New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-13
THE WEST INDIES.

,,upprCFDENTFD DROUTH-STREAMS AND WELLS
DRYING UP - APPREHENDED FAILURE OF
CROPS.
A drouth of unprecedented severity prevails
throughout tho greater part OF the West Indies In inc
island Of Trinidad the drouth IS so intense that tho
decpcst wells I'm Port OF Spain almost dry. The
country was completely burnt up with heat and several
rrg had occurred with most disastrous results ono OF
the es had trayersed twenty-five square miles OF coun-
m destroyng in It's thousands OF acres OF grow
inc canes and others had taken place on cocoa pana
Uon, with similar sad results St. Lucia the streams
have diminished 90 such extent that the mills are AL
AZ a stapds,ill for want OF water to work them In
Crod,loppe pubc and private ciserns alike dried
M aud not drop OF fresh water Is 10 DC 9Dneu, ~
Tie towns tho inhabitants are to DC seen az We uoiula W
tie different streets pumping ana drhkinB prach
sh water: while the distress oil domestic hllnaS
and cattle Is positively painful TO WtIesS ~ I -
moisture months having elapsed since tsy hnNo nau
heavy fan Of rain: IN Barbaaoes tno TS "a, 'S
sugar crop And in some parts on Jamaica tne people ne
actually giving nearly days a9or or Siso JroSn
from river distant about three miles from inc nas
so greatly diminished as 10 awahen septouS % "P
re breaking ont in the city says 09e OF d 5pe
Kingston journals In,o what our position would
he il Are was now TO break in any par part
Of the city with the strong winds oi the ase lS"
ir rIo i 10 supply hydrunt To any purpose, only
tie good providence Of God could save Us uon in
ieaiI ~, be West India Islands has greatly diminished
owing in great measure u u supposeu 10 tno nnS
@ crsb rrouuds for the cultivation OF coffee vans NC
similar consequences arising from inc destruGtq VI dp
|Da,Is TN,u,HATIoS N JAMAICA IsGRACEfUL TREAT
MENr OF THE lMhfGRANrs. ,.. ~,
Co,. Grant has published minute statement on
ConIlo immigration, containing some euuuins u 1h
cosrres AS TO tho working OF tho system ~ t1
ttiip"Wd ~ Jamaica On estates the mOrtalty
iS,a a"a The Immigrants arriving during the nss
M months has been is per cent ,o hNu "a 20 nor
ost ut The weekly earnings OF considerhoo
porton OF the coolies lndenured on nnS d
20 oiniain working In health, far hess TO aiIIS
means OF supplying any othep found 70 be- as low as
and m many they have been IVunu 70 o
lees tnan 20 cents The Governor s sa earnings of the
s hove been suiicientto maintain VIZ ~ ~,
health aud strength or 70 fes1tu wants Of aborer sir
nun, r r adds Obliged to say that tns
ton have acquired since my rant. who arrived in 1851
,ns "pyinced ne that the OLD shto v s, ~ a
such that u Goi ~ the system would have been my
duty ere now IN have reconnaissance nv Grant has taken
eooiie Immigration to Jamaica wv
stops to reform 11H ' Trade IN LoGwooD. .
-, .ror An IIayti, which has lhsteu nov, lVl W.
Inc cv wa complete stop 10 the large raue IN log
yoaaSs fnrmeriy carried on by the "tr
and the unerh Ic6 has during the last - months en.
d an prccedened quantity OF and capitai
porter III THE impetus given 10 INDUSTRY mn hu
paper say me Island in consequence OF the deaha
MI nm WOOD mas Dcou NeIJ
which ma p,nnderfui 10 how even IN remote as
rc ar into Il az tS S0T night S long Strings
AL DAY bearing the now valuable
Retired ysi. Ss{ Sy sSps Shattered
SSodes to mes OF o m e oSWoO
last forever been and far in the inte-
near ~, fe prSs ruling y sufficient sGcss
for Local ehtoPs vet he available, we cannot pretehu
sibe p1s nnons5 we suspect 70 keep the trade 6tss
& te As long period as the denaha ~
likely 70 00~ WHALING IN raS cAH RnIih v..,os have
| mhtniquo p.IIrI thia season. Seven whales nave
csTy coz SHs Of OIL HcOG
captal OF ~ haleFs have already left wen satls
n.a % their good fortune The captain OF r Ins S
s sh9 shars Of the rshing t9E tnAAeAsSh