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\ omay the blessing of God rest upon your ---- VOICE OF THE FUGITIVE. _ SANDWICH, CANADA WEST. ¥ én Wednesday, December 8, '1861. 'Extend the Circulation. Any person who will forward to us rouR dollars, with postage paid, we will send to their order Five copies of the Voice, during the term of one year. : To our Subscribers. One more number, after the present, com- pletes the first volume of the Voice of the Fugitive. To the friends of our cause, who =| Goyernment, which will enable us to do far No. 2. excluding slave labor products (which are the The Colored Lawyer and For the Voice of the Fugitive. Emigration to Canada and price of blood), " Shadrach. The Colored People of Detroit. Jamaica. The principal part of the flour, pork, &c., Our readers will remember that Robert} Pursuant to public notice a large number In our last article, we promised to examine this subject in several particulars, among which was its commercial, agricultural, social and political advantages. While we affirm that the world is the colored man's home, and that any attempt on the part of human legislation to restrict his boundary, or to circumscribe his field of locomotion, is a gross violation of the funda- mental principles of right and justice ; it is plainly to be seen that there are certain fields of enterprize open to us, under the British more for the abolition of Slavery, and the elevation of tho colored population in North America, than we can ever effect by remain- ing in the United States or being coaxed off to Liberia by the American Colonization So- 'ciety. Those fields, in our judgment, are Canada and Jamaica. We say Canada first because it is the most convenient refuge for the American Slaye; and in fact the only spot on the American Continent upon which the hunted fugitive can find a protection by haye giyen us their support during the past year, we acknowledge our obligation, and trust that they will still award to us their countenance in promoting the object which we haye in view, namely, the improvement of tho social condition of the colored people (whether enslaved or free) in North Ame- rica. But, in order that we may be enabled to proceed with"our undertaking, and that all who feel interested in' our welfare should hear an occasional " Voice" from the Refu- gees in Canada, it is necessary that a speedy return should be made of all our friends for| the forthcoming yolume. This is absolutoly necessary, as it is our intention to issue the "Voice" weekly, if woe 'receive a sufiicient guarantee from our subscribers, by payments in advance, to warrant us in going to the extra expense. which would necessarily be incurred under the new arrangement. After our next issue we will be compelled | to refrain from sending the Voice unless paid for in adyance, as it is only by so doing, that we can be expected to maintain our ground. | The dostiny of the paper is| emphatically in the hands of its present readers, who can enable us to make this a weekly paper by a little effort on their part; or they can putan end to its existence by neglecting to do so. Many a noble enterprise has been blasted in a single day, by a neglect of duty on the part of its avowed friends. Governors and states- men have been elected and defeated by sel- fish neglect of duty on the part of professed friends on the one hand, and by the going forward and casting of a vote by a single in- dividual,'on the other, who folt that the pros- perity of his country was of more importance than the performance of a single day's labor on the plantation. Oh, that our friends could only realize the- importance of these facts and be constrained thereby to do their duty. Only! think how much easier it would be for tho reader to raise one or two dollars than it is for us to raise one thousand. Wo have bought a press and job printing concern which will enable us to publish weekly the paper for the same price for which it is now published semi-monthly, and if we do not raise $500 by the fifteenth day of December next we shall forfeit the whole. This we think is a sufficient reason why our friends should endeayor premptly to respond to our wishes. To the Ladies of the Anti-Slayory Sew- / ing Cirele of Cincinnati: * Respected Ladics,--I haye the honor to acknowledge the promise of $25 in aid of the * Voice of the Fugitive," from you. This unexpectéd, though heart-checring news, came by a note of the 24th inst., from the Secretary of your Society. For this unmistakable token of devotion to the cause of down-trodden humanity, please accept my most grateful thanks ; and society, and incline others to do likewise, and oblige your obedient servant, H. Buss. _Epocatron.--tThe late Mr. Bloomfield, of Rome, N. Y., left a residuary legacy for the panos of educating in Africa, young co- lored persons for the pulpit. The amount, it is thought, will be about twenty thousand dollars. [We think Mr. B. would have seta far better example, by leaving that amount to educate the heathen of his own country. He must be a very ignorant brother if he knew not that nearly three millions of colored per- sons in the United States are unable to spell the sacred name Christ. A religion which is always abroad and never at home,--that steps over the heads of millions of the colored population in the United States, who are neglected and heathenised! here} to. carry education into Africa, is not entitled to much 'lead, iron, coal and copper; with some of the this Government, all of these resources are as opon to enterprizing colored men as to any other class. cultural wealth is soon to be developed by the enterprising yeomanry of the country, and should be brought into. direct competi- tion with American slavery. ever, by the formation of a commercial and agricultural league between the colored population of North America and the inha- bitants of the island of Jamaica. and agricultural advantages to be derived by and through this league, which is already in yogue, and will, we trust, by the Divine blessing, soon bo in) successful operation, it might be well to remind our readers of the fact that the Island of Jamaica is now owned and governed chiefly by the colored popu- lation, many of whom were held and worked there not longer than 14 years ago as slaves. At the present time the population of Ja- maica is about 600,000, 16,000 of whom aro white, and the rest are colored. socially, and politically they are on an equal footing with the whites, and prejudice against color is a 'thing unknown among that people since the abolition of slavery. From the proximity of Jamaica to Canada and the Unitéd States, a voyage across from the City of New York or Montreal is only about six days' sail, so that there can be no reason why a gentleman might not own a plantation in Canada and Jamaica also, and gather a harvest from both during the same yoar. rice, tobacco, coffee, ginger and indigo, which are the commercial products of all tropical climates. no chilling winds--no blighting frosts; and it is not an Uncommon thing for persons to raise two and three crops in one year from the same fiold of land. Its climate is known to be mild and genial, and from its commer- cial, agricultural, and geographical position, Jamaica might with propricty be called the Ttaly of the Western World. And shall we, as colored Americans, oppressed and driven as we are in the United Statos, like the partridge on the mountain's brow, shut our eyes against Jamaica with all her natural advantages and rich treasures of undeyeloped wealth which is now offered to us, say that we will be content to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for the white man; orshall we burst the chains of indolence, which have s0 long bound us, and take possession of theso new ficlds of enterprize ? of colonization, but as a great commercial and agricultural enterprise, possessing, in itself the elements for breaking down the system of American slavery. that the time has now fully{come when the the West Indios, and, through it, stab Ame- rican slavery, to its vitals. labor|stores established, all through Canada and the West Indies, and the United States, in order that the frionds of liberty may hav law for his liberty. Again we say Canada, because it is known to be one of the best agricultural countries on this continent, or at least a large portion of it, notwithstand- ing it was long looked upon and spoken of as being equally as cold and barren as Green- land itself. She can now boast of boing one of the best wheat growing countries in America--with beautiful forests of the most yaluable timber--and inexhaustible minos of best harbors and fishories also in tho known world. And we are'proud to say, that under All this mineral and' agri- This can be done more. effectually, how- But before entering upon the commercial Morally, Their principal crops are sugar, cotton, In Jamaica they haye perpetual summer-- We speak of this subject, not as a scheme We believo watchword of every colored Amorican should be PREE LABOR FOR FREE MEN. Let us at once organize the anticipated commercial and agricultural league among the colored population of North America and Lot there be free '| that Indiana will soon follow suit. 'Banks, Alfred Derrick and James Hall. now consumed in Jamaica, is furnished from the United States, when it could and ought to be furnished by the colored population of Canada, who should receive in return for it, free labor cotton, sugar, rice, &c., produced by colored men in Jamaica. 'What a won- derful check this would prove to Américan slavery in a commercial point of view ! In our next number we shall continue our remarks on this subject. Colored People of Indiana. We learn from the American Baptist, that they haye been holding another convention at Pendleton, which was " composed of about sixty persons from different parts of the State. Resolutions were adopted declaratory of the intention to remain in their native land, and ono for the holding of a National Convention at Pittsburg, 'about the 18thof August, 1851.' A committee to draft an address to the legal yoters of the State of Indianabeing appointed, after a session of four days, during which the business of the Convention was transacted in a dignified manner, an adjournment there- fore took place." We admire tho spirit of such conyentions; they plainly show that our bretheren are dissatisfied with their present position, and why should they not be? Thay have no foundation upon which to stand; politically their hands are tied, and they are bound to submit to those oppressive laws. Wo are a little surprised at the conelusion at which the convention arrived, after doliberating upon the matter four' days. Woe think it well enough to contend, where there is the least hope of success; but in this case there is none. Many of our brethron have left the state for Canada, where they have bought land and will, at the next election, go to the polls and vote if they please, a privilege which they neyer enjoyed before, and we would advise others to do likewise. When a wise man gees a storm gathering, he will make for a shelter.. In Oregon they have already com- menced enforcing successfully those wicked black laws, and we heve reason to believe fae We understand that our colored friends at Ann Arbor, Michigan, are going to make a donation party to aid the " Voice of the Fugitive." God speed them in their praise worthy object! Who will do like- wise ? Orr To Canirornia.--within the last month no less than five respectable colored men have left Detroit, Michigan, for California in search of gold, among whom was Robert Progriss or Escapr prom Sraveny.-- In,cnumerating the arrivals of this week, we can count only.17, 10 of whom all came together,on the Express train of the " Un- derground Railroad." This lot consisted of a mother, with six children, and three men. The next day there came four men--the next day two men arrived, and then one came alone. The latter tells of having had a warm combat, 'by the way, with two slave catchers, in which he found it necessary, to throw a handful of sand in the eyes of one them; and while he was trying to wash it out he broke away from the other, and ef- fected his escape. | AZ& Poor Calvin Fairbanks, who suffered several years in the State Prison of Ken- tucky, for aiding Lewis Hayden to escape from Slavery, and was finally pardoned out by Goy. Crittenden; has again been seized and is now confined in the same 'State; charged with having aided another Slave to escape. It is yet to be proven that he is guilty of the charge, What can we do for him? j Louisvitiz, Noy. 17, 1851. Calvin Fairbanks was tried to-day for kid- napping slayes, and was held to bail, to answer a charge of felony, in the sum of $5,000, in default of which he was remand- ed to jail. Poyzrry anp Dastrrution.--A colporter in Tenneseé writes: 4 "The county in which J am laboring this year contains between six and seven thousand souls, and if the last four months are to be taken as a criterion, nearly one fifth of the whole are destitute of Bibles and religious books, and about the same proportion are destitute of or negleet evangelical preaching ; more than halfiof these have not the means to purchase a Bible'or religious book, and it is quite certain that multitudes would re- main without either, but for this agency, Look 'at this:pieture, and say, in view of the worth of their souls, how loudly these facts reiterate:tho injunction to work while it is eredit.] an opportunity of supporting free labor an day." [What is this but the effect of sla- very ?] Morris, of Boston, Mass., has long been held to bail, charged with having aided in the rescue of one of our own color who was seized by the legalized kidnappers of the United. States. The following sketches will show that Mr. Morris has been tried and acquitted; but notwithstanding his acquital some of the pro-slavery presses of Boston are disposed to hold him up as being guilty of the charge. This we suppose is only because he is a co- loved. man anda skilful lawyer, and to which Mr, Morris has written the following brief reply :-- "To the Editor of the Boston Bee :-- In a paragraph in your paper this morning, it is assumed that [ am guilty of the offence for which I have been tried and acquitted. When it is remembered, that at the begin- ning of my trial, the jury was carefully purged of all persons who might be sup- posed to have any undue bias in my favor; that my character as a peaceable and orderly citizen was fayorably attested by witnesses of the highest standing of all parties, and that the jury (all strangers to me) found my case so clear, that immediately on their re- tiring, they stood eleyen to one in my favor, I think I have now a right to stand clear in the judgment of this community, and cannot but think it ungenerous in the conducters of an influential paper still to hold up to public odium a young man whose good name and honest toil are the only reliance of himself and his family." ' Rozwnt Monrts. Tow Rescue Casus---Acaquiran oF Monrnis.--In the ease of Robert Morris, one of the fugitive slave rescuers, who was tried in the United States Circuit Court, before Judge Curtis, after an able charge to the jury from his Honor, the Jury retired at half-past 2 o'clock p.m. to consider upon their ver- dict. A vote was immediately taken on the question of guilty or not guilty; eleven voted not gwilty and one guilty. The juror who yoted guilty went into an argument on the merits of the case, but atter three hours fur- ther deliberation, the juror who had stood out assented with the rest to a verdict of acquittal, and the verdict was settled up and rendered to the Court at half past 9 o'clock. ; Judge Curtisstated that he should not be able to try any other cases for some months; he would be immediately required to preside in the Cireuit Court in Rhode Island, at the close of which, it would be necessary for him to attend the Session of the Supreme Court at Washington, which lasts for four or five months, Sothat it will be after March next before anything further is done in the rescue cases. -- Portland Inquirer. Tre Great Mernopisr Cuurcr Casz.-- The great Methodist Episcopal case was de- cided on Tuesday of last week, in the United States District Court, in favor af the South- ern claimants. The sum in dispute was $750,000--being the amount at which the Book Concern of the society is esti- mated. ' By this decision, it appears the court has decided that the Methodist Chureh South is entitled to its proportionate share of the funds and property of the church. 'This was the point in dispute--the right to such a division having been denied by the Methodist Church North. The Methodist Church South had, therefore, no alternative but to appeal to the law for the enforcement of their rights; and the law, through its ministers, declares their claim to be well founded, and decrees accord- ingly, that it shall be allowed. Wear and Thar or Gurra Prrona-- The late expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin, haye proved the value of gutta percha in a,remarkable manner. Hach, of them took out sledge-boats of this substance, for use among the masses of ice. Fitted with a skate, the boat served as a sledge; floated, it would carry fiye or six persons, with ample proyisions; at other times it might be folded up, or converted into a wrap- per or bed-tent, safe against the cold, that three or four men might sleep under. Its weight was only eighteen pounds. _ More- over, after undergoing all the rough work of the voyage. it retuned to England not in the least damaged, and in almost as good a condition as when it, left--British Ban- ner. TuLescores.--A new. and most. impor- tant invention in telescopes, possessing' such extraordinary powers that some, three and a half inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show ; distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ving, and the double stars; with the same telescope, weighing only three ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three and a half miles distant, and an object from 'six- teen to twenty miles. They supersede all other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing power aceordingly.-- The Globe. | Mngland.] The Submarine Telegraph between Eng- land and Franco has been completed by the addition to the cable ofthe extra piece that had to be manufactured. The entire costy of colored citizens met at the second Bap- tist Church in this City, on Thursday the 13th Noy. After a short consultation the house was called to order by Mr. R. Gor- don. Tt was then moved by G. W. Tucker, that the Rey. W. C. Monroe take the Chair, and that R. L. Baptiste, act as Secretary, Carried. Moved by Mr. Tucker, that the chairman explain the object of the Meeting, which he did in a very eloquent feeling and patriotic manner. Tt was then moved by Mr. Tucker, that a Committee of Vigilance to consist of four be appointed by the Meeting. Carried. The following gentlemen's names were then proposed and duly elected ; G. W. Tucker, Cyrus Clark, W. Bingay, and A. Williams. Moved by Mr. Gordon, that one more be added to the committee--and proposed the name of Mr, 1', Trublue, who was duly elect- ed. 4 The circular from Philadelphia was then imtroduced and read by Mr. Lambert, and unanimously adopted by the meeting. Moved by Mr. Gordon that the circular be submitted to the Vigilance Committee, with instructions to report; carried. Moved by Mr. Wallace, that Mr. Gordon act as Treasurer. Mr. Gordon declined. Moved by Mr. Lambert, that Mr. Wallace be appointed to fill the vacancy; carried. Mr. Gordon moved that a collection be taken upon the spot, and placed, at the same time, in the Treasurer's hands, 50c., after which a spontaneous rush was made, by the entire meeting, to the table, Moved by Mr. Chambers' that the Vigi- lance Committee be instructed to appeal to the different churches, to aid in behalf of the Christiana sufferers; carried. The meeting then adjourned to meet in the Methodist Chureh. On Tuesday, Noy. 18, pursuant to notice, a large number of colored citizens convened in mass, to take into consideration the con- dition of the Christiana sufferers. W. C. Monroe in the chair. R.'T. Baptiste, Secre- tary. The meeting was then opened with prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Hart. Mr. G. W. Tucker, chairman of Vigilance Committee then arose, and made the fol- lowing report: That since the last Meeting the Commit- tee had addressed a circular to their friends _ in all parts of the country, calling upon them to aid, and to do so promptly in behalf of the Christiana sufferers. The Committee would further report, that they had strongly appealed to the different Churches for aid in this cause, and that they had all responded to it. The Meeting was then addressed by Mr- Lambert. Mr. Johnson of New York, then arose and very feelingly and forcibly ad- dressed the Meeting at some length. Mr. Clark, of New York, and several others, ad~ dressed the Meeting. It was moved by Mr. Lambert, that the proceedings of the Meeting be published. Carried. A collection was then taken up, The ladies of the Meeting very kindly tendered theirservices, (through Mr. Tucker,) and proposed a Levee, the proceeds to fur- ther aid the Christiana sufferers--Accepted. The Meeting then adjourned to meet on Wednesday the 26th, at second Baptist Church. On Wednesday, the 26th, the meeting con- vened, agreeable to appointment. G. W. Tucker in the chair. The chairman an- nounced to the meeting the death of Rey. W. GC. Monroe's child, which prevented his attendance. Mr. Lambert then read extracts. from different papers,and made the following announcement: 'That the ladies would give a grand Levee on Tuesday evening next, at. the Methodist Chnrch, to be conducted by the followiug ladies: Mrs. Wallace Mrs. Wil- liams, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Worther, Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Lambert. ; The meeting then adjourned sing dia. G. W. Tucker in the chair. We learn from an article in the Philadel- hia " Enquirer" that insanity prevails to a fearful extent in California. Nearly every Physician in the State has patients, and hardly a vessel leaves for the Atlantic States, which does not carry away some sufferer. Tho Judge of one of the lower Courts of San. Francisco recently stated that more than one. hundred and fifty cases had come under his. observation in that city in less than six months. and the editor of the " Courier" thinks there have been at least four hundred victims. since tho settlement of the place by the Amc- rieans. of the lino is said to be about £20,000.