The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-09-10

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bf facts fefsAve to this 1sldnd, in the Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser. Jhst at this time they
iril Be found interesting: as
The population Of Cuba Is estimated, accord
npto the best authorities, at 1,2i7 $780, The
following is the classification:
whites, including troops, SC 6o5,56o
tilaves 4o3, i0o
4 more minute classification Of the inhabi-
tA,tss as follows:
3reole whites $4,000
sSuanards 35,ON0
tlrups and mariners 23,on4
fsfIancrs 1880
I1Ioafng population 1909
Ia. hlacks $3.50
Gave mulattocs !. II,lOO
Hys blacks 425,000
Three quarter Of a century ago the whites
oulbunbered the blacks. The tables are now
reversed and the colored population, slave and
free, as has already been seen, considerably ex-
ce,d the whites At one time, when the foreign
slnve trade was at its height, heavy importations
increased the black population very rapidly, but
the restrictions IMPOSED upon the traffic checked
it greatly, and the increase has consequently
been less.
Cuba is divided into three depaitments--wcs-
tern, eastern and central. These departments
are subdivided into twenty five jurisdictions
The iurisdiction Of Havana is the largest, the
western department, and it contains one city, 60
small towns, 35 villages, 437 sugar estates, $50
coffee plantations, and is inhabited by 454, 900
persons,
Havana the principal city of The Island, and
the capital. is the residence of theCaptain Gen.
eral, and seat of government. It's situated on
the northern side Of the island, in pat. % deg.
min, and 50 deg. % min. Longitude west Of
Greenwich and isabout $50 miles distant in
southwest direction from New CLEANS. Ha-
vana, as commercial city, compared with pla-
css in the western world, ranks next to New
York and New Cleans. The value of exports
and imports together exceed fifty millions of
dollars per annunt. In lS47 aboutp44, s53 boxes
of sugar were exported from this port, and 3d.
196, 267 mile segats, and $4,000 qbintals of to-
bacco. During tile same year 1sis vessels en-
tered the lport from forcion ports, measuring
372, 79S tons
From six 70 seven thousand Strangers land
eVerv year at Havana, which has team commu-
nication between it and England, and the diff
ferent West India Islands; also between it and
New ORLEANS, New York, and Charleston, there
arj semi-morthly steam communications, and
packets are constantly going bctw~en it and the
principal ports Of Europe, the Unitdd States, Sc
The population Of Havana apd the snail
pieces AROUND it, 10 about 2oh,00e souls.--.rs.
foreign residents number about Three Thousand
and the .pcnInsuIar Spaniards thfre are about
| tvcnty two Thousand.
lJf foreigners, about seven hundred are from
tslpi u nited Sta,~s, seven hundred from France,
| e'fht 'nuuurd fen Mckee, South America,
": one hundred sltalssss, three hundred Eng |
q. subj ..-,snd some three hundred Germans
and other Etifnpeans.
The ordinary nninbef Of trooH stationed in
Hsa6f, e SG2ut eight thousand men; at The
Pr~nt tnolRlI ADere-are tr6la.eighteen 10
t8nay thoussl dffoops inihs wi IL island.
The navy ctn,lsss Of abou. twenty two yes
: ~, latge andssnall, amongst Which there are
fiv s,ra.,ersA These vessels altogether monn,
tire hnpdre hnd sever ty-svrni cannons, and
affnand.d byIab9u, four thpnsaIh sa,lors Sc
Che dty, within the walls, cIntains aboui
, 36a boiss.s. aud outside M wallS MT includ
rklhe stbu'bsnIv Villages abfut elcI Yen thousand
Ihre aft about sixteen churcli.s inside the
wals, thtse outside are snhi andIvw in mum
oI
flhe STREETS bcing narroIb and lille accomo
4 Nm beng required BY he negroes, and is
81 raj nfla iamly sleep inlihe saIle room, aud