Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-06-18
TIE ANNIVERSARY MEETINGS.
A SPRIGHTLY REVIEW OF THE SUBJECT MATTEL
TIE NEGRO.

THE ANNIVERSARY MEETINGS.
A sPRIGHrLY REVIEW OF THE SUBJECT MATTER,
TIE NEGRO.
THE Newburyport Herald, of the Both, con-
taihs an article upon the anniversary meetings
held in Boston last week, from which we ex-
tract:
'dostof the resolutions, reports and speech
es of the meetings have been about the mex
tinguishable negro. The ebony idol is the
grand spiritual center for all religious and ben
evolent ideas to shoot at in this era. II was
the negro in CaEada, the negro in Africa, the
negro in Jamaica, the negro in Hayti the ne
gro in slavery, the negro as a coEtraband, the
negro at Fortress Monroe, the negro in the
District of Columbia, the negro at Port Roy
al, the negro as liberated by Hunter, the ne
gro on the underground railroad, the negro as
seen by Old Abe, the negro as he was, the
negro as he is, the negro as he should be, the
negro in heaven. It reminds US of life as we
witnessed it at the Isle Of Shoals. First in
the morning take boat and catch a fish, but
lest you should be hungry before returning
take dried halibut for luncheon; next, dress
fish; third, breakfast on hashed fish with fried
fish for variety; then take a bite of salt fish
dried, at II O'Clock. For dinner fish chowder.
with fish balls warmed up for dessert At 4
P NJ, herrings smoked. For supper, Goldfish
boiled, with haddock and mackeral fried. Be-
fore going to bed, cured pollock with fricas-
seed eunners. The next day it was the same
course reversed, beginning on cunners and
leaving off with dried halibut The third day
it was cod chowder for breakfast boiled hall
but for dinner, and broiied corned fish for sup
per. The fourth day lobster camein for break
fast; sardines at dinner, as luxury; houu-
lers for supper, with fried eels cold at ten
O'Clock in the evening. And so it was chang
ed round from day to day, but all resolved it.
self into this process-catch fish, preserve fish,
eat fish, and finally be fish. We noticed that
the boats were shaped like fishes; the houses
smelled like fish; the vane on the church was
the figure of a fish the church record said
that the custom had been to pay the minister
in fsh-for that was the currency of the
Islands; and at the conference meeting, one
good man urging sinners torepent, said" re-
ligion was Ike baked salmon. the more man
had the more he wanted" It might be that
cur eyes deceived US but some of the men
looked scaly, ike fishes; the women made
the sleeves Of their dresses to represent fish
fms and had bonnets of stuff like fish gills,
while the children wore sections of fish spines.
strung, like beads, about their necks. and col
lected seaweed for flowers. We heard one
visitor say that in the shad and herring season
they could not change their clothes, there
were so many small bones coming through
the flesh and pinning the clothes to the body.
like nails in a shingled roof The negro at
the anniversary meetings is quite as prominent
and important as fish at the Isles OF Shoals
The Bible, Tract, Missionary. Education. and
all the other Moral Reform Societies had the
African flavor. Sambo crept into the Unita-
rian festival at Music Hall; into the Trinita-
rian prayer meeting, at Warren Chapel; into
the Uniyersalist Unity, on School street; oc-
cupied half the space at the meeting of the
Kansas Aid Society in keenan, Hall, and filed
the fremont Temple Union gathering, held
for the benefit of Parson Grimes church.
Once. at a missionary meeting the Sandwich
Islands were mentioned, but it was all to tell
what deep interest the natives felt for the
" contrabands;" and once Siam was pronounc-
ed by mistake. it is presumed for sambo.
Mention was made in one meeting of the
OTbwav and Ottowa Indians; but it was on
" to tell of the destructive vices and corrup-
ting agencies OF a pro-slavery government that
would not remember the African as "a man
and brother" and one gentleman speaking
of the Cuba slave trade, referred to the Minis
ter at Madrid, when he was interrupted by
the black-coated man from the country, who
inquired If he did not mean the Mendi Omission
All through, the week, from Sunday morning
to this, Friday, morning, it has been declared
ont of order to speak of anything but the col
orcd gentleman, unless by way Of illustration
On Washington street one lady from Lynn
was overheard to ask anotherhom Worcester.
if she did not think that it was wicked to have
" so many rude and drunken soldiers in Bos-
ton On anniversary weekI" "She should, ;"
she said, but they were going down South
to iberate their colored sisters" "Oh, is
that the object" was the response, "well, I
thought they were weIl-behaved and pious
young men. How sympathze with them.
I have been thinking of going to Port Royal
myself, as a teacher, but have forgotten so
much Of botany, and it would cost me so
much to have my telescope carried there to
teach astronomy, that think I shall not go.
But how my heart bleeds for the poor crea-
lures who cannot appreciate the beauties Of
nature as seen in the early flowers, or read
the character of their Maker in the celestial
skies and twinkling starsI" Here our repor-
ter left, and it is a chance L he is caught in
Boston again on Anniversary week"
A Gresnhorn's Visit to Paris.