Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-01-18
Havana, from the Harbor.

Mr. FooTE, in one of his interesting letters to the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, thus gives his i'm
preston of Havana and its vicinity, from the
deck of the steamship Dee Con which he was pas
senger,) lying at the quarantine ground:
The city looked very gay, nearly all the houses
being painted white, light blue, pale green, yellow,
or red-the blue and yellow predominating
Hat roofs, balconies and jalouses to the windows.
The streets-such as could see, in running past
the town-are excessively narrow, many not more
than ten feet wide and crowded with people. The
country Immediately adjacent to Havana is not re-
markably beautiful, but it is interesting to visitor
from the North account of the tropical character
of the vegetation unlike what he has been accus-
toned to see at home. The hills rise in gently
rounded emnences dotted with groves of cocoa trees
or covered with plantations of the dark green coffee
shrubs or the PALE delicate green of the young s-
gar cane. Many of these hills command very plea
SAINT views, but few, however, have been built upon.
The Spaniards do not to share in the En-
glish and American love of rural scenery. Towards
the west with the aid of the ships glass saw seve-
raj villas of fantastic architecture partially shaded
by trees and shrubs but they were so few as to
der the general barrenness of the landscape more re-
markable. The renowned Moro Castle is built upon
an enormous mass OF rock, that rises abruptly from
the water and constitutes the east side of the en-
trance to the harbor The castle large pile looks
strong, and mounts many cannon, commanding the
eentrance to the harbor and not less Important per-
maps, the eastern part of the city. The high RIDGE
of land running eastward from the castle is covered
with extensive military works. of comparatively re-
cent date and constructed as am informed by high
authority, with much skill.
The castle, imposing it is in external appear
ance isnot regarded by military men as very form-
dable. The game played by the combined fleet, a
few years ago, at st. Jean d'Acre, imitation of
the reduction of San Juan dUloa, by the investment
of Vera Cruz would very silence the guns of the
Moro. The strongest defence of Havana is Fort
Principe, on the height just without the town. the
west. This fort is said to be admirably constructed
and in state of efficiency In connection with the
Moro, it commands the town. as well the approach
es to it, Besides these two there is another smaller
but dangerous-looking fort, the name of which do
not remember more inland, on moderate elevation,
at the southwestern extremity of the harbor. This
LOTT was the last to give ill., when the Island was ia
Ken by the British many years ago"
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS AT CHARLEsToN-
were exported last year from Charleston goods and
merchandise the growth, produce and manufacture
4 that State to the amount of 81, 80O,640 To Bos-
ton Sn the value was $500, u.s. Providence $50 903 N
iork 81 ,069,696, Philadelphia S215833 Baltimore
Zoe J'S 49, and New Orleans $77,S80 The amount of
Jues collected the foreign imports into that port
lying rn the quarter ending on the 31st December
1919, was S157657 95.