The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-02-19
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THE cooLIE TRADE.
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Excessive Mortality Among the In
ported Cinnamon.
REDEMPTION or DOMINICAN BONDS.
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graIs Italian Opera Troups---The Dsmon-
tratiOR at the Tacon Theatre.
HAVANA CROWDED WITH AMERICANS.
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Els, of American Guests at the
Principal Hotels.
TIE CARNIVAL AT HAVANA.
Ecclesiastical Prohibition Against Vessels
Leading on Holidays.
&C. &c. dc.
Our Havana Correspondence.
HAVANA, Feb Z, 1880
sswspApnRs IN CUBA.

HAVANA, Feb. T. 1850.
NEWSPAPERS CUBA.
A project was formed lately TO establish poltco
sscm mercal paper plan, but abandoned for
che time being for reasons which must explain, rs
eome Of your readers may not be why the public
fness in this island should be crcumscribed IL is
few words will suffice. One of the principal is
that in order obtain " lcense for Issuing any po
hc newspaper IL necessary 10 apply 10 the govern
,ncnt Madrid and there make permanent deposit OF
ono thousand to two thousand dollars 10 cover the
Of such fines authorities may impose at
any time without speaking of other penalties which tho
editors may be exposed to.
The subscrpuon TO the SiSo has been raised one dol
lar and twenty-five cents per month"; II being the
largest paper in the isandabout the size Of the New
York Jatndl u Commerce They have gone great
pense to get out improved machinery, &c, which they
much needed.
The absence OF a reliable commercial paper is much
fel. here 10 one has courage start one The
general belief is that ii would pay, and that 1t would
be sufficiently appreciated bat by very limited
number or orr mercantile classes.
COOLIES
There is a continuous demand for Geld laborers No
further have transpired mentioned
n previous letter; part of the aborers pertaining
those contra ~ have Just arrived Mariol ito undergo
quarsnael, 80 two hundred and eghty-nine, by the
French ship Tamaiavc from Macao consigned to tn
ALBANIA Company-nine coolies having died the pas
sage One Of wealthy natives has just sent out
young man TO China for the purpose Of importing
on his own account. and that If half dozen
Join stock companies started for the purpose
would prove very profitable business without Great
ing any great competition between them and the few
importing houses now engaged m Inns trade. II does
not require mich capital while good open credits in The
East will suffice the usance of drafts there being nvari
ably SIX months date The expense attending the enter
prise does not exceed per head tone hundred
and seventy dollars in gold) including the twelve dollars
usually advanced to the laborer when shipped, and
know that shey formerly stood only eight ounces
lone hundred and hiryslx dolars) each. The
Hacts, presume. Will change hands al about twenty
ounces three hundred and forty dollars) sepoys and
Sshcr East Indians would undoubtedly give more salts
About twenty vessels arrived here from China IN Tho
course OF last year. with about nine ho,sand laborer
great and LIDO not think that the Chinese popua
Ron IN the whole ISLAND amounts 70 more than forty
AYrmuArIcs or, AMERICAN xkurRArIrY ~ rpx srASsH.
cin.xAS
From the Havana Prcfsa, of Feb g1
HeriMaestys scrow frgafe, tho yirgcn del Carne
the side wheel steamer the Isabel IL Cat5ra will leave
our port this afternoon a three o'clock for New York
As our ressrs as. ~ 1now he Meteor anar wa
Washington, which thus another convincing proof
OF IFS uprightncss and OF sincere desire to maintain
preventative of her Catholic Majesty IN the United states
displayed THE intelligence aud zeal which have ever
characterized bis ohic ial career. r'a
OUR EXCHANGES
The Havana papers complain bitterly about the
Cruz papers as they continue deprived Of their cx.
changes and this has now been the FOR some time
disregard common usage the more so as the pursers
eorroborae the fact that The Vera Cruz editors fail
y white the papers from The MEXICAN capital reach
os with regularity Unless The Vera Cruz gentlemen
make amends they will long receive single ex-
change; at least not from this quarter.
Wo have most delightful temperature just The
thermometer today Is at seventy nine degrees Faren-
aseit maximum in the shade The wind Is north north.
sss1 oar farmers ho~sver are grambiing As usual,
eohaeco planters but believe their prayers will he
dese Ns nop %o IS ar e r aSS
soIegn has advanced ase being held at s'4 a5 reals
GREAT :'EEp CONVEYANCE HAVANA AND WV or.
LxaSs.
The last boat the Brnirh steamer Mexico which
Ansici Co. New Orerns the with large nun.
berof passenger many OF whom had been wain- long
sane for conyey anee In TACT some OF the previous
slrs N view OF the rregulav and uncertainty Of com
mnnicssioa with thai port. hsd'so go New York 10
Sshsr great asuoyanes and inconvrniencr THINK that
&wsan tbs port New Oriexss with regularity would
sahs mossy; but any ether csma;natons connecting
Our btnkf have nov Sfseen millions Of dol
edged ps1es be discounted lever rate here than
S, s s,, Ssss sa %Sssy sss sss The sc.
both from EAspe and The tAiied ssss our piaaers at
essp' too much 70 sustain prices on rase basis Ia
prise, and many OF our moneyed men continue TO send
ther FUNDS abfoac which 81 the re why
charse continues 50 extremely hgh-r.fasr unusual
shis tine Of The yes-bu more particularly becasc OF
Nhe sca1tiness OF shipments for The period (which not
siso blythe taFdy supply and consequent wade Of assert
@snt shlpplbg plentiful there being nov sbou, 1--WE
eandrea and twenty vs.ses IN hsrho ssyan9, two hun
rates o. freight for fcrexu naes wen sastss d.
The British steamship Elder from Vera CA ", only
brought sbops ses 900 for Ibis pori.
ocsroxs RkzDrSs or crsa
lcccrdinhie the oncN s,stcmenis lately pu, aished
She amount 81 duties coieued IN 1904 was a. % q 1855
@out cutics aioe counting tro the LIST OF July 70 the
4ist Of December ias made difference Of s2ie = 4 It
above -dsacit OF fso,oS.
All government accounts are now kept in csM 20
tpeces o. ffiy cents aud longs. dollars the zen,
pf which am unable 10 comprehend II can deab,
he better explained Spain. one siest objection see
q the confusion creates here have long been n,
.ns habit o. calling the eighth OF an ovnce w ia]by
mrosrArov or sxKRIcsx prooR
q Won arr aware that since the ist OF October last
yanlsh -four imported into cnha and rAto RICO by
Spansh Gag and Com Spanish ports, Is excmpt from
.y aoa BY foreign Gag pay. one dollar ler barrel;
nIehs lotHn nour W spanish bottoms from my other
poaaiy bu, tts United s,scr IL tared with tina aud
nl Soars per barrel or fcrr dollars when foreign
rn',ea nven comes N spanish bottoms fra N Tue
io rsmss1 IN force a. long az the sct Of ho 3oh or
.ne united states government prenxed She
Sc4ats us~ w spansh vessesin American ports be-
NeserthsIsss have recently 6o,iesa som. arr,vs.A
~ onssns ,ooa up N AZ shos, ave hosass
pvA1 rather too aoon TO mest % cpaed advance In
cs sxpseted IN consequence Of repcrsd short SANDY
psn else he scus Prize q eleven dollars ~ serse sns
quarter pr barrel must decline contract ras made
'sss ~ FOR iS ss '' y -ss
Vsnpu bsrrsl
nk ~ ,hsta cSSpnissIonsr from the Emperor Ma.
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