The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-04

QUIZ JAMAICA CORRESPONDENCE.

81 ruo Negros-The Weuther and Public HsalA
The most absorbing topic Of the day melt naturally.
the doDgs Of Lsgisat are which secure the Hon's
thare Of public attention.
Three wseks-nAy, more-ths House has been ia 49,
sion and sorry to say, their proceedings have not
given that ger eral satisfaction which 1t was anxouslv
hoped they would have produced The ,ounry party e.
as they are better known, the retrenchmsnt party,
have no. that consistency which their adrss
were led to expect from them Heart sckened at the
prevailing misery In which many Ct the are personally
participatcrs, honorable members, or many OF them.
disposed even at sacriace OF princi s to arrest
ruin In its onward march The readers o. the HMMo
are by no means ignorant Of the as we'll ~ OF the
consequence of the legislative quarrel which even
now unhappily has not terminated Still there mays b
some 70 whom brief repetition Of them will not bscons
tedious
Fully impressed with knowledge Of the dire distrses
which pervaded the entire country, large majority
Of the peoples Representa- tves sought, by dimin-
ishing the expenditure OF the country, to les
son the burthen Of taxation, which the public
Of Assembly passed the bill necessary to effect their
purpose This bill was in due sent TO the honora
pr 81 n ars
dgression and again inform YOU that most Of the NOM
of the Board Of Council salarsd ocias whose
stipends the bill sent by the Assembly contemplated to
reduce Self interest predonnatsd patriotism; the
members of the Council almost imousy rejected the
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tel ded Interference with vested rights notwhstsnd
ing after the deductions which IL WAS sought to make
than ample remuneration would have been left the
several officials for services rendered 70 the public thsr
various capacities.
the Assembly, who had limited the public expenditure
certain amount in passing the principal Revenue bills
the country to l.srt In them clauses specially aPIso
course TO Irregular rejected also the lmI Duties
Revenue BILL The House considering that this eondusa
exhibited large amount of reckessness and an utter
disregard for the interest Of tbs Bile determined to do
no further bu,S with the Council Thus stood mat
ters late in April last when the Governor Issued his pro-
chmation proroguing the House Tor q short period.
Re assembling both branches went precisely thu
ZANE course passed and rejected the bills and the
from which period up to the 18th of October last
legi a.ion carried on and no bills we're In existence
uner which imposts coul be levied on goods arriving
On the 18th of October the House summoned BY The
new Governor and remain, in session. SIX months
revenue at least fl00Go $780, ooo) his been lost:
posed to yield The Import Daty bill has
not yet been introduced, but is before COMMITTEES and
from the detection OF many Of the country party wiu
now taking place is to afford time for consids-
ration IS to whether the tariff should not %
as those Of which there importation during
the lapse OF the Ia port Duty bill should not be decreased
not give present holders O. sush goods the mono
poly What steps will ultimately be taken time only
show But of this there bs doubt II not already
receded the part of the House or of the ma
ority On unmistakeable desire intention to recsde
The deficiency in the will not DO met b. add
tonal taxation but by portion OF the loan offered ~
the British government for which, OF course the sis.A
mu pay the interest It would bs positively futile to
ATTEMPT addition thor ordinary bursns to tax tbs
poor people Of this country Ia further amount o.
S5t0OCo. think, therefore, the deficiency val. be mst
by the means Of the loan.
The weather has ohapgel within tina lat few days. and
We have continuous heavy rains New Workers. would %
really sstonihed TO perfect rivers running thr ush
principal streets Thess rains likely to be bens
fcia to the planters extending they do to many Of the
On the sth instant black male and q black female
executed in Spanish Town for ths murder Of the
HUSBAND OF the female prisoner They both cenfssseA
Our new Lieutenant Governor and Commander Of the
Forces, ST. Richard Dogherty, has arrived.
few days ago. and inspected the principal public ns
tutions.
Saint John in the Assembly, has been called to the
Upper House.
business is of course much depressed owing ths
settled state of the IAgssl,t
The public health is quite satisfactsry-ths yellow
has entirely left There few coughs and colds
but nothing either alarming or dangerous. <.
MARKETS.
KINGSTON, JAMAIoA Wednesday, 4P. NJ, Nov. 0.
We have been withou, arrival Of fish brsadstu1
the market consequent thu uncertainty which At
tends the of the Legislature has Prevented
any important advance in prices except in the case Of
reliable opinion yet be hAzarded with regard to tAs
intentions the House Assembly matter Of the
act There il talk Of reduction Of the duties which
werelevied under the recent schedule, in so far
the most heavily taxed srtielas are con .erned, bat
options are said to be divided IN the HOUSE
as TO tho expediency of the measure All bud-
ness operations are Of course at stand still anA
actions have been Effected In cod,h tierces have
oh, nged hands, at lbs per 100 bs with boxes st Els
Some 600 bbs our old ana new wheat togssasr have
been we'd at 34a, and two small parcels OF lard and
American butter a. 10d and I'D pes ID l6d We have
beard has been refused FOR 800 drkns Of Irish butter to
arrive These the only operations in imports which
have trarspired since the 3D. instant
PRODUCE continues quist. Rom has advanced to H.
for consumption, with moderate sales therest Sugar Il
unaltertd or Cedee and pim.nto important opera
tons reached US This quotations remain - before
reported.
The Pork Trade.
The Louisville Times of the 23d inst , says Hogs
are daily arriving at market, and the pens are
pretty well filed The Louisville and Frankfort
railroad brought down 800 last evening, aud an
other train expected with more. They were con-
signed principally to jackson, Hull & Co.
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Gazette Of the 1872
inst states that drove of hogs, 2Sl bead, passed
through that city for Rome, Ga. They were pur-
chased in Overton county, Tenn, at 50 gross, a.
stated.
The St. Louis IateAigsncer ssys:-We learn from
dealer just arrived that no sales or contracts had
been made at Keokuk or in that vicinity, previous q
the 10th. Farmers in that region Of country want
o., BnQ packers OHeT So AT tnls 5b1uu VI suo uuf-
ket is quiet, and tie probability is that it will -
first of December before any Strengthening of coase
quenee is done ct Keokuk or the towns on the river
above.
The Louisville Courier Of the 2sth ult. Says
1.-THE market for hogs continues depressed and 70
hear of sales, the nominal price being 44c. net,
and holders demanding 4ac. At other points the
market is also very dull. The weather yesterday
turned warm again. ana the packers stopped killing
about the middle Of the day. The number of hogs
slaughtered yesterday, at the various houses,
amounted to 1886, aud the total number thus far
this season to 5406S with FL $50 left in pens
In addition to this about 900 have been slaughtered
at Jacksonville, by Hamilton, Ri ,ketts & Co., max
ing total of about 900 hogs up to the present
time. The total number OF hogs killed here Last
season, up to Sunday evening, November 30, was
4G 800. The prevailing price for hog, then was &C.,.
net"
The Cincinnati Prices Current Of the 29th ult.
says:--"Ow wing to the unfavorable weather the re-
ceipts during The week have been light, Du. largo
numbers in the vicinity awaiting change In the
temperature and the clearing Of the pens. The
receipts have been as foows:--