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The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-18
LIES SHIPWRECKS.
Under the wave
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4, 1860.
By ELMoND BUGER.

Under the wave
Keel that has girt its furrow round tho world,
Canvas to every ocean breeze unfurled,
Cordage that rang like harp-strings to the blast,
1.-the spars that bent and struggled as it past
Like wrestler's brave
Into the surging gulf of waters cast
Under the wave
Under the wave
Gold that but now unveiled its lustrous gleams
By the wild gullies of Australian streams,
Stout arms that hardly gathered, day by day,
The glittering store for dear enes far away,
Helpless to save
Washing and seething like the refuse clay,
Under the wave.
Under the wave!
The father from household treasures far,
Severed in silent agony of prayer;
The dauntless swimmer who, with straining hand,
Had well nigh grasped brothers OH the land,
The coward slave,
Swept conscience struck, as by the avengers
hand,
Under the wave
Under the wave
That heaves upon the restless flood of time,
Our myriad barks freighted with hopes sub
lime,
Or idle dreams, thus hour by hour are rolled;
Beauty, or strength, or loving hearts, or gold,
Vainly we crave,
When life's rude gale their parting knell has
TOLD,
Under the wavei
Under the wave!
No fragment left of all our cherished store,
No shattered wreck that yet may drift to shore;
Pale cheeks with unavailng tears are wet,
And the heart strives, but cares not to forget
The ocean grave;
Nay, brother, hope and love are deathless yet,
Under the wave!
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-18
A FEARFUL ADVENTURE.


When first went into the country near
the Bay OF Natal, things were very differ
ent to what they are now; there were not
nearly so many Cafres in the country, and
there were no white men except our own
party. Game was plenty; and many a
monster which has now soughtmore secure
retreats, was then to be seen in the neigh
borhood of the bay. l built myself bee-
hive shaped hut, like one of the Cafres,
on the open ground near the Umbilo, and
cultivated little piece of ground near it.
l had lived about three weeks in this place,
when Hottentot, Plache came to me one
day in great fright, and told me that he
had seen "the biggest snake that ever
was;" that it had crossed the Umbilo river,
and entered some long reeds about half
mile from my hut. He said that the
snakes head was on the land ON one side
whilst the tail was on the other side of the
Umbilo. Now, this river is not very broad /;
but if what the man told me was true, the
snake must have been over thirty feet in
length. 1 knew that species of beacon
stricter was to be found here, for | had
shot one sixteen feet long as was coming
from the old colony to the bay.
1 did not trouble myself to look after
the snake, for there was large swamp
with long reeds extending for more than
a mile along the banks of this river, with
cover enough to conceal FIVE hundred
snakes. About month after Plache's in
terview with the boa, there fell vast
quantity of rain, and the river rose and
flooded the whole of this swamp. The
nearest piece of dry land to the river was
the little rising ground on which my hut
stood One evening during the time that
the food was out, | came back from shoot
ing just as the sun was setting. / had shot
buck which l had found out in the open
ground, behind the Berea Bush. Plache
was with me, and left him and Caffre
to bring in the buck, whilst returned
home, alone, to prepare fire, and get
ready the cooking pots.
/ noticed that the water was very high,
and had not left more than hundred
yards clear round my hut, which was, how
ever, still ten or twelve feet above thelevel
of the flood placed my gun outside,
against the hut, and crawled into the door
way of the kraal. You must know that
the only light that enters these buildings is
by the doorway, SO when / blocked up
this, the only aperture, the interior was
rather dark. / knew that my flint and
steel-box were stuck up in the thatch of
the roof, and these | could use to obtain a
light, in case the embers were not smoul-
dering in the centre of the hut, where /
usually kept fire.
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-18
OUR BALTIMORE LETTER.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 4, 1860.


Mr.. EDIToR:-Below you will find that
Maryland is not behind in efforts to enslave
the free colored population. If colored
persons freedom is so slender or hangs
upon so slender thread as is made appa-
rent by the bill before the Maryland Leg
islature, then the colored man ought TO
look we'll to his interest, and ascertain
when he can better his interest and con-
dition. The Maryland bill far excells any
l have seen, for severity. The idea of
selling convicts, old persons, etc, as well
as our church property, is very severe.
The hotter the battle, the sooner the con-
test will end. We hope the good time
will soon come of which the Hutchinson's
used to sing. But to the law-see it
read it, and ponder it over:
THE MARYLAND BILL.
Mr. Jacobs, from the committee on COL
ored population, of the House of Delegates,
has reported series of bills, many of them
containing provisions Of an important and
novel, if not extraordinary character, as
will be seen by the subjoined abstracts:
APPROPRIATION WITHDRAWN.
Bill No. repeals the first twenty Sec
tions of the 10Th article of the code of pub
lie general laws, which provides for the ap-
pointment of board of managers to re-
move from this State the free people of
color, and which appropriates sum of
money for that purpose.
UNLAWFUL AssEMBLAGEs OF BLACK PERSONS
No repeals the 9th, 30th, 31st and
SD sections of article % of the code, and
substitutes the following: Every constable
to visit once week in the night. or often
er, upon information, all places within his
district or ward where it is suspected un-
lawful assemblages of colored persons
slaves or free-are held, and suppress the
same, summoning any white person in the
neighborhood to aid him; said constable to
be paid one dollar for each visit, by the
mayor or county commissioners. Each
slave or free colored person found at any
unlawful assemblage to receive thirty-nine
lashes, and the slave to be taken back to
his master or employer, who must pay the
constable one dollar for such service; said
sum to be recovered as other small debts.
Any constable refusing or neglecting the
duties prescribed, to be indicted, and on
conviction fined not less than $50 or more
than 500. Any citizen refusing to aid
the constable when summoned, to be fined
from 81 to So for the use of said officer.
"vIcILANT POLICE"
No. 5 adds to the 2eth article of the
code propositions to establish "yigilant
police" for the protection of persons and
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-18

having done or undertaken any permanent good
for the refugees in Canada. For information in
that land of refuge for the hunted fugitive we can
and do refer with confidence to Rev. Hiram Will
son, of St. Catharines, and Rev DIR. Willis, of To-
ronto. JAMES FULLER,
WILLIAM E. ABBOTT,
LUCIUS j. ORMSBEE,
SAMUEL j. MAY.
MONTGOMERY MERRICK,
ABNER BATES,
P. DICKINSON,
THOMAS G. WHITE.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 10, 1858.
This is to certify that the "African Aid Socie-
ty" at Syracuse, to which VIM. Brown was agent,
was abandoned or dissolved more than year pre-
vious to the present date.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 8, 1858.
JAMES CHANDLER,
One of the Officers of said Society.
Yours for the right,
j. W. LOGUEN,
Agent of the Underground Railroad.
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-18
TO THE MINISTERS OF ZION.

Mr.. EDIroR-In your paper of the 2Sth
ult. we find an article signed "Zion," pur-
porting to come from one of the ministers
of our beloved church. Knowing you to
be the peoples man and your paper the
peoples friend, (and we, the people, feeling
deeply for the prosperity of our church as
well as ourselves, VIC wish to say few
words to the ministers of Zion.
You, dear brethren, have kept US, as
connexion, divided for eight long years, for
no earthly or heavenly purpose, as we
have yet seen, only to crafty some of
your priestly notions on questions that the
people know nothing about, and for which
they care much less. We have long since
found out that your dissensions are of no
benefit to our spiritual good, for they have
kept up constant and harrassing conten-
ton among people who, of all others,
should be one in aim and spirit.
These dissensions have been of no bene-
fit to our physical good, for night after
night we have been compelled to keep un-
timely hours to hear one party abuse the
other; and we know it has not benefited
our pockets, which, with many of the min
listers, is very essential point. We have
not only had to spend our time unnecessa-
rily, but fuel and lights, which, in eight
years, has been no small item. Added to
all this, and much more that we might
name, in some communities we have had
to take care of and pay two ministers,
where there was not work enough for one
to do, and they never fail to keep the peo-
pie in continual quarrel and contention.
Now, brethren and ministers Of our once
united Zion, we shall, as far as we have
any influence, use it with our people to in
duce them to turn deaf ear to all such
things; and if you will not consider our
interest and we'll being, we will take our
cause into our own hands, and trust it no
longer in yours, Notwithstanding all the
love and respect we may have for many
of you, for there are many of you whom
we do love and respect. We are waiting
to see what step you intend to take at
your next General Conference, and if you
cannot bring about a reunion of Zion, we
must bring about union of the people, for
stand it we ought not, and some of US will
not. One people as we are in this coun-
try in suffering or in joy, we must see that
nothing divide us, and if our watchmen
that we have looked up to for years can
not unite, we, the people, must and will.
If we have to get new leaders, then be it
so. They cannot do US more injustice,
and we think not SO much, as our former
leaders. We find enough to contend with,
without contending among ourselves. We
have slavery, a common foe of our people,
to contend with. While our true friends
are suffering and dying for us, we are try
ing to destroy each other; it is too humili-
ating to think of, even for one moment
Brethren, it will never do for us so to live.
1t looks bad enough in our white brethren,
but far worse for us. PEOPLE.
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-18
LETTER FROM REV. J. W. LOGUEN

Mr.. EDrroR:-Knowing that you are al
ways interested in what appertains to the
prosperity or adversely of our cause, l ven-
ture to ask a place in your paper for a
statement in reference to a libel suit which
has just transpired in our city. One VIM.
Brown, who has travelled in the New Eng
land States and part of New York pretend
ing to act as agent for the Underground
Railroad interest centering here, sued GER
tain parties whose names appear in the ar
ticle subjoined, for libel therein contained.
The said Brown has persisted in making
collections, after being forbidden to do SO
by the friends here, and after repeated no.
tices to the public that nothing was re-
ceived from him for our cause, and warn
ing it against misapplication Of its chari-
ty. You will agree with me that it is bad
enough to bear the unavoidable hardship
of our work, without having the charity
intended for us intercepted by knavery.
In the suit referred to, some very ngly-
looking facts in regard to Brown began to
appear, when the court rather suddenly
brought the suit to close. The high
character which the defendants all sustain,
and the prevalent belief that Brown has
sponged several thousand dollars out Of
the people in his operations, excited a
strong feeling against him in our commu-
nifty. That such an arrant and shameless
humbug should have possessed himself of
our means is source of much regret to US !;
but we can only say to our friends that,
for the future, we hope they may let their
benefactions reach us if possible.
The following is the caution published
by our friends, for which the quondam pro-
fessor undertook to get SANDER damages:
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE FUGITIVE.
The undersigned, citizens of Syracuse, having
long interested themselves in behalf of the suffer
ing strangers in Syracuse and. vicinity, while in
their transition state from bondage to freedom,
take pleasure in stating for the satisfaction of
generous public, that this class of our fellow be-
ings are promptly entertained and safely convey
ed to their permanent refuge in Canada, under the
faithful and efficient management of the Rev. j..
W. Loguen, General Agent of the U. G. r. K for
Central n Y.
We are sorry to learn from various directions
that gross imposition has been praeticed upon the
public by one William Brown, of Syracuse, who
claims to be an agent for the african Aid Socie-
ty," which society has no real existence in SYRIA
cuse, but is a mere sham. Mr.. Brown is not au-
thorized by either the colored people or their
true friends to act in their behalf and is eecting
no good in this quarter, where he pretends to have
the seat of his operations, and where be is known
as an imposter
He has evidently collected large sums of mo-
ney, according to his own showing both in the
State of New York and in New England, and we
are vet to learn that he has done or honestly in
tends to do any good with said money.
We therefore faithfully warn and caution the
public against his glaring impositions. This de-
ceiyer sometimes passes as Professor Brown, and
again as Dostor Brown. We are not aware of his
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-18
For the Weekly Anglo African.
ADDRESS TO SLAVERY.
BY SAMUEL WRIGHT.


Slavery, o Slavery cannot conceive
Why judges and magistrates do not relieve
Ny down-trOdden people from under thy hand,
Restore them their freedom, and give them their
land.
The loud voice Of reason incessantly cries.
Ye lovers of Mammon, when will ye be wise?
How long will misanthropy reign in your hearts ,
Behold the poor slaves, and consider their smarts
Upon the plantation they labor and toll,
Exert all their strength to enrichen the SOIL
While the sun pours upon them its hot scorch-
ing ray,
Without ntermission the whole livelong day.
Hope God by His power will save them at last
And bring them as Israel in ages that's past,
Out Of the reach Of proud slavery's chain,
To enjoy the sweet comfort offreedom again.
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-18

property. The county commissioners of
each county to appoint annually in April
one person for every twenty five voters in
each election district, to be called the "vig-
liant police" whose duty viii be to arrest
every slave or negro found absent from his
masters or employers premises, or in at
tendance at political meetings, public cleo
tions or other gatherings without pass,
unless in attendance upon his masters or
employers business. The constable is to
receive one dollar for each negro so arrest
ed and returned, and FIVE cents mileage, to
be paid by the master or employer to whom
the slave is brought back The absence
of slave, hireling or negro apprentice
from the residence of his master or employ
er, in town or village, between the hours
of nine o'clock in the evening and FIVE in
the morning, although such slave may be
within the bounds of the town or village.
shall be considered an absence from the
residence of the master or employer, and
subject the offender to arrest. All sherifs
and constables and the police in Baltimore
are also bound to perform the duties i'm
posed upon the "vigilant police" and may
receive the same compensation.
SALE OF NEGRO CoNvICTs INTO SLAVERY.
No. amends the code in several par
ticulars, substituting therefor the following
Any free negro or slave, convicted of an
offense which would send a white man to
the penitentiary, shall be sold as slave
for life, either in or out of the State, the
proceeds to go to the school fund, after
paying expenses and indemnifying the par
ty who suffered by the offense. All negroes
now in the penitentiary are to be sold as
slaves for life, the proceeds, after liquidat-
ing expenses, to go to the school in the
county or city where the party was con-
victed.
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-02-18

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d I e D

On the lGth inst the residence Of her law c
H Lee Mrs SARAH WoODHoRTH her seventy year.
Mrs " native OF Fermout, and TO th Is
State many years For many previous to her
death she member OF the Presbyterian Church,
and lived trHIy christian life At my first
with her-neaFly five years agoshe seemed fully ripe
for heaven, yet God called her long and painful
sickness, for the PURPOSE cobt, that she might
her last years be bright example of christian resigua-
on and truly lid she decslare the glory ans power #
God that submissive spirit she always Jnanifes
ted. Nearly four years she had her first paraytic
shock When she learned her physical condition. and
what she would probably have pass through before
death and the tronble she necessarily others
in taking Of her there struggle in her
mind but it over, ana after sweet sub
nIissIon His divine will trumphed. For about eigl-
months previous her death she entirely help
less and deaf, and nearly blind that she could
read yet she waited patiently the time OF her complete
O. H. \.
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The following communication explains it
self, and We publish it with pleasure. In for
saking the bogus Democracy and enrolling
himself in the Republican army, DR.. Smith is
but actirg as are hundreds and thousands
throughout the country:
BELLE PoST, August 25th, 1860
Know all men, that |, DIR. 5. 9. SMITH, of
the county of Delaware and State of Ohio,
have never voted any other than the Demo-
cratic ticket ! am now So years old, but l
hope rot TOO old to see the error of my past
life. My reasons for this Withdrawing from
the Demoeratic party are first, the have robbed
the treasury. Second, they are bound to
bring upon our glorious republic swift destruc-
ton for they are divided, having nominated
two candidates for the Presidency. They /
now perceive, are bound to crow their fauored
Institution down us, and If they cannot do this
they bring division and consequently defeat
But perceive the Republican party have
nominated Honest Old Abe and with him
as their standard bearer they are sure to de
feat this piebald, doubled-faced, treasury, pow
er-loving, pro-slavery. Therefore 1 go for
Honest Old Abe" Hurrah for Lincoln and
Hamlin. S. G. SMITH, Nj. d.
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House Spouting

nONE in Delaware and adjoining Counties on
- short notice-materal and workmanship warrant
sd to be the besprices low-ieave your orders
Large Stove and lin Store of I. EVANS, JR.
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sheEif and NGasteEComrnissioner.ss Sale.

Sheriff and N1asterComxnissione Sale
Geo. Bliss & Co. pY virtue of decretal order
- OF sale to me directe from tlis
oeo J" Little ct al J Court OF Common Pleas Of Dela
ware county Ohio, shall offer public SALE the door
o. the Court House in Delaware on
Monday, ae 22th dayef September, 1880,
between the hours Of O'Clock a. m and four O'Clock
p N the following real estate described as follows To-
WI \ lot or piece Of lan4 the township
peiWaFe county Of Delaware, and State Uf Ono, and
being part in-!ot No. S. as numbered on the orig
LII Iat u tue town of Delaware bounded iuiss
ieiAhilg st paiat IN the % sandgeky
ana est ie OF sa;d lot 4 = south TIE north
e4st eoi ler OF said lot south
~ ana inter streets 81 feet parallel
the east lHe Ioo feet, thence north eIce
iest to The place OF beginning AFira sed 500
CHARLES SHERMAN, Sheriff
Aiist Special Master Commissioner
august "a cots 5ssno}
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The Union Picnic, referred to in our last
sesame of near Milford Center yesterday. An
ssahcu and still more imposing affair of the kind
Is arranged to take place on Thursday next at
yellow Springs. Our citizens are invited to
attend, and from the suhjoined paragraph
copied from the Spring field News. it would
appear that goeGly number OF them have ae-
cepted the invitation. We should not be sur
prised, however, il, when he makes careful
count of these present from Delaware, friend
NrcHus will be compelled TO fall crow OF
tive:
DELAWARE CexIsG TO THE PIcsfo.-Fiye
hundred people are coming from Delaware to
the grand Union Picnic at yellow Springs
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nag We call the attention of our merchant

B9r We call the attention of our merchants
and citizens generally to the advertisement
which appears in another column, of the St.
Nicholas Hotel, Broadway New York. This
princely palace has accommodations for one
thousand guests A city within a city, having
cosmopolitan community, representatives
from every civilized nation on the face of the
globe. The gentlemen who planned and car
ried into successful operation an enterprise like
this mammoth establishment, deserve the most
liberal patronage of the travelling public. We
advise our friends visiting New York to call
! on Messrs Treadwell, Whitcomb & Co, with
whom we are sure they will feel at home \
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We take great pleasure Recommending the Aexi
can Mustang Linimeat valuable and indispensable
article for spraies Sores Scratches Galds Horses
men have used it Burns, Bruises Sores
stiff Joints Rheumatic Pains and all say ike
magic We Use 10 other L4niu1ent.
J. " HEWITT.
Foreman for American, Harnden's and Wells, Fargo
K Co s Express''
Gentlemen :-'f I had negro worth 81 200 Tho
toek soIne cold from bad hurt, and useless for
over had him everything could hear of
without benefit, until tried the Mustang Liniment It
has perfectly cured him, and take the abeve
price for him. Respectfully Yours,
JAMES DoRRANCE
Every Planter TesUster and Family should have this
invaluable article SOLD By respectable dealers
eryxhere-
a24l BARNES PARK. Proprietors. Ne7v-York
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WIDE-AwAKEs.-We understand the Young
Republicans Of Delaware contemplate orgaili-
zing Wide-Awake Club. This is a move in
the right direction. We hope the project viii
be pushed to conSummation, and that the Re
publicans of every township in the county will
follow the example set them by their brethren
of the center