The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-06
TRAVELS In CUBA.
Especial Correspondence II the ricayunt
Los GulSEs, ISLAND on CuBs,
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and IN .ynb,;tv Of ;ts climate n L Tn AZ H,en miles
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lei n;o a. ar,s from Which i,; CtI, from The first
v.oto,s H, ~; GlIv k,rss, ~ ,;vct hirh gives
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vsr,snt i" :. a,,.,a, st,au e., ths v.r;o,s
tnr,sss ~ loast =. ,,.sssary certain Seasons of e
year n tt,s c,;,sta .c scsy,eIy NJ, conceived az A.
elf ne Nat,ve avs n 81 iris .uS ,vor, Isle It would
n, ,r;ceIsss hisssy Int .rs, as n now IL and WAS
,,a,I,s,ls sort,,r a., ~ c.,aIs which .sxninp a
form aii a,.siuhcs ., living streams 90 meancrinp II,
evevv affection over Inc Main n x,hnex mill planta
tion and VILLAGE Ma that moxt nmn,laty for many
league atod though h, Nm IA course II receives no nc
scssstoH ~ ~ ,..,.rs p '-''4 4 q
Ty III, \. e., t,o ,v,,t ,,yt , a,x,i,aceo,,s liam,
aIternlv If blck and ,elh color IN the latte, case
ttncs,,,ed ,v;ib , AMI ,sluces spontaneously and n,
wonderful luxrauce neiy All the fruits Of the tropics
tho orange banana z,.,tc and ,namcy a we'll ns maize
sugar aid tobacco 10 Which Il is now principally devoted
xhunur ALSO II alex Il WINS wears ago very extensive
v cutivat, for cee b either from xlfaustion OF that
,,roertv Of tile soil or tho more
,ot,,ra ~ 'tler uroia,ts this YEAS lone since, almost en-
tirey abandoned few coee plantations arc still 10 be
found in tho vicinity but they ore for the most part Of an
Inferior character After THE fruits above mentioned and
others Of more common domestic se such AS the pann
yuca md van, that Of the cane seems to be the fayoc
culture and MANY Of the best plantations in the vicinity
are exclusively devoted 10 IT, among which, as hest known
by name I'M the States and IN Europe may mention the
amist;vi Alexandria Cruz Jesus Naria and Maria Jesus
About mile and half also from the village Is the once
famous estate Of Ia IIolonda where Louis Philippe when
IN exile on the island s,,it most OF his time enjoying the
tsp..
now howcvrr for the most mart in eay and the land
either s,ncorponte IN other adjoining tdautations or
tbvs,,y,, mt +, reclaim
Ir state Of nature tl,s whole sone was irrigated By
tho ~ los f,n,s al tho country IN fact between
here o, Havana ,nust have eei exceedingly beautiful
and n seen bv him have presented MANY an obiet Of in
tst and attraction 10 the eve Of the carly Spanish nav
atr e;a ne II xyos tn his two-foll mission In search Of
sll ana new t;ed IN which r. pIant and honor the
Syoss Eyan no,v thouc three centuries and more ,,n
der constant SO supreme is nature here it in
All nroobty offers to The admiration Of the passing trav
eler many OF its original beauties The magnificent cc
lo trc & stll here and there 10 he seen rising
" from the Main groves Of the cocoa and
inc naJm stiil invite the weary Ialer or tray
NJ, III tbar shady Retreats while d,nltlcss IN many
,a trees and nIants of ong and Continued cultiyotio,
eli restvr ,,d,,v of ther native nntiep of fnn and
annea r,,,,ce
ranyth;r,, Indeed iu5o,n,y from what cannot fail To
stl. n. c,, tbcr, has Lecn nm oc,na eyeerncv here
; M; ln ~ t,o AntillasI ,,ssAl into M, lsnds of
man +, man cases as a. dat of t, IIoIp,a sugar
ta, , mar, o,rl tc s,l or;,;nn,,,, e.,, mn md
- vha, IL ,,ot,rc has tJ,c n,rv,ara,ce 81
IL , ~ NOR, o,,t ~, had til,nrc and nav ,,r,an.,.s
t,; ,h, ,,,,, ,nr,,tIcss waved vc,v tres Ia l,e
r,rI s" t,o;caI cr.st me svs.n ~ n,r,;c,,Iture
,,,,a,, hsrs /; ~s.r,, ;,rSt MI r,,L n any
i; ., - .,,s ~ u,s,,t,o,,, t,.ac. I,a ava S,,o;n
t,a a ~ ,,,o,,,. cass ~ fa.t ihc ca,tl &
~. 80 . M ~ lI vs,ation -
al ;nrs -, a,o,tarc.uslv np almost Without rr
,a j, ~ saso, MD Il An, time hr;u.s forth 81 it nl,ml
,aa r;t,,ut tha cove ,r resistance ~ man
r. ,,;vo ~, ;dsa - thc nci,u,I condition az agriculture
h r ~ Int 4, dcsribe The ,,sual made of
;c t cartl Wien broken IN ali G,r 4 new crop
u ~ i m done ys N ancient Ec,ut ,y tie ,,rnu Of
,nk I'll st; s ride as len trsL cut l., jts native for
~ Igu r, ;,p,p,cnt ~ ,,nrsc serves Int b, rotcb
NJ ,rcc &c tie earth /, does not break II 81 any chi
;ot r,arnr nn1 pcycr reaches tbe richest rt NJ lie
iii s,;ll ~, ,se ,.,nol,tin r;n,r ~ n with iii thc
mrc;rce lhatottahc n IN ancient custom and cannot
l ,no, 81 ,xcance n ~ hcttcY Numerous
n 1sec, mails ~ thc in ~ nous
If ill., states INT they have IN au,esiv,lv failed and
others n ,onc,nplntin viii doubtless meet with tho
snm result Thcrc IL n prevalent btlicf among The IN,
Ira yelled roIes that ,lec plouphr MS with IN iniurs
liza s,;I Nv expng n t, ,nc To the SIM and pronerly
annrccatine Die value Of flint which almost Of itself fur
nsl, Them tlr means Of subsistence thew cannot be In
ducei to give il fair trial though am assured by Sci
ent;tc AMI cxnepccd acrcutursts that n conid not
There are other things however, in which even our
own ngricultursts think might we'll take lesson from
tl,o snpj (,v val ina, tl,c
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