Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-07-26
LATEST NEWS.
BY LAST EVENINGS MAILS.
From the ~. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
BY THE OHIO.
LATER FROM HAVANA.
THE CALIFORNIA MAIL,

THE CALIFORNIA MAIL.
The u S. mail steamship Ohio, Lieutenant Fndley
Schenck commanding, arrived at this port last evening
from New Orleans via Havana. The Ohio brings a
number of passengers the California mails, and large
amount of gold dust on freight The Ohio left Havana
on the evening OF the 18th
FROM HAVANA.
Orr adyices are to the 18th inst The most important
intelligence relates the liberation OF orty-two of the
prisoners taken in the Georgiana and Susan Loud
The verbal accounts say that these persons left in the
steamer Vixen for Pensacola the 10th inst Our let
tes however, TO the effect that they were ito pro-
coed from that port in the sloop Of Albany on the
18th inst
Intelligence of the decease of President Taylor had
reached Havana, and received with tokens of sim
cere regret. The flags of the shipping of all nations
in the harbor were displayed at half-mast.
Correspondence ofthe Commercial Advertiser.
U. S. SHIP CONGRESS-
Havana, July llth, 1850.
Yesterday the U. S. steamer Vixen arrived with
Commodore Morris as Commissioner to the Govern
ment here, in reference to the Contoy prisoners But
the object had been accomplished already by Commo-
dore McKeever In most amicabe and satisfactory
manner and in accordance with previous agreement
and arrangement. To-day at IL o'clock the prison.
ers, forytwo in number, were brought on board the
Congress- from the Spanish ffigate Soberano, in the
fered to the sloop- of-war Albany to be carried to
Pensacola, there to await the orders of the U. S. Co
vernment.
AS whole they are a sorry looking set of adyenu-
fersmany OF them boys, and all the dupes of i'm
position fasehood and fraud So far from having been
i'll treated by the authorities, since imprisoned they have
Jared WELL according to their own confession (under the
circumstances in which they paced,) and have
reason thank their that unscated they are once
more under the shadow of the American flag
The Diaro de la Marina of July ID contains the Off
cia report OF the Auditor Of Marine the subjects of
the detention of the Georgana and the Susan Loud,
and the disposition OF the prisoners seized in them at
Contoy, and those taken at Cardenas
This document occupies five columns in the paper in
which it is printed. lis contents briefly as follows
The seizure Of the vessels pronounced legal under the
provisions Of article Sc OF the general military ordi-
nances of 1898. On board there was large supply of
arms and provisions destined for the expedition of
Lopez and the vessels accordingly declared to be
conscated to the state.
The captain of the Susan Loud and the three sailors
who went Cardenas in the Creole surrendered to
the Captain General
|. Rufus Benson, captain, Joseph A. Grafton, pilot.
rpilofal and Nathan Dawson, Robert j. Burdy and
James Nowys seamen OF the .Georgiana and Thomas
G. Hale, pilot. and James Stewart Daniel Blair, John
Hamer and Andrew Jinkhauz seamen of the Susan
Loud, are to he held in custody-tIle seamen as wit
esses in the farther proceedings which be insti-
tued against Benson, Grafton and Hale.
The Cuban authorities appear to have been satisfied
with only partial compliance with the claims pre-
ferred by the Cabinet at Washington: they maintain
the VALIDITY and justice OF the seizure of the two YES
sesby the Pizarro.
Private reports are brought that Capt Benson, when
the Ohio LEFT; was a confirmed unatc deemed past re-
covery
A correspondent OF the Tribune says that the con
demned vessels be despatched for Cadiz as soon
as they can be prepared for sea-