Frederick Douglass' Paper, 1857-07-31, vol. 10 iss. 33 no. 501

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VOL. X.-NO. 33.
TEUHS  OF STJESCRIPTION.
t   events   amon" our "young U-otbat
during the past fortnight.    Mr.  Ridgway was
ev u-'-i Iv./hn- under the e,!d Irving lloase in
Chambers street, on the very spot where Fyl'
bel was brought up hy old Mr. Hutscn.    Mr.
w'le'rc h Lii'daod.beit having quarreled wilh her
queath some sis thousand and odd dollars to
various charitable and benevolent societies in
New York city. One tenth of this sum he
bequeathed to the New York Society for the
promo ioo of Education among colored children : an incorporated institution, the trustees
uf which, by act of tho Legislature, must be
♦»     ««.&^m,     <SK,,&£jff*     •©&     «S»23ess
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JULY 31, 1857.
WHOLE NO. 501.
Iltie. (Jeorge Washington  Bas
ght years eld, grandson of a <
;upied two days, and was closely
re were thirty-six competitors,
was exceedingly fine, and betr
Tho r
The present is the thir
I annual His
ibuiloii
of prizes, purchased by
that fund : and having w
Its,   la
alio
otiey eel
uvinced
that no fund of an equa
:V:'.C'
US.lt
1 in ele-
vating the colored peopl
of the
year h
takcn a
the chitdrea.   They   em
dren in attendance  io   tl
;S
ie <lu his ol
•obireel t_-l.il-
Primary schools iu this c
y, and
tlm
a heal-
thy comparison and  co
teachers of the eleven c
erc.i se
in this
be
.OU&llt
iddle.Esq. assistant Superintendent o
Schools of this city, conducted the
nns the last two  years.    He is the
hindly and sympathetic with children, he easily wins f.om them all they really know : and
of Ward school and primary studies, his memory and spontaneity of resource make him af
very perfect examiner: he is cold, qniet and
easy withal, an 1 the boys and girls feel attach-
our colored public
I down v
adopted   by t
Long
hmetic, for example,    as far as through
j Division only.)
ow it is too much to expect of human na-
tbis rule precisely:   heuee we had young
petiog with little boy  primaries   of eight
nining the Arithmetic class, Mr-   Kiddle
ng reduced the competitors tothree.es-
ned, "I cannot puzzle those thi
sion!" Now.what Mr. K.cannot
De puzzled; henco these three
advanced in Long Division,
Dseph Vincent 5     School No.
Rbading..
ary B. Williams do.
Sarah Ann Clarke, Miss E. Appo,
School No. 7.
Serena Rock, Miss 0. Smith
Georgiana Snowdeu (uot ascertained)
. The spelling also (and Mr
ion of the hardest words) wai
it schools in tbe city.    In Al
ingeline Dawley
Mr. John Peters
.'hos. F. Bt
.mswell,         'Mr
. John I'etersoti,
' School No. J
In spellin
•r, the boys were
correct i:
1 51 per
ent of the
girls 50 p
:ent   of tli
.ur were e.
)rrectio8_'per<
'ery hard words j
;iven Out,
which I
enture to say is equal to  tl
ie spelling
■ Of any
superior to very
he United
Slates,   iucludii
)g onr n<
rated Mr.
icipal  of
.he   IV
iale Norm
\l School of thii
1 city, from which
ng Ladies are ex
iluded.
The cool
left for  general
scholars!
ip   was
Hon.
mention was mad^ of Andrew Keeling, Mary
J. Eats, (a pupil of Professor Reason,) Mary
Paul and Catherine White, pupils of M133 Fanny Tompkins.
There was less general excellence in Arith-
iy other study: which may be a
e purely intellcctnal
1 era! less excellent:
ver, a first class arith.
y tbe medal almost
f be partly caused by
solution of t
twelve who carried Hie Primary p
. were of unmixed African desccti
i four who took the medals were
e-fouilhsof the royal blood of Afric
Mr. Editor :—
",Your correspondent was very much in dread
f being "out of fashion," and hence betook
imself in haste from the sun-baked, peut-up|
arbonated air of Philadelphia to recline under the cooling shades of this " City of Elms"
leep blue waves of Long Island Sound.
Id right angled eity,a fine family quarrel sprang
ip between Col. Forney and The Pennsyl-
vanian, which promised to be quite iniereslu.g
and fruitful. You rcccollect ;tbat the Col.got
defeated in his aspirations for a six years' birth
ia the Senate. This, however, wis won to Simon Comeron on grounds entirely aside from
party considerations. Jo hu then very naturally
looked for  the Chinese mission,   possibly a
cut off—so it  was Said  iu political  circles  in
at the instance of some hot-headed Virginians.
Mr. Reed stepped up to the political erih,and
snatched from John the choice Chinese morsel.
The next move was to report himselfsiek at the
house of one Daniel Dougherty, a well known
Irish lawyer, always ready to lap up a few dollars whenever there is a poor, trembling fugitive to be consigned to the lash-resounding
knell of American slavery.
toned thither.    Mr.
1 .el':.
and dollars annually, with an outfit of ten
thousand dollars, all of which John declined.
Defeated, disheartened, John returned tc
Philadelphia, and kicked up something of b
.tetnity, avowing
iiied   t
■ chai
The Pennsyhmnian, fresh fro
.hwery's new champion—The Southern .'.'..
iior, pricked up its ears, aod when it foui
that he had no idea of handing over dollars
indignantly refused to sell out
I that
ould s
cal fortunes are past help," and
his political his'orylikea hero. 'I
Of it all is that The Pennsylvania
—to disclose some rare facts iu it
The Col, who is excellent at eng
other folks, as well as for John W
joined by favoring his newly-won
with the torospectus ot his forthco
al The Press. Here tbe battle i
suppose, until The Pennsylvania^
cially when he expects a fut office
and uiv.lerlakeri
We 0
: from The Anti-Slavery Stan
the 4th inst. After quoting from a Phi
per, a highly commendatory r.
«colo.ed Masonic parade, Th
dard remarks :
"It is not long since a venerable me
the Society of Friends, residing near
delphia, .insisted iu a letter uddrcssc
ie Abolitionists had done the fre
ed people au injury, by initiating and
6 prejudice under which they 1
uttered. We assured him that
ry, they had done much for the 1
t prejudice, and that il had great
felt.    He may see, in the  facts above
idence of the soundness of our posit
turning aside obstacle after 1
tling alike in storm   and sunshine
■(ten/ Slandai
t of all this s
I'ahueiss and injustice   ineled out   to The
1 man touching his capacity.    His avow,
ed enemies denounce-bim as incapable of act-
iends give currency to this base and heathen-
leirs, which he says or does. No blaek man
in edit a paper, write a book, think for him-
ilf, or fight his way into respectability and em-
eeuee, without having a eat of whites  step in
proe! a
■
reply   hen
tl.iii    ■
battles, and have the full honor or dishonor thereof. Nevertheless, wo urge it upoD
iur colored fellow-countrymen to think, to act,
» depend upon themselves, asking no favors,
paying no homage. We wish to get up no
faction or man-worshipping party, as haa been
:harged upon us. We wish to wage no war
jpon Garrisonians or others, or detract from
my chiien jei.'tly theirs.    But wc  do iusist that
jred man's only means of redemption ; that
colored men Bhould stick to support  one an
ivcry laudable undertaking; that, oth.
being equal, the presumption should
.
r that
s now too often the case, and that the
should avail themselves of every proper means
icate, refine and enrich themselves.—
If tender-footed colored men under tbe
and terror of white men, choose to de.
gtkto   Hatter.
FREEDOM OP   SPEECH IJY KEJY
Burba, Madison Co., Ky., July 7
respondent, it inly perhaps be   prop
in
...i.e.- .  ....-■
then served  up ie
The Fourth of July has  ben celebrated i
"'' lb;lt,,t",u 1,,lil" ll;»i u,k-:> ■"
J....in- .i.cev, nol ;.,:i! ,„.:., l|l(j „(Mt |;|- on]i.
principles of the Declaration of Independence
3 il ^-am, u-s woli fla white- H«
went into an analysis of human rights
und        placed     upon      .an        immovable
basis Ihe .-rent doetiini; (hat every man had a
right to himself; shoinn^ that law 'vis'nol
to  invest right-, bill [., j,nJt,    ■
tly. _ He may be Jacking  in j'udg-
ien.,oceelsi,!,:,ltv,b,iti,is   0,
'   'Ms   e    „t     „
fo reference to  this subject,
raj ill in the   '
r     v.ill    ,„;,;,■
schools in the Free H
the vaunting claims of lleinocia;y, and of tho
nes.es.    He  spe
)enioeia;y,and
story,
would subdue the irorU
manifest destiny. Whe
Men of America, take ■
arniog,   he  said
t 1 the viol
■ I   laiiu-ht   by   I
Preeedom to all men.
Mr. Clay then offered tho following resolutions, which  were  carried  unanimously,  with
ly been regarded as Pro-Slavery, 1
rioting,   and reflects
fore Senator Mason left
; the
matter of which)
■:ty, .Mr. Winthrop senta spee
dm at a certain time and pla.
railed upon Mr. Winthrop aud told
:nt as one of the officers   of the society, an.
, hi, /i
One of the
rop an
introduced to fl	
is needless to  say   that   he
t lull length. But there haa been enough
n the chivalrous Stale o
men are still subjected
ofthe  lash  for minor
July, and 19 on the  \
. yean be pub-
II the true men of South   Car-
ruf!i-.sge. and abolish this ivlie of
'he State is as mueh shamed for
jerty suffrage as for its bloody
[Vicksburg Whig.
seonsTiniTJo.vAL Act.—An old
siding in Princeton, N. J., has
I  PilKSiRKUOVED FROST Tltt
1   of WTood  county, in   the
isper published 'To (,e,:<,.::,,_
e published or re-
kr Chiu»rkm aZ!f
h; (Ja..p Prist, III., J
p Fotut, Ili
: v.. v.—liZ
^^^^^^     little village:
MJped from iheir   master,  liviti
f.a t.'rai.;".-, 1M0.     It appears  the poor  c
,ce, lor
ithT"'
been so bold as to call t
t       Jim
doitl (   (   wa
UUruap:, when '■ail e— - --
ipprehe.iSiou ofthe fug:
:   Mr. Jas.   Welsh,   who  lives   at   I
the timber in which   the  unfortunul
:.     ■:,   I:       "    .
lay tbeir hunger, the
The Board  of i
receipts, die Board  mention,  Is'.    Tho
sing the  funds at the discretion of the
nanagers—a practice tli&t ban grown  out
of the address of the Board -will jrjvent the
second cause mentioned is,   "the  prae-
wrtions ofthe Church, because apprep
s are made   to    Conferences   which  li.
s a  very   imperfect statement  of thii