The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-11
THE STRUGGLING CUBANS.
sPATN NOT YET ABLE TO CRUSH THE
INDOMITABLE PATRIOTS.
Tho Sugar Crop-Hcw the Now Tax will bo
Collected 20 spnin's sS,OOO,OOO Loan TO
hecp up the War-Arrivai OF A rtilIery.

Asturias. belonging to ID. joaquin Polledo' ana
furnished with all the modern machinery ana
apparatus. The percentage Of sugar made there
this year Is larger than in any Of the PREVIOUS SIX
crop n 1875 TO- Estaie ANt1fdS
Canes ground .il,Os17o rounds
P,odUce .o 40, ,
I'll hhds Of no asses sugsrs.... 0ss,os5 poules
400 hhds muassee. 'oi'fVo pouhuS
:as.a i fSi; S S;F cent cent
uola.e. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. i.s02 per cent.
rota, net returns ......... o5ii per cent
new system Of manufacture Is spoken of as
having been tried on some estates In the Matan-
tas district this year, and to have produced
still larger percentage. l am Informed that this
new method has been successfully tried In
Louisiana, and that the principal feature In the
process Is the mrceration OF the cane after 1t
has been sliced into thin sections, according to
the old plan OF preparing cucumbels. suppose
that this system must be well known In the
States, but here II appears to be a novelty III
some neat improvements are not made IN the
cultivation OF the cane or In the manufacture OF
sugar. the islai d Of Cuba cannot keep up the
competition with her other riy Is In the markets
OF the world. IA the planters as class are not
call for their present sacrifices they Will be
Obliged 10 try some other system or go back to
coffee PLANTING and the raising Of provisions.
The REBELLION NOT CRUSHED.
Meanwhile the newspapers are Jubilant over
the activity displayed Nv the troops throughout
tue villas district, aud forctell that Gen. Max
mo Gomez will soon be driven beyond the lro-
cha, while the sympathizers with the insurgents
show equal conviction that their friends are
successfully uDderm lining the last stronRnolds
Of Spanish power, and that very few months
will see the island free and Independent. II Is
ple assnt wi en- both parties are satisfied. The
intriauers In the city are, fancy, better pleased,
however, than their hghtina brethren Of tho
woods, at least II any faith can be given to the
correspopdence alleged to have been late
iy captured from different bands OF raid
ers, all of wnich reveals the serious diri
eypertpneA maintaining
themselves In tne districts OF Sancu Spiritus,
santa Cara, and the i'm pcssb.y Of advancing
further to the west In the face Of the very numer
GUS forces which the Government has sccumu-
lated In their front. OF course the patriot forces
are not idle. but their onward course appears to
have been checked AID. unless the ravaees Of the
climate or the lack Of pay demoralize the Span
ish troops opposed to them during the summer,
or the recent OF some assistance from abrosd
supply them all with ammunition, IL does not
seem probable that they will make much further
themselves where they are during the next
summer ana fall
gather funds for the relief OF the wounded and
cipried "a the can't align Is now In progress, and
amount 10 $:0,g,7.l0 In paper currency. and
elsi.56 In gold.
80 ESCAPE ron TAXPAYERS.
The new Director Of Fin noes has published
the new taxes. The sworn declarations OF In
come will he accepted Professionally a. the basis
I've paid. The taxpayers who declare their iu-
come IN paper currency Will pay In the same
currcncv, and those VINO return their income IA
gold Will be called upon to pay the thirty per
cent. in coin. or with an addition OF 1870 per
cent. II In paper, the Government reserying to
itself the ri-ht OF altering the rate OF equiva-
lent Us NAV be necessary from time TO time:
es ate Ia the country districts are to be b. sed
on the profits detained IN the year ending June
30. 1915. The declarations Of income drawn from
ali other sources are 60 be based on the results
OF the yer ending Dec. 81. 1879.
nc mun,ca, ,,xes are od course ne W ~
considerl de. But then the expenses Of an
army OF 1O'Uo veterans, an equal number OF
volunteers, large naval force, militia. and ir-
regular bodies Of guerillas and counter gueril-
las without number. are enormous aud peremp-
ttry, tnd money must De hod, wherever II may
come from. The DtdriO C niesses that toe island
cannot support the war, and that 1t is absolutely
necessary that spain should raise t2j,OcJOOO a.
any sacrifice. md send the whole out TO cuba.
Tais, II says the Government Will undoubtedly
mu, ed. can. II Is said, however. oy persons VINO
should knew that the Ministers have positively
ehected n loan O1 <SWO.OJU specially destined to
keep up the war IA CuDa.
SHARP WORK IN THE sAGUA DISTRICT.
The reports OF lights In the interior have lately
been numIr19- nd a severe encounter oc-
CURED ON FRIDAY last near Cfuentes, IN the
sigua district. where lsJ Spaniards were re.
ported allied and n large number wounded.
met IN bodies ~ 5OJ and GOO men. and the last
anaIr In sancti spnIus, winch was ut " La Re
Spanish column OF 7OJ men, with "a nowltzer
and some cavalry, VINO were repeatedly attackt Il,
anu " hose Commander, Lieut.. Col. Bulldn, in
reportin. his success IN repel Ing the enemy
take occasion to mention that this was achieved
Ia spite OF the excessive number OF the hsssIl-
ants. 1 his reads somewhat differently from IN u
stories OF "a lew sneakng bandIts skulktnR m
tie woods" which the newspapers have Accus-
toned US to.
REENFoECEMESTs FROM SPAIN.
Spain IS sending out a good deal Of artillery
ard munitions ot Wal to the different parts, and
Is strength ning ner Hett in these waters. On
the 21Ih ult. The irOncldd frgate Zaragozs, com
handed by taDt. tasariego, arrived from Cidiz
whence ste sliied on the Attn Of March, touched
~ lcnfrns on the 9tn, sailing thence ON the btu
y ssing the nietloian Of Porto Rico on the 2Utl
If tue same month, which renders II PROBABLE
tAat she uust have come large portion of the
wy under saiis alone. She has had her guns
changed ~ Spain, and now mounts seventeen
cannon. seyrn OF great size and ten OF sixteen
ceniinetrr-. Ii ritcd. she has brought oul
me hedut u for tie otner vessels on the station
Tn" two Young men thmentcl, who assassin
Gtcd thc Young spanish officer Centurion. lately
Ia Maiarz -. have been condemned by couri
u.at.l.l To- ue not, and were PROBABLY executed
Sest.fd
. nDin,or Of prisoners, condemned TO death
f"r L. Ecitni Que. ces In various parts of tn,
- nj, nave lately been pnrdOned. Sew raj o.
ines were Chinese pagans and few foreign
J. u.1 tilt, Who we've converted to the Cath
cher lirion, tnI ootiine their pardon thu Oug
Lac 'nnuence II their SPONSOR.
Pr tiy Women scarce In Texas.