occasional remarks, made with genuine modesty, indicated good sense and discrimination.  Among other topics of conversation, prejudice was not forgotten.  The company were inquisitive as to the extent of it in the United States.  We informed them that it appeared to be strongest in those states which held no slaves, that it prevailed among professing Christians, and that it was most manifestly seen in the house of God.  We also intimated, in as delicate a manner as possible, that in almost any part of the United States such a table-scene as we then presented would be reprobated and denounced, if indeed it escaped the summary vengeance of the mob.  We were highly gratified with their views of the proper way for the colored people to act in respect to prejudice.  They said they were persuaded that their policy was to wait patiently for the operation of those influences which were now at work for the removal of prejudice. “Social intercourse,” they said, “was not a thing to be gained by pushing.”  “They could not go to it, but it would come to them.”  It was for them however, to maintain an upright, dignified course, to be uniformly courteous, to seek the cultivation of their minds, and strive zealously for substantial worth, and by such means, and such alone, they could aid in overcoming prejudice.

Mr. Bourne was a slave until he was twenty-three years old.  He was purchased by his father, a free negro, who gave five hundred dollars for him.  His mother and four brothers were bought at the same time for the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars.  He spoke very kindly of his former master.  By industry, honesty, and close attention to business, Mr. B. has now become a wealthy merchant.  He owns three stores in Bridgetown, lives in very genteel style in his own house, and is worth from twenty to thirty thousand dollars.  He is highly respected by the merchants of Bridgetown for his integrity and business talents.  By what means Mr. B. has acquired so much general information, we are at a loss to conjecture.  Although we did not ourselves need the evidence of his possessing extraordinary talents, industry, and perseverance, yet we are happy to present our readers with such tangible proofs—­proofs which are read in every language, and which pass current in every nation.

The foregoing sketches are sufficient to give a general idea of the colored people of Barbadoes.  Perchance we may have taken too great liberties with those whose hospitalities we enjoyed; should this ever fall under their notice, we doubt not they will fully appreciate the motives which have actuated us in making them public.  We are only sorry, for their sakes, and especially for that of our cause, that the delineations are so imperfect.  That the above specimens are an exact likeness of the mass of colored people we do not pretend; but we do affirm, that they are as true an index to the whole community, as the merchants, physicians, and mechanics of any of our villages are