ME ita Rose (0 he nee) S- rey) eR exer Wf BIBB AND J.T. HOLLY, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. : VOICE OF THE FUGITIVE: IS PUBLISHED Every other Thursday at Windsor; C. Ww WRU So ONE DOLLAR per annum, always In advance. No subscription will be received for a less term than six months. Advertisements, not exceeding ten lines. inserted four times for one dollar. very subsequent insertion 25. cents, ------------ -- AGENBS. Canapa West.--Amherstburg, D. Hotchkiss and Levi Foster, Sandwich, [srael Campbell. Cuaroam.--Andrew Smith.. Dawn Mutts.--George Cary. Toronto.--J. T, Fisher. Mreinegan.--J. F, Dolbeare, Raisin. Francis King, Flint. Mr. Burnes, Owasso. Chester Gurney, Centreville. B.D. Foster, Genesee. Invixots.-- Mr. Eastman, Chicago, Rev. Mr. Miller, Aurora.' Dr, L. Hale, Dundee. Massacuusets.--R. I, Waleut, 21, Cornhill, Boston. Mrs. W. Blakemore, Boston. J. Morse,' 5, Water street, Boston. Henry Richards, Pail River, Rey. Wiliam Brewster, Lowell. Rufus Elmer, Springfield. Rev, A. Stockman, Worthington" W. Uarley, Sorthampton., W. Fuller, Amherst. Rev, Foster, Littleville. New Jinsey.--l. P. Rogers, New Yorx.--Win. Harned, 48, Beekman street, New 'York; L. GC. Mitlick, 3, Spruce street ; J. Gluucester, 40, West Broadway; William Rotter, Hudson; John Miles, Albany; John Lyle, Syracuse; Geozge Weir. jun., Bultalo; Lewis Clurk, Busti New Hamesuree.--Edward Brackett, Dover; A. T. Woss, Manchester; Elder Brooks, Great Falls, Vermoxt--James L. Taylor, Burlington. On1o.--Williain Merrett, Moumee City; J. R. Gains, Cincinnati; Henry Dabuer, Elyria, Pennsytvanta.--D- Bies, William Still, Esther Moore, Philadelphia; M. It. Delancey, Pittsburg. Exeuanp+~Rey. Josith Henson, London; also Rev. M1. H, Garnet, Dr. Pennington, and fsuac Henson. Travelling Agent: J. F. Dolbeure. Por the Voice of the Fugitive, We have Parteid. TOd. T. He We have parted oh my, Brother, Perchance we ne'er shall meet again, But we'll cherish with each other, The bright links in memory's chain, Dost remember dearest brother When upon the sunny plain; We so fondly playe t together, ow we'd Seamper thro' the rain, Dost remember when with father. Thro' the grand old woods we'd roam, Where we'd nuts and befries gamer, And with ample stores come home, ; ' Dost remember when with mother To the grey old church wed go, How we'd kneel beside each other As good children ought to do, And then that loved old school house With its shutters bright and green, Shading usfrom glare of sunshine, Which came stealing in between. And then our dear kind teacher, Who's bright eyes would light with joy, As he looke:l upon with pleasure, Some bright ambitious boy, But those days have gone forever, And our sterner duties call Us to the post of manhood, Where we must stand or fall, But we're parted, we're parted, Perzhance we ne'er shall meet again ; But you know you feel light hearted When you brighten memory's chain. Then let's cherish--fondly cherish, Those bright school-boy days again, When we gaily played together, On the sunny southern plain. Rochester N. Y. J. O. Horry. For the Voice of the Fugitive. An appeal for Freedom. Oh boast not of Freedom in this land of oppres- sion Where Tyrants can have dominion and sway; And the slave mother's cries ascend up to Hea- en, As her babes one by one are torn from her away. "They heed not her cries--they care not for her sorrow, As her children are snatched from her bosom and sold ; éAnd husbands and wives torn forever asunder ;-- And brothers and sisters are barterd for gold. ' Oh christians! how can ye stand idly by, While such wrong and such outrage is prac- tised by man? bh cease not to speak unto them of this wrong, Let's be up and doing all that we can. By Hannah H. Moore, 'Farmington 11th Mo, 20th 1852, Notes. from the Lecturing Field. Union Curry, Feb. 12th, 18 On our road to Litchfield, we called and 52. held meetings at Jackson's Mills, at the; Seminary of Prior Foster, of which I wish | 'to speak more fully than usual. For several years the attention of aboli- | tionists and others have been called to the | building and endowment of schools, &e., | for colored people, again and again' have | we been called upon to contribute our funds | for the support of Teachers and others con- | nected with the education of fugitives and | good deal to show for what has been done, | Of free persons of color. And so unsatisfac- | tory has been the manner in which monies have applied, that nearly all haye become more or less indisposed to do anything fur- ther in this direetion, At tle last meeting of the 'A meri¢an Society, this subject claim- ed attention, and I believe a committee was appointed to investizate the 'condition of the different institutions that claimed sup- port on the ground of educating colored people. The above Seminary, is one: established by a colored man, mainly for the education of colored people--of its financial concerns, I know nothing at all, and of course will yenture no remark on that subject. But of the institution, and of Mr. Foster, I 'shall feel free to speak, The Seminary is situa- ted about a mile from Jackson's Mills. in a most beautiful situation, and about twenty miles from Adrian. There is is connected with the schoo! two hundred and fo) ty acres of land, a good portion under cultivation -- The grounds around the buildings are most beautifully laid out. | Laree wide avenues planted with the maple tree, on either side, with circular, and semi-circular carriage drives, planted so that the trees will make a continuous arbor, the boughs minoling over head, while all stand in the midst of one of the most. beautiful natural groves I ever saw, making the situation truly en- chanting. 'There is already erected a large buiiding for the school, finished all but plastering, in a part of which the family and boarders at present reside, also; a fine Jarge building for a boarding house, 'finish- ed mainly, save plastering, here are, also, seyeral log eabins around in which colored people live ull they can get better. Also a store, and this summer there will be erected a machine and waggon shop, and perhaps other buildings, &e,, of good material belong to the estab- lishmeut. I have not seen in the country anything that compares in promise for a future earthly paradise, with this establish- ment of our colored friends. There is a taste, order and expansiveness about the concern, which impresses you, that no or diaary mind has nad the control of affairs. Seven years ago, this was a wilderness, seven yeiy's to come, it will vie, if prosper- ous, with the most lovely places in' the State. Prior Foster settled among a peo- ple possessing all the prejudices of the North against the Negro. Soon after his settlement, a town meeting was called for the purpose of expelling him from the town, the meeting was boisterous and exciting, but he obtained a hearing, and completely calmed the angry passions of the people, and has neyer since been disturbed. 'Lhe yery man who acted as chairman, and was mainly active m getting up the expulsion meeting, attended our meeting and said he would shoot any inan, that would attempt to take a man into slavery. And he was even advised by. the Quakers to abandon the farm, as ahopeless enterprise. But the change in the public sentiment has been al- most magical. Now, 1 venture to say, there is nota fantily in the neiohborhood treated more kindly and respectfully than this. Although it was a bad night and bad going, the white people from all round the country were present at the mecting-- Among both men and women, old' and young, the same freedom of intercourse with the colored friends was manifest,-- There seemed to be an entire absence of the idea of color. In fact Prior Foster and family have had the very best influence on the etitire community.' 'Lhe people public- ly avowed their determination that no col: 'ored man should ever be taken from their midst, law or no law. What a monstrous lie, this family and institution convicts this nation of uttering, when it says, the negro is incapable of ini- provement and cannot take care of them- selyes. 'There are five or six daughters, as refined and educated as any of our whites in the same position, and yastly more so than the majority. Would that we had such a family of colored people in every town in the country. it would save this nation. And Iam convinced that if this institution did nothing more than to break down the ungodly prejudice of society-- it would pay well. There are between forty and fifty color- ed persons living on the premises, and ina week or two will be sixty or upwards. Hducation is Free, asd work is turnished to pay the board of students, which is | believe a dollar per week. Land can be had for four dollars per acre, and reason- able time given to pay forit. A' better op- portunity for upright industrions colored people, who wish to educate their families, I don't think can be found, as also for sin- gle men and women--who desire an edu- cation. But for the sake of the great cause of human freedom, let all low, lazy, intem- perate people keep away. Barns, sheds My best: wishes are for the prosperity of this-and all 'siviilar institutions. iG Wright wishes me to say, that the views above given, are also his--he entirely ayree- ing with the whole, reas The City of Christ. Tn one of the recent letters to the New York Tribune, Bayard Taylor says Jerusa- lem gives no impression but that of filth, poverty and degradation, and then adds: Whatever good the various missions here may accomplish, Jerusalem is the last place in the world where an intelligent heathen would be converted to Oluistiani- ty. Were I cast here, ignorant of any re- ligion, and were I to compare the lives and practices of the different sects as the means of making my choice--in 'short, to jude of each faith by the conduct of its protessors--TI should at once choose Ma- homadanism. When you consider, that in the Holy Sepulchre there are nineteen chapels, each belonging to a different sect, calling itself Christian, and that a Turkish police is always stationed there to prevent the bloody quarrels which often ensue be- tween them, you, may judge how those who call themselves followers of the Prince of Peace practice the pure faith He sonolit to establish. Between the Greek and Latin Churches, especially, there is a dead- ly feud, and their contentions are a scandal, not only to the few true Christians here, but to the Moslems themselves. I believe there is a sort of truce at present, owing to the settlement of the same disputes--is, for instance, the restoration of the silyer star, which the Greeks stole from the shrine of the Nativity, at Bethlehem. The Latins, howeyer, not long since demolish: ed 'viet arms, a chapter which the Greeks commenced building on Mt. Zion, «But if the employment, of naterial weapons has been abandoned fo! the time, there. is none the less a war of words and of sounds going on. Go into the' Holy Sepulchre, when mass is being celebrated, and' you| ean scarecly endure the din. No sooner does the Greek chow begin its:shrill chant, that, the Latins fly to the assaul, 'They have an organ, and terribly does that or- gan strain its bellows and labor its pipes to drown the rival singing, "You think the Latins will carry the day, when sudden- ly the eymbals of the Abyssiniaus. strike in with harsh, brazen clane, und. for the moment triumph. But there at@ Copts, and Maronites, and Armenians, and I know not how many other sects who must have their share, and the service that should haye been a many-toved haimony, pre- vaded by grand spirit of devotion, becomes a discordant orgy, befiting the 'rites of Belial, In another part:of the same letter he re- marks + ' : Yes, I must frankly confess; in wander- ing through the city--revered alike by Christians Jews and Turks as one of the holiest in the world--I have been remind- ed of Christ, the Man, rather than Christ, the God. In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil, and walk over the hallowed sites. As I toiled up the 'Mount Olives, in the very fuotsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the. difficult ascent, 1 found it utterly impossible to conceive that the Deity, in human form, had walked there before ime. And even at nivht as I walked on the ter- raced roof, while the mood, "the balmy moon of blessed Israel," restores the Jeru- salem of olden days 10 my imagination, the Saviour who then haunts my thoughts is the man Jesus, in those moments of trial when he felt the weakness of our common | humanity; in that agony? of 'struzele=in | the garden of Gethsemane, in that still move bitter ery of human .doubt and hu- man appeal trom the cross 1' My God, my God, why hast Thou forsakn me!' Yet there is no reproach for this conception 'ot the character of Cliist. Better the divine- ly inspired: Man, the purest and most per- fect of his race. the pattern and type of all that is good and holy in Humanity, than the Deity for whose intercession we pray, while we trample bis teachings under our feet. It would be well for many Christian | sects,.did they keep, continually jbefore} their eyes the human character of Christ. | How much bitter intolerance and persecu- tion might be spared che world, if, instead of adoring Him asa Divine Meditator, they would strive to walk the ways, He trad on earth. But Christianity is still undevelop- | ed, and there is yet no sect which repre- | sents its full aud perfect spit. It is my misfortune if I give offence to any friend at home by these remarks, 1 cannot assuine emotion. J do not feel, and I said, 1 knew nothing of the financial | must describe Jerusalem as J. found it. affairs of the Institution. The community generally seem to have con- fidence in Mr. Poster, aud to treat hima with the utmost respect, But there is.a| Since being, several travellers, and in many cases | | the devotional raphsodies--the extaties of| y |awe and reyerence--iu which theyindulge, | the national industry. Here and there he | , ere I have read the accounts | .| room, and. enquired what they were. i bigs Uy Stabe: sod) terse se i duane partly from reading such accounts that my anticipations were raised 'to high, for the view of the city from Jaffy. road and the panorama from the Mount,of. Olives, are the only things wherein I have been plea- | santly disappointed. | Slavery in 1776. While the subject of slavery is command- ing the attention of peopl» in every section | of the Union, it miay not be uninteresting | to give a few facts in connection with its existence in 1776. From an authentic | source it appears that slavery, at the period when the' different Statls assumed the' di- vection of their own affairs by declaring independence, existed to soma extent, us | vow recognized in the southern States, in | every one of the southern States, in every one of the original thirteen colonies." Lhe following table exlibits in an accurate light, the slave population of each colony at the aboye mentioned time; | 1, Massachusetts, -, = .- .-, 8,500 2 Athode Island, = - - = - 4.373 8 Connecticut - - - - - 6,000 4 New Hampshire = 9-2 - = "629 5 New York) rests ail - 20-7) 1.05000 6 New Jersey: - - = = .- 17,600 7 Pennsylvania - « - - - 10,000: 8 Delaware - - - -. = - 9,000; 9 Matyland = - - - - - 80,000 10 Virginia' +) - + => - 165,000 11 North Carolina - - = ~ 75,000 12 South Carolina - - -,. 110,000, 138 Georgia - - - - - -° 16,000} "Total number of slaves = - 5,02;102 Since the year 1776, seven of the above orginal members of the confederacy have: effected the abolition of slavery in. their borders, viz; Pennsylyania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode- Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The history of these States warrants the con- clusion that its abolition was not owing. to any prejudice in the minds of, the people against slaves, but because of their being unsuited for the duties that the enterprise of that revion required, as developments then made showed that the production of the great: staples of the United States was unpossiblejin that climate.--Am, Buptist. Successful Operation for Cataract, Miss Sarah Hawley, of the township of Malahide, in the County of Middlesex, was born blind, and for 21 years she groped her way through life in total darkness.-- The disease, which had so entirely obscured her visual organs, was Cataract, and in the hope that'something might be done for her, by Dr, EF, A. Cadwell, (Oculist. and Awist,) of Toronto, the friends of the blind girl brought her to Brantford, a few weeks since, where the Doctor was professionally sojourning, An examination was made; and the Dr. pronounced his patient curable, and on the 24st ult., he performed an oper- ation upon her eyes, with complete suc- cess. To'deseribe the sensations of the young aye pity VO Ms NO) 9% Se Pr Ae URS oe __* = oe a but, by the very side of* thosé phaiitoms, blackened or distigured by the flames of- the conflagration 'by which the Maytians manifested their sublime and terrible reso- lution to be fice and independent, nore! ; their own works, which in some 'respects' are quite remarkable.' Jf, by an attentive examination and' reflection, he recallS to" mind that this people, broveht out of slas very and destitute of every industrial art: has had but one half century of liberty and independénee,and that. more thanoa half of this period has been spentin civil, wars, he will see that, industry has not failed to make some progress amang them For example, under the head of architee- 'ture, honorable mention may be made of the Senate House at Port-au-Prince, a brick" structure, built during the Presidency of Aléxinder Petion, and of some other public edifices. The halls of commereé, built gene-» rally of brick ; the temples of the free masons: some particular dwvelling-houses; the bridge. of Haut du Cap, a remarkable work. recent ly completed, replacing the 'old wooden bridge left by the colonists ; and the tombs in the cemeteries, some of whieh are in- deed mausoleums of brick,--all bear wit- ness to the good taste and' correct eye of the Haytian architects. "he wooden build- ings, replacing the old 'colonial, ones, are of astyle and finish to do honor to Euro- pean workmen, es As building requires materials, the Hay- xi tian companies had always obtained them from the country ; and for this purpose, saw-mills were established at Port-au-Prince and' Saint Mark, for the finishing of planks and boards of mahogany, but 'they are no longer used. At the present day, some mahogany boards are sawed out by hand at Gongives, Mirvbaias, and in.some of the Interior towns. Dut this production not 'being equal to the wants of the population, we now derive our building materials ehicfly from the United States. 'Lhe manufacture of brisks and of earthenware has also been established in the city of Cayes, at Cap, and at Petion. NG 5 in the plains of the Artibonite were made formerly some coarse cotton stufls, known by the name of basalovdn, hammock- cloths, gi'ths for saddles, ropes of the palm tree, and baskets and other objects of straw. Embroidery in Silk, cotton and gold thread of different shades, dnd the mmukine of arti- ficiul Howers and fruits in wax, alsoo¢eupy the delicate lands of our young city' girls: Tanning, although not of the most perfect kind, shoemaking, harness-makine, hat- making, goldsmithing and clock-imaking, all afford products worthy of notice, and em- ploy many' excellent workmen, Whe tai- lor's art, practised by Haytian» as well as foreign workmen, follows the European fashivus; But the business in which the improvement is most evident is cabinet- making. tis tosome skilful German work- men that we owe the formation of those young and intelligent Maytian operatives, whose number is increasing every year in our towns, and who make beautiful furni- ture after the European manner, and in a highly finished style, lady, when the first welcome ray" of ight entered her hitherto sightless orbs, would : be beyond our power. In an instant--as if by maoie, the ideas of material things which she had cherished for so many years, ; through the sense of feeling, were entomb=| ed in memory, "A new and bright world : full of light and life--full of wonder and admiration--terrible, because hitherto un- known in its realized beauty and.grandeur, arose before her. She looked and tren.bled ; she shook from head to foot, like an aspen leaf; and unable to utter'a word, she gazed in wildastonishment on the scene. before her. » When, her emotion had somewhat | subsided, Dr, Cadwell enquired if she saw | iim, "Yes, said she "I see you. Oh!} how white! you look." Subsequently 'she noticed a pair of brass candlesticks in ithe On being informed, she was incredulous. The ideas which she had formed of a candle- stick were far different trdm those . which her newborn sight conveyed. The candle- | sticks were; brought to her--she handled | jis daily improving in | them, and exclaimed,' "Oh yes! they are | candlesticks, how bright they look." Dy. , Cadwell showed her his gold watch, and enqtired if she knew what it was. She| answered inthe negative, and.on being in- | formed, she said "what a queer thing it is ; | both, sides of it are not alike." | We may add, that, the young lady's sight | strength, and that| liome in Malahide, a fey, | ays since, rejoicing in the light of life. | --ronijord Lxpositor. | returned to her Tho Industrial Arts in Mayti. BY M. DORVELAS DORVAL, In passing through our towns and our: agricultural districts, the impartial observer : cannot fail to form a high appreciation of By this happy result, we ought to be con- yineed of the necessity of favoring the emi= gration to this country of European me- chanics, in order to instruct in all branches of business that interesting Haytian youth, which is now sinking itself more a more in dissipation, being without emulation, and utterly ignorant of the progress of industry in other countries, ? Foreign agriculturalists will also be pow- erful auxiliaries, to make our cultivators familiar with the use ofthe various improy- ed instruments of tillage, and to teach the secrets of an improved agireulture, -- But that idea of a return to slavery, which con- tinually predominates in the mind of the Haytian, is without doubt the' cause of his ayersion to Europeans, - Gonaives, (Hayti,) 1852: ite A young lady of this city recently receiyed from a relative in California, in a letter, a vold. watch two gold chains, "The package did not weigh an ounce and a hall The watch isa perfect gem. -- It is 'a Gen- eva Lever, full jeweled, is not larger than a dime, and keeps admirable time, ~~ Otre of the cliains was of gold and agate-- very benutiful, the other was the finest Cali- fornia gold, and about eighteen inches in length. Such a letter is worth the post- age, at least.-- Albany Leg. 2" Mark, said a clergyman to his man, you should become a teetotaler--you haye been drinking again to-day. Do you ever take adrop yourself, mister? Ah, But Mark, you must look at your circunistances and mine. Very tne, sir says Mak; but can you tell mé how the street of Jerusalem were Kept so clean? No Mark, 1 eannot tell you that, Well, sir, it wus just be- cause évery one kept lis own door clean. Wrongs may try a good man, -but can- strike meas forced and afiective. Lt was/sees, it ds true, some vestiges of the colony ; | not impilnt, op him a false stamp,