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'40!some two or three hundred white persons, _ Mostly youths and boys, from different parts of "the town, entered the building, demolished the ~€trockery, glass, &c., destroyed all the viands, and ~fion. . Deighboyirhood, especially Fat a | vay 4 Sas my of the Slave Power. Mc the constant boastings s of slavery of the kind in- led to the negro race in pmiunities, how uniformly the truth of such boastings, scorn the heartless exercise ne fearful and consequently s of their fellow-men. We, Ince, copied from newspapers account of the arrest of a neoro men whovhad, as was pled in a room, at night (the wey probably could have taken). e»se of raising a sufficient fund, \¢ Wn means, in good part, to pur- P< edom of a young woman they friend; and of their being de- "tae watch-house. all night, and in nine compelled to pay, to the Corpo- Washington, fines exceeding in eate the amount of the fund they ted for the noble purpose they had KY c now ask the attention of our another instance of municipal ity in the District of Columbia, Futral oround" over which the gene- 'ernment has entire' control. The Prelown reporter or correspondent of @ Washington " Star" (sorte of whose hrages we. italicise) on the 11th instant, erasfollows :--- : Grorcrrown, May 11, 1855. scene of confusion and uproar occurred last t, about 10 o'clock, in and about Forest Hall, ch is, so far as cur knowledge extends, with- a parallel in the history of Georgetown. It Ppears that.a party of colored persons had rent- kd (through a-white agent) the hall, for the pur- pose of having a ball, for which a permit had been obtained from the proper authorities, A mag- ificent supper for the occasion had been prepared, the guests, in great numbers, assembled ; but their horror and dismay, just as they were about enter into the festivities of the occasion, a cry s heard, 'the Philistines be upon thee;' and eaused the frightened guests to flee in every direc- Such disturbances are certainly very dis- reputable, and the surest way to prevent a recur- 'Tence of them in the future, will be to refuse per- mits for any more. They are certainly calculated to. engender a state of feeling and stir up an ex- citement which might result in much more seri- ous mischief than was done last night. Where the blame for this disturbance properly rests we are not prepared to say, but we feel satis- fied that every good citizen will agree with us, that the renting of the hall, and the granting of the permit, for such a purpose, was, in the first place, deciledly wrong, and that the failure on the part of the Corporation officers to make some eftorts fo prevént the disturbance, or restore order after thas heen commenced, was equally wrong, if hot mote so, * * 3 * S So great was the uproar for an hour or more, that. seyeral persons living in the immediate timid and delicate females, became so terrified and alarmed as to be made quite sick. For the sake of morality and good order, we sincerely hope that the proper authoritics will, in future, take a decided stand to prevent all such exhibitions, by refusing all permits, let them come from what source they may, or be recommended by what party soever."' The Washincton " Organ' also contains a statement of the affair, as follows :-- Quite a breeze was created among the inhabi- tants of our sister city, upon the news being told them that a party of colored individuals were to give a ball in Forrest Hall, last night. A large number of white people entered the hall, before * the time for the gaiety to commence, and destroy- ed the refreshments and other' arrangements and dishes, and caused a general stampede among the blacks. A meeting then assembled, of citizens, and passed a resolution denunciatory of a white Mannamed Richard Trunnel, who hired the hall of Mr. Forrest for the negroes. Three. colored women, belonging to Mr. G. Ridgely, who .were on an errand, were met by the crowd, and were most unmercifully beaten, being suspected of intending to go to the ball." How the municipal authorities, who gave the permit to the negroes, but dared not protect them in the enjoyment of vt, have sus- tained themselves after performing an act which the laws authorize them to perform, we know not. The owner of the hall (who, we think, is a Northern man) has been com- pelled to exonerate himself by showing that he rented it in ignorance of the fact that persons of colour were to occupy it in the enjoyment of a ball and festival, gotten up at their own expense, and by the special per- mission of the municipal authorities, and which wouid, no doubt, have been conducted With quite as much propriety as any enter- tainment of like character, in which the most refined of the white pepulation of either Georgetown or Washington have participat- ed during the past season. 'The greatest regal tyrants the world has ever seen have usally desired to see the masses of the people forgetting their political oppression in songs and dances, and festivity, even com- manding them tosing the Songs of Zion; but the oppression of American slavery is sv. fearful and maglignant in its nature, that the 'slave, in the evening hour, when the Jabours of the day are past, may not feast upon the good things he has bought, nor dance, nor be joyous, but must crouch before the jealous and tyrannical mob who rush in upon him, "demolish the crockery, glass, &c., destroy the viands, cause the frightened guests to flee in every direction," and beat women "unmercifully" whom they suspect of intending to go to the ball! How long will this Republic be disgraced --by thecommission of such deeds, even at the very portals of its Capitol ? An advertisement in the Washington' Star contain the following passage :-- 'When the company had assembled, and were about to commence their entertainment, a large number of white persons thrust themselves into the rooms, insulted the women, beat the mien, and carried off the eatables and devoured them more like beasts than civilized beings. Some of the women, to avoid insult; locked themselves up in a room; but the assailants awaited without fortwo hours, until they made their appearance, when was renewed the work of asssult, The screams of these poor creatures were indeed terrible, and aroused many a family from their peaceful slambers During the first art.of this occurrence -(and nearly throughout), Jrobacrived a watchman with his mace, standing quietly looking Ou, apparently enjoying the fun as much as the disturbers of the peace. Your correspondent is an extreme Southern Rights, pro-slavery man, raised in a slave State, and a citizen of a slave Commonwealth ; but he "must say such oceurrences as above noted, aside from their annoyance to the neighbourhood, and the disgrace they attach to the town, are calcu- lated to give weight to the arguments of the Northern fanatics. Facers Bonum. P.S.--I learn that the ball was for the benefit of a poor widow (colored) woman.-- National Era, A Little Like Kidnapping. J. W. Bell, a colored boy 18 years of age, of Dayton, who has been of late employed on | several steamboats on the Ohio and Missis- sippi Rivers, and more recently on the stea- mer Falls City, was left at Grand Lake, | Ark., on the 10th May, having been put off | that boat which is not satisfactorily explain- ed, but under circumstances of a very suspi- cious character. He was arrested proP "bly, | asa runaway slave, and unless the pr. {4 forthcoming, will be sold into slave?' 5 U gentleman at Grand Lake, at the boys in- stance, wrote the following letter to. Mr. J. P. Ohmer, of this city: " Granp Lake, ARKANSAS, Monday, May 14, 1855. " Mr. Pater Onmer--Dear Sir: Yester- day the steamboat Falls City put off a mulatto man who says his name is John Bell, and that he is free, and that his home is in Dayton, Ohio; that he has one sister there, and a brother in Miamsburg, who keeps a barber's shop there; also one sister in Xenia Ohio. The boy, John Bell, was taken up yesterday, by some gentlemen, and they intend to take him to the jail of this county. He is now in my house in my charge, and [ will try to get them to let me keep him till he can prove him- self free, which | have but little doubt is so. If he is taken to jail his expenses will be great before he gets out. So if his friends come after him, they must be prepared, as he is left here without any money, or very little. He wishes you also to inform his brother of it, and Thomas Mumford, and by so doing you will much oblige John Bell. " N. B.--Write me at Grand Lake, Chicot County, Arkansas, as soonas this reaches you, as the people here are willing to render unto Cesar, the things that are Cesars, and not take property from one that does not meddle with their concerns, as is often done by the people of Ohio. Yours, &c., Henry GopFreEyY. Bell was for some time in the employ of Judge Hart and is well: known in this city. _ The evidence of his freedom were yester- day forwarded'to Arkansas.---Dayton (O.) "Gazette, May 28. PROVINCIAL FREEMAN, ODIO SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1855. Oat» _ Rag? Mr. Isaac D. Swapp ts authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper, and to give Receipts for the same; he will also act as Canvasser for "Toronto and vicinty. fe Dr. Jesse Burke is authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper, and to give Receipts for the same. foe Mr. Moses Viney 1s authorized to act as Agent for this paper in the State of New York. Re" Rev. R. M. Jounson, is authorized io re- ceive subscriptions for this paper. BEBOP LODO LOO OD DRA AP Degrading Influence of Slavery. The N. Y. T'ribune takes off the Louisville Courier in his following pithy and character - istic style: The Louisville Courier publishes a paragraph entitled "A Nut for the Abolitionists," and especially commends itto Tue Trisune. The kernel of this nut is that two slaves having escaped from Kentucky to Canada, soon wished to return, and so wrote to their master, Jas. Shawhan of Harrison County.--The | latter accordingly went to Canada for them, but an Abolition mob prevented them from returning with him. Weassure The Courier that there is no difficulty in cracking this nut; we have cracked several like it before. The effect of Slavery is to deprive man of habits of self-reliance, and it is quite possible § for a slave brought up on.a_ plantatiun as a mere animal, working and fed like'a horse, not to be able to make the best use of his liberty on regaining it, nor to feel the value of the change from bondage to freedom. That occasionally an escaped sJave is unable to take care of himself and prefers the kennel life of a plantation is not to be wondered at therefore, andit only proves how bad a system must be which can take away from a;man all his power of self-sustentation and render him to the level of a servile dependent of another. But this isa mere drop in the ocean. There are now-about 4,000,000 slaves (how frightfully they increase!) and of these some 1,500 say, run away every year. How many of this 4,000,000 would run away if they could, and how many would return? How many, too, of the 1,500 who now get off, go back ? Here isa nut for the slave-drivers to crack. Let The Lowisville Courter try it. The above statement by Mr. Shewhan, relating, as it does, to an incident that took place: at Chatham, in this Province, a few weeks since, will be read with interest by some. 'The Kent Advertiser and the Colo- nist, of this City, two defenders of the " gentleman," may gather from it the design of Shawhan, in visiting Canada. It is very clear that the Advertiser, at least, showed greater zeal in preserving untarnished the fair fame of Mr. Shawhan, as a gentleman, than he has done himself. The Colonist did not take any trouble, in any way; there was a nice opportunity to rap the " negroes," and true to instinct, it tried to do so. So, instead of '* business at London," it turns out that he did come to Canada to get his slaves. Who will believe his statement, that he made a call in passing, in compliance with their invitation, to visit them? Sir Gullible lives once in a while in Canada, too! Neither the Louisville Courier, Advertiser, nor Colonist, has seen fit to contradict the falsehood, about an "abolition mob pre- venting the fugitives from returning with him;" having attempted to censure the colored people for "making him leave in double quick time," and having held him up to the world as a much abused " gentleman," they are probably ashamed to expose the lying propensities of their protege. No! Mr. Cowrter, a mob did not prevent the slaves from returning; but after Shawhan had made himself obnoxious, by inquiries at their meetings, and other clear evidences of a bad intention, the colored people did what you taught them by your southern example to do, they made him "git" We are ut- terly opposed to mob law, believing that in this country, the proper way is the better, and hope that the colored people will yet see to it, to bring the strong arm of the law to bear upon every slaveholding miscreant who may intrude himself into the Canadas, for such purposes as Messrs. Shawhan and Payne have come. But in view of all the circumstances, we see less depravity in such demonstrations, as that made at Chatham, than in the eager defence for slaveholders, set up by professedly moral and christian presses. The Colenist, and Advertiser, may do their best to write up the American slave- holder, an honorable, truthful gentleman, but they will fail; his whole life is one of lies, deception, and outrage, against the slave, and his in-bred vices will not change "a trip to Canada, There is somes too, in the fidgety solicitude--exhibited by parties who occasionally whine about the slaves' wrongs,--about men of Shawhan's class, whenever one is caught in his own trap; one would think there was a fellow- feeling,~but no, they do not appreciate your solicitude, defenders of the chivalry! As well think of a penetrable spot on the horny sides of a rhinoceros, as of a healthy place in their petrified consciences--they are quite beyond your good offices. The Colored Men of Canada and the Eastern War. ----d The proposition of the Chatham Commit- tee is excellent. From what we learn, the idea meets with general favor 5 and we hope to see that many meetings will take up the matter, so nobly begun at Chatham. The colored people of Canada are right on the war question. 'Their experience of tyrants is too thorough, not to feel, that with a power so determined to disregard the rights of other sovreignties, and people, as Russia, there must be prompt and decisive action ; and also that the Allies who have assumed the fearful responsibility of arresting the great invader, and especially to Her Most Gracious Ma- jesty, there should be given the most substan- tial sympathy that a subject can give to his sovereign, viz.: vigorous arms, and determin- ed, willing hearts. We do not despair of the destruction of the begging influence ulti- mately, when we remember that this loyal movement, has its rise in the same section where its minions have been rampant. Such men must be Jed by nobler men than Fair- field. Though a friend to peace, when there can be honorable peace, we believe there should be "' war to the knife" in the present erisis, and we also believe that no men are more willing to do their mite for the discom- fiture of the common enemy can be found, than the colored men of Canada. RESOLUTIONS. The following are the Resolutions passed at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Prohibitory Liquor Law League, held at London, C. W., 23rd May, 1855: It was moved by Dr. Brarry, seconded by Rev. Mr. Cuarxke, and 1. Resolved, That the friends of Temperance admit of no grounds of discouragement from the failure to secure the enactment of the Prohibitory Liquor Law by our House of Parliament and affirm that the temporary disappointment, will, with the blessing of God, and the unwearied ex- ertion of thousands ef 'good men and true," result in obtaining a more perfect law, and in preparing our country for enforcing and sustain- ing the same. 2. Resolved, That the thanks of the " Prohibi- tory Liquor Law League," and of all friends of Temperance and of the highest interests of our country, are due to the members of the Provincial Parliament, who for twelve successive hours " from. night till morn" so nobly contended for and finally earned by so successful a majority, the Prohibitory Bill through the final reading of commitee of the whole House, in despite of the sophistry, duplicity, and bullying of the opponents of the measure, and that the majority of that vote demonstrated the safety of the bill. 3. Resolved, That the conduct of the opponents of the Prohibitory Bill, in meanly and contempti- bly resorting to a shallow subterfuge to " burke" the Bill, when they could not by fair means re- Sist its becoming law, deserve and will secure the hearty detestation of all friends of Temperance, and this feeling should especially apply to those members of the House who dare not directly vote against the measure, but who seemed to have gladly availed themselves of the Speaker's deci- sion for its destruction. (te We hear that the Rey. S. R. Ward is going to the East Indies asa Missionary. 2 Remember, a Mass Meeting in Chat- ham, on the 23rd instant ; and simultaneous Mass Meetings in other places. Correspondence. For the Provincial Freeman. Winsor, June 3, 1855, True Band Society--Refugees? Home-- Poor Fugitives, &c. Dran Mapam,--Permit me to inform you of what is going on in our village. We have formed whatis called the " True Band Society," under a different form from any other that you are acquainted with. The inhabitants of this place, as you know, are opposed to begging, in every form, and were among the first to speak out boldly against it, but they are not opposed to this " True Band ;" and we hope that just such an one may be formed in Toronto, as we have here, and not like some of those formed in other places. I think there would be a great change in the Province, were such to be formed as ours. We held a meeting last night, and passed, musing, | it justly make® them feel ind i & Soe that they have escaped from Bondage this land of liberty, and then to fall into the trap made by the mean system of the Home Society. The Society is controlled and the land owned by men in the States, although the money was begged by Foote, and others, looked up to. fear, disposed to bend to the storm. one able to cross a ¢, has been quizzed as to who wrote X. Y..Z., and one inoffensive son of the North has had to bear the castigation so fully prepared for me. begin a career of the kind under such un- favourable auspices. owned the charge, and so saved Mr. W.~ I know it was cowardly to stand by and see a man deny havitie said what I did, and not step forward and say: '"'I am your man;" but prudence tells me it would not have been safe. make, and if, by too little caution, I should prevent them from being consummated, I ro) for the fugitives, and. although the men against whom the injilliytis being perpetrated would pour out their life*blood for the coun- try that offers them a shelter. Have we to ask then, if our wise fellow-subjects will not interpose, and save these injured men from the rapacity of those Michigan traitors to hu- manity, who, in ti@ name of the poor slave, and shielded by their pretended honesty and a self-assumeéposition mislead the world about the Home Society ? liament, under Lord Elgin, very wisely re- fused to allow the Society, by Mr. King, to become a Land speculating Society, and, neither did Mr. King want it to be or make it. How is it then that a company of men in Michigan can carry out all the tricks of a jobbing company, on our soil with impunity ? There is neither justice, humanity, nor reason in it; and those parties in Canada or the States, who, in their speeches recommended the Refugees' Home, and whose papers are now silent, knowing, as they do, the great wrong done by the begging for it, are the slaves worst enemies. the Home, shouldstay there; the land is theirs; they should not pay. one farthing more; and if the Home Society tries to eject them, through the Rey. C. Foor, or any other body contemptible enough to do to- wards the fugitives as he has done, and can do, let them defend their firesides. are dark passages in the history of that Re- fugees' Home, that will compare with scenes in Kansas, for arbitrary character; and all I hope, is, that fugitives, when they find them- selves insulted by the Society's men, will stand their ground, and: that as the land is for them, insist on keeping it at the first price. I would go further, and say, as it is theirs, let them go take it into their hands--who will say nay ? Our noble Par- The men now on There Jacos JONES. For the Provincial Freeman. From our Chatham Correspondent. No. II. Cuariam, JUNE 6, 1855. Dear M. A. Suapp,--I promised, in my first, to say something in this one " more particularly" about our business men. I would take great comfort in fulfilling that promise, just now, had I not to deplore the "oust" my unfortunate No. I. has raised. It is certainly unpleasant to have to take a flogging at any time, but not more so to me, than to have to stand by, in silence, and see others take the "dressing" that I was to haye; but such has been my misfortune. There was too much truth in the statements made for those who, with Fairfield, and the other part of the community, though agree- ing with the statements, say the differences among " ovr people should not be told: so there is a disposition tostrike down free scrib- bling, at least, by the men [I have always The oaks of Chatham, are, I Every It is too bad to IT know I should have There are some great changes to would ever after regret that I had not re- mained incog. You, Madam Editor, as well as myself, are charged with doing wrong to Dr. Stanton. That is, I beg to think, a gratuitous charge, as the gentleman's propo- sitions, being hand in hand with Fairfield, as he was, show what he is. Your Philadel- phia Correspondent did not know what trou- ble was in store, when he called for corres- pondence from : different places--see my predicament. Just let W. 8. or any other man get the "colored population" of Chat- ham once agoing, whether right or wrong, and they will scare the Quaker out of him. There is talk of a.meeting to scorch X.Y.Z.; but if they do " pay" him, they must catclr him first. fetters we wear are galling--right here in Such threats! such hints! I am' tired of them. The first thing you hear, I may be off to the Crimea, to fight the Rus- sians, or up to Dawn, to help friend Scoble, To be as sober as a judge, the Canada! who I hear is very busy doing nothing for the refugees, just at this present. Miss Editor, if our noble sable brethren would each and altogether put their shoulders to the wheel, what a time there would be! all of those old dead white and black oaks that cumber their grounds, would have to fall, when they pushed on the car; but no, when they make a bad move, they will not own it, and do better; they contend that it is right, and put their great big understand- ings, flat down upon a poor fellow like your servant, when he dares to speak, and cry out " hush, cover it over, do not let the pub- lic know," when the public have known it Why to | by a large majority, a vote against the beg- ging system. I hope to be able to give, next week, a full account of it, and other things going on here. We have had, in the past week, six new arrivals from Virginia, two women and four men, all happy to have landed safe on this side of * Jordan," and very grateful to those who aided them in their journey. As we want to stop that disgraceful begging, we shall keep you apprised of the proceedings of our Society, and our progress to that end. A. former letter from this place, alluded to the Refugees' Heme, permit me to reiterate that there is great dissatisfaction there at present. I had a conversation with some of the settlers on the land, and they told me, among other things, that as the price of land is raised in_that part of the country, so the Refugees' Home Society has raised the price on the poor fugitives, not upon those just coming to buy and settle only, but upon those who have been on the land some time, and who bargained for the land at a lower rate. One of the poor fugitives who paid his money, went to raise his Deed from the Society, and was told, that as the land was more valuable, he would have to pay more, for they could not let him have it at the price they agreed to. He angrily demanded his money. 'This has caused great excitement among the settlers who have not Deeds,-- they do not expect to get any now. Some have spent a deal of labor on the land,and allalong. 'They have not learned yet, that ite pranks will out, as well as other mur- er. After all, they are clever fellows! Did not that Kentucky man, Shawhan, leave ? The Mayor took him under his " wing," and assured the colored Chathamites that he was sent for; so the people dispersed; but he left in a hurry. Should they find me out, if I start, I shall keep agoing; should they not, and I live through the excitement, you may hear again from-- a Net For the Provincial Freeman. Stratrrorp, 7th June, 1855. Miss Suapp,--I with many others have been much delighted with the perusal of your valuable and interesting paper, which I feel confident is the most useful paper, of its kind, ever published in Canada; appreciating, as I do, anything that is good, I wish to become one of its supporters, believing, in so doing, I may be the humble instrument. of promulgating that truth and information which is so essential for the wel- | fare of our people; therefore, you will much oblige, by sending regularly to my address, the Provincial Freeman. Enclosed, please find amount of subscription, two dollars. Yours, truly, Bensamin C. Sieets. | but crouch, like whipped spaniels, when; pwortan we Al a Meeting of the Colored. Citizens, held | in Chatham, Kent County, Canada West, 6th June, 1855, : Ir was UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED, To appoint a Committee to draft a call for General Mass Meetings of all citizens or persons of Canada who are' now under the protection of Her Majesty's Govornment, to express their sympathies for the Govern- ment, in her present struggle with Russia, and to designate to Her Majesty their rea- diness te rally to her assistance whenever a call shall be made. We, the said Committee, therefore respect- fully invite all citizens or persons of the various parts of the Province, to assemble in general mass meetings, on the 28rd of June, in their different localities, for the above-mentioned purpose. Brethren! we would say to you, as you value heaven-born Liberty--as you value the protection of Her Majesty's Government, and the esteem and approbation of the world, rally to a man to the mass meet- ings, and let your voice be heard from one extremity of the Province to the other! Yours, respectfully, J. M. Bett, J. S. Firsazrarp, a M. L. Gags, J. D. Ssapp, H. J. Youna. Cuataam, C. W., June 6,R1E55. To the Editress of the Provincial Freeman : Drar Mapam,--Allow me to offer a few remarks, through the columns of your valu- able paper, if you think them worthy of a place. The subject I refer to is called the "True Band" Society, got up by one Mr. Fairfield, and Doctor Stanton, a Quaker, from Newport, Indiana. Those two gentle- men were through Canada, a few weeks ago, and I believe for the purpose of organizing societies among the colored people ; and after using considerable exertion in other parts of this Province, holding meetings and forming societies, met, as they said, with great success. They were here in this City; they held two meetings; the first to make their object known, and the second, to form a society. These meetings were held in the A.M. E. Chapel, and were largely attended; indeed, I was at the first, and there was such a crowd, I scarcely could get. my nose inside the door; this was held on Sunday evening, May the 6th, and Mr. Fairfield addressed the meeting; he spoke at a considerable length, and insisted on the necessity of or- ganizing societies throughout Canada, among the colored people, for the purpose of placing them in a position to receive all monies, clothing, and other donations that may be sent in to Canada for their good. After Mr. Fairfield had got through speaking, Doctor Stanton got up and made some re- marks, and read a Constitution that he had previously prepared, under which he said they might form societies, as that was the only way they could ever grow up to be a people. After the Doctor had ended, Mr. Fairfield again rose, and said: there were large sums of money in the United States, waiting to be sent to the colored people of Canada, and would be sent as soom as they could be organized into societies. By this time the people were excited to the highest pitch, and some one moved for a meeting to be appointed on the following evening, for the purpose of forming a society. This ap- peared to meet the approbation of almost the entire meeting, and accordingly it was carried, and the two gentlemen above-men- tioned were requested to attend, Monday evening, May the 7th, This meeting I did not attend; but I am informed, it was also addressed by Mr. Fairfield and Doctor Stan- ton; and, I was further informed, that they so completely overcame the people, that they were ready to do anything they told them. The Constitution was read, and a society formed; and after some slight contention, it ' final saviors of these interested in gettin "holaers o-- wipe off the 0c -- i ts free, at-all hazard. the disgrace of suca doings as are reéorded in the above lettem: such cringing, clamorous deference to rior men, will cling to them and their « dren, like their shadow. Many would-suppose, from the con, tion, that Mr. Fairfield & Co. were to be four millions !--such " humbug !"--and th X. Y. Z., who told the story right out meeting, and as true as preaching, was a desperado. Who will hold the key to thie. big money chest, we would like to knéw | funds begged for them? Not they. Wellook by return of mail. to hear that this pair of four million men, are to be sent to England Think fugitives of Chatham will get any | nearer their proportion than-those of otter. places,--Toronto, for instance,--do of the. a from reading it, one might infer that he had never been associated with either the " Con | vention" or "Council." True, he was not consulted relative to 'the call" for the " Na- tional Convention," before his name appear- ed, signed to it, as was the fact, as far as I | haye been able to learn, with nearly a] | Others whose names were signed. But as ~has always acted with the " leaders,' Ben permitted--even in the late "National neil," of which he has been speaking-- ferefore, it hardly seems fair, or charitable, 'him. now not to include himself in con- Stion with those whom he so coolly desig- es as the "leaders," &.--unable to iscuss a measure, unless in angry debate," though " they expect the people to" " invest monies in undertakings not only im- Practicable, but of doubtful utility," d&e. It 'Seems that he has just learned that the ||" masses were never less subject to the con- rol and influence of the leaders, than at the present time." This lesson he might have Studied, as well as not, two years ago. Then, ipresume, he would not have been "at a Toss" at this late date, "as to what it is best tosay about razr Council," &e. 4} Now, as I have never read in any of the freports of the doings of the Convention or or through the States, as the fugitives' éspe= cial representatives. They have been ¢o1 missioned already to publish their prove ings in the States p&pers. : As a clamour has been raised about '% say that he is being censured by some as the author, we would say for the information of those opponents of free thought and speech,--those over cautious persons, who would do all the talking and writing them-; selves, that Mr. Whipper is not the man. 'X. Y. Z.' wasin our office a few days ago, and as we look for him again, before his <igrn| Y. Z.,' and as Mr. A. Whipper has written toj} @0nv Vot his consistency? Surely he cannot plead Councils, " where J. N. S. has distinctly aken. exceptions to the "impracticable" @ings of the "leaders," though having faken an active part in their meetings, I énfess to be somewhat "at a loss" to un- srstand what method he will resort to, to @Onvince the " people," and his colleagues, ignorance in the matter; nor can he deny having acted and voted with the leaders in the late Council!--right " out in meeting." Before the air-eastle commenced. falling, was the proper time and place for him to have spoken, even if such a course had cost him his membership. Then he could have honorably vindicated the right, and justly and becomingly condemned the wrong doers. return to Chatham, we will ascertain posi- tively if he has serious objections to being made the subject of an indignation meeting. Some gentlemen have spoken manly, in the Councils, and out of them, against the "fraud and arrogance" of certain leaders, and there is no mistake but what " the peo- For the Provincial Freeman. CHATHAM, JuNE 11, 1855. Dull Times--Son Shot by his Father- Weather--State of the Crops, &c» Dear FREEMAN: constantly. 'There is a general complaint about scarcity of money; but many subscribe ers promise to pay arrears before I leave I hope to get many new names. On Saturday evening, the 9th inst., quite af a father to hisson. Israel Williams--a mai far advanced in years--while in the heat ob below the ribs. Fears are entertained of his recovery ; the whole load penetrating , able to extract. Young Williams was a promising young man, about 21 years of ag and much esteemed by all who knew him The younger portion of the family, wér compelled to flee to the barn to save them- selves from injuries that might have been inflicted by the enraged father. Mr. Wi liams was one of the first settlers of Chathag and lives on the Town Line, one mile sout of the town. He has the appearance of'a aged person, but yet quite active. He since been arrested and imprisoned to av his trial. : Weather is very cool. Wheat looks w and bids fair for good crops. The C looks as well as can be expected. Visi are coming into the Province daily. 1 Engines on the Underground Road seem @ ts (byt | He 'les 'Vfactsygpod judgment, calmly, though: un- \ It is very dull here just now, and as yet I'f 'have not had much success, though travelling: : finally, and many to send pay to you directj : excitement was created by the treatment of |i passion, wilfully shot his son with a loaddd|. musket--the load taking effect in the left side | side, which the physicians have not beem |) ple" will give them credit for it. ae very best exposure, in my opinion, Pof, the 'doings of the leaders, has been made Mrs Wm. H. Day, of Cleveland, "Ohio. yes no stone unturned; but with Meéhinely, he lays the axe at. the root of ne "tee," and he has cut to'some purpose. i hopeto see Mr. Day's argument in the Preemain, where J. N.S. will have the benefit Of the perusal of it. No ordinary amount Ofssephistry, I think, can begin to move a ingle position taken by Mr. Day. Tam free to say now, as I have frequently said to many with whom I have conversed, @8 the subject, since the call first appeared: | will believe that the chief originators of the ca// for the late convention, were actuated pure and honest motives, as soon as it fairly proven that it was proper.and i them to publish to the world said igned and purporting to come from duals who had been kept in total igne a but not before." 'irom the moment I first read the call, I looked for no other result than a useless waste of money andgime:s the building of # wastic inthe air;" the passing of long reso- lions, the design of which would be carried y further than the adjournment; lastly, 2 uprising of new elements of discord, dsc. ; sof which have been literally fulfilled. €tce, I do not wonder at the discovery Made by J.N.S, that the "masses were fever less subject to the control and influ- of the leaders;" or " that the present te of things is anything but encouraging." By the, last No. of the Freeman, I learn that there has recently been an important uliance formed between " §." {one of the ntributors) for the Freeman, and a Cana- be in good running order, if we judge bys amount of passengers that arrive at the ' minus. * was thought best to appoint another meet- ing on the following Monday evening, for the purpose of electing their yearly officers. I was not present at that meeting, but was told it was anything but a pleasant one, al- though so large a number took part in those meetings, and seemed to be carried away with the idea of Four Mitton or Doxtars! which Mr, Fairfield said, would be sent in from the United States, and placed at the disposal of these organizations! Yet, there are many others in this city, who do oppose the entire scheme; but being in the minority, many of them did not attend those meetings. Now, I think, this Society will end as all such have done, in a disgrace to the colored people. I am of the opinion that the time has come that the colored people do not require in Canada these distinct societies of sympathy and begging, that have been entailed on them by their so-called friends. I think it is fa better to leave them on a footing with others and keep down ¢hose lines of distinction that are so industriously sought to be made, to separate the black from the white. Ay Se Loxpow, C. W., 5th June, 1855. REMARKS: Here is testimony as true as any that can be got in Canada, as to the Society " against" begging; but organized to get Mr. Fairfield and Stanton's Four Mittion or Doxuars! Was ever wickedness more apparent! Wel learn that our friends in Chatham think we have been unjust to Mr. Stanton, and our Chatham correspondent also. We do no intend to do injury to any man, knowingly ; but if Mr. Stanton is found in bad company he must take the consequences. He is not so stupid as not to understand Mr. Fairfield' infamous propositions, and to pretend to the people of London, the great things they had done elsewhere; but here is testimony from one of the most respectable citizens, as to their true aim. About Chatham, we have earned lots of enemies, by exposing them of the very men, who, last year, were 'death to begging'--now heads turned clear around. Had a colored man made Fair- field's proposals, every one of them would have been for "serving" him as they pro posed to do the slaveholder a few days ago but a white face, however ignorant and im+ pudent the owner, so he pretends to bea " friend," has especial terrors for these men| They can run away from a slaveholder, o "lick" him, if he attempts to retake them, ies Suapis in gentleman, D. T. Williamson, Esq. -the-way, for some weeks past, I had 'missed from the Editorial columns of the iceman, the able and interesting articles -on Canadian Emigraton, and other kindred topics, over " S.," and had been anxious to learn how that writer could excuse herself from occupying a -post where her talent, energy, and good judgment had been so acceptable; indeed indispensable, in some respects. Isit possible, thought I, that «S.¥ has left such a sphere of usefulness in the hour of great need, and retired to a place'of repose in the West? That idea, I could scarcely entertain, because it detracted from her consistency. Now that the mystery has been solved, I have a new idea, not for my-. self, but for the old Maid--that is this: will it not occur to'her that "S.'s" able arti- cles, and replies to Mr. Gaines, and others, on Emigration, were written under the shining prospects of this alliance. On this matter, perhaps, judgment had as well be suspended for a time; in the meantime, let all keep a sharp look out, in the Freeman, and see if we can discover any signs of "S.'s" return thereto. I most heartily con- gratulate her! n reading a Con O Freeman, signed "J. N.S," Brooklyn, NLY., " National Council," both of which he has been a member of, from.the beginning, if I am not mistaken; though for some cause or other he chooses not to intimate that fact in the article to which LT allude. Indeed; vine I was quite amused at the writer's remarks | about the ' National Convention," and also, | The e Teti ge leged assault upon Rev. Mr. Penning af colored man, who was ejected from 0 the Sixth Avenue railroad cars a few . ago, was received at the Mayor's sot day. It gives an explanation of *he @ AvenvE R. R. On May 25, 1855. To the Hon. Fernando Wood, Mayor of New york Sir: In reply to your inquiry as to ot moyal of a colored man from car No. vie this road, I take the liberty, as secretary sia company, of explaining our true pd! . i Some weeks ago, the Rev. Mr. ae 4 |. colored clergyman, in a discourse, @0 ae upon his hearers their duty to assert, _ their right to ride in all public convey the duty of common carriers to allow 'iat do so, and the moral cowardice of fail! enforce their legal rights. a The next day, one Sidney McFarlan, ert ored man, doing. business in Church si"" OFFICE OF THE SIXTH ed by that conductor, left it and got vi one behind, from which he was ejected, : repeated requests to leave,) as I presums expected and desised to be. He obtained a warrant, and arrest conductor and driver. sued the company for an assault an pe laying his venue in King's.county, W views has heretofore been given. a number of others have endeavoure themselves into our cars, and finally, ¥ ay, the Rev. Mr. Pennington himsé = BN eT . ole got upon one of our cars, and not being ihe fet he ed bath After a patient i tigation of the matter, Justice agers missed the complaint, MecFagian d battery if decision which he considers favorable t0 : Since thet d to fos0? este! If att empted to practise, ag he had preaches : of all the particulars relating . '