Washington telegraph., 1865-08-23


year 1925 At EGO 900. as a bad debt; and
though the eststs has been advertised FOR
sale or lease, We cannot get an offer oi
any kind, and have accordingly deter
saesed and sent out orders to abandon it.
The works are in first-rats order, and
everything complete; therefore you may
Judge efthe sacrifice; which, however, il
only imaginary, a the, cultivation OF
this estate. since 1912. has cost US fI3,-
600 more than the produce has yielded.
This does not ihclnds interest, but the
actual wages and expenditure q to make
crops which have sold for 1eI3, 600 less
than they cost us to produce. / could
eaumerats many others, bat one is as
gaod rs . thousand. The situation OF
ssme of tho estates is much in their favor,
and this was another reason that induced
US to take the one alluded to on any terms.
nd" The West Indians have often bee,,
tauated with not adopting the improve
ments which are introduced in the slave
colonies. at the cost of about 1000.
We sent out last August machinery for
that estate. and since then have written
out not to Nnpack it, and, in the serious
contemplation ofabandoning the estate,
have asked the makers of that machinery
TO take it OF our hands. As they have a
coed many orders for foreign slave. grow
ing countries. believe, five determine
to sacrifice It. that they will send it to
Porto Rico or Havana -f...e.
--"Th- following letter is taken from n
Iata nj l-r ~ tur and
We recommend it seriously y to the atten-
tion of our readers: -s Hts'5'it-
.'' To The Editor Of the 'Jsmsica Dsspafeh,
70 .-a'''-as- cArsniete, ssd Gs-e,te.' .'
Coming events east their shadows before
SIR: have just returned from Lacea,
where L have wita~ssed a sight anything bat
gratifying 10 my feelings. ... .. . .-..f.
"a vessel has arrived frsm Trinidad do Cuba,
20 load with the mill aud mxchn-ry, ceppers.
aud other apparatus, from Williamstield Estate
in this parish, late the property Of Mr.. Al-xan-
der Grant. Tho estate has, since Mr. Grants
death, been, from the difficulty OF the times
abandoned; and Mr.. D'Castro, the swner OF the
vessel now at Lucea, has pnrch ased the fixtures
tor an estate settling in Cuba.
sis not the fate OF Jamaica estates foreshad-
swed i'll this circumstance Is it not a m-la n
chsly reflection that We are being wontealy Sac
rificed by our fellow csuntrym-n, solely for the
aggransisemsnt OF fOr~igncrsi - -.. e. .aN
1T does net require, Mr.. Editor, prophet
to foTetcl the fate OF Jamaica sugar properties.
and tha: for every mans property destroyed
here, half dozen will flourish in Cuba. A new
branch of trade is opened to Us, and for . few
months, Bo deubi, il will be brisk Que.
would strongly recommend g-n,lennen who are
advertising properties for sale to send the advcr-
tisement ~ Cuba; an estate now is not worth
more than the cattle and machinery Oh it. and
n"ighbois in Cuba might obtain all the ma
chinsry necessary lur the settlement OF their
sugar plsnts.isns on very easy tsrns; and it will
BE-, no dslibt exceedingly agreeable ut some tu-
lure ti'nr, " hcR necessity compcls us to QEit
eur own country to seek living in Cuba, to
our late sill, steam engine. coppers, and
if we arc parIicalarly fortunate, obtain the su-
perrin t'.ndenc- of any one of them.
1 an, Mr. Editor, yVur otedi-nt servant,
HanoY,r, OF. 81, lSs7. L PRoPRIEToR.'
With .ucA facts and testimony before
him. what man in the possession of his
reasonable senses can doubt that our
West Indian colonies are at this moment
upon the verge of riinl We use the
word in the most literal sense. and we are
not very sure that we are justified in re-
taining tho qualification. for ruin, in its
worst shape. haa already fallen upon ma
ny. Lord John Russell is said to be a
bold and intrepid man, but there is a
weight of responsibility here enough to
appal the boldest man that ever held the
Office of Prime Minister to Britain The
question is not now one Of depression of
trade. The rashness of former cabinets
in dealing with the property of the cole
80 o,,l el,.,r Ii L.
and delay in granting any remedial
measures. or an inc creased supply of labor,
have accomplished Ma, already. The
question now is, shall these c0loniss Lc al
once a6andonfal We look for an answer,
no. to the colonists, but TO Lord John
Russell himself He is the, party who
has directly consummatsd their ruin. and
from him the country atlarge are entitled
to demand a full explanation of his poll
cy. Is it his purpose that these colonies,
once styled the brightest jewels Of the
British crown, shall be thrown waste and
abandoned! If it IL, let him say so
boldly. The country will then be sna-
bled TO record their opinion of his judg-
nent, and, Notwithstanding all that has
taken place of late years, We will not de
the horest-hearted people Of Great Brit
ain the injustice, for one moment, to
doubt of the strength and tenor Of that
opinion. If, as we hope and t'ust, he
never contemplated these results, when
in a rash moment, and perhaps with NO
unnatural eye to little temporary pop
ularity, he forced on the measure Of
1876, let him say ss-let him make the
only reparation in his power for former
errors; and although much mischief has
already been done. the colonies may yet
be saved. and a sacrifice so serrible
avsrted 81 t sens ? i. ,s,,,i z. ~ ~ -..
"While such is the situation of our own
colonies, upon whom we forced elnanci-
patton, let vs. see what. is doing in the
slave countries, TO whom We are handing
over our. custom. The increase i'm the
sugar produce of Cuba, as we have al
ready seen, is from fifty thousand to two
hundred thouaand tons, and is still rap
idly increasing. The slave trade is 60
ing on at multiplied ratio, and perhaps
tho friends of the African will be glad to
learn fact, for the correctness of which
we can voucll. Not three weeks ago, a
large mercantile house in Glasgow re-
ceived orders to send oat q supply yei
blankets TO Cvba. becausa. as the writer