The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-04
THE DAILY DISPATCH
mssnlsSs MARI q, 1856.

s~s-z sFues1uy mernsns, ~ $500
Orr q Manufacturing Saear.--in the coe.ho'.
=, y-n,s.t,an dvocsse We Ind an interesting ie'
s,,m an American In Cuba.s from which wee
,rs.a de sogiowins The writer was . CUES.
ths sugar estate known n The Flower Oh S"p~'
and says; f z-ssa
e This estate contains Ave thousand acres OF pro
anrtiye lands We rode for hours through ,n.
hish Tnese 6elds are divided by beautiful ave
u,,es Of soyai palm and mango trees. Many OF the
,rees ARE sixty to eighty feet high In the distance
. loakins ike white marble columns They com
naenee cutting the cane IA December, ana we top
gbss a. ne renewed annually--herp. once In ten or
6ffaen wears IL is hauled In carts drawn by oxen
20 tbe sugar mill which Is usually located in the
centre of the farm The cane Is passed between
two large iron rollers and the juice Is pressed out
,awjne through troughs into tanks to be purified
n l. next pumped into cisterns and boiled TO sy
rup On this estate. they make both clayed and
Muscovado sugars, The former Is made In TN
aaoaids, In the shape OF funnel; holding MY
pounds. These vessels are filied with green sugar
on the top Is placed a layer of clay two inches
thick and they are left three weeks 10 drlp aud
dry. The clay Is then removed and You nave
loaf of sugar, which Is divided into three qualities
The top being the whitest il is packed IN boxes OF
four hundred pounds each. and Is known in the
col,mef ciai world As Havana box sugar. @A
q The best quality OF Muscovado sugar Is made
by the centrifugal process. The raw material Is
rot,red into machine which is turned by steam
with great rapidly In a few minutes you have
a well grained dry sugar, which packed in hogs.
heads is the quality shipped 70 the u. s., while
the clay ed article goes mainly 10 Europe. Lime,
blood, and animal bones, are used in the manafac
ture OF sugar. The crushed cane is dried and
serves fne to heat the kettle In hich the sugar
IL boiled-wood being scarce article in this part
OF the Island. Formerly the grinding was done by
power, but recently the American engine has
l-..sf
This estate cost three hundred thousand dollars.
They work eight hundred hands, and about one
thousand oxen, for five months in the year. The
mill runs night and day-Sunday and Monday.
Three hundred acres are planted In vegetables,
fruit, etc., for the negroes. They will make this
year twelve thousand boxes and two thousand
hhds. sugar, besides several thousand hhds. mo-
lasses. The products of this farm would be worth
in the Charleston market, one million dollars !!
The good people of the Palmetto State have to
pay duty of thirty dollars per hogshead, to pro-
teet the La. sugar planters, before they are per-
mitsed to sweeten their coffee with Cuban sugar.
The family were invited to a dinner party at St.
Helene, and said they would be pleased to have
me accompany them assuring Inc of a welcome.
There had an opportunity of seeing and hearing
much of the manners and customs of the Cuban
ladies. found them intelligent and educated, and
as they spoke English, was 50 much pleased with
my visit that 1 spent several days at ST. Helene
We discussed Cuban manners freely and unre-
servediy. l was pleased to be corrected where
had formed erroneous opinions When introduced
to Creole lady, you think Aer fiat and uninter-
esting 1t is the fashion to appear as Indifferent
ss posslbe--she, however, soon tecomes animated
aud then look out for those DeUitching eyes and
that soft sweet voice. Tho education OF the fe-
males is too much neglected, AID then they arc
much restricted in their intercourse with the
world A very intelligent gentleman told me that
the men did not wish to have their wives know as
much as they did. told him in our country igno
rant wives were the mothers of dull stupid boys.
In the lower classes the men and women are
both ignorant and indolent They have no ambi-
ton to improve their condition, morally or physi-
cally-generaly living in miserable huts. The
glory of the men L. to attend cock and bull fights
gamble, and roll nine pins, and the women smoke
and idle their time Not a book or newspaper is
to be in their houses. and they have no know
ledge of the world beyond the prescribed limits of
the Island. The uxuriant flowers, which cover
their matched cottages, afford pleasure to the
occupants 1t is a waste of beauty and fragrance
on uneultivated tastes The higher classes will no
more associate with them than with their servants
fou find among the educated Cubans a burning
hatred of the Spanish yoke, and they are ready to
throw it off whenever they can be assured gar
r0tte will not be their fate but this class is
BILE aud closely watched to accomplish much, with
out foreign aid. know several planters who paw
twenty to thirty thousand dollars taxes, and they
have no more voice or influence in the govern.
ment than their slaves. The Captain General
Governors, and all who are In command are
Spanards, and appointed at the virtuous q Court
OF Madrid. Every barrel of -four imported from a
foreign country pays a duty of ten dollars and
they are not allowed to grow wheat on their own
land. Think OF a little island like Cuba support
ing standing army of forty thousand soldiers
who fatten and reyel on the substance of this OBJ
pressed people! The wealthiest planter in Cuba
10 not permitted to go miles from home without
permit from Spanish officer.
.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SNEEZING.-Some writer
in tho Journal of Medical Reform, who has eyi
IDENTIFY studied the subject thoroughly, talks thus
learnediy upon the philosophy of sneezing
A sneeze always indicates that there is some.
thing wrong 1t does not occur In health unless
some foreign agent iFritates the membranes OF
the nasal passages, upon which the nervous fila
ments are distributed. In case of cold or what is
termed influenza, these are unduly exeitable, and
hence the repeated sneezing which then occur
The nose receives three sets of nerves-the nerves
of smell, those of feeling, and those of notion
The former communicate to the brain the odorous
properties OF substances with which they come
into contact, in dfused or concentrated state
the second communicate the impressions of touch
the third move the muscles of the nose but the
power of these muscles is very limited
When sneeze occurs, all these faculties are ex-
cited IN high degree A grain of snuff excites
the intelligence that snuff has attacked the nos.
tril F"Phe brain Instantly sends mandate through
the motor nerves to the muscles, saying east il
out /" aud the result is unmistakable So offensive
the nose is not left to its own defence II were
too feeble to accomplish this. An allied army Of
muscles join in the rescue nearly one half of the
body arouses against the intruder; from the mus.
cles of the lips to those of the abdomen ali mite
IN the effort for the expulsion of the grain of snuff
Let us consider what occurs in this instantane.
Gus operation: The lung becomes fully inflated.
the abdominal organs are pressed downwards. and
the ven OF the palate drops down to form barrier
to the escape of air through the mouth and now all
the muscles which have relaxed for the purpose.
contract simultaneously and force the compressed
air from the lungs IN torrent out through the ma
sal passages, with the benevolent REORGANIZATION
to sweep away the particle of snuff which ha,
been causing Irritation therein. Such then ia the
complicated action of a sneeze !: and If the FIRST
enort does not succeed, then follows q second a
thlrd, and fourth and not until victory is
achieved, do the army of defenders dissolve their
compact, and settle down into the enjoyment of
peace aud quietnde5 ,5H 81 i : - - y
card from Mr. F p. Blair appears in the Sup
OF TINS morning in which he makes statement
OF what ne did say in reference to Baltimore. In
contra aisnhction TO what he was reported to have
ssid, Al the, Psttsbnrg Convention by the news
papers. as we published the latter common jus
t,ce requires us to give his version of the affair
ne Is reported to have assumed to be "the repre-.
sentative OF the business and wealth of Baltimore
ilis statement Is, that he said TO the Convention
Inat ne nad received call to represent the Balti
more Republican Association, composed of men of