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Show 162 JAMAICA. et w.t t1l .a cot·dial reception from tion. There we m ood chapel and school ho has a g William Barrett, w . . Society. Henry Reid 1 n M1sswnary . under the Lont 0 . . t· blishrnent m the place, j mtsstOn es ,\ conducts anot wr . Both of them have large . f the Bapt1sts. on behalf 0 . ue Christian brethren, are . and hke tr h d congregatt·ons, . ' k These excellent men a , · t d 111 the wor · . . heart1ly um c . b Jamaica jury, of ass1stmg f. d gmlty Y a ]. ust been oun ' d ssault The charge had · mblv an a ' · in a riotous asse · . h' h some of their people affray m w IC reference to an ' . h tain wicked disturbers of , " ed wtt ccr ' . had been e. nbagfo' r dt. vm. e wo rship ; ancl so consp1cn-their meetmgs f' . ls that notwithstanding were our nenc ' ' ously innocen_t . the court had abstained from the verdict of the _.Jury, h tsoever. We were glad, . . pumshment w a infhctwg any . . ive them the right hand · of affhctwn, tog at such a. t1mfie. dsh.l p. an d cer t,·t inly we can speak well of christian nen ' f the numerous . 1 and devout demeanor o . of the order y bl d that evening at our request,m laborers who assem e Af' the meeting for worship B tt's chapel. ter ' W. G. arre , 1' . d with the missionarys 1 d d we comp 1e was cone u e ' nt of the con· . . . the people some accou wishes, Ill gtvmg . h . b tiiren in the islands to d't' n of t etr re duct and con 1 10 h' uld exceed their . d l nd not mg co the wm ware ; a . d th m how much the I ·1 explame to e d tion, w 11 ewe . h ·ld depcnde on . b . ts ot t e wo1 , of liberty' m ot er ~ar d od conduct. The · d mdustry an go h their own contmue I d luntarily paid t e f. h t churches 1a vo people o t e wo . . a! of their ministers-a whole costs attendmg the tn ld have been at liberality which, under slaver~, won once u nthought of and imposstble. 163 We were glad to hear that the generality of the sugar estates in this neighborhood were doing wellmany of them affording ample evidence that the absence of oppressive and compulsory measures is followed by prosperity. On one of these estates, called "Seven Plantations," a liberal overseer was making eleven hogsheads of sugar weekly, instead of six, the former average quantity. Fifty acres of cane were accidentally burnt on this property. The negroes came forward of their own accord, and offered to work for a time, without remuneration, in order to make up the loss ! Third month (March) 24th. Our route this day lay through part of the flat but fertile parish of Vere, on the southern coast. We were informed that on the First day, just passed, a vast multitude of people of all colors had assembled on the shore to witness a baptism conducted by one of the missionaries; but all was decency and order on the occasion. The appearanee of the cane in this district bespoke a good crop; much of it had already been taken oil'; we were told that a difference, which had lately occurred between the planters and the laborers on the subject of wages, had been satisfactorily adjusted, and that the people were now working well. In the afternoon we arrived at the Baptist station at Old Harbor Bay, conducted by Henry C. Taylor, who, with his obliging wife, gave us the usual hospitable reception. The ~eople in the neighborhood were invited to a meeting In the evening. Although the notice was short, they assembled in large numbers, many of them from a considerable dietance-no slight effort for them to make, after having been at work in the fields the M2 |