/ sand peak ee Set R ee 2 its 3. 'Twenty thousand dollars shall be in stock | reels are thick, 's Ob Me burn- "send. "send th at shadow quic ee arvests wave and toss their hair, sed exuberance. ool woodlands, in whose dusk ar- day seems of twilight emulous; vere, but, inthe silent glades, dews hang tremulous. tulip crests the glorious scene, lonarch of those sylvan palaces ; arms, like priests in ferial green, r golden chalices. the thick leaves the tempered sun- Wedee are o'er the sward distri- y crawl; there thistle-down may m probibitee. toil; yet keep my faith to all, 1one save God regardeth me observ- cried, when will that shadow fall, which I pine so fervently ?" came a shadow ; but 'twas icy cold, some swart, dread angel o'er her hover- ee eathed around her with voluminous fold, nd wrapped her in its covering. Chill though it was, she hailed it with a smile : And, worn by years and grief and long infir- -- mity ay down beneath it, slept a little while, nd wakened in eternity. --Puinam's Magazine for Sept. The Farmer. ~ Who makes this barren earth A paradise of wealth, -- And fills each humble hearth _ With plenty, life, and health ? Oh! I would have you know. =) hey are the men of toil-- "he men who reap and sow-- _ The tillers of the soil. - CONSTITUTION . OF THE Provimeialh Wafloms Articie I, We, the undersigned, associate for the purpose of earrying out the following Pledge :-- _BgvieEvine in the necessity of measures to further pro- ote Literature, General Intelligence, Active Benevolence- Principles cf Universal Freedom, and a British Union, base on complexional considerations, and in the im- e duty now resting upon us to thwart the plans now uring to array One class of Her Maiesty's subjects ; -another, and increasing class on the grounds otf the xional characteristics and origin of the latter, we ourselves to do-all in our power in our associated ty, asmembers of this Union, and in our private acity. as citizens,--lst: To promote a healthy harmony and to diffuse a loyal spirit among those of Her Majesty's ccs with whom we may associate or come in contact. . 'To encourage and support a Press, or those Presses, Canada, which will stand on the watch-tower to notify e citizens of this country against the unjust imputations, flections and designs of many in the United States and country, who would carve out a policy for emigrants, merly bond,.and free, different from white emigrants who inay and do settle herein, by counselling the former to good peasaniry" for the latter, as their highest ambi- or toaggregate themselves into exclusive communities look upon the West Indies as the home for the mass, n preference to the free soil of Canada ; thereby promual- ing the dangerous.doctrine that God's children of diffe- rent complexions, cannot live together under the British in British America, unless those of darker hue, e " hewers of wood and drawers of water" to those ecomplexion. 3rd. To do allin our power to re- move the Age of eon the face ofthe earth, and i ir C itain, t ck i cO- pases eae se eek Br en, to check tg-pre- | mage tile rising generation in literary, scientific, and Mechanical efforts. 6ih. As a nucloxs of operations, to "support the '+ Povineial Freeman," as our organ, so long is ifmay be found to advocate sound principles, and to > our ability to promote objests in connexion with it, to rther honest endeavours in this direction. _ Arr. II.--For the better Success of the above Measures, the Parent Society shall consist of a. President, a Vice-President, Recording and Corresponding Secretaries, 'Treasurer, and a Committee | as extensive as the number of signa- tures to the Pledge. Arr. Ti--The annual fee of each male mem- hall 2s. 6d. cur'y. TT T. V.--The object of the Ladies' Committee be to prepare articles for an Annual Fair, 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 spectic object ; namely, the support of the people's organ, the ovincial Freeman. Arr. VI.--Auxiliary Societies may be formed in each town, city, or village, in which parties tay be found to take as their basis the Constitu- ion of this Society, provided that they, at their option, make such local arrangements as_ the Cay ities of the case require. Arr, VII.--The officers of the Society shall be cted annually, and at each annual meeting, one Or More persons shal] be empowered to assist in forming auxiliaries, and in whatever way the i free: he Society may demand. ne - ' Committee shal! ; day evening, for the purpose o aking up articles, useful and elegant; and to d to them shall be entrusted the details of their _ Aer. IX.--A monthly meeting of members, both male and female shall be assembled for the purpose of promoting the literary objects specfied, by recitations of original pieces, reading, debates, _ Twice in the year, at the semi-annual and annual meetings, parties shall be solicited to ad- dress the Society. -- BELT: Art. X.--This Constitution can be altered at the Annual Meeting, bya vote ofa 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. AO En _ The undersigned, the Committee on Manual a Se appointed by the National Coun- Colored People, in offering a plan for, _ the organization of the School, beg leave to state: Ast. That the location of the school, which is within one hundred miles of the town of Pennsylvania, will be selected as soon as thousand dollars are paid in; the school ng and work shop will be commenced as en thousand dollars are paid in; and | chool commenced as soon as fifteen thousand ollars are paid in; and that in no case will a 5 | be made beyond the sum of money ac- paidin. The site of the school will be at ro 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 Roches- _ter Convention, the teachers are to be selected for, and pupils. admitted into the school without ref- erence to sex or complexion. 3rd. Special provision will be made to make this, from the beginning, an industrial school for females as well as males ; of conduct will be to' aid in providing for the female sex, methods and means of enjoying an independent and honorable livelihood. ~ Freperice Dovauass, ) en23- Foun D, Peck, : Amos G, Beman, _ Joun Jones, -- -- Labour J.-D. Bonner, School. '323. McCune Syarn}. >: pa Committee on Manual a prominent principle } ¢ He of 2000 shares, at ten dollars per share. . -- 4, 'Ten thousand dollars shall be in donations: to be solicited from the friends of the cause. 5, The shares shall be payable, tem per cent. at the time of subscribing, and.ten. per cent, every. first day of July, October, January and. April thereafter, until the whole is paid. - 6. The School shall be organized and con™ ducted entirely by a board of fifteen trustees. 7. Six of these Trustees shall be the Commit- tee on Manuel Labour School, appointed by the National Council of the People of Color; and nine of the trustees shall be elected by the Stock - holders when three thousand dollars shall have been paid in by them, (the stockholders,) and an- nually thereafter. count as one vote at all such elections. And stockholders may vote by proxy, on affidavit made and acknowledged before a Commissioner of Deeds. : a. Fer 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. 8. ein organizing the school, the following regulations shall be strictly enforced: The agent appointed by the Committee, Fred- erick Douglass, Esq., shall be empowered to receive donations and take subscriptions for stock, giving a receipt for the latter, signed by himself and Rev. Amos G. Beman, the Secretary of the Commiitee. 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, Jobn Jones, Esq., of Chicago, who shall deposit the same forthwith in the Bank of America, Chicago, Illinois: 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 Agents 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 Commitee on Manual Labor School shall also be empowered to receive donations for the same; and they shall transmit all said donations to the Freasurer, by draft, within ten days after receiving thesame. They shall also be entitled to five per cent, on all such donations paid inby him. ~ 11. The Treasurer shall publish at least once affortnight a list of all the donations and subscrip- tions of stock received by him; and shall trans- mit to each donor or stockholder, a copy of the paper, (Fredrick Douglass' Paper or Aliened American,) Which shall contain acknewledgment of their gift or subscription. en Oo 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 concerning them has reached the public. The presence in this country of the Rev. Samuel ingold Ward, who has been delegated by the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada to make the ease 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 constant 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 "ait, Upon a MiOSt Summary Process, SENT Dack fo endure a bondage of which the ord nary rigours are always increased-in the case of Fugitives, to operate as a warhing* to others, Hence, during their flight, they are in a constant state of sus- pense, fear, and excitement; and when they reach the Canadian frontier, usually fall into. a condi- ; tion of bodily and mental prostration,: which renders them incapable of immediate efforts, and mates them objects of compassionate interest. Being strangers, destitute of the commonest hecessaries, 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 terms. In no instance wi.hin the last year and a haif has the Society been called upon to extend re- lief for more than six days, except in cases of sick- ness, The fund sought 10 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 of the British Colonies | « to the United States, (the stronghold of Slavery) it is of no small importance to encourage the im- 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. 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 selfadvancement 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 guvernment and upon terms of political and social equality with the Anglo-Saxon raise, or any other of the one great humrn family.. At a large 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 Jags, Secreiary to the Colonial Missionary Society, and adopted: Samuen Ringoup Warp, respecting -the destitu- tion of the Fugitive Slaves on thier arrival in Canada afterlatfecting their escape from the United States; and, feeling 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-. N. FOWLER, ESQ., JOSEPH SOUL, ESQ.. -ESQ., J. TALBOT TYLER, ESQ. Wilkins, and adopted :- Each share of Stock shall |. sented to the Earl of Shaftesbury, for his kin¢ ness received :-- George, Esther, Samuel and Thomas £ Miss Portal, The Viscount Ebrington, M.P. The Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P. The Lord Calthorpe... =. == James Spicer, Esq., _ Mas Further, as there exist in |} " 'That having heard the statement ofthe Rev. | Ee OS iscunng ee Os 7 eo et GEORGE WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Ese. -#)) GON: SECRETARIBS, ©* \? © REV. JAMES SHERMAN, AND SAMUEL HORMAN-BISHER, Ese. comMITTER: APSLEY .PELLATT,. ES@., M.:P4.G..K. WHITE, ESQ., REV. T. JAMES, REV. J. C. GALLAWAY, A. M., JAMES SPICER, ES@., REV. GEORGE SMITH, REY. THOS. BINNEY, ROBERT FORSTER, HSQ., &, L. A. CHAMEROVZOW, ESQ., W. JONES, It was moved by the Rev. J. Wemberley, Rec- tor of Dorrington, seconded by the Rev. George "That the best thanks of this Meeting be pre- in presiding on the present occasion." The following contributions have been already Ss. Sturge, | - - 25 Samuel Sturge, Esq., and Friends . - Miss Sophia Portal --- - - His Grace the Duke of Sutherland Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland His Grace the Duke of Argyle --_- - The Most Noble the Marchioness of Kildare. - - - - 5 The Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury 10 The Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby 10 The Right Hon. the Earl Waldegrave 2 The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P. 10 Sir Edward North Buxton, Bart. 10 The Lord Mavor of London, M. P. Dowager Lady Gray. ~ - Lady Acland Seve! fe Lady Macdonald - S. Ewing, Esq., = James Cunliffe, Esq.,' James Cunliffe, Esq. - - - James Spicer, Esq. - - Samuel Morley, Esq: Samuel Mor- ley, Esq., George Hitchcock, Esq: J.T. Barry, Esq : Joseph Sturge, Hisq; R. ©. L. Bevan, Esq: J. G. 'Barclay, Esq: W. Baxter, Esq.: John Cropper, Esq: Edw. Crop- per, Esq., Geo. Hitchcock, Esq : Joseph Sturge, Esq: each - - 10 0 Ladies' Emancipation Soc'y, Edinburgh 5 0 'Ditto alii -- Daina 10 @ G. F. White, Esq., and Family =f eld Charles Buxton, Esq: Mr. Alderman Messrs. J. & D. Campbell; E. Viney Esq: S. Me. Peto, Esq. aVie Pee cach - - - - Rev James Sherman; H. Spicer, Esq . W.R. Spicer, Esq;. $8. Horman- Fisher, Esq ; Ernest Bunsen, Esq R. Forster, Esq; Mr, J. Fitzge- rald; Messrs Clarke, Beeton & Go; J. Cheetham, Esq, MP; Mrs. Casterton; C Nisbet, Esq; T. Waterman, Esq; D. Beeman, 'Esq; Joseph Tritton, Esq; Ed- ward Edwards, Esq; Jacob Post, Esq; W. Flanders, Esq; Wil- liam Edwards;Esq; Miss Jane Grant; J. Brown, Esq; R. N. Fowler, Esq; FW. Cobb, Esq; Joseph Cooper, Esq ; W. Janson, Esq; Sir' E. Armitage; J.T. Barry, Esq, Provost -Beverage, Clarke, Beeton, & Co.; The "Misses Baxter; John Fitzgerald, Esq; 8. Fletcher, Esq ; J. T. Fos- 'ter, Esq: James Dunn, Esq: J. Cheetham, Esq, MP: S. Harmon- Pisher Esq: iiss Eimlme: J. Nisbet, Esq: C.:Makins, Esq: Philip Sewell, Esq: Messrs Geo. Smith and Sons; Mrs. Wright, Liverpool, her Lady scholars: James Sidebottom, Esq; each - Mollison; J. Dunlop, Esq; E. - Baxter, Esq; Miss Copley, each William Crossfield, Esq, J. Kershaw, Esq., M. P.. - J. Young, Esq., - - - Rev Thomas Binney; A. Pellatt, Esq, MP; J. Gray, Esq; Rice Hop- kins, Esq; James Dawson, Esq; W. Churchill, Esq; Rev Tho- es; Messrs McIntosh & Gordon ; Sir James Anderson, C. Anderson, Esq; J.D. Bryce, Esq; W. Biekham, Esq; John > Cassell, Esq ; Alexander Hastie, Esq: M. PB'; G. Hall, Esq; 'Fwo Friends, per Mr. T; Tyle; W- R. + Raton ~iisqs-F. Rayner, Esq; Apsley Pellatt, Esq, MP; Messrs McIntosh'and Gordon; Messrs; A. and Ji MeKeand; John Mc- Duall,' Esq.; Mrs. Thompson, Messrs' Jciand 8. Sheldon; W. Woodward, Esq ; Messrs. 8. and J. Watts, each - - - Sundry small sums. C. L. Braithwaite, Esq. = - G. Putley, Esq. - os - ose J,- B.; Lillington, Esq.;; G. 02; Dr; Proudfoot; T. G.; W. C. Shaw, jun,; Esg.; Mr<cW. Purvis; T. G. Stapleton, Esq.; -- Wilcocks, Esq., each - - - - J..T. Tyler, Esq. ;Mr.S. Berry ; Mrs, W. Cook; Mr. Smithers;. Rev. _-.L. Hamilton, D..D.; .Sir-George. Goodman, M.P.; Sir James K. Shuttleworth ; EK, Ball, Esq. M.P.; C. Hindley, Esq., M.P.; J. Talbot Tyler, Esq., (2nd donation) ; Rev. "W. Brock; Mr. Hunter; Mr. E. Hale We Coule sq. VED): ~ Rev. George Smith; A. Living- ston, Esq. ; Rev. George Clayton ;" Mr. Geldart; Z. Arn.itage, Esq. : Wilson Armistead, Esq.; Hugh Browne, Esq ; E. Lewis, Esq.; G. Beaumont, Esq.; Anonymous ; J. Bain, .Esq.; Mrs. Faulkener; Mr. Thomas Burley; J. Wigham, _Esq., Mr. Bignole; E. Ball, Esq., M.P.; Mr. Crofton; <A Friend; ~'W. Duncan, Esq.; H: Christian,' Esq.; Samuel Brooks, Esq.; The Misses-Bridge ; J.Sturge, Esq:; ~ Francis Fynlayson, Esq.; Isaac - Hudson, jun., Esq.; C. Hindley, et Esq, ™. Posy J: Goodwin,.Esq.; = (ary fey SesesosoonscoooooscsS ScooS66sos ecoooesooeoooScCSe Sooo CSCO Ooo SS 5 5 M "== Johnson} Esq:; A-Friénd, per ~~ ~ Mr. Sawyes; Mr Inglis; H.; Dr. Roberton ;-Mr. Russell; Mr... . Smithers ; J. Playfair, "Esq. W:~ Nickson, Esq.;R. A. Macfie, Esq.; -oRev..-- McCullen;. J.B. Tod, Hsq.; J. Unitt, Esq; W. Schole- field, Esq; "H--Sheldon, Esq.; Messrs. D. and-J«Smith; Miss Taylor ; Frederick Tuckett; Lsq.; <2 Lumer, bse.eacn = ° = a0 Sitiall Sams}! escorts FUP IT sO A7 3 Mr. Thomas Alexander; Mr. Jack- ~ son; Mr. Johnsen; Mrs. Cross-: field ; Messrs Fletcher and Tubbs, -Mr. B: Wilson; Mrs. Delwyn; Mrs. Spittae; 'each == =. Collection at Islington. - - Collection at Freemasons' Hall _ Collection at Brighton -- - lee Collection at Cavendish Chapel, Rams- Lewes,.-- pee Sandwich, . ~, peatord, -- tOmvolton, Manchester, Pendleton, <*> Hull, - -, Birmingham, -- Ashton-under-Lyne, Birkenhead, - Liverpool, | -. Glasgow, . - Diton =f os Ditto, a Free Church, Rutherglen, Upper Clapton, - Fe, siroud,. ; - ; SAD Belen <a > PIC be arse Rev. J. B. Brown's, "Edinburgh, - Dunferlime, Dundee, *: Montrose, Kendal, Stowmarket, . - - Dr. Roxburgh's Church, 5 Glassow, 2 "== } gate Collection at' 66 Leow OOS Ut ee 4 12 21 oor t Sit aya mworodts , ao SB MOM-IOSHOCMWwWn & 7 [Nop] i ! News <tr OF O OME OR DOOCOCOD-O rm WD -~-8 OVW -- oo 0. 'class 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 shal] 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 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 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, wich 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 institate a Protective Union for the purchase and sale of articles of domestic consumption, ard shall unite and aid'in the formation of braaches anxiliary to their own. Art. 5. The committee on Business Rela- tions, shall estallish an office, in which they shall keep a regisiry of colored mechanics, arti- zans and business men throughout the Union. They shall keep t registry of all persons will- ing to employ colored men in business, to teach colored boys mechanical trades, liberal and scientific prefessions, and farming ; and also, a registry of colored men and boys seeking empleyment or instruction. They shall also report upon any avenues of business or trade which they deem inviting to colored capital, skill, or labor. Their reports and ad- vertisements fo 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 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. Wach committee shall meet at least once a month or as often as possible ; shall keep a minute of all its proceedifigs. 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 conations for the carrying out of the objects ofthe same. At all such meet- ings, eleven meanbers 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 deelare 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. The council shall havea clerk, 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 member of only one of the committees tnere- 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 thethree first officers of the council. Art. 14° The council shall have power to make such Bye-Laws as arenecessary for their roper Povernmen - 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 as a distinct and separate 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 J rest of the American people, |. For the purpose of improving the char-|-> }acter, developing the intelligence, maintain- at a moderate salary, who will keep a record | oe ROOPLER SS ae AND FUR WAREHOUSE 4, Yonex Syrezr, Toronto. © mee Ww. H ASHWORTH '¥DESPECTFULLY informs the public of To- R ronto and vicinity that the above Establish- 'ment is now open with a very large and well assorted stock of -- : Spe -- Hats, Caps, Kossuths, &c. Manufactured under his own immediate inspection from the best materials. 'As W. #1. A. intends to adhere strictly to the CASH SYSTEM, he can promise those who favour him with their custom @ First rate Ariacle at the Lowest possible Price. 'Children's Fancy Hats in great Variety. [eNO SECOND PRICE.£] Toronto, May 6th, 1854. Board of Health ixotice. 7 4 eee BOARD OF HEALTH for the City of Toronto, hereby give notice that at the undermentioned places, namely, Joseph Beckett & Co., Druggists, King Street West ; Lyman Brothers, Buildings Oliver; Druggist, King Street East; Shapter & Coombe, Druggists, Yonge Street ; N. C. Love, Druggist, Yonge Street, W.H. Smith, Druggist, Queen Street West, Jno.. Haworth, Druggist, Queen Street West ; the Medicine suitable to be taken upon promono- tory symptoms of Cholera, will be dispensed, gratis, to those who may be unable to pay for the same. The Board particularly advise that early atten- tion should be paid to any feeling of disordered state of the bowels, as the Medical Profession of the City are of opinion that these symptoms, if promptly and properly attended to, seldom prove fatal. JOHN ROWELL, Chairman. 18 Great Western Railway, FROM WINDSOR TO NIAGARA FALLS ALTERATION OF TRAINS. WN and after MONDAY, the 24th July, 1854, Trains will run as follows: GOING EAST. Mail Train. Leaves London at - - - "Hamilton at Arrives at Suspension Bridge, N. F. Day Express, Leaves Windsor at - - - 645 a.m. <= s london at = E SasOb ( sHlamilton atge - - - 2.15 p.m. Arrives at Suspension Bridge, N. F. 4.00 '" Night Express, Leaves Windsor at - - - "London at - " - Hamilton at - - st 02 15) am. Arrives at Suspension Bridge (N. F.) 4.00 a.m. A Passenger Car will be attached to Freight trains: leaving Windsor at 2.30 P. M., London for Hamilton at 4.00 P.M., and Hamilton for Suspension Bridge at 4.00 P.M. GOING WES®. Day Express. Leaves Suspension Bridge (N. F.) « ~-Hamilton at - = = London at = = : Arrives at Windsor HE TE % Mail Train, Leaves Suspensicn Bridge (N. F.) = Elamuiltom at = = & Arrives at London a e z Night Express, sion Bridge (N. FE.) at 10.30 p.m. 12.25 a.m. Druggists, St. Lawrence Board of Health Office, July 19th, 1854. 4 00ia.m. 10.50 « 1.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m. ides. & (a3 10.30 a.m: 12.25 p.m: Oconee 4 7.49 ce 1.10 3.40 7.30 Leaves Suspen "> Hamilton at - S 3 London at - - =e 313p- tt Arrives at Windsor - - 8.0055 A Passenger Car will be attached to the Freight Train, leaving the Suspension Bridge, (N. Falls) for Efamilton, at 7.00 a.m.; Hamilton for London at 8.00 a.m., and London for Windsor at 7.0584... ; The above Trains run in. direct connection with Trains on the New York Central, N. Falls, Canandaigua, Elmira, New York and Erie and Michigan Central Railroad. Through Tickets may be obtained at Hamilton, Windsor, or De- troit, for New York. Passenger Carrs will be attached to these Freight rains as above, stopping at the inter- mediate Stations for the convenience of the public, and every endeavour will be used to run them to the times above stated, but it is impossible to insure the Time being always accurately ad- hered to, (34 .C.>),, BRIDGES: Managing Director. Hamilton, July 18, 1854. 21 GREAT BARGAINS BOOTS AND SHOES, ~ AT The English Fouse, No. 80, Yonge Street, One Door North of Adelaide Street. OHN HAWEE begs to appvize the Citizens of Toronto, and the inhabitants of the sur- rounding neigbourhood, that he has on hand a choice and well-selected stock of Ladies' Gen- tlemen's and Children's BOOTS and SHOKS, which will be soldat the lowest possible prices for Cash. BOOTS AND SHOES. OF EVERY DESCRIPTION MADE TO ORDER, By superior Workmen, from the best materials and at the -- the shortest notice. Purchasers are invited to call and inspect the : above Stock. (oe Remember the "English Boot and Shoe Store," No. 86, Yor ge Street. DR OCCULIST & AURIST, -- Operator on the Eye and Ear, FOR Blindness, Deafness, and all Defects of Sight and Hearing, SURGERY No.50, KING ST: LAST, fee Open from 9 A.M: to 7 P.M. 9 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 Eye anv 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. a F. A. CADWELL; M.D. Toronto, May 20th, 1854. IGE! 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 years, and to announce that he hasenlarged and added to the number of his Iee Houses, having now four, which are-filled with pure and wholesome Spring water Ice, from Yorkville. He is prepared to supply the same to consumers, by contraet or otherwise, during the season, commencing from the Ist of June. In consequence of the incfeased 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 punc- tually attended to. FS ie hs eA ee AR RICH ARDS! Toronto Jute 11654; tu naw Gia - CIRCULATIN 'ments; or annual payments only ceasing at -formation as to the prosperous condition of the cand Rev. W. Ormiston, have kindly consented ey AND 'Fancy Goods and Sfationery: Store, | |not later than the 1st of July, No. 16, KING STREET EAST. I '| RS. HIGGINS informs her friends and. the i publie that she has opened the above Li- 2000 volumes of Saeed 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. Se co QOnety eat -sese. tenk. atl - O04" Six Months eee 0. to 0 Three Months =. . BBO e One Month : 3 drank igs Entitling the Subseriber to Three Sets of Books, - to be kept no longer than one week : One Year 6 oa 10 0: Six Months ~ ee oe peels © Three Months. 4 2; 6201124 63 N.B. If not paid at the time of subscribing, the terms will be 10s. 3d. for two sets, and 16s. 3d. for three sets for every three months. . NON-SUBSCRIBERS To deposit the value of the Book, and to pay for a single volume 3d. for four days; for a work in two or three volumes 6d. for one week; fora work in four or more volumes, at the rate of 2d. per volume. o For conditions see Tickets. Mrs. Higgins further offers for sale a well as- sorted stock of Fancy Goods and Stationery, to which she invites attention. Toronto, May 10, 1854. brary, containing over. THE CANADA LIFE ASSURANGE COMPANY. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 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- death ; to secure a sum at any given age, or al death, should death occur before the attainment of that age. Endowments for children, imme- diate or deferred 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- derale rates and small expenditures ; local manage- ment awd speedy settlement of claims ; liberal condt- tions, especially in reference to lapsed policies. Prospectuses, forms of proposal, and fall in- Company, mav be had from SAMUEL S. MACDONELL, Agent. D. Cuartes A. Coscrain, for Sandwich and Windsor, Medical Referee. o Wild Lands. West §5in 5th con. Nth Gwilliambury 100 acres 10 a3 5th a3 66 be oe Sixth 48" 14th " 100 East 49" 11th" 50 Ab Sheol 100 yA Waka 100 11 "Ath 200 162 -- roth: 200 Ly S tOiln 200 Rast 29% 9th< 100 S. E. + 10 in 9th " 50 Efungerford North Orillia Tay Noitawasaga oe a5 ce Medonte (9 1854.| Spring Arrangement. [1854. Quickest and Cheapest Route FOR NEW YORK, .BOSTON, AND OTHER ATLANTIC. CITIES, Burraro, RocHEester, ALBANY, AND THE WESTERN STATES, CARRYING THE MAILS. The Steamer " PEERLESS," commencing on the 25th inst., leaves at 73%, a. m., from Yonge Street Wharf, for NIAGARA, QUEENSTON, and LEWISTON, connecting with the under mentioned Lines, as noted: At Niagara Falls 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 going 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, Acent, Toronto § Niagara Steamers. Toronto, March, 1854. FORGERY. The Counterfeit Radway's Rea- dy Relief in Canada. THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN DANGER. HE public are cautioned against purchasing a counterfeit of Radway's Ready Relief, which is now circulating through the Canadas.-- We are informed that parties at Hamilton, C.W. have been selling a spurious article of our Rea- dy Relief, for the genuine todealers. This is not only a fraud upon us, but is a' most wicked im- position on the public. The -wretch that will knowingly lend himself toso 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, Dealers who wish the genuine, purchase only of established credit, not of irresponsible pedlars or travelling adventurers and impostors. Dealers who have R. R. R. offered to them be- low our regular price, may rely upon the same being 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 ofour 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., In Toronto, LY- MAN. BROTHERS, & CO., are our genera] agents--we also sell to SIMPSON & CO. RADWAY & CO. 'Toronto, April 24th, 1854. ry A PRIZE OF One Hundred Dollars! ; 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 seal, accompanied witha 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. J. E. Ryerson, G. W. P., Rev. J) J. Boyd to act as adjudicators. "The Essays must be delivered to the undersign- ed address on or before the 21st 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, 8, of Te, CoWs;- _. EDWARD STACEY . Sees : eel : ingston, Canada The Publishers of N ewspapers eet aa cause of Temperance are requested to give this advertisement a gratuitous insertion, Toronto, June 5th, 1854, the subscripticn list will warran cial study: examining carefully and ] '|. Printed for the Propriet known as above i published in Toronto w in size and appearance, to be at lea Missionary Record or Christian Observe much superior to either in sty d eu To enlarge the limits of Communion Church-Membership, among Christians. greatest. possible extent; and to circums hose bounds to the exclusion, if possible, of other characters, without otherwise disty Membership of existing Churches; ledged Christian Character shall constitu only passport, at any time, and the perfec at all times, to every Communion and Ch worthy of the Christian name; "that the may believe" in Christ, even as he prayed, GENERAL OBJECTS: ... | The promotion of Religious, Moral, ual and social improvement, under the- of Divine Revelation, submitting eve and measure to the test of Gospel Pri - SURPORTERS 4,3: ; as The distinctive and general objects of the wr are such, as to claim for it the patrona classes of men, excepting those wedded to pre-requisites of Communion: and Chu h-me bership, than acknowledged Christian Charag and here it is recorded. with great pleasure the encouragements tendered, thus f strict accordance with the above general. ORIGIN AND PROGRESS: This movement has long been contempla: For twenty years the subseriber has made. distinctive object of the GospeL Tripune his s _ DISTINCTIVE OBJEC the denominational aspect of Religie ties,--their reciprocal bearings, their relations, and the nature of their combi fluence on the evangelization of the world. -- erly, his pesition as Publisher of the Scrip Manuvat, has probably afforded him the bes sible facilities 'or personally testing the stre his positions, and for the attainment of ce important infcrmation, but little of which he previously been able to obtain. All may sured, however, that no undue. advantag ever be taken of the frankness and cando which Christians of every name, as well as tics of every class, have freely expresse convictions in the presence offthe Travelling porteur ; the capacity in which the Publish still extending his observations through Ca and the neighboring States. _ ee? = CO-LABORERS : Of distinguished worth and of well- literary ability, are already secured in the se sections of Canada, and in the States of the A. merican Union; and arrangements are now ir progress, to obtain from living responsible writer in Britain, important assistance in the de pe- ment of the Trrpune's Mission? 7-9) 85" TERMS AND NOTICES: The Terms are One Dollar per Annu vance,--otherwise Two Dollars; it bein that one half of the Subscriptions, not pa vance, are worse than lost. Editors--fr will render assistance by noticing this Prosp All parties willing to aid, may ai once commence soliciting the names of Subscribers.. Two-books --the Scripture and Laconic Manuals ful and the Paper one year, will be forwarded to th person who first sends the names of ten Subser: bers; and one of either of the books, in substantia leather binding, or the Paper one year, to e1 one who sends ten names. Subscriptions and. d other communicalions for the Paper to be se post-paid, marked Money, (if inclosed) an dressed, Roperr Dick, Box 411, TORON' Sermons and Lectures, promotive of the' BuNk's object, will be delivered by the Publishei throughout the Province as frequently ass found compatible with his other duties, © : (Siened) ss ROBERT DICK 'Toronto, March 25th, 1854. - fol ow oe NOTICE... a GOOD lot of Anti-Slavery Books kept 0 hand, at Mr. C. S. Depp's Library, D Michigan. gtr eee: NFORMATION is wanted cencerning.. whereabouts of HENRY THOMPSON coloured man, who visited Detroit in Feb last, and has not since been heard of by his} to whom it is a source of great solicitude. information will be thankfully--received office. Toronto, July 7, 1854. . . Ee | T offer for sale 35 different recipes for $1, ma of which have been sold the past year for- piece. No housekeeper will grudge $ of those recipes alone after trying it once. Address Wm. Brumsacx, Point Pleasant-Pa. and the whole number of recipes will be for ed by mail. : cs 5 < 5? ee res FINHE PROPRIETORS of the PAG CIAL FREEMAN would 'inform friends and the public, that their Office is supplied with the requisites for the execution of every description JOB PRINTING, in the best and jandsomes ay ee accuracy and despatch. They would, also, respect solicit a continuance of that patronage heretofore exten to Mr. STEPHENS, its former owner; fully expect the Office will continue to maintain the high character 1 has deservedly acquired under the very efficient m ment of that gentleman. ; Cards, Labels, Handbills, Show Bills, Circulars, Bill Heads, Check Books, Bank Books, and every aes cription of Letter-press Erinting, at the Office of the VINCIAL FREEMAN, on reasonable terms. -- ---------- THE PROVINCIAL FREEMAI * IS PUBLISHED . | oul ye " EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, 'AT THE OFFICE OF THE 'PAPER, > No. 5, City Buildings, King Street J TORONTO, Cw. Fe BRS _ TErms: < ove $1 50 (7s. 6d.) per annum, invariably in RATES OF ADVERTISING. _ ' One square (16 lines or less,) one insertion $0,5 Ge each subsequent insertion, -_ thret months, -- cal six months, * > ene -year,** ° Two squares, three months, Ses six months, Half column, one year, 'One column, one year, ee Card in the Business Directory, -- - i - we: yet ee = ee wt Save Bee _ REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS. © _ The Canadian Contributors are: , J. J. Cary, and. Amenta C. Swapp. onto; and A. B. Jones of London. Fr Chatham, Windsor, Buxton and' othe westward,{do also correspond ; whose will be announced hereafter, if not ob ble tothe, panties. 44.54. aes Aut Lerrers, whether intended for or on Business, must be addressed, p M. A, Suapp, Toronto, C. W. .. 01 a : LAW RESPECTING : bead NEWSPA Subscribers who do not give express the contrary, are considered as. wishi nue their subscriptions. _If Subscribers order the discontinua papers, the publishers may continue till all arrears are paid UPi og be If Subscribers neglect or refus papers from the office to which th they are held responsible till they their bills, and ordered their papers to be -inued.nnciseign lo ssanogell Qala _, If Subscribers remove to other places, informing the Publishers, and the pap 'to the former direction, they are 'held' NaS esp ET ors, at the King Street East.