New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06

-. ,esssssea shunas.cs Of weed Ans s'o.s wi"
...,An thing n tss word 20 s,ec. SEAL sef,ages On
49,, heiopgs crntentrg themselves ., h's' WE 'he
~. hahssixus and tie tmsnest smoant Of Sc
.onpoas.;or bu. erecting mo.e spst-eSs su's'.huai
s.a .v.n e<gsnt buiApgs with the fspd ncresse oi
~.,,, 7. v.s thus, and IN 10 other way, TIE
..pc oa..d pessartIy Of Janaci became ndepehoen,
.,.A,,s,,,hor. Thisindspenoence wm literally 'o'oea
,n ,,.r ard their sc5ievemert o. tas indeptkdence
,.,,.st, ho,oysb,e 20 them a. psople. We admire
~. ..n,sv viror Of the Pilgrim Fa:ters, who, froms
-,.u ,.t,vrr bard OF Plymouth Rock, grew INTO
L,,. md thriving community, ard achieved sIorous
;ossn. pdence our hes-ts beat with en:husssm a. We
.Aspi ot John Smith ard his stsiwat oAni o. COM
p.:, os forming colony the Potomac, waich even,
.a1v srsv into one Of the esding s;aes OF the Uno1
and ", contemplate with wonder tne rspid growth OF
e-ss u she far West where once TIE al of the osek
vsodsusn resounded. Surely, then, we csn shJrd 10
b.stsw ssme credit the negroes oi JAMAICA, TSo,
m lsss Il sp q quarter Of century hsve conVereo
6s,os.e wss.es and primeva forests INTO tanvirg VII
ss.s. Bu. no; TOO frequently the lazy creole OF isr
oospleron who considers thst cortsct with the nande
Ct hoe would contsmns:e h1 sristocrssic skn, even
though no may be STEPPED in poverty, while possess
ng hurdreds Of broad scres has no be:nr ep'tnes'o
hsrov on these industrious black fseholders thsn
"squy.ters."
Tn. breach between tao planters ard the negroes
wss followed up by the p.ssDg OF IN SCI f9r tae M
pcr.sson of European immigrants, 70 supply the psce
Of the native lsborers and agents we're appointed for
The pwpoe of carrying out the scheme These fsl-
lows haypg Only an eye to the commissions which
they would receive per head shipped to the colonies
the ys,y eweeppgs Of tie streets Of L3ndon, Dubln
and Hsmbarg-poor, miserable wre.ches, who knew
netting of agriculture, AMI who speedily fell victims to
iu.enpe-snee and the climate. Finding thst this
hopeful scheme hsd failed, the planters discovered
their e,Yor and endeavored 70 f back on the native
ktorers, who very readily agreed to work for fsir
vSges Bat, just as employer and employed began TO
rnde:snd each other the British Sugar Duties Equs-
,,son s was passed. subje,tipg Brtish colored free
rrsvn produce 10 competition with the slave-grown
p,eSocts Of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Brszils.
Tn, v,s the last feather which broke the camel
lsci ,nd while the passing Of tae act was celebrated
IN Cubs With bopfres and rjociDgs and was followed
No by the settlg OF Bew sugar es.ates, and tne re-
yvsl Of the .lsve-trade, in Jamaica and severai Of
the other British colonies it followed by the dis
msr,lug Of once valuable properties, tae machinery
aud Utensils Of which were sold TO the Cubsus. In
Jsmsics 90 rapid wss the work Of destruction thst
from 1916 to 1852 real property, throughout the isand
wss 6sp-ec sted 10 the extsn. OF t2,25oe eV 70 round
huIobers
Nor must lose eight Of another and most important
c4use o. this extensive depreciation Tne coil, worked
for ages without any adequate system OF manuring,
became exhausted, and would not yield paying crops;
wheress TIE rich virgin lands OF Cubs yielded exu5-
ersntiy. How then could Jsmaics, with suoh dis
advantages be expected to compete with her mel gh-
boz, ii even Slavery had not been abolished
The passage Of the Sugar Duties Ac. wss followed IN
a.. olnf; ro;ors+
are continued to the present day. Unwsrned by the
mos. signal failures these schemes are persisted n and
the indignation Of the planters has been aroused in con-
stquepce o the exercise of the royal prerogahve In
dissEo wing the Colonial immigration Act of as session
Africans Hindoos Chinese and hsderians have all
beer tried and their diminished nu nbers, and tle
svgms of diseased bsggars among the survivors VINO
ll the hoipale or swarm in the streets OF Kingston
md other principal towns of the island tell fearful
tale OF the consequences. should, however, except
the e~ Africans who have been captured from slave
vessels and taken to Jamaica These people have, al
l. rule, thIivtn very well. But even they have not
landed on the island without contributing TO the long
catalogue Of human misery caused by immigration
10 the year 1851 batch of these people was lsnded
1T RE Blsno the north eide Of the island and were
Immediately allotted to different estsses Shortly AFTER
il wss discovered thtt the smallpox had broken out
among them. The disease becsme epidemic, AMI
spesd 81 over the island and is computed that 200
Of the inhabitants fell victims to the fearful msiady-
50 900 having been Just carried of by the cholera.
Ihsve already mentioned in whs. manner the em.n
epated peasantry became frat possessed Of freehold
property. Let me now give you some idsa OF theT
habstiors In some parts of the island their dwellings
are by nc suggestive Of high degree Of evii-
zaon but in by far the greater part they such as
~ thar ~ Ifa m
Of have sed that the pesssntry seek association in
yiDsges Their holdings from half an acre to SIX
or more scfee Some Of them are possessed OF &c
much as from fifty to hundred scres. Their houses
sae c>ns:Iucted Of hardwood posts set upright IN the
prourd substantial foundation Of eoout thirty INCHES
in hight above the ground is buils, the posts rising
thersout. Between the posts s filed up either with
s:opes and mortar with lsth and plaster The floor
pg IL OF pitchpne or Of the hard woods OF the country
Sometimes il is of white pine Doors and wiudo Ss are
Of the same ms.erisl-the lattef are usually moving
jalousies; but those who afford the luxury some
times sport sssh windows. The roofing is OF white
cedar or cypress shingles but where !! can be handy
ob:Aned .ne more durable Jansics cedar, mShoe or
brosdlsat preferred. The habitat ms consist OF
stipg.room there called hsr and two or three bed
rooms according 10 the size of the family. IL the
dwelling is near the edge OF frequented rosd some
imes shop lie added in which sslted provisions, gro
eeries and sometimes spirits are cold. Many OF the
peas.,:ry obtain handsome competences in this way.
The kitchen and other necessary ouofess always
in he resr. When sdd that al the apartments
generally plainly bat deceny furnished, snd the bed
brep, VI ever so coarse, s,upuously clean and
that me dwelling is embowered amorg plantsn and
baDarna trees, rteIrixed with me csssava, ysn, and
other tropical productions, have gwen you az good
an idea as in hasiy sketca Of the ha3its;ion