to show that he has actually paid $1,630 for through their veins. Some fifteen years since, himself! He got his freedom papers complete when the second son, whose name is Hamilton, only some time last year. His wife, some arrived at full manhood, he attempted to snap years since when she had six children, was his ignoble chains and reach the North, to be his made free by the express deed of her master, own man and guide, under God. He was caught, which was to take effect at his death, and that taken back, and sold for $500 to New Orleans. took place a few days after the deed was exe-In June last, his brothers and sisters, who were cuted. She was recorded in the Clerk's office on the Pearl, met him there, and found he had as free, and remained so for eight years, having just obtained his freedom for $1000, which he had two children in the time. Her children, by had earned and saved over and above his tasks the deed, were to be free, as they successively as a slave! Five of the sisters now reside in arrived at a certain age-say twenty-five. After Washington-they are married there, and all of a lapse of eight years, and when there were them in comfortable circumstances; fine in their eight children and two grand children, the personal appearance-modest, well-behaved, eswidow set up a claim to the whole group-timable women, all of them. One of them paid eleven in all. Poor Bell had recourse to law-$300 only for herself! she was an invalid. The yers and courts, but with little prospect of a re-doctor told her she would soon die, and she had dress of his grievances! The widow was con- better not make the attempt. She replied, “I'll stantly seeking to lay hands on them, to obtain do it, and be free, if I die the next hour!" the price of their sinews from the speculators, or Another paid $325 for her freedom, whose conshe took their wages without allowing them the stitution was delicate. The oldest, a noblefirst red cent for clothes. This is the conduct looking and noble-minded woman, purchased her of the widow Greenfield, living near the Navy rights at $450, some years ago, before prices Yard! were as high as at present. The two younger of these five married sisters paid $500 a piece for themselves. Four brothers and two younger sisters, Mary and Emily, were on the Pearl. They were brought back with the rest, and sold to the speculators for the New Orleans market for $750 a piece all round. Now cast up, and it will appear that the trustee of the demented old maid has actually realized from the sale of this one family, the offspring of a single slave mother, the sum of $7075! The two youngest children-a very likely boy and girl-are still left. They are so much capital in hand, to be traded upon at the first time. But this family was entirely nurtured and brought up by the father, and each, as soon as they arrived at the working age, has been put out for wages for the exclusive benefit of the old maid, without sense; or rather, for that of those who choose to be her heirs. It would be a fact worthy of one's curiosity to know how much precisely they have earned and paid over. I said four of the brothers and two of the sisters were sold to New Orleans. One brother, Richard, has been bought, brought back, and made free. The sisters have also been brought back, and are now in the trader's pen in Baltimore, in whose behalf an appeal will soon be made. The other three brothers have been sold in New Orleans. As his last and only hope poor Bell put his family on the Pearl. They were brought back, and with the exception of his wife and two younger children, were all sold and scattered over the South. The wife and one child Mr. Blagden redeemed for Bell, and the sum is now making up at the North-four hundred dollars. This is the family that were referred to with so much effect by Mr. Slingerland, the representative from our Albany district, at the time of the flagitious transaction last Spring. THE EDMONDSON FAMILY. Paul Edmondson was born into slavery, in Montgomery county, Md., eighteen miles from this city. He still lives in the same neighbourhood. At the age of forty-two he obtained his freedom by the gift of his master. By industry, economy and thrift he has acquired a comfortable little homestead of 40 acres, on which he now lives at the age of 70 years. He has reared a family of fifteen children. Fourteen are still alive, one, a daughter, having died at the age of sixteen. His wife, Milly, was also born to the sad inheritance of bondage, and is still a slave. At an early period, in the distribution of an estate, she fell to the lot of one Rebecca Culver. The two have grown up together from childhood. The mistress was not reckoned quite compos, and has always had a guardian of her person and trustee of her property. The person now her guardian and trustee is Francis Valdenur whose wife is a niece of his ward, and an heir apparent of her estate. Mr. Valdenur is a man of some standing in the neighbourhood, and is a State Tobacco inspector at Baltimore. These Edmondsons are not an ordinary family, as you will perceive in the sequel. They have the impulses of manhood and freedom gushing If the question were about to be submitted, whether an immediate stop should be put to the sale of such persons and families as these, in our District of Columbia, by a peremptory act of Congress, or not, I should like to have the people of St. Lawrence County, New York-the swarming masses-empannelled as a jury. Such an AYE! would resound through the woods and across the lakes, as to shake the topmost peaks of the Essex mountains! I'd like to put it to them to say, whether an honest, simple-hearted man shall go to the Penitentiary in the Federal | nevolent. Its mode of administering relief has District for twenty years, as a State criminal, because he allowed such people as these to take passage on his vessel, or rather did not drive them from it. These are questions to be thought of-to be met-they must be-there is no avoiding it. Your friend and fellow-citizen, HAMPDEN." HOUSE OF INDUSTRY. 66 The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the new "House of Industry," proposed to be erected by the Philadelphia Society for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor," on a lot which the Society has purchased for the purpose, took place a short time ago, in the presence of a considerable assemblage, who felt a lively interest in the philanthropic enterprise. The lot designed for the building cost twentythree hundred dollars. The estimated cost of the edifice when completed is twelve thousand dollars. It is to consist of a main building and two wings. But one wing will be built at present, and this, it is contemplated, will be finished by the first of December next. The first story or floor is to be used for bathing-the baths free, or at a price merely nominal; the second floor as a general workshop; the third floor as a ragged school. The bathing tubs, which have already been bought, are of the purest marble. The main building of the House of Industry will be a neat structure, after a plan presented to the Society by T. U. Walker, Esq., Architect. The features of the work-shop, ragged school and baths are all a Imirable and noble. The establishment of free baths for the poor is of itself alone a feature that will hand down the names of those from whom it emanated as benefactors of the human race. The objects of the "Philadelphia Society for the Instruction and Employment of the Poor," are those of the noblest and most comprehensive benevolence and philanthaopy. Its fields of labor are the purlieus of our metropolis, its mission to reclaim the outcast and to give shelter, food, raiment and moral instruction to the heirs of want and ignorance. It is about to establish its home in the locality of our city, in which its vice and misery in their vilest and most degraded shapes, would seem to have the strongest tendency to centre. Here the vicious and squalid vagrants will be lured to lives of industry and virtue; the victim of penury, without employment in the dead of winter, saved from perishing of hunger and cold; the worthy son and daughter of poverty provided with the means of earning a livelihood; and the neglected children of the wretched rescued from a life of crime. The Society has been in operation only about two years. Its operations have been rewarded with a degree of success much greater than was to be anticipated from the limited means at its command. Its pecuniary and other resources are all derived from the contributions of the be proved itself to be one of the most economical, as well as efficient, ever yet attempted. It affords to the destitute the opportunity of themselves gaining a living, whilst the sums of money expended for the purpose are not lost; but being returned, in each case, partake of the nature of a loan, rather than a gift, and are capable of re-investment for the benefit of individual after individual. Not only has the Christian, the moralist, and the philanthropist, a deep interest in the encouragement of this institution, but every tax-payer has an equal interest. Its humane and heavenly work must rapidly diminish both pauperism and crime. The officers and managers of the Society are all ladies and gentlemen eminent for their philanthropy, and many of them for years conspicuous for their devotion to the cause of suffering humanity in Philadelphia. To the generous and indefatigable exertions of William J. Mullen, Esq., its President and originator, is especially due the credit of its success. This gentleman has now for a number of years been so prominent in deeds of charity and works of moral reformation, that his name needs no mention to associate it with all that's creditable in the cause of human philanthropy. N. Am. and U. S. Gaz. THE CHARACTER OF GEORGE FOX. George Fox had received very little scholastic instruction, but he possessed a mind of no ordinary powers, cultivated, too, in a particular direction, in a very remarkable manner. The true knowledge of God, not as an intellectual speculation, but as that which gives rest to the awakened conscience, was the great object of his longing search from youth to manhood; and in this search his almost constant companion was the Bible. There he conversed with Patriarchs and Prophets, with the Lord Jesus and his Apostles, till he became most intimately imbued with the contents of the Holy Scriptures. But, though every word of inspiration was precious to him, his great desire was to know the mind of the Spirit,-the true harmony of the various parts of the divine records. He conversed extensively with esteemed religious teachers of various classes, but he found they were no physicians in his case. More and more, he was brought with childlike submissiveness to look to Christ as his only helper; and thus, after a course of deep spiritual discipline, his eye was opened more fully to see in the light of the Holy Spirit, the character of his Saviour, and to rejoice in him exceedingly. Having partaken largely of the spiritual baptism of his Lord, many divine truths were opened upon his mind with great clearness. Unshackled from human ties, and from all the religious systems of men, the great elements and characteristics of the Christian dispensation, in its native simplicity and purity, rose gradually before him. As he travelled onward in his experience, he found that what was from time to time unfolded to his mind was in the fullest harmony with Holy Writ. Many things in the so-called religious world now appeared to him in a new light, and grieved in spirit with its multiplied corruptions, he felt himself required by a divine impulse, to proclaim to others the Truth which he had found to the blessedness of his own soul. His great mission was not to found a sect, but to speak truth to all, and to call all out of every untruth to the knowledge for themselves of Him who is the Truth. The acknowledgment of Christ with the lip as a divine person, and the talking about faith in Him, and of his various offices, were prevalent enough in many circles; but the true belief in Him with the heart unto righteousness-the acceptance of Him as the only Lord of the soul, and dependence upon Him for continual guidance by his Spirit these were things which appeared to George Fox sadly deficient in his day. foundation might be sound, and the superstructure solid. We do not hesitate then to say, that, however ignorant George Fox might be of many things which rank high in the worldly scale, he was a scribe well instructed, and that he was eminently qualified to know of Christ's doctrine, by an exemplary obedience and devotion to his will, and by an humble reliance upon his all-sufficient aid. "He had," says William Penn, "an extraordinary gift in opening the Scriptures. He would go to the marrow of things, and show the mind, harmony, and fulfilling of them, with much plainness, and great comfort and edification.”Preface to the Second Edition of George Fox's Epistles, by Samuel Tuke. From a late London Paper. PEACE CONGRESS AT BRUSSELS. On the 20th and two following days of this (9th) month, a congress of delegates from the various parts of Europe and the United States will be held at Brussels, for the purpose of discussing and developing some rational, practical, and effi cient substitute for war, in settling the disputes which may arise between nations. We have been supplied, through the kindness of a friend, with the following particulars respecting the arrangements which have been made. The three points to which the attention of the congress will be especially directed, are as follows: 1. The expediency of recommending to the civilized and professedly Christian Governments of Europe and America, the adoption of an arbitration clause in all international treaties, by which questions of dispute which may arise, and which might issue in an appeal to the sword, shall be settled by mediation. 2. The propriety of establishing a congress of nations; the object of which shall be to form an international code, in order, as far as possible, to settle, on a satisfactory basis, mooted questions, and generally to secure peace. As the work of the Holy Spirit on the soul of man is the great means by which it is stimulated and enabled to resist the world, the flesh, and the devil, so had all these powers combined to stultify its authority and to give the name of Christianity to the dogmas or appointments of men, or too much to limit the divine power to the agency of the inspired letter which the wisdom of man was so able to bend to its own purposes, but which his unassisted wisdom was wholly unable truly to unfold. He saw that the corruptions of the Christian church had always been indicated by the increase of dependence upon man, in the work of religion-"the priests of old time ruled by their means, and the people loved to have it so." These words appeared to him descriptive of a great human tendency, forming part of those lusts of the flesh, against which the Holy Spirit ever warreth; and he spake much of that divine light given to man, by which the inward working of these lusts was manifested, and of that inward warfare with the soul's enemies, in which every one must be a 3. To recommend as a matter of primary imsoldier for himself, under Christ his Captain,-portance, to the several Governments of Chrisdenouncing all those arts which he saw to be so prevalent, by which man was persuaded that he could gain the crown, without enlisting under the banner of the cross. Man's alienation by nature from God, and his reluctance to come to Him in truth, notwithstanding the drawings of his love and the free offers of his mercy in Christ, the propitiation for the sins of the world, were the basis of his appeals. He was eminently a preacher of the free grace of God to all who repent, and who, in subjection to his Spirit, truly cone unto Christ. The experimental work of the Spirit in bringing the soul in living faith to Christ as its Lord and Saviour, was indeed the great theme of his ministry; it was that which he felt himself called to urge upon all, that the tendom, mutual disarmament, and the interchange of good offices designed to promote and secure pacific relations, and the general welfare of the world." It is not intended that the abstract principle of peace shall be brought into discussion, or that a political turn shall be given to the proceedings of the congress. On the contrary, so deeply do the promoters feel the importance of not giving a political character to their movements, that, in a letter addressed by them to the Belgian Minister of the Interior, they declared that they would consent to forego the congress altogether, rather than subject it, justly, to an imputation of that kind. The Belgian Government, we are happy to say, have done all in their power to aid the Executive Committee in making the necessary arrangements. They have placed at their disposal the Salle de la Grande Harmonie, one of the finest rooms in Brussels, and admirably adapted to the purpose designed. They have also intimated that, instead of requiring each individual to be provided with a passport, a Feuille de Route, or general passport, will be deemed sufficient. By this means much time, expense, and unnecessary trouble will be saved. Several influential gentlemen in Brussels have formed themselves into a local committee for the purpose of co-operating with that in England; and it is hoped and expected that, through their exertions and those of friends in other parts, the attendance of a large foreign deputation will be secured. THE GOSPEL ECHO. FOUND IN THE PEW OF A CHURCH IN SCOTLAND. True Faith producing love to God in man, Must I my faith in Jesus constant show, If they my failings causelessly reveal, But if my name and character they tear, Why, Echo, how is this? thou art sure a dove, Amen, with all my heart, then be it so ; This path be mine, and let who will reject, Henceforth on Him I'll cast my every care, THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE. A FREE PARAPHRASE OF THE GERMAN. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, There's quiet in that angel's glance, SUMMARY OF NEWS. GUATEMALA.. -A revolution has occurred in Guatemala, and Gen. Carrera has resigned the Presi dency and left the country. Juan Antonio Martinez was President ad interim.* EUROPE.--The news from Liverpool is to the 23d. The cotton market continued dull, with a downward tendency in prices. The corn market was rather more firm, owing to the easterly winds having kept out foreign supplies. The weather continued favourable for the harvest, which was in progress. The accounts of the potato disease, are very conflicting. No combat of importance appears to have taken place in Ireland, though there are accounts of large bodies of armed insurgents moving about among the mountains. The commission for the trial of O'Brien and others of the insurgent leaders, had been opened, and the 28th ult. fixed for the commencement of the trial of O'Brien, on the charge of high treason. The sudden death of Lord George Bentinck, a distinguished Parliamentary leader, is mentioned as having occurred on the 21st. Much excitement existed in Paris at the last accounts, in regard to Louis Napoleon, who has been again elected to the Assembly. It appears that the German Parliament has sanctioned the armistice with Denmark, which is regarded as a favourable indication of a permanent peace. The last accounts from Frankfort state that a sanguinary insurrection had broken out there, the cause of which is not stated. Hungary appears to be on the point of entirely separating from Austria. At the same time the Servian insurgents in the South are said to be carrying all before them. The Austrians and Sardinians in Northern Italy, were making active preparations for a renewal of hostilities. The Neapolitans do not seem to have gained any further successes in Sicily. The Semi-Annual Meeting of the "Philadelphia Free Produce Association of Friends," will be held at Clarkson Hall, Cherry, above Sixth street, this evening, at 73 o'clock. *Carrera obtained the Presidency, we believe, in 1837 or 1838, by the revolution which overthrew Gen. Morazan. The events of this period are graphically described by Stephens, in his narrative of his first journey to Central America. Carrera is, at least partially, of Indian blood, and the present revolution is understood to be a triumph of the old Spanish party. FRIENDS' REVIEW. VOL. II. A RELIGIOUS, LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS JOURNAL. PHILADELPHIA, TENTH MONTH 21, 1848. No. 5. a full persuasion that the SEED OF LIFE reigned and was in dominion, there should be such falling away among the descendants of the great and good, that in most of the places I have visited there is but little left but the form. The love of the world, and a conformity to its customs and friendship, has captivated many of all ranks; the sense whereof leads me sometimes to believe that "the Lord will visit for these things, and be avenged on such a nation as this." Yet there is an honest and tried number, up and down, who have a just perception and a clear discerning, and who are engaged for the restoration of these captives, that there may be a revival of ancient zeal and simplicity; and a precious visitation is extended to the rising youth, and those in the middle rank, many of whom will, I hope, be brought forward in the Lord's time as workmen and women that will not need to be ashamed; provided they keep patiently under the holy forming hand of divine power, which, through adorable mercy, is not yet wholly withdrawn from his heritage. I did not intend to say so much in this line, but there are very few to whom I can disclose my present feelings, except C. Hustler, who is a true sympathizing friend, and is willing to continue a little longer with me. * * ** * R. Jones to John Pemberton. York, at Wm. Tuke's, 9th mo. 29th, 1784. Beloved friend,-Thou art so much the companion of my thoughts, and with so much real sympathy under thy varied exercises, that I believe it will tend to my own relief at least to salute thee again by a few lines, though I have no account whether my last reached thee or not. With my dear friend, C. Hustler, we have visited most of the meetings in Norfolk and Lincolnshire, and have been, for some time, engaged in this country; and having felt a draught particularly to the Monthly and Preparative meetings, has occasioned more riding and industry, so that I know thy situation in Ireland must have been we have had little rest. Being accommodated truly in the cross to thy nature, but my mind has with J. Hustler's chaise, has made it more easy, been settled in a full pursuasion that thou art not which, with many other favours, is cause of following cunningly devised fables, and often thankfulness to Him who has not failed nor for- hearing that thou art mercifully sustained, is saken in the time of deepest exercise and trial; cause of rejoicing to one who, according to my for indeed, my dear friend, I may say of a truth, measure, have often been engaged for thy inthe path allotted me in this land, is one of tribu- crease in strength and dedication, as well as my lation, and my constant breathing is for pre-own. May the Lord be near thee, thy bow and servation in the path, that by no part of my conduct, nor yet through impatience under suffering, the gracious design of infinite wisdom towards me, a poor, unworthy creature, may be frustrated, nor any dishonour brought on the blessed and noble cause of Truth. Truly there is little room for any other than the language of deep bemoaning; the glory of many in this land has become dimmed and changed. Oh! how has my heart mourned in remembering that in this part of the world, where the glorious light of the gospel so eminently broke forth, and where so many were gathered from shadows and forms to the living substance and power of Truth, under battle axe, and enable thee to finish the work which in His counsel opens to thy view, that thy crown may be weighty and eternal. And oh! may I have a place in thy brotherly remembrance, for thou knowest what a weakling I am; yet I dare not but acknowledge that the Lord has not been wanting, nor do I distrust the sufficiency of his power for the accomplishment of his own purposes; but weakness and diffidence still attend. After this Quarterly Meeting is over, it looks as if we might endeavour for that at New Castle, for the county of Durham, and some meetings thereabouts. ** * * * |