The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-30

IHE CocoANUT OF JAMATcA.-Mr. Bjqeloyv
writing from Jamaica to the New York Post. ,I,us
describes the manner in which the people Of that
oeausiiui Island neglect the blessings Of a bene6
cent Providence: 1''e's
10 illustrate this supineness a littIe mors !,
tn1re y the cocoanut one Of the cst nrnfs
.os nuils that the earth produces, is turned t no
Mna.esef hY the Jamaicans, though IL
globe was told, by eentle,aa55 ,-h :. ~ ss
~luinpcl ~ VI these trees growsnR thar he vvouIJ -
TEEN u the best property on hia es,a, n II II
g. one ooLlaf hundred for the nuts bnt tba, ,er
was very limited market for ther. 1, 80 10 ..eIo
And yet there is part Of this frn;, 49,, pi..s.
yaiuaoe II thrlves in sandy soI and -. ''os -
Jamaica within three four years i,5r Z, .s II
From rs flowers ihe finest aFraek in ihs sI, 80
De distIlIeo and The BEST vinegar. coarse brnvS5
sugar may also be prepared from the fover Tha
green frult Yields nutritious and deljgbffni ,;L
and more substantial fruit i the pun vvhih @
tains the liquid When ripe, the fruit Il nonI ~.
an article of diet in all paris of the world F,-. =
tilat IruIt pure on may De extracted, which nav
De manufactured into candles, SOAP and t,sed n
variety of other ways, in which vees,ahle oiI !. :.
available, while the refuse, or oil cake a Il 8
called. is a most excellent food for caffIe' :
A medicinal oil is extracted from the ba,L
Wnlch Is used. understand, in Ceylon as an efca.
cious remedy in cutaneous diseases; the root 40
used for medicinal purposes: lis elastic fhrss -
sometimes woven into sirainers for lio,1idz ,zb;Is
the timber may be used in building, or eonyerted
into beautiful articles of furniture The I1rIsk con-
sisls of tough fibre, from which cordage and 10.
gings of the best quality may be manuf4cf,,re5d
and which furnishes the finest siufing for ,rtras
that is used, not excepting hair -
l sew some Of the fbFes manufactured M ,ba
prison IN Kingston, for matrass-stutinR. lam saf
ished myself that if It's value was known in Amer
lea, u would bring higher price than anv com
modify now in use for bedding The sneciu,ens
That saw were manufactured by the conviets. Al
eos', was told, OF six cents pound Hair
with US, believe, about twenty FIVE cents The
process OF manufacturing it is very simple. The
hsk-shells are soaked till peFfectlv soft and them
are pounded out until the fibres aT all seplrated
This was done in the prison by hand, and without
tte use OF machinery, and yet the article could -
produced by them for six cents a pound. Bv the
aid Of very simple machine, something. FOR in
stance, ike that 10 which rags in papersmiII are
nrst subjected, II Is very apparent that the esf ~
manufacturing II might be reduced at lea 81 oDI,ig
| When asked why machinery was no, eroplove5
m this department Of the prison. was told tbat
lney mad not work enough to occupy The conviets
| II machinery was employed. OF course I had
hoahIlg 10 say TO reason so conclusive as itat
ne supply Of these husks would be almost m
exhausuble They have no more use or yaIue hera
man walnut shells have with Us, and NAV BE- had
oy the snip load for the mere expense of cartage-
a cargo OF Thousand tons could be mannfa-t,IyaJ
ior SIOOO, and be worth in the port Of NeyvYorE
NOT less than $4,000 as the usefulness of the
article 0ecame generally known -