H. BIBB AND J. T. HOLLY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. --_--_--_--- WINDSOR. C. W,, SEPTEMBER 9, 1852, P VOL, Il NO, 1 eee VOICE OF THE FUGITIVE IS PUBLISHED Every other Thursday at Windsor, C. Ws WUWUS. ONE DOLLAR per annum, always in advance. No subscription will be received for aiess term than six months. Advertisements, not exceeding ten lines, inserted four twmes for one dollar, Mvery subsequent insertion 25 cents. AGBWeSo _Canava West.--Amherstburg, D. Hotchkiss and Levi ter, Sandwich, Israel Campbell. Fe seat ninaiee Smith. Dawn Mttts.--George Cary. Toronto.--J. T. Fisher. Micuican--J. I, Dolbeare, Raisin. Francis King, Flint. Dr. Barnes, Owasso. Chester Gurney, Centreville. B. P. Foster, Genesee. Intrnois.-- Mr. Eastman, Chicago. Aurora, Dr. L Hale, Dundee, Massacuusets.--R. FP. Walcut, 21, Cornhill, Boston. Mrs. W, Blakemore, Boston. J. Morse, 5, Water strect, Boston, Henry Richards, Pall River, Rey. Wiliam Brewster, Lowell. Rufus Dimer, Springfield, Rev. A. 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Oh! sad was that groan !--'twas the groan of des- : r : g pair: How piteous and wild was that wail !-- The hopeless complaint of a grief stricken pair-- Kind reader, give ear to my tale. No fiction shall draw on your sympathy now, My words, like my heart, are sincere ; No fancied distress could I ever allow To rob you for once of a tear- No delicate maiden I bring to your yiew Allied to the noble or brave-- Her color was tinged with the African hue, And Mary, alas! wasa slaye, Affectionate, modest and gentle, she rose, Midst sorrow dishonor and toil-- No father, to pity or share in her woes, No mother, to bless with her smile. Yet not unbeloved, or unpitied was she, There was one, her admirer confessed-- A youth, witha spirit ag noble and free As dwells in the breast of the best. He hoped to be happy were Mary his wife, And when the fond promise was given The union they thought would be lasting as life For their yows were recorded in heaven. Love lightened their bondage, and ne'er did they [dream That their bliss would so quickly pass o'er, But it vanished away like the spray on the stream, Or the billow that breaks on the shore. As gathering clouds have enveloped the sky When the sun in mid heayen hath shone, And lightenings sped on their mission on high, While the tempest in fury rushed on. So quickly decended the storm in its wrath, On that wretched but innocent pair ; And the wreck of affections were strewed in its ath-- Where is their Avenger? Oh! where ¢ "Prepare to depart, Thaye sold you to day." The master unfeelingly cried-- And John had aot asked for 2 moment's delay, Were Mary to go by his side, But no! he alone was appointed to go-- Intreaties and prayers were in vam-- His urgent appeals, in their vehement flow, Procured but a smile of disdain. Enraged, and distracted, no language can tell How deep and how burning the smart While he sought for his loved one, to bid her fare- [well-- The solace and joy of his heart. "We cannot be severed! no neyer!" she cried, Must thou leave me, dejected, forlorn--- Til share in thy sorrows, or die by thy side, But never from thee shall be torn, Oh! agony more than a mortal may bear !-- My Mary, thy vows are in vain-- See that hated tyrant ! he mocks our despair ! And hastens to rend us in twain. "Repair to the river" he fiercely exclaimed " Why idly lingering here-- And Mary begone, he must not be detained----- Begone! for the vessel is near. They sought to remove her, but frantic she hung On his neck as they bore him along, 'And closer, still closer, convulsively clung : And wildly complained of the wrong. But yet in that moment of desperate grief, Heaven whispered in accents of love-- And the kind intimation afforded relief " You will meet in the mansions above." She drew from her bosom her bible, and said "This parting memorial is given-- On thy pathway of sorrow, its light will be shed, To guide thy lone spirit to heaven." "Death soon shall release us, and then we shall [rise From bondage forever set free! And Jesus, to mansions of bliss in the skies, Will welcome thy Mary and thee!" The vessel was ready, they tore him away--- Exhausted, and senseless, she fell - Had she never again open'd her eye on the day, Ithad, for poor Mary, been well! Horrell, Ang., 24, 1852, Constitution and By-Laws, of the Refugees'? Home Socicty. REPORT. Pursuant to notice the Refugee's Home Society, met in the First Presbyterian Church (Rev. Dr, Duffield's,) in the city of Detroit, August 25 1852, at 10 o'clock, A.M. 'The meeting was called to order by the President. Prayer was offered by Rev. A. N. MeConoughey of Ohio. The call for the meeting was read by tlie Secretary. The following resolution was offered b H. Hallock, and on motion unanimously a- dopted by the Society. Whereas at a meeting of the friends of the fugitives from slavery, held in this city May 21 1859,"for the purpose of organi- zing a Refugee's Home Society, such or- ganization was not fully perfected, and whereas at two subsequent meetings for that purpose viz: one at Farmington, Jan. 29th 1852, and the other at Detroit May 5th 1852; for want of sufficient notice and other causes it was not perfected; be it hereby Resolved; that we do now proceed to complete such organization by the adop- tion of a Constitution and By-Laws. On motion, Rey.C. C. Foote, Henry Bibb, and Rey. A. N, McConoughey, were chosen a committee to drafta Constitution and By-Laws, and report them to the society at this meeting as early as practicable. The committee after retiring for con- sultation reported a Constitution and By- Laws, which report was accepted by the society. On motion voted that the Constitution reported by the committee, be taken' up each article separately for consideration and adoption, On motion the society took a recess till half-past one o'clock.' Afternoon Session. Society met at half-past one o'clock, and proceeded to the consideration of the Oon- stitution reported by the committee, article by article: after several amendinents anda fulland lengthy discussion by Rev, C. 0. Foote, Rev. 8. R. Ward, Rey. 8. 'A. Baker, Rey. A. N. MeConoughey, Henry Bibb, H. Hallock, and others, the following Con- stitution was adopted by the society. CONSTITUTION. Art, 1. This\ Society shall be known as the Refugee's Home Society. Art. 2. The object of this society, shall be to assist the refugees from American Slavery ; to obtain permanent homes in Ca- nada; and to promote their moral, social, physical and intellectual elevation. Art. 8. The officers of this society shall consist of President, Vice President, Recor- ding*and Corresponding Secretaries, Trea- surer and Auditor and an Executive Com- mittee consisting of nine persons; six of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum: the President, Vice President, Secretaries, Treasurer and Audi- tor shall be ex officio members of the Hxe- cutive Committee, all of whom shall hold their office until others are elected. Art, 4. The Executive Committee shall have the entire control and management of the financial affairs of the society subject to the Constitution and By-Laws of the same, and of any resolutions which the so- ciety may adopt im accordance therewith. They shall appoint and: commission all agents that may be necessary for raising funds, or for the purchase, holding, and conveying 'legally lands in Canada-- shall allow them such compensation, for their services as they may agree with them upon, and shall make any arrange- ments that may be found necessary to car- ry out the ebjects of the society, in the pur chase, holding and conveying real estate, under a foreign Government; and shall have power to fill all vacancies which may oceur in the interyal of the Annual Meet- ing. Art. 5. There shall be appropriated to each family of actual Settlers twenty-five acres of land, five of which they shall re- ceive free of cost, providing they shall, within three years from the time of oc- cupaney, clear and cultivate the same. For the remaining twenty acres they shall pay the primary cost in nine equal annual payments, free of use, for which they shall receive deeds. This article may be varied to favour the aged infirm, and Widows, at the discretion of the Executive Com- mittee. Art. 6. This Society shall give deeds to none, but landless Refugees from Ameri- can Slavery. Art, 7. All monies received for the sale of lands shall be devoted in equal shares to the support of Schools, and the purchase of other lands. Art. 8. No person receiving land by | gift or purehase from the Society shall have power to transfer the same under 15 years from the time of purchase or gift. Art. 9. All lands becoming vacated by ihe removal, or extinction of families, shall revert to the Executive Committee, | Art. 10. All orders on the Treasurer shall be signed by at least six of the Ex- ecutive Committee. Art, 11. A meeting of the Ex. C., or of the Society, may be convened at the call of any six members of the Ex, C. And it shall be the duty of the corresponding Sceretary to notify such meeting at least four weeks before the time of meeting in some public paper. | Art. 12. Any person may become a member of this Society by contributing annually to its funds and subscribing to its constitution, | Art, 13. Other Societies may become auxilliary to this, by adopting' a constitu- tion in harmony with this, and contri- ' buting to its funds. | Art. 14, This Society shall hold its an- nual meeting on the first Wednesday in September 1853 and annually thereafter for the election of officers, and the trans- action of business. | Art. 15. This Society shall continue so long as American Slavery exists--afier which all property belonging to the so- ciety shall then be appropiated for educa- tional purposes among the refugees from slavery. : Art. 16. This constitution 'may be alter- ed or amended by a vote two thirds of the members presant at any regular meeting of the Society, if due notice shall. have been given for such alteration or amend- ment three months previous to its being voted upon. BY-LAWS. Art. 1. No person shall chop or remove timber from Jands to be sold, until the first payment shall be made thereon. Art. 2. No dwelling' house shall be erected on said land by settlers, less than ten feet in height, nor containing less than two rooms. Art. 8. No house shall be used for manufacturing or vending intoxicating liquors on any lot' received from this So- ciety. Art. 4. Any settler who shall wilfuly violate the first and third article of the by-laws of this Society, shall for the 2nd offence forfeit all claim to "his or tleir lot recéiving such compesation: as the Ex- eeutive Committee shall decide 'his im- provements entitle him to. Art. 5. When a settlement under the supervision of this Society shall inerease to as many as six families or more, they shall erect a School for the instruction of their children. For which purpose a lot shall be reserv- ed in each settlement; and also a lot for a cemetery. OFFICERS. | Rey. H. D. Kitchell President, 'Samuel P. Mead Vice: President, S. M. Holmes Recording Secretary, H, Bibb Corresponding Secretary, Horace Hallock 'Treasurer, BE. C. Walker Esq., Auditor. Rey. S. A. Baker, | Rev. Henry Coles, Francis Raymond, Robert Garner, Teaee J. M. Dimond, Comin ieee A. L. Power, | Lewis Tappan, N. Y. | Samuel Zug, George Cary, C. W. J The Treasurer presented his report, showing a ballance in the Treasury this day of $3,033,25, the report was accept- ed and refered to the Auditor for examina- tion and approval. Resolved --That Henry Bibb be re- | quested to Publish the constitution, cireu- | lar, and by-laws, in Pamphlet form to the No. of 500 copies. Resolved --That the proceedings of this meeting be Published im the Voice of the Fugitive.-- Cleveland Free Democrat; Na- tional Hra, Fredrick Douglass' Paper. Naruan Srone President, E. P. Benuam Secretary. Slave Marriages. In general, marriage among American slaves, is treated as a matter of very little moment. Itis a mere temporary union, contracted without ceremony, not recognized by the laws, little ornot at all regarded by the master, and of course, often but lightly esteemed by the parties. The recollection that the husband may, any day, be sold into Louisiana, and the wife into Georgia, holds out but a slight inducement to draw tizht the bonds of connubial intercourse ; and the certainty that the fruits of their marriage, the children of their love, are: to be born slaves, and reared to all the priva- tion and calamities of hopeless servitude, is enough to strike a damp into the hearts of the fondest couple. Slaves yield to the impulses of nature, and propagate a race of slaves ; but save ina few rare instances, servitude is as fatal to domestic love as to all the other virtues. Some few choice spits indeed, will still rise superior t6 their condition, and when cut off from every other support, will fiod within their own hearts, the means of resisting the deadly and demoralizing influences of: servitude, Inthe same manner, the baleful poison of the plague or yellow fever--innocent in- deed and powerless in comparison!--while itrages through an infected city, and sweeps its thousands and tens of thousands to the grave, finds, here and there, an iron consti- tution, which defies its total mal gnity, and sustains itself by the sole aid of nature's health-preserving power--Hildretl's White Slave. Letter from J. W. Loguen. Syracuse N. Y. Aug. 13 1852. Dzar Frienp Bip, I am here on the ground, contending for my. rights, and the rights of my en- slaved bretheren; by the help of the Lord I shall try to do my duty, and be true to the cause of universal freedom: And I think every man will allow that. I. have enough to do, waning with slavery and slaveholders without stopping often or lone with those who misrepresent and traduce me. I haye neither time nor taste for personal altercations especially with those who oucht to be united with me in: con- tending against a common enemy. All fT have any desire to say now, is, that if any one of all the recipients of the boun- ty of that great hearted man Gerrit Smith, will show that I ever charged himself or any other one, from one dollar to two dollars and fifty cents (as has been alleged) for procuring their deeds, &e., L will pay that man every cent back. and for the use of his money from the time he will show that he paid it to me, up to the present hour. No, my friend, that statement, let' it' be made by*whomsoever it may bo, I declare to bea sheer falsehood. I have travelled many: miles, hundreds in all, to. get deeds for the grantees of Mr. Smith's lands and in other services for them, but I never made any money out of stich transactions, as those whom I have served are ready. to testify. Tn this county alone I obtained deeds for more than 25 persons, while I was liv- ing in Ithiea Tompkins Co--and T never charged them a cent for 'the serviee. - In some other counties the grantees knowing the-time and pains I had expended, did of their own accord and free will aive me > | + | gentleness, and when the udder is hardand some 5!) cts. some one dollar some more as they chose, and others gave me not a cent. T never charged any 0? them however, more or less. Those that gaye me any thing, did it because they were pleased so to, do--and those who did not give me any thing were welcome to my services. This is all I know about the matter. If any body thinks' he knows any thing dis- creditable to me in this respect, let lim produce his witnesses, and prove what he alledges against me. I trust what I have now said will be enough to satisfy the honest and candid. 'It is hardly worth ones while 'to satisfv others. Ihave been much encouraged, on the whole,since my return, I have never had larger audiences than I haye been favored with in several places, Sunday before last, it was estimated that more than 2000), péople "were assembled in a grove near Rockton, where I preached. I have many invitations to speak else where, some which I purpose to accept after my return. Friend Douglass and I expect to visit some parts of Canada, and hold meetitigs the latter part' of this month. IT am mueli interested I assure you in your good paper. It is doing valuable service for the poor enslaved, and for those who are ready to flee, and have fled from this oppressive country.' "I hope that many will fall in with the proposition | made to you in my last. I wish you to put me down from the Ist day of this month, ~ I wijl bring it all' up if [am spared. Isend you 'now a part of what I owe you, the rest shall.be coming in due time. Do not allow yourself to get dis- couraged, you ane gaining contitually on the confidence and kind regards of the peo- ple of this country, Truly Yours, J, W. Loguen. Anli=Colonization Mecting. At a meeting of the colored citizens of Rochester, Ford St. Baptist Church, on Monday evening, August 9, 1852, James Sharpe submitted the following : Resolved, That the scheme of the Ameri- ean Colonization Society was concocted for expatriating the free colored people, thereby tending to perpetuate slavery, and inyol- ving in itself every thing inimical to their interests, and as such it cannot be toostrong- ly deprecated, nor too vehemently opposed. Resolved, That it is the right and duty of every colored American to remain in this country, apd use every possible effort for t the overthrow of slavery. Resolved, That the conduct of certain colored men, by participating in the fune= ral pageant of Henry Clay, in this city, evinees either a lack of self-respeet--and that high sense of honor which should dis-" tinguish us.as a people--a want of: regard for the three and a half millions of their wnt brethren in bonds--ora most Jamentuble , state of ignorance, and is deserving the severést reprobation and censure. a The above were supported by remarks from James Sharpe, Joseph C, Holly, Wm. C. Nell, H. W. Foster, Robert Johnson, Peter Stokely, Harrison Powell, James Clegeett and others. an Canes It being corhmunicated to the meeting, that, in Some instances, colored men were advocating this Janus-faced crusade against' our rights and liberties, J.C. Holly spre~ sented the following: Resolved,' That the colored man, 'who, from love of filthy Iuere or any other motive, ean lend his talents and energies to the Co- lonization scheme, is a trailor, 'compared with whom Benedict. Arnold was a pure patriot, and Judas Iscariot an exemplary Christian. The entire series were unanimously adop- ted;'and their publication requested in. the city papers, and) others who may please copy. hie he a Eee Wa. Moorz, Chairman. Wo. C. Nutt, Secretary. --Liberator, jain . + ald Agviculture. &e, tz The wheat and corn crops in*Ca- nada West are very good this sea:or. The corn crops last year, was almost entirely destroyed by the black squirrels ; but there is scarcely one to be seen this summer, Ilow To MANAGE Cows AND miLK--The operation of milking should be per- formed gently, not' harshly. If :harshly performed it 'becomes' painful | to the cow. who not unfrequently brings into action her faculty of retaining her milk at pleasure,--- Whemgently performed milking generally gives pleasure to the cow, Many instances are recorded where cows who would not let down a single drop of milk to one dairy maid, would levit flowin abundance when- ever another approached them, « fae Cows that are ticklish. or skittish should always be treated with the utmost painful, it should be tenderly fomented with luke warm water, and soltly rubbed. Sueh treatment will bring the cow into good temper, and induce her to yield her mills fieely. i= A correspondent of the Ohio Culti- yator vouches for the merit of the following recipe for making yinegar: "Take and mix one quart of molasses, three gallons of (rain) water, and one pint ofyeast. Let it ferment and stand for four weeks, and thee will have the best of vinegar." #8 22 Tomato Figs--The following recipe we findin a Bermuda paper : "Take six pounds of sugar to one peck (or sixteen pounds) of the fruit, scald and remove the skin of the fruit in the usual way, cook them over a fire, their own juice being suflicient without the addition of water, until the surat penetrates, and\ they are clarified, they are taken out, spread out on dishes, flattened, and dried in the sun. A small quantity of thesyrup should be oc- cusionally sprinkled over them while drying after which pack {hem down in boxes, treat- ing each layer with powdered sugar, The Syrup is afterwards concentrated and bot- tled for use. 'They keep well from year to year, and retain their flavor surprisingly, whichis nearly that of the best quality of fiesh figs, 'Lhe pear-shape or jingle toma- toes answer the purpose best. Ordinary brown sugar may be used, a Jarge portion of which is retained in syrup. Boas Ix Paas.--A correspondent of the Germantown telegraph gives the following remedy for bugs in peas: Take a dry glass bottle and fill with ripe peas as full as posible to be corked up-- Then place the bottle or bottles in a pan of water and set over afire to be gradually heated. Let the bottle remain until the water is too hot to bear the finger, then take it out and corkit up, sealing with any- thing to exclude the air perfectly. 'his kills the eg, and does not injure the pea. To [Wear Burxs.--Steep the bark of sumach root, and boil it away until it is very strong ; then add hog's lard, and boil it until the water has all evaporated. A lit- le of this applied to a burn will cheek the inflammation instantly. It has been known to cure dangerous seilds, when physicians' remedies haye failed.