The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-19
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LIfk IS CuBA. From 81. interesting lette
from Havana, IN the Commercial IA dvertisef
we make the following extracts.
Il may pc especially said Of this place As ]
has been said0f Italg 49,. ere the day are al
+ Esunshine, the nights are.all moonligh t-siox's
! rs ahe religion and pleasure ethe law Of ths
. Hand. The lighthouse guides the mariner:
s bark % The l0ng-desired haven 81 rest-<tlle
). Moro Cassal challenges is enfranc8 hills
lCastel Blanco, with It's overhanging enibaf,
Itlementss ffowns into submission and obedi.
ience this degraded city, andthe occupants
lof its noble harbor. Every thing IS stati0na.
Try here. and seemsto have stood SO for ages
lpast. The nlarehof intellect has turned aside
land left undistnrbed the pertinacity Of The
habits and customs Of this place and speoDle.
lie form and fashion Of building Is that of the
cities Of the earlier ages around the Mediter-
ranean.
DlYest 4tsOf its wooden materials and liv-
| ing population, and its remains would stand
scarcely distinguishable from those of Pom
peii, as now exeavaied from its Vesurian
tomb of eighteen centuries. All the houses
are Of stone. rndely made and eoarsely stuc-
coed over, inside and ont, and are mostly
with fat roofs. ! am lodged in 3 principal
hotel, with scarcely pane Of glass in it,
nor - one reqnired.s My room openson an
upper terrace, from which the ocean, the har-
Dor, the city and the Yerdant country, are
ell combined IN one Of the most ariegated
and delightful views ever beheld.
The island Of Cuba u productiye almost
beyond belief in sugar, coffee, tobacco and
fruits, and with considerable portion 81 It's
land not yet under cultivation. rs colonial
blessings are government general as an
executive, with 10000 troops to support his
administration. Ii snstains the expenses of
its own government, and pays over to Spain
ANNUALLY the sum of about twelve millions Of
dollars, for the benefit Of being held in sub
lection. Its population is six hundred th0us-
and white inhabitants. The import duty IS
ten dollars and sixty-twO cents on 3 barrel
Iof flour. Compare this with the United States,
where awhile population Of fourteen millions.
raises aless ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
other than is land sales. than this litte island
| It's progress ii Improvements and 70 labor
saving machienety IS best exemplihed by the.
fact, that Of several town clocks there are
few in the city struck by their own machine
Try. A slave or soldier is stationed By the
bell, who strikes with hammer each hour
as it passes. The plough in use here IS 2
long unwhieldy thing, without shape or
mould bOard, and IS certainly two hundred
years behind the age in agricultur in proves
ments.
"A few days past, placarls were posted a.
bout the city walls, informing Of the bull
| fight at 4o'clock across the bay. Steamboats,
and rowboats attended at the honr--the pop
lulace pressed TO the sport-a few Americans
Joined, and were borne along with the crowd.
The place was an amphitheatre, or like cir
Gus. All comfortably seated on elevated rows
| Of benches. The seat of the judges and
more distinguished persons were indicated
BY curtains. The sport soon began. The
bull was let in at small gate from his cage,
and as he entered his head and neck were
stuck full of barbed arrows and exploding
rockets with percussion crackers. The ac-
tors ia the arena were two mounted Plea
dores, and eight men on football dressed
and acting like a clown at circus.
All had small flags, ct which the infuriated
animal, frantic with the barbs and crackers
made furious battle, under the boisterious
lshoutssof q deligeted populaee. The whole.
scene was too savage and loathsome % de-
scribe. Five bulls in succession were thus
worried, exhausted and killed. One horse
was gored 20 death by the animal. Two
lothers overthrawn with their riders, and res
lqued by the flags held in front TO distract the
fury of the creature. At each death three
horses entered in full harness, and fantastic
ally dressed, and drew out the careases, with
trumpels--a fun band Of martial music. and
theloud shontso of delighted populacc cheer
ling the horses, with the riders whips, into q
full leap. This is one Of the weekly amuse-
lmenis Of this city. a single exhibition has
satisfied me forever.
TnE MEXICAN Trade. The las advices
from Austin. Texas, state that company Of
81 chihuahua traders have arrived III Red RlF-
Ter county, Bringing some $50 DIN specie:
land that they intend establishing At some
point there station for facilitating trade
between Northern Mexico and New Orleans.
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