New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-15
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tIsGsn. cr tie river il &C Icdal town ~ Ia, rishI
bark, sevsL.ees nsutic al miles up the stream. Tas
bulldogs cocsst of fouroopefed paings With rsos Of
I.sves ard esch can accommodate from four to five
perors c'osey packed together.
| ST. Georges Wa founded later than the col ,nies
already mentioned but il has advanced further than
tbose sirce il has attempted tie cultivation OF the sur
rouroirg courtry, which only maze practicable by
TIE circumstance that the msory Of the convicts
pegroes sent thther from Martinique and Gusdeoupe
It lies on the lef bank Of the Oyspck, and contxns
board church, steam saw mill, q Blacksmith and q
carpenters shop, nanioc meal-houss, brick kiln,
| bskefy, &c. The black inhabitants have cleared
away about square klometer Of land on the river.
TIE trees cut down fsur or FIVE feet above the
roos ard tie siyps then burned, 30 tina! 10 four
or FIVE years the land is ready to cultivate Careful
drsLirg Ct the coil i. indispensable. TIE and is
cordnfIy n.ersscted by bitches, with suices to pre-
vert tie overflow of the Oyspok in the rainy season
TIE most importan. article Of cultivation is the m.noc
psLt the root Of which attsns tie length and size Of
the red beet but. according TO Europeans, contains
little rourisbment that i. is impossible 10 make bread
a it. After that are raised bananas. rice and maize
ard psra for fodder. Cocoa. sugsr-csrs and cotton
slso thrive well and all The roads are borde'ed with
pslmP II word, It ia hoped that the negroes viii
deveope the Colony by their efforts to such de-
gree that they viii be abe Independently to their
Owl subsistence.
As regards the climate, it sppears 70 be absolutely
destructive to Europeans. The overaowDgs OF the
o. spok and the heavy rsirs Of tie WEI of eight
mouths cover the surrounding country far sud near for
auos. tie year through with stagnsnt water. out Of
which the few points uncovered rise up ike ISLANDS.
" Few European ssys Father Bigot, ." can pas
mouth here without being seized by fever only The
blacks Withstand the climate. Tie settlement was
founded with few blacks in April, 1853. The next
July $50 white eonvicts came but the fever ragged
"aucrg them to such degree, that by the lst OF
December nearly half Of them had died. Several
voluntarily starved themselves to death; two hung
d" themselves ard third drowned himself. All the
" rest found Themselves in completely n'escroabe
" state Of excitement or detection. The convcts are
uposed Of thieves Of all sorts, forgers pceudsries
and murderers. Two thirds of the population of S..
Georges however, consist of transported negroes,
" fer the most pait still young and docile The num-
" of whites grows smaler daily those who are not
actually in the hospital drag themselves about with
difficulty. aid, in fact, all are sick. They con-
WINGED that before the close Of the year, they will
have sunk into their graves-snd this is aso the
"opinen of the phssci,ns"
In tie Spring of 1867 two new colonies were added
to those already described-St. Augustin aud Ste.
Marie, to which was aiterwaId added ST. Philippe in
the same vicini y All three lie the right bak OF
tie Oyapck, which flows into the at Cayenne, aud
are distant from the coast in stras line, from ten
TO fifteen lesgues. The number of corvics, p,rtcu
larry in the two first is very considerable 10 81. Au'
gustp, the yellow fever has made great bavoc. 10
May, 1856, $50 persons were sick in Sse Marie, and
the missionaries sent hther their pous service died
rapidly, one after the other.
According to an official table, there lived in the
penal colon ies in January, 1857: