Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-10-18


from Ill impoet duties, and takes paw i'm sugar and mo-
lasses; the New Yorker or New Englander sells such
things a. he Is permitted to carry t. Jamaca, net
az his rival does, duty Free or on the payment of
light port charges but axcd with heavy import dn-
ties, and takes his ray also in sugar and moasscs
both vessels leave Jamaica together for New-York
with their return cargoes, and their arrival, the
foreigner, though he has paid import duty his
outward voyage, is now allowed to come here also
and cell his sugur and molasses citizens free
from any alien duiy-he enters his vessels at The
custom house Of the United States the an
American. Which of the two, under ouch c,rcuu,
and stancescsn under selthe other, own market
ultimately drive him from he trade. Can the Amer
lean citizen bear up under these decided ndvanls ges.
While the ports of the British West Indies were
closed to the direct trade, they took produce
through other cnaunels aid very frequently Do id in
specie for what they took-the game was then in our
hands. We werc draining them Of their 6oubloons
through the neutral Islands, and in FIVE years more
unless they had relaxed, should have drawn their
hearts blood out. The British ministry have seen
this. have felt it sorely-the West Indians have i'm.
P'ored them again and again to change the current
and hence their Willingness to make an arrangement,
winch Is every thing I" them. Another consldora-
ton has had an immense bearing tn result-they
have been startled at the rapid advance which we
have made, and are making, in growing the sugar
cane on our own soil in Louisiana Florida and Geor
gla They have that during the intcrdict
which they thought wouid distress u.s. more than
half the sugir and mola.ses consumed in our couu
try has been latterly from our own SOIL and a yerv
rev years more OF the same state of things would put
u beyond the reach of foreign dependence compet
ton--and this too without, thus far, diminishing ma
terially, at all, our exports We have also during
the interdic been supplied with sugar and noasscs
cheaper than We were bsfore;-tbe pocket of every
head oil family feels this. and would be well # we
could add that rum has been dcarer The Course of
the trade has been IN this way:-A vessel goes. saw
from New Haven to a Swedish Island, ST. Burts
win an assorted cargo-the drogers come from the
ltish Islands 10 S.. Birts TO buy this cargn of the
american and pay for it in specie. The Anne rican
takes this specie, Which can be brought into our conn
try duty free, & carries it to New Orleans ON his way
nome ~hero he ouys with 1t American sugar and mo-
ias:es with which he proceeds to Northern or other
ports Almost every newspiper at the North and IN
the middle and western States ms advertisement,
ot "New-Orieans sugar" New Orleans molasses"
and generally preerab' quality alongside of the Wet
ladIa produce. Our own sugar est atcs IA those 20.
suits show, have not only ihrved aud rv,Iled th.
West Indians beyond all calculation, but they hive
been built up IN part, BY the specie which we have
drawn even from Britis sugar planters in the wnv
Just noticed John Bull has at last come TO his
and on looking about him. finds that in his Wos, Iod
warfare with US, he has been breaking his nejgbbors
windows wthsuineas But the more important cues
ton with us Is. what do we gain by this chanGe,-
before 'ns Coioniai controversy has been fairly est
ed, and under the clamor raised by the opponen,, Of
AIR. Adams about that called the loss of the w
lndi trade he offered a similar arrangement TO the
British, which they haughtily refused Could he or
Incy a, that time nave seen what all now do see
ha the nterdIct instead OF hurt u.s. would ST rcng,b
en- our own resources. and recoIl with rujnous "a
verify on those VINO welded this administrator
would never have peen forgiven by it's opponents fur
DH KING such proposal and Mr.. Canning would ne
yer have hcen forgiven by British subjects for not ac
:epting II NADISoN
sHtrwREcK-TIe brig Napoleon, captain Buad
rom Ncw-fork bound to Curacao, left Sandy
look September 24th, and on the LIST of October
latInde "a Q, longitude 66 IL, was upset, while Jv
ing 10 under fore-spencsr and trysa. IL blow
ing complete hurricane at the time the ,onte 4
IT, Coiesworthy, OF Nan ucket, washed over
board while IN the act of cutting away the LANYARD
'f the main rigging, and drowned After cuftinr
away both masts the vessel rightcd, full of watrf
Mr.. Pierre Deupano. of Curacao PASSENGER w,s
ilso drowned. The captain and crow lashed them
1ntil next day WHOM they were taken off nv tho
brig Creole, Of Yarmouth, II. S.. capt Tooker. wb,
treated the Survivors, seven in number with the
greatest kindness Capt. Budd left the Creole on
schr' Boa Nova, capt Rodovalche, from ST. Mi
chaeis tor New York, who treated him vory pol:oIv
and supplied capt. Tookcr with provisions.
On FRIDAY last, the following dreadful event took
place at Newcastle upon TYNE. Il ia VOL s,ou'n
to the public that Mr. Yates one of the nron,;a,o,s
OF the Adelphi Theatre, has been TRAVELLING IN tho
northern parts of England, with the sapaciSus eie
Pant mat nightly attracted such crowded audiences
last season. at that theatre. Two keepers travel
WIKI this stupendnus animal. and 1t appears thai one
OF them' NJ Baptiste Bernard, FrencIlman, had ri
ven some ohence to the elephant. 1t is well known
,ha' tnese enmaIs VIII generally resent an injury
let 1t be of ever so long Standing and so il 5foI,
tunstoIy happened for pour Bernard. On going in.
20 the place where the elephant was conined an
rrday, she seized Bernard with her trunk who cal
leo out 'Inurder!" with all his strength. when Tom
the forkshireman, the other Keeper ran T. his ,sis'
lance but the elephant needed him not, and dssb-
ed the unfortunate Bernard on the ground and XII.
ns MIN me enrnaed onimsl then attacked Tom
who luckily escaped, but not before his Ic, ,saa
dread'uiIy Reconsideration paper.
FROM ne Neto- gland Palladium of Ohio
= dEr. UPHAM.-Extract of O lettot to the Ed,,o,
GATED Portsmouth, ". II. Oct O, 1880
HsVing been here for a few DAYS. INV ottoo,;on
was attracted by trial in the Court OF Common
rleas, now sitting here, Timothy Upham w. Hill
parton, Editors OF the n. H. Patriot, for l,bol
~ mas produced considerable excitement. and rho
Court has been engaged three days on the trial
isaac mn was present, and took deep interest IN !,
giving directions, and occasionally prompting or nd
vielng the Counsel for Defendants - "u'
The case was ably argued by Mess,. s,1,x.,