Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-02-15

| anu vi TIC uIIe lie gave mem,
the word ecclesiastical" should have been
used instead of clerical"
FROM THE WEST INDIEs.-We have re-
celVed files of the Falmouth Post and Jd-
nlGlcG Advertiser 10 the 4th of January in.
elusive, from which we gather the following
items:
The leading article of the latest Post is
on the subject Of immigration, and states
the following facts; that the want of popu-
latlon Is serious evil to the British colonial
possessions in the West Indies; that the
scheme OF introducing European emigrants
into Jamaica has proved failure: that En-
ropeans cannot labor in that climate, or with
stand It's fatal influence upon the eonstitu-
tion; and that the laboring population must
be increased and kept up BY immigration
from Africa, or the island must decline in
prosperity.D
The sugar crops are very promising this
year, and planters are confident of making
good returns.(2)
A melancholy accident occurred in 81,
AIMS Bay on the 2nd of January. party
Of II ladies and gentlemen were out upon a
water excursion the boat was upset by a
squall, and Of the party were drowned,
namely, four daughters Of the Rev. George
Bridges, the lady of Mr. Justice Cooking.
Lieut.. Madison of the Seth Regiment, and
q servant.
The Post contains an account of the
opening OF the Barbados Legislature, for
the first time under the government of Sir.
E: J. McGregor, on the 25th October. His
excellency was addressed by "his majesty's
loyalan dutiful Subjects" committee of
the "free descendants of Africa" residing
in Barbados, and by the free coIored inhab-
lIants OF ST. Kits, with congratulations up
on his appointment. aud assurances Of their
high anticiPations from his just and equita~
bic administration, Of their respect for the
, laws, and loyalty Of the king.(S)
The Jamaica House Of Assembly and
Council have passed bill to regulate the
qualification OF voters and Legislators, which
seems to give great dissatisfaction. Voters
must have freehold of 3OL per annum, or
rent charge of 50L., and pay taxes to the
amount Of ST. Members of the Assembly
must have 10000. real, or 5OO0l personal
property. A petition to the mother country
against the law, was proposed to be circulat-
} ed for signatures.
A bill was before the Assembly, establish
ing qualification also for admission to the
ranks Of the militia!
Another subject of warm discussion, in
and out OF the Legislature, was the proposed
establishment of a colonial bank.-N York
Spectator.
D Wonder if they could not be sup
piled by the American Colonization Socie-
ty? Iwould be much more rational work
| than that Society is now doing. The dis
. lance is comparatively small-the change of
climate less-then there would be saved
the waste of blood and treasure which il
now takes TO carry things at the point of the
bayonet and the mouth Of the cannon-as
1t appears that there is here strong invita-
ton held out for immigration.
But eandidiy, is there not here practic-
!, al combination Of the absurd doctrine, every
i, where prominent in Colonization prints. that
emigration instead of immigration must no.
cessarhy accompany emancipation Toa
sane, unpreJudiced mind, there was no need
OF proof on the point.
. ~ Remember this. 1t comes from H.
editor Of the Newly Commercial Adxer-
user and Spectator. How long is i, since
these papers were laboring to make their
readers believe that an entire failure If tho
common productions in the British islands
must be the inevitable result of emanc;r..
tion7 .--.- 49, - --~- - .---.. : =
t3) So it appears, after all, that colored
people, who have been slaves, are capable
of approaching kindness, and of selfsub-
lection to law and government. Tb;s i
another important fact not TO be forgotten;
and it should be known too, that this fac, i
borne out by the universal conduct of the
emancipated on these islands, since the ar,
Of Parliament TOOK effect in 1894, as wen Il
by all history of emancipation.
A writer in the Baltimore American
i proposes the union Of MARYLAND and VIZ.