Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1865-11-24

EpIroRs PREss.-Please announce MILTON
T. HBTcHISON as a cabdidate for Sheriff al
the next ELECTION. MANY FnIESbs.,
THE INsuRRFGTIoN' IN JAMAIcA:-Al
this Time when the destiny Of the black
Eaes j. still an Undecided problem the in.
surrection IN Jamaica presents an event oI
general and absorbing interest. It would
seem to put at rest forever the question Of
the capacity Of the negro for sclfgovern:
ment. In apy island of Eve thousand
whites, seventy thousand mulattoes, and
three huudred thousand negroes, with mn
Unrestricted franchise, and WHARF all offices
are necessarily in the hands of tho negroes,
such is the result. of negro emancipation
apd the problem Of self-governmsnt.- -
With all tho appliances Of civil
zation the race has retrograded, and now
BY this crowning act Of misrule has cstab
iished the incapae1y Of the negro TO- gov.
. ern himself or to concur in civil govern
mept with another race. The cause of the
recent outbreak seems to be dcep-seatcd
antipathy against the whites, famed into a
fame by the pressure for the means Of sub
.istsnce. Tho blacks wefe pressed sor sup
plies they we're loo indolent to earn, or
rtdpeed to want and thrown out OF work
BY tho regent remarkable droughts. The
following statistics with regard TO the re-
soarces of the island show that finer field
to test the problem of selfgovernment
could not haye been afforded:
Jamaica is about one hundred and sixty
miles long by about sixty miles wide.' In
4s44. when the last census was taken, the
population consisted of l5,77G whites,
2o3,l2s BLACKS, Gs,52o mulattocs. There
are thirty.four harbors on the coast, which
sford tolsrable anchorage, and sixteen
which are secure against storms from ev.
cry quarter. The island is in most paris
healthy, and :. is ;marvellously fertile. =. 1t
paoduces abuudantly sugar cane, cocoa, ar.
Ipwloot. ccffee, sweet patotoes, indigo,
corn and tobacco Fruits. are found there
ingreat perfection, cattle are numerous.
poultry abundant, and the rivers swarm
WITH fish,, Inthe forests are fousd rose
wood, mahogany, satinwoad, logwood,
ebony, cedar; eocoanat and other varieties
of trees, sad the earth Offers hidden treas
usssin'ths shape Of limestone and marble,
lead. copper, silver, iron and coal. Ma
tnre seems to have-strivep to crratp there
I'M earthly Paradise. Tho. negroes have
been dsdree rs Englishmen for, twenty-sev-
ep PEARS. The average yearly expectation,
Of cofsesifom the island during tho first
ten yearej Of this century was % $50, 1926
pounds, and Of sugar \ 29,5lb $legsheads.
The average yearly expectation of coffee
during the ten years from slsts to 1857
inclusive ~asf :. 40, 49, poundS and of
sugar sa,o7s hogsheads. Al lie other
Ealaabls production of siha island, for tiie
ssispasntiof shisL: cay; and labor are
ysaLired, have largely declined. I.
Ia tuch a.eotntryJ the blacks have
been pressed lof The means ofs subsistence,
and have manifested q fierce api .autipa,hy
,alssiinst Is. .pall number Of white inl,abizz-
tanss, We MY expect tlsas sumo Results
wherever they form tbei ruling class, Pro
ssrhialiy Idle, fhfiftless and iBProyident, it
slll zea,ise he .regolplian of.nsesito work