New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-17
sPee.a. corrssPonaeare OF The Tnsua-

cautions, &c.
special C3rrespou6eace o. The Tr5un-
HAVANA, Jugs l.49
Ne.v, G-e,i,y 4 NErasi
We are ,!us A. ansnos on the larautae SIDE
I n ts.s splendid hsr5or 81 Havana. Tie nl.ca-
! '3qs A, -sngemeu.s oftae Health Oa.cr. aad other
oHc.sh. obire 70 T. re-r,in here uutii morning.
aad take advantage Of the delay % send YOU A
! f-x Inc, by .ae lssoe- va Charleston. s5e Is
anchor ed beside as. equally In quarantine, and a
! lively conversation between the crews breaks the
.tilaess 81 ths tropical moonlight resting on the
water - :u1d US tbs liehts Of the city glesm a,
distance aad over them tie flaming beacon OF
tee Moro. Tai palms ara oimy seen on the
nearer his, snG the damp night Is heavy with
the scent II ca1e-ields, orange groves and TOW
ers Close on our efs j. toe hu.s oi a. o.d frlgste.
used 81 a hos pital for yellow-ieyer patients. THIS
epidemic IS aov raging violently 10 tie city. The
Health Ofic. informed US that the proportion OF
deaths vas fifty per cent but did not state the
number oil cases The bodies OF the dead are
burned after sunset AID the bell OF enc ofthe Gem
eteries has Just ceased tollinc Us funerals.
5rvoysge from Charleston TO this P ace, though
devoid Of incident. embraces three DAYS OF the
were lying off the bar, with head-wind sud
heavy heavy ses, all the night Of the l'i At SUI
rise. the steamer with the mails, which hal been
outside the bar since o'clock the preceding morn
lag, came TO us iih five passengers Gil very hun
ery and sea-sicA, rs Tie mail boat had 20 provis
ions sbosri We ran along tie coast, which is
fat and barren, and at three ia the afternoon made
tie lighthouse at the loot OF Ty bee River. Savaa-
nsh.
The next morning the rising sun showed rs the
light house OF St Augustine. ard IN - hours from
savannah, We were abreast Of Cape Canavera
a distance Of nearly 300 miles. We ran cio'c -
ne shore the whole length o.! the peninsula, keep
leg inside tue Gulf Stream, which has here a We
Deity of five miles per hour. There IS not 20 feet
difference ia the elevation OF the land from Ssvsn-
nah to Cape Sable. Behind beach Ct white
sand. half p mile in width, and bordercd by
dense thickets, rise The iuterminsble forests Of
i've OAK, maDgroye aud cypress. The monotony
o.. this long ex ent Of coast is only broken by a.
occasional lagoon, where tie leop ltoen o. the
woods comes down upon toe light green Of the CO.
-al shoals, or by the hats of wreckers aad their
trim, duck Ike craits, lying L. the cifngs The
temperature was delicious, 'he ihsrmlmeter
standing at $50, with p light, cloudy sky and q
breeze as soft and bslmy as that Of oar Northern
| May. The Afternoon comnelced ~.lh heavy
thunder shower sitter which the wind came fresh
rom the land, bringing US raak vegetable odor
| rom the cypress swamQs
The Falconis 50 arranged that We csn take a
spray. bath inside either whsel-house-a practice
which the passengers have almost universally
adopted. TIE wheel buckets furnish acontinuous
shower equal in iorce "a hydroqathic douche, and
A heavier sea than usual brings up the lnsnspect
| ing bather against the further emf OF his sub alle
| Gus chamber. / mention these trfrc particulars
| 70 shcw that midsummer voyage, even ia the
| torrii zone is not attended with So much inconve
nience a. IS generally supposed. We crossed the
Tropic Of Capricorn to-day and the sun AZ noon
vas nearly overhead the thermometer at % ;
VET the heat " as felt less sensi5ly than the same
| temuerature in NewNork. TIE passengers en-
| oy excellent health with the exception OF one IN
the Storage, from New Bedford, Mass. who came
ABOARD III! and on the third day out asse.zsd with
symptoms Ct Cholera He he'd violent attack
out il now convaiescent The physician attached
to the Falcon. Dr. Osgood, was with our army IN
! Mexico, and had much experience In the manage
ment OF epidemic diseases He has been very
s.cccssful in his practice, and we feel safe while
| ne i with
Yesterday. the Fourth, We had an extemporc
celebration on the alter deck. Mr.. John smith
the old individually was our orator, and did credit
to his family and country. That he contributes
MS full share 10 the amusement and good nunor
of all. viii be readily understood by his friends in
| Baltimore.
| This morning | took a station on the wheel
house and Kept a sharp lookout for Cuba. capt
! HArtsteln was the first to discover and-a liant,
blue. concal hill known TO sailors as the Pan Of
Matsnzas The Iron Mountains-s rugged chain
IN the interior next then the green hills along
the shore, and finally the white beach and bluffs
the coral reefs and breakers. The shores were
buried Ia vegetation. Fields OF youus sugar cane
ran along tue slopes palms waved ffom the hill
tops and the country houses of planters lay In the
deep valleys, nesting in orange groves. Few
coasts 10 the world are more beautiful than that Of
Cuba. We drank IN
| "ths land-wind from isles OF palm.
And orasge groves aud feds OF DAHL
with an enjoyment vergiug Oh intoxics'lon- The
combination OF all tropical perfumes IN one iaii
breath of cool air could only be equaed by DR..
Mayo's Rissam Kttherua, in MS new work. Ks-
oosh," which have just been reading have
Toe only copy aboard, and besieged oy aPPH-
cants for its perussL think Of starting c''ca
ating library with it, at the Diggings leyyins an
ounce on each reader.
Back of the mountains we saw lies the Nueite
Absjo, region Of rich bottom land which pro-
duces the best tobacco on the island. The cult
va,ion Of this weed has been attempted on the
opposite shore Of Floriis. Bat the leaves, though
very light and Of beautiful color lack the rich
aavor o; tia. grown on the Cuban Plsntstion'-
Considerable quantities OF it are, however In
ported by the Havana manufacturers, 10 use in
wrapping their cigars
Wersn under the bAttlsmen's OF the Moro at
SIX o'clock. and turning abruptly around the bluff
Of dark rock on winch il is bulk, the magnificent
hsrbor opened inland before Us To the night iay
the city. with It's terrsced houses, OF al light and
brilliant coors. its spaciou. public buildings, spires,
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