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The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-05-12

The lecturing season, when his readings
would have been more largely attended.
The Methodist Conference is now in
session, and among the visiting ministers
ara the Rev. L. D. Brooks, late of Hagers-
town circuit, Rev. james A. Jones, late of
Washington City, and the Rev. j. ]. Gin
ton, assistant superintendent Of the Con-
nexion, all of whom have been pastors of
the church here, and, together with many
others present, receive hearty welcome
to the homes of the members and friends
of the church. N.
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Letter from Victoria.
PHILADELPHIA, April %, Is

fHlLADELPH1A, April rs, 1860.
Mr.. EDTToR:-Without endorsing entire
ly the views of the writer of the following
letter, yet there are SO many good sugges-
tons in it, that l have concluded to offer
it to you for publication. Mr.. Lester was
formerly a resident of this city, and is a
very industrious and intelligent man, and
one whom l am glad to learn has prosper
ed very much since he emigrated to the
Pacific Coast; he is doubtless well known
to you and many Of your readers, who
will be glad to know his views on the sub
ject of emigration. l may also add that
my friend VIM. Still, of the Anti-Slavery
Office, has shown me several letters from
Mrs. Lester within the past year, express
ing much interest in the AFRICAN Civil
cation Society" in one of which she re-
marks that if her boys were old enough
that she would urge them to emigrate to
Africa to aid in furthering the cause of
civilization there, and to benefit by the
vast resources of that continent, which are
not yet monopolized by the white man.
As l perceive you have lately published
several letters from intelligent colored men
opposed to African emigration and the
african Civilization Society,"sl thought it
would be only fair to give the views of one
equally disinterested, who can speak from
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-05-12
Rev. j. SeIla Martin and tho At
rican Civilization Society.

Mr.. EDIToR:-I have read Mr. Martins
letter in your last paper, dated at Boston,
April 18th, with surprise. 1t was natural
to expect something from that gentleman,
after the part he took in the Zion Church
meeting; but really, the New York public
expected something different Let us see
how the case stands: A number of citizens
of New York feel themselves called upon
to take some action in reference to what
they consider unwise and ill-timed move
ments of the African Civilization Society.
We held our conferences, agreed upon our
time and place of meeting, issued our call,
and put our hands in our pockets and laid
down sufficient amount to defray the ex-
penses of the meeting. According to u.s.
age in all civilized communities, we had the
right of arrangement, to prepare resolu-
tons, engage speakers, &c.
AS tho time approached for our meeting,
rumor informed us that the African Civil
ization Society had made arrangements to
have Mr.. Martin come on from Boston to
aid them in defeating the object of the
meeting. | have not the pleasure of Mr..
Martins acquaintance, but from the opin-
ion had formed of him it struck me as
very doubtful whether he would allow him
self to be brought on from Boston to assist
in bullying the people of New York out of
their rights; but the event shows that when
the meeting assembled Mr.. Martin was on
hand, and acted his part. How much his
presence may have contributed towards
breaking up our meeting, l cannot say; but
am free to say this, that after Mr. Mar
tins connection with the African Civiliza-
ton Society, and after taking the pains to
come from Boston to New York to help
the society gag our citizens, his letter of
the 18th ult. is quite unsatisfactory.
The opening paragraph of this letter
says: "The late meeting held in New
York City to oppose the African Civiliza-
ton Society presented features which do
not reconcile me to my connection with
that association" What does Mr.. Martin
meant What features" does he refer to 7
If he means that the conduct of the party
he acted with at that meeting induced him
to dissolve his connection with that society,
then it is due to himself and to us that he
should plainly say SO.
Again he says, "If agents are abroad
representing that the colored people intend
leaving the United States" &c. Mr.. Mar
tin must be aware that there are agents
abroad, and it is his business to know what
representations they are making, since he
assisted in commissioning said agents.
Mr. Martins special plea for the society
its poverty and purity-is gratuitous.
Men who kindle fire should not be the
first to finch when spark lights on their
skin. Nobody Supposes the society is rich;
but everybody believes they intend to get
rich, like other societies, if they can. In a
word, Mr.. M should mend his pen, and
tell the New York public plainly who are
to blame for the turn that meeting took and
which he regrets J. W. C. PENNINGTON.
NEW York, May g. 1860.
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The FAIR AT ZION CHURcH.-f You want
to spend an evening pleasantly, and wit
ness very beautiful exhibition of goods OF
various kinds, step into the Fair at Zion
Church, corner of Church and Leonard
streets. In Difference to the wishes of our
citizens, the ladies have determined to keep
open few days longer, SO hurry up, and
there disburse your loose change.
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w NOtice.-The New York An
nual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, viii commenceits sessions Saturday, May
r. at o'clock, P. NJ, in the Sixth street church,
New York city. The Conference will sit with
open doors.
REV. w. II. BISHOP, Gen. Sup.
J. J. CLINTON, Assist. Sup.
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Sg&eial NOtites.

B Masonic NOfice.-The menu
bers of the fraternity of Free and Accepted Ma
sons of the city Of New York, working under the
jurisdiction of the R. W. G. Lodge for State of n
Y, are hereby notified to meet at Masonic Hall,
No. 149 West 10th street, on Monday evening
14th inst, at o'clock, on business of Importance
BY order of
WIN. II. DICKERSON, g. S.
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FEMALE AGENTS WANTED.

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MAMMOTH "FAMILY PICTORIAL"
an elegant periodical of home literature, pure mo-
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HAWKINS d CO., publishers, 400 Broadway,
New York.
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MARRIED,

RIDER-DKNNY.--In Philadelphia, May 6, by
Rev. Jonathan c. Gibbs, Mr.. James Rider, OF
Chatham, Canada, to Miss Jemima Denny, of
Philadelphia.
PErERsoX-JAcKsoN- Thursday evening,
May 4, 1861 by the Rev John w. Jackson Mr..
Joseph Peterson, of New Jersey to Miss Eliza
jackson, of this city.
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nor SALE-A well finished three-story and
J. basement house, in Seventh, near North I'd st.,
Williamsburg Price 1900; $500 can remain
for term of years. Enquire OF L. ID. NELSON,
South 9TH, two doors above Third St 42-st
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ITO LET.-The Masonic Hall, No. 149 West
i 10Th street, on Mondays Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays. for the use of societies. dc. APP
ply to Paul Drayton, 66 Houston street, or J L.
Hudson, 4 (late 567a) Houston street, near Broad
way. 45-tf
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SONGS FOR THE FIRST OF AUGUST
~ Six songs selected for use on Emancipation
Day, for sale at this office. Price 81 per hun
bred.
Tune for the first song, "Hail the blest MORN"
Second, ''Sound the loud Timbrel"
Third "Zion.'
Fourth, "Scotts wha hae."
Fifth, "God Save the Queen"
Sixth, any long metre. 4l-tf
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-05-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
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n -
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A HISTORY OF DOMINICA,
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Sent free by mail
Published and sold by
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This work will be found to contain much useful
and interesting information for the general reader.
while those who are in search of gold viii find in
it key to mine of wealth 4nequalled by Cali
fornia, which, although known to exist, has been
neglected for ages. The Gold Mines Of St Do
mingo are attracting considerable attention among
all classes of Americans. and some enterprising
men are now actively engaged working them.
26-tf
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MOTICE!-MR. 7. s. BOSTON TAKES
In pleasure in announcing to his friends and
the public, that he will open a school for dancing
on Tuesday evening, March IS, 1860, at the
METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
No. 178 Prince street. Glasses will be formed for
juveniles and adults Parties wishing to form
private class can do so by calling at the Rooms on
Tuesday evening, when the terms will be made
known. Regular school nights, Tuesday and
Friday. Mr.. THOS. s. BOSTON.
"a IF
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DOR SALE OR TO LET.-A Grove located at
u Rye Neck, % miles from New York City, and
within ten minutes walk of the Mamaroneck depot
on the New Haven Railroad. 1t is easy of access,
beautifully located, and well adapted for excur-
sions, grove and camp meetings. The improve
ments consist of wooden shanties, well of never
failing water, small dwelling house, dc. For
terms apply to
L. fILMON,
39-tf 10 East 18th street
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WANTED-A situation as cook; watering
w place preferred. Apply at q Murray street.
Newark, N. j., or 1913 Mercer street, N. Y. 42-4t
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-05-12

i GARNET.-An accurate and beautiful like
ness of this distinguished and eloquent defender
of the down-trodden has been executed and can
be had for one dollar, by addressing
GEO. III. HUGHES,
Care Thos. Hamilton, New York, P. o. Box l2l2.
36-lSt
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TOR SALE-Three lots each 30xlO5 feet, on
l. Hudson street, New Haven, Conn. For further
particulars apply to Jacob r. Gibbs, Dixweu st.,
street, New York. 1t
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-05-12

A CARD.-METROPO LITAN ASSEMBLY
n ROOMS.
CERTIFICATE.
The undersigned, builders and architects, cheer
fully certify that they consider the building known
as the Metropolitan Assembly Rooms, 175 Prince
street, of the most substantial buildings in
the city, ofthe kind and altogether safe in every
respect.
NEW YORK, April ?, 1860.
JAMES CLARKE,
J34 Laurens street, builder.
WIN. TUCKER, 80 McDougal street
1t will be seen by the above certificate of Al
derman Tucker, of the 9Th Ward, and Mr.. Clarke,
an eminent architect, that the reports that have
been put in circulation concerning the Metropoi-
tan rooms as being unsafe, de-, are entirely void
of truth, and therefore take this method of pro-
nouncing them maliciously false.
r. D. KINNEY.
NEW York, April 8.
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No one calling at this Office need be out Of em-
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VITANTED-At Titus Reform Intelligence
w Office, 1913 Mercer street, between Bleecker
and Amity, cooks, chambermaids, and Mattresses
Situations ready at all times Good reeommen-
dations required
T. s. w. TITUS, Proprietor.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05

MOVEMENTS OF THE FnBUsTERR "A New
Orleans letter dated July Sd, says but little
is known of the movements of Gen Walker
and his filibuster adherents on the Island of
Ruatan in the bay of Honduras. II is stated
says the writer, that not more than two hun
dred men are with Walker on the Island some
oil the original arrivals having gone over to
| the main land on business of their own. In
the meantime, the little tilbuster was taking
things cody and easily at last accounts, wire
working perhaps among the natives or wait
ing to see what action the government Of
Honduras would take in regard to establish
ing practical sovereignty over the Island
The natives, it is said, are bitterly opposed to
coming under the Hondurian authority, and
count upon the formidable proves of their
warlike visitors as IL sure guarantee of their
independence; but it must be remembered
| that free negroes and mulattoes form the
great mass of the population of Ruatan, and
t nat this class of people are remarkable, when
they have possession Of the country, for eX.
treme Jealousy of the encroachments and in
tuence of the whites, and that so soon as
they should feel themselves secure in the pos
shssion OF the island, there would be no
further security for their delverers, nor in
deed for any white residents. Walker, it is
alleged wished only to make Ruatan rem
devious for his men and munitions of war, in
which to prepare the programme of another
! Nicarguan campaign, and at the same time
to place himself in position to compel Hon
duras to afford him safe conduct through her
territory.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05

A STRANGE SToRY.-The Pensacola Tribune
tells the following strange story, and the
Mobile Tribune says from what we have
heard, we think there is some truth in it,"
good joke is in circulation here as to the
cause of the late mortality among the cap
tured negroes at Key West The news is
said to have been brought by the Magnolia,
on Sunday, but we are inclined to think that
it originated in our community. 1t is said
that gentleman passed through en- route for
Key West, on the outward trip of the Mag
nolia, with large amount of money, and
that on his arrival there, distributed presents
and money among them. Consequently they
were averse to returning TO Africa. He then
succeeded in gaining the confidence of some
of the guard and administered choroform to
many of the darkies. They being considered
dead, were removed Immediately for inter
ment, and boat being at the beach ready,
they were conveyed across to the main shore,
the negroes in the mean time recovering.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05

Down SIZE WENT-It was excessively hard
work to find persons to carry the lying ban
ners of the Yanc,y Breckenridge disunionists
on Saturday evening last. Get up and car
ry banner, d-n it-I saw you drinking
our whisky" was one Of the many forcible
arguments used to swell the procession to the
number of 80. One Democrat was thus i'm
pressed into the tizzlng procession Of die
unionists He was shortly after discovered
by an acquaintance. who called to him to
leave that crowd Of disunion bummers.
Down went the lying banner, which had
been paid for by the beef eating Court House
clique, and he who had borne it left with a
hurrah for Douglas and Johnson! He ac-
counted to his friend for his appearance in
the reasonable procession, by saying that
the villainous whisky furnished by the Sc
ceders would even compel a man who drank
it "to rob a hen roost or steal spoons"-
RWtte Record
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05

HE HAYES ARCTIC ExPEDmIoN.-On the
7th July, DR.. Hayes and his little band of
adventures left Boston in the schooner Uni
ted States, on their voyage to the Arctic re-
gions The expedition numbers sixteen ner-
sons The object Of the enterprise, says the
New York Herald, is to follow out to n clear
and satisfactory solution, if such be possible
the problem of an open Polar sea, which was
discovered but not explored by the Kane ex-
pedltion in 1855. DIR. Hayes, who was the
companion of Kane, proposes to harbour Lis
vessel on the western shore of Smiths Sound
and then push forward with boats and sl.1yes
towards the Pole, where he expects to strike
the open water, seen from q distant point Inv
some of the officers of DR.. Kane's party
Practically there may not be much gained bv
the success of this new expedition, but it will
be at least satisfactory TO ascertain whether
there is really a navigable sea around the
North Pole, which may be said to be tie last
great geographical question remaining un
settled now. The adventurers calculate up-
on three years voyage, for which thew
have gone well provided, thanks to the gene.
rosity of a few citizens, for this expedition is
entirely due to private enterprise-govern
ment, with its usual neglect of everything
not involving party interests or the snoils Of
the Treasury, having given neither counte-
nance nor encouragement to it.
Boston furnished the schooner and her
outfit, New York-under the auspieies of
the Geographical Society and the citizens
of Philadelphia, provided the money to pro.
vision the party, pay the crew and supply
the necessary instruments. Private generos.
ity contributed everything towards the ex-
pedition, for the sake of science.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05

TIE Plumas Argus says that Captain j. J
Dobbins, one of the most esteemed citizens Of
Quincy. suffered paralytic stroke, Tuesday
night, last, affecting his left side. Fears are
entertained of fatal result.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05

MEETING IN CoLUMBIA.-A large meeting
OF the Democracy was held in Columbia on
the evening of Saturday, the 2Sth ult., to
rat'iy the nominations of Douglas and John.
son. The Columbia Times independent
publishes long report of it from which we
cOndense the following:
Early in the evening the residents from
the surrounding camps and villages began to
pour In. those from Sonora being preceded
by the celebrated Sonora Brass Band, in an
open carriage. drawn by four horses The
Sonora band, alternately with that of Colum-
bia, enlivened the town with "music's dulcet
strains" during the evening, adding much to
the excitement of the scene while the flash.
ing aud booming of the artillery stationed
ON Kennebeck Hill, which kept up the firing
almost incessentIy, did not tend to abate.
The meeting was presided over by Jere-
mia Stinchield assisted by large number Of
Vice Presidents. Judge Calvin announced
that Hon. Ii Griffith, Of Yolo, had met with
az accident by the upsetting of coach at
Knights Landing, which prevented him from
being present.
Judge Leander Quint, being introduced,
was received with loud cheering, and ad-
dressed the meeting in very forcible and
argumentative speech which elioiled the at
tention of the hundreds assembled around
the stand. The learned Judge spoke for ups
wards of an hour, and in every instance sup
porting his assertions by documentary evi =
dence, and at the conclusion of the address
was greeted with three hearty cheers.
number of resout ons were then read
by Judge Calvin. They endorse the nom
ination of Douglas and johnson endorsed
the doctrine OF non intervention as main.
tanned by Douglas; denounce the action of
the California delegates in seceding. They
also proclaim that in the opinion of the meet
ing, the nomination of Breckinridge and
Lane was secession movement, aimed and
intended for the destruction of the Demo-
cratic party, and the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
Federal Union. The resolutions were en-.
dorsed with loud and hearty cheering.
Cen McDougal was then introduced, anC
received with three times three cheers and
tiger, which were given with heartiness that
must have put the General ut ease as to the
will of the immense crowd in front of him.
He spoke at considerable lenth. and at the
conclusion of his speech he was loudly cheer
ed. The meeting then adjourned IL was
certainly great sucoess.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05

ARREST OF CHINESE KIDNAPpERs. .-Chee
Quong and Ah Chaw were yesterday trans
ported to Sacramento, by detective officer
Hardy, of that place. They had been accus-
ed of kidnapping child and selling it, and
were held to answer the charge, but sue
ceeded in giving bonds for their appearance
They failed to appear and were pursued to
this city by the officer who arrested them
last Wednesday-S. f. Herald.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
nay4-ly rnlp

- construction Of fhe FOUNDATION, which Is TO be
of concrete, ahd the erection OF the BASEMENT STO
RY WALLS, to the height OF the sprnging line of the
window arches, which will be OF brick, faced with
granite asher, of the state Capitol Building as auth
orized by an Act of the Legislature of this State
tied "An Act to provide for the construction Of the
state Capitol In the city OF Sacramento, will be receV
ed by the Board of Commissioners named in said Act,
at the Governors Office, in said city from and after
the FIRST DAY or AUGUST, $50, up to 10 CLOCK
A. NJ, SEPTEMBER THIRD, S6J said Four dation to
be constructed, Basement I" be erected in accor
dance with plans and specifications adopel by said
Commissioners, and to be seen in the Governors Office
(Lathams Buidng). in the city Of Sacramento, during
the above mentioned period All bids be sealed
up and delivered to the Commissioners aforesaid, at
the office of the Governor, and the will he opened
by said Commissioners in the Assembly Chamber Of
the present Capitol Building, in the city of Sacramen-
to, at IL O'Clock NJ, on the THIRD DAY OF SEPTEM
BER 1860, and the contract will be awarded to the
person persons who shall make the lowest bid, and
who shall give sufficient security for the performance
thereof-the said Board Of Commissioners reserving
the right to reject all bids and advertise for further
proposals. Each bid must be accompanied with a
good and sufficient bond with names Of the sureties
in the 000 conditioned for the faithful per-
formance Of The contract in it should be awarded
to the bidder. The Commissioners would call the at
tenton of all those making bids to the provisions Of
the Act providing 70. the construction of the state
Capitol, approved March goth, 1861.
BY rder Of the Board, Q. j. ToRBERT,
u1-tlSel3 Secretary.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05
Dissolution Of CO-Partnership.

TINE Oo-Partnership heretofore exi sting between
/ the parties Of L. GLASSEN and ]. f. RLATHMAN
is this day dissolved ny m tua consent. All debit
due to the firm will be collected by j. y. FLATHMAN
who will conduct the business at the old stand, (Tre
mont Saoon), where he will be happy 70 receive hi
old and new friends and customers.
Marysville, July Both 1850. LOUIS GLAsSEN,
au11w JF. FLATHMAN.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-05

THERE was to have been a celebration of
the Fourth of July over the grave of John
Brown at North Elba, N. Y. All the Browns,