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Soe eee Siisiaescohs angie eects pi ete openness ee. RS IS ~ a S : ee PON i é PEE : Poctry. ie Love's Ambition. BY JAMES NACK. oe $ _ Oh that I were a king In golden pomp arrayed! And thou, most beautiful, Wert but an humble maid! ~Then would I say to thee, : _ Qh best beloved of mine, Behold my crown and throne, 'or throne and crown are thine! "Tn truth thou art not sprung From those of royal race, But nature's royalty Adorn thy form and face. TJ climbed the lofty heights-- I found tiem drear and bare ; T sought the deepest vale-- _ The sweetest flower was there ! - Now, from thy rosy mouth, I hear the gentle sound-- ~ "Oh let that flower remain - Still in its native ground! ~~ Its beauty and perfame - Live in this mossy place ; . Why break it offto die =~ ~~. ~"Within a golden vase ? "J ask not for my brow A coronet of pearls-- : = Give me a budding rose 7 So ee To place among my curls!" T fling my sceptre far, _-- Deep, in the deepest sea-- For what are crown and throne _. Without thy love for me? "Tis not a crown of gold Can match thy brighter hair-- *Tis not a diamond wreath Can with thine eyes compare! Had I as many crowns Sa As shine the stars above-- or ~ OhI would give them all, Sweet maiden, for thy love! And yet I must repeat-- And thou wilt not upbraid-- Oh that I were a king, And thou an humble maid. Yankee Doodle. In the summer of 1775, the British army under the command oi Abercrombie, lay en- -eamped on the east bank of the Hudson - River, a little South of the city of Albany, awaiting reinforcements of militia from the eastern states, previous to marching upon 'Ticonderoga. During the month of June, these raw levies poured into camp, company after - company, each man differently armed, equip- ped and accoutered from his neighbour, and _ the whole presenting such a spectacle as was never equalled, unless by the celebrated regiment of merry Jack Falstaff. Their owfre appearance furnished great - amusement to the British officers. One Dr. _ Shackburgh, an English Surgeon, composed the tune of Yankee Doodle, and arranged it to words, which were gravely dedicated to thenewrecruits. 'The joke took, and the tune has come down to this day. 'The ori- Sey words, which we take from Farmer & _ Moore's Historical Collections, published In 1824, we have not, however, met with before in many years: _ Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Goodwin, Where we saw the men and boys As thick as hasty-pudding. There was Captain Washington, Upon a slapping stallion, 'A giving orders to his men-- I guess there was a million. _ And the feathers on his hat, __. They look'd so tarnal fine, I wanted peskily to get - Te give to my Jemime. And there they had a swamping gun % As large as log of maple, ~ On a deuced little cart-- A load for father's cattle. And every time they fired it off, It took a horn of powder; ~ It made a noise like father's gun, Only a nation louder. | went as near to it myself _. As Jacob's underpinnin, And father went as near again-- iIthought the deuce was in him. ~. And there I saw a little keg, a Its heads were made of leather-- - 'They knock'd upon't with little sticks, 'To call the folks together. And then they'd fife away like fun, And play on cornstalk fiddles, And some had ribbons red as blood; All bound about their middles. __ The troopers, too, would gallop up, = > And fire rite in our faces: It scar'd me almost half to death Tosee them run such races. Old Uncle Sam came there to change Some pancakes and some onions, For 'lasses cakes to carry home, To give his wife and young ones, - _ But I can't tell you half I see, __ They kept up such a smother; ~ So I took my hat off----made a bow, And scampered home to mother. ae A Wolf Story. _ A correspondent of the Buffalo Republic, _ who is out west on his travels, relates the following story of a wolf hunt which occur- red near Indianapolis twelve years ago, and the principal actors in which are still living: The relator says, that several weeks after a grand hunt, in which a large wolf had escaped, while some of the hunters were re- turning to the village they discovered a wolf eating asheep newly killed. On giving the alarm several men collected and went in Pysult They found him, although in the daytime, still regailing at the carcase, and at once gave chase. After running more than half a day, having had several severe battles with the dogs, and being closely pressed by the hunters, he took to the hills and shortly entered a den. ~ ' _ "Do you see," said he, " where the ground is broken yonder?" pointing to the earth thrown up ata distance from us. When we came to the spot, " here," said he, " was the den. Knowing he was in, we fell to digging. Having penetrated twelve * feet, a lateral hole was discovered leading _ off toa great depth. In that the wolf had taken shelter. 1t was large enough for dogs to enter, and several were sent in, but after a short fight they came back pretty well scarred up. -- _ At last we let ina hound, which imme- diately fastened on the wolf, and remained in the den with him, unable to bring him out. The dog was across of the bull and -terrior, and when once set on in earnest, he _never broke his hold without the command 'of his master.. We waited some time for him, the struggle in the hole rising to a per- fect fury, when it was proposed that some - .of the men should crawl in and help the _ dog to drag the wolf out, as we were sure, ____ from the noise of the fight, that the dog had set his jaws on him somewhere. But who _ should go down into that den and take part in a fight between a hound and a wolf, in DPD DDO the dark? Putman once descended into a wolf den, but he had a lamp and a rifle. But here was a double danger, for there was no prospect that either the wolf or dog would end their fighting short of death. The hole was descending, and he must enter no- body knew how. far, head downwards without a light, and if he ever returned it must be by creeping backwards up _ hill, in the dark, with the dog and wolf battling for | lifé' in the den beyond! Putman descend- | ed with a rope attached to him, so that on giving a signal he could be drawn up if ne- cessary. But we had no rope, and who- ever went in must run his risk of getting out again without help. « With all these dangers, a young man,. Samuel Shannahan, still living in the neigh- borhood, promptly volunteered to descend. He soon reached the bottom and found the dog with his jaws fastened immovable upon the wolf's cheek. Shannahan seized the dog by the hind legs and attempted to back up with him, but found it impossible to get up. Another man now descended and got Shannahan by the legs, while two or three reached in and took hold of him. 'Thus linked in a twenty foot chain Shannahan was drawn up holding on the dog whose jaws had not unlocked all the time during the struggle, and the wolf was taken and killed. He was of the largest size grey wolf, an old effender, fat on mutton and veal, and_ measured over seven feet." Fanny Fern, Her Success and its - Cause. The following from the New York Tri- | bune presents the must remarkable instance upon record, of sudden and surprising liter- ary success; and clearly unfolds the secret of that wide and wonderful popularity which | Fanny Fern has so suddenly obtained :-- The secret of Fanny Fern's literary tri- umph we take to be her fidelity to nature and her sympathy with the most universal tastes. She has none of the airs of pro- fessional authorship--does not become starch- ed and prim at the sight of pen and ink-- and has hit on one great art of good writing, to make it as much like the free taik of the writer, as the nature of the subject: allows. Her style is free from all bookishness--all hard traces of weary study--and flows on as easily and blithely as the song of vernal birds. At the same time, it shows an alert and observing spirit, a flexible fancy, and a love of fun, which she could not curb if she would, and would not if she could. - Her taste for satire is indeed tempered by warm, womanly sympathies--otherwise it might be mischievous--but now though she cuts and thrusts with nimble alacrity, she leaves no venom in the wound, which she has made less in malice than sport.*° With her peren- nial mirth, she blends a genuine sense of the pathetic, and often relieves her brilliant flashes of humor, with a sudden burst of sympathy. Her tendencies are progressive, and truly democratic. Her heart is with the people and warms to homely joys and SOrrows.. A generous scorn of basenessand injustice often gives point to her. sarcasm; while her love of truth and beauty leads her to detect all the elements of goodness in com- mon every day life. She always takes the side of the weak and oppressed, as by un- erring instinct. Her fancy, it is true, often runs riot--she overlays her pictures with blood-red tints--and seldom resists the temptation to an audacious extravagance; but she never forgets the heavenly " quality of mercy " nor lays aside her tenderness to- ward the weak, or her sympathy with every form of suffering. Such traits give Fanny Fern her popularity with the great mass of readers. They seek for what is natural, and warm, and impulsive and humane, and of this they never fail in her writings. The contents of this Second Series of "Fern Leaves" are of a more varied char- acter than her previous. volume, and fully sustain the characteristic reputation of that work. They are arranged in a natural. or- der, and taken as.a whole, are adapted -to produce a still deeper impression of the writer's originality and power. It is super- fluous to say they will be read everywhere, and that whoever takes up the book once will not leave it without a complete perusal. Wasuine-Day in THE Battic.--Some of the officers in the Baltic have been writing home to their mammas for the means of washing and_ ironing their own linen, as well as for ample instructions how to "get up" a shirt. One gallant youth entreats that full direc- tions may'be given him as to the whole de- tails-of. the operation, with, hints where to begin and where to leave off. He also urges his mamma to send him by an. early packet a packet of starch, for though he is prepared to pay a stiff price for the article, he does not like to be without it, as its absence pre- vents him from showing a bold--shirt-- front to the enemy. It is to be regretted that the thoughts of our naval officers should be absorbed in the washing-tub at such a critical moment, and, there is reason to fear that they will have too many irons in the fire, if they are found ironing their own collars when they ought to be mangling the breast-works of the enemy. A lieutenant with his hands in the suds can scarcely be prepared for a sudden emer- gency, and we would therefore recommend a naval hero to learn to " rough it" with his linen as well as with every thing else while on active service-- Punch. ur Punch represents Nicholas as an ass- who has allowed himself to be shut up in a pound, and all the European nations, con- spicious among which is John Bull, stand looking over the fence at him, but no one dares to get inside to put the bridle on. Turkey has let down one bar, and reaching a hand through has got hold of his tail, and implores France and England to go in and take him by the head, but they manifest a most decided disinclination to take hold of the biting end. A better illustration of "the war' which was going to shake the whole continent of Europe we have never seen. A Durcumaw's Dagscription oF A Ramy Niear--vVell, lasht F riday night vas de vorst ash never vash. I tought to co down de hill to mine hohse, but no sooner I did valk, den de faster I stands still, for de tarkness vash so tick dat I coot not stir ir mit my boots; and de rain, dunder and blixim, in more den tree mintues mine skin vash wot troo to mine clo's. von lectle vile it stopped quitting to rain some time; so I kept feeling of mineself all de vay along, and ven I comes to mine house to valk in, vat you tink? Mine dear! it pelong to somepody else." i rum. But after | . Land Sales. A correspondent inquires concerning lands. In reply we give the following abstract of lands now for sale: Mr, Edward Emery, of London, C. W., ad vertises an important sale of Town lots, to take place on the 19th day of June. Terms of pay- ment, one-eighth. down, or by notes at three or six months, if required; the balance in ten equal annual payments, with interest. FB. Beddome offers for sale a valuable farm also 23 miles from London, parts of Lot No.1, 2d Concession of Lobo; also wild lands, lot 3, Ist concession, four miles from the town. Mr. H. B. Hope, Toronto, offers 400 acres in North Gwilliambury, 50 acres in North Orillia, 100 in Tay, 100 in Medonte. S.M. Sandford offers lot 19, 3d Concession Townshiy of Vespra, containing 190 acres--40 cleared, within 3 miles of Barrie. East half lot 9, 13th Concession, Innisfield, near Barrie Depot Northern railroad. South half No. 15 7th Con- eession, Nottawasaga, 20 acres cleared. Constitution of the National Council. For the purpose of improving the char- acter, developing the intelligence, maintain- ing the rights and organizing a Union of the Colored People of the Free States, the Na- tional Convention does hereby ordain and institute the " NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLE." Art. 1. This Council shall consist of two members from each State, represented in this Convention, to be elected by this Con- vention, and two other members from each State to be elected as follows: On the 15th day of November next, and biennially there- after, there shall be held in each State, a Poll, at which each colored inhabitant may vote who pays ten cents as poll-tax, and each State shall elect, at such election, such delegates to State Lsgislatures, twenty in number from each State, at large. The election to be held at such places and under such conditions as the public meetings in such localities may determine. The mem- bers of the National Council in each State, shall receive, canvass, and declare the result of such vote. The State Council, thus elect- ed, shall meet on the first Monday in Janu- ary, 1854, and elect additional members to the National Council, in proportion of one to five thousand of the colored population of such State; and the members of council thus elected, to take office on the sixth day of July next, and all to hold office during two years from that date; at the end of which time another general election by State council shall take place of members to con- stitute their suecessors in office, in the same numbers as above. The State council of each State shall have full power over the internal concefns of said State. Art. 2. The mambers of the first council shall be elected by this convention, which shall designate out of the number, a Presi- dent, a Vice-President, Secretary, Treasur- er, corresponding Secretary, and committee of five on Manual Labor--a committee of five on Protective Unions--of five on Busi- ness Relations--of five on Publications. Art. 3. The committee on Manual Labor School shall procure funds and organize said School in accordance with the plans adopted by this National Convention, with such modifications as experience or necessity may dictate to them. The committee shall immediately incorporate itself as an academy under " The General Committee of the State of. »' and shall constitute the Board of Trustees of the Manual Labor School, with full power to select a location in the State designated by the National council, to erect buildings, appoint or dismiss instructers in the literary or mechanical branches. There shall be a farm attached to the School. Art. 4. The committee on Protective Unions shall institute a Protective Union for the purchase and sale of articles of domestic consumption, and shall unite and aid in the formation of branches anxiliary to their own. Art. 5. The committee on Business Rela- tions, shall establish an office, in which they shall keep a registry of colored mechanics, arti- zans and business men threughout the Union. They shall keep a registry of all persons will- ing to employ colored men in business, to teach colored boys. mechanical trades, liberal and scientific professions, and farming ; and also; a registry of colored men and boys seeking employment or instruction. 'They shall also report upon any avenues of business or trade which they deem inviting to colored capital, skill, or Jabor. Their reports and ad- vertisements to be in papers of the widest circulation. They shall receive for sale or exhibition, products of the skill and labor of colored people. Art. 6.-The committee on Publication shall collect all facts, statistics and statements, all laws and historical records and biographies of the colored people, and all books by colored authors. They shall have for the safe keep- ing of these documents, a Library, with a Reading Room and Musenm. The committee shall also publish replies to any'assaults, wor- thy of note, made upon the character or con- dition of the colored People. gS Art. 7. Each committee shall have abso- lute control over its'special department ; shall make its own by-laws, and in case of any va- cancy occurring, shall fill up the same forth- with subject to the confirmation of the coun- cil. Hach committee shall meet at least once a month or as often as possible ; shall keep a minute of all its proceedings. executive and financial, and shall submit a full statement of the same, with the accounts audited, at every regular meeting of the National council. Art. 8. The National council shall meet at least once in six months, to receive the reports of the committees, and to consider any new plan for the general good, for which it shall have power, at its option, to appoint a new committee, and shall be empowered to receive and appropriate donations for the carrying out of the objects of the same. At all such meet- ings, eleven members shall constitute a quo- In case any committee neglect or refuse to send in its report, according to article 8th, then the council shall have power to enter the bureau, examine the books and papers of such committee ; and in case the committee shall persist in-its refusal or neglect, then thecoun- cil shall declare their offices vacant, and ap- point others in their stead. Art. 9. In all cases of the meetings of the National Council, or the committees, the tra- veling expenses (if any) of the members shall be paid out of the respective funds. Art. 10. 'Lhe council shall immediately es- tablish a bureau in the place of its meeting : and the same rooms shall, as far as possible,be used by the several committees for their vari- ous purposes. The council shall have a clerk, at a moderate salary, who will keep a record of their transactions, and prepare a condensed report of the committees for publication ; and, also, a registry of the friends of the cause. Art. 11. The expenses of the council shall be defrayed by the fees of membership of sub- societies or councils, to be organised through- out the States. 'I'he membership fee shall be one cent per week, Art. 12. A member of the council shall be menwel of only one of the committees there- of. Art. 13. All officers holding . funds, shall give'security'in double the amount likely to be in their hands. This security to be given to the three first officers of the council. Art. 14. The council shall have power to make such Bye-Lawsas arenecessary for their proper goverumen_ COLORED The following resolutions, having a direct bearing upon the plan of organization were adopted by the Convention and are therefore appended to the Council's Constitution.] Resolved That the Council shall be dele- gated to select its various Committees. -- Resolved, That the Council shall have power to offer a premium for prize essays on different subjects agreed on by Council. Resolved, That the said Council shall hear 'and grant petitions and be. governed by the rules of legislative bodies, and their decisions shall be final. Resolved, That any State applying for ad- mission into this Union, shall be admitted on such terms, as may hereafter be agreed upon. Resolved, That in establishing a National Council for our own special improvement, and a Manual Labor School for the education of our children in science, literature and me- chanical arts, this. Convention do this, not. to build ourselves up asa distinct and separate class in this country, but as a means to a great end, viz: the equality in political rights, and in civil and social privileges with the est of the American people. ON FR SIR I I IID Oem PLAN OF THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. The undersigned, the Committee on Man- ual Labour School, appointed by the National Council of the colored people, in offering a plan for the organization of the school, beg leave to state, Ist. That the location of the school, which is to be within one hundred miles of the town of Erie, Pennsylvania, will be selected as soon as three thousand dollars are paid in; the school building and work-shop will be commenced as soon as ten thousand dollars are paid in; and the school commenced as soon as fifteen thousand dollars are paid in ; and that inno case will a contract be made beyond the sum of money actually paid in. The site of the school will be at least two hundred acres of land, one hundred and fifty of which shall for ever be used as a farm for agricultural instruction. 2nd. In accordance with a vote of the Rochester Convention, the teachers are to be selected for, and pupils admitted into, the school without reference to sex or complexion. 3d. Special provision will be made to make this, from the beginning, an industrial school for females as well as males; a prom- | inent principle of conduct will be to aid in providing for the female sex, methods and means of enjoying an independent and hon- orable livlihood. Freperick Dovceass, | Joun: D. PECK, | Committee Amos G. BreMan, on Manual JOHN JONES, Labour J. D.. Bonner, School. J. McCune Smits, 1. The title shall be "THe AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL." 2. The foundation fund shall be thirty thousand dollars. 3. 'Twenty thousand dollars shall: be in stock of 2000 shares, at ten dollars per share. 4. Ten thousand dollars shall be in dona- tions to be solicited from the friends of the cause. 5. 'The shares shall be payable, ten per cent. at the time of subscribing, and fen per cent. every first day of July, October, Janu- ary and April thereafter, until the whole is paid in. 6. 'The School shall be organised and conducted entirely by a board of fifteen trus- tees. 7. Six of these trustees shall be the Com- mittee on Manual Labour School, appointed by the National Council of the People of Color; and nine of the trustees shall be elected by the Stockholders when three thousand dollars sholl have been paid in by them, (the stockholders) and annually there- after. Hach share of stock shall count as one vote at all such elections. . And stock- holders may vote by proxy, on affidavit made and acknowledged before a Commissioner of Deeds. 8. In organizing the School the following regulations shall be strictly enforced : a. Kor every branch of Literature taught, there shall be one branch of handicraft also taught in the School. b.' ach pupil shall occupy one half bis time when at School, in work at some handicraft, or on the farm. c. The handicrafts shall be such that their pro- ducts will be articles saleable for cash, or money's worth, ata market within easy access from the School. The agent appointed by the Committee Frederick Douglass, I'sq., shall be empow- ered to receive donations and take subscrip- tions for stock, giving a receipt for the latter, signed by himself and Rev. Amos G. Beman, the Secretary of the Committee. As soon as, and as often as the Agent aforesaid shall receive two hundred and fifty dollars, either in subscriptions or donations, he shall pay the same over to the Treasurer, John Jones, Esq.,. of Chicago, who shall deposit the same forthwith, in the Bank of America, Chicago, Ill.: the Treasurer aforesaid, as soon as he shall receive one thousand dollars, and for every thousand dollars thereafter, shall give bonds with two sureties to the President and Secretary of the National Council of Colored People, for double the amounts aforesaid. For his services, the Agent shall receive five per cent. on all stock instalments paid in by him, and ten per cent. on all donations above two hundred dollars paid in by or through him. 10. The members of the Committee on Manual Labor School shall also be empow- ered to recerve donations for the same; and they shall transmit all said donations to' the 'Treasurer, by draft, within ten days after receiving the same. 'They shall also be entitled to five per cent. on all such donations paid in by him. 11. Vhe Treasurer shall publish at least once a fortnight a list of all the donations and subscriptions of stock received by him ; and shall transmit to each donor or stock- holder, a copy of the paper, (frederick Doug- lass' Paper or Aliened American,) which shall contain the acknowledgment of their gift or subscription. BOON ONIN INI INL A LN lll NaI THE GOSPEL TRIBUNE, PROSPECTUS. The first number of a monthly paper, to be known as above indicated, is proposed to be pub- lished in Toronto within a few months, and not later than the First day of July, 1854. The work in size and appearance, to be at least equal to the Missionary Record or Christian Observer ; and as much superior to either in style and execution as the subscripticn list will warrant. DISTINCTIVE OBJECT : To enlarge the limits of Communion and Charch-Membership, among Christians, to the greatest possible extent; and to circumscribe hose bounds to the exclusion, if possible, of all other characters, without otherwise disturbing the Membership of existing Churches; till acknow- ledged Christian Character shall constitute the only passport, at any time, and the perfect pz sspor at all times, to every Communion and Church worthy of the Christian name; " that the world may believe" in Christ, even as he prayed. GENERAL OBJECTS: i The promotion of Religious, Moral, Intellect- ual and social improvement, under the guidance of Divine Revelation, submitting every move and measure to the test of Gospel Principles. SUPPORTERS: The distinctive and general objects of the work are such, as to claim for it the patronage of all classes of men, excepling those wedded to other pre-requisites of Communion and Church-mem- bership, than acknowledged Christian Character; and here it is recorded with great pleasure that the encouragements tendered, thus far, are in strict accordance with the above general claims. ORIGIN AND PROGRESS: This movement has long been contemplated. For twenty years the subscriber has made -the distinctive object of the Goseey Tripune his spe- cial study: examining carefully and personally the denominational aspect of Religious Socie- ties,--their reciprocal bearings, their mutual relations, and the nature of their combined in- fluence on the evangelization of the world. "Lat- erly, his position as Publisher of the Scriprure Manuat, has probably afforded him the best pos- sible facilities for personally testing the strength his positions, and for the attainment of certain important infcrmation, but little of which he had previously been able to obtain. All may rest as- sured, however, that no undue advantage will ever be taken of the frankness and candor with which Christians of every name, as well as skep- tics of every class, have freely expressed their convictions in the presence offthe Travelling Col- porteur ; the capacity in which the Publisher is still extending his observations through Canada and the neighboring States. CO-LABORERS: _ Of distinguished worth and of well-khown literary ability, are already secured in the Several sections of Canada, and in the States of the A- merican Union; and arrangements are now in progress, to obtain from living responsible writere in Britain, important assistance in the develupe- ment of the T'ripune's Mission. TERMS AND NOTICES; The Terms are One Dollar per Annum in ad- vance,--otherwise I'wo Dollars; it being found that one half of the Subseriptions, not paid in ad- vance, are worse than lost. Editors--friendly-- will render assistance by noticing this Prospectus. All parties willing to aid, may at once commence soliciting the names of Subscribers. 'Two books --the Scripture and Laconic Manuals --fully gilt, and the Paper one year, will be forwarded to the person who first sends the names of ten Subscri bers; and one of either of the books, in substantial leather binding, or the Paper one year, to every one who sends ten names. Subscriptions and all other communicalions for the Paper to be sent, post-paid, marked Money, (if inclosed) and ad- dressed, Ropert Dick, Box 411, TORONTO. Sermons and Lectures, promotive of the TR1 BUNE's object, will be delivered by the Bablisher throughout the Province as frequently as shall be found compatible with his other duties. (Signed) ROBERT DICK. Toronto, March 25th, 1854. CALL FOR A NATIONAL EMIGRATION CONVENTION OF COLORED MEN, To be held in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 24th, 25th and 26th of August, 1854. Men and Breruren :--The time has now fully come, when we, as an oppressed people, should do something effectively, and use those means adequate to the attainment of the great and long desired end--to do something to meet the actual demands of the present and prospective necessi- lies of the rising generation of our people in this country. 'l'o do this, we must occupy a position of entire equality, of unrestricted rights, composing in fact, an acknowledged wecessary part of the ruling element of society in which we live. The policy necessary to the preservation of this element must be tn our favor, if ever we expect the enjoy- ment, freedom, sovereignty, and equality of rights anywhere. lor this purpose, and to this end, then, all colored men in favor of emigration out of the United States, and opposed to the American Colonization sheme of Jeaving the Western Hemisphere, are requested to meet in CLEVE- LAND, OHIO, on TUESDAY, the 24th DAY of AUGUST, 1854, in a great NATIONAL CONVENTION, then and there, to consider and decide upon the great and important subject of emigration from the United States. No person will be admitted toa seat in the Convention, who would introduce the subject of emigration to the Eastern Hemisphere--either to Asia, Africa, or. Europe--as our object and de- termination is to consider our claims to the West Indies, Central and South America, and the Canadas. This restriction has no reference to personal preference, or individual enterprise ; but to the great question of national claims to come betore the Convention. All persons coming to the Convention must bring credentials properly authenticated, or bring verbal assurance to the Committee on Creden- tials--appointed for the purpose--of their fidelity to the measures and objects set forth in this Call as the Convention is specifically by and for the friends of emigration, and NONE OTHERS-- and no opposition to them will be entertained. _ The question is not whether our condition can be bettered by emigration, but whether it can be made worse. If not, then, there-is no part of the wide-spread universe, where our social and poli- tical condition are not better,;than here in our na- live country, and nowhere in the world as here proscribed on account of color. Weare friends, too, and ever will stand shoulder to shoulder by our brethren, and all our friends in all good measures adopted by them for the bettering of our condition in this country, and surrender no rights but with oar last breath ; but as the subject of emigration is of vital importance, and has ever been shunned by all delegated as- semblages of our people as heretofore met, we cannot longer delay, and will not be further baffled ; and deny the right of our most sanguine friend or dearest brother, to prevent an intelligent enquiry to, and the carrying out of these measures, when this can be done, to our entire advantage as we propose to show in Convention--as the West Indies, Central and South America--the majority of which are peopled by our brethren, or those identified with us in race, and what is more, destiny, on this continent--all stand with open arms and yearning hearts, importuning us in the name of suffering humanity to come--to make common cause, and share one common fate on the continent. The Convention will meet without fail, at the time fixed for assembling, as none but those fa- vorable to emigration are admissable ; therefore no other gathering may prevent it. The number of delegates will not be restricted--except in the town where the Convention may be held--and there the number will be decided by the Conven- tion when assembled, that they may not too far ex- ceed the other delegations. The time and piace fixed for holding the Con- vention are ample ; affording sufficient time, and a leisure season generally--and as Cleveland is now the centre of all directions--a good and fa- vorable opportunity to all who desire to attend.-- Therefore, it may reasonably be the greatest gathering of the colored people ever before assem- bled in a Convention in the United States. Colonizationists are advised, that no favors will be shown to them or their expatriating scheme, as we have ho sympathy with the enemies of our race. All colored men, East, West, North and South, favorable to the measures set forth in this Call will send in tbeir names (post-paid) to M. R Delany, or Rev. Wm. Webb, Pitsburgh, Pa., that there may be arranged and attached to the Call, five names from each State. We must make an issue, create an event, and establish a position for ourselves. Jt is glorious to think of, but far more glorious to carry out. Wey. Wan NV ebb, 4) M. R. Delany, H. G. Webb, Thos. A. Brown, John Jones, L. L. Hawkins, Samuel Venerable John Williams, A. F. Hawkins, S. W. Sanders, Jefferson Miller, Rev A. R. Green, IP, Ib, Jlarelesomn. J. H. Maloney, G. Harper, Jonathan Green, H. A. Jackson, E.R. Parker, Samuel Bruce, mA Taupin Pillsburgh, Pa., Alleghany City. | J.J. Gould Bias, M.D., ) Rey. M. M. Clark, { A. M. Summer, fe Phit Johnson! W oodlin, J James:M. Whitfield, ae John N. Still, > New York. Stanley Matthews, j PHOENIX FOUNDRY, Machine and Stove Works, &c., &c. JOHN McGEE ESPECTFULLY announces that he 1s ma- Rk nufacturing, at the above establishment, 58, Yonge Street, | GRIST and SAW MILL, Machinery Castings and Forgings, Of every description; also, plain and ornamental CAST IRON COLUMNS, Pilasiers, Window Caps, Sills, _. AND GRATES, BARK MILLS, Oven Mouths & Cauldrons _ SUGAR KETTLES, SLEIGH SHOES, DOG IRONS, PLOUGH CASTINGS, &c.,: | on the most improved principles; and neither la- bor nor expense will be spared to turn out work, which -for strength and durability cannot be sur- passed. ' : He is extensively manufacturing improved plain and ornamenlal Coal and Wood, Air-tight, COOKING, PARLOR ayn BOX STOVES, of various sizes and patterns; Hottow- Ware, &c., which he offers to the Trade on as easy terms and at as low rates as any other establish- ment in Canada. Orders from the country promptly fulfilled. BRASS FITTINGS Of every description made and finished. A large supply of Try, Sueet-IRon and Coprer W Akg, kept constantly on hand. 'Toronto, May 6th, 1854. Great Western Railway, Open from Windsor to Niagara Lalls. N and after MONDAY, the 30th January, 1854, Trains will run as follows: GOING EAST. HXePR ESS TRA TN: Leave Windsor at - - - 10 00a. m. Leave London at - - - .2 30 p.m. Leave Hamilton at - - - 6 10)p.m. Arrive atthe Fallsat - - 8 00 p.m. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Leave London at. - -,- 7 00a.m. Leave Hamilton at - - - 10 50 a.m. _ Arrive atthe Falls at- - 1 30p.m GOING WEST. EXP RES S:: TR ALN. Leave the Falls at - - - 10 30a.m. Leave Hamilton at - - - 12 30p.m. Leave London at- - - - 4 05p.m. Arrive at Windsor, at - - 8 40 p.in. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Leave the Falls at - - - 12 15 p.m. Leave Hamilton at - - - 245 p.m. Arrive at London - - - 6 40p.m, The above Trains run in direct connection with Trains on the New York Central and Mi- chigan Central Railroads. : Through Tickets may be obtained at Hamil- ton, London, Windsor or Detroit, for New York, Boston, Albany, Buffalo and Chicago. C.J. BRYDGES, Managing Director. Hamilton, January, 1854. 1854.| Spring Arrangement. Quickest and Cheapest Route FOR f1ss4. ATLANTIC CITIES, Burrato, Rocuester, ALBANY, AND THE WESTERN STATES, CARRYING THE MAILS. The Steamer " PEERLESS," commencing on the 25th inst., leaves at 74, a.m., from Yonge Street Wharf, for NIAGARA, QUEENSTON, and LEWISTON, connecting with the under- mentioned Lines, as noted: At Niagara [alls Suspension Bridge with the New York Central Railroad, passing through Rochester and Albany, and arriving at New York at 9 o'clock next morning. At the Falls, with the Buffalo R. R., arriving in ' Buffalo at 3 o'clock. At Buffalo, with the Steamers guing west, also with the Railroads running west. Through Tickets to the above places can be procured at the Office of the New York Central R.R. R. ARNOLD, Agent, a few doors East of the American Hotel, or of the Purser on board the Boat. J.B. GORDON, Acenr, Toronto § Niagara Steamers. Toronto, March, 1854. THE CANADA LIFE ASSURANGE COMPANY, CAPITAL $200,000. HUGH C. BAKER, Esq., President, JOHN YOUNG, Esq., Vice-President. SSURANCES may be effected in this Company on single or joint lives, or on the contingency of one life surviving another ; for the whole term of life, or for a limited poriod; by a single payment, or a limited number of pay- ments; or annual payments only ceasing at death ; to secure a sum at any given age, or at death, should death occur before the attainment of that age. Endowments for children, imme- diate or deterred annuities, and generally any transaction codtingent on the value and duration of life, may be effected in this Company. Among the advantages offered. by this, the only Life Assurance Company ever established in British North America, may be enumerated mo- derate rates and. small expenditures ; local manage- ment and speedy settlement of claims ; liberal condi- tions, especially in reference to lapsed policies. Prospectuses, forms of proposal, and full in- formation as to the prosperous condition of the Company, mav be had from SAMUEL S. MACDONELL, Agent. D. Cuaries A. Coscratn, for Sandwich and Windsor, Medical Referee. DR. CADWELL, OCCULIST & AURIST, | Operator on the Bye and Ear, FOR Blindness, Deafness, and all Defects of Sight and Hearing. SURGERY No. 50 KING ST. EAST, ice Open from 9 A. M. to 7 P. M._&4 Residence Corner of Wellington and York Sts. Toronto, May 20th, 1854. __--* NOTICE. Any person desirous of a copy of Dr. CAD- WELL'S Treatise on THE Eyr snp Ear, just published, and containing a large report of very interesting cases, will receive the same, FREE OF CHARGE, by forwarding his address (post- paid;).to the Subscriber. F. A. CADWELL, M..D, Toronto, May 20th, 1854. $5 REWARD! STOLEN OR STRAYED, About the 1st of April, 1854. : A large bay horse, in good condition, 9 years old, abou 16 hands high, with a large white mark on his fece, and two splinter bones on his forelegs; has a cock tail, and a- bout 8 inches above his taila lump where he has been hurt; and his nigh side hind foot white. 3 Whoever will give information where the horse may be 'reward, JOHN M ; ' 3 TORLY, Brickmaker. ' Kingston Road, 22 miles from' the Market. - : ELS= Any one keeping this horse after this notice, will be Pp rosecuted according to law, «£71 NEW YORK, BOSTON, AND OTHER | INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 7 To deposit the 'a single volume 3d. for four days; for a work in found. or bring him to the owner, will receive the above sorted stock of Fancy Good Aoi JUST CALL ATUTHE: ++. RAILROAD HOUSE, No. 33, KING STREET EAST, 4 TORONTO, Oh ohnes For Rare Bargains in Spring and Summey _Men's and Boys' Reapy-mapr CLOTH Nem HATS, CAPS, &c., Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, MILLINERY, &c. &e. HOMAS LAWSON'S Stock is unusually tT large ; and as it must be cleared out during the next few weeks, to make room for large Fal] Importations, he will give Great Bargains tg Purehasers at Wholesale or Retaii. sae: Clothing made to measure in the first style. Work. ; manship and fit warranted. | 'T. LAWSON, NOTICE. NHE undersigned begs*to inform the public generally, that he is prepared to furnish the following articles at the wholesale and retail: - AXE HANDLES, PICK HANDLES, ADZE HANDLES, BUCK-SAW FRAMES, SAW-HORSES, &c., made in the best manner, Also by the Retail, New BUCK-SAWS, of the best quality, in complete order for service. Also forShaw's Axes ready handled and also handles put into axes ale other tools.. se T. SMALLWOOD'S Saw Factory, - Pe _ York Street, No. 35, -- ICE! ICE!! ICE!! HE Undersigned begs to return his best thanks to his Customers for the liberal pa. tronage he has received for the last nine year. and to announce that he has enlarged and added |to the number of his Ice Houses, having now four, which are filled with pure and wholesome Springwater Ice, from Yorkville. He is prepared to supply the same to consumers, by contract or -- otherwise, during the season, commencing from the Jst of June. In consequence of the increased cost of labor and materials, the price will this year be raised in the same proportion. The Ice: will be conveyed by waggon, daily, to places within six miles of Toronto. All orders sent.to T. F. Cary, 68 King Street West, will be pune- tually attended to. ; R. B. RICHARDS. | Toronto, June 1, 1854. . iat --~ Important to Housekeepers. | I offer for sale 35 different recipes for $1, many of which have been sold the past year for $5 a piece. No housekeeper will grudge $1 for one of those recipes alone after trying it once. Address Wm. Brumsack, Point Pleasant Pa., and the whole number of recipes will be forward- ed by mail. Wild Lands. West 4 5in 5th con. Nth Gwilliambury 100 acres, "se 10 63 5th 6c oe ce 200 Sixth 2.8" 14th " Hungerford 100 " Rast 2 9 euithte Noartihe @Onltia 50, [4 ord, ay. 500 1 15" 11th Nottawasaga 1005. Te 12th. i 200 16 3 10th ce 6c 200 Le 1291 "¢ 10th te be 900 ce eis ES hin Medonte HGs3 S. E:} 10 in 9th * ct Bi « A PRIZE OF One Hundred Dollars! 1 X 7 ILL be given by-the Grand Division of the SONS OF TEMPERANCE, of the Pro- vince of Canada West, for the BEST ESSAY, Advocating the adoption of a PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW. Said Essay not to exceed in length the contents of an ordinary tract of eight pages. The Essays transmitted for adjudication to be under sea], accompanied with a Motto, and should the adjudicators not consider any of the Essays offered worthy of a premium, they shall be at lib- erty to decline awarding a Premium. Rev. JE. Ryerson,.G, W.. 2, Rev. 5. .- bese and Rev. W. Ormiston, have kindly consented to act as adjudicators. The Essays must be delivered to the undersign- ed address on or before the 2ist day of JULY, and the decision will be rendered on or before the Ist day of AUGUST, 1854. Signed on behalf of the Grand Division, S. of T., CW. EDWARD STACEY, Grand Scribe. Kingston, Canada West. The Publishers of Newspapers favorable to the cause of Temperance are requested to give this advertisement a gratuitous insertion. Toronto, June 5th, 1854. FORGERY. The Counterfeit 1 adway's Rea- dy Relief in Canada. THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN DANGER. saree public are cautioned against purchasing a counterfeit of Radway's Ready Reliet, which is now circulating through the Canadas.-- We are intormed that parties at Hamilton, C.W. have heen selling a spurious article of our Rea- dy Relief, for the genuine to dealers. This is not only a fraud upon us, but isa most wicked im- position on the public. The wretch that will knowingly lend himself to so vile and treacherous a trick, for the gain of a few extra sixpences, is unsafe to deal with, and should be shunned by all respectable dealers, for ifa few sixpences will induce him to rob the distressed' sufferer of hope and health and to place the invalid's life in dan- ger, he would not scruple to deceive his best customers. ft Dealers who wish the genuine, purchase only of established credit, not of irresponsible pedlais-- or travelling adventurers and impostors. Dealers who have R. R. R. offered to them be- low our regular price, may rely upon the same heing a counterfeit preparation. We never sell R.R.R. in large quantities for less than 10 per cent. from our regular gross price. Dealers who purchase the counterfeit and offer the same for sale, render themselves liable to prosecution. All of our travellers and authorized Agents have a power of Attorney signed by us, authorizing them in our name, to transact our business. The following are our only Agents in Hamil- ton,C. W. T. BICKLE & SON; HAMIL- TON, KNEESHAW &CO., MAN. BROTHERS, & CO., are our agents--we also sell to SIMPSON & CO ~RADWAY & CO. Toronto, April 24th, 1854. general Perce aks: ea t Sty THE TORONTO~ CIRCULATING LIBRARY AND ; Fancy Goods and Stationery Store, No. 16, KING STREET EAST. RS. HIGGINS informs her friends and the M. public that she has opened the above Li- brary, containing over 2000 volumes of Standard Works in History, Biography, Belle Lettres and Novels, which will be kept up by the addition of _ : new Standard Works and Periodicals as they issue from the Press. : One Year air a eal Six Months eS "0 5 0 Three Months , : s. 0° Si One Month oe ge Entitling the Subscriber to Three Sets of Books, to be kept no longer than one week: One Year 3 £110 0° Six Months 5 oo ae SiR iG Three Months ; in) 1Qse6se N.B. If not paid at the time of subscribing, the terms will be 10s. 3d. for two sets, and 16s. a 3d. for three sets for every three months. __ NON-SUBSCRIBERS __ A value of the Book, and to pay for two or three volumes 6d. for one week; for a ' work in four or more volumes, at the rate of 2d. per volume. For conditions see Tickets, 4. 4 os eee 'Mrs. Higgins further offers for sale a well as- is and Stationery, t@ which she invites attention. Toronto, May 10, 1854.. In Toronto, LY-*