New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-16

-. Al ffeOueEs now IS Lney Wofc thc1,
81 the then almost universal p'sctce o. ms.
1s.tskipg piscs between couples "ho hsd l'im,'y
- toget5er in state Of concrcnsse DIs "mLa
fnj sort Of connect IN % Dot nov 20 c,;,I
FL hsr.h.t,. rfuea,e OF 9 purer rorai'y: san
hs,sis no 6eryirg tbst there q mucn room 'ol IN
tDeio osr, IN both morsls and relglor. !. 10 20 De
Snn.d bowever that with the spread OF hte.ussns,
nh e N be better underwood ard more eA'sis'eT
prssic,d. -, r .,,,e lee, .s<f. arI o,ter crins
- han for meylyI -. -. I..h e 49,
1n,YrS OeI iors ere divce1 GA ths pran.n % tue
-, Nv ,ome Of the residents IN jan sica 'hi-
su'J.V. ia he spsxered in the negative, by ocners
~ Affirmative. In the dsys OF bondage the seses,
-, houpd 10 re soil ard cucGrscfbea 10 1hei,
moyemsprs bad no. saca Ieqnsn' oypJ goods
boxtyerbsi no. ne least oompunclion % re a.
- ao m, ir ozbers; and this propensity tney g.
80 MED 10 usiiy, Ii with q1eshonaSe n'isl''y, a.
IN srsuts win & sort Of logical scu'enese. for ~
sssrce. q slave on sugar eitate, rno oapPs.eu 20
zeal quantity OF sugar from his master, Nona asae
thus
NE h. loos 10 Mssss TOO; therefore, go
n co., Axe .ugsr i: teions 10 M,sss sli, sud me no
sN~rsto,aed IN .hs u,srne to make free viii toeir
,osst.ry' procuos, 81 which the masters eenelo.iy
len ~ as the ,he;, hspI ened 70 be eN'sasVe, s
= % be senieYed a. that 11en set su1deny zee ,us
rntsuclt natures shoald sl iesd then - o.sissa'i
tbn GiNeIeIee between meum and 1--I's, the ieD
sbo "a sl.yss yssterosy thought y no crime 10 ap-
Use g.. suosr canes belonging to Their comnon
swIe- should be capable toosy, tnoue q H@oe fe'' ="
scmnilliI 8 .inliar act ,t.. I'm ooc,;
nee Of couis CT iustiee tbsn du log the preVehce
sf ssy.ry csnoo: he denied bat 1t by DO means iOl-
love az some If tie Jamaica Journals, w,h MAKER
ngafer Slavery, YOU snceavor 10 make Il spPoal'
SSt consequently tbs.s of more re1uens occur.
,erc. now ,san then. In the 0lden time the goa
az times ss hey are os:en,stiousy caIed-sI nsit
committed by slave, Of too glazing nsure % oe
pssNd over, ~ss sInO5; invariably punishsu 10 4
+tta Gr.Of 8
sLd "Liue aid thirty, well laid %, IL reference .
inis efiesoiaus remedy against " the AVE delay s
ttil curreLt as piOysTb OF the past. .,.
Thus the lsvebOlder while he niiicted pun .shnent
On 70. met nsd eye 70 his ogn interes; % avahng
ljlneel Of tue services of his own slave, peraaps
y .lrAbe one of which be you'd have been deprived
al he roJsh. TIE MISTER before court o. justice,
i,v,'yjre perhaps lengthy tsrm OF lmprlsoninent.
Ny wss alone ia petty csses that 'ne s4sel2ioei
vas serse TO be deprived Of the services OF ms save
nv lawn. BIN publicly tried Tor "a oneose. CtpWa
s'oni.s slaountipg - mlrder, have been oompro-
sed In crd,r 70 secure TO the owner VI al OH 'nuns
lave the services OF that piece oil human property
y,,e for every save hsnged or trsospJred no owner
vss sgaIde5 compensation ny the St.'ei OpI IL vas
that scn compensation, however c0nsl lee-
able would rsmuherste the owner Tor the loss oi
lssrO Il mCrs thar o'oiDaTy u3eidihsss. Ci,o u
mont u cs occurred in the PaIish OF SAINT george
which nav 10 gsrded as myth by the inoreduoas;
but wbieh nave been assured by persons well IN;
f,rueo IN the mstter, anj not gwen u E9s1lIg ana
d.esiy L 2 is 4 bona ide fact. Bseltes, soiemay
nr,bat with NV Knowledge Of .msica 10 the olden
fine partly scQnied by actual observation ano Psrty
from information d,rivei from sgei relatives ana
fiends tie incioert sm about 10 rsi9e - lsIleo'!
ooLsis.eIt with probability. It's az follows;
GA d certain estate Of Saint George, the nsme OF
which hsve forgotten. the heal cooper, negro OF
r.ore than ordinary sBl in his occupation, Killed
nan in cold blood. Alarmed 81 the pfospsc. o. iosn3
20 valuable slave, which no compensation the isi and
could sid hin could supply, the oweer Iid MS case
before the authorities, and asked permission 70 sao'-
tate an aged and wtrs.out Ahlcsn, wuose only occu'
tn oh Ia T. ans .ts
init The compromise actually effected; the
prcctnt African executed for the cooper crime,
he ogrer received compensation for his loss aOd me
real criminal spared FOR many yeHs 20 NIKE s'sa
hoesheads and rum puncheons for his MASTER VINO nad
saved hm from is;e he richly deserved w course,
If sn owner could the forfeited Lilo OF vauaos
slave, by substituting ono as vlcI "AoH ae go
spsre he coulc much isciiity, ,enu 80 ihh?,
cent but useless slave 20 the galows, aad ieceEo IL
compc nsstioD by truupng up against hla soe rs
hess d dsy ins Ard s has
70 have been rosorted by needy but unscrupaiou'
saveb oldsrs Let u.s. for the honor OF huan nature
lone thst such cases were few and lar between.
returning to the private punishment OF criminal
slaves 10 the present day there can be no euch thug.
Tie most petty theft, if punished al all, becomes
matter OF notorety hence cer.an "a
ecro character and TO raise cutlery against the En-
francbsement OF tie race, will have 1t that THEFT is on
the increase. Whether this be really the case woula
be hsd to determine in the absence of satisfactory H.
furmsiop. At all events, the growing desire 10 Ihe
community 10 expose and punish those who commit
crime, eynces more wholesome state OF mOfHhty
than formerly prtvailet. Another reas N why oius
is now more apparent than II was quarter OF Gen.
tury ago may be the establishment Of more efficient
police rendered necessary by the abolition OF arbitrary
punishment by the sggrieved parties themselves
Blu. wba, after ali, is the nature OF tue thei's com
roitted by the negroes of Jsmsca! They are prlnc-
paly lsrcenies OF the most petty descrlption KIDD
bty on the highway, by violence, under any cir
cumstsnces lie almost III kno1n; aud although burg,
larry does occasionally take place. is never attended
with the circumstances of cruelty, OF which we read
too often in respect to Great Britain and other Euro
pean countries. In fact the only care Of burglar IN
Jam acs when caught in the fact is to decamp with
all convenient speed, even though the discovery %
mace by a feeble woman or child.
On the whole, though have not sufficient data fer
saying that thefts more rare now than formerly
can SAT, " declare that the growing aohorionce o
crime, id the more frequent giving up 10 Justice VI
those guilty Of IT, and the comparative haImiessnes
Of ofen.es committed m Jamaica, seem 70 be indcs
tive Of a more sound morality than formerly exised.
QUESTION IV.-IPha. rages are PAD noe, ana are
tie ptople contented riM their rages
.4nsEer.-The double question bas bsen very mlch
debated, and is perhaps legtmatey deba:aoe. 10
reference TO the ftst clause, wha, wages are pid
row ," i. has been asserted that the naTlmKm Is one
shilling per diem. On the other hand, this hiss been
denied by certsn persons who broadly ssssrt To at 10
agriculture there is 10 such thing as day labor in
Jan aics but that the aborers paid by the tax,
at one shilling per tai and il s ssd thai any laborer
Of moderate strength easily perform two tasks per
day. add thus earn two shillings; but thst generally
the .borers are satisfied With esrniDg one shillcg
which sufices for their wants and that they do not
care for eupeI tuliiee. ,
liz seems 10 me that the truth lies between both
statements. Certain II is that task work Is the rue,
ard that chilling per task s the general price. But
al descriptions of plantation labor cannot oe performed
by be done by day labor. In SUI ases
have no hesita ION in saying that one shilling per dsy
IA the maximum price OF labor-an amount by no
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