, 1860-08-06

LealADd perhHpb, OF 1Ea1eH 4s''eA ~ h;a |
strict economy trics 70 sare ths price o. nnd uas
Silver forks. Equerries, atdes.de camp, auu Il
private secretaries no longer Haunt ;. AeoIs
Spanish Town. Tho aAunting aoout ~. opani.1 ia..
Town is now OF q dull sort. 1caaood! me R9iy !
OF that house is gone The palms oa's VI '""' I
island are over. I
Had he found "the Dukes and Ea1ls spend
ing their tens Of Thousands in royal maen''i-
cenc., and layiog by other tens cf thousands
for home consumption" English gus
comirg out as brides, mad equerries, aldes-de-
camp aud private secretaries Haunting about
Spanish town-how greatly Mr.. Trollop2
would havo bEcn delighted with the statc ol
Society and the commercial condition OF tho
West Indies, aud what glowing passages his
book would have contained Of lifo III the trop-
ics, l,owcrcr great tbs poverty and however
ahicct tic social condition Of tho negroes c,n-
sequcnt upon This state Of afEairs' |
To those who desire to inform themselves
Of the effects Of emancipation, SO flippanuy |
treated By tile Times and Herald and the book
from which it quotes, we commend an art'ele
in tho April number Of the Eiialurg Rsrie~ !
for 1853. Tho following extracts from that
article, which are made up from tue oili.Ial
colonial reports, furnish information Thousand
times more valuable and satisfactory than that
| Of my flying tourist could be, even if lie were
| competent 10 form correct opinion upon full
knowledge Of a1l the facts:
R,y11do<s Ia ten years "Detweeu 1872 and
1859 iocrcase of sugar exported, is 81 .240 hegs
| heads." The report for 1851, states, "Therc
hus been more sugar shipped from this Island
this year, thtu in any one year since it has been
peonted: aud it is remarkable fact that there
will be more iadortrs' sugar made this year,
,han previously. BE lahorers sugar IS meant
thst raised By The negroes on their own atch,
es Of ground, and sent to the proprietor's mill
lar Manufacture" The report for 1858 IN
nounces "yast increase il trade: So tar tue
success Of cultivation By free labor is un-
questionable" Report for 1858: " great II.
i crease in the value Of the txports. Ihe
large proportion ol land acquired by the ianof-
;,r rlnsses fu1 u4shes striking evidence OF tselr
industry"
"a xrea, aud important change for the better,
in The coalition OF the people; which be main
E Eir att attributes to "improyed education" The
rapidity with which these Islands are adranc.
in. is Indicated By the fact that The exports and
imports Increased in one year, from ls33 10
1855, sl02, ,924 {tz33,G66 78).
II GRENADA. hstnrns III 1871 au1 ao3I. ~" ~ ~
increase Of trade, amounting to es5; Ala ($425,"
. 355.s5} Report Of 1855: "Coutentment up.
,,rurs 10 peryade all classes of the community
A proprietary body, If considerable magnl-
= tude and importance has ALREADY risen from the
= 14boring Glass; State Of thu finances mos
sa4s1ea &; surur eui;yaton considerable
= increase Is noted IN the exports Of sugar, rum
!, ! md cocoa.
AaIquq.-Reports for 1858: Satisfactory
e evidence is afforded, By the reveans returns, o.
Increase Of trade and nsreehMe bushes e. 1ou
;e nerity." There had bt en- = deprtsslon IA con
sequence Of great fall in the price ol sugar II
ls3i).
N U:n.inica Report for 1858: "lfe s1eaas
~ to the future" Report for 1867: "The ex
potts show a considerable increast.' Very
considerable increase III revenue, ana ai
y ,oua]Iy ,nurked Improvement ia the amount o
t. Imports" In the report for 1s5s the GoserEo,
49, .nsuks Of the growing independence Of til;
~ laborcrs, manifested in the sp'all patches o
ID r,nes md little wooden Mills here aad there
doi1iag he plains around"
GuiYxq,-In 1852. the Governor reports tha
The fall in the price Of sugar, in 1877 and 1s3
Ga iorup Ia ,Le repeal of th- tariff, was 20 sud
H.n I'D enormous, rs to hare almos. ennihilat
to ~ N. C,oiony. ct that crisis" But be goes OF
ct tn sta1e that ",he revenue is now fourishing
+, nonulation augmentlcg, education spreading
| prir A,r1iniAfilur 1pQ tfUQE 1QCIGa4luh.
N Yo.tslrr1t,-la 1858, the Governor report
~ "iucrcase Of confidence. enterprise, aud iu
n' 1rst,vD nTi.e improved and improving stat
TO r. tx community is allowed on ull hands.
m "So island in the seas exhibits more decis
all IRE tendency "a soc'i Hao ,"sl o,s,.Iu1;an nv
ta a.;.t cpatented. md ORDERLY"
10 9aW:e ,;s~fThi. ia q yrrv fnlall island; abo,
nd ~ s;z. of common New England town. i.
- mort for 1857; "Thc roads appear as II III
od greater part Of The population haa new ctotn u;
uE al nv count leu ships OF considerable bul
~ -, =, .s.r,,ere anpears now to be at work Il
;,d,utr;ons snir,t Of iHprovement."
is ~ Etfs Report Tor 1856: a larger quaint
IN a., .r enSar in nroducsd now than ia the lime
]" Eoi s11. 1.han",, 20 m a smaller area>. Reno,
ing ete55a ..Ths ayricultural prospects of Il
nae ;s,,nd sre 1nost encouraging. Its financial co
an. di,ion continues Satisfactory; 50 do tue educ
an ton returnp. Attendance IL schools is ateudl
mi. nne veay. from 1856 ia 1851, trade incfeas
an'- 1I6 rios oa5s fs514 ,64o.ss).
i'll St. LYeis.-Report for 1855: t'At DO peri
lo of her history, has th+ re been greater bread
M .no Of land under cultivation, than at the prese
Tue tnoment" Detween the lnur years ending Is:
rer- ,no1 ""d 1onr vears ending 1856 the Increase
49,, 1 a~norted was SOS .ClS pounds.
ugh s. Ttosnf.-Iu 1851. the Governor descril
1ool r.o,ir snuud ard healthy state Of the Colo
At nrese3t. and cheering and promising pr.
| i0r the 11[HTE. h4 lCoG4AVGd AA| A.H'
lght Villages. the growing number Of freeholdt
|, of and H ieaseEo]ders. and the steady progressi
who Increase eta ~ III 1s ;mnorts Ind exports incre
par cd el56, ,C33 (s75s 1856 So; and be e1pres
casc sttrlbntesM 70 i'a dssc,;has tbe Connv
:sst lin most satisfactory state "Agriealtu
,uch operasionss!argey e1sendeo. tnRlr
tia. l;,ed'; i,
fact 1obago-The accounts nao 9een s1.aa;ai alsaa
ever toaS ana sSonted in 1885, the result of VII
Lies was q report in 1888 announcing mar
hch imp1ovemtat r;hce IN ce the inborers ~ 1ell
,.has lived urd iodus.rious."
es 1ore-Ih's .s.ana uHosE iia'e y s15o1t. t.P
uni " nj but the clunse is wholly an advant
spirit l.is remarkably well adapted Tor tue ralslr
ms Of soce: ~ a.7ts u i;ch fhey lispose Of at
aoFdi- advantage" "The lnseIc5s appear 'ua,y M u
liking We os tas aasantages o. .aa, ~. de.;r
,o ia dren; apd t1e er,nut; at.er afo1jed tbem.
T.:jn5 "a h;.h}y Gou7ishinr. In 1862
-. | crop WIS the Largest eFcs e1'Ppeu ito"'
1'eot island; aud 1t has been e1'enu'pg sanee
to 20 whole trade greatly increased sance H'u,
= ,lo The Report lo1 loo3 speaks o. ma. -
~ ~ rroveu1ent in The CULTIVATION 9! sugar est
"eA LaPu,. a. stsrcry tn 4aG a. cut Ia The
- ~. years ending 1854.
. ne ask the Times and Herald II thls loo'
though "emanclpatlon IN LUG "est 1uu'e
T In resulted in unmitignted egil!" We may
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