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VroXerer A Kkiknd Wantld —A cier pvman whoheard j»'r. (’hrcvt-r rn Tuesday, while addr*.*-sin if the At.ti Slavery Society, exp rcxse# regretj rhaf. no friendly adviser Ftaricjs ready to infer-poe in Ms behalf. Hi* manner was strange* ly excited and violent; I.is appcranco wdd and 'I unnatural, suggesting painful surmising* a, to the evil effects upon himx-lf of further indulgence in his favorite topic. When treating other subjects, few clergymen are more edifying ; hut it is manifest that h« is powerless torgood when harping on the old tlrcadbiro1 coat. Menrudi to heai him on such occasions, as spectators report to a bear-garden, to {t see the animals. M'-an w hile, ltdigion is scandalized, a once prosptuous church reduced almost to spiritual an 1 material ruin, arid the tin • fortunate ch rg} man himself exposed to incurable mental disorder. Such a condition of things uhouid not be continued indefinitely.— .Nut manv vears ago there was a church in St:w York city whose condi’i* n w as in many respects similar to the enu located in Union-■Square, The minister persisted in holding on, centra! y to the expressed wAIlof the people* greatly to the detriment of a!! ihe infersts involved. IJut by a r//ir the property was sold under a foreclosure of mortgage, and the society disbanded. In a few days, however, there was a re organization, with a new pas-’ar, and the church has since continued to be one of the most influential and prosperous in the city.—A\ Y. Jour. Com.ti*vnveThe r. G. Ft It. and its I’asse.nof.us.--The Rochester Democrat (Rep.) speaking of the operation of the underground railroad,says :“ We cannot in mercy to the poor black®,feel that they are bettering their condition by*i going northward. Canada is not a congeniali 5 r*place for them, and it does not offer a profi -table field for their industry. The young negro who crossed over yesterday will be furtu-nate if able to earn a better living than ho had»at Baltimore, or secure any more of the real blessings of freedom than were afforded him m servitude. As for the poor old man, he will fare hard in Canada, and will sigh for a Louisiana home to die in before he has spenta year in Canada.”An Knglish woman, writing to the LondonTiroes in respect to the effort to reclaim aban-done 1 women by midnight parties, says pertinently—‘-.Might I \enture to suggest that ft meeting should bo called of the other st-x. that they may be lectured and prayed with about the awful sin and misery that lies at their door I will bear my share of the necessary tea andtoast. When the demand ceases the supply will soon be stopped.”A house in the suburbs of Maumee City, on the Waterside road, occupied bv ft family4 Jof colored people was burned to the ground Ion Wednesday evening and sad to rcfaie, a , little girl six years old perished la the flames71 w'fo Time \
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Defiance Democrat
Defiance, Ohio, US
Sat, Jun 02, 1860
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