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SmINNEEE ET NBLACY The Baltic. The corn magazines had been mostly re- : moved to Tirasopol. 'The arrival of the allied fleet was expected daily. A letter from Odessa, of the 30th ulty in' 4 Frankford journal, announces that the tt habitants. were afraid of a, new bombard ment, as for two days previously ships of th i line bel onging to the enemy were cruisin in the vicihity of the port... a. 8g ~The Monitenr de la Fiotte throws a doubt upon the announcement that the entire Bal- tic fleet will be at. Cherbourg next month. ~ Without beingaltogether destitute of foun- dation, the reports, it says, ab least, prema- ture. No offitial decision. has yet been*come to, and the } English Government is still hesi- ; tating. | Phe sailing vessels are, indeed, re- ~ ealled, Aut whatof thescrews? The Moni- deur de la Flotte thinks they will not. leave _ the Baltie til they are actually forced to'do 50 by, the frosts, and that, inasmuch as the frosts sometinyes set in very late, the steam- ers may possibly stay yet a long time. So long: as" 'an' Etiglish ship: yemains in" "the? 's waters there will be a, French, ves- 5 ¢ pee Monatewr de la filet to share th eae m ae poe and ee Noes from | the. natare of. the reports. addressed to. them - that the pr esence of the army in this quar- . aS no. Oh eE reagan came, to the. and atte the. a. Desuanhes to that effect arrived at Bomarsund on the 28th August, and measures were instantly 2 taken. to carry out the orders received from > Pane.and Lindon. General Niel, operations, ae of the same corps, gave the neces- sary directions to destroy the fortications. On 81st August the great tower of Presto. was blown up, and its, "destr uction was, com- - plete and instantaneous. On the spot where. ; to seemed a few days before to defy. our armies, a nothing is visible to- day but a shapeless heap "A of ruins. tress. required more time 'and labor. Dur- ing three days no one was allowed to enter Ht In order not to interfere with the works of the engincers, On the 2nd. of September, a short time before the explosion, I inspect- edita second time in company with Lt. -Col, - Rochebouet, of the artillery, and some. in- -gineer: officers. Tt'was a curious and terrible sight." The great court-yard was. silent and deserted. "A few soldiers' were on duty | : keeping watch on the powder. Twenty mine chambers were placed in the casemates, di- vided into equal zones, and a match, 2,000 yards i in length, ¢irctlated in' every Mivees tion, extending to the different cavities where powder had been lodged: In. pass- ing' through the courts and' mined "ease! 'mates, ev ery one took care not to touch the match with their feet, as the' slightest shock might have set 'fire: to it. Miter a minute inspection we retired. The drums' beat to arms to warn aa one off. At 7 o'clock the engineers lighted the match, and' then fran off to a' place of safety. The smoke was seen'to advance by degrees, and shortly af- ter was heard a. terrible explosion, followed by others equally terrific, A> black and 'dense smoke, from the midst of- which were showered heaps' of stones, darkened the at- mosphere, and spread itself' over the port and "surrounding woods. A. 'vast crowd witnessed this gloomy and magnificent spec- tacle. The inhabitants, from. every part of the island and ail the soldiers of the expe: ditionary. corps covered the heights around _ the fortress. 'Towards night the explosion was followed by a conflagration which illa- - minated the entire Bay vot Lumpar. For several successive days the smoke was seen to issue'from the ruins; All those opera- tionshave been completely successful, with- out: the'loss: of a single' man, or without | causing any injury to: 'the: dwellings or' pro- | perty' 'ofthie:in. habitants. Immediately after oe z ; order." Se a allied force has landed: at Ulricasborg; near Sweaborg (Helsingfors), 'erected batteries, and destroyed a large 'division of Russian | gun-boats, 'whieh the' enemy thought were |' Phe town was set on | The proper 'course,.to pursue, in such cases, is safe in: the harbor. ee. wes i le) co 4 oe onions Fruit and 'Flowers always fresh. Hes flowers may be preserved from decay and. gutn- Arabic in water twovor three times, €, _ mersion to'allow the gum to dry." This | process covers the 'sur fee of the fruit with a thin coatino of the'oum, which is entirely inipervious: 16. the air, and thus prevents the decay of the fruit, or the withering of the flower. - Our friend has roses thus preserved, which have all the beauty and fragrance of freshly 'plucked ones, though they have been separated from the parent stem since dune' last. "To msure success i "experi- ments" of this. kind, it should be borne j in- trance ata pin hole, the labour will be: all lost. In preserving specimens of fruit, par- - ticular'eare'should be: taken to cover the stem, end and all. with - eum. A good way is to wind a thread of sille sport the stem, and 'then' sini it slowly in 'the' solution, which should not be so strong as to leave a par ticle of the gum undissoly ed The oum 1s 80° perfectly ti ansparent that you can with difficulty detect its' presence, except by the touch. Hére we have another simple me- thod of fixing the fleeting beauty of nature, ~ and stirroundine ourselves ever with objects which' do ruck rele vate the mind, retine the Ameri wan. a 4 fe 4 Ge Alexander Dumas, Atrx ANDER Dumas has. just received from an admirer in Russia the most precious talisman Keown 1 in Hurope--a fragment of a. hanged man's rope. , Phis admirer was for- mer ly, according to his own story, the most in possession of the rope than his. uncle died, and left bin a. large fortune, by which he was aan to. marry a lady with whom be was in love, and who, had just ; given hin an heiress, the image of herself. Learning that, Dumas was still poor, 8} spite of his fourteen hours of labour a day, he determined to cut him off a piece of tis spp? and endeavont, ti to reinstate eal prisons, and acqu of the | Engineers, | Ww ho so ably directed the slege | in concert. with Lieut. -Colonel The other towers were likewise | destroy ed, but the bl owing g up the great for-. he Stockholm papers announce that'an a : "Ca, \ fiend has dhfcrried us that fruit and |" fading' by immersing' them in a'solution of | waiting a sufficient time between each' im- | mind that the whole surface must be com-| 7% ~ pletely covered; for if the air only gains en- | taste, and purify 'the: hath --Seignl ie ; unlucky being alive ; but.no sooner was be | him in the good graces of the blind aie 'he way the Russian himself came into po- session of the rope was singular. 'The father of the lady with whom he was in love was governor of a city, and upon his daughter's imploring him to obtaim»for' her a»suicide's: arden of the. politi-, inted him. with the. 'The: warden said that t deal. of hanging young lady's desire. here. was. certainly. a gre on with an old cravat or a pocket handkerchief, not ina state to be presented to a lady. Besides, the superstition is explicit--the in- strument of suspension must bea rope. The Governor told. him: to pretend to drop arope. 'in the way. of the prisoners, some one. of whom would, doubtless, put the occasion to profit. "Phis direction was followed, and the young lady was soon is possession of an ele- 'gant new rope, from which had dangled an enemy. of the. State....She sent. it .to her. lover, who was soon enabled by it to marry her. ches long. He says he hopes it will have an. effect upon the quarter's subscription, to the Mousquetaire, for if it does not he shall | throw it into os MA ais Corr. of IN. a Li mes, "The Brazilian Slave-Trede, | : appears, by returns taid before Patlia- pment, from the Slave-trade correspondence | with "foreign powers, annually printed by Government, from the evidence taken be- fore Mr. Hime s Committee on Slave-trade | | treaties, in the Session 1853, as well as from trustworthy information defived from unoffi- | cial sourees,--that the importation of slaves from Africa into the Empire of Brazil, which, ; previously to the 'year 1850, ranged from period, 'entirely ceased; tive Brazilian popu lation. traffic in slaves between Africa and Brazil, 1 and at the same time voted a large sum of money for the purpose of establishing a sup- pression squadron on the coasts of the Em- pire. It further appears that the Executive | Government of Brazil seem to have honestly, : | zealously, and to the best of its 'ability, car- ried out the intentions of the Brazilian Le- gislature in these enactments, by driving 'away or prosecuting the most HOUHAGS | among the importers of slaves, by releasing' slaves when found on board slave-ships on the coast, and by taking méasures for the enéouragement of free immigration from ee oe Dustrvction or Grey TOWN. ine Genoa correspondent of the N ewark Daily Advertiser says :-- « The destruction of. siielet ae by the American Republic is characterized in_all circles here as an unmitigated outrage, which is, only redeemed from the contempt due to its meanness by its wickedness. The despots of civilized Europe, itis currently said, have too much self- respect for such-a cowardly exhibition of vandalism, more like the incendiary licentiousness of 'bullies and freebooters, thar, the tempered. wrath, of superior power, Such is a simple translation of the language which American. citizens abroad are mortified to hear in all the high- ways, cafes and sats of -- 4 y Mat. Minnis, z riithatt, who, for several years, wasa newspaper. carrier in the Jowr- nal office and Democrat office, has written a | cool, saucy letter to us, announcing his ' safe arrival in Chatham, in Canada: He be- longed to Mrs, Virden in' Louisville, and worked in our office until some three or four weeks ago, when she took him away, and /made 'an. engagement, we learn, at the Journal office. She supposed he was there to work, but; on the' contrary, we are in- 'formed that he' loafed about the city for a few days, and then made off to Canada.-- Linwisvalle nea thé troops were cemarkee in | the greatest = To Correspondents A Chatham cor ee oonden wishes us to 4 publish; a letter--on which he neglects to pay the postage relative toa person who has defrauded him, and whom he has got'a warrant out: against. to write.or send a 'telegraphic despatch, to, the Police ® Office here. PROVINGIAL FRBEMAN. yn SATURDAY, cn, 14, 1854. CARA AAA AAR AAR AAA AR ay Travelling Agents, -- NI 'ney, Willis Nazrey; Toronto, ©' «| 'Mr. Alfred Whipper. " eee. se Ailiaus aes le } ; Local Agents. .. The following our eR, are requested to act as Local Agents : Rey, Hiram Wilson, St. Cotieees "Mr, J. W. Taylor, ak "Thomas Keith. Paris, C. W._ George Miller, Hamilton, . Ne Josiah Cochrane, *: pene Brown, Dundas, C. Ww. 4. H. Martin, Barrie, C..W. A. B. Jones, London, Wm. Hamilton, '"* ; Haywood. Day, Chatham, Rev. H. J. Young, = " Cornelius Charity, © Thos. Jones, Windsor. " Coleman Freeman, Windsor, C. W. "- George De Baplist, Deron, U.S. hy James Haley,,. on T. W. Stringer, Buxton, * George Shreve, is 3 "George Carey, Dresden. "A. R. Green, Cincinnati. » s¢ . Wm. Webb, Pittsburg. a) a4 Joho. M. Brown, West Chester, Pa. Mis! his Patterson, Niagara Falls, N. Y. ' Mr. Thos. W. Brown, Harrisburg, La Win. Still, Philadelphia. = . Still. Brooklyn. ¥ J. Cary. Niagara Falls, €, Ww. eee me Burton, Buffalo, tes} ; Levi Foster, Amherstburgh, C. W:. John Hatfield. .*¢: os Mea Gers Coles, Brockville, C. Ww. 17 9 " 6h Brinted for the iopdae, at their Office, 5, City, Buildings, King Street, East, . ' Interest in the! Bosuinait increasing, ee een It gives us pleasure. to. te enabled to in: form our readers of the inereasing interest 3 being manifested: in the: ee The. ike Agent 1 1s now West, and from ac- | oessful counts received, seems to" be quis suc- nd suicide going on, but it was usnally done, The piece sent to Dumas is three in- | 25,000 to 70,000: annually, hike since that. and that there is. | also: reason to believe that a very general 'change of opinion on the' subject of the, Slave- trade has ae place among the na- The Legislature. of Brazil, in the session of 1850, passed isevere laws acainst arties carrying on the menacing lines of this huge construction 8 u 8 "| part. of The citizens. of Brantford lately organized a Provincial Union, and the Ladies held a Tea Meeting, which, was quite profitable although at the time, numbers of the inha- bitants were attending the Exhibition at 'Uondon. \ awarded the Ladies of Brantford, for their Too much praise cannot be geal i in the good cause ; 'and we have reason to. hope, that, their sisters in other towns will show themselves equally worthy of commen- dation, . At London, and other places, Hoions have oe formed, and Tea Meetings, &ec., will: be held. But we look for a more extended statement, at an early period, which has been delayed by the indisposition of the Agent. Our friends in the City, too, are awake to have lately' given! evidence, in the shape of a collection and 'subscription List--which 'is extending as a ais donation" 'to the Freeman. . The sum aollested: nt ihe Public Meet. ing held in Sayer-street Chapel, last week, | £2 lis, was handed in by W. R. Abbott, Esq, a few days afterward, the receipt. of "which should have: been acknowledged last week, pO PONG Bae Se ge 4 ¢. aes the National Era. knives Lune et The Rev. T. D. Herndon, his wife and twosisters, have libe- rated forty-eight slaves, who. will be sent' to' Liberia in November: They will be accom- panied? by eight free colored persons, who seven other slaves similarly cemented, who will be liberated by different persons, to ace. company those of Mr. Herndon. Mr. Thad- deus Herndon will also send out a family of eight slaves at the same time, if the requi- site amount of money is' raised for the pur- | pose. Their owners are unable to give them anything besidés their freedom and an out- fit, and the Colonization Society has under- taken to raise the. means of sehding them to Liberia. In order to meet: 'the otndroendy; ihe Se- 'the importance of the matter, of which they | cretary, Mr. McLain, 'sent to 426 of 'his: friends a statement of: the case, with a call | upon them for ten.dollars each, by which. means he. proposed .to raise the requisite amount of 4 ,260. dollars. We learn that more than three hundred have Pay handsomely. ... 5 1 so readliy forthcoming, and purchase some. of the rich land. in " this Canada," for the fifty-six persons, instead of spending it in paying their passage across the ocean, to a: country where each individual i is liable to, at. least, six months' sickness, by way of getting inured to the climate, ae should he be pro- vided for during that time, will have nothing | i to begin the world with, 'but a ruined con- stitution; thus clearly. throwing away 26 | | years of time, and worse thin throwing away nearly four thousand dollars. Supposing those people to be divided in- | the sum first mentioned would pay their passage to Canada, purchase 100 acres of good land, to families. of four -persons each, cash down, and build a comfortable log house thereon, for each family, besides fur- nishing them with six say nothing of the capital stock of health possessed with which to. begin life, for its importance to settlersin a new country can- not be estimated. We wonder that the suscestive and pro- phetic G., who tells us so learnedly what onths' provision, to. becomes of us through all the different. stages of " ascent" up to the one where we merge into the " Great Anglo- Saxon" mass, and who gives such claborately-written artigles on our " manifest destiny," does not call the attention of the friends who always respond handsomely © 'when' a " car go of blacks" is about to be shipped to Africa, to | this great northern field for their benevolent operations. But we had forualion that G. thinks that " manifest destiny" points to. our final establishment. somewhere in. or. border- ing on the tropical regions; and if thet will be a" fac him to be so daring: as to be found mpeg against destiny. t," of course we will not suppose At last, though, there is one B pit of the subject upon which we would like to be en- lightened ; it is this: After having arrived, it is. said, at such a state of perfection, that we can and do take a: position among the : whites--although there are still a few drops | of African blood in 'our veins,-- destiny" ote manifest ceases. at) once to impel us. to- wards the tropics; we are immediately invested with the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in any: the earth, and the natural qualifications: necessary to maintaining: it. Now, why manifest destiny isso arbitrary "| as to restrict all of the shades from jet black "up" to the one that ranks with the Anglo- '| Saxon, to one belt around the earth, while the last one, although not white, is allowed to be a participant in all of the rights, in all the earth, is hard for "* common minds' to comprehend, We are strongly inclined to | fallout with " destiny" entirely, because it 'seems disposed to be partial. Why. persons who, with their ancesters for several generations, have been born in _ | northern climates, and who are as nearly related. to the European, as the. African, | should be impelled manifestly, towards the | warm countries as their proper home, and | why the A frican element, although the lesser, should exert such a néderolting® influence, until the grade is reached. where the last 'thin layer 'of white paint causes the scale | to preponderate on the other side, at the same time scattering manifest destiny to the winds, are questions which we pope.s some | of the wise ones will answer. ' Upon after consideration of what we have said, we have come. to the conclusion that there may be more in 'the # destiny" than had been dreamed of in our ¢ 43 philosophy." 'It may, indeed, be something of the kind 'which is impelling the administration at Washington to wish to. obtain possession of Cuba, Hayti, and other tropical islands, and to make such world renowned 'military | a achievements as that-lately witnessed at Greytown, all of which places are said to be. "manifestly" part, and pred! of | the great Republic. 4 In consideration of these facts, stich do indeed seem to give the doctrine of manifest destiny some claim to consideration, we would advise those who, like Henry A. Wise, "are so concerned about the purity of Anglo-' Saxon blood, so anxious' that it shall. not become contaminated, 66 look up the census reports, and otherwise. institute» a careful _|inquiry, to ascertain whether their Southern brethren, although ranking with the whites, should not properly be given their true place among the coloured people; for, if not, how can "manifest destiny," which impels to- wards the ODI have any cee on them, tee "We differ from our correspondent in' re- '| gard to the two Conventions, we do not think that they, and especially the one held in Rochester, are exhibitions of. the good effects of the law referred to ; such assemblies are eduneeted to them by 'martiage, and by _always furnish time for the delivery of stere- otyped speeches, and the display of oratori- cal powers ; but as yet there has' been: no practical benefit derived from them, directly, their indirect effect on the people has been to cause them to lose confidence in the power possessed by those who generally act a conspicuous part in the grave deliberations 'of such assemblages, to aid in their elevation' otherwise than as individuals. . Having been so often told that plans for their good would be forthcoming, and having: witnessed 'the -adjournment of Convention after Convention, each like its predecessor, leaving no evidence of its having taken place, except. strings of wordy resolutions, the good people at: last | determined to let the Conventions take care Why not take the 4,260 dollars, which are. of themselves, and each one furnish his own plan, which at last is the true course. The Cleaveland Convention was held so recently, that sufficient time has' scarcely elapsed to warrant us in talking of its effect, but from the fact that a great many of the "wise heads," and « eloquent. orators,". who | figured there, have acted a prominent: part in those formerly held, we do not think that it either will leave any mark. The < reat R ochester' Convention" was held, and every body said, " now at least we shall see something practical, for here is the talent of our men concentrated ;" at, last we. shall have possession of something to give us. an impetus forward. The plan, the perfec- tion of practicality, the ultimatum, was pro- duced, and exhibited -before their wondering eyes, and continued in existence until a few months since when it suddenly nal sag having melted into air, " thin air." CG Correspondence. PAAR RAR RAR RADAR AAA AA AA a RAR AAR AAR AD PRAN AL Good growing, out of Evil--Filmorism. To the Editor of the Provincial Freeman ; Mr. Eprror. -- While. conversing with some fr iends, who have felt the te of the working of that most, attrocious and fiendish act, of the Congress of the U. S. Ai; known as the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, or, by way. of derision, Filmore's Law of 1850, I have: been induced to pen the following, to show what some people think and say of it. T need not attempt to give an' 'elucidation of. this monstrous act, presented to the peo- ple in the garb of law, because its intentions and workings are already too well known to the public. Tt has been argued on one hand, 'that the fugitive slave law of 1850 has man- ifestly \done'a great deal of harm to the Col- ored people of the free states, to those who were born there, as well as fugitives from slavery who had taken shelter among them, as a shield or safeguard against the baneful And again, it has been said, that this same law missiles of the malicious slaveholders. has truly done, and is yet doing, much good to both the above named classes of colored people in the free states. Being guided by reason, I draw my conclusion from the two extremes. _ I shall first call the attention of the: et. lic to a few of the most prominent evils. re- sulting directly from this act. Previous to the passage of the fugitive slave law, many slaves becoming tired of their cruel task- masters at their bomes in the south, as Shad- | wick, Jerry, McQuery, Bibb, and many others have done, choosing rather to suffer 'the affliction of providing for themselves, as freemen, at the north, than to 'enjoy the privilege of having a master to provide for them, at the south, a country which 1 is argued to beso congenial and befitting to the. colored race, have left their homes, the place of their nativity, and many of them their wives, their 'sons, and their daughters, whom they so dearly loved as their all, and sought an asy- lum under the government of the so-called free states: T have said so-called free states, becatise they are not free states, properly speaking. In Ohio and Pennsylvania the col-. oved people are denied the right of sullrage, as.is the case also in a majority of the others, and, until as late as the year 1848, they were denied their oaths i in the Court of Common Pleas i in the state of Ohio, Shaue on suebi free states as those really are! "The land | 'pen, to describe... -equality,. under: the: tiv es. of the free, and the home of the brave," so say American patriots, and so they would have the world to believe. But. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has been read too much in England,. Trance, Germany, Italy, and other, American freedom. and IMlinois have: gone still, further i in. infamy and disgrace to the American flag. to prove that they are not free states, for both of them have respectively passed. stringent laws, | forbidding the immigration of colored jope mint® ther. Fah >, Many slaves, after edie from south- ern bondage, had médrried wives, and pur- chased homes, and were making a respec- table-living;at the--head of prosperous and: loving little families, reposing in deep tran- 'quillity, and useful members i in society, at the north; when lo! to.their utter surprise: and dissatisfaction, they read Filmore's law, giv- ing to their masters the power of hunting» recapturing, and returning back into hope-' less bondage, as many as they could trail up with their blood- hounds of the south, and with their worse. than blood- -hounds, the ne- gro hunters of the north. A multitude of such instances have oc- curred, some of which are too monstrous for A glance. at the. public newspapers of the day 'will tell you some 'of the: horrors: of the workings of this most detestable act of the Congress of the United States, and i in the middle of the nineteenth century, in a land of boasted freedom and brilliant rays of the preaching of the everlasting Gospel of Jesus Christ. "I learn, with the deepest regret, too, that Mr. Filmore was atone time con- sidered a staunch abolitionist, and a-true friend to the colored people of New York; but now, behold him , you colored people of N. Y.,'and confess that Millard Filmore i is not the man that you. were looking for, and what, is: still more painful yet to record, comes from responsible'colored'men of N. Y., who assure me that it was principally through the aid of colored men, that Mr. Filmore first. rose into public life, and they themselves were once his supporters. One more in-. stance stated, and [ shall leave this portion: of the subject. PF Suc ah Filmore's' 'law, as it' is termed by, 'the. way of derision, does not only cast its baneful and deleterious influence on the fugitive, but. on the free inhabitants, both black and white. Many instances have occurred in which free. colored men, who never have been slaves, have been arrested on charge of being fugi- . The. case of William 'Freeman, of' Indianopilis, Indiana, is a sufficient evidence to'all intelligent, and philanthropic people, But Indiana is not alone in this particular. James. Watking, a.young colored man. of Cincinnati, Ohio, and an intimate acquaint-. ance of mine, was arrested in September ® 1853, on charge of being a fugitive one labour at. the south, and it is most clearly ' known that Mr. .Watkins never was a slave: The free white citizens of the north also feel. the evil bearings of this ty rannical and op- pressive law; because, regardless of what their minds, their consciences, and their religion | | may be, as respects the colored people, they | are in common with the colored people, call- ed upon to aid.in the execution of this most unholy and worse than heathenish law, or suffer the penalty thereof--imprisonment, with heavy fine. my Having now briefly noticed' some of the many evils, directly issuing from Mr. Filmore's law of 1850, I next solicit your attention. to the good that is argued to have grown, and is yet growing out of this evil-in- tended act. It is a well known fact that pre- vious to the passage of the fugitive slave bill of 1850, the colored people, in general, in the States, were opposed to emigrating to Ca- nada; this fact the colored people of Canada themselves authenticate. I find it.a common expression among the colored people of Ca- nada, that Filmore's law has done more good than harm, especially to fugitives, by forcing | them out of the free states, where they had been remaining some of. them a number of. years, in menial occupations, in consequence of prejudice and oppression, into' Canada, where they were obliged to engagein honor- able and independent pursuits, farming, &e., through which means they have purchased | homes, and are becoming wealthy and respec- table tillers of the soil, and manufacturers of | the products therefrom. The fact is admitted on both sides of the water, by. friends and foes, that the passage of this nefarious bill has awakened the spirits and energies of the colored people throughout the entire length Texas, and from the ereat northern Lakes to the Mexican Gulf, is heard the cries, the uplifted voices of the Colored people, as the voice of one man, " We must do something for our future elevation, and our lasting wel- fare;" they are all crying with one accord, "We must make an Issue, create an event. 9 It has not only aroused the fugitive up out. of the nominally free states into Her Majesty's domains--the Jand of freedom and equal rights, where no man is known by his color, and where they are now en] oying their inali- | enable rights--in, Canada, but it has aroused the Colored people as a mass throughout the United States; so much so, that not quite three years had elapsed after the passage of Filmore's: law,' before the colored. people ealled'a National. Convention, to consider the | wrongs imposed upon them 'by the -oppresive laws of the United States ; this Convention 'met in the City of Rochester, N.Y, July the 6th, 1853, then and 'there to. deliberate } t | the bow to ascertain what' dain /done. I then found the' holes' fave: 'me ' tioned--upon informing | gave orders to get sail up _to 'try on the wrongs imposed upon them, and the best means of ameliorating their con- dition, by uniting themselves together in a great. National Council, and forming a Na- ye we tional engi. a was, # rst time € t |) European" countries, for them to pelieve j such futile. and false reports of vain boasted : The. States of Indiana common ot things growing out of evil Plmonan and it has not stopped there, for not many months had been suffered to pass by the sons of Os .pression, before another' call. _was issued, '| signed by Drs Martin, R.- 'Delaney, Revi. Wm. Webb, Rey. A. ©. Green, of Pitts- burgh, Pas; and others, for a National Emi- gration Convention, held in Cleaveland, -Ohio,-in.August,-1854:5.- the. time-of.meet--}. ing was agreed to be the 24th day of August. The time arrived, and the ee vention. met, and.1.am...happy.to. say, .as,| a member (from Ohio) of that memoriable: body, that the spirit of (forced) enterprize and emigration was. thoroughly. evinced : for not only: were the' free states repre- sented, but glorious 'to tell, a number of the Slave States had become acquainted with the horrors of the fugitive slave law, and caught the fire of the spirit'of emigration, to' shun the ghastly missiles thrown from Millard Filmore's act, and the slave power-in general so that the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and Louisiana, four slave holding states, sent delegates as their representativ és in the great National Emigration Conven- tion. 'Hence, itis seen that some 'good' at Hast is growing out of 'the: most detestable 'and wicked law that can be. recorded in the. annals: of: crime. Another good this. Jaw | is effecting, te giving fugitives. homes.i in. Canada, is this; it is making the body of colored people stronger i in Canada, i mn a. free. country under the protection of the British. flag, where they enjoy the .privilege. denied them in, the states, of uniting. themselves as citizens, under one common law. of equality, which is the only true basis of elevation and. permanent independénce known to any race or people. You will perceive that I have. not ey the colored inhabitants, of the | U.S., with the title of « Citizens," 'as some. 'eaheventty might deem | proper. No, and. God forbid that T should be guilty of pub- | lishing to the world sucha monstrous falsity as that; because they are not citizens in the | States, hit slaves to the whites, by law or | prejudice, and aliens at home, and strangers. ot have said that the fugitive law' had .doné to the common wealth of their nativity! good, in. pushing colored emigration into | Canada; and I believe that this fact is not unfounded, for the emig ration of colored peo- ple from the U.S. into Canada, has. in- creased with such rapidity, since the passage of the fugitive slave act of 1850, that the inhabitants of Canada, by the way: of distine- tion, and i in hatred of that law, unrivalled for wickedness in' histories of heathen or pa- pal enactments, call the emigrants of this day or since 1850, " Filmore's Emigrants." Much more might be said yet, with propri- ety, and I sometimes think that, too much cannot be said and done explanatory of this shameful act, now disgrading the Statutes. of the United States. of America, and degra- ding her im the estimation of every free | ee | enlightened nation on the globe. _ But of its wickedness entire, and the depth and weight of misery and woe it has caused, God only knows, and eternity will reveal. . Westey W.. Tars..: Sena aq oy ire a Rea eo By Telegraph. he ee Loss of the Bie New York, October 11. The steamer Arctic was: lost off Cape | Race on the 27th September. She came in collision with an unknown propeller. Only 32 persons known to be saved. Eighteen have arrived here. Capt. Luce, Mrs. E. K. Collins and family are amongst the lost. | The propeller's fate is unknown ; Capt. Wall, of the Huron, states however, that on the morning of the 30th, he discovered a singular looking. vessel in the distance, which may have been the wreck of the. propellor. Hatrax, 11th.--No advices of the mis- sing boats of the: Arabag..) Y The following statement of the fos of thie Arctic, hy Mr. Balham, the 2nd officer, ap- peared in an extra on Tuesday... Mr. Bs and the other officers and crew saved i the | two boats arrived at Broad Cove, and and breadth of the States, from Maine to Teached Da roby Nesday (at Wednesday % 27th, noon, Cape Race, bearing N. W., 65 | milés, running.in a. very thick fog, was struck -on the starboard bow, about 60 ft. abaft | the cutwater, by an iron steamer, which | made three large holes in the ship, 2. below the water, one of which was about 54° feet in length and 14 wide, leaving. the: ude cutwater of the iron steamer clear through | the Arctic's side. So: dense was the: fog, | that the vessel could not' be seen a minute before. the collision., 'The helm. was put hard.a starboard, the engine was stopped i in- stantly, and backed at full speed until: clear | of the other steamer. which Occupied | al couple of minutes. 'The iron steamer seemed to be 'sinking bow first. mediately | gave orders 'to clear ' 'away "the | quarter boats, which was 'done, and ' My. board' boat. *'On lowering the" "port, the Captain exclaimed, " Hoist " up' 'that boat. pagain, Mr, Balhain," 'and beckoned me to @6 | to him; on doing ¢ so, he told me to go, over é had' been | him of the 'fact, he | 4 | ing. Ca " Arctic." | Arrival' of Captain Luce im- | oin Allies in the' Reena expedition. Gourley left the Aretee in charge of the star: ; Sebastopol. leak; which was promp ly tone, but i advantage whatever, So uch of t no 'ste ing. that the 'Als boule not be brou ht 1g UL ght le "vessei's sides. The carpenter owered down over the vessel's | + pene er line that they could not be got in, and »to stop the leak proved unayail. . Luce then ordered the ship's head to time we had lost sight of dis chief officers boat and, i other | ysteamen posed ha unk) We Had 'course«more a four 'or five minutes before she ran over a boat and crew belonging to | not bédone. In: about'301 nin léwer fireswere. out, 'and af least three feet of water-an-the; saison fore and.afte-» » By: this. ing the deck pumps"going, and in lightening theship,-for-the: purpose of endeavoring ito found to be useless; ard numbers of them got into the. boats, which: were still. hanging -- to the davits. In forty- five minutes after the. collision, I eame.up from. the fore-hold and informed the'eaptain that the water was 'on'a level" with' 'the lower deck beam, and 'that it, was 'impossible to get at the leak, I then asked him what he thought would b the fate of the Ship, when' 'he stated his be lief to me that there was no hope of saving her. 'them: completely: tilled with men, women, and children, and. 'no. possibility of getting near them ; sand immediate! ly went to the chen 'side: and ordered two of the crew to lower the guard boat ; and asked the Captain what were his anteutions: He replied that "the ship's fate should be his." I-then asked him m. kept N. W. by W.. By this the other vessel, all of whom perished, with the exception of one who cought hold of the -- rope hanging over the bow. Direetly the : boat. Was. seen, orders, were given, to. stop, the engine, which the Chief Engineer said could J all the illows and matresses passed down ee tot y if possible to force them jp. 1 dak was found to be so far below the a which we sup= d' not been on oe time the confusion, among the passengenswas ; very great, but' 'they used 'all efforts in assist. _ get at the leak from'the inside which: was | ifshe would: not: allow his son: to go, as Ei in~ 'tended to: take a boat, but he returned an answer that he cheitd share his fate. Te, was soon discovered that there was no hope | of saving the Arctic s and the lady, daughter board a boat; i in the act of Jowering, which, one of the tackles « wave way, and all except one lady, who clung toa sailor holding fast. to a boat were "precipitated into. the sed and lost.' Ls 'then: jumped into-a boat and was. 'ordered by the Captain. 'to cut away the tackle and fall astern. samé time'about'20: persons T's suppose jumped overboard, of whom 17 cr 18 wére picked. up. We fell inwith another boat which tened her of part of her' load--leaving 19 in | her-and 26 inmy own boat 'The last sight we had' '6f the. 'ship' her guards were: level with the water, and the surfice of the sea was covered with human beings who had fal- lenoor: jumped: overboard, to whom it was: impossible to render any dscigtaned and we soon lost sight of all as the fog continued to be very dense. . I then' asked the boats.crew whether they were willing to'be goyerned by me--which was unanimously assented to and Lowas putin complete icommand: of both boats. Weswere: then» 60! miles south of Cape Race. 'Deemitig it my: duty to take the nearest course for the safety of all, after us but the run of the sea which I took. to be heaving. from the southwards and in: a thick foo which lasted all "the time, we reached Broad Cove, some 12 milés nose ar Cape Race. 'We then proceeded by land. to Renews, which:place we réa¢hed on Briday last. Je 'there obtained and teok charge of a. small schooner Ww hich was hired by. the Pur- ser and, myself, anil, proceeded. immediately in 'search of * the: wreck 'or thé'boats:' We cruised around in a str ong gale of wind from the North Mast but? discovered no, trace of the ship or@oats. I sent. word to Captain and son. 'of. Mir. KK. Collins.were. put. Sele i did so--and at the had been' lowered | on the other side and ligh- pulling, for. 40 hours, with nothing to or Leith 'of the: 'Cuty of Philadelphia steamer -- and informed him of the catastrophe, and ia am informed 'he'sent :off two" yessels which he had employ¢ ed about his, own ship... Mr. Allan Goddrick, of Renews, also sent away a vessel on 'Satunday evening. It is with the greatest' regret that I have to' report that no trace of th he Arctic or the boats could be found, but as there were many vessels in the neighborhood of the disaster, it is not impossible that many lives may have been saved. Nox, doubt, however, is left in my mind as to the total loss Of fhe Arctié. ' seueu - Wa. BaLwan,. Bt ; a as ts 'Additional a the s Arties" | gp Pedic "Oticie: Li. We have' recéived Newfoundland' 'dates to the 4th inst. 'The F rench screw steamer, Vesta artived at St. Johns, on the 4th, with 'hen fore mast and. bow shattered to pieces, -- she being the vessel: that came in collision with 'the il -fated Arctic. She had on board 31 of the Arties crew, which she. picked up: atthe 'time of the aceident. The Vesta. Jost' 13 of her: passengers' Three of the Aretic's boats have not been heard of; but being' life-boats, it is 'sapposéd they may have' Been 'picked ° 'up. by. passenger ships. Vessels which were sent in search of the boats returied without. finding the. slightest trace of them. "All thes passengers 'and crew | saved, As' advised 'yesterday, left: bere for a Boston yesterday in the: ernie . » Boston, 11th--A gentleman who arrive ed'here to- day from New York, informs Ww that there Was 'a report at Fall River this - 4 mor rning, that a vessel loaded, with railro iron had arrived at Warren,. Re with 40 -- persons) picked up from' one on boats of the Arctec, ee a a ae ag brag the "e "Bnion" an ae Yo ork, Oct. 1, at The steamer Union has arrived; and re London dates to the 27th September 'The Momanics ton 'arrived out, 23rd, Bewiee e. Saadacond left Southampton fo i Bais ce 27th. ae ~The Baltic: arrived out on the on , Sept. Sab Everything 'o on favourably" for the: The actual Janding: place was 20 jie south: sof. Eupatoria; only 30:miles from 'The allies marched on the lat- : ter place. 'on, 18th' 'of Sept. put general en- /gagement was, expected before. Sebastopol /On "20th. 2 . ; . The Tartar poptilaton of the Cai as sy pathize W mn. 'advanced get . /Alnaeestane to give battle to the allies. a ae * ae # ne ett na AES oO he nis meio GD 2nd ne recanin sig bow am mer aa ae He then told me to see to the boats. gure On going to those in the port side, I'found -- ua Se 'a is He EN aes