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The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-05
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


e As3RicAS BAEnsF MrssoSARr UxIoS.--Ths
receipts OF many Of our principal missionary
societies are increasing Our readers ara rsf.r-
red to the following official statement Of tbs
Baptist Missionary Union:
"The amount 6f donations and Ieg,ci-s nd
into the treasury Of cur Missionary Union IN
the month Of March, was So, $50 2i--making
-fthe receipts Of Tie year from the same source
soo,SU2 ~. Thus the receipts Of the last month
exceed those Of the corresponding month OF
to4o, by upwards OF So 900, AM the REGENTS Of
the year which has jsst closed, are an ad1ancs
OF more than 5000 over those which preceded
Ia.
REO RIVER CHURcH MIssIOS.-The English
Church Missionary Society have mission On
Red River Of Hudson a Bay, shout Lst. 50 deg
and Lon. 81 deg. Among population Of about
o'OOO Europeans, HlAibreeds and indians,
there are four churches. Of the general char
aetsr Of the people, the Rev. W Cochran writes.
July 90, ls4s.
''The whole population conform their sxtsr-
nal department 20 the Word Of God Thers
are no habitual drunkards; no Standardization.
no Profane persons, who take the name OF God
IN vain; no iilegitimate children, 40 turbulent
| sediti0us Characters; no yagrants, who sndsavOr
to sPunge living out Of their more industrious
brethren; all have such respect for their char
aeters as steadily TO pursue their duties, and
many Of them deeply influenced b. tho
fear and love Of Gpd, and are endeavtring,
through His grace, 70 live sober, righteous. aad
Pious lives"
BIsHOPs' PALACrs ~ ENsLsND.-'fhe Eccls-
siss;ieai Commission has authorised the sxpen-
diluTs on Episcopal residences, Of the following
sums
"Palacs at RiPon, El3 $50; purchase of land
and houses fortha bishop Of Gloucester, Eli
900; alteration Of a house for him, Ell ,591;
purchase Of estate and house for the bishop Of
Lincoln, Isl, 46Si alteration Of a house ior him,
Els, 3O2; purchase OF eslale and house for the
bishop of Rochester, E25, .j57; alteration Of re
sidence Of the bishop Of Worcester, e. go:
alteration Of residence OF the bishop OF Oxford,
e6,469."
A London paper refers to the above in the
following terms:
"The commissioners have been rearing an
abode of bliss for Ripon, bower Of beauty for
a temple Of fancy for Lincoln,
shrine Of sPlendOr for Rochester, a Walhaila for
Worcester, and an slhsmbra FOR Oxford. and, IL
is TO be feared, castle Of incidence for some
others. In the meantime, the charitable are or
the point Of advertising for model lodging houses
for the industrious clergy.
A VENERABLE lNsTITUrI0S.-The British So
eiety for Promoting Christian knowledge, held
its third jubilee, l5Oth anniversary lately, in
St. PauI's Tendon. The Archbishop OF Can
lsrbury, President Of the Society, preached
Tha Daka Of Camb-idgs was present- ths
Archbishop Of York, with the Bishops Of Lon
Ion, ST. Dayid's ST. AsaPh, Hereford, and Ma
iras. also attended. The Assembiags Of eIsr-
" and iay-mem5ers was so large tsst num-
ger Of persons were unable to obtain places in
he choir.
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expect to continue In the mines. myself anf
family, each doing his best, until we an
get sufliciency to live on independently
which will not be long. NV little girls car
make from to 25 dollars per day WASHING
gold in pans. Iexpect TO ship for Jackson
county, Mo-, where / expect to spend the
balance OF my days in peace and quiet.
ness. and in the enjoyment Of family and
friends, where, Of all places, most de.
light to be. My average income this win.
Ter will be about $3.50 per day, and il |
should strike a good lead il will be great
deal more. The large majority of persons
who have done well here in the mines.
land all have done so that have tried,) are
going back to the States to live, at least
nine out Of ten.
You know James M. Harlin; he has
Just bought Mexican ranch, for which he
mas paid in gold $12, 900 for the stock and
land, averaging the stock at $50 per head.
and It is thought he has made at least
Sl2,OoO IN the operation, which makes
him stand monarch Of $4,000; but this
Is nothing. Jesse Beasly is said to be
worth at least $4,000. Gov. Bogrs has
made an independent fortune for ali his
children. You know Bryant, a carpenter
who used to work for Ebenezer Dixon; he
has dug out more gold in the last six months
than a mule can pack. have not spare
time left to tell you the half want to.-l
Uld Capt. Suffer has rented out his fort to |
merchants, taven-keepers, grocery. keepers
@c.' at the rate Of $4,000 per year, be. |
SIDE there are floating stores at the landing
IN launches, brigs, &c. The amount Of
trade done at this place is supposed to be at
least $40, 900 per day. and is said by mer.
chants OF New York and New Orleans 10
be equal to those places at this time in
money transactions. As old cousin Hugh
hoyiey used to say in his preaching, at is
good Tor us we are here"
II was here that found my old friend.
Julian Martin. found him as we parted
"a true friend--and he has been Of great
'ervice to me here; he has picked up seve.
al thousand this season; he is too rich to
Ing, but is a considerable trader in the
Mines sells shirts at $50; serapies at
300, speaks the language fiuently, dances
I the fandangoes and stands No. 1 among
ne Mexicans, which is great deal in this |,
ountry. From your friend, &C., |,
M. T. McCLELLES.
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Differing Views.


West Indian Emancipation is a grea
subect. and afrer il has been handled by
such philanthropists as Surge, Quincy and
Claiming. It would i'll become any one to
prOpose 10 be either very interesting or very
original upon it. But as Time, the great
5stsclor Of error, passes. and new results
are developed, eacA succeeding observer
NAV possess certain advantages of bis own.
The main difficulty iss been that theorists.
on this question, as deg do generally in
social, political audffsligiOus discussions,
on the one side and on The other. push their
theories to extremes, and seek TO make the
facts bend to their favorite notions, instead
Of accepting the state Of things as it is, in
al the varied and intricate combinations Of
Nature and Society, and seeking to elimi-
nals from passing phenomena the broadest
principles Of eternal truth and righteous
ness.
One party says that the emancipation Of
The slaves has been pure blessing ano-
lher, that il IS an unmixed evil. One dates
from the first Of August their era Of glory
and prosperity; the other, their utter decline
and downfall. One seeks, by straining a
poin. and Warping facts and figures, to
show that all is going on well, aud that
the Islands were never so productive and
hopeful as now; the Other, by equal eK.
aggeratiOns, that bankruptcy and paupeI-
ism are staring every West Indian planter
in the face. This system CT adherence to
theories. in spite OF the facts, has been car
RED on long enough on both sides, and it
IS high time that there were some mediation,
some good understanding effected; and that
ell the rest Of the world were not forever
kept in grand myslihcation as TO what
are The real effects Of Freedom here, and
what eEcOuragements there are for US to
work FOR Il at home, until the last iron link
shall be broken in The boundIess network
Of slavery.
And here LEI me say, that | do not
propose myself as that mediator between
he extreme right and the extreme LEFT
The pendulum will swing, and his must
be daring hand who would seize and de-
tam Il midway. Most human movements
60 BY It's and starts, BY jerks and bounds.
Governments blunder on, and still keep |
sHoai, when, according to every principle |
Of gravItatiOn, they must sink. And even
in the refomstiOns and revolutions that
WlnnOW away the evils OF hOary centuries,
who can say that some grains Of wheat
may not be borne of in the whirlwind OF
ehaH! But all ] design in the present let
Ter S to state few impressions and refec-
ions, arising from being on the spot few
months, seeing things as they are, and
gathering the testimonies Of such persons
as one falls in with. both among the high
and the low, the intelligent and the igno-
rsnt.
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Alabama Calvary ana. .,r..-.,.

A meeting Of the people Of Limestone coun.
w In Mr.. Yancey's State, without distinction
OF party, or sny other distinction except their
ignoanee Of the elementary principles Of
English grammar, was held on the I'd Of April,
TO respond to the southern address. They
adopted the following among other resolutions:
RESOLVED, That should Congress turn a
deal ear TO the earnest and respectful re-
monstrances Of the south. expressed through
their representatives, her local Legislature.
and the primary assemblages of her people,
adopt the Wilmot Proviso, or proceed to
abolish slavery in the Distric! of Columbia,
that we will make common cause with the
people OF the south, or with such States as
VIII unite with US in open and manly re-
sistance TO their acts, as we'll as the adop-
tlon oil such measures as will effectually
secure US against all future aggressions.
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Effects OF slavery.

IN considering the results Of emancipa-
uon' The previous condition Of things has
h0' always been sufficiently taken into the
account. There was a period when an
SAle IN the West Indies was a mine of
goa 70 ITS PossessoT. The soil was new
@ho nch, the planters had little or no com.
Psuuon with other parts OF the world. and
S1sHs were dear. Most erorbitant in
comes were drawn from properties in all the
SANDS and the wealth Of the Indies" was
= current phrase as that Of the treasures
u ro'os or Golconda. The owners were
considerable degree, non-residents, and
VIZ isVished with profuse hand in the
.sfl'ais o. Europe. the gold that was coin.
= O01 Of the toll and sweat Of the black
-'an under a tropical sun. Their habits
80 80 Ooandlessiy extravsgant, If not dissi.
r r-'sI. Their children grew up with largo
o''auons, and tastes and habits after the
I % model Of PrOdigality. No real estate
- world was so productive as a plan
: o % those, also, who chose 10 reside
- hiandS, Tell into similar WAYS of
r. -u'lOus living as their absentee brethren.
49, y management OF affairs was generally
49,. 5a'So INTO the hands Of agents, attor.
~ VI managers, as they were termed.
naturally fell, in the course Of time,
-. neglect and embarrassment. MANY
sn,Ia oecaIne mortgaged, years before a
6os up was taken towards enlancipa.
mn.. Inc tree Of slavery was producing
49, and more Of the same bitter fruits
d W.; We witness in the blighted districts
b,,LnS'nla and the Carolinas, both in a
r. P gentry and a wretcbed peasan,rv
.y-. slowly returning reribution of a false
o." ~s% o. labor and landholding began n
rrs.S ae the West Indies. Where the
al was there the water would nour n
81. I - irIckling rivulet il was increa'
G-ss y a laundering torrent. | have he
h ,SS s e. this moment document printed
o,,- .V q IN which occur the words ",L;,
w.. :oISr'''ing island of Jamaica" We
smsno; santa Cruz only five months after
nun wl Pauon took place, and the cries Of
Jsna;os usi as loud as they were in
IoT ~ alter an experiment of freedom,
many no eoiS many estates were morteaged
il Sm more In debt many planters found
nodieHM ' !. . get money to pay the small
AOoSS ! o. wages to their laborers and
css.IsI ME crop Of cane was in q enc
turs' NJ 0OuIse OIL harvesting and manufsc.
Old dm ~ were 'sa tod continually of the GOOD
un- -. when money was made by raising sins
wee s; w. when . grand dinners and parties
and sumPsu0us hospitality char.
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WHOLE NUMBER 90.
Length OF ssaco... Of ths United s,.,e,.

From the Report Of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office we obtain the data for the
following statement, exhibiting the length of the
Sea Coast of the United States:
From the northern limits Of the u.
States to the Cape of Florida on
the Atlantic Ocean, 1e00milss-
From the Cape of Florida 10 the
mouth of the Rio Grande, on the
Gulf Of Mexico, l6OOmilas
From the boundary point one league
south of the Pori of San Diego
on the Pacific. along the coast OF
Oregon and the Straits of Fuea
10 the boundary point az north
Ma aatasne re-, l,s2O Hiles.
coast on the Atlantic, Gulf, and
n, rae eaih, ,,,.,,. $40 miles.
regularties Of the shore and sea
islands, according 10 an estimate
OF The Superintendent of the
Coast Survey, OF 33,O63 miles.
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Evils OF AbseHteeIsrn.

Another Of the i'll consequences OF non
residence was, that the incomes which wer,
made in these islands were not spent here
but abroad. Not few of the proprietors
like the prodigal son, stock their Journey
into far country, and wasted their subsis
tence with rioious living" In this respect
Ireland and the West Indies belong to the
same category, and it is a law Of Provi.
dence that no country can permanently
prosper where the proceeds of the soil are
not expended in the country that gave them
birth. Had the rich agricultural incomes
Of the last $50 years been spent in King.
ston, Bridgetown, Basin and ST. Thomas.
and other West Indian towns, we can
readily see that commerce would have
tiourlshed far more, and that many kinds OF
manufactures would have been encouraged.
Large cities would have grown up. The
prosperity Of the islands would not have
depended on any sirble article of export,
tUL like England, like the United States,
would have rested on various productions,
and interests. Blu slave labor is'so incapa-
BILE Of being conducted with skill, from tie
very nature of the case, that even the man.
ulaeture Of the great staple, sugar, has been
often conducted in rude and bungling
manner, and with great Waste. Stesm en-,
gines to grind the cane, and sugar refine
ries, are things Of late cate.
The white people in most Of the islands
speak of the parent counIy-Great Brit
ain, Denmark, as the case may be-.as
home, and never seem to contemplate a
final residence hers. They send their chill
dren awsy tobe educated ct an early age,
and freqneRtly do not see them for years Of
the most ductile and important period Of
their youth. All these circumstances give
the islands the character OF being merely
places to make money in, which is to be
carried off and expended elsewhere.
Such, in general outlines, was the state
Of things before Emancipation; luxurious
and exTavsgant living nonresident pro-
Prietors; many estates mortgaged, and
many deeply in deot; the soil in some pla-
ces exhausted by false system OF agricul-
ture; a general feeling that the West In
dies did not exist for themselves, and for
the good Of the people living in them, so |
much as to furnish sugar to sweeten the
tea-cup and The cefee-cup OF the world,
and to enable some score OF families to live
sumptuously in Europe, on incomes, pro.
cured through agents and attorneys, from a
rich soil and slave labor, With such prin.
ciPles and practices no country on the
face Of the earth could prosper forever. be-
cause there is a constant violation OF those
laws which the Creator has established for
he good of his creatures, and the execu.
ed penalties OF which become in time the
highest act OF his fstherly benevolence.
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From San Francisco.

We are permitted lsays the New London star,
70 make the following extract from alstier receiy-
ed in this city from A. w. Bush, ESQ.,, now re-
naming at San Francisco. Coming from that
highly respectable and intsIlgent source, it may
be fully depended upon:
fge SAN Francisco, Feb, 81, iS49.
arrived here yesterday, and find il one of the
widest places ever wasi in. II was crowded with
people, and for the present shall stop on board
the ship. The steamer has not arrived, but is ex-
pected daily. News here from the United States
up to December. There are thirty-ive vessels
here, with goods and passengers from all parts of
The world, and still more coming, yet they do not
bring more than enough 10 supply the population.
The gold mines are one hundred and thirty miles
from here, and persons 90 up and dig two o. three
thousand dollars in the course of q month or six
weeks. Isaw Mr. Comstock (Capt. Gays mattel
on shore to-day; he has been up % the mines and
done very well, and is going back IN few days.
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acterised this loveliest OF the West Indies.
Surely it could not have been the brie!
term Of five months of emancipation that
had clothed the island in sackcloth and
ashes. Earlier and deeper causes had
been silently undermining its prosperity;
IN a word, slavery, after trial of two cen.
tures more or less, was consummating its
results before the word emancipation had
been heard in Santa Cruz. We Americans
well know what the character of these re.
suits is, when we came New York and
Virginia together, or Ohio and Kentucky.
The marks of slavery are cognizable any.
where and everywhere, and, as General
Wilson said in the late debate in the House
OF Representatives, they can be seen on
the cattle, and fences, and farming tools OF
the land Of bondage. And If in any place,
as OF this time in Cuba, slave labor seems
TO be more productive ihan free labor
would be, or than / is in the British West
Indies, it is but tfansient-seeming-
an enduring-realily; it is an inflated pros
perity, a stimulated forced success, which
for awhile, but which will not
stand the scrutiny Of time, and the test of
the permanent principles Of political econ.
envy. God has so combined and interlock.
ed all his laws together, that no wide and
violent inroad can be made into them, as
in slavery, without The evil sooner or later
being felt down to the smallest ramifea- |
ions Of social and political and business
life. Favorable circumstances may DELAY
he crisis. Compensations may be found |
o balance the evil. But Justice, though |
blind. at last adjusts her scales, and pro.
lounces the memorable sentence.
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Something OF the HIr,,, ..r,

we learn from our exchanges that bill
mas passed the Senate Of Wisconsin, by a
vo'e Oh ten 10 three, making the vendors Of
intoxicating drinks responsible for the sup.
port OF all paupers, made such either d.
rectly or indirectly by means Of their traf.
nc.
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on hand 81, 205, 90S co.

large quantity Of corn, oais and hay was pur-
Of boats bound for Fort Leavenworth, to feed the
government cavalry stationed at that point. Com
sold for 36aB 1-2c; oats Tor 81 1-2c, sacks ncln-
ded, and hay at 81 per 100 ibs-a round price when
compored 10 rates paid at present in New Orleans
and other markets.-.St. Louis RsP.
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their former direction. they are response.
8. The Courts have decided that reiu-
sing to take newspaper or periodical
nom the office, or removing and leaving
u uncalled for. until arrearages are paid,
is pnma facie evidence OF Intentional
FRAUD.
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05~C. r. Hoffman, whose health had become
impaired BY too close confinement and incessani
application 10 Literary laboTs, being threatened
since very judiciously determined 10 place himselI
in position where, with sufficient seclnsion, en-
tire avoidance of literary pursuits, and jndieious
medical treatment, he was likelymost speedily and
certainly 10 be restored 10 his wonted good health.
Under these circumstances he very wisely availed
himself of the professional advice and attention
Of physician familiar with the protean forms OF
nervous disease, and distinguished for his success
In their treatment-Df. Kirk5riee, of Pennsylva-
hia,--and we are happy in having The assurance OF
this eminent gentleman that Mr. Hofman's health
is now almost entirely retrieved, and that his
friends may expect soon again 10 welcome him
among them.-M Y TribERs
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Total north
1862, 7s4 1861, $751; O
Total south,

A NEw RAILROAD IN iNBiASA.--A survey snd
estimate have just been completed for a railroad
from Charlottesville 30 Lafayette, distance oil
twenty-sx and ahalf miles, and The line TO be pat
under contract IN the month of May next.
CrswiordsviLle is about As miles 20 the north
west of Indianapolis, the capital Of the Stale, and
is the seat Of wabas College. Lafayette is at the
head Of steamboat navigation on the Wabash Tiv-
er, three hundred and ten miles above its june ton
with The Chi0 ~.
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Mas. ADAMs.-The Washington correspondent
Of The Baltimore Clipper. saws:

Mrs. Adams, the venerable relict oflthe Hon.
John Quincy Adams was, two weeks ago, struck
with paralysis ct the house Of Mrs. Fry, in the
Seven Buildings, where she now lies. The Ieff
side of her body is entirely dead. Yesterday morn
ing, she seemed 10 BE- little imSroved In health.
but her condition has been pronounced critical.
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LOUISVILLE KY. SATURDAY. NAY 3 1910

sensibility to the evils OF slavery in III,
islands, but by decree OF distant Govern
ment, and though a compensation wal
made, the planters complain that it wa.
not enough. In the Danish and French
Islands, thus far, no compensation has beer
provided; but England paid her colonie;
| S100,000.000. Then the sugar bill o.
1916, taking of to great degree the liE
ierential duties in favor Of free grown, and
almost 10 the exclusion OF slave grown SUI
gar, has been killing measure 20 the tten
reviving business Of jamaica and the otlier
British islands. Other acts Of the home
government are said 10 have borne heavily
on the planters, so that some intelligent
gentlemen have told me, that il there was
ruin here, it was not the ruin produced by
emancipation, but the ruin produced by
other measures OF the British crown. Two
highly respectable men, one, the merchant
referred 10 in the previous note, resident
oil eleven years here, and another a NOR.
chant, and manager Of estates more than
twenty-five years, assured me that not
person in this island would desire to go
back again 10 the old condition of things I'm.
der slavery, even Il il were possible. In
barbados. owing to very compact pop1.
latlon, the business Of rnising sugar is pro-
htabie, and the island is promising to be
more prosperous. The land is all occupied.
so that tho blacks cannot become squatters,
as they dc elsewhere, and every man is
obliged to work. The wages paid is small,
and crop Of from IS, 900 to As, 600 hogs
heads oil sugar, is now in process of har.
vesting and manufacture.
One hing which the planters complain
oil, and which has made trouble in the local
legislatures is, that the exorbitant salaries
OF the officers appointed over these islands
by the home authorities, have not been cut
down 10 suit the new times, and that tn. |
burdens of taxation are beyond all reason. !
The salary Of the Governor Of Jamaica, |
was stated in late Kingston paper to be
NO doubt many estates have since eman.
clPaiion been given up as Improbable, bur
hat matter has been explained in an arti.
Gle in the Jamaica Monthly Magazine OF
April, 1917, in which it is said that it is
rue that the cultivation Of the sugar cane
las been abandoned on a considerable
number of estates, in the more thinly PEG.
lied colonies, because il had ceased to be
profitable, but this process OF abandonment
lad begun long before the date of emanci-
'atlon, and it is very doubtful whether
many of those which have since been aban.
Ioned. from their known inieriority Of soil
nd climate. could now be proftsbly main
aimed in sugar cultivation, although slavery
nd the slave trade had remained in full h
igor TO the present day.
All the results OF emancipation have not
cen favorable to mere money-nlaking, II is
rue, but the tmbarrassments thence arising |
ave been very much aggravated by inca. Z
lres quite independent OF emancipation; |
nd when we include the great question OF
lstice and humanity, no friend OF bis race (
an wish that the liberty of 500. 900 human (
eings had been delayed day longer. q