The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-20


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ALBANY, June 19.-Receipts for the past two days
Flour 800 barrels; wheat, 1900 bushels corn, 81
100 do; CATS $500 do No sales of flour reported
For mort SO cents asked and 30 cents Of
fered. Oats-2OOO bushels sold at 43H cents
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Later from the British West Indies-Thc
Coolie System.
The bark Ann Smith, Capt. Barnes, arrived yes
terday from Demerara, with files of the Guiana
Times, to the Sd inst. The plan adopted sometime
since by the British government, OF importing the
miserable creatures of India to her West India
colonies, under the name of Coolies, or plantation
laborers, is beginning to show symptoms not at all
conducive of good to the society OF the colonies
Every paper we receive from the British West
India possessions, dwell more or less upon the IN
furious effect of the practice of importing wort H.
less creatures among them, who are at the best, but
paupers, and as such, burthen upon the people.
recent Jamaica paper urges the feasibility
and even the necessity of an entire abrogation OF
| the system. At Demerara, on the 10th of May
Earl Grey proposes to erect rural hospitals, tor the
accommodation of these peopley and coolly argues
the propriety Of maintaining them, by tax levied
indlscrlminately on all dwelling houses within
the colony. The proposition appears to have met
with opposition; and in the course of some re-
marks in the Times of the Goth, the following pas
sages will show the feelings of the people general
| ly, upon the natter
How Lord Grey could propose anything so mon
trous that the general tax payer should have the
fur her charge put upon his shoulders Of maintaining
in health those by whom the is alone benefited
at least in the first instance, are at loss to con-
ceive. His lordshp must be ignorant of the system
of allocating these people Every shpfu as they ar
rive presumed to be the peculiar property of the
various plantations. II merchant, who in the shape
of taxable commodities consumed in his house pays
much at least, if not more, than the contributions
to the revenue of first rate estate laid claim for
Cooe domestic out of one of the cargoes he would
have the whole plantocracy in arms against him. His
claim would be Indignantly resisted as an attempt to
The lords of the soil must have the first services
of every immgrant-never mind who pays the cost Of
| introducing him-and my Lord Grey would hand him
over to be fed nourished physicked, and maintained
by the householders when sickness ncapacitated him
| from the Of the shovel and the hoe
"We notice these things under the strong impress
sion that the of an alteration in the
sentiments of honorable members of the Court of Po-
Icy in the belief that they disposed longer to
shrink from the duties required of them that they
have become alive to the Importance of unfolding the
credit Of the colony and maintaining its institutions
| on an effective footing We have lively hope that
the unseemly and improbable state of affairs at pre-
sent existing nearly at an end. We believe that
made Time wears apace. Let trust that the gen.
tlemen who to be the representatives of the
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is no honor in maintaining and which cannot be
maintained without grievous injury to us ALL"
Our files of the Gazette are full, but beyond
what we have given they contain nothing of much
Importance. The following letter from our cor
respondent at Georgetown will be read with some
interest =
GEORGETOWN, DEMARARA, May 30, 1873.
/ arrived at this city on the 18th instant IN time
to attend the farewell levee of my much esteemed
/ \ L.
cares of the government of this extensive and Inn
portant province, which has been, by Sir James
Carmichael Smyth so Justly styled the magnificent
province of British Guiana which has been re-
garded IN our America, as the land OF fevers and
burial ground for strangers. conceive this to be
an erroneous impression, from the well auhentl-
Gated fact, which Is worthy Of note, that scarcely
n case of fever of malignant type has been known
to exist IN this colony for the last six years, and
not single case has occurred among the crews
and passengers from nearly 400 American vessels,
which have arrived at this port during the last two
or three years, nor scarcely death from any other
disease But with regard, to British seamen ar
irving at this port, the mortality has been greater,
in proportion TO their crews, which Is ascrlbabe
in great measure to their imprudence. and having
necessarily to lie longer in port for their return
cargoes, and the horrible and much lamented prac
tice of allowing certain rations of grog to their
seamen.
| Although this climate Is not entirely free from
objections, one would imagine after residing here
| for time, the northern winters OF the New Eng
land States, were only adapted to the polar bear.
With regard to the society ofhs colony, 1t is like
all English colonies, good The city of Georgetown,
the principal city of this province, city of great
rising importance, has a population varousy
estimated at from 10000 to 10000 inhabitants, the
largest proportion of which is English and Scotch,
with few Dutch and Irish families, and whose
extent is constantly augmentlng., We have but few
places of public amusements although there are
two theatres, neither OF them is at all patronsed;
but here 10 Governors eVppS (reOrOe-
town assemblies, and other official and official
| parties with occasionally ball given at the bar
racks by the officers of the garrison, with their
national band to listen TO, the Portuguese band OF
soft and sweet music TO waltz TO, pretty faces to
look at and the best society, the hours pass In the
easiest and most agreeable way. Al five O'clock,
being a fashionable hour for drive round the
ring distant about three miles from the city, we
take drive with party of friends over It's Mac
adamzed road,
Near the turn of the ring, is situated the cele
brated sugar estate, the Rome and Huston, the
magnificent properties and residence of the homo
rable ]. and r. jones' which has long been accoup-
ted one of the first estates IN the colony lis crops
were formerly, during slave .ahor 1900 hhds. per
annum averaging 1900 lbs. each-at which time,
valued at $500 900. which, would now be diff
cult to effect sale OF on any terms. In TACT, Just at
this time, there is scarcely any value ached to
land, buildings, machinery, throughout tbs pro-
vlnce-and could name many cotton, and coffee,
with few sugar estates, with their costly buildings
and expensive machinery, which have been aban-
doned since the emancipation of the slaves. These
estates are desirable alike for their beauty and real
richness OF soi-requirng only the hand OF the labo-
rer to keen their cultivation up This great deprecla-
ton of property in this colony, has been causedby
the rapid decrease in the quantities of produce ex-
ported This deficiency has probably been caused
by different circumstances, but 1t Is to be ascrbed
in great measure the nature of the climate, and
the aversion of the emancipated negroes, to severe
labor. Yours, ,, !. M