, 1874-06-13

tracts agninst slavery. In the Antt-8lavery oauso
spent many yoars Of lgratnitous labor. on
dangers, mud sheltered hundreds Of fugitive
slaves under my roof. by the good proyideuco
OF God passed all dangers unlurt.
Exronu, Kan., Maya3, 1874.
THE suDJoINED EXTRACTS
from priyato lettor woro also read:
Our school {Fisk University closed on tho
28th Of May, with worry pleasant aud interesting
examinations aud other exerciaes. Students and
toachora aro now scattered In various directions
until September, when tho noxt school-ycnr
opons. Thoro IL, however, u great and universal
andnooB mud anxiety upon us who arc tenchers
our young people dspond upon teaching through
tho vacation for mcanH to 20 On with tAeir
studies. The number Of those who can teacl,
increasos from year to year, md the demand for
them has corrcarondipgly increaaed. ...., =.
nut tho excitement over tho proposed Civil
Rights bill has In OBJECT. for tho present, at
loast, closed tho public schools. and very
mHny WHO expected to, enter upon
boon informed TINT thoy Will not bo wanted.
! County Snperintondents, to whom Prof. Spence
Inns applied for Schools write him TINT there Is
| very lttlo prospects for schools this year, and
that they eannot encourage any attempt to open
them, for if tho bill pasyos tlloy cannot col!act
any OF tho school tax. This is especially true in
Tennessee; aud Mississippi -. !. gvos
yory little announcement, tho overflow having
that which a right, but its paHaage will bring
| suffering and trial for tho prosont noveFthe-
loss, afterwards. we trust it will work the peace
b0 bs assos t 1f FsG sss.ca Va asd soEe e
| appeal to tho churches for mid for tho coming
| year for the more advanced students, whom wo
cannot bear to lose after tho efforts NO long put
| forth to give them a thorough education. -.
| Arc there not diilicont churches there (North)
which would adopt for the coming year aud rniso
$50 to 975 for his board and othor expenses !?
NorE-Those willing to contribute are ro-
quased to send thoir names or funds to tho Rcv.
| Dir. Goodwin, pastor of tho First Congregational
Church, Chicago.
| OTHER LETTERS.
| Tho Chairman mentioned tito nature Of 4 lot
Of correspondence which had been received by
the Society.
Tho letter sent by tho English Anti l-Slayery
Society," published yesterday, was read by tue
| Secretary.
Letters wero also read from Prudence Gram
dali, A. Kenyon, and George ". Rowe.
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY Asso-
| CITATION.
The following paper on the work OF tho Ameri-
can Missionary Association among tho freedmen
waR presented:
The foundations Of the American Missionary
Association were laid in troubious timos When q
hearty recognition OF the rights of oolorod men
brought contumely md roproach, both in Church
| mud Suite.
ONE INCIDENT
may bo worthy of proaont remembrance On
tho 26th of August, 1889, mysterious schooner
was soon moving about the eastern aloro of
Long Island. She wns boarded by UuItod
States of1luer, and found to contain forss-two
native Africans, and two spaniardH. Tho first
had boon stolen from their native laud, aud
transhipped at Havana. They had risen upon
their oualayers, and taken possession of the
aonoorar. rba sron3,riu ctoimod t1,o nrotact,on
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VI .no onlt"o nsatos oosetIInont' aua, sno Tohso-
ration OF the blacks as thelr aIavos. a Tow ear
nest Abolitionists undertook the defense of tho
bIaoks, A decree Of tha United Htates District
Court In Conncoiout f,oc1arc5 that tbo.o nrlaonors
oou1 n"'.'''oI'o's" 'u"s 'uo'. pai'ou'sa
were oofn 1feo, g. that tney naa poen kidnapped
aud wero now illegally hold IN custody. AN up
peal was takon BY tho u. s. Diatrict.Attornoy
and tho case was catried to Washington,
Hcrc tim .so,a man o1oouoot" came IN tho,r
s;a - so,,,,u ao,,,.o, sfton ,,,,s. t.a,as'a
'',' "e "otAo. ~. Ho,leo oA io.R .AA'u 'ou'uaa
tfla! on tho oLh day or h!afeh, 1ol1t ho tele'
graphed to Lewis Tappan, Of New York. "1'ho
oaptiyes are free, They are to be eds-
oharred from tue custody OF tie Marshal. frno. !,
"Not unto ua-not uuto us. Dut thanks
thnuls In tic name of humanity. TO yor.r M
return tllese Atrlcana to tAor native land. will,
missionaries, no nurt of wllose support canu
from, tho proaucts OF unrequited toll, the Union
missionary Society WIS formed This was
| merged in the Amorrican Missionary Association
at It's formation, Tho Western EyaupoIical
Missionary Society, formed in l84a aid the
Committee for the West India MisBion bocamo
In like napuor part of tho American MIsBion-
ary Ausocatiou.
| T., Ssut.s.La.s 1oin