Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-27

i've il well worked Small quantities OF gola and
silver hsve also been found. Since the Introduction
Of bees, sixty and seventy years ago. honey and
wax have been imposiant articles Of trade. Manu-
features have been much neglected.
The Island Is divided into several jurisdictions,
civil judicial ecclesiastical aud military The civil
Jurisdiction consists Of two provinces, with two dis
tOes GoseFporss entirely independent Ofeseh Oshsr
the supreme military chief Of the whole leland, with
the ttls Of Captain General being the civil Cover
nor OF the one province only called San ChrisoVal
De Ia Havana; while the other, Santiago de Cuba,
has separate Governor Who, IN affairs purely po-
tiosl or civil is not in any way subject to the Csp-
tain General. Besides, the island is divided into
three military divisions, whose chiefs take their
orders from the Captain General.
Some attention has been. paid to edueStion oy the
Government, but very little has been accomplished
In 1870 there we're 90 599 fair children in the island
between the ages Of FIVE and ten Of when only one
tenth we're sent to school,
Authorities differ as to the population Of Cuba
According to the census of 1927, which was, We be-
isve, the last taken, the population was 1SO'S62.
OF these the whites numbered sll O5l; the free ne
grOes "a; and the free people Of color, not ne
groes, 48. $50. The number OF slaves was 2o6,94Z;
Of whom 1s8, go we're males, and IoS,e62 females
Since 1927 the population has, Of course, greatly
increased, IS Is shown By The amount OF imports
since then, and the constantly increasing produo.
ton Of the island. Il nov amounts, probably, TO
about 100000
The trade Of Cuba is excellent its situation, the
fertility Of he coil, snd the short diitsBce--not
more than thirty miies--frcm a1y Tont IN The int
rior to the sea share ell tend to give it great com
mercial prosperity; and if the many injurious re-
straints now imposed upon its trade were removed
it would soOn become one of the richest spots on
earth
Within the last ten years, the interior Of the
country hiss been much improved, and the means Of
communication increased BY railroads, &C. The first
railroad ever laid in the island running from Hs-
vana to the most important Of the sugar districts,
was constructed by citizen Of the United States.
Under the influence of American institutions and
American enterprise the Cubs of to-day would bear
no comparison with what few years would End it.
The New York Eueaiag Post gives some strikingin-
stances of the rapid rise in the price Of zeal estate
in that city In 1924 St, Thomas Church bought
eight lots at the corner Of Broadway and Houston
streets, at ST, 100 each; now these lots are worth
S25O,OOO In 1888, lois on Fifth avenue from Thir-
ty-hih to Fortieth street. could be Ooughtat $500
now the same lots will bring $4,000, and many of
them over $4,000. In 1916, joan HUNT, million
airr, purchased on the corner Of Thirysizh street
and Fifth avenue, lot at s., 400. Mr.. HUsT was
de med insane and this snd other similar purchases
wore brought up in court evidences Of his inFani-
ty. The same lot is now worth $4,000 In 1S47,
lots in Thirty seventh and Thirty streets, be-
tween Fifth aud Sixth avenue, were purchased by
ex-Msyor BRADY, at corporation suction sale, at
$500 each. The same lots are now worth $4,000
each. In 1926, the late ZAOHARIAH LEWIS Iurchas-
ed four lots, corner Of Fig avenue and FOrty-se-
cOnd street. at $50 each The same lots are now
worth 81, 500 eaeb having been sold in 1854, tOgeh-
er for over $4,000.