LET: ~ PORTE VOLUME Il. CHATHAM, vy i enema el AE Bee a eee isfiice EEE ---- PROSPECTUS @F THE PROVINCIAL FREEMAN And Weekly Advertiser. Mary A. S. CARY, H. F. DOUGLASS, I .D. SHADD, The Pravincial Freeman Will be devotedto Anti- Slavery, Emigration, Temperance and General hiterature. [t will opeu its colunins to the views ef men af diiferent political opinions, reserving taeright,as au independent Journal, of 'u 1 ex- pression on all questions or projects affecting the people in a political way; and reserving, also, the right to ex press emphatic condemnation o, all projects, having for their object ina great o} reweate dezree, the subversion of the principles ef the British Constitution, or of British rule in the Provinces. Not committed to the views of any religious aeet exclusively. it will carefully observe the rights of every sect, at the same time that a reser- yation skall be made in favor of-an existing dif- ference ef opinion, as to the views or actions 0: he sects respectively. As an advertising medium, as a vehicle of in- formation on Agricaltare,--and as an enemy Tc rice in any and every conceivable form, and a pro:neter of grod morals, it shall be made worth nf the patronage of the public. editors, Q4uu Lerrers, to receive attention whether for pablication or on Business, must be addressed, est-paia, lt. D. Suavp, Chathain, C. Ws RAD eeaeerneeeee_eeeeee_eeee_ueeeee eee SNEED, ie WOW 1 PROVINCIAL FREEMAN And Weekly Advertiser, IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. AT THK OFFICK OF THE PAPER, King 3t West, Opposite the Market. VIFATITAM, C. AW TERMS: @N& DOLLAR AND A HALE. INVARIABLY [N ADVANCE. 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POF POI VI RIO I IBS DOE OS STONE & TURNBULL, CHATHAM CLOTHING WALL DRY GOODS, AND i Grocery Establishment,* wn 'STREET, CHATHAM, C. W. September6th, 1855. 20 Clothes Made, Repaired, & Cleanetl W. L. HUMBURT Be OULD respectfully announce to the cha! zens of Windsor, and surrounding coumey try, that he is prepared to MAKE, REP Alig or CLEAN CLOTHING, at the shortest noGi@g, and in the most satisfactory manner. Having | had ampleexperience in his line ot business im he Cities of Charleston, 8. C., and Boston, Mass., YP he flatters himself that, by diligence and strict attention to business, he will be able to please. Windsor, ©, W., Sept. 9, 1854, Or P49) NG= "SSH 4 Vs PAOARDING WOUSH, bs GEORGE KERR, MAROWARS MERCHANT, WHOLESALE AND. RETAIL ~BALER IN Heavy and Shelf Hardware, CUTLERY, &§c., &c., Pratt's Block, Chatham, C. w. November 22, 1855. 30-ly ANDREW HENDERSON, Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, No. 32, Yonge Srresr, Toronro. References--Thomas Clarkson, Esq., President of the Board of Trade; John Robertson, Esquire, Messrs. A. Ogilvie & Co.; Messrs. Howard & Fitch; Messrs. D. Crawlord & Co. CHARLES FLETCHER, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, No. 54, YONGE STREET, TORONTO. British and American Works tmported and for saleat the smallest possible advance upon the wholesale prices. CHARLES MARCH, louse, Sign, and Ornamental Pasnter, | Gratner, Glazuer, and Paper Hanzer, | CARVER, GILDER AND GLASS ST4AINER, | No. 29, Kine Strexr Wsr, Mixed Paints, Putty, Mnaimelled ané Plain Win- dow Glass andLooking Glass, for Sale, at the lowest Cash prices. Toronto, lOth April L854. 4 NODC Es FINITE Members of JONES? SAXTIORN BAND, are prepared to play for CON- CER YTS, BALLS, CELEBRATIONS, FAIRS, &c:, on reasonable terms. For information apply to. PP. . JONES, Leader: Chatham, Dec.26th. 1856. y3-nl9 ores ac Ae ag aunt aes Ort IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN z = > Groceries, Wines, Luywors, §6., Ne, 15, DUNDAS STREET, LONDON, G.°W. Messrs. BR. P. & ADAM CROOKS, Barristers-al- Law, ATVORNEYS. AND. SOLICITORS, WELLING FON StREET, TORONTO. Be eS OS Z BKEALKR IX Groceries dud Crockery Ware, No. 314, DUNDAs STREET, LONDON, C. W. CAYLEY & CAMERON; > io 0 Q 4 ef yO SA Voss Barristers, yc, ¥C., Ufice=CuuRcH Srreer, next door to the Court House TORONTO. WILLIAM CAYLEY, MATLHEW CROUKS CAMERON. VANKOUGUNET & BROTHER, f a 32°C ef E . y iva Barristers, Altorneys, §., Ofice--CuURCH STRERT, Over © The City Bank" Agency, two dyureSouth of St. Audrew's Church, TORONTO. ANDREW CURRIE, DRALEK IN TRE AAS LD OE #2 Le IRON, NAILS, TIN-WARE, CARPENTERS TOOLS, BLACKSHUTTS BELLOWS Anvils, Paints, Oils, Turpemtine and Colors. nem ee DOOR' TO' D. R. VAN ALLENS, Ee KING STREET, CHATITAM, ©. W, oS | Ghietham, June 13th, 1856. 6m ee MRS..S;. WILKINS, ee Hie oe No. 168, PINE STREET, vom PHILADELPHIA. sy @vember 1855. 3B Sat @ lca" fog PETS SWOUE pat IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, SOUTH SIDE OF DUNDAS STREET, OPPOSITE THE MARKET, And lately erected by Messrs. Mcore § [tulph, WORD OM YHE SUBSCRIBER would inform his old and numerous Customers and Frienis, that he has again DOipemed weimes so With a Large and entire New Stock of IDRY GOODS & GROCERIES! yanks them for past favors, and hopes to eive of them and the Public at large, a AL SHARE OF PATRONAGE. ubscriber is determined to Sell as Low as possible. 2 A. B: JONES. 36 London, Jan. 7, 1856. pee { *. NEW CABINET SHOP, Sa, ON COLBORNE STREET, S Adjoining Charteris § Baxter's Saw Mul. orles 2S LL kinds of FURNITURE, such as BED- Me STEADS, TABLES, CUPBOARDS, PAN DS, é&e., &c., can be had on the must reasonable terms. CHARLES. H.:-RAMSEY. Chatham, C. W., Fee. {3th 1856, 40-Ly | Dr. TO INDEPENDENCE." TERMS: ) ATURDAY, MAY 9, 1857. (ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. 'NUMBER 37 eg S. 1. pe: to q Dr. WH elit Col cal of dri and lies large frov forests of pine, interspersed bere and there with a varity of other frees. Where it is under cullivation, the principal crop is cot- ton. But the land is not generally tertile, aud much of it is likely to remain for a long time; a partial wilderness. 'The country itself presents few interesting features, but itis the home of a singular race of peopie, to whom I may devote a few paragraphs as of description. Jn traveling through ihe"middle country, I often passed the rude, squallid cabins of the Sand-hillers. All the inmates usually flocked to the door of their windowless dom- icile to stare at me. Aud sucha lank, scraw- ny, filthy set of beings | never beheld else- where--not even within the"purlieus" of the "Five Points." 'Pheir complexion is a ghastly yellowish white, without the faintest tinge of whole some red, 'Phe hair of the adults is gen- erally saudy, and that of the children nearly as white as cotton. 'Lhe ebildren are even paler, if possibile, than the aduits, and often paintully haggard and sickly iooking. 'They are entirely uneducated, and set- barbarians in all their babits, very dull, stu- pid aud, in a general social position far be- low the slave population around them. In fact, the negroes look down upon them with mingled feelings of pity and contempt. 'They are 'squatters' on lands belonging to others either with or without their consent. 'hey sometimes cultivate or rather plant a small patch of ground near their cabins, raising a little corn and a few cabbages, melons and sweet potatoes. 'l'neir agricultural opera- tious never etxend any beyond this. Corn bread, pork and cabbage, [fried in lard] seem tobe then principal articles of diet. 'V'o procure the latter, and whatever The men ars of the coarse home-spun clot oF = Soci neve the how asa of p al des Nor diffe mec to b of tl dow San bari rem: Soc wear lothes they require, they make shingles, or oaskets or gather pine knots, or wild berries, which they sell in the villages, but beyond vhat is required to supply their very limi- ed actual necessities they will not work for. Their principal employments are hunting nd fishing, and their standard amusement rinking whisky snd fighting. "Their dress is as primitive as their habits. ye woman and children invariably go bare- i.ded,barefuoted and bare-legged their only ments apparently being a coarse calico a cotton shirt and h of the vious to, and being, at the tice of his voting the legal and bona fide tenant or occupant of lands of the value aforesaid, he may vote. No person to vote as tenant unless his lease was originally for not less than one year. No person deemed the occupant of lands, unless he occupy with the consent of the owner, and with the intent of becoming the owner or proprietor on the performance of certain conditions. No person to vote as owner or tenant, or occupant of lands on hich any instalment of purchase money, or alny rent, or other sum of money is over due to the crown and unpaid; for as owner, ten- ht or occupant of the property belonging to e Crown, without authority. Joint tenants and partners, entitled to vote their respective shares are sufficient. The electors shall vote at the polling place the township or ward where the property all lie upon which they claim the right of ting. A person may vote if the lands lie partly thin one county and partly within another. If Jands lie partly within one polling ce and partly within another, the voter y vote in either place, at his discretion. A voter may be called upon to declare the al situation, or the names of his neigh- s. No person to vote more than once at same election. "wo consecutive days of polling in each wnship or ward. Voting to commence ine of the clock, a. m., and finish at 5 p. on the same day. Vath of Allegiance, without otber formalt- may be administered by the Deputy Re- ing Officer, where that is only necessary aturalize a voter. Interpreters may be inted, and shall take an oath: I swear affirm] that I will faithfully translate oaths, declarations, affirmations, ques- and answers as the Deputy Returning er, shall require me to translate at this ion. So help me God." oter may be required to take an oath or ation No. 3, in addition to any other that he may be legally required to take as, that he believes himself to be of the poe of 21 years, &e. eputy returning officer empowered to inister oaths Nos. 1 and 2; buta voter g one of the said oaths or affirmations, not be required to take any other oath. purchase money, or rent, or other sum of inoney, which you have undertaken to pay tothe crown for the property in respect of which you claim to be entitled to vote at this election, is now overdue and unpaid. Se help you God." Founp Drap.--An old ngro women, be- longing to Mr. Joseph Sutton of this Coun- ts, aged about sixty years, was found dead on Monday. in the field where she had gone to work. It is supposed that she died from natural causes. An inquest was held over the body, and a verdict rendered in aceor- cance with the facts.-- Georgetown Gazette 26th ult. Now we should like to know what facts were elicited. All that any one can sup- pose in this case is, that 'an old negro wo- min, fecble and sick (as she must have been ty die so suddenly), had been driven out in the field to work by some inhuman negro driver, and died in a willing attempt to per- form what her age would not sustain her in doing. Hence the Gazette says: "It Is sup posed that she died from natural causes." How "natura!" it must be to drive out ne- gro women sizly years of age, sick, faint and weary, to work in the field and there die. Not a word is said against Mr. Joseph Sut- ton, the owner, for not keeping the good old slave in the house, and having her eomfar- table provided for in her old days; the whole matter is passed ofby the Gazelle as though it was amatter of no consequence, and scare ely worth a notice This however, in all prob- ability, is more than would have been said by the Gazelle about a poor white man, from the fact that no one would lose any- thing by his death.-- Newport (Ky) News UNION-SAVING,. Senator Wilson declares the Republican party pledged to the Union, and_thatif any men North or South, lay their hangs upon it, they shall die, if we [Republicans] have the power, traitor dexths, and leave traitor names in the history of the Republic. General Jack- son said 'the Union must be preserved.' So said the democrats; so said the Whigs; so said the K iow Nothings; and so have said the Re publicans. But what is still more important the slaveholders have always inflexibly resolv ed that the Union shall be preserved so long as it eusures the safety of their peculiar insti- tution--and no longer. Nowbe it remeber- ed,that this same ever be glorified, perpetually saved,, and never-to-be-dissolved Union will atand till the said siaveiiolders snap it asunder, which they will certainly do when it ceases to foster and conserve slavery. 'Fhe North will never dissolve the Union--not a single State in the North; but the time is not distant when the more southern States in their madness will, Mark the prediction! Then 'we shall see what we shall see,' 'the begining of the end.' Meantime, let the polticians of all par- ties play at Union-Saving, and diamond eut diamond... Take this away from them, and half their stoek in trade will be gone. Eve- ry decent mind in the country will soon-come to understand their game, and will get famili+ arized with the real value of the Uuion, aye, much better still, with the market value of ite special saviors.-- Practical Christian, 'H OR AFFIRMATION, NO, }. TO BE TAKEN BY FREEHULDERS. "ou swear [or if he be one of the ;er- permitted by law to affirm in civil cases, solemn!y affirm] that you have been for onths or more immediately preceeding ay, and areactually and bona fide pos- 1 to your own use and benefit of the e which you have just described as giy- rou aright to vote at this election as own property [or freehold]; that the estate has not been colorably or collu- conveyed to you for the purpose of ing you to. vote; and that itis of the | yalue of £50 currency or more [or of early value of £5 or more, as the case pe ;| and that noinstalment or purchase y, rent, or sum of money, rent or sum oney which you have undertaken to the n therefore is now over due the unpaid; rou area subject of Her Majesty by [or naturalization, as the case may be] you believe yourself to be of the full t twenty-one years ; thatif you have lready voted at this election: and that ave not received anything either direct- induce you to give up your vote at this on, so help you God." H OR AFFIRMATION, NO. 2 im TAKEN BY TENANT OR OCCUPANT. Frencuo PROTEST AGAINST SLAVERY, An interesting and important meeting of French Protestant clergymen was' held in Paris a few weeks since, to consider the sub- ject of American Slavery. An. address. of 'fraternal but severe remonstrance' with American Protestants was adopted and ex- tensively signed. It calls upon the Protest- tants of this country to wipe out this great. reproach. 'This indication of a growing interest amrong French-men in the subject of American sla- very will be regarded with great pleasure by ihe friends of freedom. Humanity is one-- our interest, rights and duties the same; The bonds and the divisions of nationality are as nothing in comparison with those great com- mon ties which will one day unite in ons feeling and purpose, one great Brotherhood, all nations of the world. Hail all sympathy ina righteous cause, from whatever quarter it may come!--Salem Observer. ou swear, Jor if be be one of the per- permitted by law to affirm in civil cases olemnly affirm} that you have been for onths, or more, immediately preceding ay, and are actually and bona fide in ssion, for your own use and benefit, as t [or occupant] of the estate which have just descr'bed as giving you a to voteat this election if he vote as a t,say that you present, as of the said » was made for a term of not less than ear; | and that the said property has een coiorably or exclusively leased or you for the purpose of enabling you to and that itis of the actual value of Tusk Fresa Marker.--lt appears by a statement in the Central Organ, published in Avoyelles, louisiana, that the prices of slaves at a recent 'succession sale' in that parish reached an extraordinary high figure, The following sales of boys and girls took place; = urrency, or more, [or of the pearly Tenton, aved 10 eufe 'BI365. vO of £5 currency as the case may be 3] Amanducaged 60 1475. LN iat no instalment of purchase money Ilayden, aged 15 years, 1525. br sum of money, which you have un- Patsey, aged 16 years, 1600. - (a en to pay to the crown therefore, 1s John, aged 14 years, 1820, six Li ver due and unpaid; that you area Harrison, aged 15 years, 1885, the ti tof Her Majesty by birth [or natu- Louisa, aged 25 years, nad freeh 1on as the case may be ;] that you be- Geeree, pee 1 years, Hots £50 ourself to be of the full age ot bier Ciwlas Gee pa pened, aie £50 years; that you have not already [uate jag dGapes 2070. (>) it this election; avd that you have James, aged 21 years, 2150. shall | eived anything, nor has anything been Lewis, aged 31 year,s 9360. tance, marrid holder (c) ent fra to bol have before may V (2) fd you eitber directly or indirectly, e you to give yonr vote at this elec- So help me God. OR AFFIRMATION, NO. 3. WHO MIGHT From San Salvador we receive the in- telligence that the partition of Nicaragus among the South American Repeblics has been finally settled. The--native Nicara- euans are represented as consenting parties © te the divison. (<= The Grand Trunk Bill paseed the House of Agsemoly on last Friday night by . 58 to $5 votes--Govsrninent's mayority 14, TAKEN BY PERSONS OWE DEBTS TO THE CROWN. swear, [or if he be one of the per- rmitted by law to affirm in civil cases | monly affirm.] that no instalment af |