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PROVINCIAL FREEMAN. SOPRA CHATHAM, SAT. RDAY, JUNE 27. 1897. te Mr. William sul, of Philadelphia PB. A. is authorized to receive subscriptious for tars naper, and give Receipts for the same. te Mr-dsaac N. Cary, Front strect Toronto ag nt for this paper. » authorized to act as p - ioenent toe EPEGIAL NOTIGis. SUBSCLIBERS, EDITORS. POSTMAST- ERs and TEACHERS, are invited to ovtatn enbscriberstothe PROVINCIAL PREEMAN ter which twenty per cent will be allowed. No papets will be sent until the cash is received. "The terms of the Freeman are payment 10 advance, and no paper will be sent longer than paid for, SpPrcIMEN numbers will. be sent gratis upon application. Appress I, D. SHADD, Chatham, C. W. ----_-- at <2 8 @ REMITTANCE All subscription monies for this journal enelosed in letters and duly reyistered,-- which can be done at any Post Oifice on payment of two cents in addition to the post- <2 € 1ve--are at the risk of the Publisher. Sub- seribers will ebli.e us and relieve us from many difficulties by forwarding their sub- ] scription money by mak, as the trouble and expense vf collection through the country is very erceat.--t. D. s. BILLS! BILLSt! BILLS!!! e number of bills, €o oy o Subscribers and hope they wiil remitt to us We have sent a lar at the earliest possible moment, as our sub- scriptions are our only dependence. OU FGA NVASSTN G; Messrs. I. D. Shadd & fH. I'. Douglass. both of this office, will visit many of the towns and cities in Western and Jcastern Canada, immeiliately, for the purpose of pro- | | noting the interest and prospects of this p per.andthe cause of humanity generally. 2 Mr. Shadd will act as canvasser &e., while | Mr., Douglass, who has just returned from a tour in the Western states, where he has ; ae | | | | \abouring, in the cause of buman rights, and | DS? > spoken with great acceptance, will Lecture extensively as well as canvass, and we know satisfactorily. Bothare young men, and are 'or the spread of intelligence among Canadi- | in refugees. | We hope the Liberty-loving people of | | | these Provinces, will give them aid in their work.----M. A. S. C. Eoincpuracs (Scortanp) Lapies [Manctr- pation Socrmrry.-- We have with muci plea- gure observed the Address by this truly hu- mane Society, (and which was inserted in over : May a blessing God looks twenty papers in Canada.) attend the efforts of these Ladies. on them. Vorce or BonpsmMan, No. 5.--This number is in press, and will soon be distributed (c¢rat- I ' fel is.) It will embrace *Missionary [iorts,'-- Edinburgh Ladies Society,--Satan's Smil =) jaz --List of Books &¢. Published by J.J. i. Linton, Esq., Stratford, C. W.--mn. a. ' 2) b) (i Cc. 8. CS We bee our readers not t0 overlook the Farms' advertise- ment to be found elsewhere : they n are rare bargains and in most beautiful locations on the river Lhames. 'Terins are easy anu a few thousands would be well in- | vested by their purchas BLO A. Ue AWE AN S a The} proceedings of a pub lic meeting of the Colored Citi- are unavoidabl y zens of 'Toronto, crowded out this w 1 ' ek they shall oO u appear in our next. 1S Six passengers came by Under Ground Rail Railroad, to Chatham one day this week, and of hali its terrors, since we have a remedy so singularly efficacious as Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. lt is worthy of the high repu- tation which itenjoys. | Every family should be supplied with Per- ry Davis' Vegetable Pain Killer. Its magic effect in removing pain from all parts of the body, has given it a world wide reputation. No family having once used this medicine would willingly be without it. [tis what its name purports, a Pain Killer. INaiader, runs : in this d that purpose, Is now resident at the Village o} sh veyed aud ready for Settlement way of Kin Napanee, cither by Steamboat, and thence PECL TO RET Lee a ae OS C Be K in a Westerly direction, passine throush the Northerly part of the county of Ren- frew. [t is intended to eonnect this road witha projected line of road known Bei?s Lake as 1, ty 7° ' 2 j - L Aq + Line," leading to the Muskoka, and 4 at | a , OWllst Oe from the Openyo Road in the ip of 6 : ; Bradenea, at a distaiice of about miles from the Liver Ottawa, forming with 'Beli's Line," a great leading road, or base line from the Ottawa to Linke Muskosa, 171 miles in length, passing through the heart of the Ottawa and Huron 'Verritory. and opening up for settement a vast extent of rich and valuable land. is road, and the country through which it passes, row epen for settlement, is easily accessile and the Avent fur the ¢ rants of Leods in this district is Mr. PT. P. Freneh | ¥ wharesides at Mount Saint Pauick, nea Renfrew, on the Opeonvo Road, a few miles | tt from the Lands which are to be granted. Jo reach the section of Country under Mr. Hrench's charge the settler must go from Montreal up to the Oitawa Liver to a place ealled Bonehere Potnt, and thence by lJanad some twaty-five or thirty miles westivard to the Township of Grattan, in which Mount St. Patiisk is situate tT THE ADDINGTON ROAD. : y 1 | Lhe Commencing in the Township of Anglesea, in the northern part of the County of Ad- dington, bear the vill Eines Mills, m lmost due north to the Riv- ave ol ) more are looked for shortly. Bante vue nee hse Eales" aia ae eee a to be continued thence for the distance of Pulmonary Consumption. -- The great 95 miles till It intersects the Ottawa and : : 0) PPL Sars ea) : - i j jsar Joveongo oad. scourge of our Southern climate is disarmed NS 2 the Avent for the granting of, the Land Ai 1 u was istrict is Mir. Perry, who, for } 1 ete . j 'The outlines of five town- ips of very superlor land are ¢ lready sur- Hlint's Mls. units of the Agency, lying north of Lake assanoka, and between it and the River adawaska, The Townships are called res- y pecuvely Abinger, Denb'oh, Ashey, iJiling ham,Anel¢si, and Barrie. The direct route. to this Section is by THE OLRPAW AN AND OPHONGO ROAD: Commences at a point on the Ottawa River, known as "Farreli's,? a little above ! the mouth of thu Bonebere River, and rans | Lake Huron, bya branch which will diverge | ~ | but there is a within the | Teli ATI RAST eRe 3 eae £5 AND WEE ele NNO Nt NN EN SE tical 7 fF Awe North to the Township of daladar. and the Viilave of Flin's Mills where Mr. Perry re- cde S. THE HASTINGS ROAD. ud ata distance West from it of about thi- y-two miles is the fastings Road. This g at the northern part of the county of Hastings. and running a distance bf 74 miles, almost due north, also iatetsects toad bevinin ensions. The Government Agent, is Mr. M. P. Tlayes, who resides at the Village of Has- Btings, lately called Madoc, about 20 miles north of the Town of Belleville. The Road between these places is in good order--the land to be granted by the Crown under the AAgeney. extends from 15. to. 70 miles perth of the Village of Hastings. The Road through this large extent of land is passable for 40 miles, and money is now being expended to extend it 380 miles fur- Setters can get in and out vithout dsHculty, ard find a vood market for surplus produce, as well as convenient facilities for bringing in whatever supplies becy may require--abundance of which can vw had atthe Villlage of Hastinys, where ther, so that rs } he Government Agent resides The direct way to reach this Scction vhich is easily accessidle, Janada West, thence by Steamboat up the 3ay of Quinte to Beliville 56 miles--and Venn yer claws oO . > By "a GS hence by a good Road to Hastings, 28 wiles. eS y 4 In order to facilitate the 'e Country and provide lor keeping it re- valy the Roads thus opened' the Govern- ment has authorized Free Grants of Land ilony these Roads, not to exceed in each sase One Elundred Acres, upon application to che Local Agents, aud upou the fulluw- ny CONDITI { ONS: ie That the Settler be eighteen years of age That be take possessicn of the Land al- ofted to him within one mouth, aad put 'in istate of cultivation at least twelve acres ofthe land in the course of four years,-- build a house (at least 20 by 18 feet) and reside on the lot until the conditions of set- tlement are duly perfurmed; afier which ac- Loimpiisemeut only shall the settle have the ga little to the property. l'amilles comprisiong se veral settlers entitled to lands, preferring to reside on a single lot, will be exempted from the obligation of buid- ing and of residence, (except upon the fot on a ihe t of obtalnin OO Y . : lo d | istimeut of these con- cause the imediate Joss of the t le BOn-accomp ditions will assigned lot of land, which will be sold or given tu an other. 'Phe road having been opened by the Goy- emnt, the setilers are required to keep it in repair. Vhe Ioocal Agents, whose names and place of abode have already been given, will furnish every in The Log-house requied by the Govern. Finent to be built is of such a d formatios to the mtending Settier. description as | i Venera ~ y arrived to bnild the Loe- o without neighbors ly help "cabin for newly Settlers, ferection is sipall; the eee fee. charge, and whoo this is done the cost of the rool can between the lo be covered ; with bark, aud the spaces 2s fi | plastered with clay, and whitewashed. 'tben becomes a ueat dwelling, and warm 'asa stone house. 'Vue Lands thus opened up and offered for i settlement! are in sections of Canada West, capable as both to soil pro- | decing abundant crops of wintr wheat of ex- as climate' of i - a . aes i cellent quality and full weight, and also crop of every other descriplion of farm produce, | | Y ADVEK Almost parrailel to the Addington Road, he Ottawa and Opeonyu Road and Its ex- is by Kingston Settlement of which "they live) provided that the re- quired cleaing of the lashme made on each | can be put up in four days by five men. Vhe | ae tis as ER. pa] SLAVERY ee, In perusing the proceedings of our Town Council at their last meeting, on last Thurs day's issue, our readers will bave perceived that the prayer ofa very respectfully signed petition, addressed to the Town Council re- questing that the us of the 'Town TLall, be given to Mr Lewis, of this place, for the purpose of delivering a lecture therein, on Slavery and its Barbarisms, was g,anted; and it will re noticed, also, that th re e but two men sitting at the Council Board who have hearts cold enongh, and feelings sufficient, ofa pro-slavery tendency. (adverse to the feeling, which every man living on Canadian soil should have,) to oppose that petition; however, this one fact cau only be regretted; aud it is to be hoped, for the sake of thé community, that the men, who, at that Council Board, ridiculed tne idea of Mr Lewis' capacity to enlighten ¢hem on the Slavery question, will be present on the occasion. An idea, presumptuous, and most inconsiderate, to suppose for a moment that a man like Mr. Lewis, who has bent his back for years to the hoe, has had is reddened with stripes form the lash of the Planter, his feet chained, and family separated by the Auctioneers hammer, is not competent to unfold the mysteries in which is enveloped the dark deeds perpetrated on the poor slaves by the Sou hern monsters. Yes, we have no doubt but Mr. Lewis will retail those Southern transactions i a manner, such as will cause a reflecting mind to won- der how such things could exist. We say let the dubios attend and be enlightened. But a few weeks ago,we had not only as elo- ; quent and as well an expressed discourse on | Slavery, as we have ever listened to, but bh 3) iba / f the mass, of not only worth, but, in some instances, talent, which existsin the Soathren States; and which, if free from their bonds, and their minds to a degree cultivated, would in all probability prove worthy settlers for the thousands of acres of wild lands as yet untracked in Canada. Mr. 1. F. Douglass but a few years past, hoed corn with a fiend standing over him administering lashes na manner we, in Canada, would think cruel to annimaiss and thought perseverance he oh: tained his liberty and is now nobly engaged, by his pen and oratorically, knocking at that door which, in time, Must open at | liberty his own countrymen, and free them | In conclusion, we trust that the men who | would dare enjoy the privi ege of a Bvatish "soil, and at the same time entertain pro-sha | very views, will give an attentive ear to | Mr Lewis' Lecture. on 'Tuesday everiny land, ifthey do so, if we are not very much | | | | | | | | i | | i and set MI jimistaken, and if their feelings are not para- 'inount to those of the slave ownere them- selves, they will, at least, be somewhat soft- ened, and their minds, for the credit of the community in which they move, will be en- li htened. Dunpus Warder, ENGLAND?'S NEGOLIOAT WITH | | | LIONDUBAS. il i rom the London Times, June. 4. the complications in respect to the negucta- {lows fonduras. The President O |that republic, Gener] Don Suutss | | | { | | | with Guar- ratified the treaty slgved by his winuis..r, Senor Victor Llerran, with Gord Claredon, ta London, il a treaty of commerce and friendship of the ordinary kind, tovetier with the important "additiunal aruicie' wich vurantees the veutrality of she railroad thiush the Isthmus of Honduras. But tor reasyus which the Honduras agents im this lea H : 5 | ClOla aS, Ve ie Ni On news a ist year, belg i country do nol appear io have been yet made acquainted with, the President has herown in the best and longest cultivated _ districts of that portion of th , full 'There are, of course, in such a large ex- to, vreat iaracter aud quality of land e Province, and Vac poo, tent of couulry as that referred | t i varielies mn the ¢ } --some lots betus much superior to others n abundace. of vood land for fariuing purdoses, | Water for domestie use is every where }abundant; and there are throughoat. numer- ous streams and falls of water, capable of | being used for Manufacturing purposas. | 'Phe heavy timber land is alinost always (the best and of it, the ashes of three trees-- | } red « | i well taken care of and cove frou, awvel,--= will prodace a Baarel ol Potash, worth from LT 'The capital required (Otae- CUR eG. 2 SHG) ito manufacture Potash is very small, and \ ly under- i the process is very simple and eaoi i stood. The expense of clearing and enclosing | heavily timbered lands, valuing the labor of the settler at the highest rate, is about | FOUR POUNES Currency per Acre, | | (Oe which the first Wheat croup, if an average one, will nearly repay. The very best timber for fencing can be bad in abundance. A Settler on these lands, possessing a capital of from £25 to £50, according to the num- ber of his family, will soon make himsel! his Investment. 'The.single man, able and willing to work, needs little c1pital, besides | his ownarm and axe--he can devote a por | tion of the vear to clearing his land, and in the numerous lumbering establishment, he can, at other seasons, obtain a munerating for his Jabor. Lhe Sections of Country opened by these roads lie in and to the Southera part of the Great Ottawa Region, stratching from and beyond them to the shores of Lake Huron, Lake Nipissing and to the Ottawa River--- an jmmense extent of country whose re- sources are now secking and will rapidly vbtain development. The O.tawa Country, lying south of Laks Nepissing and of the great River Ottawa, and embracing a large portion of the land offered for settlement, is capable of sustain. ing a population of Hight Mulions of Peple inn Dyn WwOeVrar re- y gston, Canada West, thence to as the more westeran portions of Canada are being more filled up. of having taken the pledge, handed over and It is now abtarcting general attention, | dialogue occured as follows. not ratihed the coventiun wich, signed at he same ume as the foregolny Wrealy and oy the same funecllonarivs, provides io: the transter, on certain conditions, of the Bay Islands to Honduras, and the cessio. of certain rehts of British soveretraty over the Mosquito terdtory. 'The Honduras Pleni- polvutlary averedited. to Hagiand and rauce, Senor Herran, aad now resident in Paris, bas received Walewsht that the tof Mrance will iomediately ratify a treaty with Hon- duaras, and embraging the "additional artigie securing the nautrality Of the blonduras lnter-oceanic Rallway. This line, extend- ing from Porto Cabeilo, on the Atlantic, to. the Pacific, both termini being In the State of Honduras. is d? i mtlimation from t'ount Povernine 2 MD) ; * a) the Bay of Konseea, on T of her Majesty *s vovernment, by : large staf of eagtucers who lately left New York for that purpose. They were accompanied thence by Senor Alvarado, the Honduras Minister at Washington, where he tad just signed a treaty with the government of the United States identical with the Anglo Hfonduras treaty, and containing likewise, the 'additional article' which insures the free use of the proposed railway. in the In- terests of commerce and civillgation, to all nations. now betng surveyed, with (he approbation LETER FROM ENGLAND. Reception of che Hon. Neal Dow. | Law movement, Cvonterence of Efope League. The Maine | the Band of | Brisrou June 5, 1857. | Last evening a meeting was held in the | Broadmead Rooms, in this city, to give a public reception to Hon. Neal Dow,the foun- der of the Maine Law. The rooms, which will accomodate about 8000 persuns, were crowded to overflowing. [ learn that the | subheans had intended to "particularly as- | sist" the effort. But forewarned forear.ncd. Ifulf a dozen rough-looking customers whom no one would suspect for a moment | | | | | their tickets as I reached the door, when a Doorkeeper: Six appli 'L can not allow you to go Ines PLL IPN NI Ne NI NING Nf NL NAAN PP sire you can not goin." So the arra" vemanty were soon ®:ttled. Eich receeve hg tuo pence, gave up his ticket and retired.i 'ring chair was taken by Sir Walter C. 'Trevel- yan, Bart. He is one of that class of the aristocracy who lavor to" promote. the #ii- tue and intelligence of the people, and is very mild and self-pussessed in his manner, While addressing the audience he made some use of his written speech, showing that the Maine Law is the remedy for the evils of intemperance. 'Thomas Richard- son, Esq., moved the following 1 solution : "Resolved, That this Meeting hails with cordial welcome the Hon. Neal Dow ; and regards his presence on tnis platformn this evening with feclings of no ordinary Satis. faction, believing him to be pre-eminent) qualified to. afford sound information. on the - facts of the prohibition movement in the United States, and that this meeting ac. knowledying Mr. Dow's authority asa states- man and his worth a8 as aman, extehds to him: the hard of. fraternal regard, and pledges itself to promote by every availa- ble means the great cause of social reform in which he has taken §0 distinguished a part." 'his was seconded - and unanimously adupted. The honrable gentlemen then rose and made a speech, advovating the Maine Law, which was effective for the progress of the cause and pleasing to the audience, lt combined argument and anecdote. The. furmer was strony, and the latter, while ra- cy, evinced the difference between English an American minds, or rather their features. The former excels in conccutrativenegs, the latter in constructiveness. Another Teason why his speech pleased, was his willingness to render honor where honor was due. He | we had a striking example in the person of claimed for America, and yave to England, the lecture himself, Mr. H fF. Douglass, of due ciedit. IL feared thst he designed to relieve the Free States to too vreata de- gree trum the sin of supporung slavery, ble was showing what might be uccomplishs ed vy discussiva, and in ibis connectiun ree ferred to the Slave States being unwilling to listen to the truth, and the vio ence With whieh they sometimes visited those who went into the Slave States to lecture against Savery, | can bear witness to the "truth of that. He remarked tiat the people in the Free States were nut so guilty of slave- holding as many imagined. By conversing with him learned that he considered the F, States deep y um liy because they supported siavery, but It Wwa-a passing Comparison, aad would have taken muco time had he wished lu give a tuli view cf the subject -- Daring hits aduress, whieii lasted nearly two hours, there were three brief Meberruptions, A persub Would alleiyt tony dee a disturbe ance, three or tour pobwemen would slep ug and kinuly ald the person out of the rvum with aso inuch celerily a? Was Cunsistent Whin determined veuliviesms., The aude vice prepared io support order. The closin Henry Gale. This morning 1 attended a meeting of the Bristol and West of Enyiand "Band fo Hope League." Sir Wahler C. Frevel- yan, Bart. ju tue chav. Original papers were read, the first from = the pen ol Mrs, Clara Baitour, a taiented lecturer, author of "Morning Dew Drops," ete, on ihe Hise tory and future Prospeeis of the Band of Lope Movement the second from Miss Mary Carpen- ter, "Author of Reformatory Schools," vn Juvenile D lingueney,--is connection With Lutemperance," ete, the third from ilandell Cosstiain, sq. on "Lhe Band of dope, an auxiliaty to Sabbath-school uscluiness."" hese jj apers were ably written and are to be pubiished. Spe ches were then made by the Hon Neal Dow, by the Key. Henry Gale, and one or two other friends. 'lhe Conference will be continued this evening. 'This I de- sign attending, and have written this short sketeh that it may go by the post, whiclw clused before tue opening of the meeting. Yours fr the slave. EDWARD MATHEWs'--Cor, American Bape tisé, g speech was made by the Rev. Correspondence of the London Times. Caurcuira, Apr.] 21--The news. of war With China has been received with universe congratulations. Nobody in this country ever doubted that Sir Jobn Bowrmg was inv the rivht, hut many feared that the nation, misled by dreams pedce, would decline to support his acts. Accordingly the mer- clints of Calcutta are about to attend: Lord Canuing with an address expressing their unanimous sympathy with the pelicy Lord Pamerston and their conviction that the time for concession to the Chinese has passed 'he news of events in Sarawak has incresed the prevailins enthusiasm. hose events are beyond ty province; but Sir James Brooks is one of the heroes of the Anglo- Indian community. When the commission of inquiry was order- ed, it was difficult to find two commissioners frou the extrardinary prepossession in his favour, and I have known quiet officials who actully resented abuse of the Rajah as vehemently asa personal insult to thenw | selves. 'the very men who, in 1854 called for You wll observe that at Singapore the commission of inguriy, lave passed at a public meeting an address, congratulating the Rajah on b's just severity. The Viceroy Yeh has already shown us what sacrifices of private affection and hatred hets capbale of making to the grand policy of keeping China to the Chinese Government, At the taking of Nankin his wives, his chil- dren, aud all his house, were massacred by the Iconoclasts, who are now reigning there in the stead of master, and the decapitation of some 70,000 'rebels' by his order, at Canton, attests the sincerity of his avowed love of vengeance. Yet their surviving in arms and himself are now leagued in the common cause of "Canton for the Cantonese and the Yellow Dragon of the "White kmperor" floats from the mast head of every war junk in the combined fleets of the wa- ters of the "Pearl." It is but a transfer o cants: "I will buy your tickets of: you, bu' 'allegiance from a "red" to a "white" Em