Washington telegraph., 1865-08-30

the information that the cabinet designed
to Increase rather.than diminish the cost
by removing the apprenticeship, and
granting immediate emancipation to the
slaves. Thus all time was denied the
negroes to enable them to acquire ha bits
as necessary to themselves as to the ia
terest of their employer in their new sit
uation, in which they had been placed by
this exterior and foreign influence, while,
at the samo time, utter contempt is shown
towards tho feelings and welfare of the
former owner. Finding himself after the
end of one year August. 1889 with on
ly one-balf of his former revenue. Mr..
Premium thought it necessary to the pro-
lection Of his interest that he should re-
move with his family to his plantation
called "The Fortune" in Guiana, in the
province Of De,uerara. In November,
1889, he reached George town, the prin-
cipal city in that province. Upon their
arrival the negroes greatly rsjoiced,
screamed. danced, and shouted, as they
welcomed their approach along the ave
nue. leading to tho mansion-house of the
plantation. i
The sable performers beat the ground
with their long heels-the toe is not fan
tastic with them-and while one man
chanted line of rude verse suitable to
the cause of their merrment, the rest re-
peated it in full chorus to tune of their
own, till it swelled loud and hi sl, far and
wide, over the din of the well-beaten
drum. Gradually the bacchauals, ad-
vancing onward as the festivity ripened,
invaded the house itself, and with such a
multitude of soJty Terpsiehoreans the
boards creaked and groaned. feared
even unto dissolution; but there was no
remedy. From, time immemorial such
saturnalia had been endured; and it was
only after hours OF continual exertion
that a sort of siackness appeared, which
gave me and the manager, then with ME,
an opportunity OF representing the ia
tigues of tn. family. aud how much bet
ter it would be to finish the dancing in
their own village; which reaso ming, be-
/ ing enforced by another pailful of rum
and other ingredients for punch that
I would last NATL they were all tired. We
! got them off after many strange conges,
and sundry skips aud wells ON the green,
caused by their Overlooking happine s.
! 'Childreni children | muttered to my
self, as l turned from the scene, ARE
these the sons of steady and continuous
industryi No, no; there is too much OF
lhe sun in the fiery fluid that cireulates
I within; too much Of tho African rover OF
the woods to labor if he can live without
it; too little of the European mind to
5 knrw the advantages of settled occu-
patton Such wero 1ir. Premium s
! reflections. Aha, massa," cried old
: David. the driver, az he shook his mas
, ter's hand, "all free now; nebber mind,
work all dc same, man must work; no
work. no eat. Such was Davy's opin-
ion then. We Will see how long such an
! opiuioa prevailed on the plantation. Ev-
erv one familiar with African slavery
knows the good feeling which generally
sutsists between tho master and the
slaves here they have not been stirred
up to insabJrdinatiou by foreign indu-
! ences. aud been led TO expect by change
! that VIII cl mast forever be denied them
So long as they remain i'll the same socie-
] ny estate" says Mr.. Premium,
"staEds near liver, commanding the
full view sf' 4 splendid stream; which. i'll
Europe, would bs the mightiest Of wat
! ers. bearing on its quiet bosom innumer-
; able corials. baitcaux, canoes, and every
variety of small craft. which the increas-
! ing wealth Of the laboring class enables
. them readily to acquire; and it is rare
! thing, even thus earl Y i'll the career OF
! freedom. TO See negro un foot, unless he
is going Il very shsrt distance. Occa-
sionaliy II sqrare-rigged vessel will come
! quietly along the tranquil waters, as if
rejoicing in ihe waveless peace of an in
land SEA. ou its course 10 some large
plantation. there to receive u considera-
ble portion of its cargo; and many colony
schooners. of ten to twenty tons burden,
are crossing continually to and fro be-
tween the shipping and the different es-
tates, they being the carriers IF produce,
generally, from the latter to the former
The house is large and commodious, with
Il gallery surrounding it, and all those
variations of structure resorted to in the
tropics to promote the circulation of air
A considerable space around it has been
planted with those towering shrubs and
beautiful though gaady flowers whicl,
spring up so 9luxuriantIy on the South
American continent. And amidst them
the gaudy pluned birds of the country
sport in great numbers, and glstening
Lizards of every variety are seen on the
ground aud the palm trees, which grow
also near the house, nj m;xed with the sculp-
ture like cabbage palm; little further
off fruit trees of every variety form an
extensive orchard, in which the peach
like mango. the yellow orange, and the
delicious grapefruit shine conspicuous;
the approach is lined, on each side, by
regular rows of cabbage trees, equal i'll
age and size. which. throwing their
branch like leaves over the road, afford
partial shelter to the equestrian or gig
traveller from the glars.of the nooutide
sun. On ascending to the porch my wife
and daughter lifted mp their hands with
delight, and some time elapsed ere, they
could withdraw their eyes from the new
and lovely objects which attracted them,
as they said they felt they were in an