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liberty 8altzSerein.
Die Mitsleeer cbi9en gerein8 werben biermut mnfoeioroert.
beute ben 10. april in Dem &erein8. spfaL su erdcine41, tpeoert
pt1tt9er Gerbanolnn9en.
Dt SIN Suffrage; g. Spmbera, Ger.
9teuer Sauperein.
@S 9aben itb cine @n3abI gerIcnen unterI6rieben. nm etnsu
reIten 9auperetn gu %9ran6en. SoI6e, wel6e Sui baben bei,u-
tteten, inb %ein9ela6en, ndfften Mittpp6 elmer @eriaummluna bel
5. W. S96Ps, 1875 Sbarptr. besuprbuen. MpDiMi
su sl Tribltng8z 8auperein.
Dieter crit Dor tnr5eml %9e8rinbete gcrein madt sic beIten Sort.
1dritte uno wtro beule, Denta9 ben 10. b. NRts. Nbenps 8 linr
e9s erte eeiO eertauit, g inO auf 0tenitas bic @eriammlunaesa
tslt9elest rmo ttneen ltatt Bel S. &uer in Der Saratooaitr. So. I32.
vs. tno oue oteleni9ea, mel4e, i'd nod nit anlGlieBen mpQen,
etn9elaoen, IN oben 9etanntem 2olale Itb e~inmfin6en.
Sm @nlta9e: 9ctnrt9 @abrtp, Sefr.
S8cepla 8au=Gerein 9tp. 2.
Den @at9Iieeern pb0en @eretns biene hermit Sr @adritt, caB
IN n6dlter 8eriammlun9 bic 8erlopluns Der nod nidt oe,ooeneH
gntheue i~tattincen miro. &emanS perIiume in Sem &spISpmnr-
lunn9slpfal, @de pom St9bt- in6 Yortitr. AbenSS s rbr lid. ei-
5utncet. SIN Nuftra9e:
Sgto0t 8. Gn9etbar6t, Setr.
&f37 Smntb.
@fGIMs am 1cnta0, 0euitas uno 6reitas pirb elm fainOler
sgallaaz sund lerotrt bel 8. 8hbrte,
M9t SO q. Pauafr.
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-03-03

man the other day because he had some
papers in his possession purporting to be
signed by John Brown. If, in very truth,
lauding John Brown be proof of the.
black mans unftness for American cit
izenship, we would be glad to know what
would prove his fitness therefor. John
Brown simply held that "all men are. en-
dowed by their Creator with certain inal-
ienable rights, that among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That
to secure these rights governments are in
stituted among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed;
that whenever any form of government be-
comes destructive of these ends, it is the
right of the people to alter and abolish it,
and to institute new government, laying
its foundation on such principles, and Or
ganizing its powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their safety
and happiness"
Does the editor of the Sunday Times
object to this doctrine2 If he do, he is op-
posed to the snperstructure which it under
lies-to wit: the Constitution of the United
States If he do not, then like Anglo-Af-
ricans in general, and Gov. Wise in par
ticular, he is a good John Brown man.
In conclusion, we thank the "Times"
for its criticism. 1t is paper we have
read with pleasure for many years, away
back to the good old days when the eagle
eyed and genial hearted Major Noah held
its helm, and whose mantle, even including
his prejudices, have fallen on shoulders not
unworthy Of it, nor of him. Always full
of interesting matter. upheld by corps of
keen, vigorous, and accomplished contribu-
tors, and decidedly the best scissors in the
land, it has become a part and parcel of
our day of rest, so much so that if we do
not listen to our minister quite as often as
we should, part of the sin, and large part
must rest upon its head; and it ismoreover
a paper that will not sully the most refined
and Christian centre-table, nor drift to the
wrong way the young and impressible.
May its shadow never be less. We blacks
can look at its negrophobia as an amiable
hallucination, which may awaken oursym-
pathy, while it cannot arouse our anger
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-03-03

wants, now the bane of Northern house.
keepers. As wives and mothers, we im-
plore that the curse of the Creator Of all
men be not called down upon our beloved
State by the adoption Of such unrighteous
bills As Christians, we plead in the name
OF God and of religion that we be not rank
ed with heathen nations by the passage of
laws which trample under foot every pre-
cept OF the Gospel, and outrage the reli-
gious sentiments Of all Christendom. Not
female, perhaps, can be found in our State
whose affections do not gather around one
or more of this class, now proposed to be
placed under the ban of the Legislature,
who, as faithful servants in the families of
their ancestors, or careful, afectionate
nurses in their own, merit all the interest
bestowed upon them. In view of these
considerations, shall the Legislature of Ma
ryland, in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and Sixty, do violence to our sen.
timents of humanity, of justice, of graft
tude, and of religion2 Shall the latter
part of the nineteenth century witness a
wrong beftting the dark ages2 God for
bid We speak in behalf of the free col
ored population only; beyond this we have
no desire to interfere. We therefore re-
spectfully pray that these bills pending,
and all others of kindred character, be not
passed
Another petition is signed by the Hon.
Reverdy johnson, Geo. M. Brown, and one
thousand others, and still another was pre-,
sented by t. w. Bruno, with FIVE hundred
more, against the proposition to crush out
and enslave the 10000 free colored per.
sons in this State. Other petitions are
still being circulated. Wonder if the good
time is not coming? Mr.. Jacobs is very
sick, and expects not to meet the Legisla-
tnre any more this session
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-03-03
TRANSLATION.

'Messeurs Andre Germain L. Heurtelou, Lew
is Pouilh fills, D. Pouilh, Louis Audain, Duchatel-
ler, r. A Deslandes, P. N. Valcin, F. Buteau, 7.
Rameau, j. B. Desravines, Lamy Duval, Prezeau,
A. Pasquet, 7. Valin, A. Chabaud Hector, cadet,
B. Riyiere, Charles Mot, F. Duthiers, and Pros
per Elie committee, invite you to funeral SER
vice in memory of John Brown, the heroic martyr
for the liberty of the blacks. This ceremony is
too sacred and humanitarian for our national spr-
it to refrain from joining with the most lively en-
thusiasm Like the State of New York, in which
was born that illustrious philanthropist, We do
fire cannon in mournful commemoration, but we
kneel at the feet of the Master of Worlds, in or
der that that blood so glorously shed may be the
unerring precursor of the liberty of our brethren,
an object which we have most constantly in
view.
The ceremony will take place at the parochial
church of the capital, on Friday Goth inst. at 8
o'clock in the morning.
The committee earnestly believe that each one
will feel bound to join his prayers with those of
the church for the glorifcation of the soul of the
lIustrious John Brown.
PoRT Az PRINCE Jan, II, 1860
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-03-03
LETTER FROM NEWARK.

NEWARK n j., Feb. 27, 1850.
Mr.. EDToR:-If you will be so kind as
to grant me little space in your Journal,
shall feebly attempt to awaken much
needed interest among our people here, IN
reference to the grounds upon which rest
their claims for a radical and immediate
improvement or reform in our public school,
now kept in the basement Of the Plane ST.
Presbyterian Church. The almost criml-
nal apathy and unconcern evinced by the
colored people here on the vitality impor'
tant subject Of better school accommOda'
tions, are only equalled lin my Presumpf-
uous opinion) blythe exceptionable manner
in which the colored public school Is trea'-
by the Board Of Education.
If am rightly informed, the whole an
nual appropriation for this school IS pare
pittance in comparison to the sums annu-
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-03-03
COLORED PICTURES OF GENIUS.

"A magazine for the colored race is some
thing new to us, ha6itues though we be to
the many-hued paths Of literature; yet we
have before us the first number of the
second volume of the 'Anglo-African Mag
azine,' published in this city. Probably,
had our complexion been more equivocal,
we should have been more familiar with
this evidence of laudable effort on the
part of our colored population to elevate
themselves in the sight of the intellectual.
As it is, the 'Anglo-African' contains some
very fair articles, besides being dis6gured
with advertisements eulogistic Of the hero
Of Harpers Ferry &c. If we ever had
any faith in the capacity of the colored
race to reason .udiciously and act discreet
ly, these advertisements would dispel the
illusion; for, although the laudation of
treason may possibly find admirers for a
time, with political sectionalists, it never
can open the hearts of the patriotic to the
claims of the laudatorS, nor inspire the ma
tional with an earnest sympathy The
best evidence in the world that the free
negro is unfit for American citizenship
may be found in the speech and action, the
literature and proclivities, of themselves
and their champions. The man who, in a
government like ours, proposes revolution
for reform, denominates murder morally,
sanctifes assassination, hallows hypocrisy,
and makes martyr of miscreant, is des-
titute of the first perception of honest lib
erty. He might make capital instrument
Of disorder in the hands of coolor disorgan-
isers, but he lacks the very basis of prin-
ciple on which is erected the grand super
structure of human freedom.
In the biography of Ira Aldridge, which
we find in the 'Anglo-African,' it is com
placently stated:
Mr. Aldridge is SO nearly pure negro, that
there is probably not one thirty y-second portion
of white blood in his veins. His complexion is
black, and yet of that shade through which the
red blood may be seen glowing beneath His
hair is woolly His features, of that negroed tvpe
which we see in the Egyptian Sphynxes, are wen
represented In the plate accompanying this num-
ber'
To this it is added, with similar degree
of satisfaction:
'Ofthe British actors, he may be classed with
Garrick. =
His triumphs on the continent are the greater
from the fact that he used the English language
He reached eye and ear and heart by something
higher than pantomime, inasmueh as the tones of
the voice swept the heart-strings with their re-
sistless magic
When it is considered that the English
language as used by Mr.. Aldridge, is by
no means as pure as that employed by
many educated colored people, and that his
tones must have swept his auditors
heart strings through the medium of an
accent borrowed to considerable extent
from the Southern negro, the 'resistless
magic of the whole may be coniectured.
But, after all, these things are matters of
taste. We remember nS of oav Paris
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Daptitn Gorrtsponoents.
LETTER FROM PORT AU PRINCE.
PoRT AU PRINCE, Jan. III, 1850.


Editor Of the Weekly Angio-African:
DEAR Sri embrace the favorable OPP
portunity afforded by our friend Brown to
send you a few lines. Mr. Hezekiah Grice
brought out some copies Of your weekly
and monthly publications, which are eager
ly devoured by our friends familiar with
your language. The Haytiens were very
mournful at the death of the heroic John
Brown. On Friday, Jan. Goth, the Catho-
lies held high mass for the repose of his
soul. attended the church myself, and
witnessed the sad and imposing ceremony.
All Porte au Prince seemed in mourning;
the streets throughout the city were lined
with black flags. In the afternoon there
was great procession to the "Cross of
Martyrdom," where had been buried "lang
syne" those who had been slain in the
same glorious cause. The Haytien ves-
sells in harbor had their flags at half-mast;
likewise the English and French, and those
of all nations except those of the United
States of America. President Gefrard,
being not well, was unable to attend, but
his wife and daughter were present at the
church.
The 10th inst was the anniversary of
the triumphant entry of President Geffrard
and the army of the North. 1t was splen-
didly celebrated. Yours, &c,
LOUIS II. ARMAND.
z. S.-After 1 had inclosed my letter, l
learned from friend that, from the 14th
to the 22d January, some twenty thousand
dollars Haytien fourteen hundred Spanish
dollars were collected for the benefit of
the family of John Brown. | send you a
copy of the invitation card sent to those es-
pecially invited to attend the funeral cere-
monies
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-03-03
MEETING OF THE AFRICAN CIVIL
IZATION SOCIETY.

Mr.. EDToR:-I see by an imposing
handbill-so far as the list of names of the
speakers goes-that "an important meeting
of the African Civilization Society is to
be held at the Cooper Institute, On Wedn-
esday evening, March 18th. Some who are
connected with the management of that So
ciety seem to think they are carrying eve
rything before them but they are certain
ly mistaken. In their gation-which
| think savors more of cunning than pru-
dence-these gentlemen have marked
their society ship to place where three
seas meet. A large number of persons
among us wish to know something about
the origin of the African Civilization Soci-
ETY., as well as of its "plans and Objects"
and they wish to hear well of its plans and
obiects-not in mere rhetorical hOurishes,
but in solid logic. The colored people
desire to know whether this one-horse team
is running in opposition to or in connection
with the odions colonization scheme.
AS an outside observer, l tell the gentle
men of this society that no array of names
on their bills will answer in the stead of
plain statements and plain sailing. l am
not insinuating aught against the speakers
announced for the Cooper Institute meeting.
| observe among them one of my most es-
teemed co-presbyters, and also personal
friend of another denomination. But their
colonization antecedents and present pro-
clivities are known; no one OF them will
conceal their sentiments, and the society
will not dare to ask them to do SO or to
change them.
What, then, is the oil. ..ect of the meetingY
Is this great array of great names expected
to silence all further question in the minds
of the colored people as to the desirable
ness of the African Civilization Society 7
This will fail Is it expected that these
names will be used as keys to the Golfers of
colonization monies This, too, will
fail
Again, the colored public will ask, where
are some of your own talented colored men
who favor your plans and objects Why
is it that not one of them is introduced as
a speaker for the occasion2 Many ask.
why not introduce prominently the name
of some other country to which the colored
people can go-Jamaica, for instance Z
Jamaica is good cotton country, healthy,
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-03-03

Rev w. E. WALKER, an ordained minis
ter of the Baptist denomination and an
Evangelist, is now travelling through New
England, and has been preaching with
great acceptance. Churches not regularly
supplied, and others wishing his services
for short time, would do well to engage
him-also literary societies, as he also de-
I:--~--, lo"+,-~ne which are snoken of in the
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-03-03
THE CASE OF VIM. BRODIE, OF MAS
SAU, N. P.

Our readers will remember that in our
issue of Dec 81, 1859, under the head of
d" "Wayning to ColOred Seamep," we pub
lished the letter of William Lane, chief
mate of the bark Overman, giving an ac-
count of the manner in which VIM. Brodie,
colored seaman, had been arrested, tried,
imprisoned, and finally sold into slavery,
from on board of said bark, while she lay
at Union Mills, Darien, Georgia and ali
this wrong perpetrated on the basis of the
oath Of a slave, which was fully contra
dicted by the oaths of two white citizens
of the United States, the captain and mate
of the Overman The slave swore that
Brodie had proposed to him to run away;
the white men swore that it was impossible
that Brodie could have had any conversa-
ton with the slave.
Our article was brought under the no.
tice of the Hon. John F. Cook, a member
of the Legislature of the Bahama Islands,
of one of which Brodie was native Mr.
Cook Immediately set to work, and pro-
cured, in proper form, the afidavits and
other papers, and copies of the record of
the court in which Brodie was tried, and
placed them in the hands of the British
consul of this city, who transmitted them
to Lord Lyons at Washington, who has ta-
ken the steps necessary to set Brodie at
liberty. Such prompt action on the part
of all concerned, and especially of the Hon.
John F. Cook, proves the sympathies of
the British officials for the rights of British
subjects, of whatever color.
And yet our own government, and its
present head, James Buchanan, have acted
in like manner, under nearly similar cir
cumstances. About ten or more years ago,
the Hon John O'Sullivan, late minister to
Madrid, in travelling through the island of
Cuba, fell in with black engineer on a
sugar estate, who spoke good English. Af-
ter cautious inquiry, he found that this
man, John Lytle, was a free colored citi-
zen of the United States, who had been
forcibly taken from vessel and sold into
Cuban Slavery Mr.. O'Sullivan immedi-
ately, by aid of Consul-General Campbell
and the Secretary of State, James Buchan-
an, procured the necessary documents, by
which the American Government demand
ed of the Captain General of Cuba not on
ly the freedom OF the colored American
citizen, John Lytle, but also the sum of
two thousand dollars for his services as en-
gineer on the sugar plantation. The de-
mand was promptly complied with, the
two thousand dollars paid over to the Unit
ed States, and finally, by draft, paid over
to John Lytle himself in New York We
can make our 'davy to these facts, because
we knew Lytle well, had the details direct
ly from Mr.. O'Sullivan, and had the hon
or of placing our name on the draft for two
thousand dollars under the much neater
signature of James Buchanan And we
do not doubt that if the proper record be
overhauled at Washington, the name of
our venerable President will be found af-
fixed to document in which negro is
called citizen of the United States
REMovAL.-By reference to our advertis-
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-03-03
DELPHIC.
OUR PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. q, 1860

Mr.. ED1roR:-Mr. George. E. Stephens
lectured before the Banneker Institute on
Tuesday evening last, at Central Hail. on
Progress His effort was to show the
improvement that has been made in Chris
tian countries over the superstition and
idolatrous worship Of ancient heather ma
tons The subject is a beautiful one, and
Mr.. Stephens has made it a special study,
but fair opportunity was not offered him
on last Tuesday evening for displaying the
extent of his researches, for, in the first
place, the audience was very slim, caused
by the walking being bad, as it had showed
very recently, and then frozen, and after
wards rained, making a perfect slush on
the streets In addition to this, Mr. Ste
phens was indisposed say it in all can
dor that he is a promising young man.
ready and fluent writer, and possesses Wig
orous intellect and an easy flow of ideas.
1t is source of disconsoation to thosewho
make sacrifices for the purpose Of edifying
the public, to find that their labors are not
appreciated ! would not have this re-
mark applied particularly to this case, but
one thing is true concerning the public
lectures given here every winter at Cen
trail Hall, and it is this at the commence
ment there is scarcely room to hold the
people, even when many are compelled to
stand in the aisles; but towards the close
it requires aconsiderable excitement to fill
the seats Why is this the case? | think
the problem is easily solved The public
mind Graves excitement, and very often
trivial matters of an exciting character
will arouse it to energy for brief period;
but, not finding constant flow of such
materials as it Graves, it sinks again to its
former repose. Would it be too harsh
term to call this morbid appetite for lit
erature? Those who are earnest and siu-
cere in such matters should be like the po-
cts good man-they should ''hold the even
tenor of their way"
At Bethel Church on last Sunday after
noon, collection was taken in aid of the
suit now pending in court against the city
passenger railway companies which exclude
colorel persons from riding in their cars
At the conclusion of short sermon, the
pastor, Rev. W. d. W. Schureman, stated
that the board of trustees had passed a
resolution to take collection on that after
noon for said object, and asked Mr.. George
W. Comes to state the case, which he did,
very briefly. The collection amounted to
$13 80 There was collection taken in
the morning for charitable purpose, which
amounted to twenty dollars, and the attend
anee was not very large in the afternoon,
which circumstances, taken together, may
account for the amount not being larger.
The number Of deaths reported to the
Board of Health last week was 247, II of
which were colored. BANNEKER.
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Oh let thine arm of might my fame redeem;
With which the world has sought to stamp it
now
Thou King of kings-my fathers God and mine
Thou only art my sure and strong defense;
The polar SHOWS and tropic fires intense,
The shaded sea, the air, the light are thine;
The life of leaves, the waters changeful tide,
All things are thine, and by thy viii abide
Thou art all power-all life from thee goes forth.
And fails to flow obedent to thy breath,
Without thee all is naught-in endless death
All nature sinks, forlorn and nothing worth
Yet even the void obeys thee, and from naught
BY thy dread word, the living man was wrought
Merciful God how should thee deceive?
Let thy eternal wisdom search my soul
Bowed down to earth by falsehood's base con-
troll
Her stainless wings not now the air may cleave
Send forth thine hosts of truth, and set her
Stay thou, o Lord, the oppressor's victory
Forbid it, Lord, ty that most free outpouring
Of thine own precious blood for every bro
ther
OF our lost race, and by thy Holy Mother,
So full of grief, SO loving, so adoring,
Who, clothed in sorrow, followed thee afar,
Weeping thy death like declining star
But if this lot thy love ordains to me
To Weld to foes most cruel and unjust,
To die and leave my poor and senseess dust
The scof and sport of their weak enmity-
Speak thou, and then thy purposes fulfill;
Lord Of my life, work thou thy perfect will
A letter which "Placido" sent to his wife
on the night before his death, is worthy of
a place beside the more famous one which
Padilla wrote in circumstances so similar.
Thus the despised laborer bade eternal
farewell to his mother:
The appointed lot has come upon me mother
The mOurnful ending of my years of strife;
This changing world leave, and to another,
In blood and terror, goes my spirits life
But thou, griefsmitten, cease thy mortal weep
ing,
And let thy soul her wonted peace regain
fall for right, and thoughts of thee are sweep
ing
Across my Tyre, to wake its dying strain
A strain of Joy and gladness, free, unfaing,
All glorious and holy, pure, divine,
And innOcent-uncOnscious as the walling
uttered at my birth and | resign,
Even now, my life--even now, descending slowly
Falth mantle folds me TO my slumbers holy.
Mother, farewell! God keep thee, and forever
On the morning of the 2sth of June
"Placido" was led, with nineteen others, to
the plaza of Matanzas. He passed to his
death like an Indian chief, chanting for a
death-song his own noble Prayer" He
was to suffer first; he stepped into the
square, knelt with unbandaged eyes, and
gave the signal to the soldiers. When the
smoke rolled away, it was seen that he
had only been wounded, and had fallen in
agony to the ground. A murmur of pity
and horror ran through the crowd; but
"Placido," slowly rising to his knees, drew
up his form proudly, and cried in broken
voice, Farewell, world ever pitiless to
me- Fire here" raising his hand to his
temples. Beauty Of Holiness.
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abe ddeehlg 9ngIo- -9fritan.
NEW YORK, MARCH 8, 1860.

tag@ Advertisements for this paper must be az
cOmpaRied By the cash
Eg Copies Of this paper can be purchased Of The
ne1rs-dcaiers ereryt0here.
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right; but, oppressed and crushed as they
are, any attempt to brow-beat and ride
them down into silence by arrays of great
names will certainly be stubbornly resist
ed, and eventually rolled back.
J.. W. C. P.
NEW York, Feb. q, 1860.
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REMovAL.-By reference to our advertis-
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NEW YORK, Feb. 81, 1860.
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NEWARK, N. j., Feb. 25, 1860.