— Ve have received the
nmbers of the Liberia
Africa. \Ve
From Liberia.
March and April n
H_erald, published at Monrovia,
make the following extracts:
Warehousee building on the margin of the
Messurado.—It is but few months Since We
noticed the erection of two or three ware-
houses of good size, on our Water Street,
nnd among the improvements pro_gressing
in that part of our tewii, weperceive three
other warehouses, belonging to Messrs.
Nelson,Cheesman, and Me Gill, ready to
receive their roofs. The great rise of pro-
perty in this part of tlie .town,,would astoii-
isli many across the Atlantic, who pretend
believe that land can be purchased for a
mere trifle in this colony.
\Ve have heard froui an authentic source
of tliefclo ale se of Joim Oniioivn of Bari-
Ainong them James
Jones, Esq., Dr. M’.Dowell, and other prin-
cipal citizens; several others hopelessl)’ ln‘
“ In our city we have had four deaths to
day. ' It is believed that the disease hasgiot
at all abated. Perhaps not more than .700
persons are left in the town; 3'3 ‘WY ‘me
not more than 300. If our whole popula-
tion, 3,000, were here, we might calculate,
in the same proportioii—at least 10 a day.
Bridgeport, 0hio.—Tbe disease broke
out there on the 8th inst , the next evening
the visitors from \Vheeling found fourteen
dead, none of which had been buried. Mea-
sures were taken at \Vliceling to afford all
necessary assistance: and the Times of
VVcdnesday, states that there were then but
eight cases remaining at Bridgeport. 3"
likely to do well. The deaths up to that
period had amounted to 22.
ing his leaving.
goland, Rio Pougas.-—Tliis individual, has
for the last seventeen years of his life, been
most actively engaged in the Slave Trofle,
notwithstanding the l‘l'l€llly'€fi‘0l‘lS of Bi'itish
cruisers, and the Colonial Government to-
ward his apprehension. It is computed that
within the last four years, two thousand
slaves, v e ‘e shipped alone for the VV. India
_market from his faetery—out of which 35
were captured by the Plumper-—aiid 100 by
the Conflict, brigs of II. B. M. Service.
His final exit will afford matter of specula-
‘tion to the curious; as it forms one of the
singularanomalies to be met with, of extreme
‘sensibility coupled with great abuse of iii-
tellect and depravity of mind.
Hi It School in Liberia.-—VVe were sur-
prised}, and at the same time gratified, to
perceive in one of the late numbers of the
African} Repository, just come to hand, that
Mr. Henry Sheldon of New York, has
placed at the disposal of the Board of Man-
agcrs of the Parent Society, the S'J_m Of
two thousand dollars, towards forming a
fund for the support‘ of a High School_in
our Colony. '.l‘liis is a subject upon which
we have reflected much, and years ago, held
conversations with friends in Boston, upon
the feasibility of the plan. All doubt is
now at an end. Mr. Sheldon’s donation is
a noble foundation upon which to build,
and long may be live te witness
“the Sheldon High School of Liberia,”
in full operation. Our colored brethren in
America must be up and doiiig—tlieir
wealthy men must give more, if they wish
to see the Sheldon High School in opera-
tion, before even they can fix, with certain-
ty, upon asite for their contemplated Col-
lege.
Free School for Recaplurecl Afr-icans.——
‘V3 are pleased to learn that means have
lately been placed in the hands of the Co-
lonial Agent, by the society of female phi-
lanthropists in Philadelphia, who at present
support two female schools in the colony, to
establish a free school at New Georgia, for
recaptured Africans of the Congo, Ebo and
Persia tribes; and that Mr. James R. Clark,
‘lately from Charleston,‘ S. C. has received
‘the appointment of Teacher for said school.
As soon as Mr. Clark has passed through
his seasoning, the school will go into ope-
ration, and it is hoped from the earnest dc-
sire which those to be benefited, have ex-
pressed for a school and teacher, that they
will improve the opportunity, and gladden
the kind hearts of their patrons, with the
pleasing reflectiou, that their generosity has
not been bestowed on unworthy objects.
CHOLER.-1. IN THE WEST.
Pfftsburgi Penn.-—From the 5th to the
I0tli_inst., there were two deaths by cholera
in Pittsburg. On the 14th, the Board of
Health reported that no patient remained
in the hospital, and that the general health
of the inhabitants was never better,
Wheeling, Va.—'I‘he disease is disap-
pearing. The deaths by cholera during
,the week ending the 12th inst. were 27.
On the llth, there were 12 new cases and
1 death; on the 12th, two new cases and
no death.’
. In Lexington, It’;/.——Tbe deaths from
cholera, on the 9th inst. were 15, and the
whole number from the commencement, on
the inst. was stated at nearly 100. The
inhabitants were much terrified, and had
deserted the town in great numbers.
The Argus contains a letter from Gener-
al J. III. ll1cC'alla, of Lexington, from
‘which the following is an extract:
Lsxmerou, ]0tli J one, 1833.
Ncverin the course of my life, have I
spent such 6. week past. I would incom-
parably prefer a seven months campnian
in a furious war, than to undergo anotlfer
seven days such as these. In my own fam-
ily, I have lost Mrs. Johnson, who died last
)V00k, and my dear motheris new breathing
her last, in the agonies of that dreadful
scourge ; my son Thomas who was taken
early last week, and was, we thought, re-
licved, relapsed on yesterday morning, and
is now in a critical state, although still not
hopeless. Two of our servants are gcttinE'
about after an attack last week, and our old
nurse is new in bed. being taken this morn-
ing. Our house isa kind of liospital,since my
return,I have not pretended to do anything
else than nurse the sick and guard the well.
And our neighbors nearly all of whom are
as bad of as ourselves, and some of them
worse, afllict me with their hitrried and dis-
tracted movements, and not unfrcquently
with their cries and groans. The phvsi-
ciaiis are nearly worn out, nurses caiinot
beliad, the coflin makers are almost brok-
en dowii, and the desease still spreading.
Among its most important victims is our
brother T. '1‘. Skilman, who arrived from
the General Assembly on Friday last, at-
tended service on yesterduv morning, was
taken on his return from nieeting and died
in twelve hours afterwards.
The number of cases yesterday was
f-“1‘“‘l l0. and perhaps greater than on any
fumlcl‘ day. 'I'lie change in the weather
we hope will abate it, but it has not yet done
it. We are in the hands of God—-Let mm
do what seemeth him good.
P. S. My mother died at 3 o’clock, P. M.
after closing this letter.
1lIa_z/sville and F Iemingsburgh, K 3/__A
letter of the l0tli inst. froin Mnysville,
_.'-::i_vs: “I have just seen a gentleman who
left Flemingsburgh this morning, who
flutes that there were 14 deaths in that
'-"WU, of Cholera, in the 24 hours preced-
Cineinizali, 0hio.—Tlie Cincinnati Jour-
nal of the 12th inst. says: In Cincinnati,
but few cases of cholera have yet occurred.
The damp weather of Friday and Sziturdziy
served to increase its power. Five fatal
cases, of which we have heard, occurred on
Saturday night and Sunday morning. Mon-
day there were a few more, but since Tues-
day morning we liave heard of none.
There is no appearance ofalai°i'n in the city.
At Galena and I)ubaque’s ]l[iiics.—.\ St.
Louis paper of the 4th inst. says : Thcclio-
lera has made its appearance at Galena
and Dubaque’s Mines. At the latter place
it was very fatal, as most of the miners
were living in tents, and without the iieccs-
sary ineans of curing the disease. ‘
Nashville, Tc7m.—On the 4th inst. there
were 4 deaths by cholera in Nashville; on
the 5th, 4; on the 6th, 2; and the total
from the commencement was 42.
In Vicksburg, ./ll-z'ss.—Tlie New Orleans
Courier of the 1st inst. says: “The chole-
ra appears to be increasing in Vicksburg,
Miss. The Health Ofiicer of that town re-
ports, in the week ending on the 22d iilt.
15 cases of cholera : 8 whites and 7 blacks;
also 8 deaths, making in all, fi'oin March
20th to April 22d, 80 cases, to wit: 55
whites and 25 blacks—34 deaths.
On the coast of Louisiana.——Tlie Fraiik-
liii (La) Republican states, on the informa-
tion of passengers from New Orleans, that
the ravages of the pestilence, from one end
of the coast to another, are most alarm-
ing. Oiie planter, it is stated, lost, in the
course of 48 Iiours, 45 valuable iiegrocs.
Another, after 150 of his slaves had perish-
ed, was compelled to abandon his liomc,the
major part of the negroes who were not
sick, flying to the swamps, leaving the ho-
dies of those who had expired “food for the
dogs and buzzards 1”
Jlfovitgoziicrg/, (Ala.)—Sevcral cases oc-
curred oii board the steam boat Si.in, on her
passage from Mobile to Montgomery—oiie
person died on board previous to her arri-
val, anotlier, an Indian, shortly after ; a
third between \Vctumpkca and Montgome-
ry; and a negro slave, in the town, it is
stated, after visiting the boat.
A stage passenger who arrived at Mil-
ledgeville from Montgomery, (Alabuma,) on
the 5th inst. stated that 4 or 5 cases ofsp:is-
modic cholera had occurred at the latter
place previous to his departure from it, and
that one case of the same disease terminat-
ted fatally on board a riverboat a short dis-
tance below Coiunibus, (Geo.)
At Apalachicola, (Flm'.)—A letter from
Tallahassee, of June 2d, published in the
Savannah Georgian, states that the epidem-
ic had broken out at Apalacliicola, within a
few days, very violently, and that all them-
habitants had fled.
Dr. Webster.—The proposed plan of Dr.
VVebster to publish an improved version of
the Bible, has excited much attention in va-
rious parts of the country. It is doubtless
a delicate—iiot to say dangerous, uiidertak-
ing; yet -confining himself strictly to what
he proposes to do, and being withal a pious
as well as learned man, no danger, it is be-
lieved, need be apprelicndcd from him.
But the danger lies in setting a prece/lent
for the alterations of the sacred text. Our
translation was made, as nearly as possible,
literal. The consequence is that it now
contains many indelicate expressions, which
were not so at the time the traiislatioii was
made, butliave hccoine so. by the progress
of refinment in society. There are nunier-
ous passages, and particular expressions,
which cannot with propriety be read in a
mixed -company ofladies and gentlemen.--
There are also many words that have ini-
dergone an entire change in their meaning,
since the time of James the First. Tliesein-
delicacies might be removed, and words rec-
tified by substitution, without t.he least inju-
ry to the original purity and beauty of our
present version. This is what we under-
stand Dr. VVebstcr proposes to do, and iie-
thing more. ,
As an instance of the entire change of
words-and certainly not for the bctter—
may be cited the word ])7'CU('7Il, which has
undergone a total revolution in its meaning.
It was originally derived from the Lntiii
preposition prw (before) and the word ircnio
(to come.) The translators of the Bible
used it in the primitive sense, as in the l47tli
verse of the l19th psalm.—“I ])7'CU(.'7llL’(/lll0
dawning of the moriiing, and cried.” The
meaning undoubtedly is, that David rose be-
fore the dawn, to pray—i. e. he went before,
or preceded the dawning of the nioriiing.
There are other instances oftlie occurrence
of this word, which, if taken in its inodern
sense, to liindei', or obstruct, would make
the passages in which they are coiiiaiiied,
not merely obscure, but absolutely absurd
and without meaning.
Still, the undertaking referred to is a
difficult one ;. and altliougli us a pliilologist,
Dr. VVebster lids not--aj. superior in this
country, nor probably in the world, yet an
iilteration of the Scriptures may bedeeincd
a matter of too high importance to rest
upon the authority of any siiigle. individual.
Vl/c therefore hope that a number of gen-
tlemen most eminent for their piety and
learning, may be designated by the respec-
tive ecclesiastical bodies from their dif1'ereiit
denominations ti confer with 1)r. VVebster
on the subject, and that the revised transla-
UOH. (if it be made,) may go forth to the
world iindertlie sanction of their unanimous
tllllll0l'lly.-—;SPc(;[a[0r, '
SUMMARY.
Disgracefnl Con(luct.—-Tlic Rev. Mr.
Avery, says the Boston Transcript, having
occasion to transact some business in Kilby
street, on Thursday, wiis followed by a
crowd of men, who collected round the
store that he had entered, using harsh and
menacing language- A gentleman (a meni-
ber of Methodist Churcli( whose store is in
the same street, hearing the fact, went to
the place where Mr. Avery was, oflered him
his protection and conducted him to his own
store. \Vhilst passing through the street,
they were assailed with opprobrious epithets,
and after entering the store the crowd be-
came so numerous (four or five hundred)
that fears were entertained of personal vio
lencc. I-'ortuiiatcly, Sheriff Parkman hap-
pened to be in the vicinity, and exercising
the prerogative of his office, dispersed ‘the
mob, and remained with Mr. Avery until -'1
carriage was procured, and he was sent to
his residence in safety.
The Balloon /lscent.—Ou Friday after
noon, Mr. Charles Durant made his sixth
grand ascension from Castle Garden. The
weather was uncommonly line, and throngs
of citizens and strangers weic drawn to the
, at once, the Presidciit, the Iiidi-
l)Cll0l(lln"’
n ascent. I‘vIorc
Fl
an Chiefs, and the balloo
style,
Castle,
board.
with Black Hawk and his party on
sight more than 15 niinutei. .
reached the altitude of 3,136 feet.
earth and the city were visibl
Long Island Race Course, an
from Castle Garden—tlic time,
to earth, being only 26 minutes.
Com.
The general Council
lately held at Red Hill, 0
whether or not they should accept the Pre-
sideiit’s offer of 3 millions for their lands,
has rendered its decision, and broken tip.
The \Vestern Iferalil, which is evidently
much displeased at the result, admits, nev-
ertheless, that “the council was generally
ottended by common Indians.” There
can, then, be no doubt about the decision ;
nor no intrigue.
After several days deliberation they at
length declared against selling to the Unit-
ed States. The late Presideiit.ial trick,
therefore, of ovcrring that the “ Force
Bill” should not bind the President in any;
nothing at all; and some new Liimpkin
Forsyth expedient will now be iiccessai'y to
protract the question and keep Georgia in
play, and amuse the Indians, till Mr. Van
Burcii’s business can be done, and the suc-
cession securcd to him. They will have to
bestir themselves.
impatient State. She does matters at once.
her sister States. She has never, there-
fore, been taxed with “precipitation.”
Sh2'pwreclc.—Mr. Lorenzo D. Vfilliams,
who arrived here yesterday in the brig Moti-
tilla, froin Curtliagena, informs that he was
sailing-master of the sclir. Star, Capt. Ba-
ker, bclonging to Callao, which vessel came
to anchor of Colnmbian Island, about two
degrees south ofPanaina, on the 3d ofApril
seals, when the wind sliifting suddenly, the
vessel swung round on the rocks, and knock-
ed a hole through her botttoin , having con-
siderable salt on board, she immediately
filled and sunk.
the crew took one boat, and Mr. \’Villiams
and four men the otlici:,nnd made for the
shore ; the boats sepefatctl, and the one
containing Mr. \Villiams and his compan-
ions was upset and lost; the crew succeed-
ed in getting upon a barren rock, where
four of them soon perished from fatigue
and hunger; Mr. \Villiams remained upon
the rock for several weeks, when he was
finally taken off in state ofinsensibility,by a
native Iiidinii who was passing in a canoe,
and carried on shore, where he was treated
with much kindness by the natives, and
nourished with milk from the lircast of an
Indian woman. VVhen sufliciently recov-
ered to travel, he proceeded over land to
Ciii'tli:igeiia, where he arrived on the eve of
the l\le¢lina"s sailing, and was sent on board
by the Aincricaii ct-nsul. Capt. Baker,
who coiiiiiiiiiitled the Star, is a native of
him or the boat in which be left the wreck,
MrVVilli:uns is a native of Mnssacliucctts.
Outrage. Letters received from John
Stetson, master, by Gilbert Collin, Esq.,
owner of the ship Eiite.rpri'/.e of Nantucket,
dated RioJ:incii'o, April ;28tli, state that
when off the Island of St. Nicholas, two
I’oi'tugucsc came off and iuiplorcd him to
take them on board and let tlii-in go the
voyage._ as they were in a state ofstarviition.
Out. of pity Capt. S. took them on board.--
"While lying to off Cape Horn, he was run
afoul of by a French brig, and both were
compelled to put into Rio to repair. For
soiiio rofnctory conduct, Capt S. was coni-
pcllcd to put one Kelly, an Irisliin-.;u, in
irons: and whilst in port, eight of the sai-
lors deserted and lcagucd with a sailor
landlordwlio went to n iiizigistmte and rep-
resented himself as a relation of Kelly, and
ciitereil :1 complaint against Capt. for
bringing two l’ortngucs there to soil ns
slaves. Absurd as was this clniyne, he was
arrested thereon, and his ship 1:2,“,-(],_.d by
soldiers who released Kell ' ; and an exam-
ination was had before a Justice. From
the incongruity of the evidence Capt. S.
did not deem it iiecess-.ii'y to be very fzen]-
Castle at an early hour, by the prospect of
than four thousand persons were within the
Castle walls. About five o’clock, the shouts
' of the iuultitudc announced the approach of
the President. At a quarter past 4, the
elegant steam boat New York, from New
Brunswick, approaclied the Battery in fine
and came to, near the west side oftlie
At 5 minutes before 6 o’clock, the
balloon made a fair start, cleared the Car-
den, and ascended in sublime style. The
balloon took an E. S. E. course, and was in
Mr. Dlll’1l'lt
The
e to him dur-
ing the whole of his voyage. A_t (ill. 531m-
he landed, 40 feet from the starting pole on
d 10 miles
from earth
He had
attempted to land three miles on the bitlier
side of that point, but pel’C0|V||1£.' 7! 1"9°° 0i"
wood land under him, he threw out twenty
pounds of ballast, and remained suspeiid—
ed till he found safer ancliorage.——Jour of
of the Cherokees,
ii the side of the
Tennessee, for the purpose of determining
case out of South Carolina, has gone for
Georgia is a somewhat
and with few speeches and no appeals to
and were making preparations for catching
Capt. Baker and part of
Coniiecticut. Nothing had been heard of
ous in bringing forward evidence to defend
himself, and to his surprise, he was declar-
ed guilty, aiid sentenced to nine years im-
prisonment !
He writes from prison that he shall at-
tempt to purchase his ransom, and in case
he is unable, he shall abondon his vessel
and look to government for redress.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Allotmsnt of Judges for the Year 1833. 4.
SUMMER CIRCUIT.
Dagget, C. J. New—Londoii W'indliam.
1’etcrs,J. Litclifield.
VVillianis, J. Neiv-lliivcii, Tollnud.
Bisscll, J. ' Faii'field, Middlcsex.
Church, J. I"Iartford.
VVINTER CIRCUIT.
Dagget, C. J. I'Itn'tfol'tl.
Peters, J. Mitldlesex, VI/iiidliziiii.
VVilliains, J. Fnirfield.
Bisscll, J. New-Ilavcn, Tollaiid.
Church, J. New-London Litchlield.
Cineiiziioti, Jllllfl 11i‘h.—-Tlie river com-
menced rising on Friday night last, since
which it has risen full thirty feet, a circum-
stziiice, we are told, altogether unprecedent-
ed in so short a time at this season. It
was still rising rapidly when our paper went
to press last cvciiiiig. After excessive heavy
rain on Friday and Saturday, the weatlicr
became fair on Sunday and yesterday, both
of which were deliglitfully pleasant, and
business at the landing yesterday was im-
iisually active.
Aiiec(lote.—It is said, that the Indi.-iiis,
while they were at Old Point, conducted
themselves with the greatest propriety. Old
I'Iawl\’s handsome son was very fond of the
company of the beautiful AiricricanSquaws.
1-Ie is passionately attached to inusic——and,
ou one occasion, after listening with the
inost profound attention to the strains of the
piano forte as its keys were touclied by a
young lady, he suddenly jumped up, and
drawiiig a brilliant ring from his finger pre-
sented it with many cornplimeiits, to his fair
companion. She declined it, with an air
of politeness; but the young Ilnwk was
much mortified at the refusal, and still more
at the idea of his having traiisgrcssed
some established rule of A morican etiquette.
These Indians rcturii home with the most
favorable impressions of the character,
strength, and refinements of the Citizens
of the United States.-It’ iehmoncl Eng.
In the trial of Avery at Newport, which
comprised three Sabbatlis, the inquiry was
made of the court whether the jury could
be permitted to attend church. The court
replied that it would be inconsistent. with
the preservatioii of the painiel from all ex-
ternal influence. They must mingle with
the citizens if they attend public worsliip,
and might hear from them, or from ilie
pulpit. suggestions which would tend to pro-
duce a bias, or affect their iiiiparnality.
The following note was found among the
papers of the late Lord Erskine.
To Gem-‘.1:-iL \VAsiiiN<:'roN.
Sir——I have taken the liberty to introduce
your august and immortal name in a short
sentence, which is to be found in the book I
send to you.
I have a large acquaintance among the
most valuable and exalted classes of men,
but you are the only human being, for
whom I ever felt an awful reverence. I
sincerely pray to God to grant a long and
serene evening, to a life so gloriously devot-
ed to the universal happiness of the world.
London, Jllarcli 1511:, 1796. T. EIISKINE.
The Charo/cces.——Aiiotlier battle was
fought near Sc-.uddcr’s in Forsyth county,
(Geo.) on the 7th ult. between 25 or 30 Iii-
dians, and 12 or 14 \Vliitc men, similiir to
the one which took place there, on the 29th
April last. The Indians attacked with
sticks, clubs, and stones, and the assailed
defeiided themselves with their mining tools.
One white man had his arm broken in two
places, and 6 or '7 lndiaiiswere dangerously
wounded. The whites retained possession
oftlie lot, the holding of which gaverise to
the controvesy.
The 1lIo(lerator.—A new daily paper,
with this title, which ‘we hope may be con-
ducted tlirougli its course as to merit the ap-
pellation, has been recently established at
‘Wasliiiigtoii, so far at least as to issue a
prospectus sheet. It will advocate the elec-
tion of Judge ML-Lean for the Presidency,
and be conducted by Mr. Collier.
Jlfr.Webster.—TlieCincinnatiGazcttee of
the 13th inst. says: “This gentleman ar-
rived at Cleaveland on the 6th, and left that
place on the 6th, for the interior of Ohio.
\Ve may consequently expect him in Cin-.
cinnati, V('l'_Y shortly.
Emi'gration..—'I‘liere arrived at the port
of New York, l_)L‘l.W(-‘.t‘.n the 1st of January
and 14th of June, 1833, inclusive, 12,667
passengers from Foreign ports.
Religious Courtship.——A young gentle-
man liappanied to sit at church in a pew
ndjoiiiing one in wbicli sat a young lady for
whom he had coiiccivcd a most sudden and
violent passion, was desirous of ontcriiig
into a courtship on the spot, but the place
not suiting formal declaration, the exogen-
cy oftlie case suggested the following plan:
be politely liaudcd his fiiir neighbor a bi-
ble, open, with a pin stuck in the following
text—2d epistlc of John, verse 6th, “And
I beseech the lady, not as though I wrote
a new conimaiidment unto thee, lint that
which we had from the bcgiiiiiiiig, that we
love one {fll0lll(.‘l'., She rct.urned it point-
iiig to the following —2d chapter of Ruth,
]0tli verso, ‘Tlieii SllC fell on lier face, and
bowed herself to the ground, a-iid said unto
him, VVliy have I found grace in thine eyes
that thou shouldst take knowledge of me,
seeing I am a 'straiigcr .7’ He returned
tiie book, pointing to the 12th verse of the
third cpistlc of.lolin—‘l1aviug many things
to write to you, I would not write with pa-
per and ink, but I t.riist to come unto you
and speak face to face.’ Froin the oliovc
interview, the marriage took place the ensu-
ing week.
JVIEI/I /lrliltli.’ of Comnzcrcc.—Sclir. Nile,
at Boston, from Hzillowell, Me. has 100
bushels of shoe-111335.
Vary .DiSl7'I1.%'-s‘I‘7I-g.—-.:‘t physician in Allia-
iiy declares that city to be (l;7sr?r'rssizi_.gr/_1/
heal!/i_y .’
An improved piece of machinery has re-
ccntly been introduced into some Of the
rope walks at Brooklyn, which” make a
great saving in the method of spinning
yarn. This had caused so great an excite-
ment among the journeynien, that they
have struck, and refuse to work until this
saving labor uiacliinc is put aside.
The Rev. Mr. Aver}/.—\Ve are informed
says the Boston Atlas, that the committee
oftlic Metliodist Conference, appointed to
investigate the subject, have after a thor-
ough investigatioii, unanimously reported
that they consider the Rev. 13- K. Avery to
be innocent, not only of the uiurder with
which he was charged, lnit of all suspicion
of criminal or illicit iiitcrcourse with the
deceased Sarzili l‘i’Iui'ia Cornell.
E.i,troet from the Spa.-cch of Jllr Stonl_i/ in
the English Ilousc of Conimons, on the sub-
ject of Colonial Slavei?/a May], 14th.
He held in his hand a coinpiirutivc state-
ment, with reference to six ‘West India col-
onies, showing the decrease or increase of
the slave population, and tlicuinount of the
production of sugar witliin those islands du-
ring the snmc period. The account was
extracted from an official stnteineiit in the
'l'rie7ini(.'l Rr'g2'.s'ti'_2/, and was, tliereforc,
open to no objection on the score ofinaccu-
racy. Allowniicc was made in it for every
importation and exportation, and for every
inaiiumission ; it gave the appurciit, and
also the real increase and (lt.'Cl'0:1S-t‘, during
three periodsoftlircc ye:ii's,—vi7.. from June
1823 to June 1826, from June 1826 to June
1829, and from June 1829 to June 1832;
and likewise the average amount of the
sugarduriiig the snnieperiods. lie ought
liowcver, to state, that with respect to the
last period all the returns had not yet been
made. He found by this document that,
with respect to the last period all the re-
tiirns had not yet been made. He found
by this document that, with two exccptioiis
and even they bore out the statei'ne.i.it,-—-
in all those islands there had been a grad-
ual incrcase in the production of siigai',
and a corresponding gi'a(lii:il decrease in
the amount of the laboring population,
(IIeur, hear.)
In the Island of Jamaica the average
quantity of sugar annually exported ‘.-V7.15
for the first period, 1,354,448 cwts.; for the
2d], 389,576cwts; and for the tliii'd,1,-il0,-
626 cwts. The niirnber of the slave popii-
lation was, during the first period, 334,393,
and during the second, 3727',-164. The re-
turn of the uuniber in the the third period
had not yet been completed. The Island
labor compelled from the slaves had on the
population.
sugar exported (l'-iriiig three periods was,
respectively 652,296 cwts., 662,655 cwts.,
and 806,120 cwts.; while the slave popula-
tion had coi'ista_r_i_tly decreased during the
saino periods. flu the first, the number
was 71,722; in the second, 71,905; and in
the third only 67,741. (Hear, hear.) Thus
in the last period 67,741 slaves protluced
806,120 cwts. of sugar, while in the first
72,722 slaves were required to produce 652,-
336 cwts. In Bcrbice the slave population
amounted in the first period to 22,074, in
the second to 21,246, and in the third it has
decreased to 20,831 ; while the exportation
of sugar during the coirespoiiiliiig pt-riods
amounted to 58,655 cwts., 64,230 cwts.,
and 94,312 cwts., showing a fi'iglitfiil iii-
crease in the production compared with the
amount of the popn1ation.—'I‘lic account
with respect to St. Lucia showed a siniilar
result. The number of the population the
first period was 13,909; duringtlie seooiiil,
13,860; and duriiig the third, 13,687;
while .tlie amount of sii9;rii' exported was,
during the first pr:riod, 77,976 cwts.; dur-
the second, 87,410 cwts. ; and during the
third, 88,778 cwts. In these four islsiiids,
tliereforc, the amount of the rzegro popula-
tion liad fallen, while the amount of pro-
duction had gone on continually iiicrcas-
ing.——IIc had mentioned that there were
two exceptions, and these were the islands
of Triiiidarl and Barbadocs. In the for-
mer there had been a trifling increase iii
the population as well as in the amount of
production; but it must be taken into coii-
sideration that there was a great influx of
free laborers into this island from the Span-
ish main.——Vv'ith respect to Barbnboes, the
amount of siigar exported during the first
period was 320,795 cwt., and dui'iiig the
second 299,456 cwt., while the population
was during the same periods respectively
79,848, and 81,347. U0 tlierefore conceiv-
ed that be had proved as plainly as could be
done by figui'es, that WllCl1CVc1‘l.llC1“3 was a
forced increased in the production of sugar,
wlietlicr occasioned by the distress of the
planters, or by any other ‘cause, it was no-
cessarily attended by a sacrifice of human
life, and a diniiiiutioii of the slave popula-
tion. (1tlcar,licar.) He could not help read-
ing another statement with respect t »Dcma-
rara, which placed in a more striking view
the friglitful effect which this forced increase
in the production ll‘.1(l on human life. The
statement to wliicli be alluded pointed out
the age, quality, and strength of the slaves,
on whom this great mortality had fallen.
Ifc iniglit perhaps be told that the decrease
which lind taken place in the slave pepti-
lation was the not yet-rec-.ovcred-from effect
of the stoppage of the slave-ti'ndc. But he
found in this dociimcut that there was a de-
crease iii the iiiimlicr of cliildren under ten.
years of age, which could only be account-
ed for in one. w:iy—tlic increased labor and
diniiuished productivcncss of the parents.
As compared with 181'/,tliei'e was a decrease
in the lllll1'll)(‘l' of slaves under the age of
40, of 23,(i-14; and between the ages of 30
and 40, the time at which labor was most
scvei'e, the present population,ns compared
with its amount in the same ycnr,‘liud ex-
perienced a diminution of 11,551; while,
on the other hand, an increase had taken
ilucc in the number of the slaves, who had
passed that age, and were considered mic-
qual to any great labor. He did not think
that licnced add any thing to tliis state-
nicnt, but if it were necessary for him to do
so, llC could refer to returns, wliicli had
been carefully c.\:aniincd, and wliicli sliow-
slave population and of the production of
of Dcmeraru afforilcil a frightful proof of
the destructive effects which the amount of
In that island the quantity of
the decrease of population on cattle fa_rms
to be 2 per cent., among unattached slaves
1 1-2 per cent; on coffee farms 3 1-10 per
cent; and on sugar plantations 5 1-2 per‘
cent. On cotton plantations there had been
no decrease, but an increase of 1 6-10 per
cent. -
He had now shown that increased pro-
duction was accompanicd by decreased pop-
ulation: that the decrease of population
fell heaviest on those classes from whom
the severest labor was exacted ; and be bad
now only to show the mode in which this
labor was exacted by the inci'cased severi-
ty; tlic recorded punishments in Deinarara
were 17,359, the number of slaves being
60,599. In 1830, the number of slaves
had decreased to 59,547, while the lllll)ll)(‘l'
of punishments llfltll increased to 18,324,
and the number of lashes iiiflicted in that
year was no less than 194,744. In 1831
the population had still further decreased to
58,404, but the punishments had iiicrensed
to ,656, and the iuimber ofluslics amount-
ed to 199,507-—(l'lenr, lieni'.)—Now, let the
House bear in mind, that this was the
official record of punishment, not iiicluiliiig
1llC punislinicnt inflicted by juilicinl autho-
rity, or on reference to magistrates, because
there existed no return of this latter sort‘,
but iiiflicted in one of the Crown colonies,
under the improved system, and under the
check of the i'ecoi'il.—(IIcai', liear.)—It
was it return givcii by the masters of the
slaves tlieinsclvos, of the extent of despot-
ic and ii'i'esponsilile punislinient, inflicted‘
by their own autliority, ainouiitiiig in one to
almost 200,000 lzislics.-—{lIeui', licar.)—
‘iVitl'iout desiring to iiiipute any cruelty to
the pluutcrs, he called on the House to con-
sider what must be the amount of unrecord-
ed pnnisliment in colonies where the same
p2‘()lCC.ll()ll was not afiorded the slave as in
this compzirntively fiec colony of Demure-
ra, and what the extent of uiircdrcssed iii-
justicc, and of bitter oppmssioii; and lie
was sure that the House would not refuse
to iiitcrfcrr:, and to iiiti.-rposc its suprt-nie
nul.liorit.y between to oppression of the
slaves and what he Mi’. Cnniiiiig C:lllC(.l’“ll|C
abstract love of the cart-wliip.” They were
told that it would be impossible, llll(l(‘l‘
any other system, to reiidertlie slaves iii-
dustrious; thus, all their logislatioii; that
they know not the condition of the colo-
nies, and that they were nlisoliitely igno-
rant of what those gcntleinen pleased to
call the. “iiegro cliaracter.” Ile conscien-
tiously believes that any man who chose.
to take the pains of inforniiiig liiinselfnp-
on the subject, might form a more correct
idea, bi-cziuse a l'l'l()l'C uiiprt-jiidiccd one, of
the “iicgro cli:irnctci‘,” than those men who
ind ]'}{12lS(_'(l their lives in the ‘West Intlivs.
The latter individuiils made this palpable
mistake; they attributed to the cliaractcr
oftbc negro, those faults which iiecessarilv
resulted from the moral degredatioii of
sliivery. He believed that it miglit be
proved, that the ncgro,uiider proper induce-
nieiits, woild be found iieitlier less inclined
to be industrious or to accumulate property -
than those whose lot it wasto wear a fairer
skin. But they were told,wiib an air of '
trinmpli, to look at the manumittcd negro;
and they were asked to point out, il"tlic'y.
could, twenty instances of iriniiiiiinitted
slaves engaged in field labor. In reply,
to this objection, he would ask anotlicr_
question; and he called upon lll(‘S0 ob-
jectorsto produce him twenty instances of
field laborers who had been manumitted.
The fact was, that the inanuinitted slares
mostly boloiigeil to one class, and that
not the class of field laborers. ‘vVitliin'a
period often years, coinmciicing in 1817,
there had lC.‘ll 14,163 slaves maumitted,.
and hardly an iiist=.ince could be produced
ofn field-negro amongtlie nuniber. Two
tliird;-', ifiiot tlirt-e fourtlis, were feinales,—
a fact which spoke for itself; for it was
not diliicult to uiiderstaiid to wliat class of
females they belonged, and what induce-
ments the planters bad to libei'ate them as
well as thcircliildrcii. Ifit. could be prov-
ed that inziiiumissions occurred only among
domestic slaves, 1I1CCl'lZllllCS,,tlllt.l trades-
men, it was not extraordiiiary that no case '
could be discovered of their applying lllCll'l-
selves immediately on their n'iziiiui.nission
to the uiore degmdiiig and fatigniug_cccu~
pation offield labor. The facts oftlie case I
then, destroyed the inference which was
sought to be drawn from it. If an iiistniicc
was shown ofinauuinittcd field, slaves who
would not work, he would then admit that
ii primafacie case was made out by those ,
who asserted the incapacicty of the negro
for freedom; but if this arguineiit was
good'for :inytliiug—ifit was to be consider-
cred conclusive, it was an arguiuoiit n-
gainst the abolition of slavery within any ,
defiuiic period——uot increly within the next _
10 years, but within the next 100 y(,‘Xll".~‘.
The progress of the l’rc-sident is duly re-
corded, as his course is continued eastward;
and without any abatement of adulatory.
language. Even the furniture which be
honored by using while here, and wliicl;
we observe, is to be sold at auction, is
deemed by the Evening Post to have acqui- ,
red additional value! from having served.
the l’rcsideiit. The “plain old Tennessee
Fa1'niei',”as Genera‘ Jackson was called,
when a candidate, iiuist be astonished if he
reads or hears ofsucli sickni
and, as we verily believe, must iiause-at it,
nsinucli as he mi.ist despise the servility
which dictates it. He indeed cannot well
help himself now. He is cmbarkcd—is in
the hands of a subtle and unscrupulous
niaiiager, who using him as he uses all
things and all men that he can control, for
his own advai.cemeiit——nnd who, under the ‘
cloud of incensc—inipure enough though
it be-—'.vliicli he causes to be raised around
the President, is carrying out in secret his
own personal plans, It was not, therefore,
on the part of the President, any purpose
or wish of si.urcndcring liiuiself wholly to
party I11ttlli1g‘Cl])Cl'lt, that we commented
some days ago mi the fact, that the manner
of his reception here was altogetlier aparty -
afliiii',—but simply that the truth might. be
known: and we now make this e.\;pluna-
tion, because tiic Nntioiinl Intelligciicer
seems to have understood us as making that
it niatter of reproacli again.-rt the President,
wliieli was intended only as a reproach upon
his parasites and p:.u'ti:I.aiis,——-tliat none
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