Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-04-05
From the Charleston Mercury.

From the Charleston Mercury.
Tho following curious exhibit of the working OF
denomination III one of the most valuable OF the
French colonies, we copy from the New York Jour-
al Of Commerce. OF course sensible people knew
. results as surely before they happened as since
W. were inevitable and we do not believe that
on the French statesmen who brought them about
are disappointed at the fruits OF their laoors Eman-
c;nation was bit of domestic theatrlcas, Tor the
P,sanent of Paris. so important at that moment TO
49, 60 fptv of the Provisional Government The IN
dsrial result so far is that the colonies have FUR
nshed France during the past year, one half the a
mount of produce they furnished in lo47. Tins is
the beginning
NATIONAL AssEMBLY.-As we anticipated, the cleo
tion in this Island for members of the French Ma
tional Assembly, resulted in the return OF Perlnon
and Schoelcher by immense majority and these
NEGRO Representatives have gone to Paris to Increase
the group of Socialists who occupy the summit OF
the mountain Perinon was Governor of Martinique,
under the Provisional Government established on the
ruins of the French throne and he is accused OF hay
ing while administering that Office sought to arm
the whole black population, with view to the ex-
termination of the whites. Schelcher is we'll known
for his Socialist IDEAS and for the opinion strenuous
" maintained in his writings and which he aims to
realize in practice, that the interrOpica regions are
designed by nature for the exclusive habitation OF
the African race. Strongly Directing to be repre-
scented by of such extreme views, the whites OF
Guadalupe, in spirit of compromise, proposed as
candidates, Alexander Dumas, the eminent author,
eouallv estimable for his talents and the moderation
of his sentiments who, by his origin, gives ample
guarantees to the colored class and respectable Priest
of Pointe Petre, who by conciliatory spirit and
uniform manifestation of evangelical virtues, has
won the esteem of all classes But universal suffrage
in Guadaloupe rejected this combination
i The municipal elections also resulted deplorably
The very lees and dregs of the Colonial society
exalted and elevated to the head of the various
munes The town of POinte Petre, first to pOpula
nd has a
man called Jean Joseph, surnamed tete cOu, Eng
fish, Nail-head,) black carman, slave; and
it's municipal council is composed wholly OF colored
men, of about the condition and caliber. Bas-
saterre the seat of government has for its Mayor,
black fellow named Macaque, English, Monkey
who has been at the galleys for his exploits
and the counselors associated with him in the gov
erment, described birds of the same feather
The other twenty-eight communes of Guadalupe
have met with better experience Of universal su
rage 1t is true that to of the municipal
ellis, sufficient number of whites elected to in
sruc their associates in the art of government but
these, almost to man, have since resi- gned Such
is the incapaciy of the parties chosen that it is be-
lieved the Colonial Government will be under the
necessity of suspendng the effect of the elections,
and of committing the administration of municipal
affairs to provisional committees, pending the result
of representations to the National Assembly, and of
the application to that body for such modification
of the electoral lawn view of the composition of
colonial society, and of the bad passions which have
been engendered by the too sudden elevation of an
ignorant and degraded race to a position in which,
by the force of numbers, they permitted to
else political domination their former masters
will exclude unworthy persons from Office at least
during the brief period requisite to impart to the
newly ofranchised the first elements of political
knowledge.
We have depicted the state of affairs in this I'M
happy island, more infinitely than it's own intrinsic
Importance may seem to require; because, during
= the excitement which prevails among ourselves in
reference to the slavery question: it presents
structive field of contemplation to those who occupy
themselves with that grave matter, and f0reshadoWs,
perhaps in some degree, that future which enamel
patton may provide for fellow-citizens of the
South and hence, it may legitimate the unyielding
attitude of resistance which possibly the instinct of
selfpreservation has caused the South to
Guadalupe is gradually becoming deserted by the
whites. So rapid is the emigration chiefly to the
States, that it is believed that before any distribution
is made of the patry sum voted by the National AS
sembly to indemnify the former proprietOrs for the
loss of their slaves, there will be left to receive
it, except those who forced of remain for want OF
means to get away-forced thus to endure the yoke
q of ignorance and stupidity, perhaps to consent
+ to conditions still revolving. Many whites
have already, through bi-colored marriages, com
menced the degradation of their History teach
that the subduers have given to the vanquish
d ed their manners and their usages. So, while the
blacks in servitude, under the influence of the
whites they were gradually making such advances
in civilization their condition and capacities ad
e mltted OF but now that by institutions and numer
ical preponderance they have become rulers in the
e French Colonies, the white who remain in then
midst, will of necessity undergo in process of time
IS moral and physical absorption, which will i
It to lose alike the fair type and beauty of intelligence
n which God has assigned to the Caucasian family
: NATURAL CUR1osITY.-NIr Johnson one of TIL,
&c clerks the steamer Eliza, brought to town thu
o other day, from Greene county, the most striking
r natural curiosity we have seen for many day. 1
is is pair of birds, evident ybirds-from wild tur
i'd key cock and guineahen. Mr.. J. is perfectly sat
W isfed of the fact the turkey and guinea fowl hat
st been observed for some time the most intimate
terms in an adjoining wheat field, and when the he1
Matched her eggs the pair of birds in question
brought forth They partake essentially of the char
acteristcs Of both species The head bill and eye
Is resemble those of the turkey; also do the leg
Though not so long) and the feet. The neck
short and mostly glossy black, with whitish feather
70 on the throat The body is as large that of al
r. ordinary sized turkey, but of the plump rounde
N form of the guinea fowl and of dark shining color
"a beautifully marked with gray and black The tai
as is not SO long as the turkeys, short tn
guinea fowls. In a word, they handsome an
n snowy birds, with clean glossy feathers and yer
docile. They are now two years old.
~ Mobile Herald, 10th inst.
ng A DETERMINED GOLD HUNTER.-The Clevelan
Herald, of the 23d ultimo, gives the following &C
count furnished by friend of actual occurrenc
as at Milwaukee:
n One day last week a young farmer applied to
d. broker to borrow $500 a mortgage of his far1
to worth $4,000 He offered 5000 for the use of it on
lie year, but the broker asked 100 per cent The fa1
mer thought that rather high interest but the mex
atI dow ha cd &c IoS1