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The Liberator from Boston, Massachusetts • 4

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A 'tff Si pT' 3 I 4 OEIltYC 1 tircrtn i lf I If cLjojrixGJ ft fc re a Si A' 'B ii ay liBil JitS x4Vv 'A ANOTHER CHAPTER SOUTHERN A TROCITTES An Election Rencontre At Louisville on Tuesday last a terrible rencontre occurred at the pollsMr Seymour editor of a German paper was first assault ed by a Mr Grey and a Mr Means when pistols and bowie knives were drawn and four shots fired by dif ferent persons besides volleys of brickbats It re sulted in Mr Means receiving a shot in his shoulder in several being bruised and battered and in a boy about 10' years old being by a ball entering his back None of the parties were arrested Jesse Weatherford was killed by a slave near Edgefield Court House South Carolina on Sunday the 2d ult It seems that (Weatherford attempted to prevent the negro from visiting his sweetheart on a neighboring plantation when the latter shot him Si Louis Sept 10 cases of highway robbery and two of murder occurred in the neighborhood dur ing yesterday and last night "ft Murder at Jackson Miss On the ult the quiet of Jackson Miss was disturbed by the killing of John Spires by his brother in law Joseph John was fully committed to stand his trial for murder at the next term of the Circuit Courtof Hinds county Stabbing Therankfort (Ky) correspondent of the Louisville Journal says that a son of Thos Ben ton lately stabbed Mr Lyons of Louisville slightly Mr Benton was about accompanying a lady from the parlor of the Wcissiger House to her room Mr Ly ons proposed to join them Mr Benton was offended at the proposition and soon after in an adjoining par lor the stabbing took place i ftr Captain John Howard was shot in St Louis by a man nampd Lonsdale the wound proving mortal I3PJ Mr'Jack Kirby of Spartanburg while ship ping ontrof his negroes a few days since was struck on the head by the father of the boy with an axe and his life was putin imminent danger but We learn he is recovering The boy was to be tried on the? 14th inst AshviUe (N C) Messenger Augl 1st Thomas a deck hand on board the steam er Pride of the difficulty'" with the clerk of the boat on Thursday night and was soon after missing Yesterday his body was fished up from the water near where the boabhad beenmoored having as 'is supposed? beta stabbed and thrown overboard The boat had previously departed for New St Louis Retaliation Mr William 1 Bcry? of tawrcncc county' Afk killed James Marshal) April last On the 5th instsome of friends attacked i R'H ST to Noi iqski ftt where will continue' to give" particular attefi tioflto DISEASES: THE EYEjG foy the Jtin iand Hun ft faeriit While' anon 'from I the Sou th Io dissonant claiiic of my birth Hust Ibud sbfiVhe tau an'd toiar Al A A ft' 'rr vELe waugnucaL lyranis jnac tramjyn is sold? That the sheenof thy glorious stars it uXla ft That Che young spint cringes at fetters and barshd is dumb before mcnace'and whips c' qqver our faces and blush At the thought of the crime and its stains or here in the land of a ranklin and Rush Thit'e is Saxon hlOod creeping through chains a Theresa stain on the of the a 5wail in thq home of the brave There is blood on the skirts of thy Ruler and thee country the homo of the slave i ft ftCft ftwh or oppression is rampant in might and murder and lust her pinions for flight' or her'maftyrs Cry but' from the dust "Vl 'W "NiY WOBK SHOP BARD StSil I The execution of Jhc negro Eddy took place at Spartanburgh on the 14th instant Ilia crime was on attempt to kill his master inflicting a dangerous wound with an axe A large crowd assembled in front of the jail at an early hour to witness the procession to the gallows? I Bloody Bardstown Ky IL Ll Wick slift'c'! lawyer shot Grcy a his near neighbpr They long been on bad terms Grey Icnta gentlcmanipne of his horses to go into the country On his return Wickliffe met him and ask ed the use of the horse to go to' a religious He complied and acquainted Grey sayi AV shall not use my property and mounting a hbrse found his own tied to a tree and took him home Wickliffe was incensed and made' sbine threats" A short time alter words Wickliffe came out of his office and resting deliberately his i double barrelled gun against a locust tree' shot Grey i in the side as he was about to enter his own gate and then discharged' the other taking effect in his breast The wounds are mortal' Ocersie Killed The Laurciisvillo Herald of ri day says A gentleman from the neighborhood in forms us that a most melancholy occurrence transpir cdsin the vicinity of the Burnt actory SpartanburgDistrict on last riday which resulted in the death i of Mr Henry overseer One of Mr negro had iii the woods some days and the whose name we were Unable to hear went in pursuit of him Upon coming up with the boy he was found to be armed with a large knife aridrefused to return home The' overseer endeavored to force him? and in the scuffle the neq "jnm ulat ne died on Sunday last The negro escaped at the time but we trust he has been taken ere' this' and will receive promptly the punishment his' atrocity ft lo ftuft ftift IIorrid Murder in Harrison County corra spondeht'bf the Lexington Atlas' 'writing fromClays ville Harrison 1 county1 Kentucky on the 13th ult says vu i Burns' yesterday killed his wife by shoot ing her when she was runningfrom him the ball en tering between the shoulders and coming out below the breast bone causing" her death 'immediately urns made his escape but is now pursued by fifty or sixty men and he should taken may expect to hear of the administration of Lynch ft I ft ft i a EftIn Cedar Grove Jefferson a negro killed Mr McGuire with a kpife wounded Mr Pearson and Mr McDaniel with an axe and then cut his own throat and died Tcarson McGuire and others of the patrol arrest the ne gro He was prevented from killing owner Mc Daniel by the interposition of Mr aught er Obadiah Surrctof Henderson county Nt beat and dreadfully mutilated his wife and was: fol lowing her about threatening to kill her and upon a warrant being issued for his arrest" threatened the life of the officer and was by Robert Hamilton one of the assistants The wound proved mortal vft 'ft: ft5 Murder of a' Master his The St' Louis Union reports a horrible murder committed by a nc gjoncar that city It appears that the negro's wife and himself were slaves of Captain Tyson and that the negress became so unmanageable that her master had to sell her This 'exasperated the negro so that he threatened to murder his master and mistress and accordingly on the night of the 20th the negro got possession of a loaded double barrelled gun of Ins and fired a barrel each at his master and mistress killing the former though the latter fortu nately escaped The murderer made no attempt to escape and was immediately taken into custody Runaways and Arrests On Saturday week a gang of some half dozen slaves of both sexes ran away from their owners in the neighborhood of Jefferson and Petersville 'rederick county Md They were striking a straight course for the Pennsylvania line but were discovered and' 1 arrested 1 about two 'miles above Wolfsville The Catoctin Whig It required a strong force to arrest thcmrthe men making a desperate resistance being armed with bow ie knives dirks Two young men Uriah Hur ley and Lewis who assisted in arresting them received some pretty hard blows and were also bad ly cut by knives in the hands of the negroes Wc un derstand that the greatest excitement prevailed among the citizens of of the bloody resistance made by the runaways 8 Since above was put in we learn that the young men are not expected to recover from the wounds received from the hands of the slaves Their bodies were dreadfully Slabbing Case at redericks Wc loamkthaton Mon day night at after the arrival of the cars an inoffensive black man named Philp belonging: to Mrs Gardner was assaulted in a most brutal manner by a youth named Charles Lewis aged about' 18 years who after repeated attacks upon him with stones drew a large Spanish knife and cutrdiim several times across the abdomen cutting his entrails in several places and severing an artery inthe stom ach Officer Logue being upon the spot arrest ed Lewis with the knife in his hand and he was committed to answer at the November term of the court Several physicians were called who did all they could to relieve the suffererand he still lived at the time the cars left yesterday but it is impossible i for him to recover The youth Lewis states that he did not cut the man it was Baltimore Sun ftftft ft 'ft! Lynching is a sort of law on the Mississippi steamers A late Louisville Journal gives two cases in which" offenders were tried after a fashion and sentenced to receive 30 lashes each One of these was a thief who had robbed a emigrant pas sengcr and attempted to escape after: firing the boat: He was however caught the boat run ashore the fire extinguished and the fellow" punished and set at liberty During the burning of the boat a woman threw her child overboard It was rescued by persons on board No lives lost The other offender was al so a thief who had robbed a passenger on another steamerUi He was seized forced to his pldn dor punished and put on shore understand that a few days ago eight iie grocs escaped from Hawesville into Indiana and that some persons from Indiana went ire search of them and finding them armed shot two of them One it is said fell dead and the wound of the other was thought to be mortal The other were taken back to Kentucky 1 ft st' ft i Cowardly Murder On riday Messrs Hefferman and Michael' Donevan repaired to thehouse of a 4 James Lambert" (an Englishman) in order to reclaim a cow the property of Donevan which he understood1 had been penned by Lambert Lambert said that he had the cow that he intended tokeep it and ordered them to leave the premises He returned to the house and re appeared with hb point I ed at Mr Donevan Hefferman wrested the gun a from his hands and handed it over tot his' friend charging him not to return it to Lambert A parley ensued Donevan endeavoring to prevail upon him' to return the cow' and Lambert that he keep it At length finding that no I could be agreed upon Donevan handed him back his gun previous to returning hpmc fwhen as hu was turning away the fired at the contents lodging in his leg Si The wounded was immediately carried to his house where desjite the utmost exertions of his physician we learn that he expired at an early hour yesterday morning Yes terday morning Lambert was arrested and is ribw in the calaboose St Louis Reveille ft tftd Election Outrage Early yesterday morning quite are excitement was produced by the report that a had taken place in the irstWard which resulted in one or two men being shot and some others badly hurt Just before the opening of the polls some conversation commenced between some persons in a crowd and a man who expressed his intention to vote the emancipation ticket At this moment Paul Seymour publisher of the Examiner who was stand ing near by raised his hat from his head and acci dentally dropped some election on' the ground1' "While stooping to pick them up he was assaulted and as he rose made' an effort to escape No 3 Bkomfied Stkeet Boston TVHERk' ali'diseMes human system IV treated on' eclectic of medicine contain truths ft but no one4 system comprehends alh Ve labor to accumulate from each and all those truths which have borne tho test of practical experiment" "Werefuse to be cir cumseribed "or limited knowing that aft di vine isMprogressive vV therefore gathet dUrinfor mat ion of $liscftseand treatment from all sources mndij use all thq remedies which the Creator has 'provided 3 for the cure of human infirmity Our treatment is chiefly confined CIlRONlCand OBSTINATE cases whichffiave remedies as Lung Liver Stomach and RheumatismScrofula Old Sores Ab sccsses istulas Piles Worms Dysp epsia civous Diseases Spinal'Affectionsc Catarrh ''T)iseases'of thof Ears 'Throat 'hnd every other paft of the'bodyft internally and externally wSgovftCTSGift OiSKfe i Office No 3 romficld streetl)oston and 127 Chambers streel New I 8 'JSistos4 A ftPREPARATIONftof extraordinary tmwerrfor JVtho cure tk rofulout Affcctions llumors qf every description secondary Syphilis ill conditiohcd Ulcers ever orfMercurial Sores' chonid Ltvcf Kidney'Discases'Costi veness spitting oPBlootlJ Ery sipdasr general Dclnlity commom to emales Cold eot sluggish Circulationkc Arureand certaincure for Scrofulous Tumors on the ncckwhieh ftt will jicver fail remove Tf taken according to directions land faithfully jK o''L i The proprietors' after testing thcvirtucsof thia great I medicine for upward 9fthrcojrcars in an extensive an A with unbounded success jhow' Offer ft 1 to the ptiblid? In diseases of tho skin arising from 5 impure circulation it is a sovereign remedy It will assuredly riiiV'kffidLf fbthnor from the sys tom if tho directions are strictly adhered to We iehallchgc the world to produce' its Any one doubting its efficacy'ean a tisfy themselves is a powerful instrumentality in the cure of disease by consulting Dr Clarkes patients in and about the city who have taken it andean testify to its healing "A great many have given it a trial and v'o krf6v? not yet of awingle'pcion who has riot derived either temporary or permanent Benefit from its use The following was handed us and we insert it forthe consideration of otherswho may be similarly afflictcLJChe 7 1 2 ElliotsU CiareK Porter Gentlemen A little more than a year ago I was 1 taken with spitting bldod pain in toy side and shoul Jder and strong symptoms of consumption' 1 sought thesadyice of two eminent physicians of thiscity wh 'sounded my lungs and pronounced than badly af footed or very They advised me to go into the country as a change of air might" be' bencficial'tS rie I did so" but with little hope of returning alive 'While there I was taken'Dvorscxhau was called to sce mc mWlungs and said he could give me'rib cncburagcm'cnfc said might live till all bdt probdblf no longer My city physicians previous to my leaving for: th said I should never Ret well But was induced tq try Dr Clark who gave me the Anti Scrofulous Pan acea and after taking it a few months? Any health Wai restored iind nowT am'able toatterid towiy bteinbs'sl t1 think you Panacea a medicine of great effioacjfa g'l Bpeakftorq experience CLARK ANTI wsffs A Drs Clark Porter 6 I hhve used Saif Rheum hot onlyon myselfbutv on others vend have been surprised at its result is jnjny opin ion the most efficient anti humor medicine ever dis covered My'humor has entirely disappeared on hands and am now LsMARTINHASKINSJXMJDA Boston jj iixt Drs Clark Porter: 'iwerlr Qentlemen I have tested tle power of your Pan acca in the case of my littlq'boy whose face and arma have been entirely covered several months with a very bad humor andi I am happy to say ithas effected radical cure In my opinion it is the best medicine Messrs Clark Porter a 4 I would cheerfully recommend your PAnacea aS the" nibst powcrfuTihcdicinC to my know! edge how befdre public for the icure of scrofula and other humors has certainly effected portant cure in the case ofmy child who has for soma time been afflicted with a humor I would advise all' have hufnors to make a trial of iti Lf puffing it recommends itself qiiuf i HinghsmJupeJS pARIUSEDRY Dr8 Ceark PoRTWL 3 tft'oy I ha vo used iypur Anti Scrofulous Panacea for swellings on njy neck tad to my surprise they have entirely disappeared? 1 feorisidcr ft the medicine infallible for scrofula and other humors and ithink it! should be over the world ft (NELSON RICE Boston May 1849 Dus Clark Porter I have' niuhberfof1' months with a scrofulous humor on my face I tried several kinds ofmedicinebut received no benv efit A friend recommended your panacea whic tried and by using' two' bottles am cured I Would advisoEverydhe afflicted 'humors tdt take it for I think itia exCellerit medicine 04 Boston Mjy 23 18 14 i til tkirh AGENTS ft 1 CL a iLf rruT 17 wwm 4 4 i aL AJAAaAj9 VOt 1 A UllUvP Ml i old State House head of State street Davip MsAnJrcorner iUnionand Silsbco sts Lynn' SylVanxts Dbbd'ESouth Danvers! I JiAPoTTBRDanveysNew Milla Vtot ft qftre ISjthjs the proud the brave iU Ji' ytDowopiveiin tho 'landffif the free bio i IsAawhoSdire whisper of righto for thetslave Imprisoned 'and branded to and bar tf 'the shackle and' cord' The Wdmpbnsc incted 'to him who shall'darc 'toil 'r nr thexhain of the tyrant is broken of Europe in thunder havo spoken How tho quickened blood leaps in each vein of thd sceptre' arid crown "What a psean goes ringing Hftnmtain and plain "When the throne of the tyrant goes down 1 Serious Eight LwS' St Louis Sept Intelligence has been received from Arkansas stating that quite a senous riot had toked place near YellowvillcM between tbe Sheriff nndiis posse and a giuig of desperadoes who infest that part of this country ront what we ertn leanti it appears that the Sheriff attempted to arreff sffinc of the gang who arc charged with murder and other crimdsi sfhen they made a stout resistance During the 4ght which ensued eight persohs were killed andscvernl others wounded rbm 1 the last accounts it would seem that large party of the gang had fortified themselves' and expressed a determinasion to resist the civil UU? thorititotholast Murder fA rom passengers who reached this city this morning on the steamer KatqKenrney wc are informed cf the particulars ol the murdcrqf Mr Hart at Palmyra who fell byjthe'hand of Mr John Wisc 'a' clerk in the Dost Office in this city iThe circumstances which led to this fatal and much regretted affair are briefly Some weeks since and during the prevalence of tlio cholera Mr Wise who is a married man sent his wife to Palmyra' arid soon after her departure' his suspicions were aroused while at his daily avocation in the office at secing her handwriting upore letters addressed to Mr Hart in this city One or more of these letters' we are were opened put1 ns if to avoid detection a 1 fictitious name was4 used? 3Vise and Hart wore at this time and indeed for long upon terms of the strictest rinti macy' On "Wednesday last Hart left the city on the steamer' Whirlwind which 'riairi jSSnwho frillowed him the day after the Kato Kearney Hart reached Marion City about noon on Thursday and immediately procured a conveyancqsto Palmyra' little town seven miles in the country where Mrs? Wise was Wiscr reached Marion City about Lon the day following and also went immediately out to Palmyra As boor as ffie arrived he went to the Post Office" and found five letters as we are to his' wife which confirmed' his instantly' armed himself with a pistol and went to the National Hotel where in through baclc way he met with Hayt onthe sidewalk in front rif the house" and without warning drewr a pistol and fired the ball taking effect the left shoulder produqingiR flesh'wotmd After at Jlart started to run through the house hut was overtaken" by' Wise who then drew the knife inflicting a severe wound on the right shoulder near ly severing the arm from the another" thc right arm several in the side and the last and most severe in the back severing tho right lobe of the lungs By" the last blow 'was inflicted the parties had reached the back yard 'nd Hart fell upon the pavement literally cut to pieces inf a few moments jum i 'xt Hart the man killed is a sadlcr by trade is well known in this city and at' the time of his death was studyingmedieine't He served with credit in expedition' to Chihuahua and had friends Ho was a man of remarkably prepossessing appearance and in consequence was generullyknown by the soubriquet of Lord Byron Ilis remains were to have been interred yesterday Jv' ft'Mr Wise was a clerk in the Post Office in this city and this unfortunate difficulty has cast a deep gloom over a large Circle of friends and created no little ex citement in this community The above particulars we have' gleaned frdrri pas sengers on the Kearneyono of whom witnessed the affray and arc believed to be correct itf Louis ihiew ftftftL flri rii' i k'tt Dreadful Murder A friend writing us from Haw kinsville Ga the22d inst John GiPon der a negro trader (with some sixty negroes was murdered with an axe0 while asleep in his 4 this morning about 6 thirteen miles below this place on the road to Cedar Hill tnllis home is in Thomas Sav Republican Tho Louisville Journal says' that Captain A Tyson late commander of a US snag boat on tho Mississippi river was shot in tho leg by one of his negroes while asleep in his from the effects of which death J1 I Mha i Murder Mr Anderson a resident of Vache Gras se (fat cow) in Arkansas was murdered by his slave on the 4th ult while the twain were going ort Smith for the purpose of selling (he negro ft The lat ter after fracturingthe skull and cutting jtho thrpAt of Mr Anderson went to ayetteville told another negro what he had done and then took to flight A party went inc Search of Mr body ahd found it jxAnother party pursued the negro overtook i T' 3 3 A I ftHim annul zo Times iroin aveLteviiic anu snobmiin but he succeeded in escaping leaving behind him however Mr Anderson purse containing $14 The negro was and supposed to be mortally wounded a £il vl iJjV' Ar in A nfegrO mah 'named' Alph" who murdered Anderson1 'Ark' lately was captured and taken to Bentonville on the 25thultimo where by a vote qf tho persons present it was resolved to hang him without trial and the unfortunate man was executed On the 20th He confessed his guilt on ithe scaffold? but pointed1 out a white man in the crowd who instigate'd hiuj to th VAS ftft ft Murder A murder (says the Clarke County Re corder) was committed near Mount Pleasant Monroe county (Ala) on the 21st( ultimoffiypneSamuel Godloe on the body of the Rev Drew jVe learn that the said Godloe had been teaching school in the neighborhood tq which Mr Drewi sent some of his children but from some cause stopped them before the close of The session Godloe not being satisfied went to the residence of Mr Drew arid demanded his reasons for taking his children from school "'Some harsh words were passed and Godloe left but return ed another day in company with three or four other neighbors among whom was a magistrate and told Mr' that he must' retract what he had said! to which Mr? Drew replied thaf he would Godloe then struck him on the head several times with a stick whiefi caused concussion of the brain apd terminated his life in a few hours Godloe fled and has not since been heard of" A reward' of $200 has been offered by a brother of the deceased Mr James Drew Gjjtl Homicide telegraphic despatch received at Columbia from Camden (8 C) states that Ashby Colclough of Sumpter twas killed Saturday night The Richmond Examiner reports a hor rible act of cruelty donetto a negro in that city The owner tied him up in the morning beat and tor tured him all day burnt parts of his body off with fire and at night took him down ft 'a! rf wed i fti Singular The Caddo (La) Gazette of the 9th inst gives the 'account of a fatal reri contro which took place on a previous day at Shreve portfin which Nathan TTurk was killed Mi jTfex iHenryVies and the deceased entered the Exchange speaking in a lowfttone Turk was heard to say to Vines to keep away from him that 'did not wish to have any thing to do with him hfe then Hepryy ou area stronger mart than! am but you whip I will whip you you cciward replied Vines at the same time receding two paces frith liis hafld under his coat Vines then a pistol Turk rirewsonei about the sanie time and snapped it at Vines and dodged under a table wheri 5unes snapped at Turk who then threw lais pistol at "Vines and ran out at the back door threw hii pistol at Turk which struck himas'he was clearing the door and discharged itselfi the contents'? taking effect on the left side of the back ball ranging upwards "passed through the heart and lodged under the skin near the throat and back of the right" collar bone Turk ran some fifty feet and It was jn eyidence that the fatal pistol waslhrownr adistancc of twenty feet rom the woundy arid the marks of powder it was evident that when the pistol exploded was contiguity 'with' the deceased ft re re re Since writing the above we Jiave learned that Turk some years ago killed a man in Missojiritf He fled frofn justice' and1' has" since been roaming and gambling for a livelihood He isthe last of his famit ly his progenitor and three brothers having fallen by the hand of violence Sqrely a strange fatalityxbroods over the destiny of somefamilies Turk was remark ably well formed regularly featured and stood" six feet seven inches 1 Mercantile Library ThfrJJ8Kt course of lectures before this institution will commence nn the 14th of November The introductory will be' deliv ered by Hon Horace Mann and the poem by Saxe Esqi £he following? tlemn are engaged to lecture during the season Rev EP "Whipple Esq and Wendell Phillips Esq of this city President Woods1 of Bowdmn Col lege Ezra Maoun of New Haven Rriv' Hy Beecher 5 mxd? Richard Willis Esq! off New Tho Protestant Bible Las been 'publicly byrqedat Nrcefuid ita sale prohibited at Turinqwq the eyenmgof Ocipber anerth er accident happened' on' the' over thoftHousatomcftby whichft Cornelius i'Murphy Tnshmnn lnsthia Ufa ft ft removed to that ft A i TCtoent and central Loarding housc No 21 2 Uentral Court wll be most happy to welcome bqbi0 of the riends of Reform reasonable charges' HeL" wishes his house to be the central place in Boston? where the friends of Temperance Peace Purity ree i the Prisoner Ac mayjneet together? and enjoy a comfortable and happy home 4 jjfform thejitizfnsftof Roxrit? jL Bostonandvicinitj thathejihasrerer? cently opened an Office for the purpose of the 'above business in on DUDEEY STREET' ROXBURY a doorsabove tho Norfolk Housed riovju tSfifawoney received a Oiuatiiinds of every kind supplied withgbbd places families and families supplied ft 1V beredwa5ifprmerly I 1 fibove Storek iandkecps a good assortment 'of ujr a of superior quality 'He trusts that all will lend himt a Jitlpifig HantJfor if will Tie Kis constant endeavor tcTv skcep for saltfa gmd and cfaapr article? wholesale and rgtaiJsV: so that he is enabled accommodate "all his friends Jwhornay feel disposed to gitehim'8 And 'ha0 thinks that it would not beinapprbpriatej here tori? I and heartfelt thanks to those whe' have rendered'him assistance since his arrival here 'amlhe trusts that although he rhay not be able to re i ward'thcm yet that Being who knows' the hearts of? TnmT theil jt rewards ft Ifoforisly' dragged to the Police Court jinda fine im pdsed upon tKcvpeacethia being but one link in'thd chain "bf injustice which wc all must units to" tovcf Let us wiupon the whole scheme of wickedness affil let the measures for our success become the great thought of our lives' 'ft John Smith who recently from Boston to Pall River to equal school rights for hiA children and Wm Johnson who' reffidvCd to Cam bridge for the same purpose contributed their short to interest the meetings 5 Wi Thacker and Wm' Brown their conferences with the School Committees and teachers for an' admittance of their children to the district schools? Wm Nell Henry Weeden Giles Mr Williams James' Scott and others both men and women' severally' added their word id help the cause along' i It having been suggested that quite tin interest Was being created in various towns in the Commonwealth in behalf 'of that ah agency to solicit funds therefrom was to be established' RcV Mr os ter submitted a series of resolutions recently adopted by a large meeting of the friends of in Danvers in which they expressed sympathy for our movement and hade us God spccd in every' means calculated to consummate our object This commu nication relic ted hearty applause and the following response was unanimously adopted rj recognise in this act of the peo ple of Danvcrs the and holy spirit of liberty which knows no'colof tongue dr 5'il Resolved "That we cannot in so niany words ex press our deep and heartfelt gratitude for their sym pathy in our cause Vut'aCts hereafter shall prove "to them that those feelings' and sympathies have not beenvunworthily bestowed but are hailed us as the greatest encouragement to continue in our efforts' The Committee earnestly call upon' the friends of impartial freedom to furnish them with the pecuniary of sustaining the temporary school for though but an experiirtent it is an ihdispchsable one relative to that grcatissue requiring our willing sacrifices un tiring exertions and fondest aspirations Boston Oct 231849 'J rft re THE SMITH SCHOOL Brother Garrison: The following resolutions were offered last Sunday evening to a very largo anti slavery' meeting' at the ree Chapel in North Danvers and adopted ith al most entire unanimity On motion of Hafri man it was also voted that Mr oster request the Essex reeman the Boston Republican and the Lib erator publish the resolves which the people so heartily endorsed and adopted Will you therefore give them a place in your paper and thus gratify your numerous readers in Danvers 'Resolved That" wc most earnestly sympathize with the colored people of Boston in their noble struggle to secure their right to entire equality of privilege with the white citizens in the public schools Resolved That we cannot express our abhorrence of the course pursued by the professed ministers' of Jesus who are on the School Committee of Boston and are united in keeping up an atrocious prejudice against a weak and proscribed portion of the human brotherhood That we" have no terms in our language adequate to the expression of the intense detestation which we feel in view of the conduct of Dr Edward Beecher upon this question" who acknowledging the justice of the earnest request of the colored citizens of Boston for free admission to the public schools did nevertheless vote against their just petition with this unholy excuse for that act viz that public opinion in Boston is not ready for the adoption of this righte rr 4''X i MU ous measure Resolved That we regard the fact that no one of the ten clergymen of Boston" who are in embers of the Committee standing up before the orld in this cause for the right while there is one lawyer Charles Russell aln ember of the same" Committee who' doe's stand forth' the advocate of justice on this issue as deeply significant of the position of open and certain compromise with' popular' wrong' on every question vital to humanity now occupied by the populariiixmstry of this day' f' Resolved' That we can confidence in the piety of such men nor can wc indulge the least hope of aid to the suffering brotherhood of mankind from their labors in the pulpit or in the world DANIEL OSTER Chairman North Danvers Oct" 22 1849 Bit I 1 ft tjr SpfipOBIOHTS kfc 1 he tour last Monday evening meetings at the Bel knap Street Church have been as fully attended and "scenes of as enthusiastic interest as any preceding Indeed there has never beeq aiy occasion when tho colored citizens of Boston were so united and perse vering in a progressive movement and there are inbunant ground for the hope that a glorious victo ry will soon reward thcirBtrcnuoxLS excrtions and I hese Monday evening gatherings have not been specially devoted Io elaborate and lengthy specch jifiaking but rather as free and easy raunions where thc men and women have imparted their various cx compared notes suggested plans and en couraged each hearts by renewed pledges that (Come hvhat may come they will shoulder to shoul jder contend for equal school rights until the schemesff prejudice and" expediency are alike driven to thowall and full and impartial justice become in fact the glory of the Boston Committee Board" re The following resolutions are among those advocat ed" arid' adopted at the general mectinc i ''1 fa Ve the times aro indeed elreeringt and that instead of a relaxation in least degree of our efforts for the equal schooLl i fl cj ij news7 exertions The intercstalready excited by the subject in the school houses in the family circle in' the highways and by ways ofthe city as also the dis cjissiqp in several journals and other avenues to the public mind andlast though far far from east the manner end mailer of the opposition are to be indi vidually anjl collectively recognized as influences that wilf and that speedily promote theobject so dear to our hearts as co laborers in the cause of frecdom and humanity jiVhercas when our victory shallbe achieved even thosefew among ujAvho turn the cold shoulder of indifference or thePecl of their active opposition upon the anticipated reform will alike with us be permitted to bask in the full sunshine of its advantages thcre taft ft 1 re Resolved TH at wo cannot but regret that there should be found one among us to attempt a palliation or defence "of those whose present position is an ob stacle in the march of a reform Resolved That while we hold ourselves the sup porters of freedom of thought and opinion we are not prepared to give license to those of an obnoxious and mercenary character when their expression or exercise proves detrimental to justice and equality Resolved That the essential difference between the opponents and the friends of equal school rights can be no better defined than by a comparison of the prin ciples of the American Colonization and the Ameri can Anti Slavery Societies the former would con sign us to an isolated position because of our com plexion while the other would bestow upon us eve ry social and political right the inherent credential of every American citizen Rev Mr Stockman of the Wesleyan Church in this city (who together with his congregation has enlisted in the good cause) on each evening has par ticipated at tho meetings and won the gratitude of those whoso rights he So earnestly advocates Rev Mr oster the volunteer teacher of the tem porary school a man of noble deeds as well as elo quentwords submits most encouraging facts relative to the pupils under his charge inspiring parents with confidence in his mental and moral fitness for the re 1 sponsible duties he has assumed His eloquent ap peals to fheir perseverance for the right and poncom 1 pliance with wrong are evidently producing the! best "results his1 indignant rebuke of those who would urge the people to be content with their chains are unanimously responded Go on he says 'un til Cornwallis surrenders arid Dr Beecher learns that' it is always expedient to do right Jeremiah Sanderson edified theaudience by a history of the free schools in his native town New Bedford where colored children assemble with othersand all travel hand in hand up" the hill of science re Mr Briggs recently editor of an anti slavery pa per in Vermont administered some plain truths bn self as a most direct means of elevation and deprecated the inequalities of the present social sys tem He maintffined that all men being created equal should stand together upon one platform and let their merits and not their complexion determine their elevation of character He narrated a color phobia incident among the green hills of Vermont where a child was for a long time proscribed and in sulted because of her complexion and debarred by an entire school from their society but the persever ance of her guardian and her own good deportment at last melted the pro slavery opposition and she was at length regarded as an equal and soon found ac cess to the warmest friendship and highest grade in the department Several of those children who then taunted her complexion arc now among the most faithful and zealous friends of the slave and i the nominally free colored American Henry Bibb in an eloquent train of remark allu ded to several instances where colored men have been betrayed in the most auspicious moment of a freedom struggle by traitors from among their own number This had been true not only at the South when efforts wefe being made to break' the but in the free North in tho light of the nine teenth century could colored men be found who I for a price would sell their brethren into degradation fared disgrace Wm Allen favored the meeting with aninstruc tive speech on the mental powers and abilities of the colored man showing in a peculiarly happy manner that a a man or black or white Wm Watkins concluded an effective speech by a reminiscence of his first interview with sWm Lloyd himself a child when the pioneer of im mediate emancipation was a prisoner in Baltimore jail5S After Miis liberation Garrison visited his house and on leaving said to him you live to be a man be an abolitionist? These words were indelibly impressed upon his soul and wherev er ho found pro slavery or prejudice bearing upon lus fellows in suffering ho ever meant" to male their cause his jjwn and do battle for the right Benjamin Weeden in alluding to the pending trial between Benjamin Roberts and tho city of Boston for consequent upon his exclusion from tho public schools cited the name of Paul Cuff who being a tax payer was yet "not allowed to vote entered an' action at law winch resulted securing to himself and every qolorcd citizen of tho Old Bay State tho elective franchise Ho hoped that both examples bo appreciated in a manner bccom ingfrccmcri John Hilton animated the friends to keep their banner floating in tho breeze reminding them of the repeated triumphs achieved on Massachusetts soil by i the united hands and of free men and free wo ment and warmly rebuked those persons who in the spirit of slaveholding insolence remark that colored children arc unfit to associate with those of a favored hue! He suchpersorus as unworthy the flame of men or Christians and that like and Lazarus" the unenviable of the former would yet bo theirs while the now perse cuted colored children will enjoy'the blissful Tcaliza tion'of their henyta 'ifl ti i 4 a 2L? ox mtronnui sxjnooipur wnicn a ouy iiuyhih duiuiu Acre ami uiiv upwuoitv oavlc ui tuu Duvev iur Seymour succeeded in getting a revolver out of hispocket and turning 1 round he shot Air Presley Means in the breast He rwas immediately knocked down and stamoed ana beaten until he was senseless near one of the when he was carried into a house Mr A Ballard who near rushed to the' assistance ofMr Sey mour and discharged pistol but without effect at Mr Joseph Selvage who was kicking Mr! Seymour Selvage then picked up pistol which was lying on the ground and discharged it at' 'Mr 'Bal i the ball passing through his clothes withoutdoing any ifljuryrtoihis person? Mr was fi jninutes thereafter knoekeddown by a stoneand had his "head very severely cut" During the melee several pistols were discharged tad a boysome foiir tCcn or fifteen years of ago' a sdn bf 'Mr Ovid Clark was shot through the backrehe wound it is fcar Louncr Berry in his cornfield and killed him ore tho spot but was followed by several who struck him: with No discovery has yet been JacksonMississippi sticks art? Before reaching the opposite side of the street Mr Attempted Murders The Clarksburg (Va) Repub lican says that a 'few days while Mr Andrew llCn(icrBon vi mui some reapers at a desk which front windows of his house some bold villain fired a pistol at him through 8 broken pane of glass A ne trro mart has been arrested on suspicion and sy ltLuke Jacoof Doddridge countywa on riday week attacked lyAa man iiamed George WMtebafr who firstdischarged his rifle at hunlhe ball taking effect in'" armband afterwards' threw "him upontho ground and beat him upon' the head with" a rock until apparently lifeless The partiosLhad' been at variancc for a nunibcr of yroriIr arm ft ftnsi'An lift 'errnnd tn the house' wfis ma sd ittw'tfyJsweWA1 PRUDENT ADVICE LIGHT His prudent soul danced onk a silver sixpence till it lost itSlfeath? i Kfrwx fl re ft5Yhcn poor people want assistance You must never pass them byr Butt av convenient distance 3 I A A wrinAnlf rLrt ft 7 4 a flazbhoul a they corner you however er i lryour "necessary alk Then 'with softened shrue endeavor To console them with with solemn sockets While you proffer them your prayers your frightened pockets Hold your tongue concerning theirs T5U tune z' '7 Jlf you must survey their trouble UliWithjyour justice beaming eyes jx TelLthem'ybw have seen full double with lefts than half their cries? But inforisthqnrthat you really (f ta aJSoBe ley 8ee better or you always loved them dearly 2 Thoughybii must condemn their ways I SE 1 hould they hint at bread and butter Cant of heavenlyfood the best: All about celestial rcstv Show that they their pockets if theyTiLeed advice them bite like hungry leeches Scratch like cats among the mice bull dog gripping Of the plump estate cf swirie least 4 5 Promising a chance to dine Tejl them of the gold of labor Tell them of the wealth' of care If itheyask Whq is oir neighbor 4 Urowl tho ghost everywhere re Then go liome andL make thanksgiving You were born to fare' so Thriving on your holy living Witlno soul tojlqsa or selL qf re LAMENT THE GOLD DIGGER BY CUTTIS HINE S'N 'Tis evening? and stand alone re ft On San rancisco desert shore twi tf a wandering night winds sadly moan I And shrieking sea birds round me soar 1 The wcarj' sun hath sunk to sleep Beyond the great wave While here stand and idly weep That riiavelieen to gold a slave reO cure 'dn the maddening cry" 4 through iriy own gteen land jjXmi sent'me forth unwept to die desert strand With spirits freshthe hills 4rod 1 £nd iAthe eaer" strife for gain rgot my4country and my God And fevered fancies flushed my brain I It came at last the bitter thought That I wa8 linkcdwithtoilliig slaves Whose very life blood had been bought olVoo late conviction camo etj sAndrwithia downcast eye uI thought 'with anguish and with shame JffiT'd chased 'echo hcro td die' lAOrvain was all our strife for wealth ploughed the bed of many a stream All idly and with uined health Heaped curses on our fevered dream 'f'That droye us frotn our hpmes away "Athyvart the furrowcdLreast find wfth terror and dismay? 9 That we were houseless guest Ire lh My heart grows iny eyogrows dim AM ocr tho watery waste I gaze" i'Andpewcrless droops eachicrvelcss limb And pride and strength decays Adieu my cruianooa nome ioriaio of my sky my grave and found too late Hi pye chased an echo to die to ft PHOM THE PERSIAN SAADE A sbldicofight hia 'shall I do? pt those unaked for visitors who steal my timedSMfeom 1 Ajtflibonroiv money of thorich4 trouble you the jta ito WKfc'SI 'I'WMOWiil Uftlrlr giiiniT 1 7 as rag i.

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