Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-03-14

chnstlty, ny lhe very iauuaDie custOhs vi
those Western Islanders deprived him of all
professional rights, and work not being con-
genial to him as Scotcllman, he became
entirely dependent in his idleness, and the
consequence was, they were reduced to ex-
treme want and suffering
Now sou came to share their love and
claim attention, but in their reduced circum-
stances, harassed by past memories, this was
not AS il usually is, an affair of the greatest
joy. About this time small sum came
from the brother of James in the West In
dies, with II request for him to use it in get
ting thither, but he had contracted debts,
which by rights should be paid and it was
not long before this sum was thus expended
and they were i'll the same pitiable condition
as before. Again another remittance came
from the same source with similar request,
and he at once prepared to depart, though
he was compelled to leave his sorrowful
wife penniless.
The island of Jamaica forming compan-
ionship with the other West India islands,
has its position humbly below its two larger
neghbors, Cuba and Haiti, reposing quietly
in the calm bosom of the Corribean sea. Its
aboriginal inhabitants lived comparatively
unmolestcd and secure until 1909, when
hand of less than hundred Spanish robbers
were cast as settlement into their midst
lhrougr-+Ae instrumentality of the son of
the great dscoverer, Columbus. These ban
ditti sealed the fate of those unsuspecting
red men, for it is said that their swords ran
red with blood until the last nation yielded
his life current To the fiendish thirst of those
murderous Spaniards. Those blood-thirsty
depredaiors held possession and multiplied
until about the middle of the seventeenth
struggle got possession and kept it, though
not without interruption for about twenty
five years, when permanent laws were
made. Not long after this the buccaneers
made this the depot Of spoils from Mexico,
Peru and America, but this piratical trade
soon gave way and an unlawful commerce
was opened with Spain, which became ex-
tensive, but it was curtailcd after awhile and
in the middle of the eighteenth century ia
maica was made free port. Meanwhile,
several cities had sprung up on the island,
and among the rest Port Royal claimed dis
tinction as sea port; though this city
seemed doomed, for in 1862 the earth quaked
and Port Royal was no more.
The few inhabitants that survived the
earthquake were nearly all carried off by an
epidemic disease; however the town was
soon rebuilt, only to yield to nearly total de-
struction by fire. Again it rose as Phoenix
to he overwhelmed by the sea in 1922. Here
we chcerfully let the progress of this inter
esting island in the hands of the English
excepting comparatively small port claimed
by our Scotch friend Thomas Mac D.. to
renew the consideration of the curious affair
of James Mac d. We localize our view of
jamaica and are pleased to look upon the
large sugar plantations of Thomas Mac d.,
superintended by his brother James Mac D.
As you approach the interesting earthquake
piled rocks in the interior Of Jamaica, you
are struck with the beautiful scenery conse-
quent upon the fertilizing mountain and
streams that flow down from their. far up
source, though the evergreen foliage that
ilourisLes rather mysteriously upon those
soilless rocks that lie beneath the eternal
mists which hang over them and distil
moisture upon them. The uneven rocky
A.. a.
forms an enclosure for some very fine and
fertile valleys where some desirable sugar
plantations are located, among which is the
one upon which our Scotch ex-pedagogue is
sojourning until few years may turn the
wheel of fortune to his advantage.
Many years prior, Thomas Mac d., left
his home in the Highlands of Scotland and
settled in Jamaica, where by dint of enter
prise he rose to be one of the leading plant
ers, and when James, his brother visited
him he found him bachelor desiring to take
his ease; and this visit of one whom he could
trust with his affairs was opportune; and
James proved himself worthy of the conf
dence reposed in him, and was apparently
happy; ay, only apparently, for his mind
dwelt upon the condition of one he had left
,woy I'M nm the Lewis Island The thoupbt
or the rnrlorn STATE of his family came to his
wind f,rc;,,v 40 he saw tbe lnxuriance and
,hrft of ,h;s fr,;,f,l countrv Uere were
,he ,orre ti.lds of sny,r cane tbe valuable
ooooa ,ro. ,be nrodncto of g;nrer penner
.ra c;,nam,n ,be very valuable mabopanv
,ho ,rtie ond desirable cedar the incomnar.
,,le c,hh,ce tree the palm vieldng oil for
med;c;,e ,he so,n tree aftor,ling berries IN
ornn,v tho want of soan the tanners bark
and ~, ,ror,, hord hes;des all kinds of fru,,
oor,uo,, n tro,;cal countries on tba, this
saau,oa ,,s o,o,;no az ,o,ures c,rnrc,n;o
a,n;ds, al, ,,;s nrofnsior of nature tho
,;s,alo which gorced liz morr;ago IN ,ho
uohr;des While be yas too noor to sun,ort
a e.n,;,,, came oon,;nrolly tn his mind and
~ ,,sa,,a ;o,,a ~ ,,,n e,o;, ono ho had
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