The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-02

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A LITTLE BILL. Bur 4. .GRzAr RasoHaf.,
An agreeable surprise has been gt.en The
eoustry by Che House Of RspressSta-
tives, in. .the' passage Of the biil. a. il
|Same from the Senate, aboliships the
franking privilege. whereby only The
President's signature 10 needed u, make
this repeal law Of the land. As no
doubt is entertained OF the President's g
approval Of the measure, the bill may be
considered law. It is brief, but to the
purpose. Il provides that from and
aftor the LIST of July next, ''all official
correspondence. of whatsoever nature,
aud all other mailable matter, (public
documents, &C., sent off by members of
Congress-, &o.) shall be ohargeable with
the same rates Of postage as may be law
fully imposed upon like matter sent by
or addressed to other persons. In
other words, the correspondence of
members Of The Cabinet and of Con-
gress and other Federal officials, aud the
public documents OF all descriptions,
and garden seeds aud books, photo
graphs. handkerohiefs, gloves, .'old
olo'," &c., &C.. now sent free under Con-
gressional or Executive Department or
bureau franks, 1from Washington to all
parts of the country. shall, from and
after the 1st OF July next, pay the usual
rates of postage for such letters, pub.
docs. !" or other mail matter, without dis
tinotion of Official position. race, PLACE
or previous condition of servitude.
CUBA AND HAYr1.-A very interesting
and instructive communication has been
lately published upon the growth OF
Cuba in it's rich tropical productions md
in population, with comparison of tho
gradual downfall of Hayti, once the gar.
den OF the tropics, and the producer, in
it's best days, Of some of the most valu.
able products of the world. Tho New
York Express calls attention to the facts
reforred to, and tho figures of Which
speak for themselves, "and cannot be
dismissed by cant or false sentiment on
tue one hand, or by evading the conclu.
sions drawn in the communication" A!
the commencement! of the present cen
tury, the population of Cuba was 800.
0OU; it is now 100000. In the ysar
1926. the value Of her exportatiops was
$13. 800, 386, and in 1859 they had in.
creased to $57, 455, 1856; and during the
same year, the importations were valued
at $143, ,465. 1876. In 1862. Cuba pro.
duced from it's own soil and resources tc
the value of S305. 9l9. .875-a sum equa
to $2lS for each member of the popula
ton. Tho exports and imports OF the
island furnish O largo number OF Ameri
can vessels with remunerative freights
and the duties upon merchandise brought
to our ports from Cuba add immensely
to the revenues of the Government. The
writer maintains-we know not will
what truth-that in any change of Go
vernment in tho island. the uneducated
oolored population will have the power
to control it, and that our trade and
commerce would thereby suffer material
~. Yet, if the Cubans can effect their
own liberty, no one in the United States
can reasonably object to it, and it j.
presumed the consequences could
be provided for afterwards. The
figures, however, in regard to Hayti are
something astounding. The island il
next to Cuba, the most fertile of the
Antilles. In the year 1870 the value ol
its exports was $27. .S28. 600, the principa
products being-.sugar. 163. 4O5, ,22(
pounds; coffee. Gs, 151, $50 pounds; cot
ton, 6.286, ,126 pounds; indigo. 930, ,9le
pounds. In 1893 the revolution broke
out. In 1849, the last certain data thai
the statistics furnish, and nearly sixty
years after the revolution, the exporta.
ton OF the above mentioned articles was
as follows: Sugar, none; coffee, 80, G0S,.
343 pounds; cotton, 504, GIG pounds; in
digo, none. Since that time tho exports
have gradually decreased, until. accord
ing to the estimate of the correspondent
at the present timo they do not exceed
in value $4,000, 000 It is evident from
these statistics that the blacks OF Hayt
are on much lower plane Of civilization
than those OF our ,nthern States, who,
under intelligent white supervision, have
continued since emancipation with what
degree OF profit to their immediate em.
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