New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-20

thinking that the time Of the Bonapsre restoration had
come he was some twenty years too early fastened
10 sail for Europe. To raise funds for which purpose
be was obliged to cell off about half his negroes VINO
were bought, as have mentioned, TO stock Wirtland
and the plantation thus stocked passed under the su
periniendence Of Captain then LIEUTENANT Goldsoo-
rough. Of the navy who had married another dsush-
ter Of Mr. Writ.
But although Col. Gamble was himself a savehold-
or and had recommended the stocking of Wiriiand
with slaves he belonged, in common with WIT, 70
hat old but now almost extinct Virginia school which
regarded Slavery not only as great evil but US an
evil 10 which some end must speedily be put AT
least such were bis opinions when i first became ac-
cuaipted with him. He was a great friend Of Mer-
GER the father of the Colonization Society and was
warm supporter Of that plan (which he regarded ss
step toward the abolition Of Slavery, having hber
ated favorte servant and sent him out among the
fret emgrants. II was curious to hear him and Col
Murat Murat was called Colonel in Florida and in
fact, according TO his account, his father had
made him Colonel OF Cavalry when he was mere
boy discuss the question Of Slavery. Murat was or
pro ssed 10 be- as may be by two curious books
that be published great Democrat but he regarded
the negroes as an inferior race and therefore, for the
present, properly keps in servitude. Presently how
ever 20 be thought everything would be put right by
the rapid progress of the amagamaton Of the races
which By removing the dis motion Of COLOR would IN
due time bring Slavery TO end. This French view
Of the subject wes quite odious to Col Gamble, who
looked upon n1nalgamation with the feelings OF Viz
gilman and ProsbJ terrain. He was in favor of speedy
emancipation though he thong benece
airy 10 provide Liberia either in Africa or by buying
part Of what is now Texas, to which to send the ne
groes He il sisted however with great energy that
this pretended ineriorty Of the negroes was untrue,
and that give them equal opportunities OF improve
ment and they were every way equal to the whites.
have heard him. too, intimate to his family that If
Slavery were abolished il would be rather adyant
age than otherwise 10 men like him-men, that u.s. Of
energy, enterprise and head In that case he would
not be planter, but hundred occupations would be
opened to him. such did not now exist in the South,
and which would not exist so long Slavery left no
room except for planters and slaves This, however,
was at tine when the price Of cotton vas down and
the prospect Of planters not very encouraging After
ward cotton rose and with that rise could notice
very decided decline in Col. Candles Auti-Slavery
zeal. Being at his house one day during the great
excitement Of le35-tbe first ouburst Of Pro-Slavery
reaction against the Abotonists-he expressed him
self with great vehemence against those Northern agi
tators and declared that if be had Garrison there
with rope about bis neck-this was just about the
time of the famous Boston mob Of gentlemen of
"property and standing and think it was the &c
count given in the newspapers ofthat very proceeding
which led TO this conversatiOn-he would be one of
the frs, to help string him up TO tree Miss Ellen
WHIT Mr.. Wits youngest daughter, and very beau
tful and accomplished girl she was who was present,
ran playuly up to the indignant planter and putting
one arm about his neck and her hand on his mouth,
exclaimed: Uncle John how can you, a Christian
"man say so ?" Nevertheless, Uncle John insisted
that be would do it, and am not altogether certain
that he wouldn't. Almost all the Scotch lTsh unless
tempered by intcrmxture, have wild ferceness
about them which makes them great hands FOR Lynch
law.
But ell this is carrying me great way from the
Florida bonds, TO which it is now time to return. In
tie tines Of the low price Of cotton which followed
Col Candles removal to Florida he tGrned his aen-
lion 70 other kinds of culture. lie planted whey ard,
having as lis vinedressor one of Mr.. Wits French
men. who had served with honor under Bonaparte in
the invasion cf Russia and understood vine-dressing
thoroughly according to the French fashion bat could
not make it serve in Florida. The Colonel also
tried sugarplantng, much to the abstraction of his
negroes, to whom the mosssss-and he made more
weekly allowance. And here let me add that he
greatly excited The ne Of his South Carolina Oh
bors of whom there we're several beside Col. Gads
den, by allowing lis negroes three pounds of bacon
week whereas the only allowance given by the South
Carolinians was a bare peck Of corn In truth both
he ard his Dei ghbors found it very difficult to make
both ends meet, and their credit with the Tallahassee
shoukoepors was not at all times the best.
liz this state Of things Col. Gamble day met in
newspaper with an acc unit of one Of the Louisiana
Property Banks got up about that time to furnish
funds 10 the planters TO buy slaves with. II inme-
dately struck him that that just the scheme to
relieve the pressing wants Of himself and his neigh
bors. Hevent forthwith to work got an act through
the Territorial Legislature and thereupon posted oil
TO New. Yolk to sell his bonds
Hbad been proved by hundred previous expert
uents in England and this country, many Of them
more than hundred years old, that banks to lend
money 10 farmers for investment In permanent I'M
movements are impracicable for the plain and sim
ue reason that the money once Tent ont in this way
does not cone back again. so that very soon the bank
has nothiog TO lend, and nothing even 20 redeem Its
own bi Is with. liz general, however, our money
enCors, and the English money-enders, know little or
netting of the past beyond the limits Of their own ex
Ierience and they easily fa. into this new trap.
Tlese property banks and the Union Bank OF
Florida among the rest were got up in this way. Tie
stock was subscribed by the planters and to pay 1t
they gave mortgages of their lands and negroes as
rated bv appraisers appointed from among themselves,
al prices good deal above the real value. To fur
nh cash capital to operate upon the Territory issued
bonds to tie amOont originally Of one million Of dol
lars which amount aerward increased. The
hark was to pay the interest these bonds, and to