The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-29

rHE CUBA CABLs.

HAVANA, Sept Il, 1867. /
rHE CUBA CABLE
"Thsre 10 q screw loose" somewhere. for although
there is no difficulty in getting messages 10 PuntA
Rasa and thence New York. scarcely message coms1
from the latter Ono Of l7lh yesterday am
told. But believe 1t will be all right shortly card
appeared to-day in the Diario de Ia Marina. puportnG
10 DO from several merchants complaining thai they,
had not had any reply yet TO messages which they sens
TO New York and after the 18th inst We are told
that tho once In New York ia yet prepared
csve messages Can that be sof The Havana Office Id
80 busy that in order that each should so there
delay sometimes Of one, two and three hourd
in passing message; they seem too short Of hands
and practice will do them no harm 4
The comparison Of tho relative advantages Of free and
Of slave labor is only Topic OF the greatest import
Cuba but is question Of life OF death But
the absence OF gatisticai information on matter Of
such arises from the fact that the produc-
ton OF free labor found mixed up with that Of slave
labor and consequently it no. only dIfcut to sepa-
rate but impossible TO form accurate appreciation and
correct comparison OF those advantages But by look1
ing into such have taken from time TO timeS
and comparing the production Of the principal localized
Of the island win the Save population bsiore me- ma
that in those where the proportion OF slaves largest
the relative production Is not more than OF tnas
where free labor abounds and Is IN majority Now this
is an astounding fact which must even interest other
countries than Cu0a and worth corroborating Ac-
cording to interesting statement published I'D
the impartial Of Trinidad de Cuba, the estit
mated value OF the production OF tnis year ID
s2426.5sS Tho territory in question is only dve hum
bred square mles Its population is assumed At 81 OOOs
OF which about 10 600 are slaves Without pretending I'd
form basis from ,pe above da,a viii a, once 90 on ID
my own estimates derived from the notes before al
luded to. The following Is list Of the places where
slave labor Is in majority showing the value OF produce
ton per head Of each save:Cardenas, $420; Colon,
s4oO Matanzas $500; Havana, $3.50; Guansjay, $27o'
The places where free labor In majority and the es
timated value OF production Of , eacn slave are a
folows:-Puerto Principe, $780, Villa Clara, $780, ana
'Facts stubborn things" In submitting the force
going your numerous and intelligent readers, wis
only ask now what will the sPrensa de la Habsna and
crers have TO say after reading the above results IN
your coumnsp
Before leave this interesting subject oIght 70,
mark thai Trinidad owes good deal Of its present rapid
prosperity the late introduction and application Of the
steam plow the adoption OF regular system OF drain;
age, and many other improvements from abroad OF
all this is due the energy and perseverance, Of
It's merchant panters Trinidad has produced this year
nearly 600 hogsheads and 500 boxes OF sugar worth
$1s7660 l5 600 hogsheads moasses worth 1928 0OO1
WAX honey and other products il has rendered $500
understand that the majority OF the Havana munci-
pality contemplate seeking % contract loan 10 London
to enable them TO attend the urgent necessities OF this
city. Although the corporation Is scarcely known
abroad, at least not as far as it, financial capacity and
from ST. 500 600 annually and Is to be hoped that tho
Body may succeed In the above project
The Tribunal Of Commerce has just given verdict
absolvng the Regla Stores Company the suit which
has been pending for four years. established by th0
former the value Of quantity Of sugar that was con-
sumed BY the IRE which took place on tho premises In
The directors Of the Banco Espanol have made app.
cation government on their raising the
maximum rate Of interest," which according TO the
has accordingly been submitted the deiberaton Of
the "Consejo dc Administration" The bank has
for doing When the ourren rates OK
interest vary here from ten 10 twentyfour per cent.
and the bank, from exceptional circumstances. has ne
power to influence the money Market royal restro
tion IA q
without any benefit TO the community; the money N
the bank being Immediately taken by spectators VINO
In the articles OF regu ations which are 70 DO obtained
for the total suppression Of the sA trade notice that
old system ID be restored, Of giving ced.Lds or
warrants TO the coored popuiatin which IN themselves
unequvoca proof Of tho condition OF the slave
and obv any kind OF investigation on the part Of
the subatsrn authorities 70 the 'proedencia OF tn
slave The Of slaves and physicians are
Of any slave within four days after the Occurrences under
very heavy penalties, quite severe enough to compel
provided GsT the Strictly oa 10 soSd
daily bulletin 10 about being published 10 Santiago
Dc Cuba ut eleven IN the morning consaning tho cable
Tho Custom House collector Of Havana has ordered
that and after the 10th inst all dockets Of goods
entered nwads shall be required ~ state the marks the
nunbors Of the packages and the contents and Of
merchandise each contains, in accordance with article
sevenso the actual tariff.
Not long ago l told your readers Of An itinersnt
under the cognomcn Of .'Hermapos do la Lnns.'s
Tweny-iour OF the association were captured in one
day, some time SINCE and 1t supposed the time
that the body had become defunct But such tho
case and people are again alarmed enough not to walk
the wharves at any hour night or two ago an aged
inohensve man was found stabbed. The murderer
jumped Into the water disappeared and all attempts "a
him we're found unavaiing probably he man aged
to hide himself in some subterranean nook under the
wharf ana escaped subsequently.
Business continues excessively dull Hardly any
but the regular arrive ana the freight
Ing business Is consequently very limited no charters
to the United Siaies have tanspired for some days.
The actions in sugar have bcen very moderate the
basis Of price has not varied, being nearer 10 u than
than Tor No. IL. Sterling exchange hrm at
19H premium; currency at sixty days 70 to 26l dis
count and three days cold drafts per csat premium,
The Right Rev Bishop OF Havana arrived to-day Id
the spanish mat steamer from Cadiz. lhero was a
toeraby large number OF coored people on the wharvon
In order to greet the reverend gentleman as he landed
Why should thcy ne, do so Some people that the
negroes only inhAb that show any real de-
volon to The Catholic religion, and there fcw
who suppose that the negroes are hired s the
poor IRISH were not far on nor very long agol
FOR the purposes Intended for else. they add the
Bishops ARRIVAL wond pass unnoiiced he this M II
may have no y>inon OF my own 70 offer on such mat
the colored people said 70 be profoundly do.
voted to the Catholic faith, particularly the "old uns;s
but whether this arises from fear OF the mysterious
future frog which traveller Icturneth" Il have
Shakespeare At my elbow whether It s from beati-
flying comprehenson Of that future, Is beyond my
vince TO divine. What can add Is that when there y
not sibg,e white sou in church there 10 b
dscrepid old black men coIorcd women there,
can speak Of this better than your own cor
The temperature has improved amazingly since The
last few days The thermometer this morning was -
eighty degrees Fahrenheit The yellow fever still pre-
walls, particularly in the harbor. but 1t is Of mlden
nature than has been The change OF weather haa
created nnammatory fevers, which the natives mostly
attacked by; they are very common at certain sea-
sons and their name changes In accordance With the
latest novelties for example, when the 'Guardia CviiN
were installed the aforesaid fever was called By thaA
cognomen. When the crisis Of 1857 appeared u We
known by that Nov that the contribution Is the
uppcrmost In the public mind II Is called the contribu,
ton fever.
OR. HARRIS AND THE UNKNOWN DISEASE"