Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-01-21

on the Island; thus showing. that in q period
Of % years they have diminished III numbers
Ia the extent Of 1922.
The same letter referred to remarks:
s.What do We see? Idlcncss, concubinasc,
drunkenness and adultery. Never were 4 peo-
ple so degraded; no lower depth can be found
than that in which q Jamaica negro wallows.
Emancipation! Better it had never been; far
better for the poor African had lac remained a
slave for ever
The writer also observes that the importation
Of Coolies has met with 10 Success: The ma
joritv hang about Kingston in = state OF ahJcc.
poverty, depending upon THEFT 'nd charity lo'
support" -.
The Presidents message continued to clic't
i large share OF attention, in European Journals.
There appeared to be an immense number
of speculative schemes III the course O! INTRO
duction to the public. through the London
Exchange and money Brokers. They comprised
subscriptions for Rail Roads and Telegraph
lines, all over the world. and formed an asgre-
gate Of capital asked for. equal to about
$500. o0o, 600. Among the grand plans. WAS
one for an Australian Railway. which comes
before the English public. FOR abo':t $ 10, 0oo, 0Wo
with suitable guarantees. Slch gigantic
schemes for the ABSORPTION Of capital portendS,
ere long. a tremendous and general crash.
The English finds closed at ?i!, cN-diviicnd.
The Bank Of England had increased is Sccuri
ties and circulation. while its bullion stood At
Sgt. 800. showing decrease of $2.o2l. $40.
The total exports OF specie from this port,
since January LIST. 10 the 18th. amounts 10
Sl.270.6o7 against *:3.4i+.l7i. for the same
time in lS5S. and 1906, 990 in 1871. aud
so. d42 in 1856.
The New Jersey Transportation Railroad
Company has declared scmi-annual dividend
Of ) per cent. The Indian railway reports
show that the Bengal line. l2l miles long. had
paid G. per cent. nett IN six months. The Ma
draS. however, had not done 50 well. II VA,
81 miles long. and in six m"nthS had nctt.'i
only , per cent. The Bombay line SS miles
long. in three months had earned III gross.
about 81. too. 900. The exports Of tea from
China to latest dates exhibited 4 deficiency.
compared with last year. Of about 10. IoO,rDl
pounds. The taxes in Austria levied on to'ac-
co, amounted for the year to about 2G,9'o,OOo
iiorins. The total revenue from all sources
amounted to about Dps. OO0, 000 forms. The
taxes it is needless t, say are enormous, and cn
houses equal to those paid in the city Of New
York.
The yield of gold in the colony of Victoria in
six wears. viz: from 1851 to 1867. amounted
to $333s, 7l4.465. The papers OF the largest
daily circulation in Paris. are he Steele. $1,000
and lie Constitutional 22I,000.
The Lombardo Ncnitian railway was o;icrin:
for 4 subscription Of So. 000. 900. Of which il
expected to get 81. 5o0.0 0D in England. The
Bahia and San Francisco railway, in Brazil, wa>
in the market. and with S1.0oU,000 capital,
wanted loan OF 81, 900. 900. The Red Sen and
lndian Telegraph Company claim S4,5oJ,G0o
capital. The Australian Telegraph Company
a capital Of -, 600, 900; and Cape Town Rail.
way and Dock Company $1,000 Quo. The list
of other railway companies and tclcgraph>, in
India. Ceylon. South Australia, 10 say nothing
Of mining and other schemes at home and
abroad, swell the grand total to the enormous
sum We have stated. Among other projects is
that of n grand Indian Submarine Telegraph
Company, with a capital of $1,000. 600.
Besides these schemes. preached before the
English public, there are. also. vast schemes
Matching on the continent. Russia is autIo.
rising and encouraging an Immense expansion!
in her railroads and tclcgraphS. and plans arc
IN foo, to unite the Black and Caspian seas
with the Yolga ana the Don on the South. with
Siberia on the North. and the Armoor river on
the East.
Immense schemes are also l~iatchins in
: France and Germany. The Emperor Napoleon
has recently. granted n concession to a Sub
Marine Telegraph Company to lay down Il "a
bic from France to America, while lots Of local
schemes are on the tapiS. In this country, the
late panic makes new schemes drag. Never
thelcS>. orr people are not without perseyerine
efforts t. initiate and put atloat schemes, which,
if taken mp would readily absorb yery respect
able SUMS of money. These are seen. in the
attempts to get Congress to stand sponsor for
4 grand Pacific Railroad or two; which, before
their completion, would only require a tritling
investment of about 800. 000, COO, or so. BE
sides that scheme. we have any quantity O.
Land and Mining Companies, to be developed
AT Pixies Peak. on the shores Of the Pacific
and in Arizona and Northern Provinces o
Mexico. Oar Government. besides, must soor
borrow some $50. 0oh. 009. Several corporations
and States arc hard up. and mist borrow. Tho
State Golfers of New York arc empty, and s..
will have to borrow 4 or So. 900, 900, for which
she will give her bonds to banks, who. upoI
p!cIging them can issue 50, 5000 in bank
h"'s>' 'hN ''fa'""S S"','''' y" i",N' W.
neg. 10 circulate among the people in the form
Of promises to pay.
Taking MI the schemes or foot in Europe ant
America. with the wants Of our own and 70
reign Governments. and il is not too much t.
estimate the total aggregate al about five hun
bred millions dollars. Equal to about doubl,
the amount Of all the specie held by the Bank
Of the world. or three times or more than al
the gold and silver raised over the world in
year, or nearly twice as large as the whole OK
ports of the United States for the past yea:.
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