se: Se nae The Fate of a Drunkard, BY DICKENS. When the dim and misty light ofa win- ter's mor. ing penetrated into the narrow court and strugyled through the begrim- med window of the wretched room, War- > den awoke fro his heavy sleep and foun : himself alone. He rose and looked round him; tle old flock m ittress on the. floor was undisturbed ; every thing was just as he remembered to have seen it last and there was no sign of any one, save himself, having occupied the roomduring the night. He inquired of other lodgers and of ,the neighbors; but his daughter had not been seen or heard of. Le rambled through the streets and scrutinized eah wretched face, among the crowd» tha thronged them with anxious. eyes. But his search wis fruitless, and he returned to his garvet when night came on, desolate and weary. : For many days he occupied himself iti the same inanner, but no traces of his daughter did he meet with, and no word of her had reached his ears. At last he gave » up the pursuit as nopeless. He had long thought of the: probability of her leaving him, and endeayoriug to gain her bread in quiet elsewhere. She had left him at last to starve alone. "Ue ground his teeth and cursed her. He begyed his bread from door to doo). ~ Every half-penvy he could wring from the pity or credulity of those to whom he ad. dressed himself, was spent in the old way. 'A year passed over his head; the roof of a jail was the only one that had sheltered "him for many months. He slept in arch- ways ald in a brick field--any where. "where there was some warmth or shelter ' from the cold and rain. But.in thie last stage of poverty, disease, and houseless want he was a drunkard still. _ At last one bitter night he sunk down on a door-step faint and ill. The prema- ture decay of vice and profligacy ha: worn him to the bone. His cheeks were hollow and livid; His eyes were sunken and his sight was dim. His legs trembled beneath his weight, and a cold shiver van through: every limb. ; : : . And now the long forgotten scenes of «i mispent life crowded thick and fist upon chim. He thonyht of the time when he had / a home--a happy cheerful home--and ol those who peopled it, and flocked "about im then, wntil the forms of his elder chil. _ dren seemed to rise up from the grave and ~ stand about him--so plain, so clear and so distinct they were, that he eould touch and "feel them. Looks that he had long forgout- ten, were fixed upon him once more ; voices _ long since hushed in death sounded in his ears like the mu-ic of village bells. But it 'was only for an instant. The rain beat heavily upon him and cold and hunger were ~ gnawing at his heart again. -He rose and dragged his feeble limbs a few paces farther. 'The street. was silent and empty--the few passers-by, at that late hour hurried quickly on, and his trem- ulous voice was Jost in the violence of the storm. That heavy chill again struck through his frame, and his blood seemed to stagnate beneath it. He coiled himself up ina projecting doo.way and tried to USIEBN, oa) But sleep had fled fiom his dull and closed eyes. His mind wandered strangely. _ It he was awake and conscious. The well _known shout of drunken mirth sounded in _ his ear--the glass was at his lips--the hoard was covered with rich food--they ip were before him. he could sce them all--, _ he had but to reach out his hand and take 'them, and the illusion was reality itself he Knew that he was sitting alone in wi 'deserted street watching. the. rain ¥ Aaya ¥ SD drops as they pattered on the stones; and "yt there'were none to care for or hel) him. 'Sarr ys Suddenly he started up in the extremity of terror. [Je had heard his own voice © shout in the nizht air, he knew not what o1 "why. Hark! A groan! Another! His ~ senses were leaving him--half-formed and ~ Ineoherent words burst from his lips: and his hands sought to tear and lacerate his "flesh. | Ha was going mid. ¥& 1 2 (To be Continued) ae is te J tae _ Battle of WaterBbo, ~ In this great battle the French had 246 guns on the field; the English, 156; and thle Prussians, 104. Total 506. The noise of these pieces exceeded everything of the "Iind that the oldest soldier had ever heard and made the very earth shake for mile: around the field. After the action, thi gunners could hear nothing that was s»id to them. The guide pointed outa spol where, during the heat of the firing, om of the powder tumbrils exploded, threw 'the artillerymen into the air, and shoo! the horses to pieces. The eehoos of th "= canonade of this awrul battle are said t have been heard on the southern oder of the British const. Upward of 50,00; men fell in the strife; 2U,000 on the sid of the allics, and 30,000 on the side of th: French. The losses of this day put Euro. "iumouming. England and France wep Jike mothers togvther. ~ sed over the field on the following diy sates that as he approached: it, the fir 'thing that struck lim ata distance wa quantity of eaps and huts strewn ov: "tbe yround, dt ayppemed ps if iv bad beer A visitor who pas '| covered with crows. The field itself seemed flooded with blood. The number of dead horses and men baffled computation. The peasantry employed in burying the dead generally stripped the bodies first, and thereby gained vast booty. The track over which the guard moved, and over which they fled, was still covered with their spoil. and marked by the traces of horses, the wheels of cannon, and the deeper furrows of bombs and shells. A thousand Freneh lay dead on this spot ; and the quantity of holsters, standard-holders, bridles, straps and girths denoted a fearful conflict of cavalry. The ground seemed quite cut to pieces with the struggling of the horses' feet. The well known caps of the grena- diers of the French guard Jay yet, in con- siderable numbers, with the rags of their uniforms, and pieces of tartan, and black ostrich feathers--the plaids and plumes of Scotland. From the Liberator. Homes for the Refugees. After reading ' Uncle Tom's Cabin,' we find. our sympathies fairly roused on the subject of slavery, 'What can Ido? is the question which comes home to every heart. We cannot go and unloose their bonds ; we cannot change the eruel Jaws which keep them in slavery, nor the still more eruel one which retrirns them to it, The heart sickens at the thoucht that there are multitudes in our free country, suffering in the same way that 'Uncle Tom' did, and multitudes more enduring all ' Cassy's' wrongs and wretchedness, Why should any one attempt to we:iken our sympathy by saying, that many have kind masters, and are comparatively happy ? How mueh is. this happimes worth, with such oa terrible niaBriity always hanging over their heads ? But if we at the north may: not do all we would, let us do what we can. If we cannot at present do much for those in bon- dage, there is something to be done for another class, viz., those who have escaped, and are now on free soil. | It is well known that thousands of the refugees find a home in Canada. As soon as they set foot on the other side of the line, they are free, and safe from pursuit. But freedom is not all that is essential to life; amidst the joy of a successful escape, the qttestion comes up. «Where are we'to get food, clothing, and shelter?' Witherto these wants have been partially met, through the exertions of the missionaries stationed at diff-rent points near the line, As fast: and as far as the Christian community have furnished the means, they have sheltered and provided for these sufferiny people. : But since the passage of the the Fugitive Slave Bill, great numbers have fled from the free States, where they have for years been living comfortably and at ease. For so many to find employment is impossible. What is to be done with them? 'Lhis question naturally enough conies up to every benevolent and reflecting mind, when it is states that there are now in Canada about 30,000 of these poor refugees ; 80:10 having been driven trom the free States, through the panic occasioned by the Fugi- tive Slave Law. During the past winter, their sufferings from want of food, clothing, and shelter, have been terrible, God watches over his children, and is not unmindful of their wants «und woes, though he may bear long with those who oppress them, From him all good designs come, and he lias put it into some of the hearts of the friends of humanity at the West, to form a plan for furnishing these exiles with permanent homes, and the means of support, Government. lands in the south-western part of Canada can: be purchased low, and it is proposed that some 50,000 acres should be bought, and divided up into farms of twenty-five acres each. Mor this purpose, an associa'ion has been 'o med in Michi_a», cilled*the * Canacim Refugee Wome Soviety." They have under- taken to raise $100,000 for this excellent to the slive in all parts of the country, who will be glad of this opportunity todo some- | thing directly for these suffering men and women?' Something whieh shall be per- manently beneficial. The plan proposed is, to.assion to each family twenty-five acres, five to be an outright gift, and the remnin- ing twenty tu be paid for in five years.: The money thus refunded is to be appropriated to schools and teachers and to the pur chase of other lands. The operations' of this Associaton are conducted by «a Board of trustees well qualified for te wust com- Initted to them; and they have already commenced their purchases. This simple and feasible plan must have some from Heaven. It is, altoyether too good to have its origin here. Let. this benevolent scheme be caried out, and every family is put in'unalienable posses- sion of a home, and the m ans of procuring' all the necdfsaries of life. A' fair chance isgiven to every trembling refugee, escaped froma the house of bondage, to take his }place in the world, and be a man. Contrasted with the limited and tempo- rary aid hitherto afforded, this is a grand idea. He who a few days ago was aslave --his wife and children chattels--having by the good providence of God escaped pur- suit, and veached a place of safety, now hecomes the happy *owner of a homestead, -hich he may enjoy svith bis own wife, and object. Ave there not warm-hearted friends |, his own children. Now for the first time, | from the pen of E. D. Barber, correspond- he can dwell safely under his vine and fig-| ing Editor of the Brandon Post, published tree, with none to make him afraid, What man, having the heait of a man, would not rejoice to aid in this good work? This is not an untried experiment. About two years ago, a society was formed in West Canada, called the ' Elgin Association,' in lionor of the Governor of the Canadas, (who is one of its patrons), the object of which was, 'to improve the social and moral con- 'dition of the colored people in the province, by providing them with a home and their children with Christian education." They purchased about 9,000 acres of Government laud, in the township of Raleigh, eight miles from Chathim, and divided it into lots of fifty aeres each, to be sold to colored settlers, at $2,50 per acre. The first in- stalment to be paid in hand, and the ba- lance in the course of nine years. There are now near a hundred families in the settlement: all happy and indus- trious. The climate is healthy and con- siderable milder than in New England. The soil is good: producing wheat, Indian corn, Lrish and sweet potatoes, oats, tobacco, hemp, peaches, melons, and various other fruits, This plan has succeeded so well, that the friends of the fugitive have every en- couragement to extend the experiment. The *Canidian Retugee Home Society" have sent out several agents to solicit the co-operation of friends in the northern and eastern States. Rey. Charles C. Foote of Michigan is now. visiting Boston and vici- nity in its behalf. He is a devoted friend to the colored man, and brings: with him most cordial testimonials from wise and good men of different religious and political views. Any one contributing a hundred dollars to this association will have the satisfaction of feeling that he has given homes to ten families, besides the means of livelihood and edueation for their children, All things considered, could a hundred dollars be better appropriated ? Think of all the com- fortable ideas associated with that sweet word nome, then think of rr Homes | What humane heart has not sighed over its inability to alleviate the sufferings of the slaves? Here is an opportunity to do something, (and that, too, which shall be permanent in its results), for those whi, having} made their escape from bondage, have placed themselves within our reach. Sid. Spirit of the Anti=*lavery Press. MAINE, The Portland (Me.) Inquirer, of July 8, contains a full report of the Free Soil State Convention, which assembled at Winthrop, in that State, on the Ist inst,, The Hon. Drummond Farnsworth pre- sided. A spirited set of resolutions were adopted, of which we extract the first five of the series. Resolved, That personal liberty is a pri- mary andinalienible right, and should be sacrificed to the exigencies of no goyern- ment ; and that the government of the U.S. has solemnly proposed the preservation of this right, as one of the fundamental designs of its consutution. Resolved, That wwe believe our own go- vernment to have been ordained, in good faith, to "establish justice" and "secure the blessings of liberty ;" and that on no othur condition can it receive the support of jtist and honorable men. Resolved, That the powers of this go-| vernment have been perverted to' establish' injustice, and are now wielded to. impose on new territories and new ages and new millions of men the curses of slavery. Resolved, That we can owe no such. al- legiance to a government as would involve us.in the guilt and infamy of extending or perpetuating or upholding human bondage : we recoenize no such bonds on owrselves ; we could not take them, and none could im- pose them. Resolved, That, the Constitution is a guarantee to freedom, even although certain clauses may haye been assented to in such a form as might temporarily protect the system of slavery ; for those clauses were expressed in words which would not violate the Jogical unity of the whole instrument, and whieh require a just and consistent in- terpretation. NEW HAMPSHIRE. The Independent Democrat considers that tle reeent National Conventions teach iin important lesson for the future, in the manner that they have ostracised all the prominent statesmen of the Jand, for their subseryiency to the slave power. It sees, in this fact, portentions omens threatening' the ascendency of the slave power with extinction; and making the coming administration to feel that there is a freedom power as well as a slave power in the United States. r But it gives the parties who held those Conventions no credit for their good inten- tions. ' Their words were allin favor of injus- lice and oppression, but their deeds in- directly acknowledged that there is a God of Justice. And they were the executors of his justice upon the wicked great inen of their own parties. VERMONT. We select the in that paper of the 8th inst. "Thank Géd, the chief dough-faces are all put to the sword and by their own parties too. The Baltimore Conventions, with all their scurrility, dared not so far outrage the feelings and sentiments of the people of the free states as to nominate as candidates for the Presidency any of those pro-slavery hacks who have so long been publicly dragging the North to the feet of the South, and have been shamelessly selling their free principles in the market, for southern votes and influence. Webster and Cass, Fillmore and Buchanan, Dou- glas, Marcy and all, where beheaded and buried together! Thank God for that! So much is done towards exterminating the dough face race. Would to Heaven that it were already extinct! Some of its patriarchs are gone and may we never 'look upon their like again.'" MASSACHUSETTS. The Liberator of the 9th instant contains a full report of the Anti-slavery Celebra- tion of the 5th instant, at Abingdon, Mass., in commemoration of Independence Day. C. Lenox Remond presided. Edmund Quincy, Wendell Phillips, Theodore Parker and William Lloyd Garrison were among the speakers on that octasion. The ovea- sion was one of a great re-union of the anti-slavery spirits of the old Cominon- wealth, and other places, NEW YORK. The Frederick Douglass Taper of July 9th, contains an address by the editor, de- livered in Corinthian, Hall, Rochester, on Monday, July 5th, in commemoration of American Independence. The distinguish- ed orator brought the burden of his argu- ment to bear on the question of slavery,-- the truth being ably: enunciated without fear or favor. It will, however, be sufficient ta settle the character of the address, in the minds of our intelligent readers, to say that it was done up in'Frederick Douglass' best style. The National Anttslavery Standard, of July 8th, contains an article from the per of Edmund Quincy on the Webster farce ; in which the great expounder js shown to bea secondary statesman, striking © { in no oiginal channel, during the whole of his public career. Therefore, he has made no great mark ou the age as a sucessful statesman. His Fugitive Slave Law iniquity is the only thing by which posterity will remember him. Mr. Webster's forte Nas heen that of a suecesstul attorney. In this character he stands out unequalled betore the world. His greatest efforts in the Senate has been as the paid attorney of the capitalists of his party. The goal of 'his aspirations he has neyer reached. He has sold himself to do the dirty work of the South, to propitiate their favor to elevate him to the Presidential chair; but, in. the hour of trial, they deserted him, Mr. Webster must ever remember, as long as he is himself, that out of 58 balloungs in the Whig National Conventions of 1852, he got not one single vote from the South. And, notwithstanding this crue! desertion of him, when they had murdered 'he ex- pectations that they had held out to him, by nominating another in lis place, they called him up at night, "to make them a speech. his shirt flattering in the breeze, to assure them he did not mind it !" HE Steamers London and Sam Ward will leave Detroit for the Sault Ste Marie, touching at Mackinac, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 9 o'clock a... in con- nection with the Steamers Cleveland and Forest City, running between Cleveland and Detroit, with the Atlantic, Oceanand May Flower between Detroit and Buitalo, with Steamer Arrow between Sandusky and Detroit. Passengers to Buffalo, Cleveland and Sandusky can,procure tickets or ship freight on any of the above boats, with the assur- ance of a speedy transit to the Sault, and thence to all ports on Lake Superior by the steamer Baltimore and Propellers Inde- pendence and. Napoleon. The Propeller Peninsula will also run regularly between Cleveland and the Sault, touching at Detroit, Lexington, Point au Barks, Au Sauble, and at 'Thunder bay Island. AGENTS. Sorpnen Cremenn, Vetroit, 8. McKnient, hee aR iL Te alpoenectindinin Sault Ste Marie. NEW BOARDING HOUSE. COMMODIOUS LODGING AND BOARDING HOUSE, for ascomoda- tiun of respectable colored persons has just been neatly fitted up by George Carter, in the city of Detroit, Michigan. Mr Carter, would respectfully inform his friends and the public generally, that he shall keep a well furnished table witb all the attention and regulation about his house, which is necassary to render those comfortable and satisfied who may fayer him with their following graphie' article, | patronage. MRS. ALEXANDER'S BOARDING- HOUSE. Corner of Bates and Congress sts., RS. A, furnishes the best accommoda- tion on the most reasonable terms. Please give hera call. \ FOSTER'S HOTEL. \ R. LEVI FOSTER, of Amherstburg, Canada West, would inform his friends and the public generally, that he has neatly fitted up a Hotel, on Market-street for the accommodation of such as may favor him with their patronage. His prices shall be liberal, and no time and pains spared to render satisfaction to his customers. He has also a variety of splendid carriages and horses to let, connected with the above esta- blishment, for the accommodation of the public. ANTI-SLAVERY BOOKS O be had in Detroit, at McFarren's Book Store Jefferson Avenue. ' The UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY, by Lysander Spooner. HENRY BIBB'S NARRATIVE OF SLAVERY, Illustrated with Engravings. This work will be sent to order by applying to the book agent of the True Wesleyan book concern, No. 8 Spruce st., N.Y. or to- Wm. Harned at 61 John st., at the follow- ing prices + Paper covers - - ~-° -$0874 Cloth bnding-- - - - 050 Extra vilt bound - - - 100 For cash in hand one third will be taken: off. : UNIVERSAL TIISTORY of the Coxor- sp and Inpran Race, By R. B. Lewis. 7, ANDS FOR SALE, .by- James Dov- GALL, Wrrosor, Canapa West, op- posite Detroit, in the Township of Sandwich. Lot, No. 121, 3 Concession, containing 120 acres; Lot 120 and east part of 119, 3 Concession, containing 87 aeres, forming a block of 189 acres, price $3 per acre. These Lands are six and a half miles trom Windsor, and four miles back from the Detroit River, a good road is opened out to them, the land is dry and o first-rate yuality, the timber consisting of hickory, white oak, &., is very valuable, the hickory alone being worth the price asked tor the land. Lot No, 17, 9th Concession, 200 acres, at $2 50 per acre, situated immediately in the rear of the above Lots, there, being only a corner of another Lot between them. Lot No. 117, 12th Concession, 100 acres, at $2.50 per aere, situated on tlie Town Line between Sandwich and Maidstone, about tour miles back, by direct road, from Lake St. Clair, the River Peches, or Peach River, runs through a corner of the Lot. Several valuable Building Lots in the Village of Windsor. One-third will be required to be paid down, and the balance in two. annual in- stalments, with interest ; if all paid in cash a liberal discount will be made. Also a valuable Lot, with a new frame store upon it, in the village of Dresden. ac- joining the Dawn Institute, on the River Sydenham, being at the head of the navi- gation of that river, it is an excellent position for a country store. Price $400. CHEAP BOSTON STORE. OOTS AND SHOES, The subscriber has on hand at all times a full and complete assortment of Boots and Shoes ot descriptions, of superior qualiuy and work- manship, which will be sold atextreme low ptices, for READY PAY ONLY. 'Che Citizens of Detroit and the surronnd- ing country are vespecttully imvited to call in and examine our stock and prices before purchasing elswhere, as they cannot but be suited. I keep on hand a constant supply of my own manutacture, made from the best inaterials the market here or the east will afford, 'This establishment keeps in constant employment about seventy hauds, with an expericneed foreman tos perintend, and all work sold by me as my own manufacture, will be warranted, and at about the same price that eastern work is sold, Also, always on hand, a general and com~ plete assortment of Ladies, Gentlemen's, Misses' and Children's Boots and Shoes of all descriptions of EastErn munufacture, and of as good quality as can be purchased in the eastern market, which will be sold cheaper than at any other establishment in the state, ma \ Allthe above work was selected expressly for the retail trade, and is of the very best quality--any work purchased at this estab- lishment, proying different from,that repre- sented, may be returned and the money will be refunded. Loots and Shoes ofall deseriptions made to order on the shortest notice. Repairing in all its branches done in a neat and durable manner, at prices to suit the times. 7 Findings .of all descriptions kept con stantly on hand. ; L. L. FARNSWORTH. &S- Dont forget the number and get into the wrong Shop, but remember the Gornic Srore, 54, east side of Wood- ward Avenue, five doors below the Presby- terian Church, and 2d store figm Jeflersom Avenue. alé.