ANECDOTE. The Editor of the Worcester Yeoman, in a flattering notice of our Address to the Free People of Color, relates the following anecdote of a black soldier at Bunker Hill. We give his introductory paragraph on the prejudices of the day:

'The prejudices against the color of the skin are of long standing, and deep rooted; but the cruel, unjust and unreasonable distinction, which prevails in this respect, is so inconsistent with the republican spirit of our country, and with the Declaration of Independence itself, that there is reason to believe, it will be overcome by the increasing attention of the people to the subject, the means made use of, and the moral revolution, which in other respects is pervading our land.

Mr. G. speaks of the active part which some of the colored people took in the revolution. We recollect an anecdote illustrative of the courage and effect attending the conduct of a black man in the famous Bunker Hill battle.

Major Pitcairn, the most intrepid of the British officers, and the one who led the British at the Concord battle, was slain by a shot from a black man by the name of Peter, otherwise called << Peter Salem>> , who, when Pitcairn mounted the embankment, and impiously cried out to his men, 'by G&#151 d, the day is ours,' took deliberate aim and shot him dead.'

January 25, 1883
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

HONOR DONE TO A COLORED HERO.
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MR. EDITOR:- Dear Sir- The Boston Daily Journal of this morning furnishes the following item of news, which shows that the colored men who fought in the American Revolution are beginning to be remembered by the whites of the country. “The world does move.” WM. WELLS BROWN.

MEMORIAL TO A REVOLUTIONARY HERO.

In accordance with a note of the town of Framingham last April the committee in charge of the matter has placed a neat granite memorial over the grave of << Peter Salem>> , and it bears the following inscription: “<< Peter Salem>> , Solider of the Revolution, Died Aug. 16, 1816 Concord Bunker Hill, Saratoga. Erected by the town, 1882,” << Peter Salem>> was the colored man who particularly distinguished himself in the Revolutionary War by shooting down Maj Pitcairin at the battle of Bunker Hill, as he was mounting a redoubt and shouting, “The day is ours.” This being the time when Pitcairm fell back into the arms of his son. << Peter Salem>> served faithfully in the war for seven years in the companies of minute men under the command of Capt. John Nixon and Capt. Simon Edgell of Framingham, and came out if it unharmed. He was a slave, and was owned, originally, by Capt. Jeremiah [] of Framingham, being sold by him to Major Lawson Buckminister of that town, he becoming a tree man when he joined the army.