SN caus HaRateuseatS Seat $3 + s1], our Government's been fighting ' Down along the sea, 2 my ts. 4s away and won ed it-- eat victory. Soldier stood before us, _ ta cannon's roar, Be Sree wn resistless thunder - stoke along the shore ; was so great a battle ver fought before. ampart rose around them, © that.sea-girt plain, our Eagle swept to conquest aming o'er the main, , upon the city like autumn rain. - frightened people hurried, m the burning town, -- neath the tropic's forest, -- hed in terror down ; y from the battle © r gallant tars intriumph om the ficet, eo ir bloodless riot, 'silent street, -- of the city--. n, was complete. led the note of triumph, ard on the wave; ; where the constant billows off regions lave ; _ And the nations owned the prowess Of the free and brave. valiant deed and mighty, the world may see; rthy our heroic rulers-- 5 hat great victory: cs hey and Greytown are immortal, -- In all history. PAAAADBAARAAIOA From the New England Farmer. _ Calendar for August. fields are all alive with sultry noise r's sounds, and insect's busy joys; sapers o'er their glittering sicles stoop, 'full oft the patridge covers up ; over the nestling scythe go bending on ; hockens follow where their toils have gone, 'ing the swaths that rustle in the sun. : » Clarke's Shepherd's Calendar. ugust, with us, is not the principal har- month. The wheat and rye crops are hered in July, we believe, in all the growing States. But the oats, bar- sy, peas and beans, and some early fruits. vegetables, are harvested in August. late meadow grass is also cut in this th, which closes up the hay-harvest, the exception of the "aftermath," as lish call it, or as we usually term it, -" second crop." The " Mirror of the Months" -likens ugust to "that brief, but perhaps best of human life, when the promises of are either fulfilled or forgotten, and s and forethought, connected with ine have not yet grown strong enough ike themselves felt, and consequently hen we have nothing to do but look £3 and us, and be happy." For it is in this urned the corner of his existence ; but ke him, it may still fancy itself young, be- | wise it does not feel itself getting old. And aps there Is no period like this, for en- aging and bringing to perfection that f tranquil enjoyment, in which all happiness must mainly consist; with re it has indeed little to do; but with pprness it is everything. The great pressure of the season is over, that is what the amiable writer whom e quoted means, when he says " we nothing to do but look around us and happy." For in haying and early -har- » everybody is in motion--every avail- and is pressed into the service. " Hay- 7s" do not continue long, and they must briskly improved. But now that the rass and rye and wheat fields are smoothly and their contents heaped in generous n in the bays and on the seaffolds of , the farmer breathes freer, and oks upon the labors of his hands with a e and satisfaction never equalled, un- perhaps at the close of the great Indian Harvest. But mere homely eares press, and we ust attend to some of the duties which Savine Grass Suzps.--Sufficient at- is not given to the saving of seeds. is not.a difficult matter, even without the 'of a machine for the purpose, to gather the clover seeds that may be wanted on farm of common size. It may be taken rom the second crop, and threshed and lea: dup as are other seeds. So with erd's grass--leave a square of a few rods ' the heads are large, and where no ; are intermixed with the grass, and Saas time cut, thresh and clean it _ Every dollar saved in this and various r ways by the farmer, will give his cash unt a favorable aspect at the end of the ar. Indeed, a little pains will give the er all the seeds he requires, of kind, so that he need not expend a money for them. Also, carefully d for another year's use. uppinc.-- Most persons now understand cess--we merely remind that the time hay come to doit. ae TCHING AND Meapow Mup.--August asually offers the most favorable season for. ditching swamp lands, and for throwing ovt supply of meadow mud. -- There is scarcely rm but needs ditching somewhere. We refer the reader to various tracts of land ere their owners have been operating in a sater or Jess degree for ten years, in order to bring low places into the production of good grasses natural to upland. But they <4 ed up to this time, though they have _ The hands have been active, while operations. The perusal of the single chap- them how futile are such efforts against the laws of nature. yse who have not used meadow muck oe surprised to find what a rapacious it is. If thrown out now and e course of three or four months, y be hauled in the winter at a ndanamelessnation '| stood. _}a family of eight or ten persons. | |} experiment on a fourth of an acre, you that doubt. g j : | the following in an exchange paper; and as that the year, " like a man at forty, | | grants, formerly bond, and free, different from 1 other seeds which will be need- | | long as it may be found to advocate sound | principles, and to use our ability to promote | nnually to accomplish the desired ob--- a ray of scientific skill has guided their ter of a good work on Draining would | e it may drain, it will become quite. '| people's organ, the Provincial Freeman. 3 ' the fertilizer, that you may note the difference betweemthems are aria OF Layine Lanvs ro Grass.--August, too is a most favorable season for this operation. This practice is now, generally, well under- On lands naturally too moist for hoed crops, it 1s a pleasant and profitable way of bringing it back to yield good grass crops, to plow deeply, manure well, pulver- ize finely, and seed liberably ; and af well done in this month the young crop will gain sufficient strength to resist the freezing of winteri « Tus Wueat Crop.--tThere is really no | necessity for the farmer to pay out much cash |. | for flour. | other kinds of wheat will flourish finely on } most of our New England hills, provided it The winter blue-stem and omes be properly put in, in August or September, the ground liberally enriched and limed.-- An acre will ordinarily be sufficient to supply Make an These are only a portion of the things which it is particularly proper to attend to in the fervid month of August. Somsetuine Wort Kyowine.--We find it is by no means the first time that we have heard of the croup by the same remedy, we have littlé doubt of its efficacy: "My wife -and I were aroused about two o'clock this morning, by the struggles of our little boy, who was labouring under a violent attack: of the croup. His breathing was so difficult as to arouse persons who slept beyond the' hall. hastily folded a towel, dipt it in cold water, and applied it to his throat and breast: I then folded a sheet to the proper size, wet it and rolled him up in it, and wrap- ped a blanket over that. He went to sleep in three minutes, and slept until five o'clock when he got up and was dressed, and went to play in three hours after the attack, and we were rejoiced at the curative powers of cold water." ; Toe Poser Camppett--" It is well known," says Fraser, "that Campbell's own favourite poem was his 'Gertrude.' I once heard him say, 'I never like to see my name before the Pleasures of Hope; why, I cannot tell you, unless it was that, when young, | was always greeted among my friends as "Mr. Cambell, author of the Plea- sures of Hope." "Good morning to you, Mr. Campbell author of the Pleasures of Hope." When I got married I was married as the author of the Pleasures of Hope; and when I became a father, my son was the son of the author of the Pleasures of Hope." A. kind 0! grim smile, ill subdued we are afraid, stole over our features, when, stand- ing beside the poet's grave, we read the in- scription on his coffin: 'Thomas Campbell, L. L. D., author of the Pleasures of Hope, died June 15, 1844, aged 67.' The poet's dislike occurred to our memory: there was! no getting the better of the thought." Constitution of the Provincial Unions ARTICLE Teo eee vs ey We, the undersigned, associate for the purpose. of carrying out the following Pledpe fait i BELIEvinG in the necessity of measures to further promote literature, general intelli- gence, active benevolence, the principles of universal freedom, and a British union not based on complexional considerations, and in the imperative duty now resting upon us to thwart the plans now maturing to array one class of Her Majesty's subjects against another, and increasing class, on the grounds of the complexional characteristics and origin of the latter, we pledge ourselves to do all in our power in our associated capa- city, as Members of this Union, and in our private capacity, as citizens--I1st: 'To pro- mote a healthy harmony, and to diffuse a loyal spirit among those. of Her. Majesty's subjects with -whom~we may associate, or come ii contact. 2nd. 'To encourage' and | support a_ Press, or those Presses, im Ca- nada, which will stand on the watch-tower to notify the citizens of this country against the unjust imputations, reflections and designs: of many in the United States and this coun-: try, who would carve out a policy for emi- white emigrants who may and do settle herein, by counselling the former to be a" good pea- santry" for the latter as their highest ambi- tion ; or to aggregate themselves into exclu- sive communities, or to look upon the West. Indies as the home for the mass, in prefer- ence to the free soil of Canada ; thereby pro- mulgating the dangerous doctrine that God's children, of different complexions, cannot live together under the protection of the British Lion, in British America, unless those of darker hue, become " hewers of wood and drawers of water"? to those of white complexion. 3rd. To do all in our power to remove the stain of Slavery from the face of the earth, and particularly, as| subjects of Great Britain, to check its pro-: gress in America by all legitimate means ; and, 5th. 'To encourage the rising generation in literary, scientific, and mechanical efforts. 6th. As a nucleus of. operations, to support the" Provincial Freeman," as our organ, so objects in connexion with it, to further honest endeavours in this direction. Arricxie IT, For the better success of the above mea- sures, the Parent Society shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, Recording and | Corresponding Secretaries, Treasurer, and a Committee as extensive as the number o signatures to the Pledge. aS We. ArticLe LII.. The annual fee of each male member shall be 2s. 6d. c'y. Artictiz. IV. __ The Female Members shall organize a Committee, with a Moderator, Secretary and 'Treasurer ; and the annual contribution for each member, shall be 1s. 3d. ARTICLE V, The object of the Ladies' Committee shall be to prepare articles for an Annual Fair, to be held in Toronto, Hamilton, London, Chatham and other large cities and towns, at which auxiliaries may be formed; also, to devise other measures for promoting the specific object ; namely, the support of the Ruta Bacas.--Give them a'dressing of | ' | ashes or superphosphorate of lime just before hoeing, leaving a row occasionally without | -terms. ~** Arvricis, V1.' Auxiliary Societies may be formed in each .town, city, or village, in. which parties may 'be found to take as their basis the Constitu- tion of this Society, provided that they, at - | their option, make such local arrangements as the peculiarities of the case require. ARTICLE VII. The officers of this Society shall be elect- ed annually, and at each annual meeting, one or more persons shall be empowered to as- sist in forming auxiliaries, and in whatever way the interests of the Society may de- mand. Articis VIII. The Ladies' Committee shall meet every Monday evening, for the purpose of making up articles, useful and elegant ; and to them shall be entrusted the details of their plans. ArTIcLE IX. AS monthly 'meeting of members, both male and female, shall be assembled for the' purpose of promoting the literary objects specified by recitations of original pieces, 'reading, debates, &c. "I'wice in- the year at the. semi-annual and annual. meetings parties. shall be solicited to address the Society. "= --7.°) = ARTICLE X, This Constitution can be altered at the Annual Meeting, by a vote of a majority of -members present, and the addition of the votes from each auxiliary society, through delegates from the same, provided, that at whatever place the Annual Fair may be held, the Annual Meeting shall be held for the time being. FUGITIVE SLAVES IN CANADA. ---- A degree of attention has of late been directed to the condition of the Fugitive Slaves resident in Canada, but comparatively little information eoncerning them has reached the public. The presence in this country of the Rey. Samuel Ringold Ward, who has: been delegated by the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada to make the case of these Refugees more. generally known, has caused a number of Gentlemen to form a Com- mittee, for the purpose of raising a fund to afford them temporary relief, on their arrival in Canada, from the scene of their bondage. The entire number of Fugitives in Canada may be estimated at from thirty thousand to thirty-five thousand, of whom from three to five 'thousand have annually escaped since the passing of the Fugitive Slave Law. On their arrival at Toronto,and other places along the Canadian frontier, that is, along a boundary of some seven hundred miles, they are usually destitute of every thing, having generally fled stealthily, and with- out making much preparation for flight. They undergo numerous privations on their painful and. wearisome. journey, being in consiant peril by the: way, not only through the Slave States, but through the Northern, or nominally free. At any point, if overtaken, or discovered, or even suspected, they may be dragged before the Courts, and, upon a most summary process, sent back to endure a bondage of which the ord nary rigours are always increased in the case of Fugitives, to operate as a warning to others. Hence, during their flight, they are ina constant state of sus- pense, fear, and excitement; and when they reach the Canadian frontier, usually fall inte a condi- tion of bodily and mental prostration, which renders them incapable of immediate efforts, and makes them objects of compassionate interest. Being strangers, destitute of the commonest necessaries, and in some instances, suffering from temporary illness and over fatigue, they require a helping hand. The Anti-Slavery Society of Canada, and a Ladies' Society at Toronto, pro-' vide these Refugees with food, clothing, tools, or whatever they require, until they procure em- ployment and can support themselves. This necessarily entails a very considerable expendi- ture, which these Societies are not in a position to meet to the extent to which their aid is needed. It is not only an interesting fact, but one which should be emphatically dwelt upon, that the Re- fugee Fugitives require only temporary assistance. Labour of every kind is in great demand, and the Society being kept duly informed of the parties who are in want of labourers, they sel- dom fail to procure employment on advantageous In no instance wichio the last year and a half has the-Society been.called upon to extend re- lief for more than six days, exceptin cases of sick- ness. The fund sought to be raised is therefore not intended to be set aside to maintain able- bodied men in idleness for an indefinite period, but to enable the Canadian Society to respond to the large claims made upon it, to supply the more immediate and pressing demands of the Fugitives on their arrival, and until they have sufficiently recovered from fatigue to avail themselves of the advantages of abundant employment and food, good wages, cheap land, equal liberty, and im- partial laws, and the privileges and rights which are common to other classes of Canadians. Canada being the nearest ofthe British Colonies to the United States, (the stronghold of Slavery) it is of no small importance to encourage the 1m- provement-and elevation of these negro refugees, because of the influence, direct and reflex, which would thereby be brought to bear upon American Slavery. The black settlers of Canada are nearly all of them fugitives from slavery. 'Their im- provement would be a triumphant rebuke to those who once held them as chattles, and to those who -hold that the slave requires to be prepared for freedom; for they would exhibit the spectacle of a people just escaped from the galling yoke com- peting as free men, successfully and honourably with other labour. Further, as there exist in Canada some of the prejudices against colour, and as the progressive inprovement of the coloured population is gradually undermining and destroy- ing this feeling, their improvement affords a prac- tical demonstration, not only of the equal capacity of the negro for self-advancement where he has a proper incentive to labour, but of the unreason- ableness of the prejudice against him Lastly, his social elevation by his own industry and enter- prise, is even now trimuphantly proving the fitness of the slave for freedom, the righteous- ness and the practicability of immediate emanci- pation, (in so far as the slaves themselves are concerned ).and the perfect capability of the negro to live and to advance under the same government and upon terms of political and social equality with the Anglo-Saxon raise, or any other of the one great humrn family. : At a ljarge and respectable meeting held in Free- mason's Hall the Right Hon. the Earl of Shat- -tesbury in the Chair,--after an Address from Rev. S. R. Warp, showing the condition of the Fugi- tive Slaves in Canada and stating their need of temporary aid immediately upon their arrival in that Colony.--it was proposed by the Rev. C. B Grissur, of St. Paul's East Smithfield, and secconded by the Rev, Tuomas James, Secretary to the Colonial Missionary Society, and adopted:- " That having heard the statement of the Rev. Samvusui Rinconp Warp, respecting the destitu- tion of the Fugitive Slaves on thier arrival in Canada afterdaffecting their escape from the United States; and, teeling that under such circumstances they have .aclaim on our sympathy, and need temporary assistance, this Meeting cordially ap- proves of the object of*the mission, and pledges itself to promote it; and that for carrying out of the same the following Gentlemen be the Officers and Committee, with power to add to their number: aS PRESIDENT. ae THE ORIGEE HON TH BARE OF SHAPTESBURY. TREASURER. : ; GEORGE WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Esa. HON. SECRETARIES. REY. JAMES SHERMAN, AND SAMUEL HORMAN-FISHER, Esa. COMMITTEE. APSLEY PELLATT, ESQ., M. P., G. F. WHITE, ESQ. "REV. Tt. SAMES, REV. J. C. GALLAWAY, A. M., JAMES. SPICER, ESQ., REV. GEORGE SMITH, REV. THOS. BINNEY, ROBERT FORSTER, ESQ., E, N. FOWLER, ESQ., JOSEPH. SOUL, ESQ... L, A. CHAMEROVZOW, ESQ., W. JONES, ES@., J: TALBOT TYLER, ESQ. It was moved by the Rev. J. Wemberley, Rec- tor of Dorrington, seconded by the Rey. George Wilkins, and adopted :- eee. " That the best thanks of this Meeting be_pre- sented to the Earl of Shaftesbury, for his king ness in presiding on the present occasion." Miss Copley Rev. George Smith J.. Gray, Esq. 4 Joseph Tritton, Esq. received :-- His Grace the Duke of Sutherland Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland 10 ris Grace the Duke of Arg yle - & 10 10 The Most Noble the Marchioness of Kildare The Right Hon. the Earl The Right Hon. the Karl Waldegrave The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P. Sir Edward North Buxton, Bart. The Viscount Ebrington, M.P. The Lord R. Grosvenor, M The Lord Mayor of Londén The Lord Calthorpe --- Dowager Lady Gray Lady Acland Lady Macdonald Rev. James Sherman Rev. Thomas Binney Mr. S. Berry Mrs. W. Cook G.T ° 2 H. Spicer, Esq. W. R. Spicer, Esq. S. Horman-Fisher, Esq Ernest Bunsen, Esq. R. Forster, Esq. = Collection at Islington - J. T. Tyler, Esq. Mr. J. Fitzgerald James Spicer, Esq. Samuel Morley, Esq. George Hitchcock, Esq. J.T. Barry, Esq. Joseph Sturge, Esq. Mr. Smithers James Cunliffe, Esq. Miss Sophia Portal _ - J. Cheetham, Esq., M. P. C. Hindley, Esq.. M.P. A. Pellatt, Esq.. M.P. E. Ball, Esq.,M-P.. - Sir George Goodman, M.P. Sir James K. Shuttleworth - Rev. W. Brock Rev. J. Hamilton, D.D. Mr. Hunter W. Cook, Esq., M.D. Mr. E. Hall Collection at Brighton Mrs. Casterton C Nisbet, Esq. T. G. Stapleton, Esq. Mr. W. Purvis T. Waterman, Esq. D. Beeman, Esq. Rice Hopkins, Esq. Edward Edwards, Esq. Jacob Post, Esq. James Dawson, Esq. W. Flanders, Esq. William Edwards, Esq. W. Churchill, Esq Rev. Thomas James R. C. L Bevan, Esq. Mrs. Faulkener Miss Jane Grant J. Brown, Esq. BH. Viney, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq. F. W. Cobb. Esq. Joseph Cooper, Esq. W. Janson, Esq. Messrs. McIntosh & Mr. Geldart - ° gate G. Putley, Esq. Sundry small sums. Sir E Armitage Fo Ariiiuace, Hq... Wilson Armistead, Esq., Sir James Anderson, Mr. Thomas Alexander, C. Anderson, .Esq Anonymous iy pall sq. Vie. Samuel Brooks, Esq., The Misses Bridge, Charles Buxton, Esq., Mr. Thomas Burley, J. Bain, Esq. W. Bickham, Esq. Hugh Browne, Esq , J. D. Bryce, Esq. W. Baxter, Esq. E. Baxter, Esq. The Misses Baxter, G. Beaumont, Esq. C. L. Braithwaite, Esq. J. 1° Bamry.,. Esq: Provost Beverage, Clarke, Beeton, & Co, Rev. George Clayton, John Cassell, Esq., James Cunliffe, Esq., J. Cheetham, Esq., M. P. Messrs. J. & D. Campbell, Mr. Crofton, HI. Christian, Esq. JohnCropper, Esq., Edward Cropper, Esq., William Crossfield, Esq, Mrs. Crossfield, James Dunn, Esq., W. Duncan, Esq. J.¢Dunlop, Esq. John Fitzgerald, Esq., S. Fletcher, Esq. J.T. Foster, Esq. FrancisFynlayson, Esq., A Friend, - - Two Friends, per Mr. T. T A Friend, per Mr. Sawyes, Mr. Alderman Challis, M. P., 2B: G. F. White, Esq.,and Family = Messrs. Glarke, Beeton & Co. ~ Collection at Freemasons' Hall ,M.P. Samuel Sturge, Esq., and Friends - Gorden Messrs. Fletcher and Tubbs, J. Goodwin, Esq. EL es - Miss Hulme, G. Hall, Esq. S. Horman-Fisher, Esq. George Hitchcock, Esq., Isaac Hudson, jun., Esq. C. Hindley, Esq., M. P. Mr. Johnsen, -- Johnson, Esq. Mr. Jackson, Mr. Inglis, J. Kershaw, Esq., M. P. J.B. Lillington, Esq. E. Lewis, Esq. A. Livingston, Esq. ° os e Ladies' Emancipation Soe'y, Edinburgh Ditto ditto Samuel Morley, Esq., Messrs. McIntosh and Gordon, Messrs. A. and J. McKeand, John McDuall, Esq. . Rev. -- McCullen, C, Makins, .Esq. Mr. Mollison, R. A. Macfie, Esq, J. Nisbet, Esq? << W. Nickson, Esq. Dr. Proudfoot, Miss Portal, - Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M. P. J. Playfair, Esq, S. M. Peto, Esq. M. P. W. 8. Paton, Esq. I, Rayner, Esq. Dr. Roberton, Mr. Russell, Mr. Smithers, James Spicer, Esq., James Sidebottom, Esq., Messrs. J. and S. Sheldon, Ht. Sheldon, Esq., W. Scholefield, Esq., Sturge, yee J- Sturge, Hsqe- Joseph Sturge, Esq., - Philip Sewell, Esq., Messrs. D. and J. Smith, W. C. Shaw, jun., Esq., Mrs. Spittae, - Mrs. 'Thompson, J. B. Tod, Esq., Miss Taylor, We.) amep; Esq. =. Frederick Tuckett, Esq., T.G See & J. Unitt, Esq., -- Wilcocks, Esq., Mr. B. Wilson, © S pd ~ Mrs. Wright, Liverpool, scholars, . Small Sums, - Mr, Bignole, - 'S. Ewing, Esq., - Alexander Hastie, Esq:, M. P.; yler, J. Talbot Tyler, Esq., (2nd donation) - Dundee eo Messrs. George Smith and Sons, o George, Esther, Samuel and. Thomas t Collection at Cavendish Chapel, Rams- 9 ; RD OTE Se DTD 6 eh) of Shaftesbury 10 The Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby 10 2 10 10 rary OU ABN ON OO EH DON EN ON W OME (ee 1 a _ SOD OD ET RW MOU OS BH NASW EHNA EB OW SUH UH HOH HH DOU ROE Ew i SOC HRW OH OH ret ay ew Se Hae woe www om nw On cn ' SS SS Ox le ony eo Ss. ay et j Seeocoonroooooeoooooooooorw KF OMOrFr COO Se COSC SS OCOOC OCS CSO SCS SS Seo COCOMrRCOlOSoOSCOSORFP OCC OoOSoCSo COMO OoOoCOoOoOSCSoSo oc -- eonecoococoooooure- ee tend, pay Srocvooepocooooowrwoocooceoseooosoooooscoroeosoosessocoooscommocooooonoeoooocoo -- i oad eGeocoeoocoooocoosuceo- -- oO=-OrCooocoo=-c°oooo _ ao conto eCoerecorocoeooooooocoseo oe ooooeoocoroooeooeooeocoeoooocooecsce|ece|scosececooeonecococoooocoecoececoesooosecocoeo]o ooo! CSoscococ ooo Cc Oo COoSem SoS SCSOS SOS SO OSCSOSOSOS SOO SCYSO eeccogosocoooeoocoocooosoocoscoscosesoooosocoscooscoSeSoSCSoCSsSoSoSCSCSoSoSoSOoSSsSsesoeseseescoonn joSeoooesoooocooooso., C200 The following contributions 'have been already % | and appropriate donations for the carrying out | buildings, appoint or dismiss instructers in the _ literary or mechanical branches. There shall _ be a farm attached to the School, Mrs. Delwyn, _ - - = ~ 0-10" 0 Messrs. S. Tid J. Watts, - D> 0220) J. Wigham, Hsqias: - - se4e1t 0:40 J. G. Barclay, Esq., - - 103.0 0. W. Woodward, Esq., - ~ 9 Qe 0 J>Young, Esq., - - - 2-6 6 Collection at Lewes, - = aoe 1S 10Se0) a Sandwich, - 6.0 0 ' ' Seaford, - =) a * Kimbolton, ~ - 3 OAL. a Manchester, - -- - 14 18 43 fe Pendleton, - 19RD. 0 a Hull, - - 238.402 Is eo Birmingham, - 1422 G Bi Ashton-under-Lyne, - 4 4 0 6 Birkenhead, - Pies gal) at Liverpool, - - 2613 0 i Glasgow, - -- 10 0.0 % Ditto, - - =, 18; 04,6 ef Ditto, - - 216 4 Gb Free Church, Rutherglen, 14 12 10 % Upper Clapton, -' QL 5' 02 iL Stroud, ~ - - 3.302 fe Dalkeith, - dp Dee e20 if Ryde, - - La 0 an IMGivs dais Bion, o @ Oy a Edinburgh, - 13240" 6 ge Dunferlime, - sl 19S A ee Dundee, - - Geir ac ze as Montrose, - - 5 6 63 ee Kendal, - ~ - 17 0 42 ee Stowmarket, - --= So 1670 ts Dr. Roxburgh's Church, Glasgow, - 50.9 0 ------ 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 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 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 successors in office, in the same numbers as above. 'Che State couneil 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 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. 'he 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 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 throughout 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. Art. 7. Each committee shall have abso- lute contro] 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. Kach 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 of the objects of the same. At all such meet- ings, eleven members shall constitute a quo- rum. 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. The 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. 'I'he 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. The membership fee shall be one cent per week, : Art. 12. A member of the council shall be oe of only one of the committees there- Oo 5 ozs es : 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 thethree first officers of the council. "Arte 14 The council shall have power to make such Bye-Laws as arenecessary for their proper governmen ; 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 gated to select its various Committees. Resolved, 'I'hat 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 dele- shall be final. _ eye 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 as a 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 socia] privileges with the est of the American people. 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, ee 1st.. That the location of the school, which is to be within one hundred mules 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 in no case will a contract -be made beyond the sum of money actually paid in. The site of the school will beat 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 heginning, 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 Doverass, | Joun .5PEGER, | Committee Amos G. Beman, on. Manual JOHN JONES, Labour » J. D. Bonner, School. J. McCune SmMitTH, 1. The title shall be "Tur Anpuiean 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 shall 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 shail be strictly enforced: @. Kor every branch of Literature taught, there shall be one branch of handicraft also taught in the School, ; b. Each pupil shall occupy one half his 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, Esq., 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, Iisq., 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 receive 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. 5 11. The 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, (Lrederick Doug: lass Paper or Altened American,) which shall contain the acknowledgment of their gift or subscription. THE GOSPEL TRIBUNE, - PROSPECTUS. . 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