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COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Lecturing Field.
West Bidford, Coshocton co.,
Dee. 1C, li7. )
Com.,
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Uur last report was from Hartford. J'rorn
there i we went to Lock, a small town on the
line between Licking ond Knox counties
V found in Mr. Babcnek, a preacher of the
United Brethren order, a friend to ourselves
and of free discussion. He and Mr. Mead,
n school-teacher, very kindly entertain! u
during our stay. Held two meetings, both
ot winch were well attended. We think the
impression left was very good. At all events
we left the place in a fermentation of excite
ment. So far as we could see, discussion
had taken the place of labor. We gave them
our strongest meat. Obtained three subseri
bers for the Bugle sold but few books.
Our meetings here were on the Cth and ?th
inst.
Cighth and Ninth at Homer. At this
place Dr. Wheatnn received and entertained
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u. .,UB,,.,d01T. u,a wnat ne could for
u. in geutng up nieellurrs. Lint so ne nm.
eni was the weather, and so horribly muddy
small on the first evening, and on the second,
...v iuuiih mat uur uircim? was mute
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aa the rain fell in torrents, we were unable to
Hum iiicciiiig ui an. noinor is pretty good
ground for future operations.
rrom Homer we went to Utica, where we
remained four days, and held, during tha
lime, five meetings; This is the Anti-Slave
ry garden of Licking co. In no place during
our siuy in this region have we held so satis
factory meetings as here. 1 1 is an intelligent
community, a good deal abolliionized in feel
ing, withal. Mr. Knowlton, who entertain
ed us, ia ono who honors God by bestowing
a due proportion of all his increase, in the
service of humanity. This mliglon savors
cf James' kind, by uniting " worct " with
" faith." At bis own expense ha has built a
Hall which will comfortably seat from four
to five hundred persons, costing about the
same number of dollars. FwrEno.M's Hall.
1 hanks to this man's noble soul, humanity
cannot now be turned out of I'lica.
We discussed the whole question pretty
thoroughly before though the going was
very bad respectable audiences. Very Jeep.
did the people seem interested. An im
pression was made which we are sure will
not soon be effaced. Obtained ten subscri
bers for the Bugle sold from eight to ten
dollars worth of books.
We found in Uliea quite a large church of
Old School Covenanters. This church is
known, ao Car aa it ia known at all, to occu
py the ground of our Sociely, in regard to
the United States Government. The mem
bers neither vote nor take ofiice under, nor
swear allegianco to it. Like ourselves, they
regard the Constitution of the United States
as "a covenant with dealh and an agreement
with hell." When we have arraigned the
great pro-slavery churches of this land for
trial, we have universally excepted this bo
dy. When on the church question at Utica,
we had the exception hifore us. The cir
cumstance was no more novel than cheering.
is always a great satisfaction to have the
evidence of our senses to an important fact.
We now have it in regard to this; and can
testify that wo have $een nnd now know a
church in our land occupying a true anti-slavery
position.
We had the satisfaction, which proved to
be a great one, of an early acquaintance with
Mr. McFarland, the Covenanter minister
a gentkmcn airy way. In heart and tout
reformer. Formerly he was an active anti
slavcry lecturer. lias often braved the fury
of American mobs. But when anti-slavery
in Ohio took a political turn, his principles
forbade him to co-operate, and he has there
fore since done but little out of his church
think our visit at Utica will result in open
"ing a way by which his powerful energies
will be brought into active operation. If ao,
the slave's friends may well rejoice.
On Tuesday, the 14th, we left I'tica and
Licking eo. The maxim was demonstrated
"that a bad beginning (at Granville) makes
good ending (at Utica.) On this evening
we beld a very satisfactory meeting in the
Union Meeting House at Martinsburgh.
Sold a large number of books and obtained
three subscribers for the Bugle. The Prin
cipal of the Academy here, Mr. McKee, kept
us over nicht. He is verv raformatnrv in
his feelings, and a warm-hearted abolitionist.
He and his kind lady, furnished us the beet
kind of a so-journur's home. We come next
day to this place, IS mile. The roads were
next to impassible.
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P. S. Last evening we held meeting
in this place, West Bedford. Were driven
. from the Church and Temperance Hall into
a very small school room, which was crow
ded wilh persons who, most of them seemed
very much interested. As the Methodists
re most numerous here we paid our respect
'to their church in genuine Garrisonian style.
This brought out "Rev." Clark of that or
4er, w ith the billingsgate characteristic of
his cloth. Meeting held five bous, and clo-
ti ia great excitement. The work is left
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Modern Infidelity.
Modern Infidelity. What is it? Thero ii
, scarce a pulpit or a (to-called) religious pa-
per in the land, which is nut almost constant-
ly employed in warning the people Against
i what is called "modern,", t,t tlm "Present
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; " importance to understand precisely
liat it is. There are, it seems to me, two
ways of coming nt it; one is by taking the
description given of it hy those who claim
' tbe "orthodox," and the other is by
' comparing it with modern Christianity,
I recentlv nolinml n n,l tn,n.al.mn.
i rious ariicln on lliis stibiect: so much so that i
.. u.wuv... i ,Uj mirnuoii. ii was an aruciR
headed "The present type of Infidelity,"
written by a Theological Student of Oher-
lin, and published in the Evangelist of Sept.
29, and may, I suppree, be receivod as the
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giumim i ueuiugy oi inai i neoiogicai ocnooi.
I can only give a few extracts. The writer
! "Infidelity is arraying herself at the pres-
ent time, in robes of most dazzling brillian-
l y. imrouuces nerscir 10 our acquam-
lance uv cuiorizinir in the hlchest terms the
j ofty ,j orlou( i!iaracler 0, jPSU, Christ.
She rfnren.m. Kim n,u , ,!;. .,,., r
rvuryuiing lovely and noiile. His lilo was
ilnintfCtllatn nnritv. U'ilhnnt annl M Ulamial. I
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b J ",D mmur ui iii-ine i nriii:ii, jub- j
tice. mercy, magnanimity and truth. Who :
" . ,uu upon me pnrirau wincn even inn-
deli'y dVW8 of ',le Si,vior'g character, and
"ot feel his soul's deepest emotion of gran-
dernr and sublimity moved within him 1 Our
wariiieat admiration and love involuntarily j
K" "u, min ii lining oi sucn nonie annuities,
Nor IS this a ronmnrn. No. l!vor n..r.1
which Infidelity here sav, of Chri 's c r.
acter is truth precious truth."
Who ever before discovered that Infidels
so hishi'y exited the blcsed Son i,f ftn.l t
Would that the whole world could l. imln.
ccd thus to regard the glorious character off
Jesus Christ the Savior of njen. But again: !
"The imposing type of Infidelity of which j
wo speak is associated with some of the no-
b.e reforms of the age. especially with the
anti-slavery and temperance movants. It !
is throuirh these clianm-la.
succeeds in rtimr Z t ' ,.71!
and alfectioniof son,anv n n ,:
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ed m behalf of the victims of our accursed j
Slavery, and lie who stands I'onh in behalf
his hrethr-m in bonds, ami ha. .r.oi i...
sympathies ot our nature are warmly enlist
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Mtsiri i enough to break away from the shack- I
ico hi (idriy anu consecrate Ins lilu on the at
tar of hleediuir bumanit. lu. n ctr..
the confidence of mnliitudes of philan-
mropic hearts."
The reader must keep in mind that this is
".Vurfcrn," or "The present type of Infideli
ty;" otherwise he might be "led to suppose
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it was a glowing description of Primitivn
Chrislianily. Indeed, what more did the '
Christian ever do than to sacrifice his life on 1
,h. aUar of bleeding humamty, or in other
words, to lay down his life for his brethren.
Can it appear strange to candid reflecting i
that such men should posses the con-'
fidence of philanthropic hearts 1 Once more
he,ilS:
"On the one hand Infidelity presents her- ! '
sen clothed in an angel's robe, and in her :
own inimitably winning way, invites men to
become her followers, while on the other the
nominal christian church has gone into dark
backulininrr. mi.l I.-.., I...- b- - :.i
h. .. luwt.r un ij0a i
and man. She hath in a moM wofiil decree !
IllBt hnr nrimih. , 6
i oniiiiiniiy ano purity we
are compelled to acknowledge that within
the sacra! precincts nf the christian church,
the foulest sin that ever blushed in the face
of the sun, find home and protection."
0 horrible! and yet this i called by mo
dern Theologians, Christianity ! the Chri.
tian Church! .May God save the world from
sach a Christianity.
That we may see more clearly what "Mo
dern Infidelity" is, la us for a moment con
trast it with Modern Christianity. The reli
gion of this country (for I will not call it
Christianity) declares that elaveholding is
not sinful, but is sanctioned by the word of
God. It declares that, the New Testament
has not clearly denied to men a plurality of
wives. It denies that "all war is inconsia
tent with the spirit of Christianity and des
tructive of the best interests of mankind."
While "Modern Infidelity" declare that
slavcholding is the sum of all villanies, and
the man who is a tavMder, undeserving
the name of Christian. It declares and be
lieves in regard to polygamy, that " God in
the beginning made them male nnd female,"
and that Jesus Christ has said, "for this
cause shall a man leave his father and moth
er and cleave unto his wife." As respect
war, it declare that it is all in violation of
the very spirit of Christianity, and that all
men ought to "associate in a league of uni
versal brotherhood," while, shameful to re
late, some of the pmfesned minister are tea
ching the people in this region how, under
some circumstances, they may break the
head of their fellow men, under the sano
tion of God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The fact is, a it appears to me, the reli
gion of the country receives it stamp from a
man-pleasing ana ttnie-servinr DriMihA
who preach for a certain sum, "for Value J
received," and whilo this is sn tl... -in '
course preach that which will best secifte the I
eno they aim at. If any one can conceive
of a better way to account for the present po
sition of the great mas of minister, in .,.
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land, I am willing to receive it. Tui cry of
"Infidel." im v., l. '
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ent day; but I regard it a a mere "n,A ,i
cry," and it will soon be seen by the peo
r'e i "ue light. What are the shiny
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thousand ministers standing in the pulpits of
our lana doing 10 awaken the conscience of
the nation to tie awful mnst Just nothing
st all. They are mere "pulpit drummers."
Ninetf en-twentieths of them are preaching
mere trash, that which men may believe and
be none the better, or disbelieve and be none
the worse, at the same time closing their
pulpits to all who would preach liberty to
the captive, or peace and good will to all
mankind. It is clear to my mind if the great
reforms of the ngc advance at all, (and I ful
ly believe they will) it will be bv
of God, and in spile of the minister, of our
land.
L.
Austinburg, Jan 1, 1848.
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The following letter addressed to a friend
of the writer, is gent us for publication It
was written by an anti-slavcry man, who is
spending the winter in the South
Dear Jam:i : .
Never did I see so wicked a system-a ,v,
,n frought wilh so much ini,,!
lel" bought wilh bo much iniquity as that of
American slavery: truly it is "the sum of all
rillanics." I pray God to snare n.v nr' i
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",u' " I"iU ' may nce be heard in
j 0 in diu in
and vicinity, touching that " orean-
lzed sin. " ill you not sav, Amen ? Mv
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neari is loo lull 10 write, t.iinl.1 I K... i
uean is loo ill II 10 wriln. i:,.i,l.l I k... .1
- S P-P. wlU. the name of I
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arT Taylor emblazoned on their first pace for
resiaeni oi tins Kepublic : (Is he not a fit
,,, for ihcm and th Nation 11
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, , "ame P'B6 ,stll's: " lleligwut.
fc5"'fhe Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will
ueaaminisiereu in the C umberland 1'n nhviori
m '""Yieri-
"U'C" ,nw C"-V' on Sabbal t, ser.
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vices to commence this evening at early candle-light.
Dec. 17"! On the next page is
the following :
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TRUST SALE.
Ph.is'an1 hree miles from the Missiaippi'river,
h,m"2th south-east quarter of section H.and
and'o
seres, "bout one hundred acres of which is in
c.".'livation. This land is unsurpassed in fer
minds, ll"y' ""''V 8l,0V8 "ver-flow, and has upon
promeml 8""anlial a"d CnVenie,,t
The title to the above property is believed
bu" un1ue?,io"ei1. n e will only convey
Pursuant to a Deed of Trust executed to
bv n "'?btower. on the llh day of An-
of 'ce ZToZ;,
Book D., paces 30", fi 7".inT'f
sale to 1, tlt' 1 idt l"r tt
Pjtv 0f Meinnhii in front nf hi n i
V '?.-?. Uny of Janua-
,0,n' ,,,B -roes, to wit:
Rebecca,
Charles,
aged 2 1
" 19
years,
Perry, " 03 "
Frank, "17 "
Solomon, "IS "
Lewis, 30
John, "It
Jack, " lfi "
Caroline, " 20
Charity, J3
Also, on Friday, the 7lh day of January,
18IS, on the nrpnii T r i ... i i..:.
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the county of Crittenden, and State of Ar-
couniy oi Crittenden, and State of Ar
kansas, about eiirht n,iU. .n,,.m.., f vt.
j r er ana v,rtlle ot 8uch
WM. W. HART.
PF.TEIt G. REBVES,
Trustees.
Yes, God's image held in trust for the pay
ment of debts, and to be sold " in front of the
Commercial Hotel"! one of the most public
place in the city, " to the highest bidder"!
On the next page is "20 dollars reward" of
fered for a man who has run away, and is
guilty of the crime of being blacl;, or a mulat
to. Could I show you this, as it is seen by
myself, I think you, wilh me, would curse
the system, which beggars all description;
for the Slave' woes have never been told.
Handbills are posted upon the corners of the
streets in this city now, ofiVring three "like
ly Negroes for sale ; two men, and one wo
manjnamed Anarchy, (!) by order of the court,
Title indisputable," te. &.C
There is a poor woman living but a few
steps from the place of my occupation, who
hires her time from another woman who owns
her " according to the law thereof" in this
Suite; who pays her mistress ciKhl dollar,
per month for her lime, so dear is freedom ;
she also supports herself and child, buys her
wood, which is 3 dollar, per cord, buys wa
ter to wash with, at 10 eta. per barrel, cut
some of her wood ; also buy the other neces
sary article, for her business of washing and
ironing. Thi. I bad from herself: she live
in a poor miserable hovel, not better than
some Northern out-houscs.
If this be not robbery. I know not what
robbery ran r.U, jn; and lig u 0h)y om)
instance out of m.ny that can be mention
ed. Member. ,.t ,S, .Sj, Circles, will you
not eoniieo t, ,,rk, nd worki an(J work
away, Ui tie w.t,i wvmtn ! Compared wilh
he"h kjl". Friends of the slave,
fa.nt wa in r0,u so do good, and may
,,,e 1 reward you all ia so
aoinj.
CV,r,cnce,f she term can be applied to
t.ie governing pr.rciple of the people here
i. moddUd after the Constitution of th. ri.
io Malts."
Truly tl.i. Ilii i A
iruly tin. hellish nys.em of
things rinds "guarantied there, and proiec
tion from the law made in conformity there
to. 1
My dear Brother, do you not love yourchil
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dren. these nil. one., your present care, and
hnnitl TV. ..L i....
future bopel To ask, i. but to answer the
question. Mavery, that demon from the in-'si-el
f:t,Enr.ii.;'s(4, M.ry lie, Miy iir.ni.
ty in society. It belongs to God, and to Him
only, to take from the arms of the mother her
tender offspring. This the heartless slave
holder does.
I will give you an instance which I had
fiom a slave in person, to-day: He belong
ed to Col. I BRke(1 if ,B WBg ma"r.
ned; he said he was. If he had any chil
dren; he said two, the oldest 3 years old.
I again in ' Yankee style" asked if they liv
ed with him, his last reply was, his master
sold them, because his mistress did not be
lieve in black children i that she did not want
the trouble of them ! These were his words,
and they aunk deep into my heart, Poor
man, thought I, how indiscribably wretched
is your condition.
Adieu.
T.
Appeal to Women.
Tree daughters of America, will you lend
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"TV W'.s a mournful picture, and your
J our ears a moment to the sad recital ot a sin
...I'lV nraris, oounuitig with hilarity seem
reluctant to be made sad by a' lale of sorrow.
Your laughing eyes sepin not made for tears,
and 'twere a pity to cloud your joyous path
way Willi mournful recitals of wrong and cru
elty. And yet your tender hearts ao often bea
ting responsive to the call ofmercy, constrain
me if possible to reach those trcmblimr
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chords, and awaken a thrilling note in behalf
ot humanity.
You enjoy Liberty. One and a half mil
lions of your sisters know its sweets only
byname! Crushed beneath the iron hand
of despotism, the endearing word but aw a
kens a mournful feeling of hondago in their
bosoms; and if they dare seek that boon the
favored prize, the baying or blood hounds, or
the crack ot the slave driver s whip, calls them
back to chains and slavery.
No haughty tyrant claims even the fruits
of your industry; while your poor sable sis
ter is robbed of every right; her offspring
claimed by another, and rudely torn from her,
and her own body held as properly and sold
at pleasure.
Home blesnes you wilh its endearing
charms and around your hearth clusters eve
ry joy of mutual love and fund enchantmen).
Your colored sister has no home. How can
that be called homo where a master claims a
superior right to her husband and children,
and who gives her them only on suffrage t
If in her humble cabin sometimes rises the
joyful revel of "the song of love," tho rude
hand of her master may all unexpectedly still
the echo by tearing away the dear ones whose
voices composed the happy song; nay, she
herself may he torn from her family at the
caprice of the slave proprietor.
You claim at least the ownership of self.
The slave woman knows not the privilege of
raising her own hand at will. To keep
what she earned would bo considered theft,
and even to use her own feet ad libitum
would be called tho highest crime, for which
she would be sentenced to tho lasli accor
ding as her haughty lord's cruel anger might
dictate. She is taught submission on pain
not only of bodily torture, but on peril of her
soul. Her Christian master tells her sho will
be subject to eternal fire if not obedient to
his every wish, no matter how diabolical!
You are taught the beauties of science and
plunging into deep literary lore, may deck
your brow with unfading laurels, while
your African sister for no other crime than
wearing an ebony skin, is forbidden to learn
to read the name of God.
The laws of your country protect you from
wrong. But the female slave has no protec
tion. The Christian people of this Christian
country have enacted laws which place her
beneath any protection save that of vronrrtt.
They have exalted the dealer in human tleah
to the highest on ice in church and (late, and
around the accursed alter of slavery, where
human happiness is made a thing of mer
chandize, and human team, and human blood
run down together, they have entwined the
wreaths of glory and under it they have pla
ced the. word of God, and over it as an en
sign of freedom, have raised tho banner of
"i.iueny aim equality" in solemn mockery
of the glorious truths their lips but just ut
tered. In view of these frightful outrages
upon her sex, how ought woman to stand af
fected. Let her arise in the dignity and,
strength of her influence, and extend her hand
to save. Your pleadings will not be in vain.
Raise your voices in behalf of humanity, and
they will reach the ear of the oppressor and
make him tremble in his guilt. Your tear
may cause the chain of slavery to rust and
those bound beneath its massive links to leap
up tn the ecstacy of a slave redeemed
E. C.
Wadsworth O.
ENCOURAGING.
year snore, in less time? perhaps, we shall
hear of . similar move in Easl-Tennes.ee, un
future i . '..
The sign of the South, as regards an hon
est, yet wise opposition to slavery, are more
favorable than we ever knew them to be.
We hear quite often from States which are
thought to be intolerant, and even in them
there is strong under-current of opposition to
the institution w hich will wake up, and show
0,16 01 lnese daV8 " Ve ve only to
know our strength," say. an able divine in
the far fcouth, "to make its putting forlh cer
tain, and we have only to put it forth, to be
sure of success." W est-Viminia is fairly en
gaged in discussing emancipation, and, in one
less we are very much mistaken. Is not this
encouraging! Labor, good men and tine;
iw:e 10 your', if you will bus do ir, huir
lily and patiently. l.cu. fjiim.
ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
SALEM, JANUARY II, 1818.
"I love agitation when there is cause for
it the nhn bell which startles the inhabi
tant of a city, lave them from being burned
in their beds." Edmund liurkt.
Persons having business connected
with the paper, will please call on James
Barnaby, corner of Main and Chesnut sts.
Friends of the slave, fill up the list ! Vol
unteers are needed ! The exigencies of the
cause demand them, nnd they must be had.
The Executive Committee need your imme
diate aid will you give ill fifty subscri
bers to the following plan are indispciisihle
there ought to be a HiwnitKn, and would
be, if all w ho profess to love the slave would
do according to their ability. Send in your
names without delay.
A Promise.
We, the tindersicned. do hereby nirree to
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pay to the Ex. Committee of the Western A.
S. Society, $10 for the support of the Bugle
against the 1st of April 11 ; wilh the un-
derstanding thai in consideration thereof we
are entitled to ten copies of said paper for one
year, to be sent without further charge to
such persons as we may direct, provided they
are applied for before the 1st of July, 1818.
I sane Trescntt, Salem,
'-' Win. Lightfunl,
3 Jim. larnnbtf, "
1 lienj. S. Junes, "
5 J. Elizabeth Junts. "
fi Lot llulmr.i, Columbiana,
7 7'. f.hvood I'icAcrs, New Garden.
R 11. -V. Cuwlcs, Austinhurg.
fl I'alentine Sichnlsnn, Ilarveyshurrr.
10 Dr. Mraham lirimkc, Oakland.
II f. Poor, Richfield.
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There is on the books of the Western So.
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June last amounting to about one thousand
dollars.
The Executive Committee is greatly in
need of funds. Will not those owing pledg
es forward them? If those who have pled".
ed considerable sums, cannot at present con-
veniently pay the whole amount, they will
please forward a part, and thus relieve the
Committee from its present necessities.
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HARVEYSBURG, Dec. 25th, 1847.
Dear Frienp :
1 ou 1 see by our dale that we have reached
A flplH U' mmuA ninim.u.1 . n ....
the field where we proposed to commence our
labors, and it needs not that we should detail
to you tho incidents of our journey our tra-
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performed the twenty-four miles in ten hours,
our detention at the latter place, and our pas-
sage down the Ohio.
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THE FRESHET.
Although the river had fallen considerably,
the water was still high, and the desolating
marks of the freshet were left on many of the
villages upon its banks, and the countiy
homesteads which stud the bottom land. Up
on reaching Cincinnati we were glad to find
lhat the report of the height of the waters at
that point, and the damage done there were
greatly exaggerated. The freshet wa not
so great as that of 1832, and though many
were rendered homeless by it, the suffering
has been less than ve expected to find it.
The store-house which had been flooded have
mostly been restored to their former order,
except the cellars, from which hundreds of
pumps are ejecting the water. During the
lime ih waters were rising, the Carmen wore
in great demand for the removal of the goods
of those whose residences were in danger;
and after the floods had covered the streets
and rendered them impassable except to wa
ter craft, the service of the boatmen were
equally valuable. The flood was said to be
a fine harvest for both these classes, who were
busily engaged night and day in their labors.
Some of them it was said were rather exhor
bisant in their prices, and such were censur
ed severely for speculating upon the distress
of others. It does seem hard to make a man
pay the more the faster the flood comes upon
him, and drain his purse because hia house
cannot be drained ; but such is the principle
of trade, and the very men who condemn the
carmen and boatmen w ho asked double prices
because the immediate needs of their suffer
ing brethren would induce the payment of
them, would doubtless ask double prices them
selves for their corn and wheat, if the starva
tion of the Irish and English peasantry should
first produce a similar increase in the prices
abroad. Both speculate upon the distress of
community, and take advantage of the suffer
ings of others, and whether it is worse to do
it upon a larger or smaller scale, we leave for
others to determine.
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LOSS OF LIFE AT THE BROTHERHOOD.
The most dislressing accident we have
heard of as the result of the freshet, wag one
which you may have seen a detailed account
of before this we allude to the loss of the
live of seventeen persons at the settlement
with which H. S. Gilmore, J. O. Wattle
and oilier of lhat class of reformers are con
nected, and which is situated a few miles
i.bovo Cincinna::. Thirty-two cf me mem
bt rii, or pi lous interested in the establish-
ment went into a brick building which had
been bo recently erected that the mortar was
too fresh to withstand the water. The whole
fell in upon them, and but fifteen of the num
ber escaped. We did not hear of any who
I were there that we know aught of except
John O. Wattles and his wife, who were
among the saved.
OUR PROSPECTS.
We shall probably havo about as good tra
velling here, as you have around Salem, and
not much better. Our friends Valentine
Nicholson, Dr. Brooke and Abraham Allen,
with whom we have consulted, think that
we shall be able to get up good meetings in
the places round about. They are all of them
very much interested in our mission, and have
been mapping out a plan of operations for us,
and making all necessary arrangements.
Some of our first meetings will of course be
small the severity of the cold, tho badness
of the roads, and the shortness of the notice,
will necessarily so result. The friend here
did not expect us so soon, because of the
floods, and although we have taken them ra
ther unawares, yet they think a good deal can
o .ivjiic. . o iiujic uiuir untiiijiniiuiis umj
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he done. We hope their anticipations may
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.laVery revival in this portion of the Slate,
If ever there was a time when individual ef.
fort wa9 needed for the furtherance of aboli-
tionisin, it is now; and we would that all
who profess to lovo the slave, were more ear
nest to enstainp the impress of their own be
jiig upon an Age in which they live, and to
strive to leave the world better and happier
than they found it.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.
Last evening we participated in a Tempp
rance meeting held at this place, nnd which
was called for the purpose of re-oruanizinrr
b m
the WaMiingtouian movement. We found
that not only were Sons of Temperance en
gaged in this revival, bus Daughters of Tern-
y.were Ts, ,0?e,hcr
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us was a novItv. nA fi.,.! u..i. r i
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was that the Society appointed "niggers and
women, on its committees a hprrsv thai
very few Temperance Societies would tole
rate, for the orthodox notion you know is, that
"niggers and women" have very little busi
ness to meddle in such reform, and the little
they are permitted to do, must be done not
as equals of the white men! but as si.hnrdi.
nates, as hewers of woud and drawers of wa-
ter.
SLIGO, 29th.
had meetings at this place, Ches
ter, Centre, and Harveysburg, and are glad
to find that our gatherings increase in inte
rest, and become larger as the lime for circu-
-j,. un ,ua iinir lor circu-
lating notices is longer. The people wo havo
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met generally manliest a desiro tn honr ili
Constitutional question discussed, and thu
far w e have paid more attention to Stale than
- -- ..lulu a.iciitiun iu oiaie man
Church affairs, but do not intend by any
means to let the Urotherheod escape without
due notice. At several of our mectimrs wo
have bad questions raised by those who were
present as to the various points upon which
doubts existed in their minds, which we en
, deavored lo remove.
We send you a few subscribers, and the
names of Valentine Nicholson, of Harvers.
burg, and Dr. Abraham Brooke, of Oakland,
to be adJed to tho ten dollar pledge. When
we get fairly at work, we hope to do better.
EDITORS.
A Review.
Of "DOMESTIC SLAVERY considered as a Scriptural
Institution; in a Correspondence
between the Rev. RICHARD FULLER, of Beaufort,
S. C., and the Rev. FRANCIS, WAYLAND.
of Providence, R. I. CYRUS
PITT GROSVENER."
A friond has handed us a book of the above
title, suggesting the propriety of publishing
in the Bugle giving several columns each
week. We do not think it best to publish it,
as it is quite long, containing almost one
hundred and fifty closely printed pages, and
the greater part of it would, we aupposein
terest but a part of our readers.
From the hasty glance we have been able
to give this Review, we think it, upon the
whole, a very able one'; and would commend
to the attention of those who art disposed
to receive, or countenance even for a moment,
either the ppen and hardy justification of Sla
very by Mr. Fuller, or the half-way-com-promising
and cowardly opposition (if such
can be called) of Dr. Wayland.
Mr. Fuller in the correspondence alluded
to, declared Slavery to bean Institution clear
ly established and sanctioned in the Bible,
and consequently not sinful. Wayland pre
tended to deny this; yet freely admitted that
the Hebrew held slave from the time of the
conquest of Canaan lhat Abraham and the
patriarchs held them ages before ; and declar
ed his astonishment lhat any one should have
the hardihood to deny the fact; and he fur
ther admitted that the New Testament con
tains no precept prohibitory ef Slavery
"This," said he, "must, I think, be granted
but this i all." And this was enough
Slavery was anctioned in the Old Testa
ment and not prohibited in the New, how
can it, viewed in the light ef the Bible, be
sinful ?
In reading the correspondence between
these two priests, (both baptists) it is hard
for us to resist the impreseion, that the dis
cussion was entered into and carried on, at
least on the part of Dr. Wayland, with a
view cf making s.mtnuidfrt if not slavchold
ing, if possible, more respectable than foi-