The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-09

dred sugar estates that are at present cultivation here
employ only fifteen thousand aborcrs, TO each or wnom
the planters only pay nnepence shilling per day
making total OF about fl90 600 per annum tbs is
misstatement that must have been desgnediy MADE,
There properties IN this country that distribute xoo
per week among the aborers employed them and is
estimated that not ess than fCo0 900 is expended m tns
Island IN labor on sngar estates alone. Lne Dd'.S
Ne1os also states that, the planters desire 10
import immigrants because they cannot muuce
the 5000 native aborers to manufacture from
5000 70 80 600 hogsheads OF sugar THIS rs likewise
msstatement The gentry dGss immigration to increase
the population of the colony and TO extend CULTIVATION
The population or Jamaica is under sixty TO the square
mile while that OF Barbadoes IAN island not larger than
large agricultural parshes-St homas IN the
East for nstance Is 655 70 the square mile Inc conse
qrencc of this u.s. white Barbadoes exports 90 co.
OF sugar Jamaica ships but 80 900 bogsheads
In this state Of things would gladly welcome tn
Southern negroes the governments OF England and IN
United States would consent 10 their emigration.
The tail Of hurricane experienced IN this city on
the 2lst utmo winch did mu'h aamage 70 the shppns
shore and the royal mail steamer Medway was bumped
getting up steam 10 leave when the saua subsidized
fishing containing two men, was overturned In tn
harbor and assistance rendered the fishermen just IN
time to them ffen a watery grave. Several walls
and dlapdated houses Ia different parts Of the city
blown down, and the tower of ST. Mchaes Chapel was
destroyed The storm lasted for about half an hour aud
accompanied and succeeded by heavy torrents Of
ran which extended 10 ST. Catherine, st. John and ST.
Thomas in the Fae The RAIN ceased towards evening,
and the night and several days after hot dur
ing the preceding week Another shower fell on Saturday
last in this city and the papers from the north side,
Ceved by the last post state that there had been
sona showers during the previous week in that portion of
the sland These showers have been most thankfully
received wherever they have fallen the drought has
been very severe.
Tie Pedro and Alligator savannaha, in the parish OF
81. Elizabeth have suffered extremely for the want Of
rain. There is neither water provisions in those dis
ulcts, and the poor are actually starving Persons
possessed OF solitary pony have had to sell IL
to buy food for themselves and families which only
be got at great distance from the townships. But bad
the present is, worse ancipated-even famine, as
the corn, potatoes, piantans, beans &c, which
for season have with the rpened provisions,
been burnt up in the soil subscription list has been
opened in Kingston for the relief of these unfortunate
people the bulk Of whom descendants Of the Indians
who inhabited the island its discovery by Columbus
They live isolated ftom the other inhabitants Of the
colony and known by the name Of "Parakeats.' =
An extraordinary surgical operation has been perform
ell in this city by Dr. Alexander Fddes The operation
the removal OF the entire tongue from its connection
with the liDgual bone account OF cacerous disease
with which the organ affected. The patient
middle aged female, and bad been suffering for several
months, and aordng the only chance Of from
lingering and painful DEATH she submitted TO the opera
ton. She is out Of danger.
comet seen from this Island for the first time
Tuesday night, the 2Sth ult. Happeared in northeast
eTy direction and the nucleus very distinct 1t has
regularly appeared since then between and nine
O'Clock at night
Thirteen terces and twenty five barrels of sugar las
sorted) were withdrawn yesterday for want OF bidders
Seven hogsheads No. sold at 22s per 100 lbs and
thirty barrels ditto No were sold at 23 per leo lbs