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POETRY. For the Anti-Slavery Bugle. The following humbug, called " Freedom's Invitation" I found in an eastern paper. H H such a palpable falsehood tint 1 won ler the author was not ash lined t.. Ii.ivn It son the light. I!' he .li.l not 'iS1H,1'",'1 only shows how much people can bo blinded nnl befooled by what they style pal, ! ilisin, which as they usn the word means nothing more than a selfish and contemptible pr"ju liro which thi! true patriot would spurn from him. I have written a reply culled the, 'Slave's Declaration," which if it dues not contain so much poetry as Iho other, has the merit nf being more truthful. FREEDOM'S INVITATION. AN ODE FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. Floating through Oolumhi a's sky, Freedom's hanners wave on high, While the nations gathering round, Heard her trumpet-accents sound: Come, ye people, long oppressed, Underneath my banners rest; From the tyranny of kings Seek tho refuge Freedom brings. Despots, with their iron tread, Europe's soil have overspread ; In the regions of the West, I have found a place of rest. Ample is my "Western home, Hither let the people come, Oh, why will ye longer slay, Crushed beneath a tyrant.) sway?' Monarehs trembled while she spoke; Men their galling fellers broke, Hade the land of slaves farewell, (!!) Sought where Fredom reigns to dwell. THE SLAVE'S DECLARATION. AN EVERY DAY ODE. Hark ! upon Columbia's air .Cries of anguish and despair, Wliilo tho nations gathering round Listen to the piteous sound. "Come not here, though ye have home lynmny, and hate, and scorn, Jtetter to endure the worst Than to seek this land accurst. Europe's tyrants may not dare To inflict the wrongs we bear, For Columbia's children bring Nought to us but suil'ering. Freedom here is but a sound, Chains, and whips, and yokes abound; Yonder spangled banner waves Over tyrants and their slaves." Hell is pleased and Devils laugh, And their fiery potions quaff, Boasting l Art have never sold Any brother imp for gold. 1 AN EVERY DAY ODE. N. T. T. CONFESSION. A parent asked a priest his boy to bless, Who forthwith charged him, ho must first confess, . ' Well,' said the boy, 'suppose, sir, I am will ing, What is your charge! ' 'To you 'tis but a shilling.' Must all men pay ? and all men make con fession 1 Yes, every man of Catholic profession.' And who do you confess tol ' 'Why the dean,' 'And do the deans confess?' 'Yes, boy, they do, Confess to bishops, and pay smartly too,' Do bishops, sir, confess 1 if so, to whom ? ' Why, they confess, and pay the church of Rome,' Well,' quoth the hoy, 'all this is mighty odd ; And does the pope confess ? ' Oh, yes, to God.' And does God charge the pope' 'No,' quoth tho priest, God charges nothing.' ' Ob, then, God is best; God is able to forgive, and always willing; To him I will confess, and save my shilling.' MISCELLANEOUS. [From the Liberator.] HUMAN SACRIFICES. Is it not astonishing alunih!ng! to see liow absolutely the inlluenco of pro-conceived opinion and accustomed habits of thought can subjugate and nullify reason, the faculty that distinguishes men from brutes Never in my whole experience as a Chris tian minister, have I been more impressed with this truth than in my conversation this morning with a New Zealand chief, whoso amiable disposition, acute mind and remark able facility in acquiring our languago and adapting himself to our manners, have indu ved the captain of ono of our merchant ships to indulge his love of novelty by giving him a free passage to this country. Captain II. who has long been an esteem ed member of my congregation, and whose voyages generally furnish some accession to my little cabinet of curiosities, had this time brought me some curiously carved spears, paddles, and paloo-patoos, and a perfectly preserved tatoocd human head from' New Zealand; and knowing how much it would gratify mo to see a native of that heathen and savage island, he brought Tapio, and left him in my study, promising to call for him when he had finished some business with my next neighbors. I was delighted with the opportunity of learning, from such unquestionable authority, tho truth respecting the manners, customs, and religion of New Zealand, and especially respecting the horrible practice of human sa crifice, which is said still to prevail in that country. Indeed my eagerness upon the last mentioned point was such, that it formed the first topic of inv inquiries, after such common place observations as were calculated to put him ut ease, in his new position. Ho show ed no luluctuuco- to speak -upon llio subject, but answered In" quietly, simply, and w ith no moro emoli u than if lie h id been speak ing el" the inot unexceptionable net, that Airv, hi god, rc ptirc'l hum in sacrifice-) on ccrl n l oiv nlons, Pint lie him (II, in his al lien of chief, hid sometimes assisted at lliem. 'I'n my successive inquiries he replied that ho felt no compunction, hut rather satisfaction in performing this oilier; that his god had a right to dispose of men at his own pleasure, and that bis pleasure was to Inve many hu man sacrifices; tint it was his imperative du ty to obey the god s commands, and that ho knew these olTerings to be bis command, be cause the priests assured hiai of it. I urged upon lii in as forcibly as 1 could, the eonsid i ration, that the Creator of tho world being clearly a God of infinite benevolence, having commanded the love of human beings to each other not less than to himself, having implant ed gentle and kindly affections in every hu man heart, and hiving so constituted men that mutual kindness, confidence, forgive ness, love and help always render lliein hap pier, while strife and opposition always di minish their happiness, a command to one human being to hill another would he rever sing his own work, and it is therefore impos sible that be c m have given such a command, and tlie priests who assert that lie bar dom so must be deceived or deceivers. To this he replied that such might be the character of my god, but that Atl.'a was a vindictive and malignant being, who if not propithtod by such sacrifices, would bring great calamities upon tho whole people. I then presented to bis mind the inquiry whether a being cherishing such dispositions, and issuing such commands, could possibly he the true G'od, mid whether all such repre sent itions of the true God inu.;t not necessa rily he regarded as impious and libelous, though all the priests in tho world should u nite in asserting them. He seemed struck with the justice of this thought, and begged me to tell him more of the true God, and his mode of communication with men. I then told him of the covenant of God with Abra ham, and in reply to his further inquiries, narrated to him the chief events in the life of the father of the faithful. His attention was strongly arrested by God's command to the patriarch to sacrifice his son, and he in sisted, with the strongest pertinacity, that this com in in I was precisely like that of Atca to the priests of his heathenish island, though 1 pointed nut the diticrcncj in the clearest manner. He dwelt so long upon this point, that 1 felt rather relieved when a knock at tho door interrupted our conversation. My new visitor proved to bo a messenger from the sheriff, requesting me to perfonu the religious services at the execution of two pirates, which was to take place that day Tapio accompanied mra to the nhice of exe cution, and stood at a little distance while I ascended the scaffold to offer the last servi ces to the criminals. Tho first proved to he a hardened wretch, for ho turned contemptu ously away from me, refused the prayer which I proposed to oiler for him, called our professions of sympathy hypocritical euut. and declared that, bad as ho was, he was never Dad enough to murder a ic low man in cold blood, us we were about to do. He re mained obstinate to the last, and was sent into eternity without having manifested a siiiglnsynipt nil of penitenceduringthe whole six weeks which the judge innreifully allow ed him to prepare for death. The other had pursued a far different course, hivingapplieJ himself diligently, immeji itely altar hi sen tence, to the great work of repentance. Ho gave abundant evidence of a real change of heart and 1 felt us I stood by him on thescaf- lold and mingled my prayers with his, and then saw him hanged by the neck till he. was dead, that ho was a true brother in Christ. I would hero intuition, to show tho malig nity of infidelity, that as wo were going a way, one of the opposors of capital punish ment said, evidently intending that 1 should hear it, that the sheriff and the parson had done a great deal for the kingdom of heaven to-day, having just damned a sinner and mur dered a saint. Of course I tuok no notice of tlrrr -scurrility. We wulkcd awav in silence. I was med itating on tho iinpressivo sceno wo had just witnessed, with a view to the addition of some further reflections to my sermon on the necessity of capitil punishment, and my new acquaintance seemed alsoahsorbed in thought. Hut scarcely had wo seated ourselves again In my study when, to my utter amazement. Tapio looked up to mo and seriously asked, way nave you deceived me!' 'In what have I deceived you!' 1 replied. 'You have led me to believe, said lie, 'that human sa crifices were; unknown in tins country, and contrary t J its religion.' I explained to him that this execution took place in the ordinary operation of civil law. 'Is this law then op posed to your religion' asked ho. 'On the confary, siid I, 'it is even founded on reli gion, for God hath said, 'llo that sheddelh man's blood, by mm shall his blood bo shed.' 'Is this God then,' said he, 'more powerful than tho truo God, of whom vou foraierlv said that he is love, and commands invaria ble love, forgiveness and kindness, in the in tereourse of his children?' I told him that wo bavo but one God, and that lie command' ed both these things; but this ho declared bo could nut understand. And when 1 told him that no ono was put to dealh in public in this deliberate way, except those who bad coin mitted some great crime, he said it was just : . . I l 1 i i i so ill iow .uaiuuti, most! only nciinr select' cd for sacrifice, whom Ihe priests declared to have oilentled ATl'A. Tho intellect of Tapio had been so imper fectly developed, that it was obviously very uimcuii lor linn to understand tin; tlistinc tions I pointed out; but 1 was about to at tempt yet another explanation, when the door was suddenly and violently thrown open. and a man, clad in rags, covered with dust, and panting with fatigue, rushed into the room and threw himself on his knees before me, crying, in tones of piercing earnestness, 'Save me, save ine! For Jesus Christ'ssakc, don't give mo up! I'd rather die on Ibis spot man go uacK lino slavery. lieloro 1 had timo to speak, an athletic white man rushed in with equal violence, and seizing the ne- ero by the collar began to say, ' on damned rascal' when I interposed, rebuked the man for hi) profmilv, anil tic :i red him to tell me his husin-ris. He iinmetli it.My assumed a respectful demeanor, apologised for his ill latum ii'H, whieh ho slid wiw not habitail with him, but was excited by the ingratitude and deceit of the slave of whom he h id now obt lined possession, mid who had run away from one of the best and kindest of masters. On further in piiry, I found that the si ivc's master belonged to the church of the Rev Dr. Fuller, a dear minist-ring brother of our denomination in South Carolina, whoso de fence of slavery from the Bible I bail lately read. Of course thorn was nothing to be ilonn but to pursue tho course, required by our constitution end laws, I therefore pro vided a piece ol rope lor tfie mora o!lituil safe-keeping of the slave, adinonishpd him to render faithful service for the fnt ire to his master, charged the overseer with my re spectful nml fraternal salutation to Dr. Ful ler, ami bade them cro in peace. As I returned to the study, Tapio said ti me, '1 Ins looks very much like a human si crifie.e.' I was about to explain bow incor rect his opinion was, just then Oapt. II. returned and took him away. I greatly fear that the poor blinded heathen still prefers Atua and his sacrifices to the true God and the institutions of Christianity. C. K. W. MARY M'HUGH. BY MRS. CHILD. following extract, wo been allowed to take from tho records of the Prison Association, kept by Isaac T. Hop per, at the ollieo of that excellent institution, io. 13 Pine street, may bo interesting to tho readers of the Evening Mirror. We trust that this alloctiiig case may at least operate as a caution to employers how they injure the character, and blight the prospects, of poor young creatures engaged in their ser vice: "Mary McIIugh belonged to a respectable Irish family in Upper Canada. There being several sist rs at homo, and her services not needed, she deemed it best to relieve her pa rents of a part of their burthen, by an ellort to earn her own living. For that purpose she came to the United States, and entered into the service of Mrs. . She dis charged tho duties of her station in a satis factory manner, an 1 secured tho confidence anil affectionate good will of the family. At tho death of Mrs. , she engaged with another family in the sima neighbor hood. This Mrs. promised hor a dol lar a week for hor services; but after sho bad been there three weeks, she told her that she should give but sixty-two cents. Mary then requested the wages that wero duo her, that she might go into the service of anoth er family near by, who had offered a dollar anil a quarter a week. Mrs. ' declared that she should not leave till she had pro cured another servant; that sho Would not pay her a cent till another servant cunt), and that sho would pay her only sixty-two cents a week from tho beginning to the end of her stay. This oppressive and altogether unjustifia ble conduct excited Mary's resentment. Partly in anger, and partly from the idea that her employer intended to wrong her, sh3 hid a silver can and some spoons in the wood house. There is every roason to b.dieve that sho had no intention of stealing them, and sho was not aware that such a step subject ed her to tho danger of a criminal prosecu tion. Mrs. was extremely exasperated; and, it is to be hoped, more under the influ ence ot thoughtless anger than ot deliberate cruelty, she caused the poor girl to be arres ted, l no silver was lound wuero sue con fessed she had hid it, she was tried, convic ted, and sentenced to Sing Sing furtwo years. A sense of tho disgrace which her i.npru dencnhid brought 'on herself autl family, and especially the anguish it would iullict on her mother's heart, completely broke the spirit of tho poor suiTeror. Hor sensitive nature could not bvir up under tho terrible struggle, and she sunk into a listless despair. She took extremely little nourishment, and obtained scarcely any sleep. It soon became evident that reason was giving way under tho inlluenco ot perpetual griel, anil that s'ae was in danger ot melancholy lunacy the re mainder of her life. Her father, a venera ble old soldier, who had been lamed in the Uritish army, at tho battlo of SaraTossa. ratio from Canada with an earnest petition in her behalf, backed with letters ami cer tificates from magistrates ami other people of lniluence and lugli respectability, testifying to tho good character uud condui t of Mary ..a i c. :i., 'Pi. i uii-.i w i 1'iuiiij . in- iwui-i uiriuiiii.-tiauccs Ol the case being officially laid before the Gov ernor, in connection with these cnitiliciites. he granted a pardon, and communicated the welcome intelligence to the afflicted father in a loiter which did him great honor. Hlule 1 wnto this, my heart ejaculates, "May heaven bless him!" A letter from Kliza W. Farnham, tho ex cellent matron of Sing Sing prison, enquir ed ot me whether ttia J'rison Association could provide for this unfortunate creature. till such timo as her father could como for her. I replied that a suitable place had bet ter be procured in tho neighborhood of the prison, and tho Association would pay her board till elis could be restored to her home. As sho Was labeling undor derangement of mind, and required some gentlo restraint, it was dulicult to procure a suitable place, and sho was conveyed to tho County House. Another letter from fc. W. luriihaiu inform ed mo of this, aud expressed great anxiety on her account. For four days she bad tas ted no lood, nor obtained a single hour oi sleep. Tho letter concluded by saving. " 1 his, m addition to her previous rxbaus tion, must, if continued, soon produce dealh. She is exceedingly miserable, and my heart is sore at the thought of leaving so sensitive and shrinking a spirit all unshielded as she is. Unwilling'sho should remain in the Coun ty House an hour lonsrer than was necessary, 1 started for Tarry town tho very day I re ceived me letter, i nau seen uio poor cniiu of misfortune at Sing Sing, some months before, and inv sympathy had been greatly excited in hor behalf. Sho recollected mo at once, and made no objection to returning with ine t ) N.e.v Yik. She was in saeli a delicate utiba of health, mind nnd body, that 1 could not hour to pi ieo her Willi s'ring'-rs, who would feel no synip ilhy for her; a.nl though it was inconvenient tn rt reive h -r m-t-i my fiinily, I thought if bet uotb r the circumstances to tlo so. We found her simple-hearted, unoll'euiling, and gr.il ful; easi ly guided, though Soei'wh.it l.-oublcsome, from the wandering.? of her mind, and the highly excitable state of her nervmn sys tem. Sho expressed an ejruest wish t-i see llisbop Hughes. 1 went for him, and 1 was pleased with the prompt nn.l hearty cheer fulness with which ho camo to speak to her words of encouragement an I consolation. Sim soon began to tiko nourishment, nnd during the four weeks tli.it she remained un der my roof, she continue. 1 to improve in health, though her mind still remained fee ble and wandering. The fouialo br.iiieli of tho Prison Association having provided u Home for tho woman convicts released from Sing Siug, it was thought best that Mary should go there. A few days after she bail left my roof her mother camo for her. Sho appeared to be a respectable, worthy, hard working woman. 1 conveyed her to her daughter, and it Was truly iill'eeting to wit ness their meeting. They threw themselves into each other's arms, wept, looked at each other, and wept again. On tho eighth of this month, they departed together for their homo in Canada, and it is hoped that time will gradually restore poor Mary to health and reason. 1 have purposely avoided mentioning the name of the woman whose oppressive and harsh treatment occasioned the wreck of this poor, well-meaning girl, and such great distress to an innocent family. May tho consequences of her proceedings teach her a lesson for the future. N t for the wealth of the Indies, would 1 do such au injury to a fellow being." HASTY BURIALS. AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. BY LYDIA MARIA CHILD. From her Second Series of " Letters from New York." Tho yellow fever raged fearfully in Boston, tho last part of the eighteenth century. Tho panic, was so universal, that wives forsook their dying husbands, in soinsi cases, anil mothers their children, to escape the conta gious atmosphere of tho town. Funer.d rites were generally omitted. The " Death carts," sent into every part of the town, were so ar ranged as to pass each street every half hour. At each house known to contain a victim of tho fever, they rang a bell, and called "bring out your dead." When the lifeless forms were brought out they were wrapped in t arr et! sheets, put into the cart, and carried to the burial placo, unaccompanied by relatives. In most iustinces, in fact, relatives had fled before the first approach of the fatil disease. One of my father's brothers, residing in Boston at that time, became a victim to tho pcstilenct;. When tho first symotoius ap peared, his wife sent the children into the country, and herself remained to a'tend upon him. Iter mends warned her against such rashness. They told her it would be death to her, anil no benefit to him, for ho would soon be too ill to know who attended him. 1'hosfl arguments made no impression on her !reetionate heart. Sho felt that it would be a lifelong satisfaction to h-r to know who at tended upon him, if he did not. Sho accord ingly stayed and watehed linn Willi unremit ting care. This, however, did not avail to save him. I In grow worse ami worse, and finally died. Those who went round with the "death carts," had visitod the chamber, and seen that his end was near. They now canirt to tike the body. His wife refused to let it go. Sho told me that sho never knew how to account for it, hut though he was p ar fectly cold and rigid, and to every appear ance quite dead, there was a powerful im pression on her mind that life was not ex tinct. Tho men were overborne by the strength of her conviction, though their own reason was opposed to it. The half hour a gain returned, and agiin was heard tho sol emn words, "Bring forth your dead." Tho wife again resisted their importuni ties, but this time the men were resolute. They said the duty assigned them was a painful one; but the health of the town re quired punctual obedience to tho order they bad received; if they ever expected the pes tilence to abate, it must be by a prompt re moval of the dead, and immediate fumiga tion of the apartments. She pleaded and pleaded, and even knelt to them in au agony of tears, continually saying, "I nm sura he is not dead." The men represented tho ut ter absurdity of such an idea, but finally o vorcome by her tears again departed. With trembling haste sho renewed her elforts to restore life. She raised his head, rolled his limbs in hot flannel, an 1 placed hot onions on his feet. The dreaded half hour again camo round and found him cold nnd rigid as ever. Sho renewed Her entreaties so despe rately, that tho messengers beeran to think a little more gentlo force would bo necessary. They accordingly attempted, to remove the body against her will; but she threw herself upon it, ami clung to it with such frantic strength, that they could not easily loosen her grasp. Impressed by tho remarkable strength of her will, they relaxed their ef forts. To all their remonstrances, she an swered, "if you bury him, you must bury mo with him." At last, by dint of reason ing on the necessity of tho case, they obtain ed from her a promise that, if ho showed no signs of life before they again came round, sho would make no further opposition to the removal. Having gained this respite, she hung the watch upon the bedpost, and renewed her ef forts with redoubled zeal. She plaited kegs of not water upon hiiu,lorced brandy betweeubis teeth, breathed into bis nostrils, held harts horn to his nose; but still tho body lay mo tionless and cold. She looked anxiously at the watch; in five minutes the promised half hour would expire, and those dreadful voices would be heard passing through the street. Hopelessness came over her; she dropped tho head she had been sustaining; her hand trem bled violently; and the hartshorn she had hc n holding was) spilled on the pallid fie A ei.leiitally, the position of the head I b'eomo slightly tipped backward, and t'i powerful liquid' (lowed int.) lib nostrils. ln- -.d-inlly there was a short ipirek gasp strug gle hi-, ryes opened and when tin death men raino," they found him sitting up in bed! He is still ulive, and has coKyod unusually ttfiotl health. I should be sorry to aw-,iken any fears, or excite unpleasant impression's by the reeitil nl thi story, but I have ever thought that fu nerals were too nuuh hurriiit in this country, p irticul.irly in newly srtrleti parts of it. It se-tns to me then? ought fo tw a nmch de lav as poibln, especially in cases ot'nnhlen death. I believe no- nauon. bury with tut much haste a (he Americans. Tint illicit nl look many precaution. They washed autl anointed the body many successive times be I'tii it was carried to the burial. The Ho rn ins cut off a joint of the finger, to make sure that life was extinfS, before they lighted the funeral pile. Doubtlo it is very unu sual for the body to remain apparently life less for several hours, unless- it be really dead; but the mere, possibility of sixth- case should make f. inula careful to observe un doubted symptoms of dissolution, heforo tho interment. From the Free Wesleyan. uac X, Hooper, Hint llio .UetuotGiC Mitvcliolilcr, During tho late session of the General! Conference of tho Methodist E. Churclu in the city of New-York, that well known) friend to the slavo, Isa.:e T. Hopper, wns introduced to three young ladies, daughters of a slaveholding Methodist preacher, fronn Mississippi, Said tho Friend at whoso house lliey were visiting, "This is lsaao Hopper, one of tho most rabid Abolitionists) in the North. And these," turning to tlnr ladies, "aro the daughters of a slaveholder from the South." iiy this means they were soon well known to each other. And the conversation which, ensued, with other interesting incidents, C will give in the language of Friend Hopper who related it to mo to-day. "They were very intelligent girls. I was much pleased with them. One of them as sured me, however, thai they could not do without the slaves." "' Why, Mr. Hopper,' said she, 'I never dressed or undressed myself until I came to the North. Ami I did not know what to do when I loft home; I felt inclined to bring a servant with mo.' " ' 1 wish thee had brought one,' said I. '"Whj'1 What would you bavo dono, Mr. Hopper, if you had seen her!' " ' I should have told her that she was a free woman now, but if she went hack to tho South she would go as a pig or a sheep, to be s d I if occassion called for it.' "They only laughed nt the frankness thus exj.r sse'tl, and continued tho conversation for so.ue time, on the same subject. I then told them I should like to see them nt my house with their father, And in a few days they camo very much to my satisfaction. We had a long talk about Slavery. "Said tliis preacher, 'Mr. Hopper, do you siy nnd think that I am not a Christian?' 41 1 certainly do not regard theo as a Chris tian,' " Why, Mr. Hopper! do you think I can. not tret to heaven?' " That I will not say. Hut Slavery is a great abomination, and no one who is guilty of it can bo a Christian or Cbrist-liko. I would not exclude thee from the kingdom of heaven. To thy own Master thou do:it st iu-1 or fall. If thou dost enter there, it will be on tho ground of ignorance of tho fact that thou art living in sin. " Wo reasoned on it at some length, when the conversation turned upon the conduct of Abolitionists. " Said the preacher, 'If the Abolitionists wero all liko you and Mr. Gibbons, we could come to some agreement on this matter. Why, I never was treated so well by anybo dy as ycu and Mr. "Gibbons, your abolition friend, have treatod ma. But your'Abolition ists generally aro so violent and abusive. " A Friend present remarked to him that none were more generally execrated, as vile and abusive Abolitionists, than was tho 'no torious,' Hopper' as the Southern papers call him. I then said tho slaveholders love and in ike a lie in this thing.' " Well,' said he, 'wo should be glad tt see you with us, Friend Hopper, on a visit.' " Ah! anil thou wouU'st lynch me, or thy frientls would, if they caught me.' "'() no sir: we would treat you well. But how would you do about Slavery when there!' " ' Why, I should tell the slaves to be o bedient, faithful, industrious, and never think of running away from a good master, unless lliey were sure they could escape! and in that caso Imj off as soon as possible! for if c.iugbl, tiioy would fare much worse than they do now. And I Would say to thcc,tlutt as thou claimest to lis a minister of Jesus Christ, consistency of character, and the spir it of thy Master, require thee to give deliver ance to tho capxivo to let tho oppressed go free.' " Before we scpnrat"d I saw tears in his eyes. I appealed to him closely, and bore a faithful testimony. " ' My friend, dost thou have a conscience void of offence? When thou liest down nt night, is thy mind always Rt case? After pouring out thy soul in p'rayor to thy M.iker, ilost thou not feel the outraged sense of right, like a perpetual motion, restless ami disqui eted within thy breast, telling thee 'tis wrong to hold these men ill slavery, their wives and little ones!' "To this he answered frankly, that some, times he doubted; yet upon the whole, ho thought it best and right. When they were, about leaving, one of his daughters, a young; widow, thus addressed ine: "'Mr. Hopper, 1 thank God for this jiriv ilego. I never saw and talked with nn Ab olitionist boforu, nn now persuaded that slaveholding is sinful in iho sight of God. When my husband, died, he left me several slavea. I have held ihoin for fivo years. But I return home now, resolved to be tho owner of a slave no longer. Wo hade each, ether farewell,"