"EDITOR OF THE PROVINCIAL FREEMAN: DEAR SIR—Could you open a column or two regularly for "Experiences" gathered up from every class of Fugitives. A truthful story of birth, early training, education, observations, good times, hard times, separations, relations, father, mother, brother, sisters, escape, present view of slavery, &c.

  "Every shot judiciously prepared, would be read; and they would not be 'Uncle Tom's Cabin's'—no 'Reminiscences of Kentucky Life'—but simple facts, with day and date, names, and places. Such facts, gathered from a field of 50,000 Fugitives, would reach cords that have hardly been touched yet in this agitation.

  "You must bear in mind that thousands of our people have never seen a slave; and simple home facts that must be occurring every day, told in a truthful, simple way, will reach the hearts of the people. The hearts as well as the minds must be reached."

  We select the above paragraphs out of a business letter from our esteemed friend, Z. Coleman of Michigan. The subject about which he writes, we are deeply interested in, and for years have desired to gather it up and lay it before the public in the form of a small volume-being satisfied that it would greatly promote the cause of the slave. But pecuniary inability has prevented us from doing so. And since our connection with the Provincial Freeman, we have failed to do so, for the same, and other reasons. We have not time to prepare for the press the facts that we have received, and might gather, on the subject, and there are but few of our people who are able or willing to do it without pay. The columns of the Freeman are open, free of charge, if they or anyone else will prepare such experiences for publication through them.—Should they not do so, our friends must be patient with us, and we will gratify their desire as soon as possible. Our friends must not forget that we can give no more of our time to the Freeman, than we are giving at present, until they shall make it pay us for our humble service. We are poor, and have quite a family to support. We get no pay for what we do for the paper, and, besides, we have two feeble churches, on our hands, to which we try every Sabbath, to preach the gospel, &c., and for which, we get no pecuniary reward-no, not even a dollar from any of the many Missionary Societies, and our own people are unable to pay. We can do n more; when we can, we will. We are sorry that the literary department of the Provincial Freeman is so poor, but what more can be expected from him, who is so feeble, and works very hard at manual labour, for a living? We should like to give our whole time to the religious and intellectual culture of our people, and to promote the general interest of our race and will do so, friends, whenever you shall say so!

  We perfectly agree with Bro. Coleman that "the hearts of the people" must be "reached," "as well as the minds." There is but little hope of a proper reformation among the people, and especially on the subject of slavery, until the emotions of the mind shall be aroused by facts, which emotions shall carry the will in a proper direction. That "facts" that will aid in such a work may be "gathered from a field of 50,000 Fugitives" there can be no doubt. Not the mere "reminiscences of Kentucky life," but facts awful in suffering, but sublime in labours for liberty! Such facts should be given to the "people" who "have never seen" an abject, the outraged, and a broken-hearted "slave." They should hear from his wrecked manhood! If God will help us, they shall hear!