The Danes And The Contrabands

pondent furnir'ies the follovving particulara oí the proposition Irom Denmark in relation to the contrabands : " Colonel Knstoff, Cbarge d'Affairs of Denmark, liad addressed a letter to the Secrotary of ötate upon the advantages offercd by the Island of St. Croix for the cmployment of persons of this country of Afrioaii oxtraction and negroes found on board vessels oapturod by our cruisers. The island, he says, has been checked iu í rogress for want of manual labor, acd lie invites the United States to enter into a cenventioa whereby the contemplated niigration may, be placed undcr the protection and guarantee of the two governments. OJovernor of the Dauish West Indien bas also appointed a special agent who has arrived in this country, to make the necessary arrangeuients. Frce transportation ia offored to all who will engage in labor on the sugar plantations for three years, at the same compensation as is given to the nativo populatiou. ltecaptured Africana, however, being semisavages, must undergo approuticcsliip. " Öecretary Saward replying, says that he is not authorized to accept the proposition at this time for a convention, as the disposition of recaptured Africans is in faot prescribed by law. It is possible, however, that (Jongress may be disposed so to mjdify the existing legislation upon the subject as to meet the wishes of the Danish Government. He has submitted copies of the correspondence to the Chairmau of the Judiciary Committee of each house of Congress. " Col. llastoff, in response, says the plan bc had furnishcd would be entirely satisfactoiy from a Christian and humane poiul of view, and would moreover relieve the Uuited States from a great moral responsibility, and from the very large expense which, ïf he was correctly inforined, was connected with the present arrangements for the transfer of recaptured Africans to the Republic of Liberia."