It was a few years before the Civil War that the incident here related took place. A large vessel in the lumbor-carrying trade was north-bound from Charlestown, South Carolina, and thereon a slave had concealed himself, hoping that when Boston was reached he would find an opportunity to gain his freedom.

The first introduction of Methodism on this island was subsequent to the Revolutionary war.

Frederick Douglas, the colored orator, addressed a very respectable, though not large audience, at the Town Hall, on Sat