The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

that the : : gee PROVIN CIAL FREEMAN AN D WEEKLY 'ADVERTISER. : =a Philadelphia. 'slaveholder. He said hieehly " Let them | has. he ae Se ie 'flow long is. s he to oe "The Advertiser" assures US, alone; they are his proper ny? 'The young- | confined on a charge of contempt? If men | Freeman" « will receive respect and atten- ace of the New York Tribune, Purnapaipata, July 30, 1855." ublic have not been made ac- ets and particulars re- of Mr. Passmore Wil- in elation. S the slave ee note! Seas paced kat wat d boy w ne IT had never ay ; 2] "as soon as Ds Here ; laves b e and raat want lib-- 5 there L louie Mr. Ww. underg bos asudden [ge ; xdeood' s, none of whom I recog- the boy who brought me the having time for' "making: in- 'heir description," said Mr. W. T instantly inquired of one of 2Trsons a as desired oy bon cae them fae : Diag are ae asc an pod, voice bi st words to the mother were: " Are at 2" "Yes," was the: prompt | ee With: whom?" Nodding her toward the ill- favored man, cae ing rely | i Sage age Yes, they are in my as answer, ber and her paste substance, add ressed by the individuals t pert thea ceed soil, ed the laws of Peruana as well E God, in Les them of their |. 1g oe the State cs your owner. er freedom. to slay ny as We se ) your aes as we are, or as he 'mined and you need have no you will be protected by the law. have time and again decided cases >and State similar to yours in favor _ Of course, if you want. to re- ve with your master, we cannot to leave; we only want to make sensible of your rights." Remember, of ose this chance you may neyer get such vice to the woman was made in of a SAE of ES: ae ) that ee on ales 'the same heir freedom in New-Jersey and. York as they then had--seeming, to 2 with the woman, &c. © g the few moments in which the remar oe were ae the Piaveholdey that = did not want. bo ee ae she as on a Visit to New York to see her friends wished to return to her three om she left in Virginia, from whom | Further- |. RD to separate her, itly tried to constrain her to a wet: want to ce interfered ia ie ywoman's. ies ovether "too 'strong to" le ene ae yee lie said. that he was going: ve her er freedom, &c. When his eyes off of hers, such 'Ikindli ling Yfeeli lings | exhibited indicative of her en- y that we should. not forsake her and her e ones, in their. weakness, it had never ee my. he las bell neat The act moment rther delay passed! The arm of the ing slightly touched, accompanied the words, " Come" and she. instant-. arose--' go along--go along," said some, vho sympathized, to the boys, at the same e taking hold of their arms. By this e the parties 1 were fairl y moving toward narrow stairway leading to the deck be- _ Instantly on their starting, 'the slave- ushed at the woman ee her chil- prevent their leaving; and, if I am , he. simultaneously _ tool hold n and Mr. bees Zs / Massa John! Massa John!" | elaware: -av, to: Dock-st., "| Front, where a carriage was procured, the | slaveholder | was in the company ane, one 'police officer, if no more. '| intensely hot; tl | Tenth st. not t any | they soon found hospitable friends and qui- | 'Turning from | '| him to take a hasty dinner. Jot fe. witness. bafore, under any |< oe not believe it is--the ci ze '| est boy, about 7 years of age--too young to know what these. things meant--cried The eldest boy, 11 years of age, took the matter more dispassionately, and the mother quite calmly. | The mother and her sympathizers all moved down the stairs together in the presence of ; | quite a number of spectators on the first deck and on the wharf, all of whom, as far as I was able to discern, seemed to look upon the whole affair with the greatest indifference. SAthe women and children were assisted, but 1 | not forced to leave. | violence or threatenings as I saw or heard. 'The only word that I did hear from any, of fan objectionable character, was: " Knock i "him down; knock him down!" but who uttered it or who was meant I knew not, nor have I since been informed. However, if it was uttered by a colored man, I regret it, as | there was not the slightest cause for stich S" | language, especially: as the sympathies of the Spectators and citizens seemed to justify the | | course pursued. While passing off of the wharf and down The youngest boy on being put in the riage was told that he was "a fool for erying so after Massa' John," who would | sell him if he ever caught him. Not another ; whine was heard on the subject. The carriage drove down town slowly, the horses being Lesics and the weather being inmates were put out on house--after which 1 etude. "The excitement of the moment hav- ing passed by, the mother seemed very cheer- jul, and rejoiced greatly that herself and boys | had been, as she thought, so "providentially delivered from the house of bondage!" For the first time in her life she foule. look upon : ' d-feel free! aid Meg had eae the | betself, and cnildren and feel free! 'Having felt the iron in her heart for the best half of her days--having been sold with | ! her children on the auction block--having had one of her children sold far away from 'her without hope of ever seeing him again Pl ahs. very naturally and wisely concluded to go to Canada, fearing that if she remain- | ed in this. cit y----as. some assured her she could do with entire safety--that she might again find herself in the clutches of the ty- | rant from whom she had fled. But, a few items of what she related con- cerning the character of her master. With- in the last two years he had sold all his slaves --between thirty and forty in number--havy- ing purehased the parson ones in that s space of time. ae She said that before Tenahis Washington, coming onthe cars, and at his father-i in-law's, in this. city, a number of persons had told him that in bringing his slaves into Penn- sylvania they would be free. When told lat his father-in-law's, as she overheard it, | that he " could not have done a worse thing," @ Do te ee &C., he rep! ied that " Jane would not leave mien As much, howev er, as he affected to have such implicit confidence in Jane, he scarcely allowed her to be out of his presence a mo- ment while in this city. To use Jane's own -language, he was "on her heels every min- ute," fearing that some one might get to her ears the sweet music of freedom. By the way, Jane had it deep in her heart before lea aving the South, and was bent on succeed- ing in New York, if disappointed in' Phila- ey At Bloodgood's, after having been belated ane left by the 2 o'clock train, white waiting for the 5 o'clock line, his appetite _ tempted So after plac- ing 'Jane where he thought she would be pretty secure from " evil. communications" from the coloured waiters, and after giving her a double counselling, he made his way to the table; did not remain but a little while however before leaving to look after Jane; finding her composed, looking over a. banis- 'ter near where he left her, he returned to the table again and finished his meal. But, alas, for the slaveholder! Jane had her " top eye open," and in that brief space | had appealed to the sympathies of a person whom she ventured to trust, saying " I an] my children are slaves,and we want liberty!" T am not certain, but suppose that. person, in the goodness of his heart, was the cause. of the note being sent to the Anti-Slavery de oltive, and hence the result. As to her going on to New York to see her friends, and wishing to return to her three .children in the South, and his going |to free her, &c., Jane declared "repeatedly -|and very positively, that. there was not a particle of truth in what. her master said on these points. 'The truth is she had not the er slightest hope of freedom through any act of his. She had only left one boy in the South, 'who had been sold far awa y, where she scarcely ever heard from him, indeed never expected to see him any more. In appearance, Jane is tall and well form- ed, high and large forehead, of genteel man- ners, chestnut: color, and seems to possess, naturally, uncommon good sense, though of course she has never been. allowed to jean to read. - Thus i haye giv en as truthful a report as Lam capable of doing, of Jane and. the cir- cumstances connected with her deliverance. W.« Sritu. P. S.--Of the fe colored porters- who promptly appeared with warm hearts throb- | | bing in sympathy with the mother and her | children, too much praise cannot be express- go | ed on their behalf. acted nobly, whatever may be said of their In the present. case they general character, of which LT know nothing: How human hearts who have ever tasted oppression, could have acted differently un- der the circumstances : cannot conceive. eae "Passmore Willie mson. We vejOlce to learn that measures are be: ing taken to hold a meeting in Philadelphia to: express the public sentiment in regard to the shameless outrage perpetrated on one of her most upright - and peaceable citizens. Throughout the Free States, there is but | one feeling i in relation to the imprisonment of Williamson ; ; itis looked upon as the height. of cruelty and injustice, and men are aston- ished at the indifference with which the mat- ter is treated in Philadelphia. The press has | had little to say on the subject; we believe only one paper has had the courage to con- demn the act ; still, this may be no criterion | We can-. of popular sentiment: in th uiladelphia tot vemsel ves to speak the fact was known. delphia should demand the immediate release | Nor were there any and up dock to}. | Saturday. tin tones of | are to be sent to prison on such a charge, and during the pleasure of a Judge, it is time The people of Phila- of Williamson. He is guilty of no offence ; why should not he be liberated ee ke CY. Tr rune. : The Philadelphia § Slave Case. A correspondent i in Philadelphia, i ina let | ter dated Aug. 9, says:-- «The Grand Jury found true bills yester- day against Passmore Williamson and the five colored men for riot and assault and bat- tery ; also against William Still, another colored man, clerk in tHe Anti- Slavery office. Mr. Still, on hearing of his indictment, went forward Yoluntarily, and entered bonds for his appearance. J. M. McKin, Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society, became his. security. The case came on to-day for trial; but the defendants not having been able, on so short a notice, to prepare their testimony, asked for a continuance, which, after a good deal of resistance on the part of the counsel for Mr. Wheeler, was granted. The case is 3 postponed: till the 27th instant.' f cee: 6-S> =-- More of the Wheeler Case. Col: - H. Wheeler left Philadelihia on 'He had scarcely left the city when J. M. McKim, William Still, and Mr. Earle, a lawyer, presented themselves at the office of Alderman Hibbard, and made the following affidavit :-- The information and complaint of Wm. 'Sul, who being affirmed does say that John Eis Wheeler did, on 18th day of July, 1855, violently and tumultously seize upon Jane Johnson, and attempt to carry her away con- trary to her wish, claiming her as a fugitive from servitude or labor, and that he attempt- ed to carry away said Jane in a violent, tu- multuous:and unreasonable manner, contrary. to the act of Assembly of March 3, 184:7, in such case made and provided ; said Jobn HL. Wheeler is also at the same time charg- ed with assault and battery on the person of Jane Johnson aforesaid, and with the attempt to kidnap the said Jane Johnson against the aforsaid act of Assembly. Affirmed and subscribed before me this 11th day of August, 1855. WM. STILL. Commonwealth, ; August 11, 1855. Warrant issued. -- WM. S. HIBBARD, Alderman. VSs.- John H. Wheeler. _ rr Suicide of a Colored Preacher. | On Thnedags morning, the Rev. Thomas "Dutton, colored preacher, anda man of con- siderable property andirreproachable charac- ter, committed suicide at his residence at Sandy Hill, N. J., about 10 o'clock. His wife having prepared ; breakfast, went up to eall him. Finding him asleep; she left him to go down again; but returning shortly af- ter, she found the door barred. Fearing from recent strange conduct that he would harm himself, she alarmed a neighbor, who mounted up a ladder to an outside window, when he was seen sitting on a chair, with tis throat cut, and a razor in his hand, with the blood 'streaming from the ghastly 'wound. Of course, they \ were too late to save him. He was seventy years of age, and of the Baptist denomination. He had been in an uneasy state of mind for some time, and though wealthy, labored under the impression that be could not pay his taxes, &c. He had also recently lost two of his ehildien: which may have effected him. Itis said he has before made several attempts to drown himself, He had also met with some recent pecuniary losses.-- Patterson (NN. J.) Guard. July 31 WOTICE. The Shareholders and Managers of the ProvinciAL FREEMAN are requested to meet at Chatham, on the 2nd Tuesday in October, without fail. By order. M. A. Snapp, Agent. CALL!!! --_-- Convention at Dawn. To tae Cotorep Propie or CANADA. BRETHREN: In accordance with the wishes, and by. the instruction of a meeting of our Fellow- Citizens, held in this Town, and on repeated expressions from similar meetings elsewhere, you are called to meet in Convention at DAWN, in this Province, on the last Wed- nesday a this month, August 29th, at 10 o'clock in the morning, for the purpose of investigatine the aihitas of our Property, known as the "DAWN INSTITUTE," and of electing five new Trustees, a and other- wise carrying Gait the original design of the donors to the same. (> Call Meetings! Send up your Dele- gates! Let there be a full attendance. of the people, and of the former Students. The Land is ours, and it is meet that we should control it, in the way designed. 'Its affairs are now in a confused state. Let us méct, unravel the mystery, cut the Gordian knot "by which it is tied, rescue the place from dilapidation and ruin, economise its resources, and so make it what was intended to be--a benefit to the Colored people. 2 SSOHN J, J ACKSON, ANDREW SMITH, H. C. Jackson, JAMES WALDEN, Ho J. Youne. Chatham, C. % i 20, 1855. NOTICE. A UNION CAMP MEETING. will be held, on the 30th of August, 1855, four miles out on the Malden 'I Furnpike, by the British Zion Wesleyan Church. No person will be allowed to sell spiritous liquors within the Encampment, nor erect Booths or Stalls for that purpose. Three tents and a provision stall will be ae by George Gains, Joseph Bell, J. "Morgan, and | William Sims, who will ne the whole compaby with Boarding and Lodging. AMHERSTBURG CoMMITTER : Wiliam Bell, George Gains, Foscph Bell, and Samuel Clarkson. CoLcHester: ComirrEr : iam 'Thortiton, David -Greer_ i m "Marshall. = and make it useful to us" PROVIN TAL TREEMAN ELLIE TI ILI SINS BIEN NSNSNLIN-NL II NINOS NOI CHATHAM, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 92, 1855, SPIRO ILI NII IT IIIA DD AAA ALAR AR ALRAASH tag Dr. Jesse Burke is authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper, and lo give Receipts for the sane. ie Mr. Moses Viney 7s authorized to act as Agent for this paper in the State of New York. fae Rev. R. M. Jounson, is authorized to re- ceive subscriptions for this paper. aa ae OOOO Oe SALUTATORY. It is awe to ourselves, and to the patrons of the Provincial Freeman, to say, we take the Editorial chair, not because the pro- prietors of the paper could not do better, in their choice of an editor; but, because, they would not. The office is not our preference but it is made our duly, 'we believe, by the earnest request of the owners of the paper, 'its former Editor, its Agent, aud the general interest of that cause it is intended to pro- mote. We acknowledge the honor bestowed upon us, by the Managers of the paper, in our election, and our indebtedness to them; and add, such position was wnsought, and wa- expected by us, and we only accept it, with the hope of aiding a good cause, until they should do better. We take our place without pecuniary con- We family to provide for; and hence, we expect sideration. to continue to plant our own corn, and to "take it to mill"? We have not thrown off our ordination vow; hence, we expect to preach the Gospel to a poor Church, for no pay, and to push alone the Freeman. With a Bush-Editor, from the ebon. class, it is clear that the Literary Department of the paper must depend mainly on its numerous and able correspondents; and we hope they | will continue to forward such material as will elevate, refine, and make our people known, as they should be.. No doubt, they will continue, as they oughé, to say something in their composition worth reading. Asa people, we need something with a done in| it--both skull, and back, and that,--should be sHort, LEGIBLE, and LucID. If God will help us, we wish to be radi- cally righteous,--looking out for the rights of all, and maintaining our own. Friends, we would not forget; and to enemies, we would give our best attention. We would spare no effort, to aid our people, to exalt and dignify their character, by wisdom and wealth, and to incite them with.« changoless determination to have their own HERE, AND EVERY WHERE. We would urge them to devotion to friends, and to implacability to incorrigible enemies, and if possible, induce them to be patriots, philanthropists and Christians. a Our cotemporary of " The Kent Adver- tiser, in his issue of June 29th, reviewed the -remarks of our predecessor, in the Leeman of June 16th, and makes certain statements and preferred charges which, he is wholly unable to sustain. We are not disposed to disturb him, amid his glory, secured, for the colored defence, and especially since he is such a whole-souled Anti-Slavery man. We shall rejoice to learn that self-interest has not made him such, since, he doubtless will deny that he was whipped into the traces, by the publishing Agent of the Freeman--one of the best Editors our Province ever had, if: such did the petticoats instead of ihe breeches---one that would be now blessing our country in the same capacily, but for the folly of adhering to a wrongly developed public sentiment, that would crush @ woman whenever she attempts to do what has hitherto been assigned to men, even though God designed her to do it. But we do not intend to defend our predecessor, she does not. need our aid in such a work, and we judge, our cotemporary of the Advertiser is aware of that fact, hence his balderdash AFTER her Valedictory. She, like Paul, will answer for herself, before the would-be CCW elIKe | so, Mr. Advertiser, prepare to tremble. : The Advertiser's intimation that the colored people of Chatham, are a set of violators of the "law of God and man," we can but regard as a slander, unless his idea of law is that of slaveholders generally, that white- people may defend themselves, and their inalienable rights on "Sunday" or Monday, in keeping with "God's law," as well as man's; but the colored people cannot do the same without "a violation of the law of God and man." Ah! Mr. Advertiser, we under- stand your Anti-Slavery! Your love for the colored man. You would make the world believe, that, we are a lawless set, would you? We will pin that point with a crow-bar, for we may need such a tool to lift yow on the Anti-Slavery platform with. The colored people of this Province are as loyal and law-abiding as any wear in our next: class of people in the country--the Adver- | liser to the contrary, notwithstanding, We hope to be wiser, for the information which "The Advertiser" gives, as to what the "Freeman" does and « ought" to do; to wit, follow its example, and « stick to facts, and | not give a false coloring to language, §-¢.-- | poor example, Deacon, if your review of the | "Freeman" of June 16th, isa fair specimen. But if we will me nee. the. 5 CORE: ibe ceive." are not rich, and have a tion from the intelligent portion of the com- | munity, which at present it does not re. We hardly know what "The Ad- vertiser" means, unless he intends to say, that "I am a fool;" for itis quite clear that the "Freeman" has received * attention' from him. But if he means, by intelligent portion of community,'"' persons " endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason," we will compare " notes with him," or cor- respondence, names of contributors and subscription list of the "Freeman." Does he mean professional men and women? or | those, who can merely read and write? or those, who "know beans when the bag is untied ?" But no difference, what he means, we will show hands with him. We dare -him to poke out his paws, in the way of an honest publication, of proof of "respect and attention received from the intelligent por- tion of the community." It seems clear, to" The Advertiser" that, as the " Free- man" is owned, edited and published by colored people, &c., that it receives respect and attention" from none else, and that they do not possess the FACULTY OF REASON-- not "intelligent," and hence, not rational-- therefore beasts of burden, and Fir ONLY ¥OR SLAVES. LS We regret deeply, that the issuing of the " Freeman," from Chatham, has so long been delayed ; but it was unavoidable, so far as the Agent and ourselves were concerned. In the moving of the press and type, &c, they were injured, and hence the delay. But, having got under way, we hope to make good the past bad. We say so much to our friends, on that point, and deem it enough. fx It is believed that the subscription list of the ProvinctaL FREEMAN is as large as any newspaper published in the County of Kent; hence, we ask, with hope, the pub- lic and our friends, for an equal share of the publishing business of the community. We advertise as cheap as any other journal, and do job work as neat and quick as it can be done in Chatham, and for as low prices. Give us a call. 2 We send a number of the paper, this week, to many of our Baptist friends, both in the Province and United States. They will please return it, if they conclude not to become subscribers for it. But as Baptists, we have ever been favorable to efforts, which impress men with a sense of | God's glory and things that effect their own good, and especially such as are connected with the voluntary and independent principle; -hence, we.ean but hope, that those to whom we send the paper, will show their sympathy in such things now, and-give the paper their support, as its design is to promote such objects. (<> We are glad to learn that our friends had a very pleasant time of it on the " First of August, at Chatham. There were some 3000 present. Many of them were from adjoining Counties, and the United States: Our friends from Detroit, chartered a steamer and came up em masse. It isenough to say that they had on that occasion, good music, good eatables, and good speeches. It seems all was good, but " Lord John;--tuE THIRTY PER CENT SHAVER, on the bonds of Old "Dawn'--the "Gracerun vinurrer" of the humble Baptists ! ( L.B. Shears, Esq., will accept our thanks for Toronto papers kindly sent us. ta The meeting of the Canadian Anti_ Slavery Association will be held with the First Baptist Church of Dawn, C.W., on F riday, before the Second Lord's Day, in September next, at half past 10 o'clock, am. We hope the Churches of the Association will be well represented in the meeting, as there will be business of much importance to be trans- acted, &c. W, P. Newman, Cor, Sec'y. (> Itis a matter of much joy to many Christian hearts, that our brethren of the First Baptist Church of Toronto, C. W., worse than American Slavery, in leaving their former place of worship. The pro- perty was ¢hears, and worth from $3000 to $5000; but the Deed for it was "a@ high Church" one, and repugnant almost to every principle of Baptist usage, and powerfully | oppressed the conscience of the Church, The Trustexs, who were appointed for life, could relieve them, but would not, and there is no other power in the government that can. 'The Pope of Rome is a lover of reli- gious liberty to those men. " Learen,"? in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a Christian in comparison with such sable officials. The bre-. thren have obtained another place of wor- ship, and we hope the friends in Toronto will help them to pay for it, for they are worthy of sympathy and aid. New Advertisements. 'We would call attention to the list of new. Chatham advertisements published _ this week, and also to the Boarding House kept by Benjamin Tolbert, at Detroit. changes made ee ate ee Henk Give dpe aealll ee a S8=& Our London Correspondent will be read with profit, and we ae he will be read carefully. Mr. Fairfield, we know, and also very many of the members of "'The True Band Society," and can but hope, that they mean well; but if their "leader" is a fair exponent of their principles and aims, we must beg to differ with them. We live at Dawn, and know that Mr. Fairfield uttered a falsehood about the im_ prisonment of our fellow-citizens, if he is correctly reported by our London corres- pondent. The Rev. Richard Preston, from Hallifax, Nova Scotia, delivered a highly interesting Lecture, to an attentive audience, in the 2nd Baptist Church in this town, on Monday evening last. Many facts were stated re- specting the position, influence, and num- bers of our people in his far-off home, as well as of his fellow-subjects generally ; and his remarks embraced a larger field of thought and research than we are often entertained with by our Lecturers. Mr. Preston is evidently well read, loyal, and 'and earnest, m.enforcing his views of the | duty we owe to ourselves and our adopted country. He should have a careful hearing" AE It will be seen by our readers, that | Wm. Still, one of the most talented and efficient Anti-Slavery men among our bre- thren in the States, is also involved in the difficulties of the Philadelphia Slave case. Friend Still, and his worthy colleagues in that heroie act, have the deep sympathies of every true man and woman in their pre- sent position, and a happy iss issue out of all their alifictions. awe oe i The sensible farmers of Essex de. ferred their First of August gathering until the 14th, because of their harvest, when they |were joined by a respectable party from |Detroit. Do not forget the Convention at ,on the 29th. Every man should be) on the spot the pay Berors. In fact it is absollutely important that they should be there "soon in the morning." Let there be ajgrand rally of the true grits among us, to." acre plot, which is, in all probability, destined for building lots, t= Remember the Camp-Meeting at Malden. A large gathering Is anticipated. (> For the benefit of our readers at a distance, we publish in to-day's issue, an interesting account of the beautiful and prosperous Town of Chatham. lasted about two hours. gore ig ' i <1 Spete have literated themselves from a bondage : Visitors. to Detroif will be agreeably surprised at the. thorough renovation and other necessary Correspondence. ares and the True Band Society in the City of of London, Not If. To the Editor of the Provincial Freeman : Mr. Eprror,--Drar Sir:--There was | a large Meeting held of this Order, on Mon- day evening, the 2nd inst., in the A. M. E. Chapel, for the purpose of allowing Mr. Fair- field an opportunity of expressing his views relative to the True Band Society. After | 5 the Meeting was organized, and the Chair- | man had taken his seat, Mr. Fairfield came forward and called for the Constitution and By-Laws of the Society, and ordered them to be read. The house being very much crowded with strangers, as well as members, we expected to see a large number of new members added to the Band; but, I am sorry to say, the Constitution and By-Laws were lost, and could not be found. Here some half hour was spent in sending a person for the Secretary, but he returned without Se- cretary or papers. 'This sad story appeared to fall heavy on the mind of the speaker, and he being at a loss what to do, he resolved to give the Society some advice, which I think This was my se- cond opportunity of hearing Mr. Fairfield; therefore, I made up my mind to hear him through, and here I was not a little disap- pointed, for I expected to hear a man full of wit and eloquence, as I had heard he was both the organ and leader of the True Band erety-;-but-l-feand he was destitute of both. Ishall not undertake to give you a full description of his remarks, and neither could I, for they were lengthy and very scattering. In his remarks, he said the color- ed people ought not to sue one another at law; they should appoint their own officers and settle their own difficulties. He said, '" they spent in Chatham, in 1854, $2800 in law, one with another ;" and also "at Dawn, in 1854," he said, " there were twenty colored men put in jail for sums as low as from 75 ets, and up- | wards, to $3 ;" this, also, I think he said, was done by their colored friends. He advised them to do away with all differences of opinion, and come together, and build a large place of worship for all the colored people in London. Here, some slight contradiction had taken place in reference to imprisonment for small debts, but Mr. Fairfield affirmed never- theless, it was the case. Opponent said, he was not aware of any such law in Canada, but here, Mr. Fairfield finds 20 cases of im- prisonment in a place where there is no jail. He tells the colored people they must organize themselves in societies, live i in union, and be- come respectable like the whites; and yet he | tells them they must all huddle together i in| 'one common place of worship, aside from the | 4, whites, { urespé of er religious views. ook at their land"--that. excellent 300 | ceeded with one and hung the other. A attempted to save her husband was pit Herc. I think he made a great. Seta. he does not see the whites doing this; he purnoseg to be their leader, framing thee consti and forming societies, and those consti claiming no responsibility over offic members, but leaving them all as loo He tells them to take the example whites. I should like to know whose ex this is, is it white or black? if whitewe want no more of it, and if it is his own production, we hope he will go home and learn to belead, be- fore he undertakes to lead us. I have not against the True Band Society, if proper conducted; but if you will allow me to use the words of a gentleman, who a few ey evenings ago was invited to address the True Band Society in this city, I think it must ber modelled, before any good can be done. It is true the most of the colored 'people in Canada are from Slavery, and have little or no education, but what can they Fa from being lead by a man as ignorant ag themselves ; ; if we are to be lead by i igno men, we might as ae have black men as white men. ae London, July 18th, 1855. 'The 'Louisville 'Riots, Dreadful Loss of Life. ce 'Monday last, 30th July, will ben remer bered by the citizens of Louisville for ma years to come. acts as those committed in our midst, in a civilized and enlightened community are ey without parallel. The following incidents and. loss of life and property, without comment or note, is as near as we could get at the outrages com- mitted. It will satisfy those living at a dis- tance, that the greatest, the most vile out- rages ever known in any country has been -- perpetrated in the free city of Lousville,, Kentucky. Before the polls were open half an 'hour, ie the Know-Nothings took possession of them, preventing all democrats and foreigners from voting. a The first fight took place between an es 'American and an Irishman, in the vicinity of the Kentucky engine Shoes which re-. a sulted in the -death of the Trisiman, who. The American we believe 1 es died in jail. badly hurt. A man named Townsend was shot and stabbed, on Jefferson street, while*going © from he store to his residence. He will . probably die. "A German shoemaker was Added oe harmlessly . walking home, in the Second oo. - Ward. A erowd of Know- -Nothings attacked two Germans, who were standing in front of their shop, and would have nsaliee eated them -- had they not made good their escape. We heard of five Germans who were lying in a Drug Store, in a dying condition, on Jefferson above Preston street. A gang of bullies infested the upper part -- of town, and tore down several tenements. near the bridge, on' Jefferson street; and cruelly beat several Germans, robbed them of all the valuables in their possession, and broke every article of furniture in their houses. : Late in the evening, a brewery ¥ was set on fire, on Jefferson street, and burned. se = the ground. & The Shelby street Catholic Chueh was broken open, searched, and many things broken. House, and got possession of a cannon and -- several guns, with which -- they marched through -- the ah in the evening, we saw them march- lown Jefferson, we suppose to the ith and Bighth, carrying a banner with the motto " America and Americans." Se At the First Ward, we heard of three Germans who, with bloody heads, 'made. their escape to their dwellings on Main. street, but were followed by the crowd, fired on in the midst of women and children, and afterwards dragged out, unmercifully beaten until they fell senseless. Jesse Hughes, a good Democrat, fe beaten, cut, and shot so badly, at the corner = of Jefferson and Jackson streets, that he fae died shortly. At the first Ward there were a coptitaal Be row, in which several men (we could not ss learn how many, or what side) got killed and mortally wounded. During the whole night | that part of the town was ; illuminated from _ the conflagration of the houses of poor and peaceable Germans, lit by the base incen- diaries match, We heard of two Cooper shops, in which nobody was, that were set_ on fire, they were opposite R. Atkinson' S Pork House on Main street, While the Brewery on Jefferson was in flames, a German leaped from a house, tried -- to escape the blows aimed at his head, and -- had nearly succeeded, when a man whom he was passing in his flight knocked him down with a monster club, the crowd gathered around him and beat him iil he. . lay insensible. a At the Sixth Ward, at the Court se : the Know-Nothings were determined none but one of their order should vote ; not a democrat, but particularly a foreigner dare go up the steps. Several Irishmen were -- attacked on the corner of Fifth, by the _ Know-Nothing bullies, as they passed from one poll, to another. We saw an unlucky -- Irishman who got in, but found the place too hot for him, jumped out of the second story on the ground, for which he was taken to jail. Ee Aman, we balers, nareed Kelly, was shot in the Court-house Square, through the heart, and then taken to jail to die, He 'suppose. iS 'Two others were lying in the yard all -- night, who had been shot and brutally beatea during the fight in the evening. : Lhe Eighth Ward was the crowning scene of all, here death and destruction went : hand in hand. The Trish were driven from the polls, they retaliated, in which we heard. Oe that an American was shot. To revenge their brother, they attacked a whole row of Mr. Quinn's frame bul Idings. Shot in among women and children, then broke in and took out two men, and tried to kill them; ba be | tantalising gibes and ribald jests, unbecom even to Canibals or Vampyres, a woman wh breaking her neck an¢ lit Such hellish and diabolical oo The mob then proceeded to the Court . -- Second and First Wards. -o