Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-19
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"The life and lines of Frederick
Douglas" writtr a by himself some OF
the latest worry . we have received. The
book contain 3 sketch of his early life
IS q slave, ais escape from bondage and
his conn ,Iete history to the present time,
inciuo ing his connection with the anti.
slav cry movement; his labors in Great
Fritian as well as In his own country
his experience in the conduct OF an IN
fluential newspaper; his relations win
John Brown and the Harper's ferry
raid; his recruiting the 54th anu 5otn
Mass. colored regiments; his inter.
views with President Lincoln and JOIN
son his appointments by Geners. Grant,
TO accompany the Sapfo Domingo
Commission, also to seat in the coun-
ell of the District of Columbia; his ap..
poir. rnent as United States Marshal
~ President r. B. Hayes; also his APP
pointment by President j. 4. Garfield,
to be recorder Of deeds in washington,
with many other interesting and I'm
Lortant events of his most eventfui life:
George w. Rewell & Co., Cleveland
Ohio, are the publishers of the work.
Douglass life has been romance
and a fragrance-to the age.
There has been just enough mystery
about his origin and escape from slavery
to throw charm about them. The
odd proceedings in the purchase of his
freedom after his escape from slavery;
his movements in CONNECTION with the
John Brown raid at Farper's Ferry and
his subsequent flight across the ocean,
are romantic as anything which took
frederick Dhus and Eouglasses OF the
Lady of the Lake, while the pure life he
has led and his spOtless character are
sweet by contrast with the lives OF mere
politicians and time serving statesmen.
1t is well to contemplate one Ike MN,
who has had chair breadth escapes"
1t is inspiring to know that the day OF
selfsacrifice and self.development are
not passed. To say that his life has
been eventful, is hardly the word.
From the time when he first saw the
light on the Tuckahoe plantation up to
the time when he was called to fill a.
high official position, his life has been
crowded with events which in some
sense NAV be called miracles, and now
since his autobiography has come to be
written we must understand the hour OF
retrospect has come for casting up and
accounts as to work done or
left undOne.
In the North american ReUien for
June, Senator W. Il. Allison hasa paper
on "The Currency of the Future" in
which he indicates the measures that
will have to he taken by Congress for
insuring q stable currency afCer the ma
tiOnal debt has been eXtinguished. IN
Memorandum at Venture" by Walt
Whitman, is an explanation of his pur-
poses and point Of view in trenching
upon topics not usually regarded as
amenable to literary treatment. AN
dover and Greed Subscription" by
Rev. DIR. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, is a
philosophical review of the present
state of dogmatie belif in the churches.
Hon. George +. Seward, late minister
to China, in an aaticle entitled "MOngo-
liam Immigration" makes an argu-
ment against the proposed anti-Chinese
legislation. DR.. John w. Bowling,
Dean of the New York Home9pathetic
Medical College, comes to the defence
of the Hahnematic School Of medicine,
against recent attack upon its prlnci-
pies and methods. 0. b. rockingham
has a sympathetic article on Sweden
borg. Not the least important paper is
one entitled HAS Land Value" by
Issac l.. Rice, st being criticism of one
of the fundamental postulates OF Henry
Georges political economy. Finally,
Charles F. Lydecker essays to prove that
"National Militia" is q constitutional
irnnoSSibilitV