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H BIBB AND J, T. HOLLY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. VOICE OF THE FUGITIVE IS PUBLISHED Every other Thursday at Windsor, a Ws DAWUES. LLAR per annum, always in advance. No aa een will be received for aless term than six months. Advertisements, not exceeding ten lines, inserted four times for one dollar. Every subsequent insertion 25 cents. AGBINTDS. wapa Wesr.--Ambherstburg, D. Hotchkiss and Levi Foster. Sandwich, Israel Campbell. Cuatoam.--Andrew Smith. Dawn Mitts.--George Cary. Toronto.--J. 1'. Fisher. Micnican.--J. F, Dolbeare, Raisin. Francis King, Flint. Dr. Barnes, Owasso. Chester Gurney, Centreville. B.P. Foster, Genesee. Iuturvois.-- Mr. Eastman, Chicago. Rev. Mr. Miller, Aurora. Dr. L. Hale, Dundee. ; q cuusets.--R. F. Walcnt, 21, Cornhill, Boston. Mrs. W. Blakemore, Boston, J. Morse, 5, Wuter street, Boston, Henry Richards, Fall River, ev. Wiliam Brewster, Lowell. Rufus Elmer, Springfield. Rev. 'Stockman, Worthington. W, Uarley, Northampton, Ww. Fuller, Amherst. Rev. 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From the Ohio Star, Song of the Agilators, "GOease to agitate !' we will, When the slave-whip's sound is still ; When no more on guiltless limb Fetters print their cirelet grim; When no hound, athirst for blood, Scours the thorny Georgian wood ; When no mother's pleading prayer, On the sultr outhern air, Quivereth out in accents wild-- "Master give me hack my child!' Tn the day when men shall be?" Brethern, equal born, and free ; Day for which we work and wait, We will ' cease to agitate !' When our statute-books proclaim To the world no more our shame, Anda freeman's rights shall hold Dearer than the Judas gold ; When the Polar Star shall give Light to the last fugitive ; When our border lakes shall rise Gn the last lone bondman's eyes, And the waves for him no more Haste to clasp the Northern shore ;-- In the day when men shall be Brethern, equal born, and free ; Day for which we work and wait, ' We will 'cease to agitate!' { Let us Love. Let us love one another, For life's gliding by, As the mist from the mountain, The cloud from the sky. 'The purest and lovliest Pass from our view, Like the leaves of the forest, The rime of the dew. 'Let's be kind to each other, _We know not how long Those tones we so cherish Shall lighten our song. The voices which now Fall like peace in the heart, May soon with the angels Be hymning their part. Let us bear for each other Life's cares and unrest. And thus brighten the path To the land of the blest. ane. -- For the Voice of the Fugitive. Odds and Ends. Messrs. Editors :--A word from me on the present condition of things in this city -- perhaps may be acceptable so I will send it--I am the more encouraged to do this from the fact--that the " voice" of one of the Editors of the Fugitive, has often in former days been heard by many in this community, and his good counsels heeded --and it is of those counsels and their ef- fects of which [ propose to send a word to be published in your paper--in the hope that it may not only cheer, and strengthen all who are toiling for the free- dom of the slaves, but also for the eleva- tion of the free. The present colored pop- ulation of this city is about--one thousand. For years their attention has been called to the importance of virtuous industry, as one of the most powerful, and efficient means of their improvement and elevation in the social compact. The great principle, of Total abstinence from the use us a beverage of | all intoxicating liquors--the importance of | improving their minds--and of educating | their children, of acting not only for them-| selyes but for the best interest of those in bonds "remembering them as bound with WINDSOR, 6. W,, DECEMBER 16, 1859, them"--for years this community has had upon those and kindred topics "line upon line and precepts upon precepts'"--and in many noble case Exampxe to enforce the doctrines taught. The first begins to ap- pear. During the» past year twenty-one houses have been built; and before the year closes will be completed within the limits of this city, at a cost with the land from five hundred to fifteen hundred dol- lars each. Several have bought building lots--and between two and three thousand dollars have been deposited in the Savings Bank, by those who live here, and those who are in California. The future looks comparatively quite bright; and will prove so just as the people or as individuals obey the great principles of moral rectitude. Let them be industrious and intelligent-- let them be honest and sober--let them be virtuous and prudent--let them study and practice the principles and spirit of the Gospel--let them understand, and obey the science of domestic and political econ- omy, and thus take the only sure path of 4.) wisdom, and they will be elevated more and their children after them. It is true we are deprived of the elective, franchise and were defeated when we tried to obtain it, but we believe "there is a good time coming"'--and while we wail--we propose to libor: and in our "patience possess our souls'----We haye no taxes to pay--and our public schools are free--and some of the private classical schools, will take color- ed scholars--and private teachers in all useful learning may be had in abundance on the most reasonable terms. The free soil vote has increased consider- able in this ¢ity--and the monthly concert for the enslaved--the nominally free the fly- ing fugitive, and for the happiness and prosperity of those, who have found a home in Canada--every month, it increases in interest and promises to continue so for some time. Notwithstanding the freezing and sinful position of Dr. Laylor, of this city; some of the most enthusiastic and faithful laborers in the anti-slavery field are members of the college, nay of that very department over wich he is suppos- ed to have the most influence. With you and all true hearts, we rejoice in the elec- tion of the Hon. Grerrir Smits, to con- gress; aud in the triumphant return of the Hon. J. R. Giddings, to that scene where he has fought so nobly, the Hydra-headed monster slavery---- the sum of all villanies'" in the language of the venerable Wusury. While I have said so much; and more might be said to the eredit and praise of the colored people of this city, still there is much to be done for our highest interest here, and hereafter. A. G. B. New Haven Conn. Nov. 30th 1852. From Frede:ick Douglass' Paper, Bunsamin Corus, Esq. PHILADELPHIA, U. S: My Dear Sir:--TI said in my hasty reply to your doubly welcome note of May last, that a portion of your letter should receive, as it deserved, a more extended reply. From that time to the present, my engagements have been such as to forbid my paying the attention to the subject, to which it was entitled. Besides, in order to reply to something you referred to, I needed to acquaint myself more intelligent- ly with some facts in relation to my adopt- ed country, Canada, In the first place, allow me to say that the annexation of Canada to the United States by treaty, or otherwise, is an event of which there is, so far as I can learn, not the most distant prospect. There are A- mericans residing in Canada who desire it. There are also British subjects who desire --it. From such, when in Toronto, I pre- sume you got information as to its being prospective. With such, "the wish is father to the thought."--indeed, I do not doubt that there are members of our Parlia- ment, of both political parties who enter- tain annexation hopes and opinions. The day was, when this feeling found utter- ance and advocacy in numerous quar- ters. But from all I can gather, there 'is now no considerable number of persons who ayow any such opinions--no news- papers advocating them, and no political party favoring them as such ; and at a gen- eral election, no candidate revards aunex- ationism to be popular enough for him to risk the chance of an election by the avow- al of feelings or tendencies in that diree- tion. Indeed, I am told by those whose means of knowing are superior to mine, that of our two millions of population, there are not ten thousand annexationists. This feeling has been greatly exaggerated. And now it is rapidly disappearing. -- Bui should the measure ever be fully and fairly discussed, as it must be, ere it could 're- ceive the sanction of the people, a very few facts would settle the question at once, and forever, against annexation. For ex- ample, the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill has disgusted so many who were an- nexationists, that they now rejoice to change their sentiments; and they prefer to remainforever disconnected with a coun- try whose government enacts so odious and inhuman laws---Very many with whom I have conyersed on this subject, tell me frankly, that the enactment of that law was so abhorrent to them as to entire- ly change their views of the expediency of a union with our native country. I think it may be fairly and truly said, that nine tenths of those who fayored annexation previous to September, 1850, do now, be- cause of the Fugitive Law, prefer altogeth- er, another line of policy. Canadians see, too, in the passage of the Fugitive Law, how manifest are two great facts in the history and attitude of the United States, viz: The South rule and control the country at will; and, The North are perfectly and almost wnanimous- ly subservient to Southern dictation. The more clearly these two facts are seen, the more abhorrent will annexation appear to: us all. For one of the chief reasons why annexation has been desired by many, is the aversion to the controlment of the British government, But when they shall see that by annexation they would only exchange British governmental control- ment for mere subjection to a slaveholding oligarchy, they will readily spurn the lat- ter. Every legislative fact in the history of the United States government is full of evidence that such an exchange would be made; and that we should, if annexed to the United States, be brought under the heel of that worst of all despotisms, the American Slave Power. In connec- tion with this, the fact that you northern people are so lacking in manliness as to hasten to do the bidding of your slaveo- crats to any extent, and at whatever sacri- fice of conscience, principle, patriotism, re- publicanism, or religion, when fairly seen, as investigation would make it appear, would forever stop all tendencies towards annexation on the part of our people. We never could subject ourselves to the Ameri- can slave power, nor could we ally our- selves wilh a people who welcome and re- joice in, and perpetuate the encroachments of that power. In private conversation with persons favoring annexation, in difler- ent parts of the province. they haye inyari- ably scouted the idea of yielding up their freedom upon such an altar, for any con- sideration. Besides, it is quite well known, that the chief ubject in view by your government, in fayoring annexation, is the subjection of Canada to the Fugitive Slave Law, for the purpose of making one free province a park tohunt human deer in. Obviously, the negro-catching act would cover Canada, should a unionstake place. -- Thirty thon- sand negroes, worth five hundred dollars. each, would neyer be suffered to remain free from the piratical grasp of American man-mongers, with their consent. And Canada, once subject to the American gov- ernment, whose first greatest business is the securing of slavery at home and abroad, no obstacle would by that government be placed in the way of having free range a- mong our blacks. To this, no class of Can- adian citizens would for one moment sub- mit, on any terms, But the negro population of Canada is now large, and daily increasing. When they come fresh from slavery, bearing the marks of their worse than barbarous treat- ment, by their Christian republican mas- ters, the sight of them helps to fix in the minds of the thinking and humane a deep- er hatred to American slavery, anda more intimate acquaintanceship with the qual- ities of American character, 'They enjoy the sympathies of all whose good will is worth having, The dragging of them back into bondage, would drench our streets with blood: aye, over the attempt to do it, would be the signal for a most fearful, bloody commotion. We blacks, having tasted of the genial sweets of true British freedom, would no more consent or submit to be made bondmen again, than we would deliberately jump into perdition, We would see every slaveholder in the bottom- less pit, before we could, or would submit to sucha thing. Some of us fought in the wars of our natiye country: others fought in defence of our adopted govern- ment, fourteen years ago; all of us would fight till our last drop blood was spilt, before we should be subjected again to the tender mercies of Amercan barbarism. Honest Irishmen, Scotchmen, Englishmen, and Canadians would not stand by and see us struggle alone, And the blood and carn- age following them would be horrible to contemplate. And yet, this must be one of the inevitable results of annexation, There is not one thousand--not one hundred men which should be made for annexation, would secure the rixht of all Canadians.-- But who would tiust a nation who vivlate their solemn Declaration of Independence, their Bill of Right, their Federal Consti- tution, their Puritan Faith, the right of Jury Trial, the Habeas Corpus--who have passed the Fugitive Slave Law? Such a people may almost be said to have lost the power--the moral power--of keeping a treaty. No, no; this fair province once under the rule of the slave power, and we blacks would be re-enslayed just so surely as slaveholding, slave-trading, and slave- breeding are, practically, great American principles. Have no fears, then I beseech you, my dear Sir, about annexation. The facts in American history would upon a discussion of this question, cure the most rabid of any remaining symptoms of this mania, s The adoption of Canada to black people, in preference to Liberia, I will treat in my 'next. Meanwhile, I am Your obedient servant, SAMUEL R. WARD. From the Charleston Mercury. Calhoun, Clay, Webster. % x * * In that war of giants in the session of 1850--the death-warrant of the Great Three--the contrast and antagonism of these three great rivals, and their assimila- tion to these three great Englishmen wasmost strikingly exhibited. It was theirlast and greatest gladiatorial scene, and the specta- tors can scarcely hope to look uponits like again in this generation, It was indeed a study to watch the different manifestations of the different men--the calm self-concen- trated energy of Calhoun, unshaken in eve- ry emergency ; the ponderous strength and sullen self-reliance of Webster ; and the rest- less, eager excitability of Clay--all were ex- hibited in contrast and collision in that great theatre. But before that conflict was more than well commenced, one chair was vacant for long weeks ; then like one risen from the dead--wan, ghastly, with a voice as se- pulchsal as though it came frorn the tomb, the almost spectral presence of Calhoun ap- peared in that chamber, and his hollow voice for the last time rose in solemn warn- ing to that Senate. And slowly Daniel Webster reared his heavy form and mass ive brow, and responded earnestly but res- pectfully ; and again the hollow tones of Calhoun rung back in response, until ex- hausted he was borne from that chamber. But Henry Clay did not speak. Another long interval from that seat towards which the face of Webster was usually turned in musing mood, and again, more wan and ghastly than before, like Samuel summoned by Saul, satin that chair what remained of the mortal frame of John ©. Calhoun, a skeleton irradiated wondrously by the naptha-lamp of an indomitable soul, able toscorn and trample on bodily infirmity. On this occasion, his eye only spoke; he was too feeble even to read his speech; but while Senator Mason read it, his eagle eye, glowing with full vitality, rested chiefly on the sallow face of Webster, intently ob- servant and attentive to every word, and sadder and graver in its hue than usual, as though the shadow resting on his great rival was reflected upon himself, On that occasion the spectator saw but two men Calhoun and Webster--Clay was obscured partly intheir blaze. Yet a short time later, and-two of the three sat in that chamber draped in black, while the chair of the third, vacant still, was draped in the same sombre covering--and, preparatory to the final parting, each said some sad and solemn words in praise of the departed, and with slow steps followed his remains from the scene of their mutual triumphs to that bourne whither their own were so soon to be followed, For it may have been fancy, but after the death.of Calhoun, it seemed to the obseryer that the step of Clay lost its elastic thread, and the solemn counten- ance of Webster caught an additional sha- dow of gloom. 'hat removal wasa warn- ing they could not mistake, or refuse to heed. So strongly have these scenes im- pressed themselves on the memory of the writer--so throughly had the three thus become indentified in his mind, and their fates seemed linked together, that never after the death of one and withdrawal of the other, did the third seemin place, or surrounded by his proper environment, The spell seemed broken when Calhoun's body passed out of that door, which bound the three to the service of the country. Jequie- scat in pace! They were great men, and patriotic men ; and if two of them sinned, they sorrowed and suffered in atonement, and the sorrows and sufferings of such na- tures are acute in proportion to the depth --nay, not even including the black and the white siaveholders amongst us, mma would dream of annexation upon such terms. Still, L repeat, annexation and civil war are inseparable, Some reply to this, and intensity of the vature from whence | they spring. Deep sullering had left its traces on the face of Webster, care had fur- rowed the face of Clay, so careless in its deep with wearing, thoughts. Looking back on the scenes in. which they bore so conspicuous a part but a short time since, and then, like a panoramic picture, seeing -- both them and it fade away into blank va- cuity, the reflection will foree itself into expression-- " What shadows we are, what shadows we pursue! "* Aaviculture Kr. CurAr wasn ror Corraczs or Woon. --For the outside of cottages, barns, out- buildings, fences, ke, where economy is important, the following wash is recom- mended : Take a clean barrel that will hold water, Put in it a half bushel of fresh quicklime, and slake it by powiing over it boiling wa- ter sufficient to cover it 4 or 5 inches deep, » and stirring it till slaked, When quite slaked dissolve in water, and add two Ibs. of sulphate of zine (white vitriol) which may be had of any of the druggists, and which in a few weeks, will wood-work. Add sufficient water to bring it to the consistency of thick whitewash.-- This wash is of course white, and as white is a color which we think should never be used except upon buildings a good deal surrounded by trees, so as to prevent. its: glare, we would make it a fawn or drab color before using it. ' To make the above wash a pleasing cream color add 4 lbs. yellow ochre. For a fawn color take 4 lbs. umber, 1 Ib. Indian red, and 4 Ib. Jampblack. To make the wash grey or stone color add one lb, raw umber and two Ibs. lamp- black. The color may be put on with a common whitewash brush, and will be found much more durable than a common whitewash, as the sulphate of zinc sets or hardens the wash-- JV. VY. Farmer. Grain and Vegetables. Ixpran Cory.--The crop in our county the present year has not been quite so good as in years past owing to the drought ; yet the farmers of old Cumberland haye no reason to be discouraged as the present exhibition plainly proves. Your committee award to Wm. Morrill of Raymond, the society's first premium of $6 on Indian corn, for his crop of 92 3-4 bushels raised on one acre of land. 'The following is Mr. Moriill's statement in rela- tion thereto : I hereby certify that Ihave raised the present season upon a measured acre of land, ninety-two and three-fourths bushels of Indian corn, weighing 60 pounds to the After being husked, the sound corn was measured in a particular basket, filling' it exactly one hundred and sixty-five times. one of these baskets-full was shelled, and found to make eighteen quarts, sixteen of which were weighed making thirty pounds, The soil is rocky : the original growth be- ing white oak. Ground broken up last year from mowing field and planted to po- tatoes with no manure except a light coat coat of plaster; was ploughed up last fall after crop was taken off; this spring was dressed with six cords of barn manure, which was ploughed in; was har- ro ed once, and furrowed about three and one half feet apart ; manured in the furrow or drill with three cords of same manure, platted in drill, a single kernel ina place, kernels six inches apart; planted 25th of May. 'The whole labor bestowed on the acre and crop this year is equal to' thirty day's work for one man, vat § 'Wa. Mornin, me Oats presented by Stephen Thurlow of Raymond, 73 bushels raised upon one acre and 26 square rods of ground (being at the rate of 62 4-5 bushels per acre.) Mr. ), merits the society's premium of $3, I, Stephen Thurlow of Raymond, coun- ty of Cumberland, hereby certify, that I have raised the present season, seventy three bushels of oats upon one acre and 26 square rods of land; ground broken up in the fall of 1850 from mowing fied; har- rowed in the spring of 1851; four cords of barn manure harrowed in; planted with corn; ploughed in the spring; one cord of manure ploughed in; harrowed once be- fore sowing; sown the tenth of May, with three and one half bushels of oats. Land is deep loam, and very rocky. Srepuzn Turow, =| Worx ror Aymmats--An animal per- forms the greatest quantity of work in the least time, when it moves with one-third of the utmost speed with which it is capable of moving, and is loaded with four-ninths of the greatest load which it is capable of putting in motion. fe Viehty silver cups and goblets were awarded at the Agricultural Fair lately that any party! early grace, and Calhoun's face was graven | held at Sacramento. cause the whitewash to harden on the - bushel, measured in the following manner: