proposal, and drive him
and his party from the political power they
are clutching at Hence his recent palliating
speech in the Senate, aimed to lull the conser-
vative fears Of the people.
But these constant and repeated develope;
ments among his followers, and the identity J.
their arguments with those put forth by Spoon.
er, show that the South hiss good reason to be
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The LAST TENANT House MAssAcRE.-We
are obliged to add still another to the chapter
Of horrors of which the week has been so fruit.
full. Notwithstanding the dreadful warning
given by the Elm street fire, we have close
upon its heels conHagration in Forty-ffth
street, where house occupied by several indi-
gent families was burned at an early hour yes
terday morning, and two women and eight chill
dren- perished.
When we reflect that this loss Of life, to say
nothing Of movable property, might be pre-
vep.ted by the adoption of suitable fire d.
cape, to be attached to each house that con-
tains two or more families, we cannot help be-
ing surprised at the negligence Of the authori
ties, who shsuld compel the owners OF these
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como alarmed Ut the prospect before It,
Tho theories and arguments Of Spooner, Sew.
ard and Blake are identical with those of the
Infamous friends Of the bla ks" In the French
National Assembly In 1890, an who bounded
on the negroes Of st. Domingo to the revolu-
ton, massacre and ruin that swept that fair
island from the family Of civilized nations.
Against such fate the South must unite. They
must, even to. day, seek to be industrially and
commercially independent of community
that pursues them to destruction. Here Is
the danger for the North, and not alone for
the North of America, but of Europe also.
England to-day is cotton-bound to the slave
States of this Union; and the industry, com.
merce and wealth of the northern nations hang
upon the cotton, sugar, coffee and tobacco pro-
duced by few millions Of slaves in America.
Annihlate these, and deadly blow is struck
at the whole fabric of commercial credit
and industrial wealth of the world. When
these are destroyed, the developement of hui
man knowledge and the progress of morals
cease, for these are inseparable from the pro-
gress Of industry and of national wealth.
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NATURAL INsrIScr.-The black republicans Of
,he New York Legislature have bill before
them to remove the rocks at the entrance Of
Hengate." This ahows which way the party In
tends to travai-c eytaioiy not towards the
White House,
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VIEW YORK LEGIsLATURE.


Senate.
Albany, March %, 1851 D.
Petitions were presented for the location Of tho City
Hall in Madison square, New York. ffts
The bill relative foreign insurance cornpAAk
ordered TO q third reading
PASSED.
To incorporate the American Geological Soeise 7.
To provide for the more certain punishmenA Of frauds
by bankers and trustees.
To locate the Schuyler county buildings Havana, BY
The Pro Rata b n passed by the Aa.ens was taken
up and after very brief discussion, PRIV reB
ported. ,,.....uu.r y,,,,s
NJ iswRssm moved to accept tho ,wns Of Jamaica.
Flushing and Newtcwn from the dissri0 Lost.
The bin opposed by MI Sptno1 and defended by
M Robertson.
Mr.. NANzD1m moveo 70 sIMs ~ the fourteenth seo
ton, which provides tnss Prvmo1Os shall be made from
would the best Judges TO VII vers ,oos deservir~
Of promotion. The motion was b A
me Ola was AGAIN msoe 'as special order Tor Friday
The Franklin Savings Bank oil Wa ordsred 10 miro
reading, = = -, - =
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AnS ably.

Ass~ ably.
ALBANY, March %, $780,
Several rsnonafrsnssa we're presented against thu bill
allowing debtors 70 nee themselves from all future abiN
4es 70 creditors ~ voluntary assignment Of au their
present sfectsv
Mr. POM (repl reported complete the following New
York city rairoS bills and the same we're ordered 70
third reading
Tho Seventh avenue BILL
The fouzt snth street bill
The Ave- .ue BILL
Inc I~ III avenue and Forty second street bill
Tho Ylouston street BILL
Inc Barclay street and South ferry bill, with
fxol at three cents.
Also, the Brooklyn and Broadway Railroad bin
large number Of bills wore reported fsvorsbly