reason then art thou come among us? Your gold has not tempted' me hither, said Alexander, but I would willingly become acquainted with your manners and customs. So be it, rejoined the other, sojourn among us as long as it pleaseth thee. At the close of this conversation two citizens entered as into their Court of Justice. The plaintiff said, I bought of this man a piece of land, and as I was making a deep drain through it I found a treasure. This is not mine, for I only bargained for the land, and not for any treasure that might be concealed beneath it: and yet the former owner of the land will not receive it. The defendant answered: I hope I have a conscience as well as my fellow-citizen. I sold him the land with all its contingent, as well as existing advantages, and consequently the treasure inclusively. The Chief, who was at the same time their supreme judge, recapitulated their words, in order that the parties might see whether or no he understood them aright. Then after some reflection said: Thou hast a Son, Friend, I believe? Yes! And thou (addressing the other) a Daughter? Yes!-Well then, let thy Son marry thy Daughter, and bestow the treasure on the young couple for their marriage portion. Alexander seemed surprized and perplexed. Think you my sentence unjust? the Chief asked him-O'no, replied Alexander, but it astonishes me. And how, then, rejoined the Chief, would the case have been decided in your country?-To confess the truth, said Alexander, we should have taken both parties into custody and have seized the treasure for the king's use. For the king's use! exclaimed the Chief, now in his turn astonished. Does the sun shine on that country?-O yes! Does it rain there?-Assuredly. Wonderful! but are there tame animals in the country that live on the grass and green herbs? Very many, and of many kinds.— Aye, that must be the cause, said the Chief: for the sake of those innocent Animals the All-gracious Being continues to let the sun shine and the rain drop down on your country.-[COLERIDGE. Intelligence. THOMAS KENNEDY.-It will be recollected, that in our April number, we published the opinions of this gentleman in regard to Hayti, as they appeared in the Greensborough Patriot, and that we represented him (as he was represented in that paper) as having visited Hayti with instructions from the Society of Friends. The Society of Friends have stated, however, that Mr. Kennedy "was not acting on behalf of their Society, nor employed by them; but voluntarily, and in an individual capacity, as relates to the transactions, &c." And that "after it was known that he intended going to that Island, he received instructions from Nathan Mendenhall, in regard to the port charges paid on the cargo of emigrants in 1826, which the President generously agreed to remit." They remark further, "We are not disposed to contradict K.'s statement respecting the situation of the emigrants, or of a number of them; but we are apprehensive that facts might be adduced which would go very much to abate the force and weight which his statement may have on the minds of many. Among the rest, we have the testimony of a respectable man of colour-one of the number who went in 1826, and who came in last season on a visit to his native country, with a view to induce others to emigrate to the same place. He stated that there was a number of them dissatisfied; but that it was such as were not willing to submit to the terms which are necessary to make people comfortable in every country, viz: industry and prudence;-that these were some of them who went thither with high views and an expectation of living easily, almost without labour;-that their views had not been realized, and they were unpleasantly circumstanced. The same we have had from other accredited sources of information. And though K. states they had received such inconsiderable sums for the time they had been there, there is no account of the support and maintenance of their families during that time, taken into view. And it is well known, that many of their colour, as well as others in our own country,—even if they should receive considerable wages -would have very little laid by, if they should have their support out of the same, when called for, agreeably to their wishes. And, in regard to their not having lands granted them-K. himself states that the President assured him, that all emigrants who applied to him, should have lands granted them on the mountains, where all their Government lands lay. And we could not expect they would be granted them any where else, or wherever their fancy or caprice might dictate-as we are informed by our agent who went thither with them, that many of them were not much disposed to be governed by advice in locating themselves; but had a desire to remain about the towns, and such places as suited their ideas of fine living. Indeed, we discover nothing in the conduct of the President, as related by K. but what was frank and obliging." In all this, there is no impeachment of the character or motives of Mr. Kennedy, and no belief expressed that he has intentionally misrepresented or stated other than his honest, but perhaps mistaken opinions. One thing we think will not be questioned, that the coloured persons who have returned from Hayti, (and they have not been few) have generally agreed with Mr. Kennedy, in their views of the Government and affairs of that Island. FROM HAYTI.-Mr. Benjamin Lundy has just arrived from his second visit to Hayti, having proceeded to that Island in part to ascertain the condition of the colored emigrants who were removed from the United States three or four years since, at the expense of the Haytien government, and partly to take out twelve other emigrants who have been liberated by Joseph Leonard Smith, Esq. of Maryland. The whole number removed at the expense of the Haytien government was about 6,000. Of these, some have become discontented and returned; and some who remain are dissatisfied with the system of working on shares, while others are doing remarkably well, and could not easily be persuaded to exchange their condition for a residence in the U. S. Mr. Lundy informs us that he procured such situations for the new emigrants as were abundantly satisfactory, and that there is a prospect of the adoption of a plan in regard to the rest, which will remove every symptom of discontent. The whole number of colored persons now on the Island, who have emigrated from the United States within the past eight or nine years, Mr. L. estimated at 8,000: some of whom are among the most influential and respectable inhabitants. N. Y. Jour. of Commerce. It is stated that the late Gov. Ridgely, of Maryland, has, by his will, emancipated all his slaves, to the number of upwards of four hundred. Those who have attained the age of 28 years are to be free immediately; such as are over forty-five, to have some provision made for their support, out of his estate; and those of the younger class are to be free, the males at twenty-eight years of age, and the females at twenty-five. CINCINNATI, JULY 6. Coloured People in Ohio.—The Supreme Court, at their late sitting in this county, decided that the law of this State, regulating the settlement of coloured people among us, is constitutional. In consequence of that decision the Trustees of this township have notified them, that they must leave in thirty days, or the law, which requires that they shall individually give bonds to the amount of $500, will be put in force against them.-They in their turn, have assembled to the amount of two thousand, as they have represented, and chosen their delegates, to make arrangements for their final removal, and ask for three months to effect that object. We think their request reasonable, and that it ought to be granted. We consider this class of people as a serious evil among us, but this evil has been brought upon us by the whites, with great injustice to them. The only remedy afforded is, to colonize them in their mother country. Now is the time for Colonization Societies "to be up and doing." Fernando Po.-The latest arrival from this new settlement in the Bight of Biafra, on the western coast of Africa, informs us that a great number of mechanics have lately arrived with other settlers, from Sierra Leone, together with a quantity of building materials. A number of the native regiment had also arrived, and were garrisoned on the out-skirts of the town, where their services had already proved a valuable acquisition to the laborers employed in building and clearing away the trees and vegetation, in shielding them from the annoyance of the innumerable bodies of natives. The King had not yet returned from the mountain, whither he had gone and had secreted himself, with a Spaniard and a number of his subjects, soon after the landing of Captain Owen. The natives were providing themselves with spears and other warlike implements, by means of bartering their fine growth of yams for pieces of iron hoops. They are a treacherous set, and are most likely only waiting for an opportunity to make a bold incursion. Much praise appears to be due to that indefatigable officer, Captain Owen, governor and commander on the first and favourable formation of this settlement, for his endeavor to establish civilization and the most friendly disposition among the natives and the new settlers, for his strict attention to the welfare of those under his command, and for the generous feeling of humanity evinced in the capture of so many slave-vessels, the cargoes of which have been sent to Sierra Leone for adjudication, after which they are received at the new settlement and kindly treated. The Europeans were greatly annoyed by the sting of a species of fly which infested the island; and several through sickness, had been sent home. The seamen were not allowed to land without a sufficient clothing, and the Arab fashion had been again introduced (as upon capt. Owen's late survey of Africa,) and the beard and mustachio had already grown to an enormous length, which, when washed, tends greatly to refresh and keep cool the upper story, for the remainder of the day. It is generally thought that this settlement will not answer present expectations, especially while the Portugese government have so extensive a slave factory (in St. Paul de Leondo) a few degrees southward. However, we have reason to believe that a fuller explanation will shortly be published of this interesting part of Africa, by one of the officers belonging to the squadron, together with other interesting parts of the eastern and western coasts of Africa, from the Persian Gulf to the river Gambia, collected during the late nautical survey, and now nearly brought to a close.-[From the London Literary Gazette. THE EFFECTS OF SLAVE LABOUR.-John Nichols offers for sale that valuable property called the James river slate mines, sixty miles above Richmond, Va. He says his object is to relieve himself as far as possible from a dependence on Slave labour. How many of our industrious and enterprising citizens, being disgusted with the idea of rearing a family of children in a land so rapidly peopling with slaves, have sold their possessions and removed themselves to Ohio, where the increasing prosperity of the people so strikingly demonstrates the superior advantage of free labour! Greensborough Patriot. Plan of Gerrit Smith, Esq. In our last number, we had the pleasure of announcing four new subscribers on this Gentleman's plan for augmenting the funds of the Society. The Rev. Dr. Meade of Frederick County, Va. writes, "our collection on the fourth of July, amounted to one hundred and fifty-five dollars, one hundred of which, was the first annual subscription of an association of twenty members of my congregation on the plan of Mr. Smith. It appears to me, that with a little exertion on the part of the Ministers and leading members, many congregational associations might be formed. I am happy to be able to add to your list, a member of my congregation, Mr. George Burwell, 'who will follow Mr. Smith's example, and pay a thousand dollars." We have since the above was received, been favoured with an interview with Dr. Meade, and learnt that the second association in his congregation was nearly if not quite complete, and that the Society might therefore confidently expect at least 300 dollars annually from the Episcopal Society in Frederick. Let it not be forgotten, that it was in this county, and through the efforts of Dr. Meade, that, at the origin of the Society, subscriptions were obtained for its support, of nearly seven thousand dollars; seventeen hundred of which were given by Dr. Meade himself and his most estimable family, two members of which, now in heaven, bequeathed to the same sacred cause the whole of their property, amounting (if we mistake not) to about $5000. Surely facts like these should excite a spirit of holy emulation in the minds of other Christians, and to every Church, every Minister, and every disciple of the Saviour, we would say, you are urged by all the motives which can influence a virtuous heart, to imitate so bright an example. To the American Colonization Society, from 23d July, to 13th August, 1829. ...... Miss L. Derson, of Vienna, Ohio, Dr. H. Hamblin, Samuel Steel, Esq. of Hagerstown, Md. ... Geo. Burwell, his 1st payment on the plan of G. Smith, Esq. In Presbyterian Church, Hunter, N. Y. per Rev. Calvin Durfy, 20 2 25 100 130 4 140 13 Carried forward, $426 87 |