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serms. $2.00 Per year in Advance. 5 eents per copy. yOL Vil. AMUSEMEN RAMATIC & DRILL _ENTERTAINMENT— The Temperance Drama At The ONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ralgtY EVENING UWE (57H, 1088, Miss E. F. Merritt, the authoress t emperance drama that was ved with such approbation at School Concert of the 8th 1 repeat it FRIDAY jn addition there thie pivision, wi JUNE 15th. will be a PRIZE DRILL representing the heiween boys ' z nilitary companies, and all others Who desire to compete are invited bo do go. There will be two prizes ko be awarded to the two best pontes This will be a novel rentertainment. En- gud inter 5 ries will be made by sending Fawes to Miss E. F. G. Merritt «) St., n.w., until Wednesday Ae 13th. Ldwission ~ - - 1ldets. A grand lecture will be given F.fteenth St. Presbyterian ),on Mmday evening, June 888, by Prof. Wm. Howard ‘nusylvania, under the tthe board of trust +s, The development of civil is |.berty iJ. In_alls, president i States Senste, will on, make the intio. ess. Prof. Day is one eloquent plat-form uthe country and you |notfail to hear bim. A of ladies of the church i a festival in the lecture wou. Lecture to begin at 8 dock. Admission 25 cts. Musical engagements accepted pr PICNICS, CONCERTS and jleasures of all kind. Call on or ddress I. L. FURBY 1113 14TH ST. —————_2>—___ SPECIAL NOTICES. Officers and members of the id Fellow’s Hall (Building) Com- ittee are requested to meet at heir Hall on 11th. street, Thars- wy evening Jane 28, 1888. Bus- ess Of importance, B. C. Whiting Chairman. t. Paul A.M. E. church 8th bet. ).and E. streets s. w. Rev. C. W. iizhugh, pastor. Services at 11 w. and 5 p.m. Sabbath Sunday hool, 9:4. m. J. W. Butcher perintendent. ~~. ROOMS TO LET. FOR RENT —Two furnished t rooms on the second floor tlemen or husband and nie. No, 1930 11th et. n. w. TAKE NOTICE patrons of the Bre must all advertisements, in the notices, deaths, marnages. matter of a persoual “tre will be inserted unless it is THE NEGROES TO BE CARRIED TO EGYPT. igler, a preacher living tilmores plan‘ation has usiderable excitement negroes on account of i he claims to have hed. iat the Lord bas reveal- that on a certain day ‘ry all the negroes to that he (Tom) is to be Tbe day and hour of rture have been set. the prophecy to be * that before the war and that the prophesy was literally fulfilled; hence they believe him now, and are getting their clothes in rediness for the departure. — Cincinnati Enquirer. feieee SOR THE MOTHER’S DREAM. Owing to the great demand for the publication of Miss Eva A. Chase’s original poem which was read before the Philomatheon Literary, amidst snch a storm of applause, she has kindly consent~ ed to give it to the press, a. In the rudest hut on southern ground, Just at the mountains base, Where naught euvirons it but woods, A noble mother dwells. In a terrific storm, the Judge Sought shelter "neath this roof; And while the gale raged furiously, They talked of this, now that. 9 a She let a tear fail as she said, And to her daughter turned: The barden of life is very hard Without your dear paps! The Judge in purest sympathy, To soothe the mothers grief, Handed from his pocket to the dame, The daily news to read. 3. Not a word sir, can I read! So he in manly mien, Drew b.ck the paper he proffered, And read aloud to her Who sheltered him from the how- ling blast, While sweetly her souldrank in, The vews of other climes. The storm was o’er,— the Judge had gone,— 4. The stars came out on high And peeped into the little room Through crevic:s in the wa'l. The magic stars were passing fair! They to their couch repaired,— And all that had been said that day, She dreamed at night and more. Upon an unenvied couch she lay, 5. Her danghter at her side,— Eyelids closed they sweetly dozed, Beneath that humble roof; And so in dreams and visions borne, Her fancy took its flight. The storm again was at its height, The Judge before her sat; And when she turned her dazgh- ter toward, 6. She saw not there the womanly form To which she'd lately grown— She was again a child. With childish innccence she knelt, Beside her mother dear, While to the Judge was sadly told, The story of her life. Chased by the wild hounds, we From morning until night, We tied before our captors! It was a race for liberty! And, peering through the mid- night air, My busband saw a eolitary hound Keep up the chase! At last o’er taken by the beest, A bitter struggle then ensued! 8. And as its life blood ebbed away, He fell dead upon its breast! Oh God! [ cried, have mercy Upon this lonely head! A tear rushed from the sleepers eye, And then a smile appeared As the Judge read to her of a man, From fair New Hampshire’s shore, 9. Of his untiring devotion to pass a Bill That will diffuse throughout the country light, By refinement of the brain, O, blessings on that Senator! The noble mother cried. Slowly she turned her o’er in bed And back to dreamland went. 10. Time on rapid wing went by. The Bill both houses passed And o’er the land from every part A brilliant taper sprang, Long, long she gazed upon the sight. As into schools they turned; Among the children attending them Her little girl was sent: it. She sees her child a woman grown, A very useful one. Avdto the school she has in charge, A visit she doth pay,— As in the spacious hall she goes, She hears five huhdred voices sing “@ od bless Sen. Blair, For his Educational Bill.” 12. As the first faint gleaming of the Sun Peeped into the sleeper’s face, Open wide her eyelids sprang While her lips in motion were Repeating the words She in dreamla:d had heard: “God bless Sen. Blair For his Eduoatiova! Bill.” oo A TEST. Having long been at war with the institution known as American slavery, and still feeling the guilt resting upon us as a nation for the past and present oppression of the poor, as a citizen of this republic, 1 wish this acknowledgment to be as public as the mouth and press can make it—believing that nothing less upon the part of this Govern- ment and nation will secure its life, peace and tranquility : To all whom it may concern: In the presence of Almigity God and all men, I hereby acknowledge that the so-called institution of American Slavery was a base de- ception and fraud upon au innocent people, and a crime for which, with- out repentance, we deserve eternal banishment trom the presence of God and trom the glory of his pow- er. That those people so long and wickedly oppressed were not slaves, but tree men and women, stolen, held in bondage, and compelled to work without pay. That being a free and uncon- demned people, and only relieved by the power of God, they are en- titled to pay for all services ren- dered while in bondage. That to withhold such compen- sation is the fruit of the same sperit which held them in bondage, and an act not less censurable. And should such compensation be withheld by this Government, so long their oppressor, that any course justifyiud a man or nation in securing their rights of another, would be justifyable in this case. B.S. SNIDER. oe AN INTERESTING RELIC. EpiToR BosToN CoMMON- WEALTH :—I have quite an old liw book in my possessivn, it being the revised statutes of Virginia. The publishing page is lost, but it was lu the time of the Privy Council of Virginia. The book is partly gone b t yet contains 182 pages. It re- cites acts passed under the leads of government of the British Crown and enforced in Virginia under the colonial government unuer Henry the Eighth, Queen Anue, Richard the Second, George the Secoud aud | Third, which were exceedingly bar- barous, a few of which 1 will recite: Any negro found with medicine in his possession must suffer death without the benetit of clergy ; also same penalty for various offenses, as, if any negro, bond or tree, do lift his hand to strike any white person, he or she shall suffer death | without the benefit of clergy; also any negro who was out lying in swamps and stealing bogs to live | upon shall be castrated; also repealing except where be had at- tempted to ravish a white woman, | and for giving talse testimopy against persons of his owu color shall bave his ear nailed to the pil- lory for one hour and then cut off; then the other ear nailed fast for an hour and then cut off; then jick Douglass was the centre of | ofter accumulates in the system urtl! thirty-nine lashes on the bare back, well laid on; also many fines were for acertain amount of money or so many pounds of tobacco. The clerk of the county court was pro-' hibited from demanding more than 15 pounds of tobacco for recording adeed. This relic was found in a garret in one of the most ancient houses on the Ohio river, and is now for sale. JoHN A. DavENPORT, Friendly, Tyler Co., West Virginia. NOTHING, NOTHING COMES. FROM (Tennessee Star,) One hardly knows whether to pity or condemn Prof. W. H. Coun- cil. He bas been a Democrat for some years. Last year his Demo- eratic friends ousted him from the Normal School at Huutsville, be- cause he sought redress from the insults heaped upon him on the railroads. His case touched the sympathies of his race. Bat his last freak to gain favor with his Democratic bosses, as the Mont- gomery Herald put it, is utterly contemptible. At the recent Teach- ers’ State Convention in Alabama, Council oppesed a set of resolutions memorializing the Legislature of Alabama to provide decent accom modations for colored people ou railreads. He further present'd a paper in which he takes decided grounds against classical education for Negroes. No argument is nec- essary to prove council’s littleness, to say the least of it. His posi- tion is antagonistic to our civil tights on one hand, and our mental development on the other. Any map, whatever his color, religious or political faith, who takes this stand is not only an enemy to the colored race, but to the highest in terest of society in general. Shoot such maubood or race pride. But then Council is like the average Southern Dowocrat. May the Lo:d have mercy on his depraved soul, and may Ham let him (Council) and his peruicious advice alone, is the wish of all the negroes with hearts. FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN BOSTON. (Boston Advocate) List Monday the N. E. Wo man’s Suffrage Association held the opening exercises of their twelfth annual meeting at Tremont Temple, at which the President Miss Lucy Stone, presided. Speeches were made by Mrs. L. O. 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