* wae a eee ~~. From the Liberator. } ONWARD! Onward! though the march be weary, And the path our feet must) press, Lead us through a desert dreary-- Through a howling wilderness! Onward! though the shadows o'er us : Gather lilse the gloom of nighty, . Trath's calm watch fires burn before us-- 7" Press we onward to the light. ', on beau la j f "0 Onward! onward! ever speeding: With a zeal that will not cease, While a brother yet is pleading, Unto us for his release. And no evil shall betide us i or Min the aveary march of life; } eo For thie Father's hand shall guide us bee .) Safely through the, toil and strife. ' _ Danvers, Masgsi,,Oct.1, 1851. J \G@ORRESP ONDENCE, |" | 1) For the Voice of the Fugitive. «Practical Economy. € Fe like the views of our Brooklyn correspondent, and hope to hear from him often. ] ty Dear Biss,--I oceasionally get to see your little rshedt) and Pam much pleased with it.' I thinkit 'aims more directly at what 'we need than any paper we have had yet, I mean the investigation cand introduction of practical money making ope: rétions) "We want:'more financiérs and not &6 many ministers, 'at Teast (not "of the' same sort." Heretofore we have been principally engaged in Building churches and making niinisters ; we haye' but few producers, but few manufacturers, and, I miay say, ho financiers. The various Institutions among us are non-productive in their tendency and 'operations. We haye yet to learn to talk, think and act with some specific object in view, -- to aim at the accomplishment of some definite thing. Our sons and daughters should be taught to commence the career of life with that,settled and fixed determination, and the result would be the jsameas) with English, trish, Dutch, or 'any others; but those who haye no definite aim, can not expect to do the world nor' themselves any good, Communities and, nations work out: their redemption apd élevation just in proportion to the development of undivided energy, determina- 'tion or patriotism among them. | Where these traits are not found in individuals, they cannot be ifound in the community in which they live--and where they' cannot be found in the community, it as in vain they -will-be sought in the nation. True, we, the colored people, have objects of desire, but awe ihlave no settled policy, no determination to do wany 'one thing--no organized efforts, or companies cor agencies executing the will, and using,the capi- tal of corporate bodies, or individuals, in which might le profitably inyested t'e hard-earned monies, 'ef our cooks, stewards, whalemen. and -others, whiose lives and ayocations jvill not allow theta to learn the nature of trade and how to pro? tect, their interest from the long practised and un- scrupulous speculator.' It is often said that we have not the money todo business, but I think it isnobs% fiuch the want of money, .as the know: | edge of using it advantageously. We/have 500 per cent: more money than'we know how' to ren- der productive) In all the princip cities of tle 'north, we have deposited in the hands of the whites thousands and tena of thoussinds of dollars, | This tuft reflects discredit on' us--we must learn to' use ui own brionies:' ' my Foye Ifsome of those gentlemen who have roamed the country arguing theoretital quéstibns, ih' the pay of our friends, the abolitionists, had been half the time investigating practical' money-making questions, we think they would have made more money for themselves, moré for our people, and, inthe main, done more good, | * | « d * sItisstrange, but tfue, that all the institutions we haye formed and made so much ado about, consume a great deal, but produce nothing. | We have universally established Odd Fellowship, Masonry, Good | Samaritans; Recabites, Sons of Temperance, &c.; their principles are all good, the ssame|to)be found in any church; but they oceupy: a great deal of time arid consume a great deal of means, and leayé us but little wiser, or but little' better off. 'But why shall we not have "Building and accumulating find associations," " Protective union associations," " Borrowing and loaning' as- soéiations." ~The time and means'spent with the Jatter sould; iti a few years, prove a' blessing, whilé those of the former, many of then, are kept up buttw6 or three years, and then abandon- Tam tear 'that our reading, writing, thirking, talking 'and Jecturing, and conv, entions,, must'be directed more to' practical operations. "What is dding in a public way in this direction, 1 May learn better from the papers than from me. 1 shall embrace an oceasional opportunity to write you, and in future will say more about New, Yor as T 'suppose many of your readers are from shqre and would like tohearthe news, begsl iy lt 40-2). INS. Brooklyn, Feb. 3, 1892, et Se *iit{: LEAT De aba ea (yop) (8.0. Wards Letters. No, 8, o LEM Bue, Esq.) : Dear Sir,--The matters of interest in this re- gién, 'now-a-days, dré Varying according to the moril tastes of those concerned. Abolitionists are rejoicing inthe gradual, though certain spread of the principlés of freedom, 'Temperance men see the di vines, gf total, abstinence attracting atten- "a cer ain directions, where they are.much n : 'The difterent denominations of Christians pop is the missionary cause by soirees, Ser-, qi e.-while the young, gay, and fashionable, oq ir paying great attention to such amusements as F Meee be. ho "Mechanics Institute, a of Newmarket. Anti-slavery feeling isispreading very popular literary sqolety, treats us. to weekly scientific lectures, every way attractive to those who 'have "any taste' for intellectual intprove- ments, Toronto is somewhat peculiar in many things. Anti-lavery is more popular here than in any place 'T know of,save Syracuse ; but the Catholics, Ppiscopalians, and Kirkmen, with some rare and brilliant exeeptions) walk by on the other side, after the most approved manner' 'of ancient or modem Pharisaism,, Alcohol as a beverage fis fashionable and popular, especially among what | would bé called, in Yankeedom, the upper ten.) Too, many of our people ndhere to this dangerous and pernicious fashion ; 'still Imever saw so moral a city. There are fewer of what the Presbyterian Confession of Paith calls out bréaking sins," in this population of 25,000'souls, than I ever saw in myvlife before. 'Iknow not of a' single house of assignation, in the city orisuburbs. /During the three months Ihave resided here, Ihave not seén th ee females upon the streets, in the évehing, who appeared to be of doubtful character. The police reports are as favorable for the rhorillity and or- derly conduct 'of*the lower classes, as' could }be colored people: bear a' fair comparison with all other classes, This, I' believe, is 'very generally admitted) | ) , Mrs, Ward and I'maile 4 short country tour, a few days'since, thiroush some of the 'eastern 'and notthern 'towns in this good county of York. In- deed I have traveled considerably in this county the present winter, and I am very much pleased with the country.. Markham, Pickering, Scarbro, and Whitechurch are most splendid townships. The timber is principally hard wood, but there is enough of piné upon cyery, square mile, for all local building purposes, and a large surplus for sale,' The Jand is sand, tlay, and loam, bearing" good wheat 'and other' grains in great "abundance, Streams clear' as crystal flow in all parts, so. that every farm seems to be well watered. Health seemed to bea common blessing enjoyed by all Such a region as ours, ,as a general thing, must be healthy. Our land undnlates sufficiently, to allow a flow of water, and we consequently have little or none ina state of stagnation. Clearings ave so large, and so numerous, that an abundant circulation of the winds from the lakes is enjoyed in all directions. From lake Ontario, the land gently rises to such an elevation as to give us fine views, free fresh air, and a good descent for water, The streams have sufficient fall to afford a profu- sion of water power. Indeed, friend Bibb, Inever saw a finer country. The inhabitants, the best part of them, are European. I say the best part of them, hoth jas tonumbers.and character. Some few Americans are among them, iwith their abominable negro- hating prejudices; a) very few are liberal, humane, |, decent, not to say Christian, in this respect. The Europeans generally are,so, But thd native Ca- nadians, generally, are uo better than the Vankees, Thad good andiences in, the towns of Vaughan, Etobicoke, Markham, | Pickering, and in the village and inereasing in all those places: The public mind literally) thitsts for the truth) and honést listeners, and anxious inquirers willl travelsiany'} miles, crowd our country chapels, and remain for ;hours, eagerly and) patiently seeking! the light. Surely this betokens a better, brighter day! ahead. Let the ignorance | notv prevalent on} the subject of slavery be met by- fair and full discussion, and open and) thorough investigation, saon disappear, <p ee I Many honest men look upon a future annexation of this beautiful virgin province to the bloated, besotted, rakish, tinprincipled' American republic, But let the anti slavery disctission exhibit the facts in respect to that re publiejis déspotism, its hypocrisy, its'practical atheism, its abdunding sind)ever inéreaking snobbish aristocracy, its Southern dictatorship and its-northeri seryility, the; utter recklessnesy of lay, right, lite and liberty, every: | where prevalent in the south, and,the poor, tame, cring ing, crawling servillty of the north. Let the teal character, sentiments) and pusitions 'of 'nel willing phid' tools of slavery as Douglass, Cass, Buchanhany Webster) Bihnore, Atherton, Dickinson, Bropksy "et, id omné genus,?" be known and understood, and the proposition for annexa 'thon, of any steps tending therennto, wonld be universally and whanimoasly scotted bythe honést, while Kndyes would blush té own their bud principles! 4) 118) © I would ask, with! becoming doferetiéo, whether your || Refugees', Home Society is not fosterlig, encéurdging, and creating separate black, settlements, churchos, and |, schools among us in Canada West? Js there real need of the sepurate schools which now exist in your region? 'Is it wise to seek the locating of fugitives in the extreme western part ofthe province, ih a ntimber of distinet'com- munities ? Were not "scatteration" abetter idea?' Were it not better to buy Governinent Jands,at\ten shilling§ an acre, in various portions of the proyince, than company or Other lands, at fifteen shillings, near the Detrolt River ? I confess T have my fears concerning the present wisdom | and the future workings; and the tltimate results 'ofyour |! .preséntand past procceilings, Please give mei your views Letier from Hiram Wilson. i St. Catherines, C. Wi, Feb. 4. | My dear friend Biss, For some time past I have felt desirous of addressing to you a few lines, but. singe |the winter setin, I have been much. oceu-; pied with lodking after! the poor and' desti- tute in this quarter ; tillabout 10 days ago, I was prostrated by exposures, oyer-exer- tion, &e.. and have had a severe case of in- fluenza. is My health is gradually improving and 1 hope to be out again soon! 'I find, Bro. Bibb, that the report, made last summer by a deputation of Baptist Ministers fromthe éxpected in an ordinary country Village. The | anil the apathy, and ; prejudice now, existing will 1 i a LSAe ) at length, in your columns, on these matters. What. of|| 'the League ? Wil it ever liye ? fig) hy SLR. W. « eae state of New York, that' the fugitives in Ganada,, with the exeeption. of the 'aged andisick," are not in need: of assistance, is spurious 'coin' that don't pass curréntly at this season of the year. T hope the people are getting, on better at the west than here. It is true that many of them in this vicinity ate comfortable, and doing well, eyén'in the midst of this hard winter, but with many, including strangers who have not been long in the country the ease is far otherwise. ' Being overburdened, with liabilities, in- curred in the midst of a fearful crisis, in the relief of the suffering, I haye made some appeals to friends in New York and Boston for help which I trust ywill come in due time. have relieved quite a number of families, who, in lack of employment, were suffering for, want, of. provisions and fuel. Some by reasons, of exposures. occasioned by. the. hellish. national. slave hunt, | and hardships encountered in making the change, have suffered much from sickness. We ave here a hard struggle to prevent suffer- and shall continue to have, till' warm ther approaches and the colored, people generally, can find employment. | am. 're- solved, that no worthy person shall suffer while it isin my power, with ;readymeans or credit. to afford relief; but at this:erisis, appeals to our sympathies are of daily o¢- cumence. ; a Our hands are full.,| .Bro. J: W. Loguen! still remains with me though he thinks of going back to Syracuse ere lone. We are preaching frequently to the Methodist and Baptist Congregations, amd the Gospel is evidently' taking 'goud! effect. "We have leetured 'the people several times this win- ter on the subject of Temperance fifty or more have taken the pledge at our monthly meetings. , We have also had three rousing' anti-sla- very meetings within. a few weeks ; one in the St. Catharines Town Hall, which was well filled with very respectable and deeply interested people ; one at thé Town Hall of Niagara, which was formerly the seat of Government for Upper Canada, when' To- ronto was but an obscure place, called ite tle York." At Niagara we had a trium phant meet- ing. The spacious' Hall was well filled and many people stood up who could not get seats, "At Shorold we had a meeting' of great interest. On returning by sleigh at a Jate hour we capsized from a narrow bridge, and though we'were preserved by the good handof the Lord, and unhurt, we were nevertheless in great peril, We are endeavouring to kindle up the fires of liberty all round and' we find there is great need of it even in' Canada, e have a Government school for colored youths ; a colored female is also teaching a select school. Bro, Lopuen is teaching a class of adults in the evenings and my wife 'here, dhe has 'been! thappy there. another. 'Wethave not yet learned 'the results of the trials at Albany for the réscue Of Jerry ab Syracuse, but trust they will turn out to be splendid 'failures.' The prosecution is entitled to successful evaporation, with the legitimate recoilings of obliquy and disgrace upon their own heads.' " Very' respectfully 'yours, a Hiram Wison. P. 8, T have lately heard from a for- warding agent in Montreal,/ Mr G. Bent, who informs me that he has'a lot of goods for you from Fall River, Mass. ~ That when the duty is thrown off the charges amount to 8s. 9d. ($1 750,) You will have to send by letter a satisfactory statement, that! they! ave for charitable uses; in orderto have the duty thrown: off. .Ivhayve a. cask' there whieh by strange blunder' ad' Been. setit there from' Fall River nay mind now is that it will have to remain. there till navigation \opens and probably yours will also have to remain, ., eR witht ) Mar A'yain man is always ungrateful ; he thinks no kindness equal to his merits, yar A man half tipsey thinks nobody 'mows it but himself. The very effort he makes to conceal his situation betrays him, 'TempmraNow Excremmn'.--The Bangor (Maine), Courier says 2 | Immediately after the Temperance' meet! ing held last Friday evening, Jan. 16, the work of searching for liquors 'was com- | menced- On Saturday, 17th, Kensell's: store' was Searched, and! 5 barrels and 2 :keos wore '| seized.,, This week the work has been re- sumed in good earnest, Gray's Tavern, at Pea Cove, was searched and one barrel seized. » Thompson's' celliit was searched 'and Various packages filled' with liquors and their contents destroyed. He became enraged, broke decanters, &e. At the Sa- cramento House, 'Upper' Stillwater, six or' eight packages, containing from 75 to'100 gallons, were seized, which were poured' into the gutter, where 'liquors have sent many a poor fellow. iw They also searched the Tremont House, and» Wadleigh House, but found no liquors, a All public places, where it was supposed fre Mission Baptist Convention of the liquors were kept, have been searched, | and he takes them in his bosom eRe | fierce convulsions' ere 'his soul yielded and Anti-Slavery Convention im Cincin= ; nati, Olio. Friends of Freedom : ; We itivite you to meet: in' éoivention in'Cin- cinnati, on 'Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 27th, 28th and 29th, 1852, corhmencing at halfspast; mine! o'elock, aim.' on the 'firstnamed day. : : We eall upon you without distinction of 'party, to come together ii'th® spirit! of fraternil léve, to inquire what,-more, can, be done for,the;three; millions of slaves in these United States, and to take' such advaiice measures "as a 'pure' Christi- anity, a true. patriotism, and an exalted charity: require of sound-hearted philant'topists. Flow thany Of you will 'be ready 'to respond to this call? . How many of-you vill, turn aside for afew days, from your ordinary ayocations, to give attention -to the cries of hamanity # "How many. of, you will lay;by some of the funds you ordinarily spend beyond your necessities, to save enough to take you to the convention, or to send d representative from, your neighborhood ¢ Come friends, prove your faith by your works, and let the poor, crushed slayes haye some 'comfort of hope, in hearing of a great and enthusiastic con- vention of deyoted men aud women from,all parts of our extensive country, weeping over their wrongs, and pouring out words of fire in advocacy of their rights. ' We offer you our! hospitalities, and' shall be happy to entertain our guests in a way to make their visit agreeable to/them. | Come and Jet us lay our gifts upon, the altar of an exalted and exalting faith, and renew our christian yow, that wh Ist there is a slave to be liberated, there shall not be wanting an/abolitionist to strike the fetters from his limbs. (a@g~ We. respectfully solicit the editors fof newspapers throughout the country, to insert the above call in their respective papers. Committee of Ladies : : Mrs. Sarah H. Earnst. , lizabeth Coleman. i » (Julia Harwood, } », A. Manin. », Mary M. Guild, Miss Kesiah Emory. Committee of Gentlemen: ' Edward Harwood. John H, Coleman, John Joliffe. Christian Donaldson. Whi. Henry Brisbane. Levi Cofin, Cincinnati, O., Jan. 5th, 1842. Our Chili im Meaven. Two years ago to-day he went to heay- en. 'With us they have been long, long years, since we heard the sound of his sweet voice, and the merry laugh that burst from 'his glad heart. He was the youngest of our flock. Thre¢' summers he had been with 'us, and O, he was brighter and sunnier than any summer day of them all... But he 'died as: the third year of his life; was"closing. The others were olderthan he,.and all we had of childhood's glee and gladness were bu- ried when: we laid him in' the grave.-- Since then our hearts have been yearn- ing for the boy whois gone. 'Gone, but not lost,'? we have said a thousand times, and we think of him ever as living and blessediin another place: not far from us. Two years in» Heaven! 'They do not measure éime in thab-world; there are no weeks, or months, or years, but all the time we have been mourning his absence And when we think of what he has been en-° joying, and the rapid progress he has g, him that he has' been taken away.; Two years with -Angels! . They have? been! his constant companions, his * teach- ers too; and from them he has,drawn les- sons of,.knowledge and of Joye. The cherubims are said to excel in knowledge, 'while, love glows more ,ardently in the breasts of the seraphims. He has been two years inthe company of both, and must haye become very like them. i The blessed Savior took little children in his arms when he yas here on,earth, Blessed Jesus! blessed children! blessed child! Peet trate aay ; ( "He often wépt when he was With us;-- he'suffeted' much before "he died: seven' dys and'séven nights "He was' torn with: fled t6 heaven! But now' for two years he has not wept, | He has known no 'pain® for two years. "That little child, who was | pleased with a Yattle, now meets with an- gels and feels himself at home. , He walks among thé'spitits that bend 'in the pres- encé of thé Infinite, and is as frée and! happy as.any Who are thére. ' And' when we! think' of joys that' are his, we are move than willing that he should stay where he now dwells; though our house ° is darkened by the shadow of 'his' grave; and our hearts are aching all the time for his return, \ Long and weary have been the year's without him, but they have been' blessed'years to'him in heaven.' | "Hyen so, Father.' . "<Not our' will, but thine be done."--Huchange Paper. a Wonrtb's Temperance Bazaar most magnificent scheme is set on foot by the London Temperance League, of a grand Bazaar in August next, in the Surrey Zo- ological Gardens. Contributions, Hterary, artistic, floral," drawings, paintings." fine specimens of 'needlework, &e!, are to be invited from! every quarter of the world, in promotion of the Temperance. cause. Each gountry and state is to have its own stall for exhibition, in imitation of the Great Exhibition of 1851. 'The particulars of the urangements have not been published, but we presume will transpire in time to en- able 'all the friends of Temperance in this country to participate in it. If done well, as no doubt it will be, it may do an im- mense good, and supply a splendid impulse '|to the cause. --WV. Y. Hvangelist been makino, we feel that itis well forg Woniin's i igs! TO THE AMERICAN BUBLIC: AN APPEAL FoR THE FREEDOM QF AMERICAN aVOMEN, Wa, the' undersigned American (Women, beg leave to present the following facts,.to the consideration of the public, : We have been for years oppressed, and }many Of us' have'hiad' ott Health seriously injured | by: theo unhealthy «md ancomfort- able forms of, dress adopted) by the women of our country from fashions, made by. foreign modistes, ke Some months since, beine convinced that! like? owt! fathers} we lad: thd' inalienable right to; life, «liberty, Vand: the fiurswit of happiness," we changed our; dress: for ione) short, light and easy--which qyas named by the common voice, from one who wore it, the" Bloomer Dress." "The advantages. of this'dress are'seen atone by almost Hilf sensible: péople.u)' But: the result lof sour wearing it. has beenyin New York and other cities, and in some country places, 9, unin form system of insult and outrage, , Tatiest of irreproachable character, walking.in the streets of New York, accompanied by their husbands 'and brothers, Wave! héen followed by'a rabble, havé been hissed And hobted! and most 'insulting' words address to" them!" ' , - po co | They have borne' this inilexce, hoping' to outlive it--but there is a limit to Human KOT Heuiralrl Get MiB tet iat aR CLE Rey 'We 'wish now 6° understand whether we have a'eivil and' political right to Wear a decent'and' healthy dregs, 'and' whether we'are to be'protected in the exércise of this. right, dr whetli¢r the New York public' is! amob by majority. We want distindtly to understand whither Kossuth 'and Hungary aré to be landed and assisted, and Aimer" can wives and mothers to We enighed. We'asselt, humbly, yet firraly, that' we wear the improyed dress in obedience. to" eonscienée and 'common gérise; and that we ule not oily véady'to'live for the principle, of freedom for which our fathers lived and died, but to die for it also, if need be. We contend for 'no fashion, no' particular form ol dress, but for freedoin to act in obedi- ence to enlighteied conscience. We con* tend for "lite, liberty and the' putsuit of happiness." : The fashionable dress worn by the "wo- men of our' city, is unhealthy at all times; and in bad yweatlier' Jeads to indecent' éx- poste and great 'discomfort aid evil. Tf we are condemned to this dress: by the despotism of the mob, how much Better is our condition than tliat of those equally. oppressed jn foreign lands by the tyranny, of the fey? IS a mob of Haynaus to be preferred to one? ca : a , We ask protection of the Jaw and of our. fellow citizens, in the exerdise of our ie alienable rights, and we' believe it will be effvetually given by our natural protectors the moment this subject is seen in its true: i Aue i 1 ight. "We ask the help of our brothers because: we are Suffering for the principle of humax freedom)' for God'and the nght. "97" Mis. Pauline, W. Davis, | NOR Gidene O% At at mol Tv, 0 AR. RW nomabut a OUNRE RUE Meri. ae ak rs. R. Gray, Feo ap eayit teil? CORN fits. Beaujen Hawley, 0, S. M.'S, Gove Nichols, "1 ALTO ts."Mary A. Torbet, < si Mrs. A Hutchinson Patton, Isabel Pennell, 7. et 'Katharine Trembley, , on NUS, ME McQarthy, Mx to borvloo Liwour npg yi 4 i a 1 srnis fet Grom inolibnlibh Meth. "At y, PRTG a (0 (One WEN Dollars Reward? "| "Ran away from: the 'suibseribex! Vda the' 18th August, 1849, a likely Magyar fellow,' naméd' Louis Kossuth, He is about Ad years'old, five'feet sit inéhés high, dark complexion, marked eyebrows and gray' eyes. He pretends to be free, but says he was robbed Of his freedom, "He was con- finediin' the barrack gaol 6f Rutayeh; 'but es¢aped.on the first September: |: It lis! strongly, suspected, he was harbored by they captain of the Mississippi, ashe was seem, ine 'boar 'that ship. at Site eee ' aud Lisbon, | Capthins' and' masters © vessels are' partictlifly cautioned against! harboring onicondaling thersaid fugitiver on board their shipsy as, the full penalty ,of) the law will be rigorously enforced... He, was lately heard of in EnzJand, where he passed himself' Gf for frée, but is-supposed tovhave sailed for the! United States in the' Humboldt! He has! a free Magyar woman' tay. a . *, , Mas, Fannie Norris j ty} |for his wife, by, the name.of; Teresa Mes>\) zleyi, lately removed to the 'Pniteg tes, and is said to be at the house of President Filmore, whére it is' likely Her husband" will be lurking, or she harboring him. Het speaks English well, but with: a slight: stutter, particularly if-excited.) , ».)) slat The above reward will ,be paid, if the, said Louis Kossuth is delivered to me at_ Vienna.' If lodged in any gaol in any of" the States (so.as I can get him), one*fourth " in cash, and the balance ina note, payable» in six and twelve months, by ja member, of the Society of Friends, said to deal in loans, Lombard-street, London, i N.B. If the fellow cannot be taken alive, I will pay a reward of 250,000 ducats for his scalp, . Terms as aboye. a a Francis Josepn, .. |. (~ 5 y - Emperor of Austria.