The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-25
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Dun HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.

| A United States Revenue Cutter mt Havans
WaistEG for Young Seward to Arrive
French Troops from Mexico Going Home.
HAVANA, Jan. IL, 1857.
The Unned States revenue cutter McCuloch, from
New Orleans the 18th inst arrived this morning 1
appears That she is under scaled orders and IL to avail
the arrival Of the United States Don with Mr.
Secretary Stewards son board. The officers wer,
surprised not to find the latter vessel hero yet O
course the expected visit Of the Secretarys hal
created great deal OF speculative gossip each party
attributing TO purposes Of their imaginatioas
Some think that must have reference the Mexican
mudde; others that IL may have something to do with
further object than the simple Of recruiting his
health and since my weather advces TO the HERALu
have been 50 propious for long time Past we may as
we'll admit the latter supp0son as any other for the
time being
The French steamer Imperatrice Eugenic from vera
Cruz the 18th inst, arrived at this port late last
evening, anchorng outside OF the giardsh;p. Shc
brings large H1mber OF PASSENGERS besides many ON
Gers and about Eve hundred troops oil returning home
rhe,e was s,aaI, party ont no. altogether '.es
ates double ender winoosli and the weather beng
delightful everybody enjoyed himself
me steamship mer'nao which was to leave Now Or
u has not vet been decided where to tx the Cuban
and Florida cable Tho acting representative is not in
favor Of having 1t near tho Queens Pattsry he
fort al San Lazaro opposite the BenenccDca Orphan
Asyum he THAI the beach is rocky and rough
ANYTHING that savors Of the military. 4
lha. excellent institution, the Banco de Santiago Dc
which naturally have diminished since the late
money panic, has been compelled 10 succumb and goes
into iiCuidaton So much for banking in Cuba We do
from what / can learn II will he reduced TO q simple
Office or the collection and custody OF the per
tax, TO which the merchants submit G they could not
help H. The other Havana benks are Flooding along
quietly Produce is coming steadily TO nnrke and as
almost every steamer now brings moro 81 less specie,
trnde will nOrtvc materially In month two. 4
The auhorities OF Gatanzas are besowns all possible
and their zeal 20 expel il Is such thai believe shall
shortly he able 70 tell your readers Of Their
The French steamcr Of war Roland arrived at Sspt
ago dc Cuba late the 9th days out from Aspin
wall, bu. she brought no news for us
Free Labor versus Slavc-Tbe United Htatcs
Steamer WinooeLi TO Make Scun6.ngs for
the sstle TO Fiorida--Cool Eeather-The
SMALLPOX I'm lFaianzas AbafinG-- Sanitary
sfntistics-COmmerciml,tG c.
HAvAyA, jan 10, 1851.
FREE LABOR oURA.
Tbs ALimpor,ant question is about being solved prac
ticaly the 1st proximo. when the mills Of our
large sugar plantations to grinding, the
great novelty being that all viii be result or free
labor. not single slave China coolie has
been employed the estate and all are OF the eau.
ccsian race without respect TO nation
One OF cur sugar planting rms the members OF which
natives Of Cuba and residents in Havana lolg labor
ing like many Others under tie that slave made
sugsr being Kind OF mon opoly gave superior result
last became convinced that in the long run IL could
not be safe lucrative than the cultivation and
working Of the by free labor and they determine
upon establishing large sugar p'sntation the new
psn To do away with the old system and carry tho
enterpIse they bought tract OF land In the very
centre Of the Coon jurisdiction forming or tbir.
teen square miles, all which was covered with wood
ana where no kind OF labor had ever been practsed
they bought the land in December 1894 aud, BY meaus
OF free labor the whole ionced round WITHIN three
months Most Of the laborers were POOR people living
'R ~ iSa sr Ss .5 gs showed ,"s
isOorsrs al whlss, began to cut the wsods and 50 81
contracts 70 obtain labor. Since then one thousand
three hundred and eghysix acres Of land in those vir
gin mountains wcr. cleared Of all the wood and
hundred ana sixty acres sown with the sugar
cane There "a Of course want Of lumber for building
from z
$4,000 boxs Of sugar j. all hxed and ready for opera
" Gn c n. - n; sSs x. S
the Ist OF February. and 10 Is expected that the
yield viii exceed 1000 boxes Of sugar T. perfectly
numbering IN ali 600 men In my next will give you
further particulars which b highly Interesting to
Another planter who has about $500 acres OF land iu
the Jurisdiction Of Jaruco, where there small colony
labor lS has ssoSs hundred
with cane and expects 10 be able 10 grind In Janu
ary, next year
nscEiASEoua
Tho United States revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch 10
TRANQUILITY lying at her moorngs, waiting young Mr.
Seward pleasure hut far Don has been sgnnllod
by the MORO Castle (fost)
The schooner Edgewater from Philadelphia to Cien-
fuegos was lost at Cape Breton on the 14ih The
captain and were brought to Cienfusgos by tho
Speed an English fishing smack the 10th inst
The French steamer-of.war Megere, Commander Bas-
ard from Basse Terre Guadaloupe arrived at this port
tho nth instant The commander reports that the
public health 81 that island excellent and everything
looked prosperous The steamer may perhaps remain In
this port one or two months The French frigate Du-
chaya sti here and will leave for the Mexican waters
ON the 7th proximol
Il 10 said that the United States steamship winooski
10 the laying Of the cable which TO connect US With tho
United States, and consequently with the whole world
when did poor Cuba ever think Of such boons
The weather could nos be better, quite delightful 10
vetorS but rather cold for those that have been
more than . few months In this island.
The smallpox epidemic prevailing In Matanzas has not
sprosd 70 any other towns and modcrang there The
number Of deaths since the LIST inst was one hundred
According 20 the oca returns Of the Board Of Health
for the past month Of December there were only four
teen cases OF yellow fever -four OF which turned out
Ionc hundred and fourteen deaths OF this com
pses the whole island The mortality proportion OF fever
X 2sb7 per cent and that OF smallpox 26-27 per cent
In December Lass year there wsre TOUT ao sSa
which shows that the former disease mss wonderfully
decreased every where but In Matanzas
The Spanish steamer Noctsxuma, from Aspinwn
rived. The steamer Liberty, mon New Orleans. duo
yeeterday has not yet appeered -.
| The sugar market shows mere animation and look
nrmer There are NOT many sellers - " rssIs 70, no
IA ia. several ioss have changed nasos " '"'n'f s'V''
The demand 'or frelgb,s 10 ,nprovpg. Some ehsI,er'