Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-12-11
General Intelligence.


A correspondent of the Newly orI Com
mercial Advertiser, writing from Barba-
does gives the following account OF the
results Of Emancipation In the West In
dies.-Ca. U'atch.
Most Of the afternoon spent in the So !
cpty of metchau: OF Bfidge.own, ami OF
course the great subject engrossed oar
con versttion. He not only spoke with
confidence of the beneficial working of
emancipation, but stale! that all persons
on the island We're Of the same opinion.
People in the United Safes" said he,
"may call emancipation an experiment;
but here we do n"t cal! il 50; the expert
ment is over, aud the good results of
emancipation, are satisfactorily establish
ed " Like all others with whom | had
conversed, be alleged The great rise in the
value of real estate, as ample proof OF the
pecuniary benefits of that great measure.
Oae estate OF 400 acres was lately rented
for $4,000 per annum. Another planta-
ton sold few years since for 5GI5,O00,
was lately purchased for 100000. Oar
ing the last two years one estate has yield
ed the proprietor, net income of $780,
600. The island be concluded, is in
far better stale than it ever has 1een
In reply to my enquiries respecting
jamaica, and difficulties said 10 exist there,
he replied, = In that island MANY are
raising clamofs and fabricaling rumors,
from interested motives 4 large number
of the proprietogS are non-rcsiden.s. The
: resident attorneys and managers are na.u-
rally desirous Of becoming owners OF real
estate and OF purch9Sing at The lowest rate
They hope that by fomenlng or oSagger.
ating difficulties, and scattering abrol,
rumJrs Of lrouhle. disaster and loss,
panic will be created among the absentee
u pro3rielors, aad thereby large quantities o
h real estate he thrown into the market.
is for their interest therefore, TO Great.
~ trouble with the blacks when there il
II none-and to persuade the word lha
i properly IN Jamaica Is ruined o. insecure
For THIS reason fabricated or cNaogera!e
rumors are in!ust,iousiy circulated thro
every possible chauneL Emancipation
does not work 81 We'll in Jdmaicd as il
al Barbados, bat the actual evils are iaI
ir very far. from being 50 many, or so grea
S. rs individuals there have represented
Even for those evils sucn as they are, ia
of planters and managers are responsible,
Yer BY harshuess and injustice they hay
Ia alirnated the minds of the blacks. Da
yn ing the system of the apprenticeship whe
m the planters interest could be promote
to by it, he sWore that the labor OF eac
3D. negro was worth about seventy-.ive cen
per day. Now when his inieres! lies
IL r.sHg
or his laborers If they demand more tha
= twenty cents per day, aud fills the wor
with c!amor against The i!.eneness az
exorbilan; demands Of the slaves
Such were the statements Of an intel
u gent merchant Of Barbados. As corro
"'' orative Of these remarks, | will here me
ZION that on my voyage homewaTd w
Ny fellow passenger with a gentleman "
,ut was himseiflhe proprietor of an estate
=, Jamaica. He also, almost ia the saF
'ie language, stated the same facts, and ;
OF cribpd TO the same source the minors
. ofitrouble, idleness, and ruin, which ha
,,n- deiuged the papers Newspapers
Jamaica, as in some other paris of /
''" world, can circulate gross and of Telu
5 OF faisehood
aed My friend proceeded. The first
nb August last was an Interesting and W.
derfo day | walked oul in he morni
esS- and found such solemn and awful siiIne
the that | was ashamed to be Seen. and re;uI
ed y my house. The churches W.
opened ard attended by crowded and
&C tenlive congregations. Awe aud sacr
FOR ness seemed 10 pervade the almosphee
on Toward evening" | rode out, aud heard
lich many houses the voice OF singing
rent praise 10 God Many Of The emancIpa
negroes saw sitting by the road s
3. reading the Testaments distributed ain'
avel them by the British AMI Foreign b
ore SOCIETY,". which they highly value
rshy preserve with great care. All Of u