American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-20

.Niw Fork, Feb 6-sevcrsl respectable ind,id-
uals in this city have purchased Of land In
the island of Cuba. for the purpose OF forming
settlement there. and associated themselves under
The title Of the Company # .Noa. In order to faci
lilae their views they have applied to the Ltgish-
ture Of this state for act of incorporation under
The above title. We observe BY the Legislative
proceedings that their application has bees before
the House, where it has met with some opposition,
but as we think, under erroneous impressions as to
the objects of the company We understand from
coed authority, tha, the settlement at Moa is not
only patroniEed by the local authorities of Cuba.
but 10 made with express reference, and in conlor-
nifty to decree Of the King OF Spain, Of October
2lst, 1917, the title Of which explains its object
:" Real Cedula sobrs aumentar Ia pottacion biance
de Ia Ista de Cuba': that is. Royal Decree on
the subject Of increasing the trhite population of The
Island OF Cuba.''
Ono ground of opposition, as 1t appears by the
debate reported in the Albany papers, vas that The
granting Of the application would encourage negro
slavery. The views OF the association have been
entirely misconstrued. So far from this being the
fact, the company neither own, nor intend ever to
own single slave. The climate Of Moa is uneom-
monty temperate, and it has been proved by expo
rence that uhite man can pei iform bodily labor
there. with little danger to his health in this
state. One Of the principal objects of the Company
is to demonstrate by actual experiment that the
land can be cultivated uithout the labor Of btackss
and to set an example, which, if followed through
out the island will deprive The monsters who traffic
in human flesh, Of their principal market.
". T. GaS.
North West Passage - In letter from Mr..
Douglas, the botanist to DR.. Hooker, dat. d from
the Great Falls on the Columbia river, the 24th Of
March, 1923, there is the 10 lowing curious para.
graph respecting the North West Passage:
There is here Mr.. Macleod, who spent the
last Ave years at Fort Good Hope, on the Macken-
zie river. He informs me that it the natives with
whom he 10 perfectly acquainted. are worthy Of
credit there must be North West Passage. They
describe very large river that runs parallel With
The Mackenzie, and falls into the sea near Icy
Cape, at the mouth of which there is an establish
me nj on an island where ships come to trade. They
assert that the people there very wicked, having
hanged several of the natives 10 the rigging they
wear their boards long. Some rclianoe, should
think. may be laid on their satemen as Mr.. Macleod
showed US some Russian coins, combs, ard several
articles Of hardware, very different from those fur
nished by the British Company. MIR. Macleod
caused the natives to assemble last summer, tor the
purpose of accompanying him in his departure for
Hudson's Bay. The sea is said 10 be open alter
July. This gentieman's conduct affords striking
example of the effects of perseverance. In the
short space Of eleven months, he visited the Polar
Sea- and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, undergo
ing such hardships and dangers as perhaps, were
never experienced by any other individual"