told me that the estate had been established thirty-six years, and that he could add to the extent of his cane cultivation for twenty years more, which he intended to do. So profitable is the cultivation of sugar, that nearly all the negroes have been taken from the coffee estates and transferred to the sugar plantations, whilst a large proportion of those coffee estates have been thrown out of cultivation, as such, and canes planted on them, which canes, owing to the extraordinary fertility of the soil, and the excellence of the climate, will continue to rattoon and yield sugar for from thirty to fifty years. Land here is of comparatively little value, and upon old and small estates, on which, except a steam mill, they have none of the "modern improvements" for the manufacture of sugar, their profits amount to about twenty-five per cent. per annum, on the entire outlay, whilst on the new and larger estates, possessing vacuum pans, centrifugal machines, &c., &c., the profits amount annually, to about forty-five per cent. I met a gentleman recently, who is the proprietor of two estates near Matanzas, which are distant from each other about three miles, the one having the "modern improvements," the other not having them, and he has been engaged this year in laying down glass pipes, eight or ten inches in diameter, so as to bring the whole of his cane juice to the estate where he has vacuum pans, and all the other appliances, equal in extent, for the manufacture of his sugar; and he believes that, notwithstanding the large outlay requisite to lay down the glass pipes, yet he will save the cost of them, by his economy of manufacturing the sugar upon the estate with the modern improvements, in one or two crops. There is no manufacture known to me in which continuous labor is so requisite as in the manufacture of sugar, nor any cultivation where it is more requisite than in that of the sugar cane, and the Cuban planter avails himself of the power he posesses over his slaves, to work them eighteen, or even twenty hours out of the twenty-four. In the crop time, say from December to the following June or July, the poor wretches are worked seven days in each week, for, upon an average, eighteen hours each day. As a necessary consequence, the lives of the slaves are sacrificed by overwork, but what cares the Cuban planter, the slave dealer from Africa will supply his demand for fresh victims. It is more profitable for him to buy bozal, or "new negroes," and supply the demand of the British markets for "cheap sugar," than to restrict his cultivation. During the year, almost past, sad havoc has been made among the slaves by the cholera. It, and the want of rain, in many districts, will cause the coming crop to be a short one;" unless, indeed, the twenty cargoes of slaves that are shortly expected, and about which no secret is made, "short said a planter in my presence recently, a but The new Captain General, the Marquis de Pezuela, is reported to be an anti-slavery man; we shall see. That the slave trade to this island has been encouraged by the authorities here is capable of proof, denied though it may be.Evening Post. Will the people of the free states of our Union agree to purchase cheap sugar of the Cuban planters, when that sugar is extorted by such continuous drudgery, and at such a frightful cost of human life? To what is the slave trade be should arrive in time to manufacture every cane tween western Africa and the island of Cuba, to that is brought to the mill. "We shall have," be attributed, but the demand for cheap sugar? and who gives vitality to that abominable traffic | but those who purchase and those who consume this sugar? CIRCULAR. The Managers of HAVERFORD SCHOOL, having decided to raise the price of Board and Tuition, desire to present to its friends a brief statement of the reasons which, in their judgment, render the change unavoidable. The enhanced value of nearly every article of necessity, has so increased the ordinary expenditures that, notwithstanding the economical management of the household, it has been found they will not be less than $250 per annum for each Student, without charging interest on the large capital invested, and when the average number of students has nearly equalled the capacity of the Institution. This sum, although less than the cost of education at other institutions of a similar grade, exceeds that at most boarding schools under the care of the Society of Friends. It is, therefore, desirable that the causes of this difference should be explained. They will be found mainly in the system of education, and in the limited number of students. Some years since, when the school had been temporarily closed in consequence of the insuf ficiency of the receipts to meet the expenditures, a number of Friends, by great efforts, secured an Endowment, the income of which is applicable to meeting the annual deficiencies, and to the gratuitous education of students. The usefulness of this fund, in aiding young Friends who desire to qualify themselves for teaching, is very manifest. Several competent teachers, now employed in Friends' Schools, owe to it much of their ef ficiency. A number are now in the institution, who give promise of much usefulness, and applications are registered from many others, whose admission, there is reason to believe, would be highly beneficial to them and to the Society, especially in the West, where well-trained teachers are much needed. At the present rate of charge, nearly, if not quite, the whole income of the fund would be required to meet annual deficiencies, and all such applicants must be rejected. The Board cannot believe that it is the wish of Friends to change essentially the course of instruction, to increase the number of students not in membership with Friends, or to deprive the Association of the means of gratuitous instruction heretofore afforded by the Endowment; and to prevent these results, the increase of the charge to $250 per annum, is, in its judgment, needfu'. Nor when this price is compared with th of very inferior means of education in Semi to which Friends' children are sent, will it be deemed high. One hundred dollars per annum is not an unusual charge in our cities for dayschools, and when to this is added the cost of boarding, it will equal the sum now proposed, while the advantages offered by our school are much greater as regards health, morals and literary culture. A systematic course of instruction, requiring it to be conducted in three several departments, at the head of each of which a competent teacher must be placed, involves a large outlay. A thorough course of training in the higher branches must be conducted by accomplished instructors, whose salaries are necessarily high. The proper care of young men, at the most exposed period of life, requires that experience and ability, in the administration of the discipline, which can only be obtained at a corresponding cost. The expenditures incurred for these purposes, are not too large for the objects to be attained, but they Through the liberality of a number of Friends, greatly exceed the cost in institutions well con- the educational means of the institution have reducted in reference to their objects, but differ-cently been much enlarged. With a view to ing from our's in their aims. place the school, in these respects, on a par with The limitation of admission to "the children the best institutions in the country, a sum of Friends, and of those professing with them, who desire their sons to be educated in conformity with our Christian principles," must greatly restrict the number of students. The Managers have no desire to go beyond a strict construction of this rule. They feel it to be very important that our admissions shall be as nearly confined to members of our Religious Society as was originally the case, and they rejoice that the tendency to such a result is apparent. Of the sixteen students admitted at the present term, all but three were the sons of Friends, This limitation of the number of students, while highly favorable to their moral and intellectual improvement, greatly adds to the relative cost. With every effort on the part of the Managers to conduct the institution upon a system of true economy, they see no reason to believe that its expenses can be much reduced. amounting to more than twelve thousand dollars has, within eighteen months, been contributed almost wholly by Friends in this vicinity. A portion of this amount has been expended in the erection of an Observatory of admirable construction; in which are placed an Equatorial Telescope, exceeding in power any in the State, and next to that in the National Observatory, at Washington; a new and highly finished Astronomical clock-a powerful Transit instrument, and Bond's Magnetic Register, for the instantaneous recording of observations. These arrangements afford the students the means of becoming familiar with the use of astronomical instruments, and their application to the determining of longitudes, and other purposes of great practical utility. A large and commodious Lecture Room has also been erected, in which a series of instructive lectures are now in course of delivery The whole institution has been lighted with gas, and a laundry erected, contributing largely to the comfort of the household. With able and accomplished teachers in all the departments, and an efficient, but kind and considerate administration of the discipline, the Managers can safely recommend the school as well adapted to carry out the original design "The preservation of our young men, at one of the most exposed periods of life, by affording them the opportunity of a liberal education, in strict accordance with the doctrines and testimonies of our Religious Society. The charge for Board and Tuition will, in future, be $250 per annum, payable as follows:$100 at the opening of the Summer Term; $75 at the opening, and $75 at the middle of the Winter Term. Payments to be made to JONATHAN RICHARDS, Superintendent, at the school, or to ISAIAH HACKER, Treasurer, No. 112 South Third street, Philadelphia. Applications should be addressed to the Secretary of the Board of Managers, stating the age of the student, his previous studies, and whether or not he is a member of the Society of Friends. Pamphlets containing the rules, &c., will be forwarded to the applicants. By direction of the Managers, CHARLES YARNALL, Secretary, THE NEBRASKA BILL. John M. Botts, of Virginia, has written a long and very strong letter to the National Intelligencer, in which he denounces the Nebraska Bill as the "most mischievous and pernicious measure that has ever been introduced into the halls of Congress." We quote the following paragraphs as indicative of the spirit of the whole epistle : "As a Southern man, I raise my voice against it. I oppose it, because it involves a breach of faith on the part of the South, who have for thirty-odd years enjoyed the advantages obtained by them in the formation of the States of Missouri and Arkansas. I oppose it, because it necessarily and unavoidably begets another angry and sectional controversy, which there are none left among us strong enough in the confidence of the people to allay. I oppose it, because it uproots and destroys the Compromise measures of 1850, to which the North is no more pledged than the South to the Compromise now proposed to be abrogated. I oppose it, because it would be an act of infatuated madness on the part of the South to accept it. I oppose it, because it will be impossible ever again to obtain as favorable terms from the North, with their seven millions majority of white population, as we obtained when that population more nearly approximated equality. I oppose it, upon the ground that it places a barren privilege in the hands of the South, for which not only no equivalent is offered, but by which she must be an ultimate and great loser. "It is not the least strange chapter in this history that those who now denounce the unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise, should all have waited until its most prominent advocate had retired from their midst, and descended to the tomb, before they could find the valor to as sail his work; it is a libel upon his memory that, from prudential considerations, they did not see fit to utter during his life; but, although he was killed by the unkindness of the friends he most relied on, he has left those behind him who will be prompt to protect his fame. By almost superhuman efforts, such as went far to carry the most distinguished man of the age to his grave, we have just extinguished a conflagration that threatened the destruction of the noblest ship of state that was ever launched upon the waters, and we have scarcely had time to realize the result, and exchange congratulations on our safety, when one, more rash and vile and frantic than the rest, seizes a blazing torch in each hand, rushes madly into the magazine of powder, flourishes his firebrands aloft, and, bidding defiance to all consequences, calls upon us to imitate his example. Those may follow him who choose, but, for my own part, on all such occasions I prefer the hose to the flambeau. "I suggest that we should have no more patch work legislation, which will require still further agitation when this is settled; but let it all come at once, or let it all fall together. For the honor faith, I would hope that some Southern member of the South, to preserve her integrity and good would offer an amendment to the bill, as an additional clause, to the following effect: "Be it further enacted, That so much of the joint resolution of Congress as was passed, on the first day of March, 1845, admitting Texas into the Union, as provides for the admission of four additional slave States hereafter, with the consent of that State, to be formed out of the territory of Texas lying south of 36° 30, be and the same is hereby repealed," A kind attention to strangers is very grateful to them, and generally commended; yet few who have not been in that situation themselves, are sufficiently sensible of its difficulties; and of those who have been, too many when at home, are negligent in that respect, DILLWYN. SCHOOL FOR COLORED GIRLS. To the Readers of the following Address. The undersigned have purchased, in the City of Washington, a large lot, with two small houses, which they hold in trust for the use and benefit of the Colored Girls' School, now under the charge of Myrtilla Miner. Including various expenses and some interest on money borrowed, the cost of the property is $4,300. The Trustees have received funds to the amount of $2,500; of which one thousand dollars were contributed by Harriet B. Stowe, $250 by Jasper Cope of Philadelphia, $150 by the Trustees of the Murray Fund, New York, and the balance by many other persons, in various sums. To discharge the debt incurred for the property and erect a suitable building for the accommodation of the School, it is estimated that it will be necessary to raise the further sum of about $8,000. of more than 8000 free colored people, not prohibited by any law from obtaining a complete education, and there may be nearly 2000 children of suitable age to attend school. Two years ago the Colored Girls' School opened teen during the first month, and during the with six children; the number increased to fifsecond to forty, which has been the average number since; the school having been limited to this number from the impossibility of securing larger rooms. We can give no pledges for the future, but the present promise is, that when these girls are mature, many of them will become teachers, and by their refinement and good morals, exert such an influence upon their associates, as shall relieve the world of much degradation and consequent misery. Having been a teacher of white children for Contributions tothisfund are respectfully so-twenty years, I may be allowed an opinion respectlicited and will be gladly received by M. MINER, ing the capacity of these colored children, and I in Washington, and by do unequivocally assert, that I find no difference of native talent, where similar advantages are enjoyed, between Anglo-Saxons and Africo-Ameri THOMAS WILLIAMSON, S. W. Cor. of Arch and Seventh sts. No. 50, N. Fourth st., Philadelphia. cans. Shall the colored people of Washington be allowed the instruction necessary to enlighten their minds, awaken their consciences and purify their lives? We fear some will answer " no," but there are others who will say "yes," and to these we ear [Several contributions have been received by the Trustees from benevolent individuals in England and Scotland, through the hands of our friends Anna H. Richardson of Newcastle-on-nestly look for aid. Tyne, and Lydia E. Sturge of Birmingham, who, Friends, you are no longer without a precedent. we believe, will gladly transmit any further sums The Colored Girls' School has enjoyed uninterwhich kind friends in Great Britain may be in-rupted continuance and success during two years, clined to bestow for the endowment of this School.] Extracts from an Address. DEAR FRIENDS,-We come to you with no array of logic, but with words of simple truth. Will you hear us, and "then prove all things, and hold fast that which is good?" with no earthly dependence save the will of a single individual, an entire stranger in the community to both white and colored, with only such aids as could be obtained from a few individuals ; and no accommodations except the small inconvenient rooms which very limited means would afford. But the Father of us all kindly watched over those whom He had sent, so that both scholars and teachers have been preserved in safety, and not a sparrow permitted to fall to the ground without his notice." The Second Anniversary of the "Colored Girls' School," opened in the city of Washington, D. C., December 3d, 1851, has arrived, and it is thought best, by those interested for its success, to pre-" sent to your consideration some facts connected with its establishment. Two years have been allowed to pass, that we might ourselves become fully satisfied with the feasibility of the plan and the probability of its permanency and usefulness, and we are now prepared to speak with a confidence that must be acceptable to all who sincerely pray-"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven." The first promptings to this effort, to educate the free colored population of the country, were suggested by a Southern Christian, who unequivocally asserted that this was the truest and safest method of relieving the country of those vexed questions which disturb its peace and agitate its leading minds. In this city alone, may be found a population The majesty of righteousness has surrounded the school, and a power unseen has guarded all its ways, so that many (6 scorners have passed by on the other side," and the universal testimony, where truth prevails over penurious strife, has been that "this is right.” What has been accomplished by human agency, has involved some personal sacrifice, much stern toil and deprivation, and all the aid kind friends have been willing to bestow. But means to perfect the establishment are still requisite, for there is a multitude to be taught, and few comparatively can read or secure the means to pay for learning. It is literally a missionary field, as truly as any where light and truth are required to instruct and relieve suffering humanity. Parents often come, saying, "Will you take my daughter into your school? I cannot read even the Bible, but I want her taught, so that she can read it to me." no more room. fuel from $10 to $12 per month during the winter, board $12, assistant teacher the meagre sum of $16; the expenses being sometimes more than the income, so that often nothing is left to replenish the ever-wasting wardrobes. Could each one of the forty pupils pay promptly $1.50 per month, the current expenses might be met, but some promising ones cannot pay at all; some can pay only a part, and some necessarily put far away the paying day, so that there would often be great scarcity did not "the Lord provide" by the careful hand of his children, whom He teacheth to "remember the poor when they cry, the fatherless and him that hath none to help him." We would at this time considerately inquire, can we be sustained in our efforts to perfect an institution of learning here, adequate to the wants of the people, worthy the enlightened spirit of the age, and embodying those religious principles and moral teachings, which, by their fruits, shall be found to purify the heart, rendering it "“first pure, then peaceable?" It has often been necessary to reply, "There is I cannot find space for another scholar at present, and you must wait awhile." "But," they urge, my daughter is just now the age to be in school, and soon she must be at work to earn her living, and help her parents to educate the other children." One father came, bringing a fine looking child, about nine years old, fairer than many who claim Anglo-Saxon origin, and presented her to me, saying, "Will you educate my daughter? I have so many children I can hardly feed and clothe them, much less give them learning, but I want this one taught; and if you will educate her you may have her." The answer was, Yes, I will teach her, if you will not prevent her being a teacher or a missionary." There are constantly in attendance a number of such promising beneficiaries, sometimes amounting to ten. This takes all the charity-pence from We have endeavored to lay before you the the teachers' pockets, for they are entirely de-school with all its interests; the efforts already pendent on a low tuition for support. It is fixed at $15 per annum; books, etc. being furnished gratuitously, which, in a city of vast expenses like this, where "each one seeks his own, and not the things of another," is too low a price to afford even necessary comforts to the school, much less to the teachers who strictly guard against any discomfort to the pupils. Publishers and other friends have done good service, by their contributions of papers, periodicals and books. A library of about 500 volumes has been collected, contributed principally by publishers in New York and Boston, and Friends in Philadelphia, which with the 12 weekly and semi-weekly papers, 26 monthlies and semimonthlies now sent to the school, afford means of acquiring general information, never previously granted to the colored people of Washington. All these aid the teachers much in awakening intelligent thoughts in the minds of the pupils, as have also the lectures on History, Drawing, Analysis, Philosophy and Astronomy, delivered by kind friends in Washington, for all of which we return many, many thanks, expressive of our full appreciation of these favors, and also our desire for their continuance. Partial sets of class books have repeatedly been given to the school, but the classes have so far exceeded the number contributed that it has been necessary to expend from $5 to $25 at different times to complete the sets. From the fact that the school was visited during the first four months of 1853, by more than one hundred persons, from various parts of the country, and by some many times, we hope a healthful influence may be widely disseminated and prove beneficial to other localities beside Washington. The rent of rooms is at present $9 per month, made on its behalf; the successful results; the Faithfully submitted on behalf of the School. WILLIAM FORSTER. The following notice, copied from the North American, furnishes evidence that the valuable and lamented Friend to whom it relates, was held in just estimation by others as well as by members of the religious Society to which he belonged. Information has been received here within a day or two, of the death, at a small village near Knoxville, Tenn., of William Forster, a distinguished member of the Society of Friends in England. Mr. Forster was one of a deputation of four who came to this country in October last, charged by the London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends with the duty of delivering to the President of the U. States, and to the Governors of all the Southern States, an Address which that body had drawn up on the subject of slavery. It was a mission of love and charity, and was undertaken, we cannot doubt, with a single eye to the fulfilment of religious duty. It was no small sacrifice of personal comfort for men like these, of advanced years, to undertake a winter journey throughout our Southern and Western country, |