The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-15


tne@c tma1 b q aeen attained. This impositi N
hassasen tai exposed in my memorial to Con-
grefss WaeSs tie cable 10 laid in the water,
theF smert 81 sstardation then commences its
fuplN pms. iurther they lay out the cable,
the sbler azHe the carrenI" until it cease
to q serss 1 = Aire. ~ =
lrsedics- - a. o matter OF prophecy, but
as 9 ceftsia zeult springing from the fixed
laws q elect iscisnce---that the cable will be
Ian erhao5 800 or more miles, and it will be
found unf',i \ bic for telegrsphing. In this
dik,n ma, 70 company will have the cable
brckt agar sd the accident will be charged
to -fevideut This will be the finale
IVY rep stfally, &C., &c, >.
migrat "a AZ Free Negroes to Jamaica.
Aspublis Saeeting was held Ut Kingston, ia
mssGA, or ne 23d Of April last, to devise
mssf ares fa inducing the free colored popula-
tio~ II on s,uthern States TO emigrate to that
isli "a. IN, meeting appears 10 have EN-.
bri q ID tho aiding men of Kingston. It was
caSe1, at dst request of citizens, by the Mayor,
wba vas in s.,ed to preside. Resolutions were
adj ed, ste fnil discussion, setting forth that
the lave Sstes of this Union had passed laws
pr biting nee persons of color from residing
wi . their territory, and urging the import
aD OF irvii nr that rejected population to SET
tleNi Jarsasa
ON ths re marks made by the speakers, it
ap tsrs the not only are lsborers greatly
ne reed, bus het q large portion of the island
re- inns Gk unsettled. Free negroes are
WI ed to ST ,ly both wants. Complaint was
mi - that key plantations and estates were
ia Ing iGto d cay since the emancipation of
tn. slaves ss he British Government. One
81 tlems ., - visited this country 80 long ago
as $40, VIZ view to procure colored labor
er spoke ~ highly of the character and ca.
p. sly Of tht Fee negroes he saw at the South !;
b. host a, Jet in New York did not impress
hi > favo M at all. Neither their habits of
il ssstry % heir morals were such as he de-
81 ~ to co But he said he found it no easy
rsiter I. &c IN foot an emigration to Jamai.
c.. 'tor uf 2litioIists opposed his project on
Il one ~ ~ and the friends of African colo
n :stion o. 70 other.
The sas If the meeting was the adoption
Of 'esotuifes urgirg the Legislature, at it's
. ct sessi !, to provide fund for conveying
Jams c. 3 ch free negroes from the United
8 ttes 81 tsnebe induced to go. This measure
vss tho ef- too SLOW by portion of those as,
s,nbleS; ut it was understood that means
. ;st bS divided at the public expense, and
{ hseqta y that legislative agency must ne.
9 ssarlE invoked.
The Q I'd Of Jamaica, the largest of the
Isssish " India possessions, is one hundred
ses FIFTY lc les long, and averages about forty
Eii3widrl Its area is 2,z50 square miles
stt,ut t.a oirds the eliza of the State of New
sfssey. NE population in l848 was 380, 900,
q Shop ~ $4,000 were whites. The eman-
CREATED saws have, to great extent, wholly
used s,rk; and, consequently, hundreds
Ct sstat 8 :. ever the island have been aban.
fuaed. to remedy this evil that free col
Cred en- Is 10 is solicited What the result
Of The q >1t may be, remains to be seen.-
Fry II
len. Lane Acquitted.
The tsN hing Court in the case of Genera
} ne 70 1nurder of Col. Jenkins, consisting
tidhree ~ ces, after patient and full inves
tfstiop 81 slve days, rendered an unanimou:
vsSdict # initial. The decision of the Cour,
VS. to hi feet:
In NIL ! cut a case against the defendant
s. vas s'ss eessary, first, to pi owe that q nur
scr hat a committed; and, secondly, by
i<ln. Lus Che prosecution had failed to es
Slish tx rat They we're unanimously OF
;bs opi',its 4~-st no murder had been commit.
vi; ard >.ae Territory having failed to es
'lish u Urinary fact, the only charge con.
ped n q = affidavit, the defendant, General
.:.ae, va Ecordingly discharged.
/ This n .;ncement caused loud and general
IL mpii & feet among the crowd, and other
lernonsI as of approval, which, lasted until
Eecke, lay ie Court.
Gen. /, prose, and said that he felt it due
u he d't,nded it as a right to himself and
emily, tct allowed to enter into recognizance
o. his ar1s.. rance at the u. s. District Court
IN the eys of an indictment by the Grand
J,try, ta tffS,er any charge, connected with the
a. mici,le, /. at might be preferred against him
Taeir dis RS were Free State men, and this
Sct, hoy Ter unjustly, would be allowed to
hive inf1 laced his acquittsl He desired tc
b, tried - q Pro Slavery Judge and Pro
Slavery fry; AID he therefore hoped the
Uaurt woa / accept his recognizance.
The CO.., 4, declined acceding to his request
o'sing to opbt as to their power SO to do, af
hs their IL ision.
Gen. [ ~ then retired, and was warmly re.
caived BY friends outside.
Wheat Crop in Virginia.
Half Up of inferior wheat is reported in
Carolin. Gss Dty. The same from Stafford. In
Bing G or e. Westmoreland, and the Northern
Neck oc,ties, generally the accounts are
! gloom Ia Fairfax, Prince William, and
Eoudoa here is better yield than it wa,
thought -saere would be, but still some damage
Ia the ALLEY counties, generally, an average
ceop-i some of them, still better All over
| the Sta are counties here and there in which
| tie hsa SITS will be goed-but, for the mos
part, th cheat has been more or less njured.-
Ellen
x Clearing Of Character.
| Thsf s5as been an ex parte council of Bap
tst cbp les on the case of Judge Culver, ex
pc led :. " Baptist church at Brooklyn, fol
sllegedI proper intimacy with widow Brown
efthe cd se church, ard the council unanimous
K. II agree that nothing appeared in the evidence
sgains, re Christian character Of Judge Cul
ster OF NJ z. Brown that should prevent any Bap
/ tist (hush from receiving them. Ex-Governor
! Brigks, # Massachusetts, and Ex-Governor
F; Fletnhe Eat Vermont, we're upon the council
The i'm s-tasion upon Rev. Mr.. Oorbitt, of New
York, tkodist,l is also removed by the Ger
tifcate IAN examining physician, that there i
:: aotbinei the case of the " ung lady in ques
siion to = use approximations of any future I'M
: 'selcom, .sievelopAent.
The darlington correspondent of the Phil
s,delpfis enquirer is somewhat severe upon TIL
roads ins lis vicinity, as well a. upon the skill
Of SOME q our farmers. The system of farm
ing in tbs part of the country has undergone
great ia s-oSement within . few years past, ans
we csanof think there are many now who lacl
faith In Artiigers. As to some of the road
leading and from Washington, We must ad
NIT thas : hey were to be laid oct anew b.
modern y ,gineers, it is not probable they would
run whess they now do. But they, too, have
been mt 4 improved, and viii undoubtedly I'M
dergo ST greater improvement as time rolls on
"In Z. ing about the environs of Washing
ton, one sanot help being struck by the evi
dences t>-A, in many respects, the people 0