The New York herald., 1864-05-16
NEWS FROM THE BRITISH WEST INDIES.

Arrival of tho Crusader-Interests - tho
Islands IN che Faii OF siavsry-Allsgsd
kidnapping OF . British Subject I'm
New York-Cspture Of Colonial Bloe 4.
ado Runners. Sc.
The British steamship Crusader, Captaia Guthrie
arrived At this port Saturday morning. with lss rou
the West Indies dated u Kingston jamaica the SCI
Of May.
The general health Of she Island Of Jamaica va good
The weather continued dry and the sugar crop promst
70 be an average one
limo of coastng steamers trade around the Islant
OF Jamaica, had been established.
very warm debate occurred In tho House Of Assem-
bly, Of jamaica on the reading Of despatch from the
Duke of Newcastle, Secretary OF Foreign Affairs in Eag
land, In reply 70 despatch OF the Governor notifying
MN Q, ine dissolution o. the late legislature The Duke
declared that the people sufficiently educated
Tor that farm OF government deprecated the opposition
70 the late Executive Committee ana Instructed th
Lieutccant Governor not TO call them resign even
majority was against them IL the opposition was Of
mens considered offensive to the Assembly ana
the present members Of the Executive Committee.
ALLEGED KIDNAPPING OF BRITISH SUBJECT IN
NEW WORK.
From tho Kingston (Jam.) Journal, NAV Al
We have been informed that gentleman IN this city,
whose son was at Jesuits college in New York. re-
college stated that bis had been missug along with
another lad from the school, and supposed have been
kuhapled anu sent 10 sea- We bope that the BYitieh
government will take some rigid mode of action and
prevent tho recurrence OF this species OF stealing
WEST INDIA BLOCKADE RUNNERS CAPTURED.
Prom tbe Falmouth jam Post, April Ill
Intelligence has been received that the clipper schooner
Stngray succeeded In running the blockade . few woeks
ago, and arrived in a Southern port with valuable
cargo She took In ninety four bales OF for COM
mercial nrm Din Kingston, and her return voyage
was captured by federal vessel-of war.
Intelligence has also been received from New Orleans
announcing the capture OF Galveston OF schooner H.
u Cohirst while attempting TO the blockade and
We have been informed that the schooner John Douglas
fe into the hands Of the federas the same day that
the Stngray was taken.
THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS AND THE rALL or
SLAVERY.
from the Kingston (Jam.) journal, April I3I
The peculiar institution s doomed-slavsry
must faand may IL be soou and may the voice OF he
civilized world proclaim In words strong a. those
found 10 the Apocalypse Slavery 10 fallen, 10 falsnl
10 faen more 70 rise-grom ths Gulf a. Merioe
70 the forty sixth parallel Of nsrthern latitude on the
American continent. =
We would point 70 our readers how the fortunes
o. Jamaica are bound up with the fall Of slavery n
she onse United States. re productions Of the tropical
again be cultivated shsrs os much. on any,
better terms than In Jamaica; spain can hardly
retain slaves In Cubs and Porto Roo, whea they
are found not 70 be profitable In ths Southern
States These colonies, from the pressure q circum-
Stances that pressure whh Will be brought to bear
On spain nationally, must give up slavery and then Ja
maca wth the total sbrogation of the slave trade win
enter . nsd OF fair composition a9routuraily. frem
which she has been restricted and almost driven stree
lsi2csrtsniy since 1884, 1889 and 1sl6 Each 0 tbtss
manded bus was not forthcoming In the Of hu.
manity but unfortunate for the British cotonia9
and The owners property In the West Indies that they
he'd 70 contssd against unfair, uurshssous sonpstsos