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Show General Young' refused u i-.suo further fur-ther rations io Cubans, on the 4M inst.. ttt'.til advices were received from Wash-ing'ton. Wash-ing'ton. The Cubans refuse to assist, in any work and are apparently a worthless lot. "Were it, not, that they are human beings they would not be worth fighting' fight-ing' for. Their morals are low. they are. exiremely lazy, and of a vengeful Uiig'rateful diipositiou. Ve were in the West Indies- from May I SS-J until October PSS-f. during' which dine, we lived on several of 'die Plands. We cannot sav that we v, ere verv favorably impressed with any of the Plunders, excepting possibly thoe of Parbadoes where they appear to be a little more industrious, but even them the morals of the people are. nearly as lax as on the other Islands. What is g'oing' to become of Cuba when she. is freed from Spain k hard to determine. They cannot can-not g'overn themselves and" P, S. does not want them, but we believe he will have' to take them all the saint!, The Cubans do not appear to have rendered ren-dered Pncie Sam's troops om'-ha'f the a-aisi au'-c: ih.ey might have done, anil we don't believe they will render much at any lina-. They are a 'oii'-dowi! In' and. were it not for the principle iu-v iu-v o 1 v 1 d. no! worth -awing'. |
