The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1850-06-22
centr-.of the city Of Havana without seri-
Gus resistance.
Annexed is our Havana correspondence:
Correspondence Of tho Mercury

Gus resistance.
Annexed is our Havana correspondence:
Correspondence Of the Mercury
HAVANA, June s, 1850.
The steamer Saranac. Commander Tat
nall. left here on the 5Oth u!t. with des-
patches for the Government at Washing
tor, informing it Of toe state of affairs. and
forsooth We hear of him at Key IVES. on
the Sd inst giving ball, aud reciprocating
the attentions of the citizen. there.
Meanwhile his cnuntrymen, immured in =
Spanish prison, denied all communication
with their friends shut out from the light Of
Heaven. may await the appearance Of the
delivering angel borne on the wings Of a
Spanish bullet. And we, who for little
are allowed an intercourse with our fellow
beings, are cool!y comfortcd by Judges
Marvin and Douglas. OF the aforesaid Key
West. with the assurance that the Spanish
Government has not only right to confs-
cate our property captured on the great
highway of nations. but that it can, at its
sovereign pleasure capture, imprison. try,
condemn, and execute American citizens
who never thought of, or intended coning
to the Island of Cuba; and even that it
would have been perfectly justified in la nd
ing an armed force on American soil, and
capturing and executing on the spot the
pirates Of the Creole. Not l alone, but
every one OF my fellow -countrymen here,
has. with bursting heart, exclaimed:
Would to God were an Englishman!"
While am writing these lines the prize
park Georgiana and bark Susan Loud are
boldly running into port, showing no col
Ors, even while under the guns Of the sloops
of war Albany and Germantown. which
have tins morning re-apPeared Oft our har-
Dor, How their doughty commanders
could brook this breach Of Naval etiquette.
cannot conceive. The steamer Saranac
has also come in, and takes no notice
whatever ofthe prizes. 1t is to be hoped
the Government at Washington will take
other views Of these ca ptures aud those
held by the Key West Cabinet.
Respectfully yours.
AMERICAN.
JuHE 8, 1880.
It may be interesting 10 your readers to
learn that we are Iaiiy looking for another
invasion. Yesterday the Schooner Fairy
arrived here from New Orleans, and brings
report that the steamer Fanny was to
leave that city on the LIST inst. with 700
men for Cuba. The Government are on
the q,si vius. and troops are held in readi.
ness to nave at a moments warning.
Last night the Steamer Pizarro left our
port witt. 500 men on board. Her desti-
nation is not known.
General i'alqueras, the late Governor Of
Matanzas. has been suspended, and is to
DC Court Martialed, for not catching Lo-
peg at Cardenas.
Yours, A.
additional ne,cs from HAVANA.
The Captain Of the Ohio, was arrested
by party of soldiers (although he had a
passporu and parn;icd about the streets
some time.
CoFFEE ron NEAx SIoMAcHs.-A cor
sends the following, being ths
result ot experience: Those who are not
able to bear much liquid should adopt the
pound OF ground coffee in Jug, pour
pint of cold spring water thereon, aud let
II stand wcn,y four hours then strain of
the clear extract. which preserve in a we'll
cotked bottle. When you, wish for a cup
"i coffee, boil half a.pint OF milk, to
which add table spoonful Of the cold ex-
tract. I, will have the same effect as
three cups made in the ordinary way, and
possess delightful favor:
A rain in Murcia. Spain, has excited
more attention than revolution would
have done, probably. After u drought Of
i've years. this hapless proylhce was visit
es on the 9th of May, by a-coPious rain.
1t was curious /" see the young children,
"ho bad never seen 1t rain in their lives,
evince as much alarm as if frightful ac-
cident had happened.
HoLp1So A4.CoRPsE. ron DEBT.-A
young man, stranger, died at boarding
house ia New York, the other day, and the
buarders contributed sufficient money to
bury him. The Tribune says:
The man Of the house sent for the
coffin, at his own request. and got one worth
50 or S.. for which he charged Sl2. The
night before the funeral he locked up the
body. refusing to let the friends see it,
and when the boarsiers and others assem-
bled at o'clock, the next day, to perform
the rites Of burial, the hearse being at the
door. he fatty refused to unlock the
door, saying that if the S5 which the de-
ceased owed him was not paid, ne would
send the body to Potter's Field. The
young man. shocked at the atroc'ous con-
duet of this vampire, borrowed the money,
redeemed the dead body Of the unfortunate
from his clutches, and buried it at Viii
Indolent people easily become sly and
shifting; their natural gentleness serves to
hide even q fit Of rage; for it is by our ha-