New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-25

tone; and five or ELK times cav" "al '"c! "e" out
into prot rac,ed peal with most unchurch-ke mes'-
re-" cink. cink. cinkity, clink. chak. ohnAay.
clinkty TO which the little negro IN the p'azs NAV
dance but Of which the bearer accustomed TO the
.,l~mp chimes of Christ Church or Trnt! So"n grows
weary
Revoud the town in front the eye rances over 'hree
or fur miles Of lowand. oycrgrown Win PAIN anu
Aloe and hundred strange trees aud shrubs 10 INC
.os which .nr.ad. round more than quarter oi The
horizon Toward it, western extremity the sUe'hoo"
suu hrn, BRIGHTLY into view the estuary OF the little
river San Luis in front and to tho cast Ines the ion
lngoon-ikc port Of Ca-da, sitA Its fe" houses anu
it, dozen or Of vessels at anchor at the SF'he't
cast other inlets and bays pcnetrae se Land among
woods and fields and scattered white country houses
have not spoken of the mountains and for better
view of them will leave the hotel and cL.no the
Hill in it, rear. We ascend over ledg's OF yellow,
ragged limestone, here and there opening Ino deep
cayen>, through thickets of shrubs many o' them
thony. and one, the "guao, bearing beautiful
prcky leaf ike the holly but poisonous to 'e touch
ike the poison ivy Of the North A variety of cotton
here grow. in long half-traiiug bush eight ten feet
high the spanish plum" yet entirely leaiess Is
M full of green fruit; tall aloes in full blossom, bend
over the slopes; and vine with leaves like young
locust foliage climbing over the bushes bears in hs
now open pods the brilliant little scarlet aud black
beam 50 common in ladies' cabinets OF curio'tes.
W. reach Government signal station some 1OO feet
above the Sea and 20 to further summit lO0 feet
higher Hence the view is perfectly panoramic. The
town the wide plain the sea. all lie below and in the
oppo.tc direction beyond of the richest OF Cuban
valleys rise the mountains. Their highest peaks, the
Potnero Is but 5000 feet above the sea, but in bold
ness Of outline, depth of among and behind
the lower hls and staeiness of position beside the
lowland- and tie sea- they not surpassed by any
range within my recollection. We watched them
morning and evening during the week OF our stay;
hard and distinct of outline in the morning, purple and
massed into one huge pile in the haze of evening.
until their forms are ndcibly photographed in our
memories among the most striking and beautiful sights
of Cuba.
Between our nil and the mountains, the Valley of
Trinidad extends for many miles, with width of about
two. It, lower portion is less cultivated, but four or
fv. m;e. from the city IT becomes filed with planta
,iops on which the rich light green of wide expanses
Of vet upcut sugarcane bright young grass of
May Tall royal palms dot it in all directions aud the
white walls and stcam-chimnics of dozen large sugar
works or "ingeuos visible. scattered at intervals
of mile asunder.
During our eight days spent in Trinidad, we were
compelled to make our outdoor excursions as early as
possible a. the sun hot after 10 a. M as To be
not only exceedingly uncomfortable, but dangerous to
heuth; at least warned against exposure to
il by all ut Trinidad. The breeze almost always
fresh and the temperature probably about SO) pleas
ant in the shade and there but one or two un-
comfortably warm evenings, like the hottest Of our
M H,I toin that hoy hayp
weather so oppressive az the Summer heats of New
York and Pbiadepha but is rsrc that the July days
of rural towns equal or approach IN scofchIng
heat that of midday in March at Trinidad.
We made but hasty visit to large sugar estate
that of Magma, about miles w the valley.
The road was not unlike over q Western prairie,
our caleoero driving hther and thther among dry
grasses and thickets and cancfclds, wherc the tall
spikes of bloom showed here and there like pennons
ON lanceheads from which resemblance they obtain
the Spanish name Of bandcra" banner. Through
n thousand acrcs of canefelds, partly cut and bare,
partly vet standing. where gangs of negroes were
choppng with heavy knives and oadng the stripped
.tulks on bullock carts WE drove to the ingcnO' OF
Magua-a handsome residence probably hundred
feet in front but low and not containing the space
which it, size suggests to northerncr; fronts and
dozen buildings, low-waled but very large ON the
ground, and covered by broad roof. of red tile. The
trains of bulock-cas deporited their loads of cane
stalks by one of these. From the great heap 1t was
brought in srmuls BY negroes chained in pairs, prob
ably cuprts ct at this heaviest labor in this Disgrace
ful way as penalty for some oenses. Passed rapidly
between iron rollers driven by powerful steam-engine,
the stalks came out squeezed almost dry, while a
;,.a hello
covered channel for hundred feet, where it was
received into two large copper kettles or reservoirs
each being filled alternately. Partially purified BY
lime it ran from these reservoirs into the kettles, OF
which there were two trains" of, think, five each,
aud laded frosi to the next as it becomes more
and more concentrated until from the last it
is dipped into large cooling vessel. II allowed
to granulate perfectly here it becomes ordinary
Muscovada sugar; but at th. establishment it
is beachcd. For this purpcee it il placed, yet warm,
in conical vessels Of earhen or metal about htecn or
eighteen inches high, and set points down OF courSe)
in holes cut in the upper floor of large building
Troughs running under this floor in all directions catch
the luscious brown drippngs of the sugar and convey
il to a huge suthteranean molasses vat.
For the purpose of purifying the sugar, the sur
face Of each loaf or cone a. il lies in the mold, l.
cred with u cake of marveously dirty looking clay
churhed up in mill or trodden ION the SMALLER panta-
tons into a thin paste BY cattle working in pit BY
some my tcrous process the moisture from this dirt
cake a. It percoate5 through the sugar, extts from
the coloring matter, IL will not lay the mpuritier,
and when the hardened form loaf il turned out from
the mold it is found to be beached excepting the lower
portion. 1t is divided into three parts of varying
color, WHITE stained and brown being the base mid
die and apex of the cone broken MP. and put in the
well known hidc-bound boxes for shipment. The