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VOICE OF THE FUGITIVE. WEST- WLVDSOR, CINADA THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1852. ig By mistike the date of our paper, on the first puge, stands April 3 instead of June 3, f Extend the Circulation. j Any person who will forward to us four 'dol- lars, with postage paid, we will send to their order rive copies of the Voice, during the term of "one year. ---- *,# Editors and publishers are hereby respect fully requested to mail our exchanges to Windsor, Canada West, or Detroit, Michigan, as we haye now moved our office from Sandwich to Windsor, which is directly opposite to Detroit on the Ca- nada shore. Refugees'? Home Socicty. We would respectfully suggest that the travel: ing agents of this society should report at least once in every month, and that they should not report the names of subscribers until they have paid their sub-criptions ; they should also foot up at the bottom of their reports the total amount received, so that these reports would correspond with the Treasurer's reports from time to time. An Acrnt rrom Canapa Wusr--Rey. John Lyle, from Sandwich, has just left here for the Western States, on an agency for a church at Sandwich. He is authorised to act as a traveling ageut for the Voice of the Fugitive also. _ Our anti-slavery friends im the west will find in Bro Lyle a true representative of the fugitives in Canada, and a truly eloquent and interesting speaker. We hope that he may find a cordial reception amongst the friends of humanity where ever he goes. Since the above was written we have received the following notice from 'Rev. Charles Brown, who is also uuthorized to act as an agent for the Voice of the Fugitive." To Mr. Henry Bibb, Editor of the Voice of the Fugi tive. Dear Sir,--We beg leave to bring under your notice thut we ure about to take the field again, to solicit sub scriptions from the henevolent and the friends of hu manity, to enable us to finish the church already begun in Sandwich, and we hope that with a little more assist ance, we may be able to complete the building this sum mer; we trust and hope that our labor may be crowned with success. z Yours truly, x CuHarves Brown. é Jonn Lyte. Authorized agents to solicit subscriptions in favor of the Ist Baptist Church of Sandwich. Sandwich, 29 Muy, 1852. The Christiana Meroisimn Canada. - The following letter will inform our readers who he is. He is said to have carried out the sublime idea, that "resistance to tyrants is obe- dience to God." Suppose he is guilty of the charge, under the circumstances of the case, will any patriotic philanthropist blame him? We say no, If we had thousands of such colored men scattered over thé nominally free States, the Fu- gitive Slave Bill would soon become a dead letter. This man, in our estimation, deserves the admira- tion of a Hannibal, a Toussaint L'Ouverture, or a George Washington. A nobler defence was never made in behalf of human liberty on the plains of Lexington, Concord, or Bunker Hill than was put forth by William Parker at Christiana. We bid him, with his family, and all others, from that hypocritical Republic welcome to this our glorious land of adoption, where no slave-hunter dare to step his feet in search of a slave. St Catherines, C. W., May 25. Dear Brother Bibb,--It gives me pleasure to introduce to you the bourer, I!ro. Win Purker, who was the hero of. the Christiana battls for freedom and protection against the hellish slave hunters. He is bound for the Elgin Set tlement with his family, andin company with quite a number of others, who are destined to the same place. As they are short of means, please have the kindness to favor them when they arrive at Windsor, with such adviceund encouragement as may be in your power to render, ; Thave fuvored them what I could: they deserve our symputhy and ought to have assistance. The Lord protect and bless them. Fae Yours, truly, w a ' Hinam Wizson. -- : - L Samuel Lewis. 4 In speaking of the "immeasurable" wieked ness of American slavery, in the late anti-slavery Convention at Cincinnati, Samuel Lewis said, that "tnman nature had never found language in its vocabulary adequate to express its atrocity--you might as well try to paint the sun;" but he was "in favor of using the strongest Ianguage that could be found in our resolutions against it, in a proper spirit ; and if it could be written with a pen of steel upon the tablet of every heart that would arouse up the church and state, he would do it," But it must be done by the power of the Gospel " All his hope for the abolition of slavery,--for happiness and prosperity in time or eternity, in life or in death, was in a pure Christianity." Tae Vincinra Hovse.--This new boarding house has just been neatly fitted up on William street, in Chatham, C. W., by H. T. Smith, for the accommodation of respectable white or colored persons who may favor bim with their patronage. He hopes by prompt attention, and rendering satisfaction, to be liberally supported, Driven out by "lavery. Mr. Nathan Smith, formerly of Louisville, Ky., has just arrived in Canada with a large family of promising looking children. He bought himself and tw of his eldest daughters, for which he paid over three thousand five hundred dollars. After this extortion was paid, his old mistress, who was upwards of 80 years of age, concluded to emanei- pate the remainder of his fan ily by will, which was done and recorded in the county clerk's office, But after they were released from bondage, their father moyed across from Kentucky to Jefferson- ville, Indiana, but left two of his daughters at Louisville, at service earning money for them- selves. This gave' offence to the children of his old mistress, who sought to break the will, on the ground that it was a freak of isanity that must have operated on the mind of their mother or she would have never consented to " let the oppressed Mr. smith was go free' without compensation. apprized of what was going on, and that his family was about to be again reduced toa state ofslavery, so he got his family altogether and brought them to Canada beyond the reach of slayeholders. The Episcopal Church and Slavery. The Cleveland Trne Democrat says; "The Episcopal Convention of Philadelphia hud a sharp time of it, on one question, whether white delegates from a church of co lored brethren, should be admitted. There was « tie; 39 clergymen and 23 luymen for, 35 clergymen und 27 lay men against, So caste curried the diy against Christi anity. The Convention refused even to admit white dologates from a colored ehurch." [The late John C, Calhoun, just before depart- ing this life, pronounced this church, on the Senate floor of the U.S., to be true to the institution of American slavery. Its long and continued traffic in human flesh, its prejudice and hatred of the African race, its silent sanction and open practice of rum-sucking gnd rum selling, makes it a fit temple, in our estimation, for the in-dwelling of the spirit of the devil; and we cannot see how any true friend of humanity cin walk in union with them without being morally responsible for their Wickedness. : Anti-Slavery Ladies of Cincinnati. May 22, 1852. Dear Sir, - Ata late meeting of the Board of Managers of the Ladies' Anti slavery Sewing Society of this city, an ardent wish was expressed that your paper, ** Voice of the Eugitive," should be placed, pecuniarily, upon such a basis as te relieve you of a part of the burden now resting upon you, and remove all fear of the necessity of its suspension, and it was voted to appropriate fifty dollars of the funds of the society to that object, provided such other assistance is procured as is necessary tu place the piper on the desired basis. ' Whenever, therefore, it is in your power to inform us that such is the fuctin regard to it, we will remit to your order the sum above named. May heaven ubundantly succeed your labors in the cause of the oppressed. Yours, &c,, Mary M. Guild, Sec. Ladies' Anti Slavery Society. [Respected Ladies--You will please pardon the liberty which I have thus taken in giving publicity to your very kind and interesting com- munication, which promises conditional aid to save the Voice of the Fugitive from a premature death, Truly there isa very heavy burden resting on my shoulders with regard to this enterprize. I haye purchased a printing press, type, &e, with which to do the wor':, and I have given a mortgage on the same for the payment, which may be foreclosed on me at any time, and it will require only about $450 to pay off the debt. Thaye depended almost entirely on my sub- scribers to meet this debt, not to donate, but to pay in advance the sum of $5, and take it ont nm subscription. If75 persons would do this it would enable me to go on without embarrassment. I have even offered to publish the paper weekly, at the original price, if my friends would enable me by their co operation to obtain double the number of paying subscribers which Inow have; but Tam sorry to say that there has been but! little done to obtain the desired object. I now feel encou- raged by your friendly letter. The stand which your society has taken against slavery on the bor- der of a slave holding State is a noble one: may your praiseworthy example be followed by female anti-slavery societies not only in all of the north- ern, or n°miually freé States but in Canada also; and in behalf of my enslaved and oppressed race, please to accept my thanks for your kind proposi- tion and true devotion to the cause of downtrodden humanity: and There pledge myself anew to the sacred cause of freedom, with a determination to make no compromise with wrong, and to contend at all times, and under all circumstances, for the natural equality of the human family, with- out regard to color--the universal brotherhood, and God as the common father of all. Hoping that the day may not be distant when T shall be able to inform you that the Voice of the Fugitive is bound to succeed, I subscribe my- self your obedient servant, H. Biss. Bitevature. The Colored People of North America. We have lying hefore us a copy of Mr, Delany's new work on this highly interesting subject, which contains 215 pages octavo. It treats upon the elevation, emancipation, and destiny of the colored people of the United States. As we leam from the Dr. that the work is now in an imperfect state, having "many typo graphical errors in it which will be corrected in the next edition," we cannot review it correctly. But while we were much amused at the multi- plicity of "puffs" for the free colored people, which the Dry, has recorded in it, we were Ind to _L the conclusion that the benk contained many use- ful facts and would be read with deep interest by many of our people. 'The author's knowledge of the business character and pecuniary worth of the colored people in the United States is remark able. We venture to make the following short ex tracts from the book itself, where itrelates to Ca- nada and the republie of Liberia, which we believe to be correct and worthy of the author. 'Liberia is notan Independent Republic: in fact, it 2s not an independent nation at all; but a poor miserable mockery--a_ bur- lesque on a goyernment--a pitiful depend- ency on the American Colonizationists, the Cvlonization Board at Washington city, in the District of Columbia, being the Execu- tive and Government, and the principal man, called President, in Liberia, being the echo--a mere parrot of Rey. Robert R. Gurley, Elliot Cresson, Esq.. Governor Pinney «nd other leaders of the Coloniza- tion scheme--to do as they bid, and say what they tell him. This we see in all of his doings. : "Does he go to France aid England, and enter into solemn treaties of an honorable recognition of the as gare of his country ; before his own' nation has any knowledge of the result, this man called President dispatches an official report to the Colonizationists of the United States, asking their gracious approval ? Does king Grando, or a party of fishermen besiege a village and murder some of the inhabitants. thissame " President," dispatches an official report to the American Colonization Board, asking for instruetions--who call an Exe- cutive Session of the Board, and imme- diately decide that war must be waged against the enemy, placing ten thousand dollars at his disporal--and war actually declared in Liberia, by virtue of the in- structions of theAmerican Colonization Sociely. A mockery of a government-- a disgrace to the office pretended to be held --a parody on the position assumed. Liberia in Africa, isa mere dependency on Southern slayeholders, and American Co- lonizationists and unworthy of any respect- ful consideration from us. What would be thought of the people of Hayti, and their heads of government, if their instructions emanated from the American Anti-Slavery Society, or the British Foreign Missionary Board? Should they be respected at all as a nation? Would they be worthy of it? Certainly not. We do not expect Liberia to be all that Hayti is; but we ask and expect of her, to have a decent respect for hevselt-- to er'deavor to be freemen instead of volun- tary slaves. Liberia is no place for the colored freemen of the United States ; and we dismiss the subject with a single remark of caution against any advice contained in a pamphlet, which we have not seen, writ- ten by Hon. James G, Birney, in favor of Liberian emigration," "Tur Canapas.--This is one of the most beautiful portions of North America. Canada East, formerly known as Lower Canada, is not quite so favorable, the cli- mate being cold and severe in winter, the springs being late, the summers rather sl.ort, and the soil not so productive. But Ca- nada, West, formerly called Upper Canada, is equal to any portion of the Northern States. The climate being milder than that of the Northern portions of New York, Ohio, Mic!.igan, Indiana, Illinois, or any of the States bordering on the lak:s, the soil is prolific in productions of every descrip- tion. Grains, vegetables, fruits, and cattle, are of the very best kind; from a short tow by the writer, in that country in the fall, 1851, one year ago, he prefers Canada West to any part of North America, as a. destination for the colored people. But there is a serious objection to the Canadas --a political objection, The Canadians are descended from the same common pa- rentage as the Americans on this side of the Lalkes--and there isa manifest tend- ency on the part of the Canadians generally, to Americanism." A Plea for Emancipation. Miss Mary A. Shadd, of Windsor, C. W., is getting out a little work of some thirty or forty pages, which will be laid before the public in a few days. It gives sketches of the climate and soil of Canada West, and of its moral, social and poli tical aspect, togevher with " suggestions respect- ing Mexico, the West Indies, and Vancouver's Island" : We have no doubt of the work being well got up, as we know that Miss Shadd has given much attention to the subject, together with her ability and experience as an authoress ;/ and not only so, we think that there can be but little doubt of the mechanical part of the work being well done, as it is executed by a white gentleman in Detroit, who is able to doa good job, so that there can be no prejudice against the sule of the work on the ground of its haying been printed on the Queen's free' soil. Tur Anii-Stavery Hane.--This is the title of alittle work just published by H. Bibb, at Wind- sor, Canada West. It is a compilation of the most interesting anti-slavery songs for the times, Any person who will forward to our address at Detroit, Michigan, or Windsor, Canada West, $1 in advance, we will forward to their order ten copies of this work, free of postage, or 100 copies for six dollars. » 5 ee Arnica--Rey. Geo. Thompson, who has just | returned from Africa, where he has been laboring with unprecedented success for the abolition of wars as well as for the establishment of the true Gospel among the various tribes of that heathen land, will address the citizens of Detroit, Michi- gan, upon that subject, next Sabbath evening. He will probably speak in the First Presbyterian Church. Michigan State Anti-Slavery Con= vention. Before this shall have gone to press, the above Conyention will have organized in Jackson, Michigan. 'The call for this meet ing has been circulated far and wide, and there will doubtless be a large gathering of the true friends of liberty on the spot to do battle in freedom's cause. We are lad to learn that the anti-slavery cause in Michigan is again awaking from its slum- ber, and, judging from the signs of the times, it is again destined to shine bright in the Presidential struggle between two pro-slayery candidates fox that offic. Progress of Improvement in Windsor. Our stores and shops are here thronged with customers from sunrise in the morning until nine o'clock at might, mostly by our French farmers, and many come from Detroit' here to trade, es; ecially when they want to get a good bargain, or a good English manufactured article. Our docks ave so frequently crowded with steamboats and sailing vessels, loading and unloading, that there is scarcely room for' the ferry boats to land. New side-walks are being made, new houses are being built, new shops and stores are being opened, and the creat ery is for more dwelling-houses. We furnish Detroit with a large portion of their marketing. We saw a colored friend of ours to-day cross on the ferry-boat with about 200 dozen of eggs, six or eight turkeys with chickens and butter also, and they are continually going over with loads of a like character, Mr. Ascue, from Am- herstbw'gh, is now about to open a large dairy in Windsor, which is much needed. 1 . . We are informed that his breed of cattle is the finest in America. But it is not only in business that we flourish,--as a plaee of resort for pleasure Sh wae eines . seekers this side is unsurpassed on the American continént. Nature has elevated the Canadian shore far above the level of the Michigan side of the river, so that when the Detroit citizens wish to have a good carriage ride, they visit us and ride up and down ourshores ; our livery stables ean often let out from thirty to forty car- riages in a single day, and the steam ferry- boats are frequently crowded with persons who ride for pleasure and health. A correct position for the Church. We clip from, the True Wesleyan, the following resolutions. which were passed at the Rochester conference by the Wes- leyan Church : Tue Feerive Suave Law--Resolved, That as slavery is a, violation of the law of God, asin, and involves the crime of man-stealing, all, slaves are under obliga- tions, as strong as those which hold them in allegiance to the throne of God, to escape from. bondage wherever they find it within their power to do so, and for a slave to escape from his master is as justifiable, as' for an undoubted owner to take possession. of his stolen property, and to assist a slave to escape, is as justifiable as to assist a man to obtain possession of a stolen horse, and is more important in proportion, as a man is better than a horse ; and therefore the Fugitive Slave Law, so called, is a violation of the law of God, and of the most sacred rights of humanity, that it is false in principle, wicked in its Ldesign, eruel in its operation, the crime of its authors and abettors, the foulest blot on our Statue books, the infamy of this nation, and the disgrace of this age, and that no man can execute or obey it Without sinning against God and man, and as we hold ourselyes bound to obey God and t6 injure no man, we cannot and will not assist to execute it, or ohey it. Ow Temenrance--Resolved, that Intem- perance isa great and fearful evil, involving every crime against God and man, and is the result of what is called moderate drink- ing, ahd can never be prevented while the practice of using intoxicating drinks as a beverage is continued, and that the habit of drinking is not likely to be dis- continued so long as men are authorized by law to vend intoxicating drinks as a beverage, or are permitted to vend the same without license, and therefore the traflie is chargeable with all the crim of dronienness and ought to be suppress by a prohibitory law; that we can see no reason why we should talk, lecture, preach, pray, and sing for temperance, and tain, |the cloves before they are sold, and the, ---------- and profane to pray to God to give us good rulers and good laws while we make bad ones for ourselves; therefore we will do all we reasonably can to secure the enactment of the Maine Law in this State. Free Blacks. The slave propagandists are endeavoring, under the hypocritical mask of evangelizing, colonizing and civilizing Africa, to get rid of their free blacks. 'They represent them as an inferior and constantly d. teriorating race, not fit, of course, to live in America, This miserable race, however, turns out, in these slaveholder's estimation, to be just the right sort of men to civilize and chyis- tianize Africa, one of the most barbarous of countries! The logie and the humanity of slaveholders are both false. To show how the free blacks are dete- viorating, morally #nd_ intellectually, in localities, we take the statistics of them atlorded from the city aud county of Phi- ladelphia. , There are 120 Mutual Beneficial Socie- ties, consisting' of about 6,500 members, who expend annually for their sick, and buryine their dead, 22,000 60 The amount of property in the city and districts -- - - 800,000 0 Public Property - - - 148,000 0 Amount of house-rent paid - 23900 0 Water rents - - 2,000 0 Volumes in private libraries - 3,0 0 Do. Public - - 600 Debating Societies - - a Average number of colored prisoners sent to Co, Prison, from 1885 to 1840,-- 121; from 1840 to 1845;--94.3; from 1845 to 1848,--79.67. Average umber of colored prisoners sent to the Penitentiary, from-1836 to 1840, 64.2; from 1840 to 1845, 41-8; from 1844: to 1948, 31. Average number sent to both prisons for the first five years, 1852; for the se- cond five years, 136 2; for the third five years, 110,67. These are the entire number of people of color sentenced to hard labor in the two prisons, and the rapid and steady decrease is certainly remarkable. We hope some whites, both north and south, will show some similar signs of de- terioration, Compare the above faets with | the abominable wholesale falsehoods spread abroad by the Colonization Society, that, "of all the deseriptions of our population, and of either portion of the African race, the free people of color are by far the most corrupt, depraved and abandoned," Who eyer penned this falsehood, will assuredly call upon all the mountains to cover him. at. the Day of Judyment.--New York Paper. ' Lrcat Rreurs, or Cotorep Men. 1x Outo.--A summary of the legal privileges and disabilities of persons of color in Ohio will present something like the following : They may emigrate into. the State, acquire alien and transmit property, and enter into all contracts in the same manner that-all other persons may. 'They have a qualified system, of education, and are~ admitted as,competent witnesses, in the Judicial Courts. They may have such alms as our laws mete out to the poor, and admission to!the State Asylums. " On the other hand, they may have no voice in the choice of those who shall rule over, them, ave themselves ineligible to office, and are taved without repre- sentation. They cannot claim for their children admission to the common schools, or themselves sit as jurors; and no matter what intellectual, moral and religious emi- nence any of them may obtain, or what service they may render the State, they can never acquire the, to us, cheap privilege of citizenship ; nor can it be conferred on them by way of reward. They can sojourn: only as aliens in the land of their nativity, unable to earn, or purchase even a " legal settlement."--Hx. Paper. ; Croves.-- Cloves are the unopened flowers of a small evergreen tree that re- sembles in appearance laurel\or the bay. It is a native of the' Molluea, or Spice Is- lands, but has heen earried to all the warmer parts of the world, and is largely cultivated in the tropical regions of America- The flowers are small in size, and grow in large numbers in clusters at the very ends of the branches. 'The cloves we use, are the flowers gathered before they have open- ed, and whilst they are still green. After being gathered, they are smoked by a wood fire, and then dried in the sun. Each clove consists of two parts, a round head, which is the four petals or leaves of the flowers rolled up, enclosing a number of small stalks or filaments. 'The other part of the clove is terminated with four points, and is, in fact the flower-cup, and the unripe seed-vessel. All these parts may be distinctly shown if a few leaves are soaked for a short time in hot water, when the leaves of the flowers soften, and teadily unroll. The smell of cloves is very strong and aromatic, but not unpleasant, 'Their taste is pungent, acrid, and lasting, Both the taste and smell: lepend upon the quantity of oil they con- Sometimes the oil is separated from odor and taste in consequence is much. | ote tor rum, and thaf it is inconsistent, 5 ' weakened by this proceeding. sia