XN se "fle Death of the Czar Foretold 'Pwo Years Since, at appears in the London Times, Dr. Granville, a phy-: has attracted notice. d once been Lord Palmer- A ional capacity, at St. Peters- where he had medical introductions to erial court. In the month of July, he addressed a confidental letter to almersipn, and which he (Granville) roduces in the Times. In the letter, that, having formed a careful prog- fthe health of the Em- come to the conclu- cide Vente of age, the ; Let but.a. 'death like 4 to speculate how far ept this prophesy in nd "Napoleon on Canada, ce The' official' acknowledgment from M. ----Drouyn de L'Huys of the receipt of the "money granted to the French Patriotic i a Bass Pee: : 'Fund by the Canadian Legislature has been' "already published; but the following letter _ from Louis Napoleon himselfto Lord Elgin -" Panacn or tHe TuILtertss, Feb. 27.- «My Lorp,--I thank you for having "communicated to me the address of the ~ Legislative Council and Legislative Assem- | "bly of Canada to the Queen of England. It would be difficult: for them to assuciate "themselves in a more patriotic or touching manner with the success of our arms in the East, and with the disasters inseparable - from this great struggle. Moved like my- self, bélieve me, by the eloquent testimony of so v vid a sympathy, our country will not "see-without gratitude that in memory of its «French vrigin, the population of Canada has not wished to separate, in its eongratula- tions and in its offerings, those who are so nobly united to a®community of danger. I beg of you to be the interpreter to the Le- islative Council and to the Legislative As- sembly of Canada of my sentiments, as I believe I am of those of Franee. " Receive, my lord, the assurance of my _ high esteem. « NAPOLEON." + mth <> -@- (ie : : The Blockade of the Danube. | _A supplement of the London Gazette of Friday publishes the following official notifi- - cation of the raising of the blockade of the Danube :--- = es » 2 ©) Foreign Office, March 19. -« Tt is hereby notified that the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K. G., her majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, - "has received a despatch from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G. C..B,,.commanding "her majésty's naval forces in the. Black Sea, dated Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, 20th of _ February, 1855, and addressed to the Lords scommissioners of the Admiralty, announcing 'that, in conjunction with Vice-admiral Bruat, commanding the French Squadron in - the _Black Sea, he had, on and from the 18th of February last, raised the blockade of the Dan- 'ube, which was established on and from the Ast day of June, 1854, and which was notified in the London Gazette of the 13th of June, 1854, and which has since been duly main- tained. It is hereby notified that the cruisers of the allied fleets-are, and wiil remain, sta- tioned off the mouth of the Danube to capture any vessel laden with contraband of war des- __ tined for the use of the enemy." es ll 2-8 G- i »- Whilst Lord John Russell was. staying - here, a Jewish rabbi, Dr. Phillipsohn, in Mag- 4 deburg, addressed a memorial to him, thank-{ _ing him for bis efforts in England in the cause. _ of Jewish Emancipation, and begging him at "the Peace Conference in Vienna not to allow "any distinctions being drawn between the po enjoyed by the various denominations »of Rayahs under the Sultan's rule; the more 80, as the carrying out the principle only to _its half extent would diminish 'its value and _ security even for the Christians. In the an- _swer which Lord John caused to be sent to Dr. Philippsohn, he expressed the firm inten- "tion of her Majesty's Government " to perse- | 'vere in their endeavours to procure for the a Sultan's Jewish subjects, equally with the oChristians, the advautage of equal rights and impartial admiuistration.'-- Berlin Corres- pondent of Times. & 'Lady John Russell landed on Friday at "Calais, on her way to Vienna, to join her husband. d matt @@>- tee _. Arrival of the Asia. Ce PR Hautrax, March 80. . The royal mail steamship Asza, Captain ott, arrived at this port, last night, en route for Boston, .5 2-5 ; Her dates from.Liverpool are to Saturday 17th, one weck later than the Adlantic. The manifesto of the Emperor Alexander 'to his army is dated St. Petersburg, March Srd:--=" Valiant warriors--faithiul defend- vers of the church, throne and country----it -has pleased Almighty God to visit us with ethe most painful loss. We have lost our .common father and benefactor in the midst -of his unwearied care for Russian arms. "The Emperor Nicholas, Paul Orvitch, my beloved. father, has departed to eternity. 'His last words were,' I] thank the glorious Joyal Guards who, in 1825, saved Russia; 'and also I. thank the brave army and fleet. | IT pray God to maintain the courage and esplrit by which they have distinguished -themselyes under me. So long as this _ remains, Russian tranquility is secure both ewithin and without, 'Then war to her ene- -mies. I loved my troops as my own children, -and strove as much as 1 could to improve etheir-condition. If [was not. entirely suc- ecessful in that respect, it was from no want -of will, but because I was unable to devise 'uniform worn by the late Emperor, and di- {rect them to retain on their accoutrements t, and in 1849, resid-'| -advised Alexander to make peace, even at | pressi--"* Tell your brother, the King of ~ | Prussia, to adhere to Russia, and never 'for- |. j arms." He then became partially insensible ". | about a message to a dear friend, not named, |-rison of Sebastopol. A few minutes after- "| The body was exposed, face uncovered, in | the chapelle "Argente until March'16, when "| it-wWas buried with usual imperial solemnity. | Thursday, 15th March. There were pre- APSA Sate dee eh tag ie aout se foie go a mere ore pestis ei sik RE anes / - Posrscripr.--Present to the Guards the "N; the initial of Nicholas. The manifesto concludes: " May the sacred. memory of Nicholas survive in our ranks as a terror to the foe and the glory of Russia. »= (Signed) --s---- "_ ALWXANDER. ~ According to English 'accounts, Nicholas: Count Lamersky is organizing at Schumla a second regiment of Turkish Cossacks, in which. Poles will be enrolled. One thousand five hundred Turkish troops have gone to Beyrout. . Danube. Opzssa.--No news of importance.-- . Disturbance have occurred in. Syria. the loss of Russian influence in the Black | Ga = fe : a Russian accounts say, Nicholas passed his last hours in the consolations of religion, having bid adieu to all. the: members of-his: family individually. He said to the. Em- get his father's policy." Nicholas then took leave .of Counts Orloff, Dalgorouki and Arlemart, and also of favourite granediers of the household and personal attendants. All except his family retired, and he asked' the Empress to repeat the Lord's prayer. heaven," Nicholas fervently responded, "always, always." Soon afterwards he added, 'I hope God will open for me his for'two hours. At noon he said something and something of Alexander and the gar- wards he drew a deep sigh, and expired. a Vienna Conference. | The Congress at Vienna formally met on sent one French, two English, two Austrian, and two Turkish representatives. The Rus- sian. plenipotentiary was not present. Te- legraphie reports say. that the discussion of |. the general basis of the negotiations termi- nated. satisfactorily. Rumours are current that Austria and 'England would be content without the de- molition of.Sebastopol, but that Napoleon absolutely insists on that condition.. Vienna, Friday night. At Conference yesterday, the Plenipoten- tiaries exchanged their powers, arid proceed- ings were entered into for the fourth basis, having becn set forth, the representatives of 'Russia aecept them verbally. One of the plenipotentiaries was hereupon deputed to draw up a minute, or proctocol,: of | this, which is to be signed to-morrow, Saturday --the first thing when the ambassadors meet, and this document will: constitute the basis of neyociations for peace. Paris, Friday night. The mission of General Weddell has completely.failed. Prussia refuses to accede tothe treaty with the allies, and will not, therefore, be admitted to participate in the Conference.: : Sebastopol. Allies have resu town. a3 ey . Letters of Ist March explain the discrepan- ey between French-and Russian accounts of the storming of a redoubt on the night of the 23rd February. Both accounts were. cor- rect.» The French did storm and. capture two Russian redoubts, but finding them not tenable from a murderous fire: from the wall batteries, they blew up the the redoubts med firing upon the PROVINCIAL FREEMAN. At the words " will be done in earth, as in| -- for the same. Sor the same. | Chapel in this city, on Monday evening last, rigid questioning, and cross-questioning, borne by the speaker, with the gratest ease, and the hearty vote of thanks given at the termina- Gon-<cvileety 6 ae Be " SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1855. cioernnaeee--™ Travelling Agents. Michigan. Rev. Elijah Burket, Indianopolis--Rev. William Douglass. These two. gentlemen are at present our oNLY Travelling " ~ Agents in the Western States. - Pn, Local Agents, The following gentlemen are requested to act as Local Agents: : CANADA WEST. Bramptor--Jesse Burke. * St, Cathaiznes--Rev. Hiram Wilson. Do. J. W. Taylor. Paris--Thomas Keith. Hamilion--George Miller. Do. Josiah Cochrane. Vienna--Moses Thempson. Dundas--Robert Brown. Lefroy--Z. H. Martin. . London--A B. Jones. Do. William Hamilton. Chatham--Rev. H. J. Young. Ho. John Hott. De, Cornelius. Charity, Windsor--Thomas Jones. Do, Coleman Freeman. Brockville--C. H. Coles. Amhersibure hc Lex Roster, 0 a 'John sraitele. tagate.Falls--Mrs. i. Patterson. } p Aik ennis ERil!, = ' Burton-T. W. Stringer. - 'Do. * "George Shreve. _ UNITED STATES. Ee aie. Indiana--Mrs. C. M. Barnett. "D0. fe te EO. George W. -Parker. Detroit, Mich.--George De Baptist. Do. de. James Haley. . Harrisburg, Pa.--Thomas W. Brown, ~ _ Pittsburg, «s+ ~Wm. Webb. West Chester," John M. Brown. Philadelphia, ©. William Still. Buffalo, N. Y,--Moses Burton. Brooklyn, "= J. N. Still. Princeton, Ia.--John O. Butler. Cincinnati, Ohio--A. R. Green. : Do. apace John I. Gaines. Cleaveland, "* &.H. Johnson. Printed for the Proprietors, at their Office, 5, City Buildings, King Street East. PABA APF. AAPL IF AAA AS Mr: Isaac D. Snapp, is authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper, and to give Receipts ~ Dr. Jesse BorkeE ts authorized to receive Subscriptions for this paper,and to give Receipts PEI PRI ADAP PAP LDL ALLA Aree The Dawn Institute. 'Mr. J. C. Brown, so well and favourably known to Colored Canadians, for fidelity to their interests, and a Trustee of the above called place, lectured in the 2nd Wesleyan to a large audience. Mr. Brown has been visiting the several districts in which our people reside, and has aroused them to a sense of their duty touch. ing the Dawn, and from indications at the meeting and subsequent occurrences, it is possible that Toronto, too, may make a de- monstration. The persons present on the occasion, were enlightened, and instructed re- specting Dawn, and the doings for and against it, more than ever before, as the The rise and progress of the Dawn, with 100' wounded. a truce of one hour. The following is Menschikoff's last des- patch :--* During last night we erected a second redoubt in front of that which is on the left side of our fortifications. Eupatoria. sickness decreasing, frostyis or . Siew: - Three miles tion. ; attack on Cronstadt. and retired, with a loss of a 100 killed and Fes. 27.--The dead were buried during impossible for the enemy to prevent us." Nothing of importance has occurred at ' Maron 2nd.--Balaklava advices report weather clear and of railroad is now in opera- Allies' rear is generally strengthened. Burgoyne, Chief of Engineers, has left, and is succeeded by General Jones, who re- commended, contrary to Napier's advice, an Maron 8rd.--Russians are fortifying in a formidable manner the Inkermann valley, -goUlations now in progress will terminate in 'to the King of Prussia, soliciting advice. peace. é} 'euting its enqu and are erecting a mortar battery at Kamara to threaten Balaklava, and have suik two more ships in Sebastopol harbour. Marcos 7th.--Official French despatch: --'" Information of the death of Nicholas | just-received. Yesterday we threw rockets on Kamiesch, 'which set the town on fire. Two Russian officers have deserted to the English, Our siege works are progressing with the greatest activity. : (Signed) " Bruat, Vice-Admiral." Marca 8th.--Nothing important. The reported battle in which Osten Sacken was said to have been wounded is false. ek The Austrian Government had notified the French and English that the mission of Archduke William to St. Petersburg is an act of sympathy merely, and has no political object. ; 4 . : Austria has addressed another circular to the. Germanic federal government, dated 8th March, informing them that an Austrian commissioner will present a new proposition | towards the effeetual mobilization of the Germanic contingent. ; Russia by decree, likewise dated March 8th, prohibits exportation of contraband of war. Cifcular insists on the ne:essity of being prepared: for all eventualities, and mentions that Emperor Alexander has au- thorized 'Gortschakoff to negotiate for peace on the basis sanctioned by the late Emperor. Prussia also issued a circular, dated March 8th, to-its diplomatic Consular agents, stating there is reason to believe that the ne- Alexander is said to have written | peace. The King of Prussia has notified Engiand and France of. Nicholas's death; and the Emperor of Austria has written to Napoleon that he thinks negotiations will lead to t Menschikof has gone to Moscow. s The Roebuck committee was still prose- iries into the conduct 'of the t war. bees t orl of Tie Yanything better or to do anything more'! May these ever memorable words remai preserved: in your hearts, asa proof of his -sincere love for you,.which I share to the _Jargest extent; and let them be a pledge of ' Se as oa, af Bt GG * €Signed) pet LS ae 5 Bes oe % 1 | sia to his army is interpreted as a warlike demonstration. __ ; to St. Petersburg from the Crimea, itis | not true that Michael: is -killed. » Osten |. Pd VgNoes? he e283 Ties} Blog Ss ee es eee : ge sete ee A manifesto by the new Emperor of Rus- The two grand Dukes are on their way |. goed i ee ae the original design of a Manual Labor School for the fugatives and other colored people in Canada--the purchase of lands for the same --the 80 acres given to. Mr. Josiah Henson for begging services--the 20 acres sold Rey. 'Hiram Wilson--the Boston gift of several" thousand dollars towards the saw-mill to pre- vent begging so much, and the modest per centage (25 per cent) paid the agent for bringing the Boston money home--then the saw-mill contract, or no contract, develop- ing a species of manouvering not equalled at Sebastopol as yet so faras we know. 'The manner by which possession was taken--the prosperous Institution, now and for a long period defunct --the debts contracted--cred- itors finally compounded with, and what were the actions of a committee appointed at one time, not to place Dawn out of the reach of the people--not to suffer destruction to stalk abroad, but to give force to Mr. Wilson's reports of the school and its management when it existed. steady refusal to have the accounts audited, as required upon the Declaration of Trust, which, by-the-way, is about to be superced- ed by a new instrument of the same name-- spoke of Mr. Josiah Henson's visit to Eng- John Scoble, the party who now lives there- on, and who assumes: to» direct affairs, with ings, &c., that charicterised his advent. The preparatory remedies to be applied at once from carrying out on the 29th of August of Dawn, were then referred to. By the regula- tion for its management, the colored people of the several localities in which they may be living, Boe the management, mismanagement--the deeds of good men and doings that were anything but creditable, whether the doers claimed to be good men or not, were held up to the amusement or the disgust of a wronged peo- ple, but. with a degree of forbearance as to names, and dignity of manner, that invited guests or interested parties who have hitherto trumpeted the other view of Dawn, might imitate with adyantage. A call for names was made by some present, but the better way was pointed out, and the time-worn, batter- ed, sorely tried servant of his people, took leave at a late hour,and the meeting adjourn- ed to next Monday evening, the 9th inst., to meet at the Ist Baptist Church, after having selected three out of the committee of five to be finally appointed. In giving details of Dawn, some of the points dwelt upon were Mr. Brown dwelt for some time upon the and, and of his' return in company with he acts of petty tyranny. confusion, bicker- hould wily 'manoeuvres not prevent them, his year, the original design of donors to the are empowered to call public meet- to appoint delegates--two three or = ner, to 'penis August convention of this year, should it be held, at which time, the former students if there be any alive, and the life members» those who haye paid £5 to the Dawn, will have power to select from among the dele- gates sent, six Trustees, besides filling vacan- cies occasioned by the resignation or death of former Trustees. It will here be seen that the people are called upon-to take steps in an important matter, and if it be not too late, they should act with the energy and fearlessness becom- ing a people, with their growing reputation for honesty and integrity of purpose. © A lecture on the operation of the Maine Law was delivered on Tuesday evening last, as announced by Dr. Lewis from the States. The necessity of a prohibitory law is fast '| gaining adherents, and temperance men are 'unsparing in their exertions to have its work- ings laid before the people, as will be gather- ed from the many lectures and publications by them, including a recent work now for sale in this oy, by Mr. Urs, and which is said to be excellent in style and replete with facts in its favor; but the lecture on Tues- day will tend But little to propel the move- ment, we fears 'The performance though | capital, in design, was weak in execution and effect--very weak indeed; yet, as an illus- tration of Yankee break-a-head-a-tiveness, right or wrong, it was true to the letter. Dr, Lewis may know how to treat of Homepathy, but outside of " Middletown, in Commecticut," he made, to use his own ele- gant expression, rather a "pickle" of the Maine Law operations. Miss Clark, of New York, ,who is said to be equal to the great subjeci, will lecture in the same Hall (St. Lawrence) this evening. In consequence of yesterday being Good Friday, the paper has been somewhat delayed. Correspondence. LLDPE PAPARBRADADAAAPALAEYOw Emigration. No. y. (concLUDED.) The carkest hour is just before the break of day. I see clouds before me and around me, but everything portends the rise of a glorious mora, when the master shall lie down vith the slave,--when Liberty, Fra- ternity, Equality, will ring in all the land. 'Hail, happy eve! New, the ranting of slavehoiders--now the passage of the Fu- gitive Slave Bill---now the repeal of the Missouri compromise--now the servility of the American Cabinet and Senate,--is no evidence, gentle reader, that the anti-slavery cause is not progressing in this country. You might as well go to the edicts of Na- poleon the Second, or the no less despotic yj extasures Of te Czar of Russia to under- stand the state of liberal sentiment on the Continent, as 4 1 a "South side view" of the peculiar institution, to learn the character and prospects of the abolition movement in the United States. Let us submit a factin support of our opinion. The Fugitive Bill was passed under pe- culiar considerations. Quite a number of slaves had run off and taken shelter in the Free States. There was a fort of them in the town of , Massachusetts; an- other stronghold in , N. Y.; and still another in , Pennsylvania. It was almost impossible to capture one in------., Ohio; and quite impossible in that young Athens of America, --, Illinois. The free were in direct antagonism to the slave States on this question, and whenever a slave crossed the line, he found a goodly number of friends to help him on his way. The South grew indignant, and demanded the passage of a more effective law for the rendition of fugitives. Remember, we have thirty-one States. Fiftéen of that number are slaveholding, and inasmuch as each State under the federal compact is entitled to two senators, the non-slaveholding States have only a majority of two in the Senate. It was an easy matter with a thousand and one offices at. the disposal of the Govern- ment at Washington to buy up a handfu] of northern traitors. Hence, Mr. Webster, who was fishing for the Presidency, and Mr. Filmore, who desired re-election to that office, bartered away their souls to the South for a prospective mess of pottage; and as a proof of their fidelity, pushed. through-the Senate and House of Representatives the bloody act of 1850. Now mark the re- sults. Every free and one slaveholding State, Missouri, have repudiated in part its provisions. +e The law requires that a person claimed as a slave shall be piven up on ex parte testi- mony--allows the commissioner ten pieces of silver;--the price for betraying our Saviour,--for every conviction; sets aside the writ of habeas corpus, which has been held sacred, in all free governments, from the restoration of Charles the Second to the present hour. Now, if you claim a man as a slave, he has the privilege of proving his right to his freedom; if you bring him be- fore a commissioner, he has a right to de- mand a trial before a judge of the Supreme Bench. : Besides, it has produced a deep-rooted feel- ing to the institution of slavery, and reveal- ed the wicked purposes of the slavery pro- pagandists. And now, in a majority of our own Northern cities, a runaway cannot be taken without the aid of a strong police or military force. . It required, in . Boston, the 7 ae N AND WEEKLY ADVERTISER, ay | zed by the ese PERI ELS Di lth BG DSL TL IIE LR NTT ESN EOI WEDS I ass ee i a sada Burns, and cost the Government the snug sum of forty thousand dollars. It has dlso caused a host of slaves, who, otherwise, would have lurked in the States, to seek pro- tection on the hospitable shores of British America. Upon the whole, I regard the Fugitive Law as a decided blessing, and I wish we had one for every day in the year. 'But it should be borne in mind that the principle or main object of that law is not new. Emigration leaders would have you believe that it was born but yesterday. The act of 1793, for the rendition of slaves, was.in full course of action when superce- ded by the bill of 1850. The former differ- ed only from the latter act in certain details, land these, as I have shown, have been ignored by the people. They have treated in like manner the repeal of the compromise: of 1820; and nearly every man who voted for it has been permitted to remain at home. It is computed by the Cincinnati Daily En- wirer, a staunch hunker sheet, a supporter of the Polk and Pierce dynasties, that the incoming House will not contain, all told, twenty Nebraska-Kansas men, from the States north of Mason and Dixon's Line. Never, I say, since the organization of the Government, was the abolition 'question so well and so numerously represented in Con- gress as it isnow. In 1836, John Quincy Adams presented. a petition for the disso- lution of the Union, He was met on-every hand with the cry of treason, and impeached in his seat by Tom. Marshall, of Kentucky. Mr, Adams--the Lord Brougham of the House--grappled his antagonist, as he would a child, told him to go home and study ; and that he had forgotten more law than he ever knew. The old " man eloquent" was triumphantly sustained. But he had to contend alone. We have now two or more abolition representatives from every free State. bf Itis a fact worthy of note, that the first anti-slavery publication ever issued in North America was a tract of Ralph: Standiford, in 1729; we now have hundreds of such tracts scattered all over the country. The first society for the express purpose of promoting emancipation was organized in Pennslyva- nia by the celebrated Dr. Franklin, in 1787 ; its influence was felt in the unanimous de- claration of the American people, signed in 1774, that they would not " engage in the slave trade themselves, nor lease their ves- sels to others for 'that purpose': we now have a host of such societies in the United States. In 1822 or 1823, Benjamin~ Lundy started a periodical, styled the " Genius of Universal Emancipation." To my noble Lundy belongs the honor of editing the first journal in America, devoted mainly to the extinction of slavery; we now have a hundred newspapers working exclusively for " black manity," and no less than two hundred more working for both black and white manity. It is in the memory of men now living, when there was not an academi- cal or a medical school in the United States, where a black man could be admitted on terms of equality: at present, he can be ad- mitted into one or more such schools in every free State of the Union. And so great has been the desire for anti-slavery hght, the friends found it necessary to have a course of anti-slavery lectures during the past winter. Hence, we have been delight- ed with Chase and Hale, and Sumner, and Gildings, and Garrison, and Clay, and Fred-. erick Douglass, incomparably the greatest orator of them all, ~ In the earlier days of Wm. | Lloyd Garrison, the question was frequently asked, " Are you an abolitionist?" The usual form of denial was, " Do you take me for an abolitionist?" Now-a-days, men are proud of the abolition name. Besides this, all the great: orators belong to the North and not to the South. Among the list are the names of Whittier, Longfellow, Bryant, Thomas Buchanan, Reid, and Pierpont, The South knows how to make bales of cotton; but she does not know how to make books; and while she is scheming for the extension of her power, the North is flood- ing the country with such books as Uncle Tom, Ida May, and the White Slave. Here I might drop the curtain, for if our litera- ture, nay, our philosophy, is in opposition to slavery, itis easy to foresee the downfall of that abominable tyranny. And yet our emigration neighbors, the sages, or the Don Quichottes, I know not which of the race, say that things are getting worse and worse in the States. I will bring this series of papers to a close, by briefly recapitulating the points in the course of the argument. First, that there Is no prejudice-in the States against color, but condition. That if it be against the color, that is natural fora Caucasian to hate a Negro, and the contrary, where and when they meet, mutual repellency must follow ; and since they have met, and it has not taken place, Iam autkorzed in saying that no such a state of nature exists. You reply, that ifitbe against condition, 'why do not our higher classes take position with their own classes of whites? Surely, as they are now elevated in society, they should sit at the first table, take the best seats in the churches, and the boxes ia the theatres." Not necessarily so. All'men are born free and equal; but it does not fol- low that all are equal in a state of society. The Jaw regulating men socially depends not on a priort but a secondary cause, as I shall show in the sequel. And now, since you are inthe humour of asking questions, allow me to propound one or two to you. Why do not the colored barbers [generally] shave colored men in their shops? Why do not colored men admit on terms of equality, those of their own complexion in their eating houses in the city of I guess you have run your head against a ram's horn, and if you have no objection, I will ease the concussion. Here is the an- swer: Because it is not to their interest; neither is it to the interest of the whites. And why not to their interest? Be- cause we have not advanced sufficiently to give these a vital support, and therefore the Yankee, in spite of law or Gospel, will follow the eternal dollar. Secondly, that we can rise to the most honourable stations in social life ;--such as lawyers, doctors, di- vines, artists, dc. Thirdly, that we have a large scope here for development. If we wish to be farmers, we can purchase go- vernment lands eheap, and sell at good prices all we can raise. If we desire to be moralists, or savans, the churches and schools are opened, where we can learn how to be as holy as the divine Socrates, or as wise as the immortal Plato. Fourthly, that every native, bond or free, is ~. however, as 'eitizen of 88 ag tte ee ay ECO is a citizen of the United States. Fifthly, that we have no desire to separate ourselves from the whites, in seeking our rights, but to become a part and parcel of the great Ame- tican family. Sixthly, that it is not to our interest to emigrate to South America, be- _cause of the climate, language, and habits. of the inhabitants of that country.. That the British West Indies offer no better in- ducement, for, aside from the seasons, the dominant classes are among the most haughty aristocrats in the world. 'That 'air are as much opposed to the develop- darkness, as truth to error. That the Bri- tish Provinces will do very well; but that the same combination of causes necessary to elevate us there, to wit: numbers, wealth, and. intelligence, will elevate us here. That the public sentiment of the country is rapidly advancing in our favour; that ere long the sun will erjoy his meri- dian glory. And finally, that we never will emigrate en masse from the States. _ And now, when the vessel is well nigh ready to bear us 'safely into port, shall we desert our country, desert the graves of our fathers, our mothers, brothers and sisters. Shall we leave, to clank their chains on the cotton swamps of the South, four millions of slaves. I trow not. I trust, however,. in this the noon of our regeneration, that we may prove to the world that we are not poltroons ard cowards, and unfit for 'the condition of freemen. I am in favor of individual enterprise. If a person can do better in one city than in another, let him, if he choose, remove there; if better in one country than an- other, let him emigrate there. We wish fetters on neither the body nor the soul, but have both as free as the air. But we de- sire no conventions--no fussy, wordy re- solves, no interlopers among us with honey- ed words upon their tongues, in favour of -expatriation--but we wish all to be fully persuaded in their own minds, to use the words of St. Paul. Hope our friends are satisfied with this expose, GAINES, Cincinnati, March 8th, 1855. Report and Circular of the True Band Society of Amherstburg, C, W. -- To the Editor of the Provincial Freeman : Dear Mavam,--Please publish the fol- lowing Report and Circular, in behalf of the True Band Society of Amherstburg, C. W., and vicinity, for the benefit of the Colored people in Canada, and to invigorate the panting Fugitive, who is now fleeing before the baying bloodhounds of the slaveholder, and the more cruel minions and slave-catch- ers of the " Fugitive Slave Bill :"'-- We, the colored people of Amherstburg, have the most of us fled from American Slavery,--" the vilest that ever saw the light,"-----where we have been robbed of all our earnings, crushed in our intellects, de- nied education, under the debauch system of Slavery; where we have been chattels and goods in the hands of our masters, and resistance to white men is made crime by the slave law; where virtue is necessarily {under such laws) crushed in the dust, and* the slave is a victim to the lust and avarice of the oppressor. But, through the good Providence of God, and by means of friends, the North Star, and underground railroad, we have sought for freedom and found it in Canada, under Her Majesty; and when many of us arrived here, we were literally naked, hungry, and penniless; the country being new, and but little cleared up, we have necessarily been very poor. Appeals have been made to our friends, the Aboli- tionists, in the States, and we have, in com- mon with other fugitives, received some temporary relief through their benevolence, for which we are thankful. But, while we have received such relief, the goodness of our friends has been im- posed upon; and a system of " begging" has been got up, and agents have been go- ing out through the States, constantly. tell- ing of our suffering and poverty, and asserting that we cannot sustain ourselves, after so many years of freedom: at the same time, those agents are living upon the spoils of beggary, 'neglecting to work with their hands--one dollar per day being a common price allowed to begging agents. Now, brethren, this begging brings us no permanent good; but degrades us in the eyes of the world. And the people of the United States, and the slaveholders, have cause to say, and in fact do say, " the slaves -ean't take care of themselves. The blacks were made for slaves, and freedom is acurse to them." We, the True Band of Amherstburg, repudiate the whole system of begging in behalf of the fugitives in Ca- nada; and by an unanimous vote, in our last meeting, we passed a solemn resolu- tion to that effect. The resolution passed was :-- j - Under God we can take care of ourselyes." Our True Band Society was formed and organized the 138th day of Nov., (A..D.,) 1854, for the following purpose :--First, to form a Union among ourselves. Second, for our intellectual improvement. Third, to increase our benevolent feelings--(the most ennobling principle of the human mind) -- and to prove that truth of Scripture, " It is more blessed to give than to receive." Fourth, to raise funds to assist the fugitive on his way to Canada; and also, after get- ting here, those who have not the means to support themselves until they can get em- ployment. Fifth, to get them into good business as soon as possible, and to encou- rage them to improve their talents, to live by the sweat of their own brows, and make themselves useful men and women amongst us. Sixth, to encourage all to escape the ' yoke of bondage" for free- dom; and those in the Northern States ex- posed to the Fugitive Slave Law, to make ure their liberty. ae ff eas We have a Constitution and By-laws, by which we are governed. Our officers are:-- a President, Vice President, Recording and Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, two in males, 12} cents; females, 6} cents, each month, in the Baptist Church, w Africa 1s absolutely worse; the climate and | ment of American manhood as light toJ.. to elect the said Trustees annually from Manag 's, con- paid out 13s. 9d. ($2 75c.) Cash Treasury, £5 4s. 1}d. ($22 85c.) in the The: terms of membership + ' We meet on the first Tuesday ev regard to sect. ae _By order, and in behalf of the Soc Masor Srepuens, President. Fountain Busu, Vice-President, AzsRAM TOLES, re Emanve. Buryert, | Auditors N. W. Brown, Cor. Sec. L. G. "* SPEARS,. Ree, Sec... 'Pi a dh Board of Managers: _ Wusow Bartrzs, Joun Harriet, Levi Foster, . Georez You @, -- James SMITH. . Amherstburg, Mareh 13, 1855. rear ed For the Provincial Freeman. Valedictory Address. © . At a meeting called by the ' Young Men's Excelsior Literary Association,' in the Sayer Street Chapel, for the purpose of taking the farewell leave of the President, and receiving his resignation, prior to his leaving the City, the house was called to order, | On motion of Mr. L. G. Simpson, the Rev. J, Davis was called to the chair, x os F248 were favoured with an eloquent and suitable Address from the Rev. J. B. Smith. sf bes a On motion of Mr. John Custalo--...- Resolved--That we, as members of the Excel} sior Literary Association, tender our heartfe gratitude to our late President, for the efficien manner in which he has conducted our meetings, Carried unanimously. Pes... After which, a presentment was made by Mr. S. C. Simpson, Vice-President of the . Society, consisting of a handsome Pen and Pencil Case, together with a Portfolio and Inkstand; a donation in behalf of the Society, by Mr. John Hunter, a member, accompa- nied by the following Address:--~ To the President of the Excel'r Liter'y Association: Sm,--lIn behalf of the Excelsior Literary. Asso- ciation, having heard with much regret that you 'are about to leave the City of Toronto for a broader field of labour, cordially unite in acknowledging organize our Association ; and also, for the able and efficient manner in which you have presided - over the same: Wealike acknowledge our obli- gations to you for the laborious. efforts and exer- tions which you have made for our mental and intellectual improvement. . Nothing, we can as- sure you, Sir, could reconcile us to your departure, 'but the earnest hope that your removal may ten to the turther advantage of that oppressed people with whom you feel yourself to be identified, and among whom your lot may be cast. Hoping that | success may ever attend you in your endeavours and devoted labour to the cause of Christ and suffering humanity, accept, Sir, our heartfelt desire for the health and prosperity of yourself and family, and we sincerely trust that Providence may yet so order it that your lot may again spee- dily becast in our midst. And in further acknow- ledgment of: our attachment to you, and in order that a momento of the same be given, we present you Ne a Pencil Case, Pen, Portfolio, and ma4 stand. - 5s ths Accept these, we pray thee, not for their intrin- sic value, but asa memorial of the valuable'ser- vices that you have rendered us since your short stay in our City; and, Sir, so long as you are able to handle this Pen, may it be in the cause of your oppressed people ; and-may every word that -- you write with it bea death blow to Tyrants, and an encouragement to your people! And, wi monster death shall have taken hold of yon with his iron grasp, may you be resigned to your fate, and pass gently into your immortality, and enjoy in the next the fruits of this world ! In reply, Mr. Smith said :--- GeENTLEMEN-- Members of the Excelsior Literary. Association ,--It affords me great pleasure to ac from you, through your Vice-President, "Mr. Simpson, this beautiful gift, which you have so -- kindly 'presented to me. I appreciate it not only on account of its virtue and use, but the more so, because I regard it not only as a token of your re- spect for me, personally, but. as a testimony of your high appreciation ot the humble services I may have been enabled to render to you, at my people generally. I can assure you, that un- der these considerations, I feel myself bound to tender to you, Gentlemen, my most grateful knowledgments. This Pen, &c., shal! not only be employed, in writing out the history of my own humble life, but I shall ever be a eine wielding it to the very best of my: ability for the general interest and welfare of our down-trodden and oppressed people. 64 After which, the following Resolutions -- were proposed by the Rev. R. M. Johnson, and unanimously adopted :-- oes Wnaereas the Rey. J. B. Smith is called away from this City to the New England A By by the urgency of a more. useful field-o labour ;: -- oe -- Resolved--That the ability and earnestness with which Mr. Smith has presided over the Excelsior Literary Association, has enlisted on his. behalf the esteem of both visitors and members of the Society, and has inspired an offering, although of comparatively trivial cost, yet it is the farewell tribute of the Young Men who composed the Excelsior Literary Association of the City of To- ronto, and in whose warm:and grateful hearts the name of John B. Smith must ever find a welcome -- place. Sa ae Resolved--That we do most fully sympathize with Excelsior Literary Association in their great loss, and highly appreciate the feeling that pro- ~ moted the gift of that beautiful little token of their regard. Resolved--That while we are not inclined to murmur at the equitable distinction of Providence, -- we sincerely regret. the removal of one from our _ 'midst who knows so well our rights, and how to defend them.: -.. SPIES eee Resolved--That J.B. Smith shall have our 7 prayers, for a long and useful life on earth, es+ and in the end, an abundant entrance into the -- mansion to death, BILL. An Act to make certain Alterations in the Deed of Trust under which the First Col- ored Calvinisl Baptist Church in Toronto is held. *y Second Reading, Monday,"19th March, 1859. Wuenrgas the members of the First Color: ed Calvinist Baptist Church in the City of Tos ronto, have, by their petition to the Legisla- pecially devoted to tne redemption of his brethren! _ prepared for those who are faithful un- ~ After prayer, by the Rev. J. Davis, we : e our gratitude for your kindness in assisting us to, - your untiring labourin mm eA et Read, first time, Friday oth March, 1855. ee ture, represented, that by reason of the pro- visions of the Trust Deed under which the land is held for the use of the said Church, and the place of worship erected thereon-- the mode of appointing Trustees pointed out -- and regulated by the said Trust Deed is con- trary to the recognised government and dis- -- cipline of the said Church, and have pr for relief in the premises, by being. permi cole themselves, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Be it therefore en- ; acted, &c.,as followsi-- SORE > Bewhh we I. That notwithstanding anything in the said Trust Deed contained, it shall and | Ly be lawful to and for t first, Colo ey ee Fe » ' ao th