The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-20

CUBAN M1srEssiiissss. Tie Cause Iosf fSs
Cuban insurgents il Sid to be- making
satisfactory progress. EAA, ,stlesse is
the statement of the offl Nominal of
what Is called the republicDf Onb@ The
Republican troops have marched from
the Eastern extremity of tile ialsnd tol
within sixty miles of Havana, occupyina
all the strategic points in their way. In,
telligence received since disqualification
OF the journal referred to makes it appear
that small parties of the patriots Fave
| been within fifteen miles of Havana, and
| retired unmolcstcd. Public property has
fhlso been destroyed in Tint section Of the
island to considerable extent. IF the
patriots can hold Il base line within
thirty miles of HAVANA, they will virtu-
| ally isolate that city from til. other
parts Of the island. This will br IL mat
| ter of vast military imisortnnc" 1t i,
also certain that the tlispos;.blc force of
the Spaniards has been so reduced that
both in Priente and Ca!nnguey they re-
main In tortresses or cntrenchtd camps.
and will not fight i'll the field. The re-
suit of this is, the patriots have full and
complete possession of those districts.
md the Spnniards cannot get either rein
| forcements or information. 1t il further
stated that the per centage Of descrtions
| from the royal forces ib such ns to make
1t certain they cannot conquer the Gu
| bans, even with all the reinforccucnts
TINT can be drawn from Spain Since
Nalmasetla has been in command us Cap
tain-General, more than 1000 Spanish
troops have been landed ut Hnvnnn The
question arises, what has become of
them! Whnt has become Of all the rein
forcemcnts which Spain Inns sent to Cuba
since the war began? Or, were they only
men OF straw: At all events, they seem
to have besn absorbed by some unknown
agency in the most mysterious ,nnnucr
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DIVERSITY OF PRODrcrs. Some of the
Virginia papers are appealing to tho asri.
their crops that in no case cali thcy be
left without sufficicncy Of food for their
own support, even if they have no pro-
! fits. The Petersburg and Richmond
newspapers are strongly advocating this
rule, and, 1t is to be hoped. have IL good
prospect of success. There nr.. some
portions of Virginia in which tobacco is
practically tho single crop, and if it fails
to yield largely the consequences nrr dis
astrous. The Gulf States, in case nf any
accident to the cotton crop, find them
selves in like predicament The New
Orleans Ptcdy,tne advises the planters of
Louisiana to diversity their crops. In
three years the cotton crop Of tho South
has yielded II. ESQ, 900 bales, of the esti-
mated value of S725, ,0O0, 200. The value
ing the war was S534, 4,00O,0 ,0OO. Yet, not
withstanding this large increase, the
PicaWne says that the cotton States nre
every year going deeper and deeper into
debt. A partial remedy, it suggests
tho diversification Of the crops, 80 that
the planter mny have moro for his per-
sonnl support and for that Of his en-
ployees, and less need for expenditure
on this account. 1t seems scarcely credi-
bic that with an average annual return Of
S234 $4,000 from cotton the Southern
States should he in such deriorabic
condition. but it appears to he true All
| that they can make seems to be turned
into ashes by official plunder and mis-
government and consequent disorganizn-
ton Of labor. At the same time, no conf
munity can prosper which depends upon
only one crop. Diversity Of agricultural
or Middle State prosperity. and might
be tried with advantage in tn. Southern
States. baltimore .Sun.
EMMHATInS III THE TKErlToIIr, Ard
CALIFORNIA. The rapid increase OF cmi-
grant travel over the Union Pacific this
spring has already been noted. Fuller
information shows that there is general
rush of Immigration to Nebraska, Utah.
Wyoming and the Pacific coast this
spring. The Union Pacific Railroad is
compelled. it is said, to employ the
passenger equipments of connecting
roads East 10 move the people Westward
as fast ~ they arrive ut Omaha Two
and sometimes three cmiSrant trains are
despatched from that point daily. $500
eniGrnnts were carried from Omaha dur
ing tho first seven days of this month.
During the month Of March, California
alone received 10000 of t!icsc new set
tiers. This travel is EXCLUSIVES of tho
regular first class travel, which is also
proporii"natcly large. 1t is noticeable
fact that East bound travel il light n.
present, the roads being compelled t.
ha"l back comparatively empty trains.
Freight trains are also ..rcum ulatinr 1T
Omaha 80 fast that the Union Pacific.
finds i! almost impossible t" keep il
clear.
Some Mexican raiders have bnen can
tnrcd, ana they say that the L,.sprra,io
Cortina pays them - head for bccvcs
and 81 head for tho horse. they cap
tlre in Texas nnl bring to him. Cor
tina mnkcs n nice clean profit, of course.
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