The New York herald., 1865-01-21
NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY a. 1865

vate dwellings The Royal Victoria Hotel tthe Finn
Awnue Hotel OF the piace capable OF accommoaa.@ns @
upwards OF two hundred visitors l. full TINS "a my
with splendid verandah on each story extending around
It, erected about three years ago, belongs 70 .o
government and is leased 70 the proprietor upon conn.,
tons which make II incumbent upon him 70 ir
nish good accommodations to the guests chuer .ne
present propretorship these conditions are well ined,
and 1t may be by no unpleasant morsei OF IN
70 those persons who contemplating Visit
here for tho that the ordengs OF the ho.e ae
liberal kind and thst the table s comng
out every month In the Corsica filled with suostantais
and decacies from the New York market .,.b.
The Immense increase In tho white porulation Oh tno
place Is owing 10 the business which s carried on Win
the Southern Stacs Hundreds have come mere semp,sa %
ny shs propec OF ~. = Southern ports now
linn ted to Charleston, Wilmington and GavesIon. -
course there Is tho risk of capture TO ne nv
addition TO the dangers from the elements put the
attending sneccssf voyage are so enormous has sno
risks readily taken Companies are scmesmss stsi
formed tho shares divided among number OF supsor
bers % the risks well tho profits OF the
ture are sndered In times past before tho biocxaae
was thoroughly established the hazards were og and
then q vessel would be captured. whno :
dozen or would ply q profitable .,,ccsss 1.aas
Some OF those steamers have made n mber OF
full trips The syren for instance iateiy artlieo "a
port having completed her seventeenth roand Tip "
course large fortunes have been reasea are now
literally rolling in wealth. One firm Is rep1tcd 10 nave
made 61 900 oO0, about sla 900 600 N currency.
steamers frequently arrive ITOH, HdNuuo W A-Nb~NJ
change their black dress for white one and, assuming
namc, 60 into tho southern trade
Thus the steamer Kao which arrived aDont tnieo weoS S
since from Havana changed her black dress TOT sui u
white and IL hereafter TO be known as the g. l. watson
This vessel has had somewhat chequered career TOT
mery engaged In the contrband trade she was captured
by the Unitcd sta es and sold prize but undetered
by the experiences OF the past she has again Drvca u
dangers and hazards OF the blockad' Laden WIN w
cargo she started for Dixie, but after an spsehc9
week returned few days since to this port having IN
the meantime into close proximity with he lhon
fleet and saved herself from capture Dy & hs
her voyage and returning to the place wnence sno
started
The colored population OF Nassau includes every va
ricty Of tint, from the light muatto scare ~ shaae
darker than tho wli.e to tho jet black Many OF tEe
blacks in the employ of the government OCCUPYING
official positions in the Post Office Custom house and other
public Offices The police force Is mostly black They wear
a uniform composed Of blue jacket and pants trimmed
with silver their weapon is a club. On hot Weatnsr
they white pants and present very respectaDle
appearance The soldiers who garrison the place are
blacks. They the Zouave uniforn-red jackets,
blue loose trowsers, extending little below the Knee
where they are fastcncd white gators and red cap, with
whte haversack. Tho musicians connected with the
regiment the First West Indan) are an coored INC
music is good but the instruments arc INFERIOR ana arc
not kept bright and In good order as they might pc
Pompey's traditional aversion to an excessive use oi
elbow greaso is supposed to furnish the explanation
On tho day before Now Years day part Of the black
population, pursuant 10 ime-honored custom, go
through the streets engaging IN performance caoa
Johnny Canoe. Two Of them are dressed In fantastc
apparel of divers colors with masks on their faces
They accompanied by mu consisting OF fife, drum
and tamborno and are followed by an immense crowd
They stop in front OF the residences OF the more prom-
nent citizens and 90 through with variety or rotesque
and clownlsh performances the mcsic 10 tho mean
time playing and the crowd joining III WIN
shouts singing and universal buz and hum "a
indistngusiabe jabber, rising and falling with tho
noiso Of the musical Instruments. 'Johnny,' in the
meantime raises his hands in suppicating way to the
inmates at the window the balcony, and Few sh
ngs thrown out atisy the expectations OF the crowd
and they pass to other dwelling In the night
the band connected with the garrison go from place 70
place serenading the inmates compinied by the Same
crowd, conducting themselves In the same way Good
humor prevails and those engaged in tho proceedings
doubtless relieved by this open and unrcstained IN
dulgence Of their frocsome procliytes while 10 the
lockers on is presented scene, tho wild and
fantastic character OF which Is not devoid OF interest
1t nearly thirty since slavery was abolished
in this island and sufficient tame has elapsed Tor the re-
suits Of tho free labor system TO have developed them
selves The immediate effect Of throwing large numbers
OF people naturally indocnt and thrftcss upon their
resources after they had been dependent for many
generations upon the and foresight Of Others could
not bc expected to DO very promising was necessary
that time should be given for the cnfranchsed slave 70
learn the lcsson-whch had never been taught him IN
savery-of depend upoa himself II was probable that
with facutasboth moral and dinellectualso limited and
ultivatcd those OF the African slave his first
crude idea Of freedom would be that Of unbdled license
and that time would be needed 10 educate him up to the
point OF anything like correct Idea OF his true position
That time has been rven, and tho system is fairly
liable to have judgment passed upon It, 1t s enough TO
say this place. that II that judgment were much more
unfevorabe than 1t mus bo 1t would still award 70 the
negro tho right 10 the enjoyment Of his freedom.