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JAMES McAULIFF, SECRETARY.

YELLOW Stone FLEEr.-Mr Ben. Cardwell, n
gentleman of tuiS city who contracted for pass.
age in the fleet of Mhckntw boats which were
advertised TO sail from Il certain point on the
Yellowstone River for On rhL, the 29,h of
last month"; returned home on Monday, aud re-
ports that the passengers upon arriving at the
Yellowstone, where the " tckinaw fleet was ad-
vertIsed to sail from, found one miserable fat
boat, without awning or any thing else to pro
tect them from the storms OF that iuclement sea-
son, and INFO this miserable hulk it was propOS-
ed to stow thirty -four passengers, among whom
were two wOWen and seven children, for Il voy
age OF Hundreds of miles. A party consisting Of
six passengers by some means procured II boat,
and proceeded on their way down the river, leav-
ing their companions to rig up the fiat boat above
mentioned and follow rs sOOn as practicable.
The party, after proceeding some distance down
the river, were attacked by a band of Indians
AMI one Of their number Killed their bOf nav
ing run upOu a sand bir they were forced to quit
it and make their escape on foot back to their
comrades, living for four days on roots and
prckly pears, aud finally succeeded in getting
back to their friends who were endedvOrinR' to
navigate the Yellowstone in their wretched fl 1t.
boat. Having communicated the intelligence of
the Indian attack to the voyaGers Of the other
boat, the whole party turned back, and are now
on their way to Virginia City.-.HontaRa Demo
| crdt, april 26.
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THE MIsER 10 HIS COLD.


Bright gold, crave no feast or rrvel,
Save thus to kneel, y root Of evil,
Before thy shrine.
lhou ghtteriug, tempting, tawny devil,
Ny soul is thine.
Fling to the winds your sermons vain,
VI promised bliss and threatened pain
Your Christian meeknessj
FOR devote my heart and brain
To no such weakness.
For thee, o gold, plod and plunder:
Yea, thou canst rend all bonds asunder.
Or otuu Tne rree.
0, nothing in this world of wonder,
Can equal thee.
Fools say that love is ife's rich cream
lie, acheat, silly dream,
Mere poisoned honey;
For womau's love aud mans esteem
Ill buy with money.
IN charm With Colds bright yellow rayi
My cOurtsh p needs banter gay,
No surt SENSATION.
T6e eloquence which display
Is Of this fashion;
"Sweet maid, I've neither heart nor head,
My cheeks are pIrchmeut-eyes of lead,
More sad than sunny.
Ny soul is doubtless dunno or dead,
But have money"
Mark how she tempers her disgust,
For thy sweet sake, thou yellow dust
Without remOrSe,
She gives IL heart of truth and trust,
For cash, of course.
What though my name dishonor mars,
What though my face with ruff IN scars
Is scanned aud pressed;
triumph still, for cash unbLrs
Her virgin breast.
fear no fhlieriug on the brink,
No prior vows to make her shrink
And hold alOuf
Against thy sweet seductive chink,
No virtues proof.
Thou takest captive soul and sense,
U, cash thou great omripoteRce
Thy slightest nod
Is felt o 'er distances immense,
Material god. =
Thee, only thee, | truly prize, r.
To thee, HIl-aii | stcrIlice, &
Through wrHl or woe;
But when life ends beneath the skies,
Where must go?
No matter where. St John of old
Saw Heavens streets all paved with gold;
There woud-I dwell
But if the, truth old Milton told,
There gold in he'll.
, 1866-05-18

MAsoNRY-It numbers to-day, within its
secret pale more adult males than all the re-
lgiuus organizations on the face Of the earth.
1t is as widespread as humanity, as universal
as human language. "The Jew, before the
altar on the sacred mount, the Parsee, in bis
alteration Of the sun-the Muss ulman, bowling
to the east IN prayer, the Greek before the
shrine of his divinity, the Christian in deyout
faith at the foot of the cross, all alike know
and understand its mystic language" Kings,
princes aud putentatrs Of the earth have be-
held with awe its bircoglyphic light, and
have been proud o wear its mystic emblems.
1t is more powerful than kingdoms, princi-
pulities aud powers, and in ages to coma will
be ablessing and protection to unnumbered d
millions.-T Washington Home Gdzette.
, 1866-05-18

TUE DYING NEGROEs.-The population
of this city all told, is ablGt 10000 souls
one half white aud the same number black.
The monthly average of-mOrtality in this city
before and during the war, when the negroes
we're taken care Of, was about forty, porpor-
toned according to the population. The
mortality among the negroes during tho past
month was, as nearly rs can be uscertaned,
about five hundred, while t e number OF
deaths among 'he white population remained
substantially the same as before the war.
The cause Of this difference in the mortal
ty of the bl~cks needs explanation. When
the U. S forces took possession OF Macon
the negroes were declared free. 1t was in
vain that it Was urged that neither would the
state of thegrowing crops justify the labor
er< in leaving the fields, nor would humanity
suffer women and girls to 20 ut large IN tie
streets in the midst Of such excitement as
was then existing, unrestraned by any intu-
ences to defend them from ruin. Nothing
availed. The fat had gone forth and was
maintained, whether for the veal or woe OF
the negro. The fields were deserted by The
laborers, and almost in body the wOmln and
children employed as servants in the city
left comfortable homes, Seizr with sudden
passion for freedom, and independently setr
ting up for themselves. Instigated by an III
sane desire for city life, aud under the aPpre
hension that their freedom would not be com
plete it they did not leave their former homes
nor permanent unless under the eyes OF th'
United States sOldiery, the negro. aOcke'
from the country INTO The city, and the re-
suit is-What it is?-C Macon (Gd.) Tste
| 1ruph.
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A gear or more uEu 1t was announced tha'
a process had been discovered for extracting
sugar from Indian corn. The matter was
discussed quite extensively, aud high expec
tatiuus were raised Us to the result Of the ex-
pertinent. The process has been carefully
tested, but thus far without auy successful
result. The syrup made from the corn starch
is very handsome, but contains less sachnrlne
matter than ordinary sugar house syrup and
is lsble to become sour very snOu alter pro
dutt,on. Ii the last named difficulty eau bt
overcome, the discovery may still be render
ed quite valuable, although it should not ado
to the supply uf sugar.
, 1866-05-18

WHEN INVENTED Hats for men were
invented at PARIS IN l403. In London they
we're first manufactured by Spaniards, about
a century later Bef,re that time the men in
England wore close>knit caps When Charlie
[ made public entry into Rouen in 1449,
be wore hat lined with red velvet and sur
mounted with plume.
, 1866-05-18

GEN. LEE,in answer to on inquiry whether
he thought any change had come over the
minds of his soldiers since the close of the
war, is reported to have said: al cannot an
,wer fur my soldiers; can answer for my
self only. have not changed my opinions:
/ thoug ght that was right; think 50 still.
, 1866-05-18

THEY had baby convention in Musc'-
tine, Iowa. the other day. FIT en- m'the s
With their little ones were present, aud they
voted on the question Of the prettiest. Eaen
got one vote and no more.
, 1866-05-18

FoREIGN journals announce the death OF
the futtest man in the .wOrlI. He was a
German named Herr, HelOn, and followed
the profession Of translator for booksellers
and merchants, He was AZ years Of age and
weighed 5JJ Jp)tInds.
, 1866-05-18

He who thinks he can find in himself the
means Of doing without others, is much ms
taken but he who thinks that others cannot
do without him, is still moro mistaken.
, 1866-05-18

WAR oN TIE PREsID&>T.-lf any one thinks
the war on the President, by the Rump Con-
gress, is not malignant, fierce and studied, let
him read the following from the New York cor
respondent of the San Francisco Bllcita:
"Mr. Raymond iecgraphs to the y. Y. Times
that the Committee Appointed at the Radical
CaucuS last Friiay evening is thorough aud in
tense in its purpose for II break with Johnson
1t has hnd several meetings on the subject, and
resolved to raise S50,00O by levy upon Office
holders aud by personal subscription, for the
rigorous prosecution of the war. To this end it
made in opposition t. the Veto, together with
the elaborate ani virIlent attack made upon the
President in the House OF Representatives few
DAYS ago by Mr. Wiiiisr,5 of Pennsylvania
These gentlemen seem Guw,ling to let the case
rest upon the instructive in iSment of the Amer
lean people. They prefer to spread before them
the speciOuS arguments presenting one side only
of the case, in the hope of thus betraying the
nation over to their narrow views. II Is pro-
posed to make Jay Cooke Treasurer Of this new
disunion org rnIz ition, and TO establish its head
quarters III prominent rooms on Pennsylvania
avenue Col FOrncy, ID. D., has already APP
peared before the Committee, his beggarS cap
in hand, telling them that his newspaper is a
losing concern, and asking Il subsidy in some
shape as a means of enabling him to keep up his
fire of falsehpDl and filth against the Executive.
The Committee voted to give him their printing,
and to pay for and circulate as Pub Docs such
of his editorials as may serve their turn.
, 1866-05-18
DOIsE VIGILANCE CoMMITTEp-

passengers who have latelI came ,hr,r.L
rom Boise, state that an intense e1ci,emen,
'ans, ana That the hanging of tpdyke aud
hls partner is only the prelude TO fur,bey ,ronh-
ie. The opponents to the vigilantes were sr,1.
ing' and collision between the two narties was
,,ao o TO occur at any moment. The Idaho
"ohLD condemns the course of the yigiIantrs in
Tue srVtrest terms, whilst the SrArEsNAN iust ne
uecldedIy approves of all that has been done
10 Tue moral as well as in the natural world
.. are sometimes necessary to purify the at.
,ItjsaI r. the siarm that nny nrevaiIs
that sect will enjoy season of quiet.-WGll
Wdld Nafesnda.
It will enjoy "a season of quiet when the
strangers cease to outrage the community with
their crimrs-nOt till thea. There can be no
'seHson Of quiet as long as one pOrticn-of the
community OverHwe the other With bloody
threats, aud heat the passions Of the people hy
such deeds AS haze recently been enacted in Ada
county. "SeasOus of quiet" are only for those
who respect the laws and honestly endeavor to
yindicate them through the trihhnals established
Tor that purpose. !: every man whose name is
enrolled on the Vigilante list would go to work
IN the proper channels zealouSly for the
maintenince Of peace and the Just admInistrA.
ton OF the law, as he is now endeAyoring 10
lrampIe upon both, the season Of quiet" would
return at once There is no necessity for any
trouble. The very men who so eagerly rush
|
orally are lonnd shirking their duties as chi
zrns. When juror are wanted they find some
way of escaping. Where men are wanted to
boldly, vigorously use their influence for meas
urrS cJn iuclve to the public wcfIre, they are
sileut. Il disorders prevail in society they are
the inevitable results of their Own cUwardiCe or
indifference. Secret murder, perhaps on some
unOtfrndIng individual, is Il pnor redress aud
comes tOO Late, accunulLting evils ami rIshtiug
nothing.
1t were bad enough if the evil rested hCre-
but II does not. TIc COmIiittec AT b rise City is
IN the hands of men who animated by purpO-
ScS very different from that OF pablic safety.
The NIgilante OrgtuIztti0n in their hands is rs
clty To the potter, and is welded for the de,truc-
ton OF political opponents whom their argu-
meats cannot convince, nor threats inumidLtc.
These men wIull mIrler democrats because
democrats will not support them for olIite
They have done this w.Iiully and mlliciou>ly.
They have filled the measure Of'tneir iniquily bv
:ObbinG the dead. To expect that suciI meL
cAn he tolerated and their Infamous deeds sane
to &c |, is expecting too much OF hum IN nature.
The laws ut the Territory demand their punish.
mrnt. Juslc" demands their conviction. The
pnhhc safety requires the determination or nm
mediate dissolution of thr bAnh. The .'seasun
of ct is not to he obtained by half n-d zen
meH waylrynE Il solitary traveller, as was done
one day this week the Idaho CITY rnhI, a"d
yehsnI VIII co wIc the obi .erS ie trrssly
yccute tae Law, arrest the criminrls, break up
their bands anl bring this mIrirr0u, or5tnizt-
uNn before the bar Of II It 0ItrIgel Law Which
il has for weeks d.frd.-IKti9 World
, 1866-05-18

THAxxs-To Wells, Fargo b Co., for express
favors
, 1866-05-18
BODIES POUND.

The bodies of two men, supposed to be JOhr
H'nna and man named Monroe, were recentl
fo'nd in the Flint Greek Hills, where they ha,
fr1ten to death. Hanna lived at Silver Bow
dIing last winter, and WAS originally from
California.
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BLACKFoor MINES.
From the MontauA PO.t, Of 2Ist April, we con.
tense the following items:
Elk CREEK ADr;I 1Itb taee

sHoorISG AFFRAY.
Last Monday shooting affair occurred n, Ell
,reeN, between man named Kelly, late of HrI.
ena, ahd man named Loan, resulting in The
'eatn OF the former. Loan attempted to escape
lut was arrested and hanged by the citizens. II
SENS thal Loan had jumped KelIy's claim. and
h"ea'pted TO eject him from the same. when an
o"s and began firing. This is the first affair Of
the kind at the new mines.
, 1866-05-18
VOLUME v.
ayalla &gFallaS Statesmau.
SraLnsHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING, BY
WILLIAM H. NEWELL,

,4,e, Statesman Building, Third Street.
--rrpvS INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. ia
, 1866-11-16
CHAPTER v.
EXPERIENCES OF FREE AND SLAVE LABOR IN BARBADOS.

Bridgetown, Barbados, 1850.
/ HAVE argued that the question of emancipation in the British
West Indies, or in Barbados, which is under special considerations, Is a
commercial question, and must be determined by a commercial standard.
If this be true, and it, as I maintain, all other issues are involved in this,
it is plain that a faithful comparison between the relative cost OF tree and
slave labor, as found in Barbados, will exhibit which of the two systems
with free labor than with slave labor, then emancipation in Barbados has
been a success. If not, not. Among a multitude of estimates that
have obtained on the subject | select one presented by the governor II
these islands. In a letter, written for publication and very widely clrcu-
lated, his excellency says: 4a
GAS to the relative cost of slave and free labor in this colony, | can
supply facts on which the most implicit reliance can be placed Ihey
have been furnished to me by the proprietor of an estate containing 5Oo
acres of land, and situated at a distance of about IL miles from the SNIP
ping port. The estate referred to produced during slavery an annual
average of 14O hogsheads of sugar of the present weight. and required
$50 slaves. 1t is now worked by 80 free laborers-6O adults, and 80
nnder 16 years of age. It's average product during the last seven years
has been 1914 hhds. The total cost of labor has been g77O los, or 83
l9s. Cd per hegshead of 1900 pounds. The average OF pounds OF sugar
to each laborer during slavery was 1O43 pounds, and during freedom
$500 pounds. To estimate the cost of slave labor the value or 2oo
slaves must be ascertained; and I place them at what would nave been
a low ayerage-e5O sterling each-which would make the entire STOCK
amount to ell 500. This at 6 per cent. interest," which, on such proper
ty, is much too low an estimate, would give 5000; cost OF clothing 1000.
and medical attendance, / estimate at g3 los, making $500. Total
cost se1495, or 9l0. IFS. per hogshead, while the cost OF free labor on the
same estate Is under "a"
This, it must be remembered, is a practical comparison between free
and slave labor, and not an abstract estimate OF the expenses OF the TWO
systems, to be varied by time, place, or circumstance. LIZ Is also a rea.
sonable average of similar comparisons that might be instituted on Ill
the estates of the island. / might easily multiply examples but those
who would doubt the fairness of the one | have selected would doubts
hundred Others ! can only say, on the, assurance OF the governor MN
self that his statistics come from a source OF unqaeaaoned rehaohsy' ana
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means of gaining a livelihood. 1t is a
calamity which touches in one way or
other every inhabitant of Kingstown ;
and affects his position in whatever call
ing, trade, or profession he may be
placed.
Accidents will happen, and attention
has been called, repeatedly, to what has
now actually occurred. In Saint Vim
cent, all that the Journalist who dares
TO speak openly and fearlessly will get
for his pain is obloquy; to be tainted as
a "demagogue," perhaps to be marked
out and reserved for a 'fitting occasion
of vengeance" as q mischievous and
dangerous character: regardless of all
this we have warned and demonstrated
with the Authorities, and as they have
neglected TO heed our representations, on
them must rest the grave responsibility
for the misery and calamity which have
been so fearfulIy entailed. Taxes have
been gathered-even now threatenings
are held out for selling the houses of
individuals for Taxes, we know that con-
siderable amounts have been collected,
and if the Fire Engines were in o service
able condition, much of the distress
which many are now called on TO expe-
ricnce would have been averted, indeed
the progress of the fire would have been
checked at the premises occupied by
Sutherland ; for we are blessed with
water in abundance, in rivers, and
streams, meandering in different parts of
the Town, and altho' thus highly favor
ed, for want of foresight and prudence
we have been unable to turn such bles-
sings to account.
To an uninitiated stranger the long
range of bare and Wondering walls may
offer the suggestion that, perhaps, it is
to the devastating ravages of an enemy,
bent on war and pillagc-ifit were thus
occasioned we might have borne it I'M
complainingly but it was not owing to
any such influence it is solely due TO
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HURRICANE ON THE COAST OF
NEWFOUNDLAND.

Two vessels have arrived in the last
day or two from the States, bearing tes-
timonY in their dismantled condition to
the bad weather they have encountered.
The weather appears to have set in soon
after the Equinox. On the 22nd a Sc
we're gale inflicted an immense amount
of damage on the coast of Newfoundland,
including Is merchant vessels wrecked
and a French Man-of- war, abundance,
and a loss of IA lives, besides the des-
t%ruction of fishing vessels and boats on
shore. The storm began at New York
on the Both, and ragged for a week. We
have accounts of two vessels which
foundered on the 4th, and another dis
masted. Amongst the missing vessels
which were at sea at the time, having
left New York just before the gale rose,
is the N. III. CASTOR, for this Island, with
passengers. The next arrivals are look
ed Tor with anxiety, in hopes of hearing
of her safety.
From a Halifax paper, at the Rooms,
of the 9th October, we copy
A very severe hurricane visited the
Island on the 22nd and 23rd ult. In
ST. Johns, "chimney tops and roof tiles
were scattered about in great profusion,
back and front doors knocked into
smithereens, and fences and farm stock
stirred up in rather lively style" The
storm was very severe throughout the
Island. At Harbor Grace the shipping
in port suited severely. At the wharf of
Messrs. Ridley 81 Sons, three vessels
were damaged to the extent of some
thousand pounds. The steamer "Elien
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Gisbourne" had her sides beaten in. The
shed at the Patent Slip was completely
blown down. At Carbonear there was
great destruction of property. The
force of the wind may be realized by the
fact that on one farm at this place some
ffty-two trees were blown down, some Of
which were three feet in circumference.
At Bishops Cove two men and a boy,
named Smith were hurried into eternity
by the upsetting of their boat. 1t appears
that the men went on board of q large
boat for the purpose of mooring her
safely, and when returning to the shore
the punt was swamped by the sea and
the poor fellows drowned. From Torby,
Oderin, and other places there are melan-
choly tidings of loss of life. The loss of
Capt. Cook, of the Revenue cruiser, which,
through collision, became a total wreck
at st. Peters, Is recorded among the
lamentable disasters caused by the gale.
During the storm the French man-of-war
abundance, and fifteen merchant vessels
were also wrecked at that place, involv-
ing a loss of seventy-four lives.
A Correspondent of the Times, writing
from Fortune Bay on the 9th ult., thus
sums up the effects of the sad vista
ton =
"Setlling time is past, and a sad one
it has been, long to be remembered.
On Saturday, Sept. 22d, a fearful gale
devastated this coast,-every place has
suffered more or less. Almost all the
men and craft were at Harbor Briton
settling. At that place the confusion
was great indeed ;-some driven from
their moorings ran 8 or 10 miles, and
then were beached. Others were driven
ashore in the harbour. Some lost an
chors, some stove in. There was no loss
of life. At St. Peters many lives wefe
lost and vessels destroyed. At almost
every harbour great injury was done.
Some people lost their whole catch of
fish by the last trip, from fakes and
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if their application as an average representation be denied, it must be on
the ground that the expenses of slavery have been under-estimated.
What Cuban STAKEHOLDER would place the average value of his slaves at
$3.50, and the cost of clothing, maintenance, medical attendance, and de-
probation at only SIT per annum? James Mcqueen, in his Z" Statistics
of the British Empire" gives the actual cost of maintaining a slave in
Barbados before emancipation, with interest on his value as SO los.
sterling, considerably more than the governors estimate, and yet; ac-
cOrding to the latter, field labor in Barbados during slavery was two hun
bred and fifty per cent. more expensive than 1t il now Under freedom!
ment. Among the expenses of a slave there must be included bis food,
clothing, medical attendance, hOuSerent depreciation at 10 per cent, and
interest on the capital sum invested, all of which must be paid for every
man, woman, and child on an estate, in fair weather or in foul, in sick
ness or in health and I have before me a variety of statistics which
show that at least thirty per cent. of the slaves must, on an average, be
regarded as non-ehectve. The West India planters themselves, long
before emancipation, claimed protection for their sugar on the ground
that it could only be produced at an extravaganza cost, and they repre-
sented as one of their heaviest burdens that 80 and even 40 per cent.
and can be seen on reference to the Parliamentary blue-books of the day.
Under the free system every laborer employed is necessarily an effective
one, and his cost, according to the prevailing rate of wages in Barbados,
is less than IS cents a day. In the estimate that / have quoted above,
it is demonstrated that the Barbadan laborer who works by the task,
which he can complete in six hours, does as much in that space of time
as the slave didn his twelve hours forced work but admitting, for the
sake of argument, and against direct evidence to the contrary, that they
worked alike, or even that the slave under eompulion worked better
than the free man in his independence, there still would be large mar
The Barbadian planter has learnt by experience. He admits it readily,
and if he did not admit it there is practical evidence of its truth in the
fact that agricultural land in Barbados will bring at this moment double
what it brought under slavery, and infinitely more than land brings in
Cuba. Is it common sense to suppose thateVery acre of Barbadan ground
-confessedly poor in comparison with the rich virgin soil of Cuba-that
every available acre would be occupied las it isl, and would estates be
agreediy purchased at extravagant prices Gas they arel if the production
ofsugar with free labor was an Improbable business ~ 1870
M TO be continuedl
, 1866-11-16

the careless supineness of Authoritative
Indifference to the responsibilities of
office, and an utter disregard, if not neg
lect, to the wants of the people.