The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-09-19

II
Ing, from La Yerdad. tho Spanish paper in
New York, it appears that the Cubans really
deserve almost as much sympathy as the
Hungarihns. No Government scarce every
made moro tyrannical eXactions. We copy
some of them:
Et Little less than a fourth part more Of. that
which is wrung from tho number of 100000
free inhabitants, sufliccs TO sustain all the
q expenses of the government Of these United
States, in which are counted more than 20
millions of inhabitants, and which, with little
moro than half the number Of soldiers that we
support in Cuba, have more than enough for
tho protection and garrison Of their boundaries
8 and forts.
Flour and many other articles of first ne
cessity for the sustenancc OF the industrial
and poorer classes, are charged with Il duty
varying from 80 10 2G0 per cent OF the first
price ofthe article, such as rice, salt fish, In
dian meal, live pigs to be slaughtered, Sc &C.
Salt fish, on which we find a charge of :33
per cent only in the tariff, when i'm ported in
foreign vessels, pays GG per cent, and the
samo thing hlppens with other articles emu
mcratcd and numerous others Of first neccssi-
ty..
Our farmers have to pay l-2 per cent. on
sugar and 10 per cent. on their other harvest,
when gathered, the same as all engaged is
raising live stock, for all their cattle, Exclusive
Of the charges arising from expectation.
Every lnhabtant is compelled to ask for n
license and TO pay for the same cvcn in case he
wants to go the distance 0! single mile from
the place Of his residence.
lie cannot remove his residence from one
house into another, without giving notice pre-
vIously ol hs intention to The authorities, un.
der tho penalty of heavy fine.
lie is not permitted TO lodge in his house
for single night, any person, either native
or foreigner, be the same his ircnd or a mem
Der OF his family, without giving the same III
formation, also under the penalty of a like
punishment
lie may not have in his house any company
or amusement of any sort, if he does not So
iicIt, obtain and pay for license 80 5O,) or
he must submit to be- mulctcd for an uirac
t!on of the regulations.
He pays to 9 l-2 per cent. Of the value of
any slave, or any property, in town or coun-
try, that he may sell, besides all other charges
OF notarcs, OF registration, of stamped paper,
&c.
There is stamped paper, the use uf which
is enforced by the government, and sold by it
lit the price OF $S every sheet, and it is neccs-
sary ON solemn oath to prove ones property
IN ordcr TO be admitted to the use of cheaper
paper, sheet of which costs six cents.
~o'''S 'ho"Aio uEo OIuGT was received Dy
the Captain General of the Island prohibiting
parents from sending their children to tho
United States for purposes of cducaiion; and
such parents are now driven to the cypcdicnt
OF proving IL health or !;n it for their chill
drch, III order to obtain passports for them.
In the whole island of Cuba most brutal
spirit OF despotism is strkingly prevalent in
all officials OF tho government, from the Cap
tan-Gencral down TO tho most ahject Of his
hlrelings, without even excepting municipal
and other local authorities.
In hantanzas, Cardenas Guincs, Madruga,
and other places, the most revolving scenes of
torture, gnllows, butcherics and internal ma
chnatlons were enacted in the year 1915, un.
dcr the prctcnce OF suppressing conspiracy
among the negroes.
In the year 1915, different Rcgidorcs and
other members Of tho corporations of MAINTAIN.
Zas were severely cliastised for having pre-
sttmed to present Il respectful remonslrance
to.ihe Roya! Pictorial Aulicnca at Havana,
complaining OF the Government oilic ials, &c.
GAEIBALDI.-lt is n mistake of the Cincin-
matt! papers that this Italian patriot was for
merry resident OF that city. lie has never
been III the United States. He left Genoa in
1882, having previously held an office in the
Sardinlan navy, and was member of the So
ciety of "ioung Italy," with Mazzini and
others. Although long suspected bv the TO-
vcrnmcnt for his fearless advocacy OF rcpub
llcansIn, the immediate cause of his hrht
was this: He had, with others, undermined
The st Charles theatre at Genoa, for the pur
pose OF blowing tup with gunpowdcr, when
the King and royal family should be present.
This plot having been discovered, he went at
night IN his naval uniform, on board a rner
chant vessel bound for Montcvi,lo. The cap
tain being absent, he stated that he had been
ordered by government to assume command
OF the ship i'll his place This rusc succeed
cd, and on his arrival at Montcvdco, he cX-
planned the cause Of his flight and entered
into the popular cause there He soon rose
10 the rank OF General, and fought many bat.
tlcs-thc principal of which was that of St
Antonio, where, with three hundred men, he
defeated Rosas, who had surrounded him with
three thousand.
correspondent Of the London illustrated
!NeirS' says he saw GARlRAlpI, the day he
lett Rome. He is a remarkably quiet look
ing person, but wonderfully picturesque.
Garibadi escaped on the night of the ID a,
sunset Finding that he was to be excluded
from the amnesty, he announced in the morn.
ing his intention to withdraw, with all his owl
oanu' and MS many others OF the free corps as
werc inclined to join him. "Invitatinns,
says the "ifnGs' correspondent "were ac.
cordingly sent by him to the other bands, and
IN tact, in tho course of the afternoon of the
"a, he found himself at the head of 1000 in.
tantry and 800 horse, with whom he was c,.
fhcr determined to make a stand in the Abrlz.
zl,or cut his way it is said to Vcnicc,-PhiM
Daily Sun.
ARREST OF Col. BENT0H-Thc st. 10.
sepl's Adrocate of Aug. ! /, says: Old Bull.
ION was arrested on the 9th inst, in this town
GSt. Joseph, MOI tthe instance of Judge
Blrch' for slander, in publicly charging Judge
Is. with improper conduct in his family. Col
Benton has filed an answer, and petitionct
lor change of venue to Clinton county, the
residence of Judge Birch.