fixes his gaze away over the mists of the sea, were he descries a solitary light, by which alone he holds the heim and directs his course. It covers him from the sight of his present peril, and keeps him from despair. It nerves him for the elemental strife, and brings him at last to a haven of peace.

So do I see the vessel of my country rocked upon the heaving sea of opinion respecting this very destiny of the African race. So do 1 hear the wild wind flap her shrouds, and hear her cordage creak, while the noble ship reels and staggers in the big and bitter forces of the storm. Must she go down? May the Almighty Ruler of nations forbid it! May His goodness be our securitybe more to us than the anchor's fluke or the cable's strength-more than the pilot's skill, or the labor of the crew! May His goodness be our perfect safety amid the tempest's gloom; and when the storm is spent and the fury past, may we still behold her pennon streaming full high above the brave old hulk, and at that sight shall the seamen and the landsmen together shout for joy.

The benediction was then pronounced, and the meeting adjourned to meet in the office of the Society to-morrow at 12 o'clock, M.

JANUARY 16, 1861.

The Society met at 12 o'clock, M. The PRESIDENT appointed the Hon. Mr. Gregory, Rev. Dr. Wheeler, and Rev. Dr. Pinney, to nominate the President and Vice Presidents of the Society. Whereupon, the following list was reported, and the gentlemen therein named were unanimously elected.

President:

Hon. JOHN H. B. LATROBE.

Vice Presidents:

1. Gen. John H. Cocke, of Virginia.

21. Rev. E. Burgess, D. D., of Massachusetts.

2. Rev. Jeremiah Day, D.D., of Connecticut. 22. Thomas R. Hazard, Esq., of Rhode Island.

3. Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, of N. J.

4. Moses Allen, Esq., of New York.

5. Gen. Walter Jones, of D. C.

23. Thomas Massie, M. D., of Virginia.

24. Gen. Winfield Scott, U. S. A.

25. Hon. L. Q. C. Elmer, of New Jersey.

6. Rt. Rev. Wm. Meade, D. D., of Virginia. 26. James Raily, Esq., of Mississippi.

7. Rev. Jas. O. Andrew, D. D., of Alabama. 27. Rev. G. W. Bethune, D. D., of New York. 8. Hon. Elisha Whittlesey, of Ohio.

9. Hon. Walter Lowrie, of New York.
10. Stephen Duncan, M. D., of Mississippi.
11. Hon. Wm. C. Rives, of Virginia.
12. James Boorman, Esq., of New York.
13. Henry Foster, Esq.,
do.

14. Robert Campbell, Esq., of Georgia.
15. Hon. Peter D. Vroom, of New Jersey.
16. Hon. James Garland, of Virginia.
17. Hon. Willard Hall, of Delaware.
18. Rt. Rev. James H. Otey, D. D., of Tenn.
19. Gerard Ralston, Esq., of England.
20. Thomas Hodgkin, M. D., of England.

28. Rev. W. B. Johnson, D. D., of S. Carolina.
29. Rt. Rev. C. P. McIlvaine, D. D., of Ohio.
30. Rev. T. J. Edgar, D. D., of Tennessee.
31. Hon. J. R. Underwood, of Kentucky.
32. James Lenox, Esq., of New York.
33. Rev. Joshua Soule, D. D., of Tenn.
34. Rev. T. C. Upham, D. D., of Maine.
35. Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio.
36. Hon. Thomas W. Williams, of Conn.
37. Rev. John Early, D. D., of Virginia.
38. Rev. Lovick Pierce, D. D., of Georgia.
39. Hon. R. J. Walker, of Mississippi.
40. John Bell, M. D., of Pennsylvania.

41. Hon. Charles M. Conrad, of Louisiana.
42. Rev. Robert Ryland, of Virginia.
43. Hon. Fred. P. Stanton, of Kansas.
44. Rev. Nathan Bangs, D. D., of New York.
45. Hon. James M. Wayne, of Georgia.
46. Hon. Robert F. Stockton, of New Jersey.
47. Hon. Edward Everett, of Massachusetts.
48. Hon. Washington Hunt, of New York.
49. Hon. Horatio Seymour,
do.

50. Hon. Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana.
51. Hon. Jos. C. Hornblower, of New Jersey.
52. Hon. George F. Fort, of New Jersey.
53. Gen. John S. Dorsey,
do.
54. Hon. Ralph I. Ingersoll, of Conn.
55. Benjamin Silliman, LL. D., do.
56. Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll, of Penn.
57. Hon. Edward Coles, of Penn.

58. Rev. Howard Malcom, D. D., of Penn.
59. Rev. J. P. Durbin, D. D., of N. Y.
60. Edward McGehee, Esq., of Mississippi.
61. Thomas Henderson, Esq., do.

62. Daniel Turnbull, Esq., of Louisiana.
63. Hon. Thomas H. Seymour, of Conn.
64. Hon. Samuel F. Vinton, of Ohio.

73. Hon. Daniel Chandler, of Alabama.
74. Rev. Robt. Paine, D. D., of Miss.
75. Hon. J. J. Crittenden, of Kentucky.
76. Rev. R. J. Breckenridge, D. D., of Ky.
77. Solomon Sturges, Esq., of Illinois.
78. Rev. T. A. Morris, D. D., of Ohio
79. Henry Stoddard, Esq., of Ohio.
80. Rev. E. R. Ames, D. D., of Illinois.
81. Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois.
82. Rev. James C. Finley, do.
83. Hon. Edward Bates, of Missouri.
84. Hon. John F. Darby, do.
85. Rev. N. L. Rice, D. D., of Illinois.
86. Hon. H. S. Foote, of Miss.

87. Hon. J. B. Crocket, of California.
88. Hon. H. Dutton, of Connecticut.
89. David Hunt, Esq., of Mississippi.
90. Hon. George F. Patten, of Maine.
91. John Knickerbacker, Esq., of New York.
92. Richard Hoff, Esq., of Georgia.
93. Henry M. Schieffelin, Esq., of N. Y.
94. W. W. Seaton, Esq., of D. C.
95. James Fulton, Esq., of New York.
96. Rev. John Maclean, D. D., of N. J.
97. Richard T. Haines, Esq., do.

65. Rev. O. C. Baker, D. D., of N. Hampshire.
66. Hon. William Appleton, of Massachusetts. 98. Freeman Clark, Esq., of Maine.

67. Rev. E. S. Janes, D. D., of N. Y.
68. Rev. Matthew Simpson, D. D., of Ind.
69. Rev. Levi Scott, D. D., of Delaware.

70. Rev. R. R. Gurley, of D. C.

71. E. R. Alberti, Esq., of Florida. 72. Hon. J. J. Ormond, of Alabama.

On motion, it was

99. William H. Brown, Esq., of Illinois. 100. Ichabod Goodwin, Esq., of N. H. 101. Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee. 102. William E. Dodge, Esq., of New York. 103. Rev. John Wheeler, D. D., of Vermont.

Resolved, That the thanks of the Society be presented to the Hon. Mr. LATROBE and the Rev. Dr. SUNDERLAND, for their able addresses last evening, and that they be requested to furnish copies for publication.

The Society then adjourned, to meet in the city of Washington on the third Tuesday in January, 1862.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF THE

AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

WASHINGTON, January 15, 1861. The Board of Directors met at 12 o'clock, M., at the office of the American Colonization Society, Hon. J. H. B. LATROBE, President, in the Chair. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. WHEELER, of Vermont. Rev. HOWARD MALCOM, of Philadelphia, was chosen Secretary of the meeting.

The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee on Credentials: Dr. Wheeler, of Vermont, D. M. Reese, M. D., of New York, and Rev. John Orcutt, of Connecticut. This committee reported as

follows:

The Committee appointed to examine the credentials of delegates from Auxiliary Societies, beg leave to report, that they find the following to be entitled to seats. Those marked * were not present: Maine-Freeman Clark, Esq.

New Hampshire-Joseph B. Walker, Esq.

Vermont-Rev. John Wheeler, D. D., Rev. Franklin Butler.
Massachusetts-James Hayward, Esq.*

Connecticut-J. A. Rockwell, Esq., S. H. Huntington, Esq., Charles
Parker, Esq.,* Henry Stanley, Esq.,* Eli Whitney, Esq.,* Rev. E.
L. Cleveland, D. D.*

New York--D. M. Reese, M. D., Hon. D. S. Gregory, Rev. A. Merwin.

New Jersey-L. A. Smith, M. D.

Pennsylvania-Rev. Howard Malcom, D. D.

Illinois-Solomon Sturges, Esq.

The following Life Directors were also present:

Massachusetts-Joseph Tracy, D. D.

Connecticut-Rev. John Orcutt.

New York-J. B. Pinney, LL. D.
Pennsylvania-J. P. Crozer, Esq.

New Jersey-John Maclean, D. D.*

District of Columbia-Rev. W. McLain, D. D.,

Rev. R. R. Gurley.

Also, the following named members of the Executive Committee: G. W. Samson, D. D., and Hon. Peter Parker.

On motion,

Resolved, That the reading of the proceedings of the last annual meeting of the Board, and of the late called meeting, be postponed till to-morrow.

The Annual Report was then read by Rev. Mr. GURLEY, Corresponding Secretary.

The Report was accepted, and the Corresponding Secretary requested to select such parts of it, to be read at our public meeting to-night, as he may deem proper.

The Annual Statement of the Executive Committee was read by the Rev. Mr. MCLAIN, Financial Secretary.

The Annual Report, also the Statement of the Executive Committee, were accepted, and referred to the several Standing Committees appointed by the President.

The following named gentlemen were appointed on the Standing Committees of the Society:

Letters were read from various gentlemen, who found themselves

unable to be present at this meeting.

Adjourned to meet to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.

JANUARY 16, 1861.

The Board met at 9 o'clock, A. M. Prayer by Rev. Mr. PINNEY. The minutes of yesterday's proceedings were read and approved. Other letters, from gentlemen unavoidably absent, were read.

The minutes of the last annual meeting, and of the special meeting of October 25th, having been read, Rev. Mr. PINNEY moved a correction, as follows:

Whereas, by an inadvertence in copying the minutes, one page of the resolutions passed at the special meeting, October 25th, last, was omitted, and should now be supplied; therefore,

Resolved, That the record be corrected so as to include the omitted page, so as to read as if following the words " one year," at the end of the third line from the bottom of page 348 of Record Book,"and on the further condition that the emigrant agent of this Society, "and the agent of the United States for recaptured Africans, shall at "all times have full privilege to examine into the care and disposition "of the recaptured while in pupilage, and their representations of any "neglect or injustice, properly made to the Liberian Government, "shall be attended to, and due correction applied.

"Resolved, That in instances where apprenticed recaptives are "treated with cruelty, or their education, food, or clothing, as pro"vided for in the indentures, are not furnished, on the complaint of "this Society's agent, or the United States agent, examination shall "be made and the indentures forfeited.

"Resolved, That this Board expresses its earnest desire and trust, "that the recaptured may be so cared for as to become fully incor"porated as a portion of the civilized Christian community of Liberia, "with all the rights of its native born citizens."

Which was agreed to.

The Rev. Mr. ORCUTT, Traveling Secretary of the Society, read his Report, the principal parts of which we here publish:

HARTFORD, CONN., January 1, 1861.

To the Board of Directors, of the American Colonization Society.

GENTLEMEN: Soon after our last annual meeting, I received, through the Corresponding Secretary, the following resolutions, adopted by our Executive Committee:

Resolved, That the Traveling Secretary of this Society be instructed to proceed to Cincinnati, and such other points as upon inquiry may be found suitable, to examine into the condition of the free negroes lately expelled from the State of Arkansas, to communicate with them touching the advantages which Liberia offers as a home to the black man, to encourage and solicit of them to seek that country, to tender to them assistance for that purpose, including necessary outfit, means of travel to some port to be determined on by the Society, a free passage to Liberia, and reasonable aid in establishing themselves there.

2. Resolved, That he be instructed to pledge the assistance of this Society to individuals and families fit for emigration, to the number of 150 persons, in the manner indicated above.

3. Resolved, That the sum of $10,000 be appropriated for the foregoing purposes to be placed from time to time under the orders of the Committee, in the hands of said Secretary, to be expended as the exigencies of individuals selected by him may require.

4. Resolved further, That the Traveling Secretary be instructed to do all in his power to raise funds for this object and for the general purposes of the Society.