, 1876-03-25

The vacancy in the Attorney eneralship
causes some little confusion, not only In mat.
tiers connected with our Courts, but in the
Legislative Council, which was to have met on
the 18th inst, but which meeting is now post
pOned. 1t is a singular coincidence that two
successive Attorney Generals should so sud-
denly die off from the same cause but Eng
lishmen who will be obstinately indlsorset
In tho Tropics must only expect such results.
1t Is to be hoped that the new AttOrney-Gene-
raj may be selected from some Of the more
experienced members of the Jamaica Bar, ao-
quainted with the people end the country, and
that he may not any longer receive 81 800 per
annum for doing nothing and leaving the
Courts to get on as best they Oan without him.
1t is 8 crying sin the way the public money of
this C9lony is pitchforked about on salaries Of
this kind by men who contribute nothing what
ever to its collection, who build large ball
rooms with our finances, while our unfortunate
dead, whom the sea casts up, are left to de-
compose on the roadside in the sun, watched
only by dogs, ~vultures, and constables-there
being no money (as Sir William Grey says
available for building any shed for the reoep-
ton of dead bodies in Kingston |
The Jamaica Street Car Company Is about
TO laying is rails through the City
so soon as the requisite sanction of the Cover.
nor is obtained in conformity with the law. Mr..
Tracey Robinson, late assistant Superintendent
Of the Panama Railway Company, Is manager.
and Mr.. Forbes, of New York, the Engineer.
The Jamaica Hotel Company promises to be a
success, but nothing is yet before the public.
A private Hotel, to be called the "Queen's
Hotel" capable Of accommodating one hun.
bred boarders, will be opened very shortly In
King Street by Mr.. j. z. West, the proprie.
tor the chief difficulty is in finding o qualified
matron to take the entire management and
charge of the establisbment-that difficulty
will, We presume, be very soon got over.
From the Gleaner.)
There are about two hundred laborera en-
ployed on the Irrigation Works at present.
- The news brought by the MoseUe from
Hayti. was to the effect that the party at
Jacmel opposed to the rule of President
Dominique were under arms, and that COLL
sion was imminent. The MoseAe was not able
to land cargo, but took on board several refu.
gees.
The Royal Mail Steamer Mersey arrived
here on Thursday afternoon March 81 from
the Wreck of the Shannon. She reports that
the highest expectations of getting the vessel
off the Key, are now entertained !: nearly every
hand on board is engaged In diving up the
GOALS from the hold of the vessel.
The collection of goods, Intended for the
Centennial Exhibition now on view at Date
Tree Hall, ia interesting. The following list
of some of the woods, to be found in the col.
lection, will give an idea OF their variety s
braziletto, candle wood, yoke-wood, sweet
wood, teak, guania, breadfruit, ebony, dildOs.
fustio, oocoanut, pear, Iignumvita, divl divi,
calabash. cow-wood, lockwood. mahogany,
tamarind, acacia, locust, blood, juniper, cedar.
mshoe, yacoa, mountain. guava. iron fade,
cog, and prune woods. Some of the fbres are
o~aratoe, wild ochro, dagger plant, gunja. pin
gum, bowstring hemp, p~lantain, pine. hvefnger.
wild white cotton, Indian %sorrel, broomweed
and banana, The oils are also worthy of no.
tIoe, especially the cashew, saudbox, ,pindars,
walnut. coooanut, castor oil, cedar wood, pi.
miento, lemongrass, bitter orange and the ell
from the tree attracting so much attention for
It's power Of overcoming malaria-th E"eGtyp
tus GlobwE.s. There are many fruits preserved
whole, such as the nutmeg, the %Lisi.bisi, the
sokee, the pomegranate, the nance, the chsrs'
nova and the Avocado pear. Besides the
arrowroot and cassava -four, there are meals or
Aours from the negro yam, the bread fruit the
~plantain, the sweet potato and other bread
kinds. There are also various preserves,
natural gums, syrups and peppers. the latter
hearing Quaint names such as goat pepper
scotobman's bonnet, DEVILS bonnet 60
specimens of CInohona bark with the tree
itself from the Hourishing plantations under