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116 JULY HE I AT O.R POETRY. For the Liberator. QOD HAS DONS ALL THINGS WELL! Retlectioks, on reading in The Liberator the fol lowing sentence in Francis Barry's article If there is a God, he must be a remarkably mean and laiy being to suffer slavery to exist so long, when he has the power to abolish it. Oh, could onr minds, extended, pierce Beyond this mental night. We'd see that Owl, in wisdom pure, Has made his works aright.

That ev'ry thing we think is wrong, And held by stubborn Fale, Is just the best that it can be In a Progrtttirt state. Therefore, whatever right, Just for its time no more; Another age brings higher truth Men never knew before. Then let as think that God is just, Lore well our fellow-men, And try to pierce beyond the clouds Which now obstruct our ken. -Richfield, N. Y.

D. IIiTcniSGS. WAR AND PEACE. SUGGESTED BT LAXDSEER'S ADMIRABLE PICTURES, SO ENTITLED. The war-tanner floats there are spears on the coasts And the valley resounds with the landing of hosts The ships in the offing like Bacchanals reel.

And the bayonets flash forth like a river of steel The villagers flee from the coming of War, And their flocks speed alarmed to the mountains afar Mead, vintage, and garden, that toil had made sweet, Lie trodden and tossed 'neath the tempest of feet And the church where each Sabbath their homage was given. Seems lifting its spire as appealing to Heaven But vain supplication the war-blast is there, And the red breath of slaughter is loading the ear The carnage rolls onward, nor ebbs in its flow Mkl the storm-blase of havoc, and ravage, and woe. See the ranks have been routed, the centre hath broke, And, like lightning, the sword, through the sulphurous smoke. Flashes down on the flying Resistance is gone While the madness of passion yields mercy to none The steed, whose proud neck in War's tempest was tossed. Now leaps from the strife, but its rider is lost The columns are shattered the banners o'erthrown.

And the lips are now stiff that the trumpet have blown. All struggling and wounded, the steed pants for breath, Or lifts its wild head in the grandeur of death The limbs that shook earth 'neath the fire of their speed Now quiver, and quail, and grow weak as a reed. -The eyes that, like star-beams, glanced light o'er the plain, Glare, blood-shot and filmed, in convulsion and pain Slow straining each nerve, one last effort to make, "bile his nostrils, distended with agony, shake He tarings, and, with forelock extekded in air, Is deaa with the effort that mocked despair Alas for leaves and the flowers of the V' The lark has just left vwm with blood on her winB The hive of the bee, so untainted before, Lies plashed by the feet that have waded through gore And the cot, with its roses, where beauty and love Seemed linked to the angels and Eden above. Now ruined in amhera it sweetness forgot. rr- the flame-hissing shot; And the church, with a sin That humanity loatnes.

Is turned to a stable, and ringing with oaths For ruin and rapine, and murder and wrath. Still follow, like demons, War's desolate, path. 1 1. PEACE. Come, let us mount the cliff, the crested height, Where Dover rears her fortress to the sight Like beings of the deep, the vessels glide.

Proud of their own reflection in the tide Proud of their mission, which is war no more; But commerce, Christian love, from shore to shore The cannon, sentenced ne'er again to float, Stilled the red thunder in its murderous throat, Lies by the majesty of Truth o'erthrown Rusted, dismounted, weed and moss o'ergrown. The cautious Iamb bath dared to make its way Unto the very mouth which spoke to slay While e'en the butterfly within it dips. And grass and flowers spring from its iron lips might of Peace, that in the throat of death Can i-catter bloom with thino immortal breath. And bid the timid lamb no longer heed The eannon's mouth, but there in safety feed Crop the wild flowers that live within its breast, And taste the sweets of nature and of real When will men learn, who still to battle haste, That Peace is property, and War is waste That Education makes a nation great. And Knowledge is the safeguard of the State.

False is the triumph of the Battle hour The noblest triumph is in Moral power. Time laughs at battles, and the fruits they earn The conquering sword lies conquered in its turn. But there's a power which even Time can't bind-E'en Time itself is vanquished by the Mind It grasp beyond the victor's blood-won name. And aaershaui centuries on the path of fame. Then welcome Peace 1 May nations build thy shrine, Prefers tby creed, and own thy birth divine May Science, Literature, and Genius spring.

Like rays of glory, from thine angel wing Strike down deception let no wrong endure Take to thy heart the interests of the poor And prove. Peace that War usurps thy right Not bis, but thine, the victory and the might Strength with simplicity, with grandeur rest And majesty, with meekness, guard thy breast. Till War, and misery, and crime, be gone, And all the people of the earth are one. Charles Swaix. THAT LAND.

PROM TUB OEBMAlf Or UHLA-VD. There is a land where beauty will not fade. Nor sorrow dim the eye Where true hearts will not shrink nor be dismayed, And love will never die. Tell me, I fain would go. For I am burdened with a heavy woe The beautiful have left me all alone The true, the tender from my path have gone And I am weak, and fainting with despair Where is it Tell me, where Friend, thou must trust in Him who trod before The desolate paths of life Must bear in meekness, as lie meekly bore.

Sorrow, and toil, and strife! Think how the Son or God These thorny paths hath trod Think bow he lodged to Yet tarried out for thee tU' appointed woe Think of his loneliness io places dim, When no man comforted nor eared for him Think bow be prayed, unaided and alooe, la that dread agony, Tby will be done Friend, do not thou despair, Christ, in his heaven of heavens, will hear tby prayer Hear the just law the judgment oT the skies He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies. TnE LIBERATOR. LETTER FROM O. B. BTEBBINS.

Aurora, Kane July 4. 1855, 4 o'clock. P. M. W.

L. Garrisox Dear Frirnd, I came to this beautiful place yesterday, and am stopping at the home of Rev. II. Slade, formerly of Foxboro', in yonr State, and whose earnest activity in our good cause you well know. I sit by a window, looking out on pleasant groves, new, hopeful homes, and church spires in sight in the distance.

It has been a delightful day, a fine breeze coming fresh across the prairies, and the blue sky with only an occa sional white cloud to lessen the heat of a fervid sun The firing of cannon, and the ceaseless din of all imaginable smaller missiles, can be hear in the distance in the centre of the town. We have just returned from a fine grove, in which some two thousand people were gathered for a celebration of the day by speeches, music and a dinner. It fell to the lot of Mr. Slade to read the Declaration of Independence, and as speakers expected from abroad bad not arrived, the Methodist clergyman of the place gave an opening address. Toward the close, he said, that if we wanted the Union preserved, we must make, it worth preserving that be was for a Union for liberty, not for slavery, and if it only answered the latter end, he would oppose it, and it must go down, for God would be against it.

He was for making the Union worth preserving. The Committee of "Arrangements invited me to follow, and I did so by reading the Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society, adopted in Philadelphia- in 1883, as a fit complement to the other Dec laration which had just been read, and occupied a half hour in showing that our mission was to be true, to the duty of our day, and extend liberty to all the inhabitants of the land. The reading was listened to with earnest attention, and the greater part of these present seemed glad to hear the utterance of anti-slavery sentiments. After the usual burning of powder for a salute, we adjourned to long tables spread beneath the trees, and some four hundred sat down, while many more waited for their turn. Both men and women partook of the good things, and only cold water graced the board for drink.

Toasts were given, some of the ordinary mutual compliment character, others more significant. A Congregational clergyman preaching here gave The principle of 1776 May they increase and spread, until not a slave breathes in our land. A plain roan from a neighboring county gave Thorn at Jefferson and JSeal Dow The first declared our independence from foreign oppression, the second has declared our independence of the Rum The people are now dispersing, extra trains going east and west crowded with passengers. This was not an especial Anti-Slavery or Temperance celebration, therefore these signs of right sentiment are all the more significant. In point of intelligence and appearance, the gathering would compare well with similar ones in the East.

I came into the State four weeks since, stopping first at Joliet and vicinity, and going next to Bloom-ington a fine town in a grove on the great prairie south of La Salle, and a hundred and sixty miles southwest of Chicago. There is a Congregational church, with a fidelity to anti-slavery principles which would put to shame many a Puritan parish in New England. I have also visited Henry, Princeton, Belvidere, Ma rengo, and have generally had good gatherings. This week I go to Batavia and St. Charles, and return here to speak Saturday and Sunday theu to Elgin and vee, thence through Chicago to Kankakee and Ur- railroaa or lnree tnousanu people on a and then to Wisconsin for a few wecas.

I wish von e. o.n. these wide prairies. Taking the Tie)r uioommgton, sixty miles aouinri" crossed the grvj bridge of the ininois Central Railroad, which strcbca acr088 the Hiinoig tbe ca nal, and the low between from bluff to bluff, almost three-fourths a milet at a height of 8eTenty-five feet. It is upheld bAOJ massive piers, solid as the rock near by from ych tnejr wcre hewn.

Going over an up grade for or two along deep ravines and througk broken Vol-buid, the high level of tbe prairies wis at last reached. As we rolled on, trees grew scarce, and at last Wv were oul 0f sight of land' nothing but the ocean of verdure far as the eye couhZ reach; the long undulwjng 8wen8 0f tne prairie stretching away like ocean waves, and the grass bending before the breeze to complete the illusion. "It gives one feelings quite like those experienced on the water, vuth no shore in view, and an approaching grove or house is bailed as an island on the ocean would be. Objpcts cau be seen at a great distance, and a house standing out against the horizon looms up like a ship at sea. It gives oue, too, a feeling of expanding -freedom, of abounding life.

Asa passenger expressed it, I feel like as a Methodist does, when he shouts "glory" in camp-meetin'. Villages are rapidly springing up along the railroad, and new farm-houses, with their young orchards and groves of locust The whole distance, we crossed but one belt of forest of any size, and were several times where not a tree could be seen. The soil is very rich, and, approaching Bloomington, crops were luxuriant. I did not stop going down, but passed on to Cairo. Going through two miles of foreet, we were again on the prairie.

Twenty miles brought us to a large brick building, towering up in tbe distance like a mountain, where the passengers took supper. Stations are built every ten miles most of the way. At dusk, wo passed Decatur, a town about the size of Bloomington, and went through oak-openings for some distance. Night soon closed in, but I could see that the prairies were not as large, and forests were more frequent. The soil, too, changed from the black loam of the prairies to a light brown clay, rich, excellent for corn, good for wheat.

At Decatur, passengers took other cars west to Springfield ana Jacksonville, u4 ers left at Sandoval, by another road, for St. Louis. At daylight, we were amid grove prairie, and soon entered heavy forests. This section is called Egypt an appropriate name. It was settled earlier than the Northern part of the State, but is far behind it in every good thing.

Poor whites from the South are there, living in miserable cabins, scratching over tbe rich soil with poor ploughs, digging holes in the clay to get muddy water, when by going through to the sand beneath, they could get it clear and cold. The people are hospitable and social, but listless and ignorant, and full of tbe prejudices of ignorance, loving whiskey and hating niggers. We were getting south, too. Tbe previous afternoon, wheat was green at daylight, turning yellow and at last, several fields were passed where it was cut and stacked In the field. The land was hilly, with occasional clearings, and now and then a large steam saw-mill, cutting out lumber and wood to send np into tbe prairie region by railroad.

The soil grew more wet and low, the trees of euorinous size, draped with heavy vines, and a thick undergrowth. We were on tbe bottom lands near the river, the road raised on a high embankment. Two miles or more we ran over heavy frame work, tbe road timber resting on great upright Jogs, bedded on others Durwa in tbe soiL This was crossed slowly, and soon the road curved slightly to the left, and we were on the bank of the Ohio, with the Kentucky forests ia sight on the opposite side. We soon came to a levee, and stopped at a Urge depot. I stepped out on the platform, and in sight just Ponng its great flood meet me vmo just below a green island.

Fields and forests were ia view on the Missouri side beyond I had gone Kuth three hundred and twenty mile since the previous afternoon, and was four hundred miles or more from Chicago. A steamboat could leavt the levee, and traverse, in different directions, more than twelve thousand milet of navigable voter s.treaa the falls of St. Anthony to New Orleans, from far toward the Rocky Mountains to rivers washing the spurs of the Alleghanies. A levee ran along parallel to the Missirsippi, and in the triangle between the two was Cairo. A great hotel, a few large stores, a dozen saloons, alias groggerirs, and houses of most varied style, scat tered about, with vacant spaces between, covered by rank growth of weeds, constitute the town.

It is a great landing-place for steamers. "Several stopped while I was there. One large boat, crowded with passengers, ladies sitting by state-room doors, three stories above the water, the glass pilot-bouse, with its green blinds, still above, and the tall smoke pipes high over all, its lower deck crowded with bales and bags, and a group of negroes patiently waiting the order to make fast, swept proudly up to the It was from Lou isville, bound to New Orleans, and bore tbe name of R. J. Ward tbe father of the man who shot a school teacher in cold-blood, and was acquitted of the foul deed.

I returned in tbe afternoon to Bloomington a town of threw thousand people, in a fine jgrove, with rich prairies stretching away around it It has a good population.quite a mingling of Kentuckians of the better class, a manly people. I wish, too, yon could stand on the banks of the beautiful Rock river, and see its clear water flowing past grove and prairie. A great tide of emigration is setting West this season. This town has a population of about fire thousand, and is finely located on the Fox river. But my sheet ia full, and I must close.

I have thought of your celebration at Framingham, and wished much to be there. It is good to be at such gatherings; it gives strength as well as enjoysoentT The Western people do not understand well the radical anti-slavery movement, but are in favor of free, earnest discussion, and have no malignant prejudice. It is a wide field ready for tbe harvest. Yours, truly, G. B.

STEBBINS. SPIRITUALISM AND SLAVERY. Sooth Hixgham, June 8th, 1855. Frierd Garrison The following article I cut from the Spiritual TeU graph of June 23d. It is fit only for your Refuge of Oppression.

If tbe writer here expresses tbe views of Judge Edmonds on slavery, one thing is very certain, that such views do not obtain much with Spiritualists in Massachusetts. In the same paper, the editor gives an account of T. L. Harris lecturing in tbe South, at Baltimore, Griffin. Mobile and New Orleans.

In the latter city, he delivered twenty-six lectures, to intelligent, and. for the most part, very large audiences. Mr. Clapp's church was freely thrown open for Mr. Harris.

The editor, Mr. Brittan, has not one word to say concern ing the practical influence it will have on slavery, but extols New Orleans as a centre of and says that the cause is in an exceedingly healthy state in this city So we see that New York Spiritualism, as well as New York Know Nothingism, makes no contro versy with slavery. J. TOE SACRED CIRCLE ON SLAVERY. The March number of the Sacred Circle is a valuable and interesting I was especially gratified with Judge Edmond's reply to a Massachusetts correspondent on the subject of slavery, as related to spiritualism.

His remarks show, that the two subjects are as entire ly disconnected as any questions may be which admit of independent action.whilst involving.as every human interest must, the same grand resulting question of morals. Being of Puritanical origin, and having enjoyed the privilege even of placing an unhallowed loot upon Plymouth Hock, no one may suspect me of that partiality for our breth ren of the South and their peculiar institutions which so often springs from a common origin and since no portion of my moderate income is derived iWia. rraiiaet nf 1avr lahorJl miht Jairlv set up the olmra to the character ol a vNorlnern man with Northern principles. It has so happened, however, since arriving at mature age, that I have travelled much, and sojourned for a eeason in slaveholding States. more thoroughly I have become acquainted with the institution of slavery, and tbe more' deeply it has engaged my thoughts, the more entire is my conviction of its ultimate incompatibility with the spirit nd progress of free institutions, and with the welfare of the human family.

I bave, how ever, been led to a different conclusion from that which is often expressed upon this subject by many who have not been eye-witnesses to the intercourse between master and slave. It is my opinion that the white race are the greatest sufferers under the institution of slavery, as it exists in the United States. Instances of bru tal cruelty practised upon American slaves are very rare, and a large proportion of them, at least nine-tenths, and probably a much greater proportion, are comfortably provided for, not only in the sea son ot health and ot vigorous and useful manhood, but when prostrated by disease, or helpless through age and infirmity. And the care for the sick and the superannuated negro is not reluctantly given. as we too often witness in the case of our own des titute brethren and sisters of lighter complexion, but is bestowed kindly and freelv.

even to the last struggle which releases the soul from its tenement of clay. The bitterest curse of slavery falls upon the master, and upon the indigent white man of the slave-holding Status whilst the condition of the black may have been improved, and bis ultimate hope of progress brightened bv hin mnmuimn with civilized race. It 8 jny belief, founded upon a more extended and intiuiato knowledge of the subject and itsnrac. tical operation than is often afforded to a citizen of the nun-slareholding btates, that the destitution, to say nothing of the crime induced hy the social, inequality which prevails in the free States, occasions a greater amount, and a more aggravated, hopeless, and soul-harrowing misery, than may be found among the entire slave population of tbe United Btates. 1 am not aware that any constitution of society now tiiow, iu nuivu an equautv ot political and ial rights is enjoyed.

Wituout th soci both, the security of either is impracttcable. Where a comparatively large amount of political aggravated by mortified pride and tuTonToIerable euauio ui conscious degradation, which no heal ing balm can soothe. The severest calamity which ih pelled to endure, is tbe forcible rupture of the ties MngMitj the separation of husband from wife, and of parent from child man some misrepresentations might induce us to believe, and are usually avoided with extreme solicitude bv the master iTnana iT "7 oregru 10 the iami ten amongst the most "1U.5U ucro, um oj no means common and the impression sought to be iriven. m. honestly entertained, that tbe universal practice of 7u i- no more re- leewogs man might be shown for the beasts that perish, is a cruel and unfounded misrepresentation.

If the ground that I have assumed be tenable, that the social inequality in the free States occasions a greater amount of human suffering than is inflicted upon tbe slave, should it not lead us to the suspicion that reform is needed at home, and that the first object of our solicitude, the first cUim upon our kind offices, may be found among the wretched. th yet unobtrusive sufferers that may be found even now at our own doors Yet a comparison in this case need not be instituted to admonish us of our fj.t auc poor are ever with na. and need ojru.Fny. xemi tbe entire race suffer, grievously suffer, under tbe prevailing evil of so! cial inequality, which indeed comes home to many of, in the shape of physical need but the whole heart of humanity is seared, it k-. tiona dried or changed to gaU, by the jealous! ies, ujari-uuruings, rerengetul and undying hate whico rankle in the bosom of the millions who' are oppressed, slighted, scorned and insulted be-cause they art poor May 1 not earnestly implore those true-hearted men and women whose warmest sympathies are eulisted in behalf of the slave, to mat.

Jo reliete an become more familiar with the suf- feringandthe destitute who are ever near them, and whose only dependence for relief is through their benevolence I No, I may not implore this aid, even to the most destitute and meritorious sufferers. It would be deemed an officious assumption. How is it, then, with the slaveholder? Tbe great body of slaveholders throughout the States and Territories where this institution re vails, treat their negroes kindly. They are well ed and comfortably clad. They 'have their holidays and Sabbaths, and frequently dwellings, and gardener, and domestic animala of their own.

When past their prime, or disabled by disease or age. they are not turned out to die, or sold like a village pauper, to the lowest bidder, but are tenderly and comfortably cared for while life endures. Yet an extraordinary excitement begins, missionaries are sent forth, slavery is denounced as an outrage against humanity: its evils, great as they truly are, are excessively exaggerated, and represented as one uninterrupted series of savage barbarity, which the Christian world and all good men are invoked to the righteous labor of extirpa- tins'. With the common attributes of humanity, could our fellow-citizens at tbe South do otherwise than resent and resist such threatened interference with their domestic institutions? an interference which, however well intended, if successful, must expose them to a servile war, and all its horrible excesses an inevitable, sanguinary, and fearful strife, to be quelled by no other means than the extirpation of tbe race it was vainly proposed to redeem. Men perform good deeds from the promptings of their own hearts they may be persuaded by tbe voice of kindness and wisdom but by threats, misrepresentation and abuse, never.

We all need social reform and tbe best means of Dromotinff this obiedt ia to ho fonnd in mntnal forbearance, universal charity, and the diligent cuiuvaiion ot the benevolent anections. the heart is right, the intellect seldom errs. V. H. V.

FOURTH OF JTJTjV AT BRJJD QUWATER. East Bridqewateb, July 8, 1855. Mb. Garrison According to announcement, the opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska iniquity assembled on Sprague's Hill, in Bridgewater, on tbe Fourth, and organized by choosing Br. Caleb Swajt.

of Easton, for President, with three Vice Presidents. Dr. Swan made a few very appropriate remarks, after which, prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Brigham, of Bridgewater.

Breck, of Bridgewater, made some re marks in favor of union among politicians, in opposition to any more slave territory. He then quoted Henry Wilson, rejoicing that tbe goods of Massachusetts are for sale, not her principles. Three cheers were given for Henry Wilson. B. W.

Harris, of East Bridgewater, was then introduced. He defined the political position he had previously occupied. He had been a firm adherent of Whig principles, as laid down by Daniel Webster. He believed him to have been an honest man through bis whole life. He believed the compromise measures of 1850 to be just and right And this, said he, is the platform I now stand upon.

I have not abated one jot or tittle from it. I may not have quoted his precise words, but the substance is exact. He then stated that Massachusetts had gone far enough in regard to compromising, and be should hold the South to her part of the bargain, before giving in another inch His remarks were applauded by some, though, being rather stupid myself, and away from Framingham, and consequently out of my element on the Fourth of July, I could not see any thing to applaud on the old hunker Whig platform. Mr. Harris thinks the Fugitive Slave Law 'just and with all the other abominations in that infamous omnibus bill I would ask i there is any hunker in your little city who will go further than that and if so, in God's name, what can be do I After Mr.

Harris sat down, Mr. Wilson came Tor- ward, amid hearty cheers, and made some eloquent re marks on tbe day and the occasion, after which he made a strong appeal to the audience for united action in the great struggle before us. He thought that all party considerations should be laid aside, and the whole people should unite in one solid. phalanx against the fur ther extension of slavery, and for the repeal of tbe Fu gitive Slave Bill. He, too, agreed with Webster when he said he would vote against! the addition of another inch of Blave territory.

Did be do it said some one in the crowd. Wilson looked wise, smiled rather slyly out of one corner of his eye, and said, This is not the time nor place to discuss that question. I think his remarks were generally well received, and may do good. lie eulogised the Union in his usual manner, which, you know, could not well be avoided in a politi cal gathering. But I am taking up your time, and will forbear.

No Union with Slaveholders OLD COLONY A SOCIETY. Tha Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the Old Colony Anti-Slavery Society was held in the Town Hall in Pembroke, on Sunday, July 1, 1855 the President, Hovrkk Spooker. presiding. Edward Y. Perry, Rufus Bates and Lewis McLauth lin were chosen a committee on nomination of officers, and Lewis Ford and Job H.

Beal a committee on finance. Natuabiel H. Whitiso first addressed the meetiosr. in some very interesting remarks upon our anniversary gatbering, reminding us or the sad inroads which nat ural and moral death have made in our ranks. He spoke of the long and earnest years some had labored, amid obloquy and scorn, to throw off this mighty incu bus which bad so long crushed humanity.

And what had been done If the black man had not been freed, we, at least, had done much for ourselves. Every blow that had been struck for humanity had only conduced to our own freedom. 'We bave been putting un beacon lights, and if the nation swamps on the rocks and goes down," our labors have not been in vain. We were ourselves in chains, and knew it not. We saw the slave toiling in the lice swamp, and labored for bis redemn.

tion in doing which, we found the chain fastened to our own limbs, and that we must first emancipate our Mr. W. spoke of the early history of the cause, and -a oi its sure and steady progress to the Dresent tim. This, said Mr. ia a life-work, and we are ready for it.

As long as there is a claim set np of one human soul over another, our work lasts. Skies look dark, as we are accustomed to look at things, and some hope to grapple with the monster only through violence and blood. But while the whole physical force of the country is on tbe side of slavery, nothing can be hoped for out inrougn moral means. In this cause, as of old one can chase a we nave every thing, then, to encourage ue. No matter how few our numbers, we are mightier than those arrayed against us.

By a wise arrangement of rrovidence, every thing must be accomplished by labor so let as go forward to the work with and battle with the monster, knowing that, inasmuch as we wont lor humanity, we do good to ourselves. Rev. Abdrew T. Fosr spoke at length of the indiffer ence we nave to contend with, and of the religious in- nuence wnicn is Drought to bear, against the cause. He ably vindicated what he believed.

to be true which was always to do right and obey God. This had been settled by an eternal decree of God himself! Atterxoox Sessioh. Lewis Ford spoke on the subject of funds, and urged tbe friends to do all they could, by pledges and donations, to sustain tbe cause generously promising to add one dollar to erery eight so contributed. Lkwu McLatmuia knew from experience tbe blessedness of giving to this cause, and of course could safely commend it to others. Messrs.

oss and Whituco each spoke again, at considerable length, on the subject of funds, and of the duty of all po do something for the cause, that a moral tone of feeling may be raised, that shall make it possible for a slave to dwell in our midst. The Committee on Nominations reported the follow ing list, and the same was adopted Pruufeal BOURNE SPOONER. Vice -Presidents Joshua Perry. Henry Clano. John Brooks, John Cashing, Charlotte Bradford, Dan iel E.

Boswortb. Nathaniel n. Whiting, William Perkins, Frances Bonney, Thomas Bicknell, Johnson Da- vee, Nathaniel B. Spooner. Lewis Holmes.

Ambrose Keith. Jacob Leonard, Edward E. Bennett, Thomas J. Hunt, Henry II. Brtgham, Lewis McLauthlin, Edward Y.

Perry, Rufus Bates." Secretary Samuel Dtxr. 7Veaurer Lewis Ford. Manager Bourne Spooner, Samuel Elbridre Sprague, Lewis Ford, Philander Sbaw The Treasurer presented his report, and the same was accepted The Committee on Finance reported something over 116 uu in pledges, donations and collection On motion of N. H. Wbitinir, Voted, that the thanks of this Society be tendered to the town of Pembroke, for the rare liberality of granting tbe use of their hall, free of charge.

Notwithstanding the extreme heat of the weather, the meeting was well attended, and was altogether one of most interesting and boperal meetings which tbe Society has Hid for years. S. DYER, Secretary O. IS. Soctett in account tciih Lewis Ford, Trtas.

Balance in the treasury from last year's aco't. Collection at Kingston $31 61 10 44 4 68 18 63 13 62 Hanson Plymouth Scituate Hanover 7 4 2 1 1 23 27 43 22 15 South Scituate (Church Hill) East Abington East Bridgewater, (Joppa) North Bridgewater Marshfield Duxburv 8 81 3 25 4 00 3 00 1 00 Received from Charlotte Bradford. Lewis McLauthlin Whole amount $110 24 Expenses. Paid Sallie Holley. .933 38 10 00 5 00 9 60 W.

I. Uarnson Wm. W.Brown N. H. Whiting Lewis Ford Travelling expenses and conveyance for lec 3 00 7 08 6 72 turers Handbills, postage, and express.

$74-68 Leaving a balance in the treasury of $35 66. L. FORD, Treasurer. DONATIONS AND PLEDGES TO THE OLD COLONY A. S.

SOCIETY. Bourne Spooner, 20 00 Silas Hollis, 10 00 Lewis Ford. 12 00 Melzar Sprague, 6 00 Joshua Perry, 5 00 Edward Y. Perry, 6 00 N. H.

Whiting 5 00 Isaac Jennings, 6 00 Hervey Dyer, 4 00 Robt. II. Morehead. 3 00 N. B.

Spooner, 2 00 M. M. White, 2 00 George Macomber, 2 00 Willard 2 00 Job II. Beal. 2 00 Lewis McLauthlin, 2 00 John S.

Pratt, 2 00 Seth Jones, 2 00 George J. Peterson, 2 00 Samuel Dyer, 2 00 William Spooner, 2 00 E. E. Scott. 1 00 Rufus Bates, 1 00 John Noyes, 1 00 Mary D.

Sprague, 1 00 Dorothy B. Dyer. 1 00 Miles Sampson. 1 00 Sarah E. White, 1 00 Betsey B.

Poole, 1 00 Otis P. Josselyn, 100 Abby B. Josselyn, 1 00 Andrew Clark, 1 00 Albert Josselyn, 100 James M. Josselyn, 1 00 Joshua Mann, 1 00 Cash, 100 Total donations and pledges, $111 00 Collection, $4 08. slavery; This is the curse of our country, and the blackest record on her history.

May the God of our fathers protect us from the curses attendant upon it I Did He who created all things design that those whom he had made to differ externally should be bought and sold like merchandise? Did lie intend thntjnan should buy his fellow-man and not only his body, but his soul, and confine him mentally and physically? Did He create man to live excluded from all the privileges of a domestic life Was it His design to separate tbe man from his wife, the mother from the child, or the gray-haired sire from tbe son of bis old age Does He create them, or any of His creatures, destitute of feeling? Must tbe mother of that babe leave her darling at early morn, and hasten to tbe field Must she check the tears that roll down her care-worn cheeks, lest the eye of the driver be upon her, watching for an opportunity to exercise his power And must that mother, at night, weary and worn, with nothing to cheer her drooping spirits but the thought of embracing her child, must she return to her cheerless cabin to find it deserted? And must she, after a night of anguish, resume her labor, sick at heart and almost driven to despair Must she, beneath the stern gaxe of tbe iron-hearted overseer, work with double diligence, lest one symptom of emotion should bring the cursed lash upon her? And does not every feeling of hatred and anger existing in her bosom arise when ber master passes by Is not this hardening the heart, and does not every such scene add one more coating of darkness around her soul Would not ihat mother, think you, allow the lash to torture her to death, if by so doing her child could breathe tbe air of freedom Were these, I ask, the intentions of the wise Creator of all things Nay else how were all men free and equal Was this the state of things our fathers fought for Waait for such things as these they left their homes to become free Was it for this they endured hardships and trials that man should buy and sell his brother 1 America America tby sun is eclipsed so long as the galling chains of slavery remain within thy borders. Thy stars and stripes no longer wave over the land of freedom, but are bedimmed with the sackcloth of sla very. KATE City of Peace, 1855. NO FCXLOWBZUP WITH OPPRESSION. Jnr 4th, 1855.

Peak Garrisoh You advise us to have no fellowship with to-day's celebration to make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. How pale would the faces of the Southern delegation to the National Festivities at Dor chester become, if intelligence should reach them that the slaves, irritated by repeatH aggressions, had entered into a solemn compact te take the sword, and resist their masters unto death 1 How wicked we should be deemed, if we should advise tbe slaves to celebrate this day in keeping with its original We glorify our ancestors for doing the very thing that the Constitution declares and punishes as insurrection. We are peace men, and therefore we advise the slaves not to shoot their oppressors as our fathers did theirs but to run away from them, or to nnt keeping till they come to themselves. When public sentiment shall be a little more enlightened, when that wu.ca spiritual in US Shall be a little mora enltiTat ed, we shall feel more like hiding our faces, when the i ruunnoi July comes round, than eettinr nn aham fights, and glorification sneeches. and amuaementa mm becoming Hades than Heaven.

But now, we are so inarm the moral regions, and so undeveloped in spiritual things, that it would be like DUttin new wine into old bottles for oar people to spend the Fourth, of uiy in a rational manner. Tbe spirit of liberty would be said to be dying out, if we had not our usual number of town celebrations. Let as continue oar just reproof and dUtfellowahii of our pro-slavery government, not doubting that th gates or heaven will prevail all tbe sooner for whatever efforts we may make in behalf of universal freedom. W. G.

B. UOFEO ALE JUVENILE AND COLLEGIATE HOME SCHOOL. HOPED A E. HIZiFORD, MASS DESIOREV TOR TOPVB OP BOTH SEXES. -A Sanctioned by the Author itits of the Jlopedale Commu ni'y-; KB.

xX. L. AND MRS, S. L. BLOOM.

PaiscirAu. PHYSICAL1 nEALTIf AND DEVELOPMENT MENTAL DISCIPLINE, tULTUKrl OF THE AFFECTIONAL NATURE. The first Summer Term, consisting of twenty-twa weeks, will commence Thursday, May 8, 1855.. TERMS, (PAYABLE IE ADVAXCC.) Instruction in Reading, Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic Geography, Grammar, Analysis, Composition, fiwte! ry. Physiology, First Lessons in Natural Philosophy Elocution, Intellectual and Elementary Algebra, ementary Drawing.

Rudiments of Vocal Marie board, washing, mending, fuel, lights, use or text! books, access to the Library, stationery; Calisthenics or Gymnastic exercises, use of velocipedes, wag. ons, sleighs, bats, balls, hoops, grace hoops aad pointers, battledoors and shuttlecocks, dissected games, puzzles, (per quarter of eleven weeks.) 40 00 EXTRAS, (WITH CSE Or TEXT-BOOK.) 1 5 Elements of .................1 SO Higher Algebra. ........8 00' Elementary Geometry .2 DO Geometry 3 50 Higher Algebra and Geometry. 5 00 Book-Keeping by single entry. 8 00 by double 5 00 Astronomy.

..2 00 Ancient Languages, ....6 00 Modern A 00 on Piano Forte, with use of Instrument 10 00 Melodeon, do 10 00' All books for instruction in Instrumental Music, extra. Oil-Painting, Mono-Chromatic Drawing, and all other branches, taught in tbe Institution, at reasonable' prices. For other extra branches, see Circular. ARTICLES JVECESSJIRY TO BE PUR WISHED THE PUPIL, i (jlnd which, if not convenient to obtain, maybe had 's at the Institution at the retail price.) Hair-brush and comb, tooth-brush, and a cake of Cm' tile soap, four toilet towels, a pair of slippers or lick shoes, umbrella, blacking-brush and blacking, Wee 1 ster's School Dictionary, and a Pocket Bible. All articles and wearing apparel must be plainly' marked.

'AH pupils must come provided with pieces of clotk corresponding to their clothes as we cannot agree to piece their clothes unless this is done. Each pupil must bring a complete list of articles brought by him, a duplicate of which will be required by the Principals. A LIMITED DUMBER OF DAT PVFILS WILL BE SABOT ed. For terms. Circular.

For Circulars, containing full information please address the Principals. March 80. 6m METHOD OF Champooing and Hair-Dyeing 284, Washington Street. MADAME CARTEAUX. having removed to 284 Washington Street, avails herself of this medium for tendering thanks to the Ladies of Boston and vicinity for the liberal patronage awarded! her, and would respectfully assure them' that, by unremitting endeavors to please, she hopes for a continuance of their favors.

1 Her arrangements for cutting and dressing Ladies and Children's Hair, for Dyeing and Champooing, art Buch as win the tribute of praise from alL She has a Hair Restorative which cannot be excelled, as It produces new hair where baldness had takes place. i Her chemical researches have developed an inimitable Hair Dye, warranted not to smut, (a desideratum looked for.) Her Plus Ultra, for renovating the complexion, removing freckles, is fast commending tself to favor. For all her compounds and their application she warrants satisfaction, or demands no Ladies can be waited un at their own residences, or at her room, which will be open from 8, A.M., to 7, P.M. "She has numerous recommendations from the fashionable circles of Boston, Providence, and elsewhsrs which can be seen by those who desire. Boston, May 13.

BOSTON TRECOTIIIG Calisthenic Academy Gymnasinn, FOR LADIES, MISSES, GEKTLEMElf AMD BOTS, TUECOTUIO HALL. r. Corner of Boylslon and Trent ont Streets. PROFESSOR STEWART respectfully Informs the ladies and gentlemen of Boston, that he has opened his Gymnasium in the above splendid hall, which, fcr capaciousness and convenience, is not surpassed by any other establishment of the kind in the United States. accommodation is provided for those ladiS and gentlemen who may wish to avail themselves of healthy exercise and amusement.

An elegant Piano Forte is placed in the room, for use of Lady patrons. TERMS MADE KNOWN AT THE HALL. Hours for Ladies; from 10 o'clock, A. until 4, P. every day.

Hours for Gentlemen, from sunrise until 10, A. and from 4. P. until 10. P.

M. ZI0T0RPATHY. I II. HALSTEAD. the nresent nronrietor of Us JLf Round Hilt Motorpathic Water Cure, at Northampton, Mass, formerly of Rochester, New York, well known for bis success in the cure of chronic dicesMS, especially those incident to Woman, will be at lbs Revere House, Boston, on Monday, tbe 19th of March.

Ue and his wife will remain until Saturday, tbe 24th They will be happy to receive calls from their friends, and those who wish to consult the Dr. professionally or enquire into the merits of bis new system of treating diseases, without mechanical or any of tbs usual remedial means. Dr." H. positively asserts from past experience that he can cure tbe worst cases of Prolapsus Uteri and kindred diseases for which Ms-torpathy is the only quick, efficient and reliable remedy So confident is be of success in every case, having carta some thousands without a failure, that he is willing enter into an agreement to board, lodge and treat patient, without charge, if he fails to perform aocorsTsg to agreement. He has treated within the -past year, some fifteen hundred cases at his institution; wsies, though by far the largest institution for tbe sickia t-s country, has been found wholly inadequate for the accommodation of invalids seeking admission.

He issoW building. His bathing-rooms occupy 160 by 40 feet. Motorpathy is particularly adapted to tbe cure Chronic Diseases of either sex, and it is tbs only tual restorer of the constitution, from tbe effects of dissipation, indulgence and over-exertion. Many forms of disease heretofore considered unmanageable art eared by its aid. Inhalation for lungs and throat disease fctf long been practiced at this The snccess attending it has induced others to make it a sped Consultations, hours from 10 to 1 P.

without charge. His work on Motorpathy will hs seat postage free to any address, on tbe receipt of tea post age stamps; or it can be bad of him at 25 cents, Referenres Rev. Dr. Cleveland, Northampton Caplam TTU Howes, and E. M.

Baker, South Boston Mrs. Eaascl Dana, Bui finch Place, Boston Rev. Nathaniel Ball, Dorchester, and Hon. C. C.

Dyer, Hanover, Mats. Hon. F. Cashing, end Lady Frankfort, and H. Barrett, Waterville, Me.

A. Dana, M.D., Brandon, Vti B. Treadwell, St. Nicholas's Hotel; Joseph S. Tucker.

Stewart's Store, Broadway. New York; and Professor George Bush, Editor N. C. Ke ository, Brooklyn. New tf Worcester HydropaUuc IiistitTitica.

rpHE Proprietors of this Institution aim te make Ha -w swvaaw rvor SU WEftsfAiyj a mil wtMUVSWa lscation is elevated and healthy, yet easy of access fr all parts of the city. For particulars, across DO ST ww as. er js. jr. Kup't, WorsY Worcester, April 18.

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