Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-26

nv contract a appr ntices for term of years
and are employed Ike the Africans as field labor
trs. -, -.
Half the world (says De Bow Reyew) are
frightened at mere names. Tie present Ehshsii
a,eratiye system in Which white men, women,
aud children are worked "a hard as our stout ne
groes and that too, for bare subsistence, Is con
-idered by enlightened Europeans, and by ,ine
Americans. "a perfectly humane plillanthropmc,
and bri.tian-like; but the very same amount OF
labor performed hy our well fed and clothed
slaves under tie nune Of sidrery l. considered
by these same enlightened Europeans and Amer
iraIl~ a. INDUSTRIOUS, cruel Infamous - Iau' Il
for II uarr.. name. In Cuba it is considered quite
infamous Ia G-c African slaves; bat I" mike ii
no5r thmaman do the same amount al W"fh I'M
der a tropical sun. for II mere pittanoe, and nn-
der the name Of fireman. is considered quite rehs-
auable. honorable, humane and Christian IKE
One Of the grand results of the civilization Of the
uiuefrenth century i~ that il l. quite honorable
to en,ayc the white man, IN fact under the name
OF tres DOM and the very height OF humanity
AMI deecney to turn HE negro race loose upon
the world. IT, roam among the whites III ldiehtSs
and vafnhondage.
Thcmjlita5y force Of the Island is at this time
considerable, # We may credit the representa-
finns Of this new work on Cuba, whose estimates
,ccm ia have received the sanction Of the captain
general.
The army comprises sixteen regiments oi IN
fnntrv. of 900 men each; two companies OF
n.rkel men, l25 in numbers two regiments OF IAN
rs Of four squadron each, embracing bU2 men
and 800 horses; and four light squndrons OF lou
men and l25 horses, each There is also regl-
ucnt of foot with eight batteries Of artillery
brigade of five batteries. and u company OF sap
pers and miners. There, l., moreover, one regi-
ncnt of militia infantry, one of disciplined milf
tia cavalry, and eight rural squadrons OF two COM
panies each. According to this official statement
there is in Cuba land force of 2l,l3s troops,
which has been recently swellcd 10 3O,OOO by the
arrival from Spain of 6.5O0 Spanish soldiers
The naval force consists of one trlgate OF IA
guns, seven brgantincs carrying l0l guns, cley-
en steam vessels with fty-four guns, 4 schooners
with | guns, > gun boats with guns,and = IT.
ansports in all % vessels and Ply guns, manned
by $1,000 men. Nv, war steamers are also be-
ing built in Span for Cuba.
NJ Tore does not give the revenues and ex-
penditurc. of Culn sine l55l. For that year
he states that tie revenues of the Island amoun-
ted 10 : - lJ6, and the expenditures to Sll
969,75o The casual reader,w who should suppose
from this statement that the people of Cuba were
taxed only -I3,S i l56 IN 1851, and that there
was an excess of revenue over expenditure during
that wear of l,S5l ,7O6 would fall into greyous
error The amount mentioned as the revenues
of the island is the amount of revenue which the
treasury ot Spain It ceves from the Island, ana
the sum of 81 ,969, 80 mentioned is the cost of
the internal administration of the island, which
the inhabitants have To pay over and above the
revenues furnished Spain. Thus the actual tax
alton in the island for the year 1851 amounted to
So, 92l, l16
here are 35i miles of railroad in the Island
connecting some of the most important places
'lhr magnetic telegraph is also in operation in
several parts Of Cuba.
There are at present i,56O sugar plantations
LBS coffee plantations, DPS cattle farms, l3
Chocolate Limitations, 22l cotton plantations,
3l,l2O fruit and vegetable farms, 1919 tobacco
rlantations,2 Isl honey and wax farms.
The entire exports of Cuba IN lS5l amounted
10 S3l 3ll ,6-3and entire imports to S32,3l ,430,
which. no doubt, would be quadruplcd by its an
ueNuton to the United States.