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~ » -- | VOICE OF THE FUGITIVE. SAND WICH, CINADA WEST- "THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1852, Extend the Circulation: Any person who will forward to us four dol- Jars, with postage paid, we will send to their order rive copies of the Voice, during the term of one year. a ee eee #,,* Several interesting communications have been received for publication, but we have not room for them in this paper; they shall appear in our next. %,.* Hditors and publishers are hereby respect- fully Yequested to mail our exchanges to Windsor, Canada West, or Detroit, Michigan, as we have now moved our office from Sandwich to Windsor, which 'is directly opposite to Detroit on the Ca- nada shore, : (ag7 Our thanks to N.C, Barney for $5, for- warded to us by him, through the hands of Mr, Harned, Esq,, of New York. Ieefugees? Home Society. uw ' Detroit, March 8, 1852. Friend Bien, Please acknowledge the receipt of the following sums in aid of the Refugees' Home Society. Feb. 24, From Rev. ©. C, Foote, Conn, - $200 0 » 26, Robért Garner, White Lake, * 49 Michigan Riel 10 » 26,John Gamer, do. do. - - 10 0 » 26, Thos, Cuff, $6, Robt. Cuff, $2 50 Ho White Lake, Mich,- . - March 2, T. Darrow and others, Plymouth 7 50 ; Connecticut = - - TO) » 6, LG, Porter, Dover, Cuyahaga Ohio - - ea - a0) » 8, Jacob Gauent, Royalton, Nia- 5 gara, N, Y. : ' {tigi $246 50 ~ at H, Hattxocg, Treasurer, S- The mistake to which allusion was made in our last, which occurred in HW. H. Hallock's financial report of Feb. 12, in the 'Voice, we now correct. $10 from Charles Avery, of Clinton, N. Ys and $190 from C, C. Foote, (Society's Agent) appeared twice in the same report, when it should have appeared but once. _ Donation Vistr.--The friends' of Christianity are respectfully invited to attend a Donation Party, atthe Firemen's Hall, Detroit, on Tuesday, the 16th instant, at 2 and 7 o'clock, vp. u. for the benefit of S. R. Baker. y We hope that the above party will be largely represented by the friénds of humanity, who chould esteem it a privilege to aid in sustaining sO worthy a manas Rey,§. RB. Baker, who, we be- lieve, is doing more for the cause of Sabbath schools among the negleeted children in Detroit, than any other clergyman in that city, eur? Anether Co-laborer im the Cause of Ereedom. x Wetake great pleasure in announcing to our readers thatJ. T, Holly, Esq., of Burlington, Vt., will/act as corresponding editor for the Voice of the Mugitive. As a writer, this gentleman is second to no one who has eyer written a line for the Fugitive, He will, perhaps, spend a few weeks through the New England States, where he will present the claims of the Voice of the Fugitive to the anti-slavery public for their pa- troiage and support; and wherever he may, in the Providence of God, be permitted to travel and labor in the anti-slavery 'cause, we bespealk for him that encouragement among the friends of hu- nity whith his brilliant talents and the cause ie avogate entitle iim to. debe nm) 'Remprrance Mee ting. aed _ Windsor, March 3d. _ Lemperance Society met pursuant to ad- jounment. he meeting was called to order, Meeting was opened by: singing, antl prayer by Mr, Kreman. By accident the secretary was absent, having the con- siitution with him. On motion, Mr. C. J. Russell took the chair as secretary pro tem, No business being before the meeting, the Vice President oceupied the fioor a few minutes./ On motion, Mr. Schofield was called. to address the meeting, but declined at that time. Also Mr. Jones and Mr. Poynti. On motion, Mr. Russell occupied the floor a few minutes. On motion Mr. Linch was called to take the floor, but de- clined, after which, Mr. Schofield occupied the floor a short time; after which, Miss Shadd occupied the floor a few minutes ; after which, au opportunity was given for persons to unite with the society, E Jn motion, ee meeting was adjourned Singing, and prayer by the Rey. C. J, Heh to meet the first Wednesday in pril. , Temperance Debate. We attended a large meeting, last evening, at Windsor, amongst our fugitive brethren. " King Alcohol" was charged with murder, and tried for his life before a jury. Several witnesses were introduced on the stand relative to the case which was ably argued on bothsides. Very much light was thrown on the evils of intemperance, which was truly interesting to the audience. An able charge was given to the jury, but they returned without being able to agree, in consequence of there not having been suflicient evidence adduced to convince one of the jurors that Alcohol was guilty of murder, and that he should be hung. But this brother does not belong to the temper- ance society, but to the A. IL 4, Ohurch. State Anti-Slavery Convention. The friends of this cause met in Jackson, Mich., in the Court House, on the 25th of February last. at which time we were present, but did not remain util the business for which the convention was called was accomplished ; neither can we, at pre- sent, give an adequate report of its doings in con sequence of not yet having received a report from the'secretary thereof; but we hope to be able to give it in our next. The convention, howeveér, organized in the after- noon of the above day, at which time there wasa yery respectable delegation present. from various parts of the state, but especially from the eastern. A business committee was appointed, consisting of Profi, Fairfield, of Leonia, A. L. Power, of Farmington, J. F. Dolbeare, of Raisin, O. H. Fri- field, of Jackson, and anothor name which we do not recollect, They reported a series of resolutions two of which brought out a spirited debate viz.i-- The " Voice of the Fugitive," was recommended to the support of the anti-slavery friends of Mich., as they have no state organ, An inyitation was extended to an anti slayery lecturer who resides in Illinois to come to Michigan, as a lecturer, There was a resolution also recommending another state convention, to appoint delegates to atten ' the National Convention in June next to nominate candidates for president and vice-president of the U.S. While the two former resolutions were under consideration, J. W. Walker, of Ohio, Agent of the American anti-slavery society came into the méeting, and a vote was passed that he should bé invited to participate in their de- liberations, and to which he responded with an interesting speech to an amendment offered to the first resolution, which was to iuclude the support of a newspaper whichis published and edited at Adrian, by Rev. Mr. Watson, of M. E. church, onthe ground ofits being an anti-slavery paper. This, of course, gave a good opportunity to show up the pro-slavery character of the M. BE. church, which was well done by Mr. Walker, who proclaimed himself to be a " Garrisonian abolition ist,"and others who took part in the debate that belong to the Wesleyan Methodist connection, The evening session was addressel by Proff. Fairfield, Rey. Williams, of Farmington, and Pro- fessor Dunn, of Spring Arbor, with the most in- teresting anti-slavery speeches that) we have lis- tened to for many months, Progress of Colonization. " Beware of imposition," "Lewis H, Putnam, a colored man," in the city of New York, is published in the Colonization Journal as an impostor. 'How is this? At one time, we saw Putnam's name set forth, if we mis- take not, in this Journal, as one of their champions and recommended in the highest terms, who was bound for Liberia, under the supervision of this society, and was to take with hima great number ; but now they say that he is a scamp, who has succeeded in " gulling" them out of $2000. Good enough for them--not that we have any sympathy with Putnam, who connives at this system of pre- judi¢e and villainy, but we do give him credit for paying them off in their own change and " gulling the gullable" among that negro-hating class, It would not be a hard matter to call the names of two or three other colored men who ara now travelling over tle country that will get more than $2000 out of colonizationists, under the plea that they want money to take them to Africa, one of whom is now collecting in Detroit, Such per- sons we regard as fvaitors to our race and swind- ders of the colonizationists, The following is an extract from the proceed- ings of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Society, which was held on the 20th of February last. Daniel Webster, one of the Vice Presidents, took the chair, Henry Olay being absent. "The principal topic disoussed atthe iecting was the expediency of colonization as 1 mercy to the free blucks, "Mr. Stanton, who represents the Memphis district in Congress, mude an elaborate speech in which he discussed three propositions ; first, that the people of the Northern Stites ure not benefitted, on the contrary are positively injured, by the presence of the free blacks ; secondly, thnt the people of the Southern States, both white and black slaye and free are not benefited by the prosence of free blacks, but on the contrary, are positively injured; and, thirdly, thut the free blacks themeslves cannot be really free and prosperous, in contact with the white raco, The same ideas were expresssd in another and powerful quarter. by Daniel Webster, sjienking for the Northern section, He spoke with his habitual gravity and deliber ation, und pronounced the exportation of free blacks from this country a physical und moral necessity for their pre- servation, He declares for the impossibility, devreod by the"instinctive repulsions of'a thousand years,' thit the black and white race can live together Ina state of equa lity. " The separation of the two races, 80 as to enable euch to pursue its own ends, and institutions, and own unctlons alone," is in his judgment, absolutely required by considerations of humanity, to a race of men who can never be treated among the whites of the continent, as other than an inferior class, and must consequently ine- vitably decay. { _ We know not what value these great statesmen place upon the advance of civilization and the 'fie principles of Christianity ; but if prejudice against color does not retreat before these principles, then it follows that there is no virtue in truth nor real- ity in religion, But if all the pro slavery states- men, clergymen and judges of the U. S. should swear it we would not believe them: But again, we are @ little surprised to see Mr. Webster say that the two races cannot live toge ther, seeing that he himself is rather dark, and being on terms of intimacy with colored women, at Washington, if Mrs. Swisshelm's statements are to be relied on. feF° Mr. Biitor, yaillsome of your Detroit readers tell us what hus become of the money which was donated here, to the male committee, forthe Christiana "" suf- ferers ? A Sunscriser. Rev. J. W. Logury--We are happy to learn that this brother is laboring with much success in the ministry amongst our refugee brethren at St. Catherine's. Heis holding up before them the gréat advantage to be gained by leaving the cities and villages and adopting agricultural pursuits. If he does not leaye Canada soon, he is resolved teacling this doetring by practice as well as theory. Success to Bro. L. Poupxio Meeting or Cotorrp Mny.--We are requested to say ihat there will be a public meet- ing in the village of Chatham, on the 10th day of May next, the object of which will be to take into consideration the propriety of forming a commis sion and transportation company, to effect a traffic between Canada, the West Indies and California. We hope that there may be a general turnout to this important meeting. Phe Lost is Pound. ; No. 3: By day poor Smith was not only strictly watched while at his labor, by the slave- driver, who was himself a black man, but had a heavy chain and clog of iron to drag after him as he toiled in the field. All night he was chained up to a heavy block of wood, under the driver's care who was charged not to allow him to sing or pray. The poor man yet clung to the helm of prayer. After he supposed that all was asleep in the cabin buthimself, which was generally after mid- night, he would pour out his sufferings be- fore the great dehvyerer and " king of all the earth." But he was overheard, one night, 'by the driver, whose heart was so much affected at hearing Smith praying for him and the overseer, that he came and took off the chain and wept on account of the punishment which he had been com- pelled.to inflict upon a christian man for worshipping his creator, After asking the continued prayers and forgiveness of Smith for the eruel punishment which he had received at his hand, he told him to go just whiere he pleased, and he should never try to recapture him again. Smith thanked him for his kindness, and started that nicht for the state of Virginia, where he hoped to find his wite. By concealing himself by day, and tra- velling by night, for six or eight weeks, he succeeded in making his way back to where he had been separated from his little family. [t was 'at the dead hour of night when he found his way back to the plantation from whence he had been driven ina chain gane from friends and family to a fat distant land. With all the anxiety ofa bereaved husband and father he approached the supposed ha- bitation of his own family with fear and trembling. He did not dare to rap at the door fearing that there might be persons within who would betray him; but he ven- tured to open the door softly for himself, as it had no fastening. He, stepped over several persons who were lying asleep on the floor, and moved gently towards one corner of the room where his wife used . to sleep ; but before he had reached that cor- ner of the cabin, there was a white man, who sprang out of another bed between him and the door with a large knife and pistolin hand swearing by his maker that if he attempted to move another step, that 'he would shoot him dead on the spot. He was lying with a slave girl and was not asleep when Smith entered the hut. By this time all the slaves in the room were up, and ordered by this white man, who was their overseer, to strike up a light, and "lay hold of this strange negro." Not re- cognizing him in the dark they asked: for his name, which he refused to give. While they were kindling up alight, his determi- nation was to make a rush for the door, even if he should fall a victim to death in the attempt. But reason remonstrated agiinst it; he saw the.vlittering knife, and the thought of being murdered and strang- led in his own. blood like a dumb beast, in the room where he hoped to have a happy greeting with his little family, from whom he had been absent for more than eightcen months deterred him from making the attempt. While he was thus tremb- ling between hope and fear one of the slaves recognized him, and, "this is Jim, who master sold to the nigger trader, He has come back atter Fan, his wife, but master has sold her too." At this moment the white man ordered them again to lay hold of him or knock him down which order was immediately obeyed. (To be continued.) S.R. Ward's Letters. No. & H. Biss, Esq., Dear Sir,--I very much like the Con- stitution of your Refugees' Home Society. Tt is much to be regretted that it had not been published before. It fully answers all the queries I put to you respecting that society. Let it but grow and prosper, and let the refugees prove as worthy as I doubt not they will, and we shall need no other nor better argument against colonization. I like, too, your article in the last "Voice," touching my queries. Iagree with your ideas. Yours is the warmest portion of our goodly province, and you are near to good markets. It is desirable. too, to have our fugitive brethren as near as possible to the land of slavery. On that account, I deeply regret that, our Government do not own Cuba. But should the United States eyer possess it, how delightful it would be to see the enslaved escape to the neighbor- ing Islands of Hayti and Jamaica! I won- der and grieve that more of them do not get to those two Islandsnow. But should American slaves be introduced among them, the thing would go on swimmingly, with- out a figure. But as we do not own Cuba, and-.as we have Canada, let us make our residence here as comfortable and as profitable as possible for ourselves, aud our brethren who flee to our midst, and, in so doing, we will make our residence here as annoying and as terrible as may be to the slaveocrats across the line. This reminds me of the untenable objection of Mr: Biney to the emigration of free black men from theU. 8. to Canada, viz., "that it is too cold." The fact is, however, though I presume Mr. B. is not aware of it, that the entire region be- tween the Niagara and the Detroit River is as mild, im climate, as Ohio, Pennsylya- nia, Southern New York and New Jersey, --where the largest black population of the north is to be found. Then from-the east to the western extremity of Lake Ontario, and as far north as Lake Huron and the Georgian Bay, the climate is quite equal in mildness to that of western New Yor, Michigan, &e., while the region for fifty miles east, west, and north of Kingston, is no, colder than northern New York, and most of New England, Then Lower Ca- nada itself, in the intensity and continuity of its coldness, is just comparable to Maine, and no more, but in fertility and level- ness of soil, the Montreal vicinity of Lower Canada is superior to any part of northern New England, and, indeed, to a good deal of the soil watered by the Connecticut River. I speak from observation. Any one, then, who can live in the New Ensland, Middle, or Western States, will find « cli- mate abundantly congenial to him in Ca- nada. Thousands of witnesses' will con- firm what I say. 1 am afraid Mr. Birney undesignedly misleads others, as he him- self very greatly misjudges on this impor- tant point. The constitution of the League suits me, but whether it will live or not is yet a problem. Should they organize at once, under fayorable auspices, and purchase 1000 acres. of land, and raise from it some of the productions most commonly demand- ed in the West Indies, and send them there, and return tropical productions to sell here, they would do more to establish the League than all the mere speculating about what "ought to be done," will ever do. I do hope that something of this practical kind will be done soon.. Delay is one of the worst features of all our movements. A very fine soiree was got up, some fortnight ago, by some ladies and gentle- men of color, in aid of the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Anti-slavery Societies, It was conceived and brought forth solely and purely as an expression of gratitude and co-operation towards these two societies, which haye been self-sacrificing and inde- fationble in their labors to aid the destitute fugitives in our midst. Very welcome was it, too, to our friends, Rey. Dr. Willis, the very popular president of the Gentlemen's Society, presided, and speeches were made by Dr, Willis, Rev. Dunlop, and Rey. Dr. Burnes. A good choir, under the guidance of Mr. J. M. Tinsley, performed very ac- ceptably at intervals betwixt the speeches, and during the evening. The proce:ds were about eight pounds, which I saw acknowledged by the two societies respec- tively, in one of last week's Globes. Every thing about the whole affair was as eredit- able to our people, as it was gratifying to our friends. The next Tuesday, after the soiree, a large temperance meeting was held, Mr. J. M. Tinsley in the chair. Speeches were made by Messrs. L. Baker and Smallwood, two young volunteers in the cause, and by Mr. Rowley. I left early, but I had the gratification of learning that some twenty persons signed the total abstinence pledge, and that on the following Friday, some dozen signed at another meeting. So you see, Bro. Bibb, the black people of Toronto haye taken an onward start in the cognate causes of temperance and anti-slavery. I have reason to hope that our future pro- gress will justify the hopes already excited concerning us. Since I last wrote, I have been travelling through the western part of York, Peel and Halton counties. Albion, Equesing, Chin- gacoucy, the Gore of Toronto, Toronto and Erin, are among the townships through which I have passed. The soil and the farms are every way encouraging and thrifty. One would scarcely believe that such an abundance of good Jand,'so well situated, so thoroughly tilled, and so abun- dant in production, was to be found in this young country. Instead of a wilderness, it is a succession of densely populated townships, cut at right angles, every mile and a half, by government roads, and abounding with such farms as are the pride and the glory of western N. Y. and Ohio. A better agricultural country than this province, does not lie out of doors. Anti-slavery finds enough work to do here, and so it will, I judge, for some time to come. I had the mortification to find that some very unfortunate black men had preceded me some weeks at one of the places where I lectured, and they had done such violence to good sense and decency, in their speaking and fiddling, as to create very bad impressions concerning us, upon the minds of a popula nacquainted with our people. Why is it that such con- temptible apologies for men, cannot have honesty enough to stay at home and work at. some honorable calling, for which they are fitted? Such men are like too many of our thousand and one black preachers, who must preach from the two-fold desire to escape work, and to have and maintain a "little brief authority." " We shall have some very valuable acces- sions to our population ths coming spring, I could mention the names of some of the most substantial Pennsylvanians and Mary- landers, who are now making preparations to come hither in two or three months. It. will not be hereatter as it has been here- tofore, that comparatively few of the free, and the wealthy, will come here and identify themselves with us. Wealth, influence, in- telligence, enterprize and piety will be added to us, as well as numbers, ere long. Our climate, our government, our soil, every thing have been so wickedly misrepresent- ed and undetrated, that many have refused. to come, who now begin to see the truth concerning our position. Should the whites, in the United States, continue to tread down and oppress our people, seeking to drive them from their native country, Ido hope the latter will uuanimously call upon God to interfere, even if by taking vengeance and executing wrath upon them. If ever a people were justifyable in crying to God against their oppressors, surely our people are. Having exhausted all other means in vain, why not ask God to redeem his promises, and come out in judgments? He says, '« Vengeance is mine and I will repay." Why not pray for it? yen so. let it come in his own good time, and if right, speedily. His will be done. Amen! *,* Knowledge may slumber in the memory, but it never dies ; itis like the dormouse in the ivied tower that sleeps while winter lasts, but awakes with the warm breath of spring. A Smarr Lap.--A boy from the country was recently taken into a gentleman's family. One evening after having been called up to the drawing room, he came down into the kitchen, laughing immoderately, "What's the matter ?" cried the cook, "Why dang it!" said he, " there are twelve on'em up there, who could'nt snuff the candle, and they had to ring for me to do it !" Distinauisuep Emreranrs.--lIt is re- ported that Ledru-Rollin, and other French refugees of his party now in London, are about to remove to Canada. M. Rollin will practice there his profession of lawyer. M. Deleschize, formerly editor of La Reforme, will get his living, if possible, as a journalist in his new home. Vatuaste Raryay Invention.--Judge Carpenter, of Rome, in New York, has in- vented a means of preventing Railroad trains from running off the track. This in- vention consists of a middle rail placed in the centre of, ind raised considerably above | the two outer rails, and fastened to the same cross ties. A saddle is attached to the engine and cars 'at both ends, which sets over the middle rail, with friction rollers to play on both sides of it, thereby preventing the cars from rocking or running off-- Whenever there is a tendency to run off, these friction rollers play against the mid- _ dle rail, and bring them back to their place again. It costs $500 a mile, and an adoption of it could be made to assist trains in ascending elevated plains.--Sun. A Brier Tyrerview.--Lord Thuwlow had received a strongly recommendatory letter from a gentleman for a "living" in his gift. He did not much like the re- commender; but, acting impartially, said to his secretary, with whose attendance he rarely dispensed, "show himin!" The gay candidate ior preferment put himself through the door, delicately dressed, and redolent with what was then considered a beautiful perfume, lavender water. Thurlow: looked at him a minute. and then said to the secretary, " show him out!"