The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-12
Bermuda and the West Indies.

The Great Western arrived at New York on the
Sth instant, from Bermuda, st. Thomas, Chagres
etc. She brought files from St. Thomas to the 29th
ultimo, and the Bermuda Royal Mail to the 9TH in
slant
The sugar crop at Barbados had been ascer-
tanned to be good, and the amount of the weld of
the island was estimated at 33 900 hogsheads sugar
and l0,5S7 puncheons of molasses The ground
planted for the coming is greater than ever
before, and AZ, 900 hogsheads not thought an ex
travagant estimate of the export of next year
The st. Louis Palladium, of August 26th has
these remarks upon the sugar crop Of this and the
past year
"From the LIST of January TO the 2lst instant, the
exports amount TO $500 hhds. ITS trs. and 1853
bbs. OF sugar, III puns molasses and IL puns rum
Compared with the exports of the corresponding
date last year. this account exhibits surplus of 800
hhds. 100 trs. 1913 bbls. sugar, $50 puns molasses
and a decrease OF 81 puns rum After the Dist of
Angrist last year, two vessels Castres and Ruby
took the residue of the crop, which amounted To-
total OF 4Oo9 hhds Is trs and .673 bbs.-equal in
All to 442o hhds OF sugar STA puns of moasses and
| lOI puns Of rum. Now the two vessels at present
| receiving cargo, the Monarch and Osbert will pro
badly take $50 hhds., which, with the addition of al
least $50 hhds which likely to await the later
vessels, would bring up the total sugar crop of ls4s
to about 5000 hhds, about 500 hhds over the ex
ports OF last year"
In Jamaica the elections for the assembly were
nearly over, and it seems that the retrenchment
party, opposed 10 the colonial executive govern.
ment, have obtained majority
The Bermuda Gazette Of Aug 9TH saws:
"Ihe X. M. 5. p. Trent, Capt. Clark from the
Gun OF mexico Nassau, &c, arrived on Saturday
last, with the aforementioned freight: 3 243 900
80 bales cochineal SO of cigars and 81 cases
pines"
The Royal Mail saws:
"Mr Wellington, owner of the brig Golden
Rule, IL on the eve Of proceeding to Madeira for
the purpose OF procuring from among the peasantrv
OF mat island about nifty persons who may be vii.
ling To emigrate to Bermuda. A number of indi-
viduals connected with agriculture and trade, az
well as the heads of families, have agreed with Mr.
Warrington TO take the emigrants into their EN-.
ployment for term Of years, on their safe arrival
here"
The intelligence by this arrival is not later. but
somewhat fuller than before received. Presiden,
solouque had ordered General siiemien to be shot.
with FIVE others and but for the earnest protest of
the American and British consuls seventeen Others
would have been executed. siliemien's offence was
that he bad attempted TO excite revolution while
Solouque absent on his Dominican expedition
The cholera has been dreadfully fatal at Cartha.
gena the deaths amounting 10 ninety one hundred
day previous 10 August LIST, bat at the last advices
was subsiding with great rapidity. The country
people were 30 much terrified that they would not
come into the town with provisions and the suffer
ing for the want Of them bad greatly augmented
the fatality Of the plague
The news from the French islands of Martinique
and Gusdaloupe was 10 August 18th There was
very great discomfort because the home government
had not promptly paid the indemnity due for the
manumitted slaves. The disturbances occasioned
by the popular elections had mainly subsidized At
the end Of July, there 23s persons in prson at
Point Petre for violations Of the public peace.