The Nevada journal., 1856-06-20
Our New York Correspondents.

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with the steamship Illinois, at Aspnwall, and
arrived in this city after prosperous passage
Of twenty-five days.
Too much praise cannot be bestowed on all
The arrangements for conveying passengers on
the Pacific side by this line nor too much cen.
sure on everything en- route from Panama inclu-
ding the transit of the Isthmus, and that patent
swindle, the voyage from Aspinwall on board
the Illinois. Our fare was poor, attendance
bad, the officers uncivil and the boat on fire
three times during the trip.
We we're four days after the riot at Panama
which was more serious affair than appears
from published accounts.
We arrived of Cape St. Antonio, the ives
tern point of Cuba, at midnight on 25d April,
and at sundown of the Oath dropped our an.
chor in the harbor of Habana, the Queen City
Of the queen island of the Antilles. After
standing obsequiously, with our hats in hand,
for twelve hours, we were honored with per.
mission to purchase certain small bits of paper,
at one dollar each, which certified that her
Majesty Queen Isabella graciously allowed US
20 spend few hours on shore.
This city, so carefully locked up, well repays
Tor the trouble of gaining entrance to it. Its
buildings are palaces, its castle Is Gel Moro
The famous, bristling with cannon and bayonets,
its harbor perfectly land'locked, and during
;he most furious hurricane placid as akelet,
lts environs are lovely gardens, through which
runs for three miles the famous "Paseo del
4acon" drive among beautiful groves where
at evening, the beauty and fashion of the
Island are won't to congregate, and its climate
1t is that Of "Habana the best'
AS if its beauty and advantage of position
aid not make this Island sufficiently tempting
io"Los Amerieanos" whose palms are pro-
verbally itching 10 possess all snch bcn-bons,
q code Of regulations ard restrictions toward
ls, is established ofsuch an exclusive charact er
and enforced in so insulting manner that
those of Us who arrive peaceabe law abiding
citizens, are very certain to depart, warIke
and law-despising ''fbusters."
Cuba is not destined however to become .
star in the American galaxy, for many years
10 come. Her sugars are now in formidable
competition with those OF our southern plan
%ers. who have protection of 80 per cent BIZ
Iarif and should nnexation remove this, we
would lose on this alone FIVE or six million per
annum. Our importation of sugar and mo-
!asses for the year 1858, was about nineteen
million of dollars. Thirty per cent on this
was paid to government. The SUN of these
articles for 1873 produced by Us, was about the
same as our import. This product sold fer
at least 80 per cent higher price than we
sloull Pay for the same amount imported with
ont duty, Were the duty removed by annex
aiion, our home sugars would at once fall in
pr.oe, so per cent, or be replaced by foreign
article. The same result would occur with TO-
bacco, and all otler articles produced equally
IN our southern states, and Cuba, upon which
there is now high protective tariff. Is it not
plain to see, that the annexation of Cuba
would be . severe blow to the sugar and to
oaceo interests of the south.
have not been long enough g resident O
this mcdern Babel to be able to properly mar.
sbal my IDEAS, in the midst of the whirl ant
rash OF business that surrounds me- During
May commerce holds high carnival in New
York ard now every artery Of this Ieviathar
among cities throbs with its feverish impulse
prominent topic Of conversation here, yet
ID the late cod winter and stories of Munchau
sen size are told of it. Through most of th
State the Thermometer did not rize to freezin.
point for over 20 days, and much of this tim
was at Or below zero At Oswego, q town @
ten thousand inhabitants. so deep was the snow
merchants did not open their stores, for owe
two weeks.
The political world is now in quiesccn
tate, awaiting the action of the Convention.
Among the Democrats all yet is in state Q
uncertainty. Buchanan will probably, 81
Cincinnati. on the FRS. ballot, draw larger
vote than any other candidate, but the genera
opinion is that he canaot succeed. Dougla;
and Pierce viii unite their strength against
Buchanan at any moment when they consider
him dangerous, and then it will be either
Hunter OF some new man. At least such is
now the general impression, unless new issues
should be brought up to complcate matters
Many democrats talk despondingly of the pros
poets of their party, and have conversed with
one leading Democrat who claimed only two
Of all the northern states, Pennsylvania and
Illinois
The prospects of the American party arc
yet too underlined for me to speak with Ger.
tainty as to probable result. One thing how
ever is evident-the name of MILLARD Fill
MORE will be Of the number from whom tht
House of Representatives will select the mex
Presid dent.
The Republican party now talk Of McLeal
for their candidate with Fremont for Vice
With this ticket they will carry New York
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