The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-11

ped with discussing some recent obnoxious mea-
sures of the Imperial Parliament, and reference to
the depressed state of the colony
Il viii not attempt (says the GoyenOrl 70 fix the eEag.
m e ga5 G II t 5see pG n English
po utes upon Sugar and Rum but taken n e2n
he reduction Of wages to Which the laboer parts
Of the island have sqbmGd with i Sf ned IN
saying that the immediate prospects Of sugar Io e
tbeS were when we met about last if not
aware that there are even more d.incaes now man heIe
ton and manufacture of Sugar upon large SCALE are plain
Gent capital Of their own 50 that total withdrawal OF
absolute failure from whatever cause of such advances
blow and with more decided effect upon the resident planter
Tese ADVANCE used 70 be made pn1epsy hrousR the
fundamentally of Bills of Exchange and if any be
cannot be speois Ion but that in this of the
world it must necessarily be upon system Of credit and
Which he power and wealth Of England Itself has been de-
veoped the Of the last century and half through
system of credit and at this moment sustained and pro
NOTED By it, and dependent upon il country Of the
establish system of advances OF the general char
acer, but possibly rather favorable conditions
aca even to obtain increase OF protection, by means
Of new diferential duties.
In the course of his remarks he says:
You are aware that since the beginning of the year
raj hundreds of Teeapued slaves have been brought mo
tbs island free African entrants and at the cost and
scheme Of African immigration should in any form be con-
tnued believe VIII be that should make
some provision for the due protection Of the immigrants du
ring the fiTst periods of their residence in the colony"
The Barbados papers are principally filled with
accounts of the arrival of Sir William COebrooke,
and the departure of Lieut. Col Reid, the latter of
whom appears to have Won golden opinions from
all classes Of the community. The following para
graph from the Globe, the shortest perhaps in the
newspapers, refers to his embarkation:
"Our highly esteemed late Governor, Col. Reid,
departed hence Saturday last 18th of September)
in the steamer Conway. His EXcelency Sir Will
liam Colebrooke, his Excellency General Berkely,
and large number of the public functonaries,
civil and military assembled in Trafalgar Square
at about 10 O'Clock, TO be present at Col. Reid's
embarkation He arrived, accompanied by Mrs.
Reid, at about halfpast ii O'Clock, and under
salute from the Fort embarked at the Wellington
Stairs, after warmly shaking hands with all around.
He was heartily cheered whilst being rowed down
the Careenage, by large concourse of the citizens
of Bridgetown, who had congregated to do him
honor"
On the state Of the weather the Barbadian of the
18th of September observes that the dry weather of
the last few weeks had caused much anxiety among
The aericulturists lest the canes should suffer ma
terially, and the crops of corn and provisions be
shortened. Late rains had, however, revived the
hopes of the planters
The Mercury of the 18th of September, under
the head Property Tax" proposes to tax the
lands of absentees, Or more properly, to impose an
additional tax on such lands 1t says:
"The estimated quantity of land in Barbados is
placed at l06 40 acres comprising the whole Isl
and of good and inferior land as accurately as the
space could be measured. OF this at least 10000
acres are in the possession directly and indirectly,
of persons residing in all parts Of Europe"
The yellow fever, we regret to perceive, has
made its appearance among the troops at Barbados.
The Liberal of the 18th September, remarks: eve
learned, day or two ago, that the yellow fever
had made its appearance among the troops in gar
rson at ST. AIMS. 1t is confined at present, to the
Goth Regiment, and up to the date of our informa-
ton there had been some fifty or sixty cases. five
or six occurring daily"
The Barbadian, of the same date, mentions, on
the authority of the Mercury, that there were
seventy cases in hospital, and that Lieut.. Holmes,
of the Goth, had fallen victim to the dreadful
disease.
TRNIDAD.-In Trinidad, the people are endea-
voring to procure local elective assembly, and
other reforms The following petition is published
in the Trinidadian
That your petitioners cherishng sentiments of devoted
loyalty majesy's person and throne fully and
firmly convinced that the system of Government to which
Trinidad has BEEN and subjected injurious to the inter-
interests St HF GPsa wen as Inc n0n0' ana
That your petitioners humby but earnestly pray Tor
Representative overnment-tora Local Legislative Assem-
bly, elected by the peopleand responsible to your MAJESTY
which they may adopt
That your petitioners conceive themselves to DO unjusty
sgmatz5d by the official nsinuaon that they not fit
elect their rulers They humby beg that your majesty
the Of this peton and theg as IN duty bound
be permanently established in righteousness"
The TrGnidadian mentions that the Governor sis
authorized to draw bills of exchange on the faith
and credit of the Colony
The transport bark Barretto Junior, which left
Port Royal on the 34th ult., took on board de-
tachment Of the Second West India Regiment,
who are to be stationed at a British settlement on
the river Gambia, coast of Africa. The vessel will
return from Africa in few months
VENEzUELA.-The Kingston Journal learns that
letter has been received by gentleman in King
stOn, containing the information that Gen. Monagas
(who readers will remember we stated was still
in possession of the town of Maracaibo, and had
threatened that if Gen Paez made any attempt to
land be would sacrifice every woman and child in
it, had since offered to come to terms with Gen.
Paez for the surrender of the town. but that the
latter would not accede TO the proposals made to
him. The fact is that Monagas had been starved
into a surrender by the presence of Gen. Paez's
fleet, which was lying in the harbor of Maraeabo,
and which prevented vessels from entering TO land
their cargoes of provisions. We are however, told
that during the occupancy of the town by Monagas
and his party, the greatest atrocities had been COM
mitted upon the female portion of the inhabitants
These were made to yield the brutalizing usts of
their oppressors, which heightened by the state
of starvation they were suffering Great numbers
OF Monaga's men We're deserving his party, and
joining Gen. Paez's and are told, says the Jour-
nal, that no less than twenty-five of them were
captured and shotby order of Gen. Monagas
We extract the following from an article in the
Journal of the 9th ult., recommending modifca-
ton of the judicial system:
1t has been gratifying to observe for some time past
desire eFlnced on the part of Legislatures both in Eng
anu anu mere to modify system of jusprudence-to
eus some y Us more glazing defects and to render more
peuec man has hitherto been; but among the subjects of
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