The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-02

Vatican Museum. Then follows several
very interesting anecdotes anent the
mysterious ay! power for good or evil clus-
The Cuckoo, Peacock Owl and othe:
birds have in turn been worshipped by tn.
early, European races-by the Greeks, RO-
mans, Egyptians. Abyssinians and other
IN days of antiquity. s:tl & y, 4:.4>>a !. :.
The author further tells us that 'it is
recorded Of King Edward the First OF
England Eng +5 that on certain solemn oeca
a knight, two swans decorated with gold
nets, were brought in, and he thereupon
swore an oath to the God Of Heaven on
these two swans. Il ~. p. r" -.
JOHN JAMES INGALLS,. i
John. James ingalls,. The writings of
press by William Elsey Connelley: s vo.,
PIP. 535. i: Price according to binding
Kansas City, Mo. The Hudson Kimberly
The writings.%speeches. and orations Of
the late Senator ingalls,. one Of the great
est men Kansas has produced, have been
gathered and preserved to future genera
authorized by Mrs. Ingalls,. who has de.
voted nearly two years to the work OF
collecting material for the volume. Be
sides his literary work, there is revealed
distinguished man, which will make in
teresting reading for his friends and ad-
mirers. Letters and fragmentary sketches
which have been included exhibit gentle
and tender quality in the nature and
character Of Senator Ingalls, which he did
not manifest to the world in his public
career The country looked upon him as
a man Of phenomenal brilliancy, with a.
tendency to satire and keen eXcoriation.
which made him. greatly feared by his
enemies and his competitors in debate,
and which drew to the Senate galleries
thousands. Of auditors whenever it was
known that he was to speak. 1t is prob
able that his power for whitening invec-
tive and his mastery of language was
But it is with Senator ingalls, as man
of deep and responsive affection, and as
a reflective individual, alive to all the hu-
man interests Of existence, that the book
The following letter affords an illustra-
ton of the phase of her husbands CHAR
acter which Mrs ingalls, desires to en-
phasize:
Dearest Wife: ':Blue Grass seems to
be one of those compositions that the
world will not willingly let die.
Those We're happy days when 1t was
written, in the little cottage on the bluff
looking out over the great river with a
roomful of babies; obscure and unknown
waiting for the destiny, SO soon to come
Shat to- make one Of thf fo
many years. How far away it seems!
But 1 would not recall my life and live
it over again if l could, unless with the
amend errors, and correct mistakes How
clearly we see our folies when It IS too
late. YOUR LOVING HUSBAND.
a. m. ,
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE.
BY Alfred NJ: Heston. Member of the
New Jersey Historical Society. Camden,
N. j.: sinnickson Chew & Sons Co..
This monograph is a recital OF slavery
and servitude as it existed in New Ier-
sey. The fact is brought out that slav-
cry existed in America long before 1919,
when the Dutch~traders came with their
The Aztecs in Mexico enslaved not only
enemies taken in battle but those of their
own nation who were convicted OF theft
and other crimes. African slavery was
introduced in New Jersey in 16S0-at least
that is the earliest recorded instance. OF
ownership Of African slaves. Many Of
the leading citizens engaged in the Afri-
can slaye trade . There is record OF one one
African coast always turned out well,
who returned thanks on the Sunday fol-
lowing the arrival of a SLAYER into the
Providence has been pleased to bring to
this land of freedom another cargo of
benighted heather to enjoy the blessings
of gospel dispensation.'
was
port of entry, and Blacks were to be seen
there in goodly number s., many Of them
freshly imported and still bearing their
tribal marks. Adults sold from 5000 to
$500. The system of white, bondage.
known as redemptive servitude, existed
throughout the seventeenth and eigh-
teenth centuries. This form of bondage
was usually voluntary. and at the expira-
ton of the term the redemptioners were
merged into the mass of white population
without any special faint of servitude
The importation into the colony of Negro
slaves, who were found to be cheaper
than white servants, checked in a meas
ure the trade in redemptioners..
Many white cOnvicts were shipped to
New Jersey from the British Islands, and
were merged into the mass of the popu-
lation: An act providing for the gradual
abolition Of slavery was passed by the
New Jersey legislature in 1904 A fur
-ther act in 1920 and still later another
in 1886 did not bring about the complete
emancipation of the slaves, although
there We're but IS in the entire state when
Lincoln's proclamation was issued In
1880, Hon. Carrot "A. Hobart at that time
member OF the state senate. introduced
and had passed a bill which removed
from the statutes the last Vestige of slav-
cry in New Jersey.
The little book contains much valuable
information. 49,