Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-08-05

SJoWeu between Tie Dulk neaulnS, WHICH
separated the boilers from the vessels side,
and exposed to the intense heat produced
by the lighted stoves. These wretched be-,
ings thought, at first, that they were doomed
to death; but on being undeceived, their Joy
was excessive, and one of them pointed to
another part of the vessel, where, after a.
diligent search, six females were found con-
cealed under a coil of ropes and hawser.
The slave trade to the Brazils is carried on
to great extent, and is frequently attended
by circumstances of the most revolving bar
barity. From numerous instances of SIM
liar nature, we select the following. The
Intrepida, of one hundred tons, when captur-
ed, was found to contain three hundred and
ten slaves, in state of great wretchedness
and emaciation; 20 of them had died in a
passage of 46 days. Another, the Invncible,
contained 440 slaves, so crowded together,
that it was impossible to seperate the sick
from the healthy, or the dying from the
dead their provisions and water were of the
worst kind the filth and stencil were beyond
description; and the dysentery, ophthalmia
and scurvy carried off 1856 of these poor
wrctches in less than 60 days.
Every facility has been hitherto given by
Brazil to this nefarious trade: but it is con-
selling to reflect that, according to treaty
signed with Great Britain in March, 1897,
the Brazilian slave trade is to cease within
three years from that period. A most sim
gular contrast is presented by the United
States of America, termed the country of
freedom, and Austria, despotic kingdom,
with regard to the slave trade; whilst the
vessels of the former are engaged in the
traffic in, and her southern provinces de-
graded by the presence of slaves, the latter
has actually declared that when a slave has
set his foot on Austrian soil, from that mo-
ment he becomes free. After wishing the
most complete success to the objects which
this admirable institution, in common with
all whose religion or humanity is any thing
beyond mere profession, has in view, we
shall conclude our extracts from this inter-
esting report, with the following dreadful
picture of cruelty, on the one hand, and suf-
fering, on the other. In Spanish slave
schooner, boarded by HI. M. S. Aurora, af-
ter diligent search, 240 slaves were found
concealed. They were in the most dread
ful state imaginable, having their confined
disease and starvation, TO contend
with at once. The vessel had been at sea
forty-seyen days, from the Coast of Guinea,
and, when captured, had only one days pro-
vision on board. yam being thrown
among the wretched negroes, they fought
for it like hungry dogs.
Liverpool Mercury.
ExTRAoRDINARY STATEMENT RESPECT
ING THE PADDINGToN STAGE COACHES.
In the course of complaint against the dri-
yer of one of the Paddington stage coach
es, for furiously driving through the streets,
TO Jhe great perm Or Tie pdSSeug ers, Cng
following curious statement was handed to
the Lord Mayor
"There are 46 Paddington stages to and
from the Bank, daily each, performing four
times. The distance thither and back is
nearly 10 miles, and the duty is threepence
per mile, so that Paddington stages passing
and repassing perform 3S4 times on the road,
making 1920 miles per day, and which, for
mile duty only, yields the sum of fS,760 an
nually. The horses perform the journey
thither and back but once each day, so i'm
petuous is the speed, so that it requires 1872
at daily work upon this road for this single
branch of public accommodation if the
coaches are full, the money exchanging
hands amounts to nearly 800 guineas daily,
and the persons conveyed amounts to $780,"
The Lord Mayor observed, that perhaps
the change which had taken place within
the last 40 or so years was as great as has
occurred in any thing with which the public
had to do. He remembered in the year 1880,
that the first stage coach was established be-
tween London and Maidstone, and the slug
gishness of the conveyance might be guess
ed at, from the fact that the coach set out at
six in the morning and did not reach its des-
tination till eight or nine at night, and those
who travelled so formidable distance used
to take leave of their friends about week
before. He had sat on the top of stage
himself and picked nuts from the boughs of
the trees which were thick along the old
Rochester road.-LondOn Courier.
LOWER CANADA-AGRIcULTUR Re-
PORT FOR JUNE, 1928. The rapid progress
OF vegetation during the past month surpass-
es any thing experienced for some years.
The frequent showers accompanied with a
sultry sun, has pushed on the crops very
rapidly. Wheat has most promising APP
pearance; it, as every other grain, is too
thick On the ground, the whole seed having
taken root, circumstance quite uncommon
here. Barley is generally shot, and prom
lses most abundant crop. Oats and peas
are fine; the latter will in all probability
yield more than an average crop this wear.
Potatoes planted in good time have mostly
got their last dressings, but large fields of
late planted ones are hardly making their
appearance above ground.
Hay IS rather light crop on old meadows,
but on new there will be heavy cut of
grass, and with great quantity of old hay
on hand we cannot expect any thing like a
fair price for that article this season. If
farmers would keep larger stock on hand
to destroy their surplus fodder, they would
in the long run find themselves profted by SO
doing