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R.HAYES P.S.August 9th .-- All is quiet, and the utmost good order every where prevails." To complete the picture we will give two extracts of letters from eminent Jamaica Attornies to their employers in England, with regard to the turning out to work.
It is remarked by the English papers that the Attornies generally in writing to their employers adopt the same strain. They are all doing well on _their_ estates, but hear that the rest of the island is in a woful condition .-- These are the men who are the greatest, if not the only, losers by emancipation; hence their testimony is doubly valuable. From the British Emancipator, Nov.
14. LETTERS FROM ATTORNIES. _Extract of a Letter from an eminent Estate Attorney, in St.Mary's, Jamaica, dated August_ 24, 1838. "There was nothing whatever done in this parish, or throughout the island, for the first two weeks of the month.
In this quarter some estates did a little last week, and have been making more progress since, but the far greater number have not yet done any work; the minds of the people are very unsettled, and full of all sorts of foolish notions, which will continue more or less till we hear of the home government having accepted and approved of our abolition bill, and their views with regard to us. On several of the estates which have wrought, the people have struck once or twice.
We have in this parish ministers of every denomination, and they are all acting very properly; but they do not seem to have as much influence as expected; we must _be as considerate and liberal as possible to secure their confidence_ ourselves.
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