The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-21
ALI About Segnrs.

N The Havana correspondent Of the Journal of
Commerce, writing under date March 6th gives
the following interesting particulars about the
manufacture and prices of Havann segars. BE
says:
:; It has been special object with me to Try the
various segars here manufactured, and to learn
something about the business. 1 drove out, tho
other day, to the manuac cturing establishments OF
" Of zegas in mt the world Their The qss repu
tation i, nrith the use Of Cuba
scribe the method Of making them. Every
boy has seen this dono in every town But
the great care shown in-the selection of tobac-
plantations and the exceeding skill Of the nanipu-
1aton and the rolling, which gives such beauty to
the manufacturers Of the world THE tobacco Is
placed IN large rooms where it remains until it has
Undergone thorough process Of fermentation.
ing to fneness, and give tho number to the several
grades ofsegars known as frsts seconds and thirds.
the frsts especially for the highest priced segars
is beyond praise. The price list Of the Par
tagas segars is . curiosity. The highest price
next are the Salon ones, at $500: next the Napo,,
leones, at $500, $50 ani' s140.s The Imperaies,
from s11o to $50. The lowest priced segar r.; On
their list is the Londres third, at s3s. The very
high priced segars are all large, weighing from
cautiously: The best Londres segar Of the Farta-
COST $50. The Regalia Britannica, first, second and
third, sl00, $50 and $50. The Londres weigh near
ly fourteen pounds, the Regalia Britannica nearly
nineteenz and the Brevas eighteen pounds per
Thousand. 4 6t % IT&
segars can Of course be bought at cheaper ratios
certainty Of good segar enables the established
houses ,Ue s,t 70 demand eapa adj high zig prices
part OF the island, and it is remarkable that the
same fact is true of the plant as of the vine in
France that the soil seems to vary without any
on one line of soil produce the most choice and
valuable tobacco, while those on the ground ten
feet distant are of common and inferior quality.
The Hansfer of seed makes difference. Of
high Value f is naFe abapatory s .ya H
work, and no scientific agriculture can initiate it
or produce the same results.
am unable to procure the STATISTICS of the ex-
port Of segars from Cuba. The amount is enor-
nous, but the amount consumed here is also
enormous. Every one smokes; and smoking is al
lowed everywhere. They say, that when o. fire
to the spot, and begin work by forming line and
lighting their segars.s True or not Il can affirm
from a:dozen examples that il stores and shops Of
al kinds, when you ask for IN article the CLERK viii
deliberately take out his cigarette case and ask
you for light, if you happen to be smoking, be-
fore he answers your question.
prices as low as $15 a thousand In few instances,
however, can these be obtained uniformly in any
laplos manufactory turns out very fine tobacco,
fully equal to any other in quality not in elegance
O1 WOTh1uAuSMp. LIE OlQ CaD6EaS mouse MAIN
tains its ancient reputation. There are hundreds
OF factories, large and small, ana il is not at all
uncommon to find segars at ten for dime which
are as good as those for which you pay dime
each But it will not Go to depend on such pur-
chases. u -S5Is5: ~ -!
!, All the segars for sale here are fresh and it is
difficult for even experienced smoker from the
States to select here. It would be impossible to
find segars in Havana which are old and dry. And
better always to use fresh segars: They are better
in favor, and produce less effect on the nerves
g. osR when they aTe dry
only poor segars which improve by age by grow
After q tolerably thorough search in Havana and a
trial OF all kinds Of segars am convinced that the
best advice which be given to Americans desir-
ng 70 t h seq for their own use
If they wish'a small segar let them send for SOpc-
ras,. at $50, and for large and heavy after dinner
at s5S for the rsts, s43 for the seconds, and s3S
for the thirds, are all good, and medium-sized
segaz. They are very sure to have good segars who
these. - -
nave thus far said nothing Of the Cigarette, or
Gigarillo, which is smoked universally here BY
male and female natives and which IS beginning
to be used.n New York more than formerly. The
Honradez manufaetory is 4 the largest here, and in
amused to find that they do everything there ex-
cept make cigarettes. They make their own boxes
ns and barrels aF cut the print the labels tho
pare the tobacco, and then send it out to be rolled
into cigarettes by any one and every one Thousands
OF persons are thus employed. You will scarcely see
porter at the door OF a house in Havana who is
not busy making little money by rolling cigar
ettee. The paper and tobacco are furnished by
the factory, end on returning the work the man
york is inspected and approved. But am very con
fdent that there is better tobacco in the world for
Ggarettes than is grown in Cnba- There is no to-
baoeo here ht to smoke IN pipe and tho best to-
bacco for the pipe is generally the best for cigar
cites: a mixture OF Louisiana Perrique with the
bssS James Eivaf Or iynchburg emoking tobacco
ply from here;is enormous, in Europe and in the
have frequently heard it stated that Connecti-
cut wTSppers are exported to Cuba for use here
Many beleve it: !, 1t is not true and for the very
good reaeon thet no such importation is allowed
here. It is not at all probable thai a segar ever
left Cuba which was rolled in ytling but q Cuba
wrapper or made Of anything but Cuba tobacco:
RIcH PEoP1lE..-Some time since ssw printed
list OF some people in New York whose incomes
seemed enormous. -As wealth is o subject so IN
tereshng to Americans, will refer to q few rich
people Who have lived or are now living in Europe.
Els said that the revenue Of the Marquis Of West
minister, England, is f10,O 900 day. His property
is valued at f105 600 600. The late James Morri-
son, of London, left to his widow an ann uity of
100000 q year, legacy OF f50OO, the residence in
Upper Harley street and Basildon; to his son
Charles E1 600 0O0 including the estates Of Berls
boro, MiddIesex, London, Goring, well as Ilay:
to his son Alfred, f75000O, including estates in
WeIBbo1o, Hampshire, Glenmorgan and all
articles Of yirtu and art at Forthill; to his con
Frank, f80O 0OO including estates In Kent, Surrey