The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-02
Affairs In the West Indies.
THE NEW cApTAns-aENERAL-sLAvE TRADE-THE
oRops-HEALTH-THEw WEST NDrEs, &c.

The Havana correspondent Of the Baltimore
Sun writes under date Of December 2S:
The principal circumstance Of interest is the
arrival OF Captain-General Lersundi, and il
only half Of the benefits which are expected to
be brought about through his coming are
realized, the island may well be proud of
having for once weu-meaning master, who,
no withstanding the stereotyped duty OF oil
Spanish officials, that Of filling his pockets at
the expense Of Cube ald its inhabitants, may
dispense Justice and protect the commercial
and agricultural interests OF the country.
There are sufficient abuses to rectfy to keep
his Excellency in hot water for many months
to come, but the cliques Which generally con-
troll every captain-general who has ever been
here will soon be formed, and, within few
weeks, matters may be the same as before.
The ancient and powerful slaye-traIlng na-
ternity, composed Of such wealthy men as Du-
ramona, Zalueta, and others, expect to reap
rich harvest by being per nltted to exercise
their former profession, apd stock their PLAN
tations with new working hands OF cheap
rate, but it is doubtful whether the public
yould remain ignorant Of the traffic, and the
undertakers might find themselves in pecu-
liar predicament By English and American
cruiser hovermg about the coast.
The reports from all parts Of the island re-
garding the crop are very good, and fine
season is expected. The crop will be very
large one, and the prices such as to enable the
planters to pay off all their debts and have
something left to spend among the retail deal
ers IL fancy and dry goods. i,
A large number Of ot6ce-seekers have arrived
from Spain, awaiting the action OF General
Lersuudi to turn out the present incumbents
and lll their places with the newcomers.
The city is Very bare Of strangers and the
hotels empty, the report Of cholera having kept
visitors away. There is no longer any LANCER,
as the disease has dsap ,eared, only twenty
ueaths having taken place from cholera in the
last nine days. and all thes, with one ex"ep-
ton, among the Chinese, negroes, and poorer
class Of .he population, who Live hungrily in
The news from the different West India
Islands is nothing but bld earthqu Ikes, hur-
ricanes and revolutions are the order Of the
day, In st. Domingo it appears that tie Ca
bral Government has ended, and that Baoz is
once more at the head OF affairs, having al
ready sert commissioners to the United States,
Mr.. P .jol having arrived at Santiago de Cuba
Yesterday. Another commissioner has gone
to Jamaica, with the object Of asking for mu-
ritions or war and pecuniary aid. The opin-
ion Of well informed st. Domlngans is that the
whole affair will end with an application to tle
United States Government to be admitted as q
State of the Union. In Hayti there is every
probability that sainaro will soon be compelled
to leaye the republic, ns the brutal assa5sina-
ton Of General Monies has deeply embitsefed
the people, and he does not dare TO 60 about
the ST. eets unless accompanied By O strong
body.guard. Porto Rico is recovering from the
effects Of the hurricane, the crops il the west
ern part OF the island being very promising.