Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-12-26
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
From the ". Orleans Com. Bulletin Of Dec. 8.
Late and Important from Me1icOs

By the French steamer Meteor, arrived
last night, In go hours fiom Vera Cruz,
intelligence was received that the castle
of San Juan de Ulloa was taken by the
French fleet, after bombardment of three
hours, with loss of only four men by
the blockading squadron, and from four
TO five hundred Mexicans.
A messenger cane in the Meteor, and
hurried to Washington, being the bearer
of important dispatches. Three frigates,
four Sloops of war and four bomb ketches,
sllenced 100 pieces Of Mexican artillery,
in less than four hours, and killed and
wounded six hundred men of the Mexican
garrison.
The Mexicans capitulated, and were al
lowed to retire; the fortress was immedi
ately occupied by the French. The
|, Mexican army near Vera Cruz was five
thousand strong, but as the town was
commanded by the castle, the officers did
! not think themselves able to hold it; but
one thousand Mexicans were allowed to
lemain, to preserve order.
The Prince de Joinville commanded
the sloop Of war Creole. and behaved We
ry CALAMITY. 1t was thought the block
: ade would be raised by the French. Ne
! gotiations for a peace had commenced.
The Washington Globe says:
! lii this action, which was continued
two hours and half, eight thousand balls
and three hundred and twenty bombs
: were thrown into the fortress. On the
: French side FIVE men were killed, one of
: whom was midshipman, and thirty three
, wounded, two of whom were officers.
The Mexicans have suffered immense
= ly The captain of the Meteor, with
8 whom we conversed, gave US touching
: description of the carnage. The shore
4 was covered with the dead and dying and
!, the pileous cries of the latter were heard
= amid all the din and tumult of the battle.
= = The bombs were thrown Immediately
= on the Mexican magazines. Three o.
them exploded with so much violence
that the decks of several of the French
= vessels at the distance of more than mile
u were strewed with their fragments. The
Cavelero, one Of the strongest towers o
e. the fort, exploded about five clock, p. NJ
lie The portions of the fort demolished by the
e frigates were in most deplorable condi
E. ton, the embrasures being entirely dis
IN mounted and battered to peices.
e, The above attack was made on the 27tl
10 November.
~ From the Emancipator.
We JAMAICA. An American gentleman
nd writes from this island, under date Nov
~ 2, 1888, 1.-THE negroes were often hire
,o out by their masters for 81 IL or SO cent
per day, and now they turn round and O
o. fer the same people Is, IL IL, and eve
no. 9 cents per day, and none have offere
he more than rs cents, believe the peopl
do not generally stick for more than 2
w. cents a0ith the use of their houses an
]e- grounds. l think | can say with truth
on that where the people are offered fair we
TO ees, they are at work. The greater pa
he of the people are now at work, for som
vn price, some as low as IL cents per da,
rbt which all must see is not fair price.
,ht would say, with sorrow, that sometime
1bv the fault is with the negro entirely; he
unreasonable and dishonest, but 1ohat an
ol- a0ho taught him to be so!'
A letter is received also from the Re
on John Clarke, whom many OF our reade
20. remember with much esteem, dated 6 Je
tied icho, St. Thomas in the Vale, Oct. 3
Tvs 1885," He says:
.re. 81 reached the island in safety, al
sol1 found matters in a state of comparati
dis quietness and peace. The late appre
be- tees are every where willing to laDC
tes. but subject to numerous insults and imp
out. sitions from employers"
$ a We shall give more of these letters
vs. il our next paper. We repeat our off,
Late pressed conviction, that the interests
n its freedom, and the princi pies of immedi
emancipation have nothing to fear fir
cles the great experiment now going on in
" be British West Indies
,eed- VIII the Christian Advocate and Jour
copy this ;
iii of Extract of letter from Rev. James c
7ery, Wesleyan Methodist Missionary at
and Johns, Antigua, and Ruling Preacher
s to the Island, to Mr. STEPHEN DAM
e to of this city, dated Oct. l8, 1888.
this 1.-The sham slavery apprentice syste
res of which you speak, is abolished.
ing" people now have unqualified emanc
d. ton in all the islands of these seas.
4 the never existed in Antigua The Leg
ture gave their.people freedom on the
N the of August, 1884. The island Is
a bill fhOof ERII I. Onr people are Pc
to aid tat ana snduStra0us, Inc estates ar
their c"ttaeoted. IHtettase"ce ana hets.
hment are spreading in erery direction.
OF all feei much lnierest In the elorts
n Of making in your widely extended col
to proclaim liberty to all the people Il
ted to Of and should be very glad also t
or any ceive from you periodicai giving 10
tes OF gence about the progress of Anti-Sia
ond ;toror,y Cnoiot1oc ~ hpr IN