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2 1e 2 hich they ine done nd-foster. The " under- ; upot | which r runaway slaves he So hern Stat ue and trans- 'it aie SO: many =. Le ee of arri- sd of ae Provincll." at the horrors of slav- ) says: the Colo- by no means a no ant and helpless, to seduce from com- é for the seducers ne) He | is too senrewd: to en-. ' self with the suppor: t of the run- ways whom be éntiees from their homes to east them upon British protection. ~ Te will ww ark. to get them away from their masters, pa tieincont ee the Cnn gat he self to: Seaport The. "On the contrary, in Ce many 'States, he legislates against them, fenc ou around with legal and social } __ barviers, to escape from equality or contact, = Be ation with them or their class. Where he is they are a despised, corrupted, vicious d decaying caste; and he accordingly helps as fast as he can to get into the British tions, and. abandons them to British y, ina strange countr y, under inclem- at skies, without means or capacity to pro- "vide for themselves. : a season our British neighbors were g to receive these fugitives, although -- ot clear that they ever enlisted them- selves to provide for their guests. They did not at first feel the inconvenience of this ley immigration, nor anticipate to what a magnitude it might swell. It was a gratifi- = -eation to the pridé of British colonists to be able to exhibit themselves in the attitude of s Proteiorsof refugeesfrom the United States; ' y plumed themselves pharisaically eir Superior sanctity. we doubt not, a real portion of the anti-slav- ery fanaticism, which the imperial authorities ee ig Ives, and have eye SO seduously as a nd leone the pee prosperity he United States. _Slavery emancipa- oe very Reale fell into the habit Ss id were willing to encounter some cost for the indulgence of the national vanity and the spirit of pr opagandism. Prejudices, delusion and eonceit 'have concurred to make the Ca- hitherto ostentatiously tender to the onism of the United States a refuge for ero runaways, This was all well for a while, till the pres- beuan to be felt slightly and the com- yardens to be seen and estimated. While - number were few and the cases of incon- ence only_occasional, it could be borne _-without wincing. It was something to brag of which cost but little. It served to poisst an arrogant sarcasm against a rival people, to og Re dads ot a fancied Soe bial Aloae! as Rapist. or eles in andy unregar 'ded destitution mnie the hs oat ak consequences are more have bargained for in the indul- eretofor e of a cheap and gasconading thropy. The inward tide of immigra- ows. roublesondly large, and the pros- urther and steady increase begins. the authorities. It is no longer a. matter for Canada, and some Canadi- , looking into.it with very grave fore- 'The impression on. the vast mass rt of population in the United States t imperceptible, but Canada already the dangers of the threatened irruption. ere that long before the work of ation could possibly accomplish one- of its labors in the United States, Ca- ould be overrun with the emancipat- g om the slave States would drive out and the free States would not harbor. 'The ions of discontent with this prospect, elicited 1e evils distinguishable at the ingress of se first few runaways, are already con- us; and before long we shall hear of legislative - "proposition to protect the ians from the nuisance. It will find yport in the practice by all governments luding the paupers and criminals of r nations from its shores. It will find a ation even in the eyes of humanity in rmination to prevent an accumula- within the Canadas of a large number acclimated blacks suddenly freed from. all the restraints of authority to which they have been subject for a life-time, ignorant, _ prone to vice and sent into an ungenial land, without inclination to labor, means of sup- ort or capacity to provide for themselves. _ If these growing alarms in Canada should have their effect ina provision by law for ~ keeping this class of population out of the ey ince, and. turning them back upon the } hands of the Northern kidnapper or conduc- | os through whom the. fugitives now escape to Canada, it would be a result not unrea- bly to be expected. Asa measure of protection Canada may very justly exact- the liberators of slaves should take care | em, and bear the cost of 'their own spontaneous philanthropy. She may very properly expect that Ohio, New York and igan shall retain within their own limits, . support with their own means, the fugi- a es from the South, whom they protect » against the owner and assist in escaping from their homes. We have our own pri doubts whether the abolitionism of the | rth would not lose a good deal of its vigor "ifit had to bear the costs out of its own means, and could not throw the bnrden and annoyances upon others, whether if these | n could be made to put their own theories: val progres, be. 'compelled to prac- doctrines they teach, tolive with and u seh ae i" as a full 2 : nie ¢ They had, too,4 have indulged in at so-terrible cost them- | .tion, to set up for themselves; yet is not that 'such is not the case. -eolorare his superiors. This is no over-drawn heart that dictated such a paragraph. -and this will hasten the crisis. 'lions of bondmen rise on their masters. 'tion, an exaggeration. 'the House of Lords by Lord Brougham : Dutch Guiana, and that one of these British | be presumed in the present instance, the for costes Gade, anda iis apprecia- tion in acts ef the condition, comforts and rights of the white races of the United States. ~The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Neyer was this saying more lamen- table true than when applied to the philan- thropic meddlings of abolitionism, domestic and external, with the condition of the American slave. They 'make his bondage more hopeless, and surround it with priva- | tions of which they create the necessity ; and || every instance of the success in detaching some individual from the mass of his kind- red and fellows, in the position for which alone he is fitted, is a piece of real inhumanity to him, and helps to bring down the curse of retribution | upon themselves -- Picayune. a a © 'Prospects of the South. Some time since a short paragraph appear- ed in_ this journal, amongst other. items, in which an opinion was expressed, that fugitive slaves were " by no means a desirable class of immigrants for Canada." We took oc- | casion at the time to explain, that the re- mark was intended to apply solely to those, | who, by the brutalizing effects of their past | position, and the deprivation of Christian edu- | cation, were really unfit to be entrusted with | the 'rights of freemen, in a country where freedom is so largely developed as in Canada. We_--expressed no opinion adverse to the encouragement of a respectable colored immi- gration, whether slaves or otherwise; and certainly we had no idea of refusing a place of refuge to any man, whatever his deficien- cies or vices, whose position as a refugee from the tyranny of tyranntes--personal slavery -- gave hima pre-eminent claim upon every feel- ing of humanity. With these few remarks, we ° cheeriully insert Baler a communication : To the Editor of the Colohist. _-Goop Mr. Eprror,--What were you think- that about fugitives: was it in some fit of ia- spiration, or merely a chanee remark. _ Be as itmay, you have acquired a wide-spread popu- larity by it. It was a perfect God-send to Southerners,--every paper in the land has. copied it with apropriate remarks.--" A Brit- ish journal" saying that British soil ought not to bethe hoe and refuge of the oppressed, that Britain was weary of her "man steal- ing," and property might be secured even if they did have to face Northern abolitionists. Canada is returning to a sense of justice, and will soon be the ally of the South. They have really found a "mare's nest' in your paragraph. Do you intend taking a trip South this sum- mer--if so, just write another such paragraph, and then '¢chalk yourhat." "The rejoicing over the one sheep that was lost' would be nothing to it. It may be a fact as you say, that fugitive slaves are not exactly the emigration to en- courage. But why not? True they bring little capital; and are little able, without direc- the case with much of the emigration from the old country. They bring strong backs and willing minds, and is there any evidence to shew that they will not make a valuable acquisition to the population of the country. You may suppose I may have some connec- tion with the "Under Ground Railroad," but T have been among | slaves for a year, and have never before said or written against thesystem, buthave thought the more, With all the palliating circum- stances half the evils have not bzen told. It is a double curse, a curse to the race-enslaved and to the masters. They may tell of the noble and generous feelings, the love of learn- ing, the chivalry and chastity of Southerners, --it is all bragadocia. A Southerner at home is a tyrant, impetuous and overbearing; he is wanting in that true courage, that makes men calmly 'front danger, and his honor and chas- tity are never mentioned. The town is sup- plied with some learned men, and some gentle- men, but the country is filled with ignorance and vice. From his childhood up the slave- holder gratifies every brutal passion of his na- ture: and who are the victims of his brutality, his slaves, men and women, who in all. but picture. -Now and then one of these " chat- tels" by dint of perseverance escapes, and do you refuse a foot of land in the only asylum this side the grave? It cannot be, it must have been only a slip of the pen and not the Slaves many of them long for liberty and know the toils and pains of it, they are not contented, as they will tell when there is an ear that they dare tell their complaints in. A fearful day of. retribution i is coming, the disunion of these States is as sure as their present union, and at no distant date. 'The late Kansas outrage demonstrates that this is no longer a-land of | freedom, even to the whites, Anarehy and confusion will. follow. But one train of intelligence, and one spark of knowledge is wanting now, to make the mil- It is the fear of this that makes the South. so fear- ful that intelligence may be disseminated among the blacks. Insurrection of slaves isa thing but little talked of, but I have seen brave men grow pale as some one whispered it. The elephant, ignorant and docile, is led by a tiny cord, an apt emblem of slavery at pre- sent, but the enraged brute destroying, all be- fore it will be the emblem by andby. There are men here who fear this and know it, and forsee it approaching with disunion. Tt is slave-holding America that is the "ally of slave- holding Russia. They may say Uncle Tom's Cabin is a fic- Bat with little varia- tion every plantation could furnish all the materials and much more that. could not be: written. It is my prayer that Canada may encourage such emigration, and always afford an asylum to the slave, and J trust too, that it will be so until an asylum is provided nearer by. Yours, &c.., B. R. Fincu. "Jackson, Miss, ., June 2nd, 1855. British Slaveholders, The following petition was presented to 'Po the Right Hon. the Peers of the Umted King- dom of Great Britain and Ireland in Par lament | assembled. 'The petition of the committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society humbly showeth: 'That your: petitioners have learned with deep pain, that there are, at the present time, several British subjects proprietors of plan- tations and slaves in the colony of Surinam, slaveholders now occupies a high official ing of when you let slip such a paragraph as" means, that give such information. permitted to hold. slaves in any country, whatever. ' That, while it is viifful to your petition- ers' to be compelled to allude to individual cases, they nevertheless feel it to be their duty to express their deep regret, that Her Majesty's government should have selected a slaveholder to fill the office of High Com- missioner of the Ionian Islands, and would respectfully submit that this fact cannot but tend greatly to weaken the moral effect. of any remonstrance the government. may pre- sent to foreign cabinets on the subj slave trade, and is calculated to cast discredit on the sincerity of the efforts that are being 'made to overthrow the system of slavery. ' Under these circumstances, and seeing that the parties referred to are, either by themselves or by their agents, involved in the immoral practice of dealing in the persons of their fellow-creatures for the purpose of keep- ing up the number of slaves on their planta- tions--a traffic which violates every tie of humanity and every principle of religion-- your petitioners would ear nestly pray that your lordships would be pleased to take this - view to adopt such measures as may appear desirable, in order to remove from Her ing a slaveholder as the representative of British sovereignty, and also adopt such fur- ther measures as may be requisite to prevent the continuance of the evil practices referred to on the part of British subjects.'--Luberator. RRR ARRAR AA owmrn Oe NOTICE. ~The Shareholders and Managers of the Provincia, FREEMAN are requested to meet at Chatham, on the 2nd Tuesday in October, without fail. By order. M. A. Sapp, : Agent. PROVIN CIAL FREEMAN. ARRAS RA OIL IRL I LN ES CHATHAM, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1855. SLI a PDIOPPLPLEBLP_QLPQODPPDPPrOPrPoProDrorOoD ean ice Dr. Jesse Burke is authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper, and to give Receipts for the same: : fas" Mr. Moses- Viney is authorized to act as Agent for this paper in the State of New. York. Rev. R. M. Jounson, ts authorized to re- vetve subscriptions for this paper. foe" Rev. Ricuarp Preston, of Halifax, N.S., is authorized to act as Agent, to receive Monies, and give receipts for the same. APPEAL. To love a people, they must be known ; hence the importance and necessity of those I The "ProvinciaL Freeman" is the means by which, the Colored people of this Province, particularly, are to be made known to each other, to the citizens of this Government, and to the people of the world. And as it is the duty of human beings to love each other, and as such love is based upon know- ledge, it follows that it is their duty to know one other. In view of such truth, we ap- peal to all, who fee/ and to them, who would feel their obligations arising from human relation, to aid in the support of the " Pro- VINCIAL FREEMAN." We might appeal to passion and interest, in support of so good a cause, but we dis- -dain to do that, judging it better to simply call attention to owr duly as a people, to make ourselves known, and the duty of others to become acquainted with us. And sd much we believe, you will do; hence, we urge you to forward your names, and the names of all others you can get, as subscribers, for the Freeman, with the money in advance. Ra@& The subscribers of the Provincial Freeman are requested to call at the Office, Charity's Brick Buildings, King Street, for their. papers, until such time as a suitable person can be obtained as Carrier, and we can learn the residences of subscribers. Persons living in the country will please cail at the Post Office. Owing to the scarcity of hands, and other unavoidable circumstances, incidental to moving, it will be impossible to get out the paper on the day of publication for a short time. Lede Ss The Chatham Meeting and Dawn. The meeting on Monday night, in this Town, was very large and enthusiastic. The house was filled to its utmost capacity, and many were outside about the door and win- dows. The object of the meeting was to hear the detence of Mr. Josiah Henson, sen., against certain statements made by Mr. Jas. C. Brown, about Mr. Henson and his con- nection with the Dawn School, in a public meeting some time since, and to give Mr. -Brown an opportunity: to refute certain slan- derous charges preferred by Mr. Henson against Mr. Brown, in answer to his state- ments. Weare happy to beable to say, that Mr. _ Brown sustained his former statements, with position under Her Majesty's government. 'That your petitioners are fully aware Of the difficulty of dealing with the question of | the holding of slaves by British subjects in foreign countries, especially when, as may incontestable testmony and met the slander- ous charges of his opponent; and overthrew them, to the perfect satisfaction of all, but Mr. Henson's few friends, and covered his slaves thus acquired may be inherited; but | your petitioners nevertheless consider it to be an infraction of the moral principle on: r mei wail are founded _ the various acts for the . cae alte the fe British degislatire, that suk intellect, antagonist with confusion and shame, (we wish we could say with humiliation,) as was _evinced by the overwhelming applause fre- quently given to Mr. Brown, as the fatal ve trade and of. gateiy, | strokes fell upon his adversary, from his giant < ject should not, under: any sean neee be evasion of the real points at issue, and an | ect of the | case into your serious consideration, with a. Majesty's government the stigma of employ- | be untrue. The dcienee of Mr. Henson was a mere apparent. effort to divert the minds of the having occupied the time very much longer than Mr. Brown, without saying but little to the point, an adjournment was moved, which resulted pretty muck in the silence of Mr. Henson. Before the meeting adjourned, gave us a long egotical harangue, about his twenty-five years of faithful labor for the colored people. He wished us to know that he thought it an honor for him to stoop to even consider our cause as colored people ! Poor mortal! We judge he is not much 'better than Jesus, who did not forget ws. He informed us, that he considered it our duty to consult his Lord-ship, even as to the propriety of our holding a public meeting to consult. about os own interest, &c.--yes, even in little common sense things, we must confer with him. He should that many of our brethren who have come common sense; and that,it is infinitely more befitting him to consult them, in such cases. 'He should not have forgotten either, that we knew that he was aad is paid--yes, and well paid for his servces in the Anti-Slavery cause. Ah! een more, that " personal and family consideration" brought him to Canada: He was hissed, while speaking, for his impu- dence and conceit ! He gave us to understand that he was the sole proprietor, in trust, of the Dawn pro- | perty, and that he intended to do pretty much as he pleased, if tie colored people would. not consent to be governed by him, &c. He was informec that we had but little need of sucha superhuman creature as he is, or would make us believe he is, and that we preferred, as a laborer among us, a Maw! --a being with a siwd in him; and as to his doing as he pleased with the Dawn property, that the law of the country would have to determine that point. His statement that the Rev. Hiram Wil- son had made no report of his receipts and expenditure, as agent for Dawn, we know to We differ somewhat with Mr. Wilson, but we will defend him in the right. He has been badly treated. He has done, and suffered much for our brethren, and it should not be forgotten. We believe him to be a Christian gentleman, if not free from error. We really wish that John Scoble manifestation of love to God and. man. We rejoice that God has spared Mr. Wilson to see what we have often told him, that a cer- tain negro "would rale or ruin" the Dawn School. SLAVERY AND LABOR. Hear the world-renowned, and, justly too, Horacz Grexzty, in his inimatable Lecture at New York and Boston. " The man who in New York or New Eng- land, most intelligently, devotedly, and effici- ently, strives to elevate, recompense, and dig- nify Labor--he is, of all New Yorkers, of all New Englanders, the most effective foe to Southern Slavery." 'The same will be equally true of the Canadians. But what does the big-hearted Horace mean? He says: " You, my Lord Creesus! who pays your tradesmen so justly and readily, do you, or do you not, quietly assume that they are socially your in- feriors, merely because they are tradesmen ? You, my Lady Maximum ! would you fall into hysterics at the tidings that your daughter was engaged to some retailer or clerk--merely because of his business or position 7' And, we add, ye whites, merely because of his color 2 You have the meaning. In the same lecture of the cosmopolite, he adds.a few words to "the Black of the Free States," which will apply with even move force to the colored Canadians. He remarks: "They, too, have a responsibility to shoulder, a work to perform, in aid of Universal Free- dom--a work that taxes other muscles than those of the windpipe. It behooves them to hear and comprehend that the strongest argu- ment in defence of Slavery was never uttered by any Calhoun, or McDuffie, Dew, or Tucker, by any broker D. D., or party hack whatever, but set forth in the person of this able-bodied négro, cowering, and shivering in a Northern alms-house, and that one skulking around to the back-door of some grand hotel for his daily basket of broken victuals. "(he argument for Universal Freedom lack nothing in the way of logic--never did lack anything in that quarter--while it suffers every day for want of sufficient demonstration that the African is competent to the formation of an industrious, virtuous, intelligent, civilized, thrifty, and pro- gressive body politic. I do not say, that no evidence of this kind has been afforded ; but simply, that very much more is neeced, and would prove of essential service. If the colored population of Boston or New York would this day resolve--not to throw razors and blacking brushes at once, to the moles and the bats, but to wield them henceforth only as means of working out of the spheres of servi- tude and contempt, in which they have hitherto lived, not indeed into that of indolent luxury and pomp, but into one of independent labor and thrift, they would therein strike a more damaging blow at Slavery than has been dealt by all Ethiopean orators, convention, and mass meetings, since the day of Ham. And to this end, they need not expatriate themselves to Africa or to Hayti. [He don't say Canada.] Liberia is well in its way ; but we need Li- berias wherever there are blacks, and wherever the prejudice of caste or color remain unradi- cated. 'Talk not of poverty or inexperience, unfitness, or inefliciency--the boy must take to the water, before he knows that he can swim, or he will never learn. There is, pro- bably, more wealth among the Blacks of this country to-day, than the Israelites took with them into the wilderness, on their way to unthinking, from the truth at stake, and after | however, Jobn Scoble was called for, who | eperations, so as to do every thing with the have known _ from the land of bondage, are his masters in could be compared with Mr. Wilson, in, Pee all they borrowed of the Egyptians, 'and were in too great hurry to return. Let. 'the Blacks of any Free State quietly concentrate their efforts and means, and buy up a township of its soil--let them begin with a school district, if unable to pay | for a township--and let them settle that do- | main compactly, from their own ranks--start- ing manufactures and mechanic arts, as well as agriculture, and hiring the best procurable masters to guide them in the outset of their greatest economy, and in the highest perfec- tion, if not at first with the utmost efficiency; and they will thus do more in one year of heroic, devoted toil for the overthrow of Slave- 'ry, than their whole race have effected in half acentury. Not that their right to Liberty is not perfect, even though Freedom should prove a damage to most of them, as if does to many white men ; but to overcome the resistance of pride, and selfishness, and indulence, we must be prepared to meet and vanquish illogical, as well as rational cavils. Give us one township inhabited wholly, or mainly by Blacks, yet eminently temperate, intelligent, thrifty, and progressive--equal to what a township mainly of Quakers now is--and, we will'do more with the township for the destruction of Sla- very, than canbe done with all the speeches ever made, the books ever written. does not, at this hour, exist one invincible im- pediment, insurmountable by the Blacks them- _selves, to the creation of such a township." Our esteemed friend, begs of us, not to re- gard him " one-sided, mechanical and narrow, because he states these truths." Well, we will not, for, we believe his soul is too big for that.. We wish he had said "Colored People," instead of "Free Blacks." He meant well, no doubt, but our friends ought not to forget that we have been made a sensitive peo- ple, and that anything like reproach destroys confidence. thren of the United States, there, where they are deprived nearly of every right, and treated more like brutes than brothers, what might they not accomplish for themselves, their bre- thren "in bonds," and their race, were they to.move to Canada, "where colored men are free," and enjoy all the right, §-c., that British born citizens do, when they become natu- ralized ? And, if our people, of the hypocritical Re- public, can and might do so much for " Uni- versal Freedom ?" what may not, we do, for the same, of this Monarchy of Freemen. We have not made the above quotation and re- marks, because we are partial to Black go- verhments, communities, churches, or schools. We have never considered it any particular honor to associate with white people, simply because, they are such. We are brothers. We hold, that we can and ought to make our position physically, intellectually, and morally, as wellas, politically, and socially, such, that, our white brethren would, as naturally and readily seek ow? association, as, we: would theirs. It seems disgraceful to us, to ask more than equal rights of any people, and thanis God, such we have here. Correspondence. For the Provincial Freeman. Mr. Epiror,--You will please give inser- tion, in the columns of your valuable paper to the following Minutes of a Meeting held in this town on the evening of the 27th inst.» in the Rev. H. H. Hawkins' Church, in rela- tion to certain statements preferred against Mr. J. C. Brown, by Mr. Josiah Henson, at a previous meeting respecting the affairs of the Dawn Institute. Mr. J. W. Hill was called to the Chair. After prayer, by the Rev. Henry Garrett, a very pathetic manner, noticing certain charges in relation to his Trustee duties. He presented letters, one from Mr. Hiram and other written documents, evincing, very conclusively, his integrity as Trustee. Mr. Josiah Henson failing to establish or authenticate his charges against. Mr. Brown, the Rev. John Scoble was called upon to make a simple statement of the facts in rela- tion to the Dawn affairs at the present time, which he did ina very fluent manner. -- 'The Rev. Wm. P. Newman followed with a few explanatory remarks, dissenting from the preceding speaker. Miss M. A. Shadd, also, dissenting from the Rev. Mr. Scoble, addressed the meeting for a few minutes, in a very lucid and ap- propriate manner. After which, the following resolution was offered, and almost unanimously adopted :-- Resolved,--That whereas, Mr. Josiah Henson has failed to authenticate the validity of any of his charges against Mr. Brown, that this Meeting endorse the conduct of the triumphant defender of the Dawn property. The meeting then adjourned, at the late hour of half past twelve o'clock. J. W. Hitt, Chairman. H. C. Jacsson, Secretary. Chatham, Aug. 27th, 1855. Tothe Editor of the Provincial Frecman : Mr. Eniror,--The facts below are well known 'to you, but as your distant readers may not know, I dot them down as they hap- pened, for their information A large and highly interesting meeting was held on Monday evening last, the 27th inst., at the Rev. H. H. Hawkins' Church to examine into statements preferred against Mr. J. C. Brown, by Mr. Josiah Henson, at a.former meeting, and to investigate the affairs of the Dawn Institute. Mr. Brown, we. are happy to 'Say, swept away most effectually the cobweb suspicions aroused by the assertions of his opponents, and brought in his defence indisputable documentary proof. A lengthy reply from Mr. Henson, unfortu- é nately elicited no new point, and failed to ,And there If so much can be done by our colored bee Mr. J. C. Brown addressed the audience in | Wilson, another from Mr. Joseph C. Lewis,. | sustain satisfactorily hisfirst attacks, although backed by the testimony of Peter B. Smith. Mr. Scoble was also on the boards, and in his usual happy manner, told how many years he had been working for the colored people, and otherwise referred particularly to him- self; spoke of Dawn, the Trusteeship vested in him, and his heirs and assigns forever, of the direlict colored people in Canada--the ingrates! who, instead of publishing their contemplated Convention on the Market- house, Court-house, Bridges, &c., as they did, should have taken the more public one of sending the Call to himself; of course, their claim to the Dawn was denied--it neither belonged to the colored people, him- self, nor any one ; but was only held in trust vested in his heirs and assigns, without own- ers, and could not have any. He enumerated all the Trustees who transferred it to him, yet he could not give it back, nor in fact make it over to any one else. .Poor man! Like the slaveholders with slaves, it was a the power to get rid of it. He was Trus- tees, Secretary, Treasurer, Possessor and all! If the colored people attempted to hold their convention, he assured them they might become involved in the law ; but when complied with, he told them that they might. hold their meeting if they would behave pro- perly. The forward children! _ His remarks, which were lengthy, self- rlaudatory, disparaging to the colored people, and "assuming," terminated by a decided call of the house for the Rev. W. P. New- when the gentleman abruptly left, after a failure to gag Mr. Newman, by calling for more questions, with a trail or train of soft annuated old clothes agent, a barber that would not shave colored men in his day and generation, a faithful servant or two, and a good farmer with a bad memory. A resolution was then passed, congratu- lating Mr. Brown on the successful vindica- tion of his character ; after which, the meet- ing adjourned. "During the meeting, quite a spirited passage at arms, took. place between Mr. Cary, of Dawn, and Rey. H. J. Young. The former charging the people with bad manners towards Mr. Henson, for signifying their doubts of the force of his flimsy testi- mony, by rather mirthful demonstrations. and their contempt for humbug, questions and answers ; and 'the latter nobly vindicated them. Such scenes, though to be beg for the colored people, and. others get the benefit. Man azout Tow. Chatham, Aug. 29th, 1855. To the Editor of the Provincial Freeman. Since I last wrote to Tam Trend FREEMAN? you, I have changed my residence. Shrewsbury (Round-Eau). Shrewsbury is situated on the beautiful fishing ground, called the Round-Eau, which empties itself into Lake Erie, by which natural circumstance, it is made a splendid harbor for vessels; and in times of storms, when Lake Erie is very rough, vessels make some eight or ten vessels have loaded in this harbor, with lumber and staves, which is as yet the only article of merchandise that eall them. here. In this Town Plot, it is said, there is some five or six hundred acres; and, from what I can learn, a Town has been in contemplation much progress. A survey of the Town was made some five or eight years ago, laying out the entire plot in Town Lots, of half an acre each; the most of which, including the best and most valuable, have been bought up by the land jobbers of various parts of the country, and not by active settlers, which is one of the reasons why this Town has made so _ little progress. The jobbers are doing nothing with their lots, only waiting two or three prices for them. In arranging the sales of these lots, in my weak judgment, appears to be a great over- sight in Government, not to have fixed upon some settlement duties that would compel owners to improve their lots, which would supercede the execution of a. threat made by the assessor of taxes, that he intended to of lots will be obliged to improve or sell, or he will sell for taxes. to those who will im- prove them. now, is only five; one frame dwelling house, covered with boards, but is intended before long to be covered with shingles; its owner is Mr. Thomas Bond; him and his family as my limited observation extends. Mr. Bond wishes to sell his property, and I am very sorry for it, for he has every ap- T always wish every one to act according to the dictates of their own notions, so.as to serve their own best interest. ~The next house is Mr. Timothy Kelly's, building is.built of round log; there is also a log stable upon this property. Mr. Kelly is said to be the oldest inhabitant in the Town; his family takes care of the light- house, at the mouth of this harbor; but since the sale of the wharf (Lucan's wharf) by 'the Government, to a Yankee company, everything is going to rack, even the light- house has been abandoned, and no lig ht kept, and without some repairs soon to the wharf, it will be down, 'for it is stalin as a as. time is passing. ts a The Tavern stand. is a ballin, built of owners since its erection, and at present it Is logue of buildings, went to work to clear disadvantage to him; but he had not. eecured that legal formalities necessary were man, to give the other side of the question; shells, sons of color, composed of a super- | by some loud | deprecated, will continue so long as parties owned by Messrs. Blew & Ege Tt has all the necessary buildings and out build. ings called for by the Tavern Lay ie Messrs. Blew & McKinney had t sion of the property, Mr. McK nne zeal to add one more dwelling to the and half demolish an old log stable. it into a dwelling, and after some. four weeks pottering about it, left 'itin demolished state, which building | n sents the most disagreeable appearane any building on the Town plot. The Cus. tom House is a very neat building, built . hewed logs, very neatly costructed, some- thing similar to the dwelling of Mr. King's at Buxton; this, alas, is going to wreck for want of care and use. This building, Tsup- pose is the property of the Government All the above mentioned buildings (except Blew's & McKinney's half demolished, and Mr. Killey' s stables) are all on Bro-k st | which is the main street Teading to the Queen's. Wharf. On William street, is a log shanty, for such its owner calls it, Lorenza Lewis ; name ; he says, he owns six lots; but t best known to himself Mr. Lewis j is. to very intemperate habits, other than no doubt he would make a good citizen There was one more house on Brock St, bat No. 2., owned by Mr. Addison Smith burnt by some incendiary to preven his moving' to it, and also to intimidate colored people from settling in this section country, Shrewsbury in particular. -- Mr. 'Smith is not- intimidated, nor : couraged; he is prepairing to rebuild, ang since they burned his house, he has bought another lot that joined him, which places him on the corner of the main street in the Town, (Brock St.) So the burning house instead of discouraging him, it ha creased his efforts two-fold. _ So much for envy, "it always punishes iteelt? Of the inhabitants, I must try and find time, after a while, to give you a slight des- cription of them, and for fear you may have~ | occasion: to complain of my length, ay did before, I close, remaining == Yours, most saree Improvement of Colored People, Miss oo -- FUP ERIE In the earnest path of duty, With high hopes and hearts pose : We to usefil lives: aspiring, Daily meet #0 labor here. No vain iene of earthly slory, "= Urge us onward to explore' - Far extending realms of knowledge, - no more a resident of Chatham, but have' become a dweller in the lovely town. of in here for safety. Already, this season,. for some time, but as. yet, it has not made | for them to advance in price, so as to obtain: double the taxes year by year, until owners. The number of. roe in thie _town plot | appear to be very sociable and kind, so far | colored man's claims, and should sti pearance of a friendly good neighbor, though | containing one half acre of ground; the | 'ordered not to be printed, was read th any slaves to dy: - round logs, it has passed the hands of several | With their. rich. and. varied store ; But, with hope of aiding others, Gladl y we perform our part ; ee Nor forget, the mind, while storing, ---- _ We must ee the heart,-- Ay Terch it are of oppression, -'Fruest love of God and man ; - Thus our high an1-holy calling : May accomplish Eis great plan. Not the great and gifted only He appoints todo his will, _ But each one, however low] y Has a mission to fulfil. Knowing this, toil we unwearied, . With true hearts and purpose high; -- We would win a wreath immortal, sien Whose bright flowers ne'er fade 'and aie: Diplomas*have just been awarded to a colored girl in the High School at Ports- mouth, N. H., 'and also to a young eolored lad at one of the Boston Public Schools, to which he) though the only colored among the white boys found) had secured access but a few months since. This year's graduating class at Dartmecth College, contained one colored young man, (edward . Garrison Draper.) ~ ~The Class procured lithographic portraits of each other, to exchange fraternally, and to give color to their consistency, Draper's was among them as a brother beloved. A colored aspirant for classical ects has just obtained admittance to a literary In- stitution in Connecticut, after ne years" refusal by the. Faculty. - In the city of Boston there 2 are gratifying tokens that prejudice against color is not in- vincible. One large business firm has m employed in their counting-room a col ed book-keeper. 'There are colored clerks, in other stores. just been licensed by the city authori I recently met a colored boy in the who seemed much elated as he told me thata apprentice. There is aman in Boston, a young colored crayon artist is eliciting praise from those best qualified to judge. Several portraits of by bim with remarkable fidelity and finish. of Cambridge and North Russell 'streets,-- where, in addition to his usual Furnishing Stock, may be found jewelry, silver ware, dst --refleets credit upon himself and those with whom he is complexionally identified 1 in this country. Each fact above stated--and others phil be given--is worth more than elaborate argue ments in proof of the certain--even if slow --yielding of the public sentiment to th him to a higher ambition than to be what may be considered well for a. colored man; but rather refusing to be satisfiet th less than perfection i in his honest calling. ME CN oe anne 8-4 From the Liberator. - Kansas Legislature. ee ----_ True Idea of Yankee Freedom: : On the 10 inst., the Kansas Hou Representatives considered the act t offences against slave property. The bill 3 previously been referred to a committee, 4 they reported a substitute, which, and bei rice and passed--yeas, 24; nays none. De eath is the penalty of almost every offence. eer AN ACT TO PUNISH OFFENCES AGAINST 'SLAVE g PROPERTY: Sc. 1. Every person, bond or free, con- victed of raising a rebellion of slaves, free ne- groes or mulattoes--shall suffer death. Src. 2. Every free person who eee _ any rebellion of slaves, &c., or do any OV! act in furtherance th eL of--shall Sec, 3. Ifany-f ing, writing, or prj ter ae. white machinist had agreed to take him as an man, (William Simpson,) whose successasa well known individuals have been. executed Lewis Hayden's new store on the corner -- j