Anti-slavery bugle. [volume], January 09, 1846, Image 4

About Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861

Image provided by: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH

                
POETRY.
THE SOUTH.
BY A. B. MEEK.
Oh! cumo to llio South, sweet beautiful ono,
Tis the clime uf the heart, tis the shrine of
the Bim,
Where tli sky ever shines with a passionate
glow,
And flowers spread their treasures of crimson
and snow;
Whero the breeze o'er the waters wafts in
cense along,
And gay birds are glancing in leauty and
song;
Where summer smiles overoach mountain and
plain,
And the best gifts of Eden enshadow'd ro
muin. Oh! come to the South.
The shrine cf the sun,
And dwell in its bowers,
Sweet beautiful one!
Oh! come to the South, and I'll build thee a
home,
Whew winter shall never intrusively eoine;
The queen-like catalpa, the myrtle and pine,
The gold-fruited orange, the ruby-gem'd vine
Khali bloom round thy dwelling and shade
thee at noon,
While birds of all music keep amorous tune;
By the gush of glad fountains we'll rest us
at eve,
No troubles to vox us, no sorrows to grieve,
Oh! come to the South
The shrine of the sun,
And dwell in its bowers,
Sweet beautiful one!
Oh! come to the South tis the home of the,
heart,
No sky like its own can deep passion im
part, The glow of its summer is felt in the soul,
And Love keopeth ever his fervent control!
Oh! there would thy beauty most brilliant
ly beam,
And life pass away liko some delicate
dream;
Each wish of thy heart shall realized be,
And this beautiful land seem an Eden to
thee!
Then como to the South
The shrine of the sun,
And dwell in its bowers,
Sweet beautiful one!
Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
For the Anti-Slavery Bugle.
THE SOUTH.
BY THOMAS WICKERSHAM.
Beware of the South, ye lovely and fair,
'Tis the land of the slave, 'tis the homo of
despair,
Where the shrieks of wild anguish resound
through the sky,
And the groans of the bondmen pass con
stantly by;
Where the wail of tho slavo-mother floats on
the breeze,
As she bloeds 'ncath the shade of the gold
fruited trees;
Where the smiles of the summer are turned
into woe,
And the beauties of Eden with tears over
flow! Beware of the South,
The land of the slavo,
'Tie the home of oppression
'Tis Liberty's grave!
Bewaie of the South, oh! accept not tho
home,
Where sorrow and sadness will fail not to
come;
Where the queenlike catalpa is stained with
the blood,
That flows 'neath tho scourging of tyranny's
rod;
Where the oaths of the tyrant ara mingled all
day
With the notes of tho songstor whilo chant
ing its lay;
And the fountains glad music is drowned in
the twang
By tho driver's fierce whip, and tho fetter's
loud clang!
Beware of tho South
Tho land of tho slave,
Where tyranny's banners,
Triumphantly wave?
Beware of the South there tho kindred in
heart,
Are severed for aye in tho slavemonger's
mart;
And the glow of the Love-light that lumines
the soul
Is quenched by the curse of the ulaver's con
trol! Your beauty shall fade in that region of
. night,
And the guilt of oppression your happiness
blight;
Each hope you have cherished shall fade like
a dream,
And existence float sadly down misery's
stream!
Beware of the South,
'Tis a land in disguise,
lis hopes are delusions
Its promises, lies!
Bewire of the South in an hour of wrath,
A tempest shall rise on the slaveholder's
path;
And a cloud, like a death-pall, shall sullenly
loom,
Enshrouding its beauty in sorrow and gloom;
And the pent-up destruction that's slumbering
there;
J 11 ihe bosoms that vibrate 'tween hope and
despair,
Shall burst like an earthquake, and whelm
like a flood
Till its fires are quenched in a red sea of
blood!
Beware of the Souih
There is vengeance at hand
For the blood of the bondmen
That cries from her land!
Beware of tho south oh! attempt not the
gloom, . . -ii
Lest you share with the tyrant his terriblo
doom;
For the hour is coming ah! soon twill be
here,
When tho hands of the strong men shall
quiver with fear!
The foe shall upspring where ho crouching
lintli lain,
And exultingly lift his red hand o'er the
slain;
And tho shouts of the ruthless avenger shall
blend
With the wail that goes up where no arm
shall befriend!
Beware of the South,
For tho hour draws nigh
When tho arm that is bound shall
Be lifted on high!
Beware of tho South for oh! dark is tho
hour
That awaitcth tho downfall of tyrranny's
power!
When tho flames round her mansions leap
flashing on high,
And the sound of rebellion comes thundering
by.
When tho helpless are left for a spoil and a
prey,
And the hand of the ravisher bears them
away
Oil! then will the bloom of the South bo laid
low,
Liko the glory of Sodom, in anguish and
woe!
Beware of the South,
For its beauty is dim,
And t'uo red-cup of vengeance,
Is filled to the brim!
Clinton, Co. O.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Baltimore American
From the Baltimore American THE CHINESE AT CANTON-THE
CITY AND ITS SHOPS.
What can this greatcommercial emporium,
this city of Canton, be compared to, in its
windings and intricacies, but to a spider's
web; and we luckless rovers but tho insects
that rush heedlessly into the trap, and then
find our progress stopped on the outskirts, de
barred alike from the groves and gardens a
round, and from the central citadel of the be
seiged, whoso boundaries we invade? Plan
ted in the suburbs, wo are t'dd by friends that
wo must not venture within tho city walls,
and we naturally inquire why, and get on a
house-top with a spy-glass tostareatthis wall,
dilTering not from others, and which is so
built over as scarcely to bo seen. Butonc ap
proaching Canton, perceives upon hia right
three conspicuous hills, with a wall plainly
discernible running over their summits, and
they form the northern extremity of the city
boundary, guarded by a Tartar station. Can
ton is in lorm nearly a paral lelogram, laby
rinth of blind alleys, paved with broad gran
ite stones; square after square is passed, and
still tho front of every house ia a shop.
Those devoted to the use of the Chinese are
entirely open to tho street; those alone where
foreigners deal are protected with doors. But
most of these lanos am guarded at night, and
great gate3 are closed so that nono can
pass.
Tho shops are usually two stories high, the
lower appropriated to tho immediate sale and
show of goods; the upper, which isbut partly
floored, having a narrow passage and ballus
trade running around it, is devoted to unpack
ed goods, or serves as a sleeping room.
l'rom the narrowness of the streets the
shops would he very dark, were it not for a
window always mado in the roof, admitting
light which the Chinese well know how to
increase or shade, suited to the goods they
show. A set of well-fitted shelves is placed
behind the shopkeopor, and a row of chairs
usually appears on each side of the room. At
the indispensable counter, a Chinaman may
always be seen with his swungpan or calcu
lating machine beforo him; this consists of a
certain number of halls on wires set in a frame
and with which the most didicult computa
tions are made by the Chinese with perfect
accuracy and great rapidity. A smooth stono
is also necessary for rubbing the commonly
called Indian ink used in writing, and brush
es are employed, held perpendicularly be
tween tho thumb and forefinger.
The Chinrso are truo philosophers; they
will not rise from tahlo at meal times toservo
customers; they then shut too tho little shop
doors. But wo will violate, for once, their
rules, and enter Cheongshing's variety store
in New China street, just as the inmates are
sitting down to their breakfast. We observe
thatsevoral glass lanterns are hanging in va
rious parts of the shop; and that there are or
naments ovor the counter and in the upper
story of carved screen work, of which the
Chinese arc very fond. We hoar tho sound
of something stewing, and presently a serv
ant places a dozen bowls of rice and vegeta
bles on the circular table in tho middle of the
(hop, and Cheongshing, his sons and assist
ants sit down together and each ono drawing
out a pair of ivory or wooden chopsticks,
seizes his bowl, arid the battle begins. How
great is tho error of those who suppose tint
a Chinaman eating riee contents himself by
picking it up grain by grain! Undoubtedly
lie can do so, for thoso dexterous sticks held
by the two first fingers and thumb of tho right
hand, seize upon the most slippery substance
with the unrelenting gripe of a snapping tur
tle. But the bowl is generally kept near tho
mouth, the head thrown back, the jaws ex
tended to their fullest extent, and the nimble
sticks shovel in the rice in a manner marvel
ous to behold. All those tails are dangling
straight downwards, all those eyes upraised
in ecstaey, as each mouth, for one moment
seems to contain a little hill of rice. Tlieua
gurgling sound is heard, and the rice heaps
sink out of sight with the rapidity of light
ning, and they all draw long breaths, and sot
down their bowls slowly, and look into them
onee more. Finally Cheongshing and the
party get up slowly, staro at us as if just a
ware of our presence, and seem quite ready
to show their goods, and ask if we too have
taken breakfast. In every shep is a little
nitch or shrine, ornamented with characters
in gold, and sometimes with gaudy figures of
idols. Before this little shrino are slicks of
incense constantly burning; these are about
the size of maccaroni, and some of spiral
form are set on a wire frame. As these burn
for a long time they are admirably adapted
for segars, and one of them placed in a tray
resembling a long boat 13 always set on the
i .i.lo after dinner amonff tho foreigners. So
enormous is the consumption of these sticks,
that it has been computed that millions of dol
lars are expended yearly in their purchase,
and in nil tho houses, in the streets, in the
boats, and in the open fields, these sticks send
up their smoke forever. Their curling wreaths
ascending arc in fact the hourly prayers of
China's mighty population; the almost uni
versal worship of millions whose ears have
never listened to the music of a Sabbath bell.
In each shop is a high wooden receptacle for
pipes, the ever present tea pot, and the long
scrolls of red or white paper inscribed with a
maxim from some old author in gold or black
characters. Somo of the shopman's cronies
may often be seen smoking, talking, or ta
king a enn of tea; thev have no politics to
discuss, cannot wrangle about tho proceed
ings of Congress, or tell who is to go in, and
who to come out; so their conversation is al-
wavs carried on in an orderly quiet manner,
forming a pleasing contrast to the noisy bar
room talk in our own country.
Canton has a very mean, dingy appearance
in all the streets, with tho exception of some
tew filled with gay shops, and those in which
the houses of tho wealthy Uhinese are situa
ted. A few are distinguished with English
names, and are of better appearance and great
er width than the Generality of vile sewers
dignified with tho name of streets. At the
doors aro hung little lacquered boards, with
the names and calling ol tho shopmen paint
ed upon them.
Here is a variety store, furnishing fifty
thousand fans, at three weeks' notice, down
to an opium pipe, or mandarin's sword, at a
moment's warning. Hero is a shop for the
sale of matting; small lots exhibited brought
from a vant warehouse far in tho suburbs,
containing one hundred thousand rolls. Here
a porcelain store with fine ware, rarely deco-
rated jars enameled with historic scenes and
brilliant birds and flowers! costly setsot man
tie ornaments, and singular tops of tables
painted with figures of fighting mandarins,
and richly robed ladies; immense bowls in
blue, crimson, and gold; high narrow necked
llower holders with anuque characters or
scenery; and little curiosities, Dragon-cups
and Tantalus cups, llore is a silk store with
its pongees and levantines, its preen, white
and scarlet crape shawls, and gorgeous satin
damask and embroidery. Hero a lacquer ware
store with tables, secretaries, waiters, work
boxe3, and magnificent scrcem painted in
black and gold, with animals, fruits, plants,
and representations of China's landscape gar-
.1 : I 1 . I I . - J . -.1.
ueiuiig, una cuevs lames iniuiu wun ivory and
mother of pearl. Here grass cloth, fine and
whito, for handkerchiefs or dresses. Here a
curiosity store, with porcelain purporting to
oe ceniuries oiu; aim jaue sione vases, ana
cups of rhinoceros horn, with elaborately car
ved stands, and singular roots, and magic
mirrors. Then, too, these ivory carvers, with
delicate fans, hand screens, and card racks-
chess men a foot high with exquisite cos-
tunics, and cut as though in the soltest sub
stance, and ring-nuzzles, and balls within
ball
"Centric and eccentric scribbled o'er,
Cycle and epicycle orb in orb."
Such are a few of the shops in China street
and a walk ot two minutes will bring us to
Hog Lane, rightly named; the vilest sink un
der the sun, a long narrow den of scoundrels
filth and crime, and having said enough of i
we will pass on through one or two alleys
turn around this corner, get out ot the way
of this sedan, and find ourselves in Picture
street.
Here we see lamps, lustres, and ornamon
tal paintings on glass, lanterns, square or oc
tagon shape, with carved frames or colored
designs of landscape or figures. Some of
those reprssent personages in Chinese my
thology in very gorgeous robes, and others
demons of the air and devils spitting at each
other; these are set in high carved frames, and
if brought to this country may serve as firo
screens. The pointing is on the back of the
glass, precisely as the art 13 practiced else-
where,
Another turn, and yet another, and we en
ter Physic 6treet, filled with apothecaries'
shops of neat appearance, containing all tho
ingredients of Chinese .Materia Medica.
This at a short distance changes its name,
becoming Curiosity street, wher all thoso
articles of fictitious value are exposed forsalc.
Some are undoubtedly ancient and others
made ts look so. How old is that vase? in
quired the American Consul of a shop keep
er. Twenty thousand years, was the very
prompt answer. These two last streets aro
quite cheerlul in their air, pretty broad and
clean, and immense white signs with scarlet
characters arc hung perpendicularly at each
shop door, giving tho whole street a very
brilliant appearance. But Carpenter Square
gives tho bes dea of the actual labor of tho
Chinese Artisa..s, because we see them there
engaged at work at all hours. Several en
tire streets are devoted to furniture, or branch
es relating to carpentry. Tho work is neat,
beautifully carved, if needed, and very cheap.
There is a wood from Chin-Chew resemb
ling rose wood, of which they make a great
many ornaments and articles of furniture.
This takes a high polish, and when stained
black has much the appearance of ebony.
The whole air here is perfumed with cam
phor wood, of which immense quantities are
used made into trunks and other articles,
and sent all over the world. These retain
their agreeable scent for years, and are admi
rably adapted for woolens, as no bugs c m en
dure the perfume. Tho carpenters aro very
expeditious; the clink of their hammers is
heard from morning till night; planes are
smoothing the boards, and men stand ready
to saw them to their proper lengths, and nail
them together; to put on the blocks and hin
ges, and rivet the brass clasps, or cover them
with leather.
No man is ever seen yawning over his task;
at leisure he enjoys himself, but at woik givrs
iii3 strength and mind and soul to his call
ing. The people resemble ants; their im
mense numbers enable them to perform ope
rations in an incredibly short space of time;
we see no horses, nor oxen, nor heavy wagons
employed; no slow moving cranes, or great
application of the great mechanical powers,
but men, nimble handed , numberless men,
who need nothing of the kind, because they
use for every thing all the brains and all the
fingers that God has given them. They must
work to live, and they know that their happi
ness consists in working- cheerfullv: thev
have reduced living to more existence, and one
must go to lhina to learn how Jew in reality
are tho real necessities of life; how labor is
cheapened and multiplied; what human in
dustry is capable of accomplishing; how
many privations human nature will sustain;
how little it will regard pleasure, and how
it will make work a pastime. Truly the
spectacle of Chinese cheerful industry is an
improving sight, for what it has done is ex
emplified by the position of the nation, which,
without loreign aid, wuh mighty obstacles to
surmount under the brutality of Tartar dom
ination, has made itself a marvel to all tho
earth, and would were it necessary, raise
monuments far more stupendous than the sev
T,
THE RICH MERCHANT.
It was night and the streets were nearlv de
serted, the more especially as it was snowing
lasi. a single traveller However, might havo
been seen wrapped in a thick overcoat, urg
ing his way against the tempest, by the light
of the dim lamps. Suddenly as ho passed
a ruinous tenement, the figure of a girl start
ed up Li more luiu.
' Please, sir, she said, if it's only a penny,
mother is sick, and wo have nothing to eat
to day."
The first impulse of the moment was to go
on, the second to stop. He looked at the
girl. Her face was thin and pale, her gar
ments scanty. He was a man of good im
pulse, so he put his hand towards his pock
et intending to give her a shilling. But the
traveller forgot that his overcoat was button
ed tightly over his pocket.
' It is too much trouble,' he said to himself,
'and this wind is very cutting. liesides
these beggars are usually cheats. I'll war
rant this girl wants this money to spend ii:
some gin shop.' And, speaking harshly, ho
said, '1 have nothing lor you! II you are
really destitute, the guardians will take care
of you.
The girl shrank back without a word, and
drew her tattered garment around her shiver
ing form. But a tear glistened on her cheek
in the light ol the dim lump.
The man passed on, and turning the next
corner soon knocked at the door ot a splendid
mansion, through whose richly curtained win
dows a rosy light streamed out across the
storm. A servant obsequiously gave him
entrance. At the sound uf his footsteps the
parlor door was opened, and a beautitul girl,
apparently about seventeen, sprang into his
arms, kissed him on his cheek; and then be
gan to assist him in removing his overcoat.
'What kept you so long, dear papa? If I
had known where you were I would have sent
the carriage. You never stay so late at the
office.'
No my love, I was at my lawyer's busy,
very bii9y, and all fur you,' and he kindly
patted her cheek. ' But now, Maggy, can't
you get ine some supper?'
The daughter rang the bell and ordered the
supper to be served. It was such an ono as
an epicure would delight in, just the supper
for a traveller on a night like that.
' Pa,' said the daughter when it was finish
ed, ' I hope you are in good humor, for I have
a favor to ask of you,' and sho threw her
arms around his neck, and looked up in his
face with a winning smile, and those beauti
ful dark eyes of hers. 'I wish to give a ball
on my birthday, my eighteenth birthday. It
will cost, oh ! a sight of money ; but you are
a kind, good papa, and I know you have
been successful, or you would not have been
at your lawyer's.
' Yes, my darling,' he said, fondly kissing
her, the cotton speculation has turned out
well. 1 sold all I had of the article this af
ternoon, received the money, and took it to
my lawyer's telling him to invest it in real
estate. I think I shall give up the busi
ness ! '
' Oil, do, do, papa. But you will give this
ball, won't yon 1 '
' You little tease,' said the father, but he
spoke smilingly; and putting his hand in his
pocket-book, he took out a note of $500 and
placed it in his child's hand.
'Tako this: if it is not enough you must
havo another, I suppose. But don't trouble
me about it any more.'
The next morning broke clear, but the
snow was a foot deep, and lay here and there
in huge drifts, blocking up the doorways.
At ten o'clock the rich merchant was on his
way to his counting-room. Ho turned down
tho same street up which ho had come the
preceoding evening. A crowd had gathered
round the cellar door of a ruined tenement.
The merchant paused to inquire what was the
matter.
' A woman, sir, has been found dead below
there,' said one of the spectators; 'she starv
ed to death, it is said, and they have sent for
the Coroner. Her daughter has just come
back, after being out all night. I believe she
was begging. That's her, moaning."
' Ah: said the merchant, and a pang went
through his heart like an ice-bolt, for he re
membered having denied the petitioner the
night beforo. He pushed through the crowd
and de3cended the cellar stpps. A girl bent
over an emaciated corpse that lay on a heap
of straw in one corner of the damp apartment.
It was ths samo girl he had feared it would
prove. The merchant was horror-struck.
'My poor child,' laying his hand on her
shoulder, 'you must be oared for. God for
give me for denying you last night. Here
tako this ! ' and ho put a bill into her hand.
Tho girl looked up and gazed vacantly
at him: then sho put back the proffered mo
ney. i'ho merchant at that moment would have
given half his fortune to have recalled her to
life.
The lesson thus learned ho never forgot.
The merchant personally saw that a decent
burial was provided for the mother and after
wards took the daughter into his own house,
educated her for a high station in life, and on
her marriage, presented her with a proper
dowry. He lived to hoar her children lisp
their gratitude.
Peace. The friends of peace in England
havo a novel but very effective method of
exciting in the minds ot the peoplo an ah-
horronco of the absurd and wicked custom ol
war. In those places to which the officers
of tho government are sent to obtain recruits
tor the armv, tho opponents ot human uuten-
ery post nt the corners ol tho streets and at
other public places, placards like tho lollow
ing, displayed in large letters so as to attract
WANTED!!
Several Thousand able bodied Men,
To shoot or to be shot at!!
Or to perish miserably by thirst and starvutiou
on the plains of India.
N. B. The Duke cf Wellington says
that no one who entertains nice scruples a
bout religion, has any business in the army.
Nonesuch need apply.
It is said that thousands, tempted by pov
erty and discouragement, have by this means
been deterred from enlisting in the army.
Tribune.
Mv Kingdom for a Swonn. Sometime
ago we appealed to our military friends for
an old sword. If any of them havo such a
tool, that has dono the Stato somo service on
training days, and will lend it to us, we will
give it a christian name on our anvil. A
bout the first of January, there is to be a great
Anti-Slavery Fair in Faneuil Hall; v.hew
thousands of things, bearing each the crown
mark of Liberty, will bo exhibited and sold.
Hard, red, horny fingers, and finger like tw igs
of alabaster ringed with diamonds, arc at
work for the slave, and we would have a
hand in that business too. It may he a mero
fancy of ours, but we should affect much Vt
stick the devil end of a sword into the firo
and shape it into a paining hook or horso
shoe, and then hang it up in Faneuil Hall
as an evidence of the possibility of welding
Christianity on to Paganism. Christian Cit
izen. F rom Ihe Columbian Magazine.
THE SELF-CONSCIOUS AND THE
UNCONSCIOUS.
HV I.. MARIA CHILD.
With whizz and glare the rocket rushed
upward, proclaiming to all men, Lo, I am
coming! Look lit me!" Gracefully it bent
in the air, and sprinkled itself in shining frag
ments; but the gem like sparks went cut in
the darkness, and a stick on the ground was
all that remained of the rocket.
High above the horizon a radiant star sho:; e
in quiet glory, making the night time beau
tiful. Men knew not when it rose; for it went
up in the stillness.
In a rich man's garden stands a pagoda.--The
noise of the hammers told of its pro
gress, and all men knew how much was ad
ded to it day by day. It was a pretty toy,
with curious carving and gilded bells. But
it remained as skill had fashioned it, and grew
not, nor cast ucd into the fnt.ro.
An oak noiselessly dropped an acorn near
by, and two leaves sprang from the ground,
and became a fair young tree. Tho gardner
said to tho hawthorn, "When did tho oak go,
above you?" The hawthorn answerod, "I
do not know; for it passed quietly by in tha
night.
Thus does mere talent whizzand hammer,
to produce the transient forms of things, whilp
genius unconsciously evolves tho great and
tli j beautiful, and 'casts it silently into ever
lasting time.'
" I Meant to." "1 meant to tell you of
that hole," said a man to his friend who
stumbled into a pit full of water. "No
matter now, no matter now," said tho other,
blowing the mud and water out of his mouth,
"1 have found it."
A little boy, more thoughtful than hoys
generally are, but not more than they should
be, on being tumbled into the mud by n
comrade, was asked why he did'nt serve his
abuser in the same manner, when he replied
"If I should there would he two suits o f
clulhes to clean."
A young urchin being severely reprimand
ed by his mother for saying "hem.," remem
bered the chastis3inent, and cn the following
Sabbath when the minister, in preaching, us
ed the word, l-aped up and exclaimed,
" By jings ! if you had my mother to deal
with, you wouldn't swear that way without
getting licked, I know."
ANTI-SLAVERY PUBLICATIONS.
J. EMS Ari'JZl IBMSEB&GSS ha.
just roceived and lias now for sale at her
boarding house, Sarah Galbreath'ts, west etui
of High st.
THE CONSTITUTION A PRO-SLAV -ERY
COMPACT, or selections khom.
ths Madison Papers.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF THIEVES.
OR A TRUE PICTURE OF THK AmKRICAK
Church and Clergy, by S. S. Foster,
COME OUTERISM, or the dutv or se
cession FROM A CORRUPT CHURCH, by Wffl.
Goodoll.
THE AMERICAN CHUROHS the BUL,
WAR KS OF AMERICAN SLAVERY,
by James G. Birney,
"THE OFFERING,"
"THE DISUNIONlSlV.by Wendell Phil-
"ARCHY MOORE" by Richard R. Hil
dreth. "VOICES OF THE TRUE HEARTED
From No. 1 to fi inclusive.
PORTRAIT OF LUCRETIA MOTT,
CHANNING'S LAST ADDRESS.
NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE Oi'.FRED-
ERICK DOUGLASS.
GARRISON'S POEMS."
THE SLAVEHOLDER'S RELIGION.