The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-09-17
THE JERSEY QuAKER-WHo Was IT,

THE JERSEY QUAKER-WHo WAS IT,
The Richmond Enquirer, in an able ar
tlcle on our diplomacy in Brazil, imparta
the following interesting information
Tho laws and customs OF Brazil nre ex-
tremely favorable to emancipation. ANY
agreement made by the master of a slave.
either with himself or with third party.
for the purchased emancipation of the slave,
is mado irrevocaby binding. The emanci.
pated negro Immediately assumes all the
rights and franchises Of citizen of Brazil;
nor does he find any serious obstacle TO So
cial advancement. The "prejudice of color"
is almost unknown in Brazil, laughed at
even in the moro refined circles of the
Court, rs displaying an unnatural fastidious-
ness. The priest at the altar, the general
officer in the army, the merchant on Change.
the lawyer at the bar, or even the officer Of
the Imperial household, may be, and fire.
quentIy is, an nnadulterated negro, and in
all grades of society the inter-marriage of
whites and negroes, is thing Of constant
practice. Nothing tends more to foster this
abnormal state of social relations, than the
continuance of the slave trade, even when
surreptitiously conducted The household
employment Of Brazilian born negroes. Of
Africans who have lived long enough in
their adopted country to acquire its Ian
guage and habits, quadruples the price of
such negroes, rs compared with the market
value of freshly imported Africans. These
"new negroes" are equally efficient in the
coffee plantations, and tie coffee plautera
make constant profit by the sale Of Bra.
lillian, and the purchase Of Africans slaves,
Many Of the Brazilian negroes have connec-
t'ons and associations with friends already
emancipated, who help them to exc out
their freedom, for which every fresh i'm
portation of Africans offers favorable op-
portunity.
" 1t may also be mentioned that during
Governor Wises mission to Brill, almost
every vessel bearing the flag of the United
States, and captured or condemned for DAT.
t'c'pation in the slave trade, was found to
DO the property Of some Northern ship
owner. In one instance, such a vessel was
captured, which proved to be the property
of Quaker in New Jersey, who abstained,
on principle, from the consumption OF sugar
produced by slave labor"
a 1setosaf Pony.-In pit belonging
TO Mansfield Grieve, Esq, coal-master,
Cairnhill, for some weeks past the tea TASKS
OF many of the drawers were always found
empty when the owners came to use their
contents, at what is called the "corning
hour" though these TASKS were always care
fully rolled up in the jackets or coats Of the
men. From the frequency of these thefts
taking place, feeling Of suspicion began
to be excited By almost every one against
his fellow. worker. The conscious Innocence
OF all the men led them to be equally anx.
'ous to discover the guilty party, and have
him brought to justice, With this feeling
they determined 10 set watch on the coats.
This was done one day last week. Neap
the place where lay the coats was stable
containing pony called Tom, which is used
for drawing the hutches below. After the
coats were laid down, and the men had
gone to their work, the watchers had not
long to wait to see who was the thief
Tom stole quietly out of his stable and
went up to the coats. He then gently, with
his nose, uncovered flask from ope Of the
coats. This being done, he rested himself
upon his hinder legs, seized the flask bs.
tween his two fore feet, with bis teeth drew
the cork, dropped it, and then quaffed the
contents, to his evident qualification: The
flask being e,nptied, he replaced it in the
coat and pressed it together with with his
foot, to show that it had not been touched,
In this way he drained off the contents Of
several TASKS, and then went to his stable
with that cautious mien with which he left
it. Tom has since become a favorite he
may now quaff off as much of the cup that
cheers, but does not inebriste "a he likes.-v
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