Provincial Freeman (Toronto and Chatham, ON), 29 Apr 1854, p. 4

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Sn a a ; -- : = --_ a & $5 DRDUFF ON*CINADAC 2 : "The following exiractt om the andres of this odisting lished Missionary iespecting the progress Sof Canada, will be interesting to our readers : But now, as the time is brief, I must say sone or two words with regard to-this Canada eof yours. I think I have remarked. some- *where already: that I cannot help feeling, "that since jin our day.the faci.ities of travei- . dand and by waiter, are som ultiplied, el do hope and trust that the day is not far "dist nt when some of the folks across the water, in Great Brita n, instead of going over sand spending: their five and six or eight _ weeks, wandering up and dow" over Popish "co ntries in Europe, will take the more ra- tional plan of devoting ten days to the At es is. no great. thing--and even 'though it were only ten days tu Canada as he railways now-a-days, would in that time wearry them all over the country, and even -- anto the backwoods. If any reasonable peo- ple would come over here and devote thei: ve six weeks to visiting Canada, they de ro back with a world of new ideas, 'that would foim new bonds of connection etweén the several members of our:a par. ently dissevered empire; tiat would bi. d them together as in chains of adamant, ii | Jove, and unanimity of sentiment. For my n part, I simply and frankly confess, tiat rick l had endeavoured to read continu: ally what came.in my way about Canada, and attended meetings of Colonial Comm.t- ees, and heard letters, andso on, I do rankly confess, that brief though the time as been that I have been in Canada, I have already got more light and understanding n the subject of Canada, than | had got al. ne. previous years of my lie together, This is' just what we ought to cry out in the ae of the British people; and methinks ere is a great watt 11 our educational sys tem in Great Britain in this respect. Lam ted 'to think of this when Look at the state of things: among our neig.ibors here, who re. uadoubtedly a great people, one in blood and religion with ourselves. I see quite Well how mtenulf they luok 'after this, keeping up the knowledge of what their country Is, and what thei vowhtrymen have done, and what the United States are, and showing all this:forth in. their «school-books. J feel there ought to-be a cry from Canada, and Australia, and India," to the people of Great Britain, 'dunning and dunning them continually, until. they were: oblived at last to put isto their schooltbooks som: intelligi- ble notices of the various members of the greal _ British empire thus Inveulatiny the minds of the British children with some proper ideas and conceptions on the subject, s0 that when they giew up to be men, whether as merchants or legislators, or verhors, or what not, they would know thie relative importance of every part of the Sink i tish Empire, Why should we not aim 1 see nothing to prevent it: quite the contrary." [ look upon itas a shame to our Country, that we have such an empire, and: that those who ought to be the heads and jeaders of that empire, are brought wp from the days of infancy' without: knowin. anything about it. 'Thousands of them could telk you everything about the seige of Troy, who could not teli you anything about the seive of Quebec. "They will teil you every- thing about the endless little minu.ie con- he ed with the Peloponesian war, and are -abie to tell you nothing of the contests that have' been Carried On inthe Canadas, where OA ili neg neces sete doseahec isasae ser orton 'so much has been done, and so mueli biood shed for the preservation of the integtity ol tases Empire. ~All this ought tobe é lerstood. It is not very loay ago. that ome one published, with regard to this etropolis of Toronto, that it was on. the borders of Lake Ontario, overhanging King- oe (Langhter.) - Now, friends, Lam pre- ared to testify that there. is mouthing like seeing, and nothing like hearing. ~~ And ae one comes .to this region over the water, "he is surprised at his. previous Iyno- ranee,-arising from the absence of instruc- tion in school: voks, more especially as two what is to be found.awestward of Montreal. We hear of the Hudson's Bay Com pany, and bearskins and such like, and we imagii.e that the whole region to the Pacitic coatains nothing but wild unimais. Wher a, when you go westward, even two hundred miles west of Toronto, you find o1 a river cailed apes, though not qtite so' large as ginal. Thames, and at any rate not bearing so many ships upon its waters, a town" calling itself London, and another eu - ing"itsélf Chatham, "of" great and growing importance. Perhaps they appear on. the _ tthe maps themselves are so. per -plexingly small, not much bigger than the map' of Scotland, 'that nine-tenths of intell!- gent.men and. women at-home,.have no. idea that the United States and Canada are biy- er tha Scotland. . _the other day 1 was at Don on, and at | audience ona week-day, sici as would-have done eredit to any of the ordi- nary towns of England and Scotland. T found the ae ing at Hamilton, on a larger scale. Weil, ets like these would fall like strange tales on the ears of the peo- found an mS Ss yy fx ple across, the water, for they think there is nothing but dorests, bears, and beasts with horrid skins, and' endless crea liu! frost and snow; they hear of noses falling off} it is vite extraordinary the opinions that are prevalgntsthate-e aap ye ain eting of this sort, | venture to say, in Great, iritain, in 'Edinburgh; or in London, eould not hav e th hly civilized appearance. 'lhe - ceoions being given. up to noth- t arctic figid barbarism and_bear- whan, aptguated ideas this, ne @ fi 4 £2%,,7 : 7 Fae wed i . all we can to extirpate, and if ) spared T an'opporturity gf showing ee, 'are not mere words : brother minister, mentioned to me at London, ' fsomewhat between 1,500 and 2,000. 'The 1 o'clock in the forenoon, 1 in London, could not havea Sere an that Tami" spéaking. I had an ex jemplification furnished me the other dy oi to do for this region. "A respected friend, a that the person who had managed the stage line between Niagara and Detroit told him that the average number of passengers con- veyed in'a whole twelvemonth, used to vary other evening--and the railway is not yet sands that tumble down now and then--all which, however, will soon be rectified--it so happened that there was an accident. 'The engine took it into its head to run off the line, but happily it was noticed in time to prevent 'the passenger cars from being overturned. fo this train there were between six and se- ven hundred passengers, and while they were detained another train came up with three hundred more.--The train from the east next came up with 600 passengers, so that it really happened that at that station, in the that evening, hot fewer than 1,500 passengers, nearly as many as used to be conveyed by the stage in..a whole twelvemonth. 'Lhat was In One day, and tlat not in the travelling season of the year. By and by, you will have floods of travellers across the Niagara Falls to see what is going on in Canada. igut this shows what you have to expect irom the railway, and you can see, already, that short as the time has been since the railway fir.t passed th oash certaia regions %t has awakened anew spirit of enterprise a- mong the Canadians. In travelling along through the forest, you see new log-houses erected and trees beginning to be felled, in- dicaling that the moment. the railway was opened the spirit of enterprise took a spring iorward. | believe that within a short space of time ihe whole of the track opened up by that ralway will be turned into a» thorough- y cuitivated a garden as will be tound in the whole world. And westward you must push until you reach the 'acific Ocean, and we shall be pushing eastward until the extremes mee!, and sometime or other, we shall be shaking hands. Ifsuch be the material pros- perity of Canada, need I remind you, dear friends and brethren, that there is an abso- lute necessity for being more rigid in paying attention to the intellectual and the spiritual, lest the material may make progress, but in advancing, leave the other two behind. It so, material prosperity, instead of being a bessing wiil prove a curse. Let us thank God that much ts doing already in this res- pect, as I have witnessed in this city in the way of schools and colleves, and that there is @ preparation for doing a still greater work also, Into the details of which I need not en- ter. Qh, then, let progress be made more and more in these directions and depart- ments; so that, whatever material prosperity there may be, under the gracious Providence of God, there may be corresponding progress in the intellectuel and the spiritual; and then the material prosperity will be tempered and regulated and directed by that which is hich and noble and spivituil and divine. It is in the conjunetion of the two fully realised, that we shail see the perfection of humanity-- that we shill see a renovated earth. You have, then, before you great and bound!ess prospects. Oh, that God may rend His hea- vens and come down, and cause His Divine Spirit to shed 'His blessed influences more and more into the souls of the people, that it may not be found of this people, that while they are getling fat (so to speak) on. the things of the earth, they are gettino' lean as to the things of heaven; for that heaven wiil end not only in languishment, but in death. WOMEN OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Bayley St. Jobn, in his "Turks in Eu- rope," gives the following account of the amusements of the women of Constantino- ple: Nearly all Turkish women sally out every Hriday to take the air, away from the town, on the b:nks of the Bosphorus, or, to some of the places where water and shade may be found. 'Che wealthy go in' carts without springs, of wmwieldly and primitive construction--asix or seven heaped together ; and sometimes their husbands lead the oxen or horses to the chosen spot, and then go away, leaving the women perfectly free to enjoy themseives as they please. 'ihe most popular asiusements are the singing and mu- sic of the gipsey women, who repair thither for the purpose--mdsie which is amourously languid, and singing which is detestably in- decent. A lunch is generally brouzht out, and when this is despatched, smoking and drinking ~commence--drinking, not of sher- bert, but of good brandy, and other strong liquors, whieh soon induce a- boisterous gay- ety, so that the sultanas, whom we often im- agine as pining away imprisoned, may be seen rolling in convulsions of inextinguish- abie laughter-on the turf, or huddled up in a still more advanced 'stage of intoxication, lixe a bundle of rags. 'Lheir Montenegrin servants, who are the privileged beholders of these scenes, are often compelled to haul them into their carts, in which they are jolt- ed back to the harem. 'Lhose who are not too far gone, frequently pull up in passing through the Christian quarter, at the doors 0: taverns, to get more drink; and a file of a hundred carts may often be seen stopping in one street, and full of women, some made tod and chattering by their excess, and ctuers hanging sleepily about and murmuring to be taken home. 'ihere is a walk planted with elin trees, not far from the city, where only women are admitted. 'wo or three thousand assemble there at a time, and, sit- ling upon a verdant slope, enjoy the panto- mime of a comedy, which some infamous Jews, hired for the purpose, perform on the limits of the'forbidden ground for their amusement. On these occasions, it would scarcely be pos- sible for a stranger to recognize eastern life trom the descriptions he is accustomed to read. 'Lhe tree conduct of the women has more than once attracted the attention of. the government, which not very long ago published an edict, complaining that they re- mained out late atnight ; that they rode forth in. coaches with young Christian drivers ; that they ventured into shops, especially those of apothecaries; and even pushed their audacity so far as to eat ices in the Frankish coflee- 'houses of Galata and Pera. The' edict ac- cordingly recommended that early hours should be kept, and forbade. women to enter shops of any. kind, or to be driven about by young coachmen. 'These interferences with manners which were supposed to be great advantages in civilization, and which seem strangely accompanied by proclamations giv- ing. periaission tor. women te appear on the public promenades, were of oourse ineflectual. bwhat: this railway which has. been opened. ti "| westward from Niagara to Detroit, is likely quite completed, there being still some quick- | neighbourhood of Paris, there were congre-/ gated ut one and the same moment of time]. Snes 'Te wil requize ns. v thing else besi repressive measures to bri over, have the temporary character of pro- clamations. 'They are applied for a day and forgotten. It is forbidden, for example, most expressly, for shopmen to have any other than old men for servants; and they almost without exception have spruce dashing young attendants. oe eh OS ad The Harth is full of Sunshine. ee The earth is full of sunshine, When the heart is full of glee, For the light within our spirit - Shines on everytning we see: Then it linds the smallest trifles For its happiness suffice, And pleasure iu the simplest thing As in the thing of price. There is sunshine in the flowers, In the shadowy forest trees-- There is sunshine in the rippling brook That whispers with the breeze; Tt looks on us from every face, The homely and the fair; And the happier the spirit feels, The more it seeks to share, Adovely thing is sunshine. And gladdens. where it falls ; And more beautiful the sunny heart That all things blessed? calls-- That is always seeing something For which to render praise: A spirit full of thankfulness In all its works and ways. That can pass along earth's pilgrimage, And not think all untrue, To whom earth's hope seems not a shade, (Alas! they are but f-w)-- And the bitters leave for others, ixtracting but the sweet: For such hearts make their own happiness From everything they meet. And they who thus unrufiled Glide'down the stream of tife, With a spirit that elastic springs From all their care and strife, Havea well of joy within them That not lightly will, depart, Por they bear about their Paradise, A kind and joyous heart. And are not such more happy, And more likely to be right, Than they who would persuade us earth Hath nought for us but night? For [say--and 'tis a doctrine That many will receive-- There is hope for every one on earth, Tf they only will believe !--M. L. Mcrray. MODERN. EFFEMINACY. After all, deny it who may, we are oyver- reaching in our habits: we run too much te mind and mental exertion, and too little tc museie and muscular exercise; we become too much, far. too much, the. slaves: of ar elaborate civilization----of a subdivision in the labour of social intercourse; too much' de- pendent on each other--too little dependent on ourselves. <A statistical return of thc number of persons in the higher classes o- life, who have ever seen the sun rise for a week together, or who are fit for anything before breakfast, would be a warning and i caution to us all. How very bold the pre- sent generation is--how little we ourselve: observe--how much we take for granted the observations and conclusions of others--how much the imagination is worked at the ex- pense of the judgment--how much we asso- ciate with those who think like ourselyes-- how little with those who think otherwise ; and what an affinity of trash and prejudice is talked, and written, and thought, and acted on, that a little brisk travelling in a practical country would go far to strangle in its birth! W here is the parent among us who would not compound for the sweep of the grassy prai- rie, with all its possible risks and all its cer- tain. benefits, against the card and the billiard table--those green and fatal levels 'with all their paltry aims, and all their corrupting atmosphere? Who is there that does not turn with something like contempt from some young gentleman who smells of bread and butter and pachoull, stars about through all the insipid pleasures of a London season, and retires for the autumn to shoot in shiny boots for a bow-and-arrow-breast-pin, among the white-gloved toxophilities of St. Leonord's- upon-isea, to a man who has faced--un- necessarily it may be, but still has faced-- a erisly bear, in all the terrors. of his five- inch claws, with nothing between his personal security and an unpublished work but a charge of ball and powder and decent nerve to back it. We do not, for a moment, wish to commend all the world to hunt in the far West ; nor do we despair of the man whose means do not enable him to choose' his way of life. We only hint that, even under diffi- culties--in a position of life far removed from independence, compelled by stern fate to a sedentary and studious existence--he may still spend his intervals of labour ina manner calculated to open the mind. and strengthen the body; and whether he be born to mete tape by the yard, or to the en- Joyment of ten thousanda year, he may. still open his eyes to the big world that is stirring about him, and endeavour, as far as in him lies, to acquire, not x. proficiency in accom- plishments whose end is but the accomplish- inents themselyes--not the mastery of ac- quirements whose main merit it is that they keep the mind free from depravity and idleness --but rather a knowledge of mankind and' of himself--the unfettered use of all the better functions of mind and body, the head to con- ceive, the heart to resolve, and the hand to execute every good thing. the wealthy among us live! The one large meal, the business and the pleasures of life so needlessly carried out in the small hours--the drowsy lengthened sleep--the dawdling break- fast unenyoyed, or only got down by the free use of the whip and the spur of the palate-- the eschalot and the peperbox, or the homoco- pathic treatment of the devilled kidneys ; for those whom over-indulgence shall have left not untouched in this particular--the constant tonic, the inevitable bitter, that in the tea, the coffee, the sherry, the pale ale, of every- day existence, literally prevades the cup of life: the blessed dawn unenjoyed, the morning sauntered through, the reckless misuse, or worse than that---the non-use--of the best and noblest faculties. Overdrawn, declama- tory as all this seems--inapplicable as it is to the better and. the worthier--who can deny that, with the wisest and the best, there is much margin lelt for the improvement of mind and body, and their practicable applica- tion to the great duties of lify-- Church. of Lingland Quarterly. ~ TEMPORARY PARLIAMENT bLiouse.aT QuEBEC.-- Itisstated by Le Canadien that the Goverument has rented the Elospital of the Sisters of Charity at £1000 per annum, tor a temporary Parliament clouse. 'he arrangements are of a very liberal character and met with publie approbation,' 'he expenses necessary to Oecupation will be al- lowed in the rental to tue amount of £3000, and the Sisters will be indebted to the Government for: iny deficiency remaining at the end of the engage- ment, Any surplus expenditure beyond the £300. Mirror. ~ 'Dbe' women *coutinue - their old' customs, the evils that beset the social world in which | ial preliminary midatinhd othe Jakeawe essive measures to bring about a reform in thisrespect. All laws in the East, more-_ "shops of Chris- | wes' | en BR Pert et came ins rT a) a oe wy eee errs ae te ee ie ik as sap pies ALR te Ks ODES ERC A Secenasecahtatiatoan cites tae ~ Here is a whole yolume concerning the oms, nianners, and habits of the "Luks, contained in a single paragraph:-- " The Turks aor the hat ; but uncover- ing the head, which with us is an expression of respect, is considered by them disrespect- ful and indecent. © No offense is given by keeping on a hat in a mosque, but shoes must be leit on the threshold; the :lipper and not 'the turban is removed in token of respect. 'Ibe Turks 'turn in their toes; they write from right to left ; they mount on the right side of the horse ; they. follow their guests into a room, and precede them on leaving it, the left hand isthe place of honor ; they do; the honors of the table by serving themselves first; they aré great smokers and coflee drinkers; they take the wall and walk has- tily "in token of respect; they beckon by throwing back the hand, instead of throwing it towards them ; they cut the hair from the heal; théy yemove it from the body, but leave it on the chin; they sleep in their 'clothes ; 'they look upon beheading as a more disgraceful punishment than strangling ; they deen our short and close dresses inde- cent, our shaven' chins a mark of elieminacy and servitude ; they commence their wooden houses at the top, and their upper apart- ments are frequently finished beiore the low- er ones are closed in; they eschew pork as an abomination; they regard dancing as a theatrical periormance, only to be looked at and not mingled in except by slaves; their mourning habit 1s white; their sacred color, green; their Sabbath day is Friday; and interment follows immediately on death. he deaths of women are not registered-- those of the men are. Marriages are regis- tered, and with the marriage the woman is virtually struck from existence, so far as the government is concerned. She isnot known officially to the government of 'Lurkey. Lier 'lord' or husband does with her as pleases | him best." "customs, LAST. HOURS CF MR. CALUOUY. His country, the South, and its future was all to him. "He did not care about, his | gwnh future. It was a small matter in bis eyes as the following facts will show --,; For two days betore he died, and whea it was' generally known in the cily that, he could not live, many visitors calied at the aouse, His physician, Dr. Hull, insisted. for nis own cumtort, that he should see as few aS possible. Mr. Calhoun acquiesced, and added, "Mr. Scoville knows who L will see aid who not." I, of course, went to the 'ront door whenever the servant announced ivisitor to him, and the. requests of those who wished to see him On one occasion (the day before he died) I found the visitor orbe the. Rev. Mr. Butler. 1 told him Mr. Jalhoun was very Ul--*too ill to see ary. me." "That is the very, reason why he -hould see me, 'Will you have the goud- less to announce me, and tell him that L do wish to converse with him, as a minister of sod in reference to his situation?" 1 hesi- ated an instant, and then remembering that drs, Calhoun was. a communicant in the "piscop:] church, of which Mr. Butler was i pastor, I concluded, that if I wished tu stand well in her future regard I had better orego my fete mination ot sending off Mr. Butler, andso. 1 said, " Wait a moment," ind I left +im standing at the front door, while I returned to the bedside of Mr. Cal- noun. God bless his glorious soul | see him aow as I saw him 'then, his head' propped ap by pillows--his paie emaciated but stem ind commanding countenance--his eyes plercing' ap an eavile's, and fixed upon me as L' entered the room. ~ He knew that I had been to see some one who had ealled, " Who isi?" he asked. "Mr. Butler, sir "Why do you not bring him at.once? It is his right as' my colleague." "It is not Senator' Butler, sir." "Butler?--I don't know any other." Whois he?' « It is the Chaplain of the Senate, sir; the Rev. Mr Butler." © What does. he .want2" "He says that he thas heard you are very low, and considers it his duty to come and. talk to you about serious matters." "Send him off about his business. To come to talk to me his nonsense at such a time as this!" = 1 went to the duor, and informed the Chaplain that "Mr. Calhoun' was too ill to see him. "You certainly must be mistaken. Does he know. it's 2" T cut the matter short "» : me ? with a decided " Yes, sir, he does, and he Says he don't want to see you, and | wont disturb hiny by volng In aval wih your name." 'The Rev, Mr. Butler left, and when lL returned to the room = the impudence ot the call was Still in his mind. His eyes were closed but I heard broken sentences. such as; ""Po eall: on me for' such, a purpose |" ig Young man not grown!? Subject t have thought of all my life."--WScovillr, Private Secretary to Mr. Cathoun | Seep Porarogs--Now, when the time permits, our friends would do well to set about the selection of their seed potatoes. supply of potatoes is used up, and the seed -must-be taken ofrom what remains,') which Lhink of some of . | . thennitke:s . oo will baat the risig of the Guyernment,-- Lvrunto Unt It very often happens that, when planting time comes, round, the great bulk of the has been picked over, perhaps, twice or three times, and all the best tubers taken for' fam- ily use. . If a healthy crop is looked for, one essen- healthy seed." We believe there is much of the blame of failure to be laid tothe ac- count of the use of seed potatoes which are in an unhealthy state when planted. Along. with a healthy' stamina in the. tubers it ig necessary: that) those' chosen fur planting should be well shaped. © Their produce will: be similar: when gathered. If care is' net taken' in. this "particular' the 'produce will follow the shape of the irregularly Shap- ed potatoes which may be planted. -- Ln simi- Jar respects the small ones' will 'produce On a trial it will be found that such are the results of using the various kinds and shapes. The best security, therefore, for'a good crop, is to collect good seed now, when the far- mer has it-in his power to do so." A' writer in 'the Ohio Burmer says:--*1 planted' whole large' potatoes; at the rate of 25 bushe's per acre. 'The yield' was not less than 250 bushels per ate, and very large, sound, ones. Cutting the seed was also tied, and although nearly. the same am unt' of seed was wed, the yield was from one-fourth to one-third less. Smail seed produced small crops, and [ lost '50 bushels by the' éxperi-"" ment. "I planted in 'April on sward turned in December. Soil, mixture of 'clay and. sand. "All of them were'sound, but were neither the best nor most prolific kind." Ee" Parliament, hasbeen i farther, prorogued | i the 1st, of June next, and then to meet. es Ge BTL eh ; of the despaich ov business, 'out the States Constitution of the Naiional 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 oe Hy NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TH COLORED 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 Legislatures, 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, ~hall receive, canvass, and declare the result of such vote. Phe State Council, thus elect- ed, shail meet on the first Monday in Janu- ary, 1854, and elect additional members to the National Council, in proportion of one to tive 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 successors in office, in the same uumbers as above. Ihe State council of each State. shall have full power over the internal concerns of said State. Art. 2. The members of the first council shall be elected by this cunvention, which shall designate out of the number, a Presi- dent, a Vice-President, Secretary, 'l'reasur- er, corresponding Secretary, and committee of fiveon Manual Labor--a committee of ive on Protective Unions--of. five on Busi- aess 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 »' 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 instructors 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 con: wnption, and shall unite and aid in the formation of branches auxiiary 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, aruzans and business men throuvhout the Union. 'They shall keep a registry of all persons willing to employ colored men in business, to' tdach colored boys mechanical trades, hberal and scientific professions, and farming ; and also, a registry of coiored men and youth secking employment or Instruc- tion. They shall also report upon any aven- ues of business or trade which they 'deem in- viting to colored capital. skill or labor. _ Their reports and advertisements to be in papers of the widest circulation. They shall receive for sale or exhibiiun products of the skill and labor of colored people ~ Art. 6. The committee oh Publication | shall collect all facts, statistics and statements, all laws and historical records and bivgra- phies of the colored people, and all books by | colored authors. They shall have for the | sufe keeping of these documents, a Library, with 2 Readiny Room and Museum. The committee shall also publish replies to any assaults, worthy of note, made upon the cha- racter or condition of the colored People. - Art. 7. Exuch commiitee shall have abso- ivte control over its special department ; shall make its own by-laws, and in case of anv 'va- cancy occurring, shall fill up the same forth- with subject to.the confirmation of the conn- ) a Manual 'Labor School' for the education of cour children in. science, literature and me- chanical arts, this. Convention do this, not to build ourselves up as a distinct and seperate class in this country, but es a means to a great end, viz: the equality in political rights, and in civil and social privileges with the rest!of the American people. PLAN OF THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SCHCOL '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, coe 1st. That the location of the school, which is to be within one hundred miles of the town of Erie, Pennsylvania, will be selected as Sa a ie 'terly, his peeion as Pabiisher of the Scr -Manvan. has prebdably afforded him 'the' p sible facilities . ¢ personally testing the. strength important infcrmation, but little of which he previously been able to obtain. All may rest sured, however, that no undue advantage ever be taken of the frankness and candor. which Christians of every name. as well a convictions in the presence of the Travelling Go FAS and the neighboring States. CO-LABORERS ! a ed worth and of well-khown Of. distingu ish merican Union; and arrangements. are. now in progress, to obtain fiom living responsible writere in Britain. important assistance in the develupe. ment of the Tripune's Mission. - TERMS AND NOTICES: 404 % eas ae 9d 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 in no 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 Douc3ass, | Jonny D. Peck, | Committee Amos G. BEMAN, on Manual Joun JONES, -- Labour J. D. BonnNeER, School. J. McCune Situ,' 1. The title shall be "Tur AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL." A 2. The foundation fund shall be thirty thousand dollars. 3 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, en 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 ald in. ,:, te 6. The School shall be organised and conducted entirely by a board of filteen 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 shal! have been paid in by them, (the stockholders) and annual y there- after. Jcach share of stock shall count as one yote at all such elections. And stock- holders may vote by proxy, on affidavit made and aeknowledged before a Commissioner oi Deeds. ' 8. In organizing the School the following regulations shall be strictly enforced: a. Wor ev-ry branch ot Lit rature taught, the shall be one branch of hanuicralt also tuught in the School. b. Exch pupil shall occupy one half 'his tim when at School, in work at some hancicrait, or 0: the farm. x FF c. The handierafts shall he such that their pro- ducts will be articles sal able for cash, or moncy': worth, ata mark.t within easy access trom the' School. The agent appointed by the Committee Frederick' Douglass, ['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. Leman, the Secretary of the Committee. As soon as, and as oftenjas the Agent aforesaid shall receive two hundred and fifty dollars, either in subscriptions. or donations, he shall pay the same over to the 'Ireasurer, John Jones, Kisq., of Chicago, who shali. 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 thereaiter, shall give bonds with two sureties to the President and Secretary of the National rs cil. Hach committee shall ineet at least once' a month or as often as possible : shall keep a minute of all its proceedines, executive aud financial, and shall submit a full statement of the sime, with the acconuts audited, at every reoular meeting of the National council. Art. 8. Phe Nations! conneil shatl meet at: least once in six mouths, 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, te ap oint a new, committee, aud shall be empowered to receive and appropriate donations for the carrying out, of the objects of the same, At all'such meet- ines, eleven members shall constitute a quo- rum. In case any committee neglect or refase | tosemlin its report, according to article 8th, | then the conncil shall have power to enter the! bureau, examine the books and papers of such_ committce ; and in case the committee shall, persist in its refusal or neglect, then the conn- cil shall declare their offices vacant, and ap- | point others in their stead. Art. 12: | A member of the council shall' be member of oulyone of the committees" there- | Of 4 | ; Art. 13. All. officers *holling fonds, shall give security in double the amount likely to be in their bands, "his security to be given to the three first officers of the council. : | Art. 14.-'Phe-couneil shall have power to | make such Bi-Laws usare uecessary for their proper Goverhment. ' Art. 9.-ln all cases of the meetings of the National Council, or the committees, the tra- veling expen-es (if any) of the members shall be paid out of the respective funds, Art. 10. Tue council shall immedistely es- tablish a bureau in the place of its meeting ; aud the same rooms shall, as far as possibleybe | used by the several committees for their wath, ous purposes, 'The council shall havea clerk, : at wu 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. Arte d1. 'Phe expenses of the council shall: be defrayed by the .ees of membership of sub- | s0 ieties or councils, to be organized through- 'The memvership fee shall be one cent per week, baie ss Sad? ea [The following resolutions, having. direct' bearing upon the plan. of organization were. adopted by the Convention and are therefore, appended to the Council's Constitution.) -- | Resolved, That tire Council shall be dele- gated to select its various Committee. Resolved, "Chat. the Council 'shall have! power to offera premium for prize essays on different subjects agreed on by Council. 1 Resolved, 'That. the said Council shall. hear and grant petitions, and he governed by. the rules of legislative bodies, and their decisions shall be final . oe : ee Resolved, That any State applying for ad- such terms as may hereafter be agreed upon. » Resolved, That in, estavlishing a National: _ gut or subscription. | ual and Sccial Lmprovement, under the guidance. mission into this Union, shall be admitted on | Council for our own special improvement, and 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. 'i he members: of the Committee on Manual Labor chool shall also be empow- ered to receive donations for the same; and' they: shall. transmit all 'said donations to the 'lreasurer, by draft, within ten days after receiving the same. 'ihey shall also be entitled to five per cent. on ail such donations paid in by him. i yok 4 11. 'Lhe 'l'reasucer 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, (LZ. ederak. Doug: lass Paper.or Aliened American,) which shall contain the acknowledgment of their THE GOSPEL TRIBUNE, PROSPECTUS. The first number of a monthly paper, to be known-as above indicated, is proposed to be pub- lished ia. Toronto. within a few months, and not later than the First day of Joly, 1854. "Phe wok in size and appearanée. to be at least equal tu the Misswnary Record or Christian Observer; and as much superior to either in style and execution as the subscripticn list wil) warrant, DISTINCTIVE OBJECT : To enlarge the limits of Communion and Church-Membership, among 'Christians, to. the greatest possible extent; and -to,. cireumscribe. hose bounds to the exclusion, if possible, of all other characters, without otherwise disturbing the Membership. of existing Churches: till acknow- ledzed Christian Character shall coustitute the only passport, at any Ume, and the perfect pi sspor at all times, to every Communion ana Chureh worthy ot the Christian name; "that the world may believe" in Christ, even.as he prayed. i GENERAL OBJECTS: The promotion of Religious, Moral, Intellect- of Divine Revelation. submitting every move and measure to thé test of Gospel Principles, ©" SUPPORTERS: fF 8 oo The,istinctive and general objects.of the work are such. as to.claim for it the patronage of all nue uidersigned begs to in'arm the The Terms aie One Dollar per Annum in ad. vance,--otherwise Two Dollars ; il being found that one half of the Subscriptions. not paid in ad. vance. are worse than lost. Editors--friendly. will render assistance by noticing this Prospectas, All parties willing to aid, may ac ouee commence soliciting the names of Subscribers. Two books --the S-ripture and Laonic Manuals --fally ¢ It, and the Paper one year, will be forwarded to: the person who first sends the names of ten Subseri: bers; and one of either of the books in substantial leather' binding, or the Paper one year, to every, one who sends ten names. . Subseriptions ar dally other communicaliaas tor the Paper Ios, gent, . 7 Ate' $28 at rs pOt-paid marked Imey, (if Inclosed) and a : uiessed, ROBERT Dick, Box 411, TORONTO! ~ Se:mons-aud Lectures, promotive of the Far BUNE'S OUjeci, WHI be delivered by the Pubiisher- throughout the Province as frequentiy as suali be found compatidie with his other duties, HOE: (Sigued) ROBERT DICK, Toronto, March 2th, 1854. -- CXBE FOR ti PAB v¢ A wae gp 9 gay NATIONAL EMIGRATION CONVENTION OF separ athe COLORED MEN, i4 Tu be held in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 24th, 25th: and 2bthaf Auzust, 1854, ly Men anp Brarrarrn:--The time has now fully come, when we, as at oppressed people, should do something efteclively, and useé those means a 'equate to the attainment of the great and lung' desiied end--tv dosomething to meet the actual demands of the present and prospective necessi- ues of the rising gener ation of our people in 'this country, 'To do this, we must occupy a position: of entire equality, of unrestricted rights, composing: in fact, an acknowledged necessary part of the ruling element of seciety in which We live. The. pouicy necessary to the preservation of this elemen must be tw our favor, it ever we expect the enjoy- ment, freedom, sovereizuty, and equality of rights: anywhere. - For this purpose, aud to this end, then, all colored' men in favor of emigration out vi the United States, aud opposed to. the American Colonization sheme of leaving the Western Hemisphere. are reques'ed to meet in CLEVE. LAND, OHIO, o1 TUESDAY, the 24th DAY of AUGUST, 18)4, in a grat NATIONAL VONVAN TION, then ani there, to consider and decide upou the great and important subject of. e nigration from the United States, : No p-rson will be aimitted toa seat-in the Convennon, who vould intveduce the subject of sinigration ty the Sastern Hemisphere--either to, Asia, Aflica, or Europe--as our object and de- telininatiow is to consider our claims to the West indies, Central aod South America, and © the Vanadas. This restriction has no reference to, persiudl preterence, or individual enterprise + but. wthe great quesiun ot national claims to come. b-fure the Convent.on. 98 «goon Oy Ail persons coming to. the Convention must briug credentials properly authenticated. or bring. verbal assurance to the Committee on Credens lals--a ppulnted for the purpuse--of' their fidelity ty the mea ures and Objects set forth in this Cail ; as ihe Convention is specifically by and. tor the. ficnis of emigration, aad NONE O PHERS-- ind HO opporitign to them will be entertained.) 'Phe question is bot Wbether our condition ean: bettered by anigration, but whether it. can. be, made worse. [ pot. then, there is no part of the wide-spread universe: where our social and poli- tical COB sinon re not better than here inour pas tive. counlLy, and nowhere in. the world as here, proscribed on account of eulor. : Weare trieads, too, and ever 'will stand bowler to shoolder by our brethren, end all our fricuds in wll good measures adopted by them. fer ihe betlering of car condition in this country, and, surrender bo riehls bus with Oar last breath, > but as the subj-et ofemigiation is of vital importance} and has ever ben shunned: by all. delegated, as-, s mibleges of otr peopl: ash retefore mel, we cannot knger deluy, aid will not) be further baffled ; and devy the right of our most Sanguine' frivndsor Geares| bro her, to ppever tan inteliigent engniyy to, aud he earry ing oui of there Near ULES,, when this can be done, to our entire advantage, ds we proposeto show in Convention--as the West Indies. Ceuttalsand South Amet ica--the inajority of whith are peopled by eur b-ethren, or tho e identified With usin vace, and what is more, destiny. on this contime pitelt stand with open aims and yearning hearts, impurtuning us in the name of suffering hamanity io come--to make common causes and share one common, fate an: he continent, oe The Convenion will meet without fail. at the. 'ime fixed for assembling, as*none hut those fe Volall: to emvration are admissable ; thercto-e no other gatheing may prevent it. Thenumte: of de-egetes wilt not oe restrict: d--exceptin te town wh re he Convention may. be beld= and there the numer will be decided by the Conven- ion when assanbied, that they may not too far exe ceed the other delegations. - Tie The time and p ace tixed for holding the van vention arcample ; effording sufficient time, an a leisure season generally--and' as Cleyland is- now the entre of all dijcetions--a good and fa-. vorable oppor tunity to all who desire tu _atiend.-- therefore it may reascnally be the greatest gatheringof the colored people ever before slekite bled in.a Convention in ihe United States, 9. Colouiation ists are advised, that "no. favors, will be chown to' them or their expatriating scheme, as we have no sympathy, with' the enemies d our race. All coled men, East, West. North and South favorabletol theomeasures Set forth in this Call wiil Seng in. their. names (post: paid) to MPR - Delany, ¢ Rey. Win. there mma! bs arranged and Jive nams trom each State. We mist make an. issue. create an eventyand! establish a position for ourselves. I is. glorious; othink ¢ hut far more glorious tocairy out, "Ree Win Webb! op Se a OHS M. hh Delany, H.G@ Webb, Tho: A. Brown, allached to the C; H. A Jackson, 'E.R Parker, © elds s Seat Samiel Bruce, nes |i : 1 ies ft J. J.Gonld. Bias, M.D, +39 Rev MoM. Clark. 23. - ' AN. Summer, } "Phi. = Johtson Woodling 9 ys jae Wowitfeld,, CYUCENOnL OD ROR JORIN « SUL Sia, ae > New. my lis Starey Matthews, ew Yorke, yi. dete Se ee Te INO Lik. Que norsey Dw -- ' that lis p 'epired to furnish the. following artielys ats the wholeile aid retail : a AXE HANDLES, ~~ PICK HANDLES. AIZE- HANDLES, | BUCK:SAW: FRAMES,Wol! classes of men. excepting those wedded to other pre-requisites of Communion and Chorch-mem- bership, than acknowledged Christian. Character.;| and here it is recorded with great pleasure tbat, the encouragements tendered, thus far, are in. strict accordance with the abdve general claims, . "5 ORIGIN AND) PROGRESS!) ws This movement has Jong been contemplated. For, twenty. years the subscriber. bas made the distinctive object of the Gospa Tripune his spe- cial study: examining carefully and personally 'he ff00 aoa aspect of Religions Sucié- ties,--their. reciprocal . bearings, their. mutual- relations, and ' a Pate ees be teh ie ae fluence on the evangelization of the world. Lat | if "SAV-HORSES, é&c., made in the best manner. Also b the Reta.) New BUCK SAWS, of t Revs Guahins Fy Hounlstes of det Ho Service | Also forSh: wis) ves reary handled and also haniles put into olen tual? ao yan oToied. fae ipte, ai il ee York Steet horde ar Se = Tor ee ee be _, Fashionable Hair Cutting !«.. pie 'Subscriber gratefl to his old pa 'one, and the _~ puble generally, for: their, past) favors, would: most) respectfily invite them to visit hm at No. 68 Ki g West. daar? East. of bach rely were hema ike great pleajtre jn: waiting on all who 3 wish: to. oecar ate Ine of either NAIR CUTTINGS > n VIN Ugh : hy ms 2 7 ODS AMPOOING « * esas ic eee OS F CAREY, Torosto, March, 16, 1854, rh pest boxe hix positions, and for the attainment of certain ; will ith ees "a ske} lice of cvery class, have frecly expressed thej, porteur; the capacity in which the .Publisher jg . still extending his observations through Canada literary ability, are already secured in the several -- sections of Canada. and in the Sta es-ofi thesd, Webb, Pit- burgh. Pa.t f . Johnjk res, : ; : erste rte | Li, Hawkins: US. Piltsburvh Paso Samiel Venerable eed ah hate John Williams, a ee ek A. F Hawkins, Hep os aes S. W Sanders, poy SEN Jefferon Miiler, J 5988 Rev . R, Green, a P. L. Jackson, | 08 3h Gna eat eh VERS ~G. Ebrper. Alleghany Citys: 9 | Jopahan Green, e ve é nes "9 public generally, : get oli -

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