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The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Virginia when abolitionized. The annihilation of slave property in St. Domingo, in 1791, reduced the sugar product of that prolific island from 163,405,220 lbs. in that year, to 652,541 lbs. in 1882; producing a loss per annum in one crop of one hundred and sixty-three millions of pounds. In consequence of the annihilation of slave property in the British West Indies, in 1831, the export of the chief staples of those colonies fell off, in ten years, from four hundred and ten to two hundred and fifteen millions pounds of sugar; from eight to two and three-quarter millions gallons of rum; and from twenty to ten millions pounds of coffee. In these instances, the negro was merely set free, but remained in the islands, still as capable of producing crops by his labor as before, and still tilling the ground under all the incentives of self-interest. If the negroes had been driven forth from the islands into the sea, or transported back to the jungles of Africa, the whole trade in t
The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Later from Havana.important movement at St. Domingo. New York, March 29.--The steamship Quaker City, from Havana, March 25th, arrived to-day. Much excitement existed there on the subject of the annexation of St. Domingo to Spain. It seems that a system of Spanish emigration has been going on to that Island, emigrants beSt. Domingo to Spain. It seems that a system of Spanish emigration has been going on to that Island, emigrants being instructed, when the proper time arrived, to hoist the Spanish flag and invoke the protection of Spain. This was done on the 16th, much to the astonishment of the blacks and natives. When the news reached Havana the frigate Blanca, fully armed with a large number of regular troops, was dispatched from the Island on the 23d, alars. A large naval and military force of 10,000 is said to be on the way from Spain to Cuba. It is stated that Haiti will soon share the same fate as St. Domingo, with the consent of France. The steamer Mohawk arrived at Havana on Sunday. A million of dollars are said to be en route from Spain to said the metal