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480 DOUGLASS' MONTHLY. June, 1861 and to include the expense of board in the sum to be specified in the contract. That is to say, passengers will either pay $18 for an emigrant's passage, their board being found and cooked for them, or sign a contract to pay that sum after one, two, or three years, as they prefer, with the important exception, also, that those who may remain more than three years and decide not to accept of the Government grant of lands, will never be required to repay any amount whatever. This arrangement, it is hoped, will overcome the difficulty expressed by many industrious men, but without money, who, living in the interior, have not found it possible to pay their expenses to the seaboard, and then to provide themselves with provisions (as the United States laws require) for at least one month in advance. The board provided for emigrants will be the navy rations of the United States, minus intoxicating spirits, which will not be allowed in our vessels. The following is the fare: [[chart]] NAVY RATION FOR EACH DAY OF THE WEEK. Days. | Bread. | Beef. | Pork. | Flour. | Rice. | Dried Fruit. | Pickles. | Sugar. | Tea } Coff. } Choice of either. | Butter. | Cheese. | Beans. | Molasses. | Vinegar, | Water. | | oz | lb | lb | lb | lb | lb | lb | oz | oz | oz | oz | oz | pt | p | p | g | Sunday.. | 14 | 1 | .. | 1/2 | .. | 1/4 | .. | 2 | 1/4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Monday.. | 14 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1/4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1/2 | .. | .. | 1 | Tuesday. | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | 1/2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1/4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Wedn'sdy | 14 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1/4 | 2 | 1/4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1/2 | .. | .. | 1 | Thursday | 14 | 1 | .. | 1/2 | .. | 1/4 | .. | 2 | 1/4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Friday.. | 14 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1/2| .. | .. | 2 | 1/4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1/2 | .. | 1 | Saturday | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. |.. | 1/4 | 2 | 1/4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1/2 | .. | 1/2 | 1 | | 98 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 14 | 1 3/4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 7 | Every emigrant should be provided with a mattress two feet wide, and bedding, a gallon tin can, (for water,) a tin cup, a tin plate, knife and fork, a few pounds of soap, and towels, with such extra utensils as may be deemed necessary to hold the daily rations. As efforts have been industriously made by unscrupulous men to misrepresent the conditions under which emigrants who not prepay their passages, will accept the offers of the Government of Hayti, it is deemed advisable to publish below, in full, the contract to be made with them. The words in italic and within brackets (blank in the original) are filled up to show precisely the terms on which a single man can emigrate. It should be distinctly understood, that no barrier whatever will be put to any man's return, excepting that he shall pay the sum of eighteen dollars before embarking for the United States, if he did not pay for his own passage from this country to Hayti. The Government of Hayti, while they will welcome all visitors, cannot reasonably be expected to pay their passages. Hence this provision. The following is the contract with the emigrants who do not prepay their passages: ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this [first] day of [January] A.D., 1861, by and between JAMES REDPATH, of Boston, General Agent of Emigration, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Hayti, and [John Smith,] late of [Detroit, Michigan,] and an emigrant to Hayti; WITNESSETH: That said James Redpah, on behalf of the Government of Hayti aforesaid, agrees to provide a passage for said [John Smith] from the port of [Boston] to the port of [St. Mark.] in said Hayti, in the [Brig L'Ami d' Haiti] leaving the port of [Boston] on or about the [third] day of [January] 1861, upon the conditions hereafter following, viz: First, said [John Smith] hereby acknowledges the receipt of [a] ticket of passage from said port of [Boston] to said port of [St. Mark] in Hayti, and agrees during the term of said voyage to provide [his] own bedding, and the necessary utensils for eating and drinking. Secondly, in consideration of receiving the passage aforesaid, said [John Smith] further agrees, that if he acecepts [sic] a grant of land from the Government of Hayti, under the provisions of the law on Emigration, approved by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Hayti, September 1, 1860, he will repay to the Treasury of the Republic of Hayti the sum of [eighteen] dollars, American currency, within [three years] from the date of the contract. Furthermore, that if from any cause said [John Smith] sees proper to leave Hayti before the expiration of the term of three years from the date of [his] arrival in the Island, [he] shall pay the Treasury of the Republic of Hayti the sum of [eighteen] dollars, American currency, as repayment of expenses incurred by the agents of the Government for [his] passage to Hayti; but, nevertheless, with this express provision: That if [he] does remain three years in the Island from the date of [his] arrival therein, and does not see fit to acecpt a grant of land from the Government of the Republic of Hayti, [he] shall not be required to repay to the Treasury of the Republic of Hayti, or any agent of government thereof, any sum whatever on account of said passage. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written. [L.S.] [John Smith.] [L.S.] JAMES REDPATH. First cabin passengers, by Government vessels, will be charged $30 (payable invariably in advance,) which will include all the necessities of a voyage to the tropics, and first-rate fare. JAMES REDPATH, General Agent. LAWS ON EMIGRATION. I. Law on the Emigration into the Country of Persons of the African and Indian Races. FABRE GEFFRARD, President of Hayti, By the advice of the Council of the Secretaries of State and the Legislative Bodies, after having considered and declared the urgency of it, has rendered the following law: Article I. After the promulgation of the present law, five carreaux of land will be granted, free of all charge, to every family of laborers or cultivators, of the African or Indian races who shall arrive in the Republic. This grant will be reduced to two carreaux when the laborer or cultivator is unmarried. Art. II. These grants will be delivered, without expense, and with a provisional title, to every family that shall have made, before the proper magistrate, the declaration prescribed by law with the view of obtaining naturalization, and they will be converted into final grants after the residence of a year and a day in the country. Art. III. The final grants will be given in exchange for the provisional grants only when it shall have been ascertained by the Government agents that cultivation has already commenced on the property granted. Art. IV. The grantee shall not have power to dispose of his grant before the expiration of seven consecutive years of occupation. Nevertheless, he will be able to obtain the authority to exchange his grant for another property, but only on the conditions, terms, and with the powers above named. The present law shall be promptly executed by the Secretary of State, of the Interior and of Agriculture. Given at the National House of Port-au-Prince, the 5th day of September, year 57th of Independence. The President of the Senate: F. LACRUZ. The Secretaries: CELASTIN, J.Y. MENDOZA. Given at the Chamber of Representatives of Port-au-Prince, the 5th of September, 1860, year 57th of Independence. The President of the Chamber: W. CHANLATTE. The Secretaries: J. THEBAUD, F. RICHIEZ. In the name of the Republic: The President of Hayti ordains that the foregoing law of the Legislative Bodies be stamped with the seal of the Republic, published and executed. Given at the National Palace of Port-au-Prince the 6th day of September, 1860, year 57th of Independence. By the President: GEFFRARD. The Secretary of State of the Interior and of Agriculture, F. JN. JOSEPH. The Secretary of War and the Marine, T. DEJOIE. The Keeper of the Seals, Sec. of State of the General Police, JH. LAMOTHE. The Secretary of State of Justice, etc, F.E. DUBOIS. The Sec. of State of Finances, Commerce, and Exterior Relations, VN. PLESANCE. II. Law on the Naturalization of Emigrants of the African and Indian Races. FABRE GEFFARD: On the report of the Secretary of State of Justice, and by the advice of the Council of the Secretaries of State, Considering that prompt action is demanded in behalf of those who possess the required qualifications to become Haytians, in order to enable them with facility to enter into the immediate enjoyment of the right attached to naturalization, Proposes the following law: Article I. Article 14 of the Civil Code is modified as follows: All those who by virtue of the Constitution are unable to acquire the rights of Haytian citizens, must, during the first month of their arrival in the country, before the Justice of the Peace of their residence, and in the presence of two well known citizens, make a declaration to the effect that they come with the intention of settling in the Republic. They will at the same time, before the Justice of the Peace, take oath that they renounce every other country save Hayti. Art. II. Provided with the verbal process of the Justice of the Peace, setting forth the declaration that they come to settle in the Republic, and their taking of the oath, they will present themselves at the offices of the President of Hayti, to receive an act from the Chief of the State recognizing them citizens of the Republic. Art. III. The present law annuls all laws or measures which are contrary to it, and shall be executed with dispatch by the Secretary of State for Justice. Given at the National Palace of Port-au-Prince, the 27th day of August, 1860, the 57th year of Independence. GEFFRARD. CONTENTS OF THE PRESENT NUMBER. Position of the Government towards Slavery 465 Danger to the Abolition Cause............. 466 A Change of Attitude...................... 467 The Course of Maryland.................... 468 Anti-Slavery in Rochester................. 468 Anti-Slavery in Great Britain............. 469 Letter from J. Sella Martin............... 469 Does the Bible Sanction American Slavery 470 Rule Slaveownia........................... 471 Important to those who purpose Emigrating 471 Letters from the Old World................ 472 Frederick Douglass on the Crisis.......... 473 Gerrit Smith on the Rebellion............. 475 Judge Chumasero's Remarks to the Grand Jury 476 Fears of Slave Insurrections.............. 477 The South and her Negroes.................. 477 Slavery in America........................ 478 The Reign of Terror....................... 478 Emigration to Hayti (Advertisement)....... 479 BILLS! BILLS!! BILLS!!!—In our last issue we sent out bills to those subscribers who are still owing us, hoping that they would readily respond. Some have promptly done so, and they have our thanks; but there are hundreds of others who have not yet attended to our demand, and we earnestly entreat of them to delay no longer. Give us our dues, friends. LA RUE'S PANOPTICON.—We had the pleasure of witnessing, in Corinthian Hall, the other evening, this wonderful Panopticon, or life-moving mechanical exhibition of the War in India and the Sepoy Rebellion, which has been on exhibition for a week in this city. It is attracting hundreds of admirers every evening, and we would recommend our friends who have not already done so, to go and see it. —Gen. Caleb Cushing revently tendered his services to the Governor of Massachusetts, to act in any capacity where he may be needed in serving his country. The Governor, knowing his pro-slavery views and sympathy with the South, wrote him a letter declining his valuable services. [[line]] TERMS OF DOULASS' MONTHLY. Single Copies, to American subscribers, $1 per year. " " [[dittos for: Single Copies]] to British " [[ditto for: subscribers]] 5s. sterling. Subscriptions must be paid for invariably in advance. All communications, whether on business or for publication, should be addressed to FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ROCHESTER, N.Y. AGENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN. We take the liberty of using the names of the following gentlemen who will receive names and subscriptions for Douglass' Monthly in Great Britain: Halifax—Rev. RUSSELL LANT CARPENTER, Milton Place; REV. DR. CROFTS, North Parade. London—Mr. L.A. CAMEROVZOW, Anti-Slavery Office, 27, New Broad Street, E.C. Dublin—Mr. WM. WEBB, 52, High Street, and 8, Dunville Avenue, Rathmines. Derby—Dr. SPENCER R. HALL, Burton Road. Glasgow—Mr. JOHN SMITH, 173, Trongate. Leeds—Mr. ARTHUR HOLLAND, 4, Park Row. Newcastle-on-Tyne—Mr. WALTER S. PRINGLE.
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