The colored American., 1866-01-06

aulay said There is only one cure fo,
the evils which newly acquired freedom
| produces, and that cure is freedom! When
prisoner leaves his cell, he cannot bear
the light Of day; he is unable to discrimi-
nate coiors, or recognize faces But the
! remedy is not TO remand him to his
dungeon, but to accustom him to the rays
of the sun. The blaze of truth aud
liberty may at first dazzle and bewilder
nations which have become half blind in
the house of bondage. But let then
gaze on, and they will soon be able to
hcsr it.
Many politicians Of t our time |. are in t the
habit Of layingit down as a self lfevident
proposition, that no people ought to be
tree until they are fit to use their freedom.
The maxim is worthy cf the fool in the
olG story, who resolved not to go into
the water until he had learned how to
swim If men are to wait for liberty till
they become wise and good in slavery,
they may indeed wait forever.
A Kalamazoo, Michigan correspond
ent of the Detroit Advertiser, relates the
following: |
A Mrs Rowland, whe has long
been resident of this country, and
who has been hopelessly insane for
nearl y thirty years, was sent for by her
husband in California. Accompanied by
a daughter in-law, they left here and pro-
ceeded on the journey by steamer. When
about four days from New York most
violen4 storm arose, which lasted for
threc days, seriously threatening the
destruction of the steamer and all on
board. When. however, the storm abat.
ed, what was the surprise ard delight of
The daughter to find that the old lady had
suddenly recovered her mind and was
perfectly sans; though she was at loss
to know how she was in the place, and
under the circumstances she found her
self on awakening from such long sleep
of the intellectual faculties. On arriving
at San Francisco, what was the astonish,
ment of her husband to find her " hom he
had not seen for nine years, and whom he
deemed hopelessly a maniac, sound and
well, and joyfully recognizing him This
was year ago. Letters recently received
bg her friends here state that there has
been no return of the disease whatever,
and that she is we'll and entirely cured.
A meeting Of colored men was held in
the vestry of Shiloh Church, Rev. Gao
w. Levere, late Chaplain of the Twen
tieth Colortd Regiment, in the chair
Speeches were made by Capt George T.
Downing, New~England's delegate to
Washington; Mr.. De Largey, the colored
delegate from Charleston, s. g., to Wash
Rev. Sella Martin, Rrof. c. L. |
Reason, and others ard after resolu>
tions were passed declaring it to be the
black mans best interest to keepa colored
at the Federal City during the
present session of Congress, liberal con
tributions were made to the fund, Mr..
Frederick Douglass was named as News
York's delegate, and the meeting adj
journed.
The following are the names of the
States which have adopted the Amend
ment, with the date of each adoption.
Illinois, Feb | Rhode Island, Feb 2 !;
New York, Feb 8; Maryland, Feb 3 4
Massachusetts, Feb 5; Pennsylvania, |
Feb 3; West Virginia, Feb 3; Michigan
Feb 3; Maine, Feb 7; Ohio, Feb 8;
Kansas, Feb s j.; Minnesota Feb 8; Vir.
ginia, Feb g; Indiana, Feb l3; Nevada, /
Feb Ia; Louisiana, Feb Is; Missouri, |
Feb II; Wisconsin, Feb 10; Vermont,
March i; Tennessee, Arkansas, April |
IA; Conecticutt, May A; Iowa, lone
house) June +; New Hampshire, June
IA; South Carolina, Nov 27; North |
Carolina, Dec7 Georgia, Dec 6.--Ang
The following dialogue on sharp |
took place between Rebel and
A Yankee picket:
4 say, can you fellows shoot?' |
'Well I reckon we can some |
Down in Mississippi We can knock
butablo bee off thistle bough at three
hundred yards.
'Oh, that ain't nothing TO the way we
shoot up in Vermont. | belonged to the
military company up there, with hun, |
ired men in each company, and We went
but for practice every week. The cap.
tain draws uz up in single file and sets q
,ider barrel rolling down hill; each man
taEcs his shot at the bung>hole as it turns
40. 1t is afterwards examined, and if
there is shot thai didn't go in the bung'
lole, the member who missed it is expell
ID. l telonged to the company for ten
years, and there amt been nobody ex-
pelled yet n