New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-18
EMANCIPATION IN THE WEST INDIES.

We are favored with the following letter written By
an American traveller to bis brother in this city. Toe
writer, whore prtjudcss were once strong against
eusr cpaon went to the West Indies 10 see the work
rps of freedom. lie lie there pursuing his invse-
LEGATIONS From our knowledge Of the parties. We are
col fdent that entire reliance may be- placed in the
statements:
"BaRBApors Dec ~, 1867.
81 arrived here on the Sth inst. at or Jisterous
massage Of thirteen days. II was cold when We lsft
New Haven, the thermometer beicg at - but Ia .
fe avs we ran into a warmer latitude and he'd the
weather a. 65 In toe Gulf Stream found the wstsr
of the ocean "a. The temperature here has osen
since landed 760 al 3 O. m. and So ct m
"Ihsve already been Introduced ~ quite ana,ber OF
black and colored gentlemen planters, and am invited
to spend some days with them; Ls't evening dIsnk
tea with Mr. William Husbasd, No. Swan street, ~
his card says there ssw the elite Of the block sod
coor,d gentlemen Of this city, and among them law
yer min er of the Episcopal Church and an editor
of paper The house 70 elegantly furnished ana the
drawicg.room forty feet square, At ooclock we sac
down 10 tea in an adjoining room on the Same aoor.
blessing asked by the venerable Joseph Ehones
vbo is mentioned 10 Thone and kinbaIs Journal.
Conversation was taken up oil around the table end
though do not ADMIT to be true what Sr j. DO SnoK
told u g, when in London was his belief, thst tie
African had superior natural powers to tho Anglo
Saxon, must say more rehbed ana iate Yen' cou-
many il has seldom been my fortune ~ and enjoy.
On rising from table, thanks were returned Tor the
re past and pleasant interview. We then returned 10
tie drawing roc N, where, with music by the dsugh-
ters of the host AID agreeable conversation the 70
msnder of the eveIDg was passed
al have been very much interested 10 Mr.. Londoa
Bourne anegro who owns two plantations, and with
v hom am to spend next Tuesday. He rs also men
ioLe in Tborme and kinballs journal. Tie 70 ono Oh
nature nOblemen, and has waited the Cuy Oh Lou-
don, after which be WAS famed.
81 met a. Mr.. Husbands Mr.. II. p. Nightepgah,
pure African, who lately bought cargo OF roe, fof
which be paid fiO,OOo. When the cholsrs was rag
"A Il.t. al hail hA -
cover from severe attack, white man sent him
word that bis note had fallen due and was uapsid.
gale sent his to the Presidentiof the Bank
he and asked him 10 take his paper Is ma'nred
mich he d,d How many men are there in New. York
or Boston who would have succeeded IN such re-
quest
I" am delighted in collecting facts with regard to
the comparative value OF real estate now anu Deioro
en- sncipaton. As now advised, /. seen TO me that
lands are worth nearly twice a. much ~ under tho
curse Of Slavery. plantation Of Az acres has Juse
be bought for ,OOO which, am informed. could
not have been sold before emancipation, with oil th:
negroes it, for half that sum TIE msnumittsd
aLo their children now work cheerfuy for 70 cents
day. ard find the nselves That seems low pr1cc for
q DAYS work but the hands live very chssp'y on
vegetables and fruits, and need no IRE and not mach
clothing. l could live very cohentedly 10 THIS climate
as they do. Btsides 25 cents dsy 10 the net Price
in free America for labor! Mr.. Helper Gays that In
ny own immediate negnborhood 10 North CaroliDs)
not lees than thirty young womep non slavenodinX
whites between the ages of fifteen and t~enty-h
labor in the fields every summer, anu tnss ior -
'ceLts day.
This whole islands, cultivated like garden, and
the several plartat are not divided on oy ieec,s,
but are in common, like the mtadows In my native
town Northampton Mas.) N.ns Of tho houses
have ehimneys OF any other means Of warming, no IRE
being needed except for cooking AID that done QUO
Of doors They have no csrpets What 10 s.rAeg, TO
me, they have no annoyance from our house;hy; l
Rave Of seen half q dozen here. Masketoes aboaod,
and they bite without giving you warning other sp-
proach.
a planttr rho vonid return 10 Siarery u he could;
and fnd Mis The opinion Of erery one. This the
mos. beautiful country ever bebeld. Such clouds
lever saw and the rising and setting sue u gorgeous
beyond expression. The heat is not nearly % OPP
Trcssive ss it is at hcne at the same temperature
The trade winds are constantly blowing over This
sland; ard the ugh thu therm' meter IS now, ct ~
O'Clock, at 81, cannot keep my papers on the table
without putting weights upon them. hope you vii
v. to see the Wet Ind 90. If you do not, Jon VII
die without knowing what beautiful world we I've
in. No woLder Columbus wrote home 10 Queen Lee.
bella that be found it so pleasant to live Lses
that he did Lot know he shoud be c1n-nted " hvo
IN Srsin Rnt must bid Won adieu for tho present