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main to if the katen ho withdrawn? Has
the Socioty of Friends not contributed, more
in proportion to numbers, to the ranks of t lie
reform associations than any other, and does
it manifest good faith in the power of truth,
to doubt its couipoter.cy to convert the mem
bers of a society embodying ns good t'e.
mcnts for the works of reform as any other!
There are leveral poi:its en which I per
ceive I have not touched. J. B.'s answers
nnd non-answers to roy interrogative require
especial notice but I must desist.
I regret to find it iinpoFsible to avoid prolixi
ty again I regret to have occasion to use the
weapon on a friend, and an esteemed one,
which the claims of humanity icq lire should
be directed against the Btreegarm of tynnny.
I hail every instrumentality for the overthrow
of slavery with delight, and cannot cn
demn the liberty party man, omooulcr, r.:r
Whig Abolitionist.
It is my duty to on .leaver to convince thn
world that mv opinions are correct it ia the
duty of ever) other tj do the sirar, and ta
deny that another is n"t acting honestly and
conscientiously, is to do what we con lenin
when done by another toward us.
I have hitherto found mui'h more cause to
reprove the Society of Friends than to excul
pate them, but in the prrioi.t cise I rci sidi r
the damages hid quit" too high.
B. B. DAVIS.
AN T I - S L AT II Y 13 U G L V. .
SALSa, SLY,'
"I love agitation wlirn there 13 caic5" for it
the alarm bell which f-tir.!? the. inhabi
tants, of a city, saves th-m fr--n being barn
ed in their beds." Eilmuivi I.'urh:.
(fc-Persons having business connected
with the piper, will plouT- call on James
Barnaby, corner of M .in nnd Chesnut sis.
THE NEW YEAR.
Another ysnr has passed from crrth to beat
the record of man's deeds to t'.ie presence cf
the Most High to tell of the hopes and fears
that stirred the human hear!, of the promp
tings ot charity and benevolence, cf grasping
nvarien and relentless cruelty, cf duties per
formed and cf duties omitted, of r.ll the arts
which mirk the checkered existence of every
man and render him a blessing or a curse to
his fellows. Stinding upon the threshold cf
another yjar, it is well for us to look into the
Past,
And aa wc scan the path we trod,
Its scenes of joy, and hop", and fear;
To consecrate ourselves ta God
Throughout the coming year.
Whatever of joy may have been mingled
in our cup, whatever of happiness may have
teen cur l'-t, we know that there are many
n our land to whom the year that is just past
brought no relief, who still wearily clink
their galling fettcr8,ar.d sit pining in captivi
ty. Oh, how like mockery to the clave of
this land must sound the general greeting of
' A happy New-Year." To three m'H'ons of
nurcitizeits that phrase has no joyous m 'anii.g.
The plundered husbands of this land wlms"
eompanions have been bartered for gold, the
many Rachels who weep for their st jlen chil
dren, the brothers and sisters who have been
torn from each others embrace, nil of these
enter upon the newyeur without j y and with
out hope. And why is it so? If the advent
of 18 15 found the chain fisteued upon the
Buffering bondman, why w.3 not that year
made the year of his enfranchisement 1 Why
was he not in ' -15 " redeemed, rrg-mrrated,
and disenthralled by the irresistible power
of the Genius of Universal Emancipation!"
Tho answer will bo found in the fact, that
that power was not invoked; end upon the
christian professors, and especially upon the
clergy of our land rests the enormous guilt
of continuingtho horrible system of American
Mavery. The Church has refused to " re
member them that are in bonds as bound with
them," the clergy have refused to " pree.cii
deliverance to tho captive," and with scarcely
an exception both Layman and Priest cent'-n-ne
to "strike hands with thieves and robbers,
and consent with adulterer! and murderer;. "
Let the friends of the s'.avo resolve that
anothor year shall not pass by without wit
nessing a greater effort for his redemption,
Let thom gird themselves anew for the contest,
and instead of finding an excuse for their own
neglect in tho lukewurmness and indiu"erence
cf others, as too many have done, let them
regard it aa an evidence that there, is mere
neod for their labors, that greater zeal end
activity are demanded at their hands. A
great and arduous work is before them. The
Church and Clerjry are to bo converted, or
else their denominations and order will bo
dashed to pieces. The public mind has to
be regenerated, and led to see the Truth, not
dimly as through a glass, but clearly as tne
sun is seen in the cloudless sky. The great
heart of humanity may not be stayed in its
throbbing, its pulsations are strong nnd true,
but Priestcraft with its quack pretensions, its
solemn mysteries, and magical incantations
has deluded many, nnd made its followers
believe a lie. Thry have turned away from
the simple teachings of Truth, the echoes of
that voice which filled the hearts of the Ju
dcan poor villi hope nnd gladness, cmos to
them with no pleasant sound. The Priest
hood ban long enough ruled in the world, has
long rnongh been n stumbling block in the
way of reform, and the peoplo mast all he
brought to sec the corrupt character and evil
tendencies of tli.it order.
In the regeneration of public sentiment, in
the dissemination of anti-slavery truth, all
can labor if they will. Let each rno who
feels an interest in the cause of suffering liu
r.i unity, go to his neighbors and reason ear
nestly with them as though his own kindred
wore the fetters, and so appeal to their sym
pathies lh.it they wi,l become desirous to
search out tha cause they know not, ".ml to
mike themselves acquainted with the condi
tion r.f the bond nun, and familiar with the
means hv which his i!"!iv"r ove is to be ef
fected. If all who pr,.f"ss to hate slavery,
will but live a consistent anti-si wry life, u
.siiiT their influence, and giving of the means
with which God h is blesse 1 them in order to
tf:""et tho c;r. urination of the f! li e, how
joyously to him will seem the sun that
krm into being the now (list int. '!?, ami as
wo j-isp his unfettered hand our wish of "A
li-'7;.y !w-Ycar,"' will be no unmeaning
phri.se or hitter mockery, but a forctdiudow
Lot of th.-.t f.-a i :n in whieh his unfottjrcil
s.ji:it sh.i'.l t'.ie.iceforlh lie, and move and
h :ve its beie.
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.
We have neatly completed the. f.rst ha'f
volume of our paper, and now we begin to
fotd eomewlnt acquainted with our subscri
bers, and t'e'i.ik we may cafely appeal to them
for help in the nr Janus undert iking of di.ssem
iinting truth an I light on the Kiihjccl of sla
very. It was siil. in olden time, the Truth
shall in ike you free, and 33 it w.is then in
spiritual thin"!!, even so it is now in npiritual
and temporal nfi'iirs. The firc3 of Truth a
lone can melt the chains from the slave, they
alcno have power to cleanse the heart of this
guilty nation from tho sin of oppression
WV.tr r, nor aught of material nature can wash
out this st tin of blood human legislation i3
as powerless when applied to moral impurity,
as t'.ie heavy blows of the refiner upon the
met:! he designs to purify. It is the fire e.f
Truth alone that cm horn up the dress, that
can melt, and subdue, and change the heart,
and cause it brightly ta re'leet the image of
God, who is the Autliorof Truth. How beau
tifully was this idea expressed by the Proph
et "lie shall purify the son3 ot J.cvi, ami
purge them ns gold and silver that they may
o.Tor unto the Lord an offering in righteous
ness." It i3 God, it is the spirit of all Truth
that can effect this work. Let us not turn
apply any other agency. Let us not give
cotintomnen to tho anplication ol means which
will r.nsureilly be powerless.
If Truth be the agency then let it he spo
ken boldly and fearlessly, lot ns never filter,
even though Church and State, friends and
relatives, the names va have venerated, and
the institutions we have been wont to cher
i"h, should f.dl t inier the deepest cendemna"
lion f.ein its utterance. But let us love right
eousness Letter tu rn sect, or party, or institu
tions better than lather or mother, brother
r.r sister. We need never fear of success,
tha causa in which wo era engaged is not
ouin, hut Gad's and unles3 lie can be foil
ed in his purposes, uiiIcm man nhal! I ecouie
saperior to Omnipotence, and brute strength
more powrrft.1 than Truth, the anti-slavery
enterprise wi'l aitoeeed, and we believe thn
day is not far distant when our enslaved coun
try eaen shall east aide their fetters, nnd stand
erect in tho dignity of their manhood.
But although the cause is in the hands nf
Him who can but triumph, yet it is through
the effor's cf its friends that the prisoner's door
is ta bo opened, and the captive set free; and
ast in proportion to their exertions, will the
day of his redemption draw near. We call
upon yeu r.ll then collectively and individu
ally to exert yourselves for the conversion of
the people to tho doetriuo of immediitn e
maneipation, to the doctrine of no union with
that which has a taint of slavery. We ask
you to extend the circulation of this paper.
You are suflieienfiy r.c-piaii.ted with it now
to know that it is a thorough-going Old Organized,
Dissolution periodical, and if the position
it maintains tho great brotherhood
principle, tho loving thy neighbor as thyself
be true, then labor to put it into the hands
of those around you, that they may be bene
fitted by its contents. If we cannot Bland in
ecclesiajtic il connection with our blood-stained
brother ut the .South, without incurring the
responsibility of his iruilt, then extend the
circulation of this sheet, for that is a position
il strongly defends. If we cannot remain in
connection with the American Government
that mighty Juggernaut without being
polluted with tho blood of the victims that
arc daily crushed beneath its wheels, then give
general circulation to this paper, for that is
one of its fundamental doctrines. Jow w10
will send us the name of his friend, bis rela
tive, or bis neighbor is a subscriber? Who
will exert himself or herself to get one or more
new names! May we not hope that evcrv
one of our readers will do so! You might,
by a little exertion, soon double our subscrip
tion list, and give a far more extensive dis
semination to the truths wea.lvoe.ito. If
your own relatives had the fetters of slavery
on their limbs, if its iron h id pierced the ir
so.d, and your neighbor cither knowingly
or ignorantly sustained t;ir enslavement
through the government, or sanctioned it in
the church, how ardently woul you Liber
for his conversion, and how rla lly would v ;i
embrace the opportunity of pi : .P j 3
hands a paper, which would, ia its wo -My
visits, present ficts, end arguments, rm j ;in
peaU calculate.) to overt'ire.v the am nil un
der which they vcre end. ;v d. And if lie
felt too Utile interest in the siihject to eub
seril e himself, how would you r juj,.-. i,, prr.
: .- i ell
sem ii in 1. 1 iii, il no vi.u em nee.'j.i it as a I
gift. And as you Would eo in th.it c -e, sa
do in this. Present him whh a y '.iiV r, ri
ing of tho " Anti-SUvcry llagh ," and w
will do what wo can toivir.h: e. nvertin-r h'm
so that lie may become a v.-iili.ig subscriber
at the end of that ti.ne, so t!,a' lie will net in
ly glidly lake il himself, but wi'l follow your
example, and present a cipy of it t,, so:n. cf
his f.iends. Try w hat you can do, en I you
will be astonished at your success. Send on
the names, fronds, willnut d ; -v, for wc
wi-h to h ave a much Urjyr subscription 1m
when we enter upon our seeend half volume.
Oi?" Wo would rnnii n 1 nursub.serilx rs that
the published terms of 1,50 per annum re
quire payment in six months from the time
of subscribing.
0i As soon S3 wo cm find room we shall
insert the comirunicathms with whi h we
have been favored by M. 15.. .Sam uel Brooke,
Harriet N. Tor.-ey, H. 11. S ,,it,, T. Wick-
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i-.ii no, .iiui o. j. i i.iiie. aiso one in an
swer to the queries of Win. (.'ridith.
A communication from V. br.s just been
received, n ut it come to hand last week we
would gladly have given it a place, but it is
not so p.ppropos to the present. We would
ue giuei it the author would alter it to suit the
tiroes.
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of thn
lie are indebted to Messrs. Shreve
House of llenreseniatiies. nnd Lewis
Cleric cf that body, tor Stale Documents.
THE BAPTISTS.
Some of the Northern Baptists, who arc
tinctured w:th Abolitionism, have insisted
tint since thn separation which took place
their denomination, thn Northern portion ouht
net to be regarded as pro-slavery. We h :ve
always thought otherwise, nnd we perceive
that a correspondent of the fiiist.m Journal
over the signature ef "A Baptist" is of the
same opinion, at least so far as to hold that
tho re lation of northern and southern churches
is not changed; the writer even denies there
h-.s been any separation in the Baptist church.
The following extracts are from the rommu
n'eV.ion r.Ticrred to.
"Tilers has been a withdrawal on the part
of thn Soma from the Biptist General Con
vention, which was established chiefly for
Toreign Missionary purpose.?. But that with
drawal in no respcet i !f. ets the order, the in
dependence, or the fellowship ef Baptist
Churches. The i.Vir.uY.i relations, both id' the
South and the North, remain precisely the
same as they wvro before tiiia recent schism
in iho missionary hady."
" As there, vv.s r.
throunli the count:;.
a one c. lurch extending
t ) be rent ia twain, the
I 'ee; but the churches of
rent Ii is nut t
this denomination hold precisely the same re
lation to each other wtucli they have always
held, viz: good will t ) all coinpl lisanee to
wards those who are supposed to deserve it
and the entire independence of each church
as to authority or dictation from all oilier bo
dies, perde iasti . il or otherwise. There is
therefore no Church schism among the Bap
tists, as has been r presented."
ANNEXATION.
We announced in our l ist that the annexa
tion resolutions had passed the House; on
the 22d cf Dec. they wero crowded through
the Senate, 31 voting for, and 13 against
them. We havu neither time nor space to
sav much about them this week, but design
notieiu" them further in our next paper,
BLACK LAWS OF OHIO.
Public sentiment in thii St .te is rapidly
unilere.iin"' a change in reference to what are
irciiei'.illv known as liio Black Laws. The
more thoroierlilv thevare understood the more
rapid will be lliis ch.mtr at least in refer
ence to some of the. n. The notorious fact that
rtnnv of them aro dead letters those that re
quire nen-roes to have certificates of freedom
inflict a penally fr hieing a black reuui
a bond of iS.ji)l) for "ood behaviour, on enter
ing the State, &c. is of itself an argument
in lavor of their modification or repeal; for the
retention of unexecuted laws on our statute
books, has a tendency, us has always been
conceded, to diminish respect tor all law,
It is unwise, in tho highest degree, to enact
a law which cannot be enforced, and if such
laws do occasionally find their way in our
code, the sooner they are expunged, after
their inutility is shown, the better. Bat,
when such laws aro palpably wrong, unjust,
uiiwwp.inconsistent with the spirit of nur in
stitution, we cannot besniprised that the pub
lic sense revolts at their continuance. Pub
lic attention in this State has been nwakenrd
on the subject nf the Black Laws.huta Rhort
time. Last winter petitions wcro nrospnirH
y the core, from all rar!3 of t'.i St,t. in
lavor oi meir Uepcal. Durinf
tr tlio Dresent
viiMisearceiy a,iv lias eeansee t.wit muter t-
s.i!.;e(t. I In so facts Indicate plainly timt
u se t .cts uy icate plainly tnnt
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pe iuvlly, and we have seen no reason ti b
line tout ttvv are erroueou". Against tt.t.
law f...r excludinj colored testimonv. itier
are so many coientand conclusive arguments
tint we h ive folt constrained to speak oat n
giin and rgdu. The safity, the interests,
the rights of the w.'ii't fitiscn of the Pt to.
de ii in I the modification of this I iw, .Men
of all classes and all panics should arise and
protest agiinst a law that debars tiiein from
introducing the testimony of ar diible wit
ness, because h's or her sain happens to bo
a shade d .rker than tint oi'a neighbor. It is
an insiht to common s"iisc and common lion
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csty. t s:v tint our juries and Courts shall
t he entrusted with the ri jlit cf deciding
r themselves as to the vilidilv of tesli.nonv
intr. duced. If we are willing to entrust
tiiein With l!i is discretion in reference to
vhites. what rrnod or valid reason can be gi-
en why siuiil :r Miseretion may not tie entrus
t; t to tnein in reference to black! The law
Ii is thrown Pit ample shield around all. to
r iar.l against any evil consequences that may
iireeten in tii:1 one case, as all admit; and
iv wiil the same shield not he rc.uillv ef-
l."".;ve in the other? To S :V noilnmr, t!ien.
of the i Mus f the blacks th- i nnort ince of
e'nn.ro in the la . v. in nr ler to protect them
and their riurht.v-wh.it is due fr un the inerrni.
nitni'y ef the many to the weak nnd power-
s lliere area tamisand good re asons.bear-
ino- upon cur own interests and rirrlits.w Inch
should impel us to Buy, by our laws, to the
l-nurls and Juries ot tha Mite, yi:t shall de
cide as to the credibility of testimony sub
mitted to you, in the ad ministration of jus
tice Ohio Stale J'xirnul.
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CASE OF THE ABDUCTED CITIZENS.
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It will be a source of irrh-f and indigna
tion to the citizens of Ohio to learn thai the
(iener.il Court of Virginia adjourned on Tues
day, the liith iust., without coming to a de
cision in the cise of the abducted citizens.
ic paragraph below from the Richmond
Wliir, ol'Tiiurs.l iv, wiil explain the position
of the case on eiljouiii'.iicnt. C;n it be pos
sible that the citizens of this Stale who have
been abducted and conveyed forcibly into
trginn, are to remain incarcerate J in the
jiil'ot Parkersburjih for an indefinite period
o time at l ie measure ol l ie authorities ol
a Stite which has no jurisdiction over them
rightfully! The rights of the people of Ohio
have been trifled with in this mailer shame-
folly trifled with. We wish to preserve all
proper respect for the authorities of our sis
ter State, nnd to avoid any course calculated
to inflame tho public mind in this State, but
we can find no lungiiauv adequate to convey
a proper sense of the feelings this long per
sisted in wrong has awaV'iied. Wo cannot
believe that the r.iuhoritics of Virginia will
longer retain in confinement the iibductel
citizens, though they may still endeavor to
delay tho surrender of the kidnappers:
THE CENFtBAL rolTtT.
'The Court, which basbeenin session sire i
the 1st i nst, adjourned on Tuesday, wiihou'.
eoming to a decision on tho celebra e l Park-
ersbiirgh case the Commonwealth against
Garner and others for kidnapping. It is un-
rstiodthat lliere wero fourteen members
present, who were equally ilivnle.l as to the
questtan ol jurisdiction, the hltcmth a -
anng. wis iiu i,. i le I nn the point at issue,
and tue c :Se wis aeeoroingty adjourned over
to the next term to bo held in June."
The Richmond Enquirer rnntiins a notice
of the course ef the General Court on this
qe.istion. and states that twelve of the fifteen
judges a rrc l in claiming jurisdiction to the
il -tun' leifc a", let that be where It may at
t ie time of any oeeurrni ce run lcring neces
sity the vindie. .tton of this claim. This, of
c uuse, when the water is high, would give
irginiu jurisdiction over territory extending
even for one and two miles into our own
Slate, nnd covering wlnrves and farms. The
sime claim, if tot up by K.-ntuclty, would
bring a cons'derible portion of Cincinnati un
der the jurisdiction ol that State. J here are
tew towns on the Uhio river t nt may not
thus be brought under the jurisdiction of Vir
ginia, and removed at particular times be
yond the jurisdiction of our own Slate, for
they cour.nt at one and the sum time he un
der the jurisdiction of both. But this clai u
cannot be siisl lined. The qu"alinn will, in
nil pr Jiability, be brought before tho Supreme
Court of the United States, by legislative
authority, so as to ohtiin a final decision vin
dic iting Ohio's right to jurisdiction to the
centre of the channel.
Wo suppose that the stitement of the En
quirer is erroneous. It diil'ers from that giv
en by the Richmond Whig. The state iient
of the latter is corroborated by one from Mr.
Vintos, addressed to tiov. Bartl'.v. Th re
are fifteen Judges on the bench of iho Gene
ral Court. One w is unpr parel to give an
opinion, having been absent during the dis-eus.-ion
of the ia o. The others we eequ, 1
iy divii ed on the question of juris Jiction.
Judge MeComas designs, s.ys the Enqui
rer to call a specd il session of Court at Park
ersbiirgh, ai d let the prisoners out on bail.
Ohio S ate Juuri.ai.
M i. RieiuiuisoN, who his heretofore been
on an anti-slavery mU.Mou to Morocco, has
now gme on a similar errand, as far as Giia
dames, the great commercial depot of North
ern an I Cenrul Africa. His principal oh
ject is to collect statistics in regard to the
slave trade.
OT-The Mississippi river has been froxen
over so that teams crossed on tho ice at St
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OHIO LEGISLATURE.
oinco our last iher has not been much
ef interest before the fcfte.te Legislature. The
usual number nnd variety of petitions Imva
been presented, nnd in this respect the history
nf one day's proceedings is the history of all.
1 hose who think the nrricii!tural intir 'Sts of
tho State should receive more retention am
petitioning to that effect. Wool-growers are
i.e.ii ii.uinir protection in itie term of a tax on
counties nre .training vn n..-. i,. . u-
counties are straining every ntrve to have thn
SU' npwly "PP. while thos, who
rr,osH ,0 lat endeavoring by
P-') nnd otherwise to influence their Ite-
w . '! . J M1W
Pscmjiives against it the discussion in
such cise wiil doubtless be made with less
regard to the wishes of the people, than for
political cfTect. S ane are trying to etTect a
changa in the Licence law the number of
p. tilions sent in by such is nn eiidence that
those who are pushing this measure do not
lack zeal.
Another subject of interest brought before
the Lrgi.jhu.iro by petitions is that in refor
; ence to tlm protection of burial places. In
some of thp i.orthern counties, where of late,
graves have been rcne iteill i- violjtrl. tha
1;'lin? appears to be strong nnd general. A
"in ii, is ueen reported In tho Senate "to pro
vide for the inviolability of places of human
sepulture," and will doubtUss pass.
Some who have become convinced that
banging i3 m,t a9 t)c clergy teach, one of the
ordinances of God, are endeavorinrr to abol-
ls.i the death penalty. Heaven sneed their
labors. Quite a number nf petitions have
oeeu presented en that su'iject, but not a
many as we could desire.
In the House a petition was presented by
Mr. Gallagher, si-jurd by T. Barton, Maria
L. WH.Imanand 81 others, citizens of Greene
and ( "lark co., for the passage of a resolution
requesting our Senators and Representatives
in Conrrress to oppose the annexation of Tex
an, an in ease of a failure of their efforts, to
resign tlipir seats in Congress, thus declar
ing that the I'liiou is virtually dissolved, ice
referred to the committee on l'tdoral Rela
tions. Petitions for the repeal of the Black Laws
continue to pour in; we have little faith how
ever that the present Legislature will wipe
that Bt.iin from the Statute Book.
03" The foreign news, by the Acadia pos
sesses much interest. Cotton has suffered
mother declension; the railroad speculators
are mostly used up; iron is foiling in price;
and the prospect of the suffering of the poor
in England and Ireland during the winter, in
consequence of the failure of the potatoe crop,
is appalling.
Canada. We learn from tho Quebec
Mercury, that they have cold weather in that
latitude, and a scarcity of fuel in the citv.
the thermometer on the morning of the 11th,
was "l 21 below zero, with a strong north-
iuu.
Intense Cold. On the morning of the
12ih inst., at l'raneonia, N. IL, the"mcrcurT
f. 11 to 33 degrees below zero, and the spirit
thermometer to 2S degrees below.
The Murfreesboroiigh (Tenn.) Telegraph
says: "We were greeted on .Monday with
snow 13 inches deep."
The St. Louis Revielle of the 4th inst,
says: '-Our harbor is about shut up by tha
ice; the river between the city and Bloody
Island is being quite frozen over."
A portion of tiie Telegnphic Virg, on the
r-u e between Phiiadep'iia and Baltimore,
Was wantonly torn down on Sunday night.
Wit in Cundhess During the debate in
Cungnsson Monday upon the reception of
the anti-Texas peiitions, Mr. Johnson of
Term., sent up to thn clerk, to read some
slave advertisements in Boston papers of the
years 1711-5, which is said to have made
much m-rriinent. Phis may be very wi'ty-but
the oniv point we can see in it is, that' there
is a tPlforence of a century between the civ
ilization a id Christianity "of Missachnaetta
atrl that of the South. .floson JJrhiir.
At Galveston, Tex.is,previous to the 18th,
the weather had been severely cold, ice for
ming to the thickness of half an inch.
Fuekzinu to Death. The cold his been
intense on the Pennsylvania mountain. The
Cumberland Civilian says that Mr. Thomas
Hickey.an industrious German mechanic, ha
ving been taken with an attack of the cramp
on his way home, was unable to proeeed.p.nd
w ,s ; eind n-xt morning in a dying condition.
The Civilian learns also that a man at Mount
Siv.v-? froze to doth the sjmu n ght and
another at Krostburg. We nlso leirn from
the Howard (M l.) District Free P re6s that
Rezin Moxley, Esq., was frozen to death one
night last week by exposure to cold. Mr.
Moxley, was about 70 years of age.
CONVENTIONS.
STEPHEN S. and ABBV KELLEY
FOSTER will bold meetings at New Bright
on, r.i., on sunitay me ltu ot January.
At Pittsburgh, commencing- on the 6th of
January and continuing several days.
New Castle, on Saturday and Sunday the
17th mid 18th of January.
Mercer, on Tuesday and Wednesday the
20th and ilst of January. These meetings
ail commence at 10 o'clock. A. M.
A N TI-.S L A V ER V M E ETI N G.
J. Elizabeth Hitchcock and Beni. S. Jonee
will lecture en next Satuiday evening and en
Sunday at lu o'clock, a. m., and at -A p. m.,
at the Lyceum H ill near Westvillo.
RECEIPTS FOR THE "BUGLE"
FIIO.M nncRMUKR ltll TO THE 3lst.
A. II. Minfull, .lii;ui!a. Jos. Carroll, Jla
V'nn i, M. Metzoutr, Jesse Nichols, John Al
len, Enns Woo g Culumhi iif, E. P. Town
send, Killilon, J. O. Heigliton, JtmiUlown,
Isaac Johnson, A. Volaw, a u Harden, Jas.
Davis, I'olfci-tpillr, S. Harris, Ml. Union 91
50 each.
A. H. Willis, Frtrparl, John Craven,
Fa.'Mim, $1 each.
Pleooes. Laae Johnson, SI, M. C. Grif
fith,, M. Wireman, A. M. Robinson, each
25 coats.