The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-15
OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.

HAVANA. August g. 1868.
Escape ofhs &aver Lady SuGolk-Aa accurate de-
scr,ptioa Of her AIIearaace- General AristQS let
ten.
! The slave ship the Lady Suffolk, alias Eclipse,
alias Mars, alias the Vivo 'dMexican vessel Mari
has escaped from the hands of the authorities
at Laguna de Terminus and is again at large on the
ocean TO carry the pursuits Of her owner, Julian
Zulueta.
Let the authorities OF all seaports keep bright
lookout. She is sailing without legal papers or
documents Of any kind, the supreme government OF
Mexico having disavowed the scandalous conduct Of
Mr.. ex- Consul Vvo and his nephew, Ia lad not Is
years of age) joaquin Soler, in granting papers
founded upon forgeres, to such notorious yes.
sci a. Havana. The Lady SuffLk, therefore,
will become legal prize to anybody who may
capture her. OF course she viii now go to Spain.
probably to the slave trading port of Barcelona, to
which her owner originally had intended she should
go,with cargo or part cargo oflogwooi from Laguna
and there fit out anew for the coast of Africa.
1t turns ont that the authorities at the island Of
Carmena to which the port of Laguna belongs have
been for some time in the habit of permitting savers
after they had successfully landed cargo OF Afri
cans in Cuba to arrive at and ret on the coast OF
their little island, which, from its out of the way
positi,u the North-Eaot eoraor of vueatan,
afforded a very snug sort Of hiding place, and
that especially their principal port, Laguna dc Ter.
minos, has been visited somewhat frequently of lat
by these pratcal gentry for such purposes as thos
which took the Lady Suffolk there. There can be
little doubt that Zulueta never would have thought
Of sending his vessel to that place, had not former
experience told Linn that he would have nothing to
fear from those authorities, Of whom there can be
ISt ,v,sA ~, <h.4 I'LL.
ecived for permitting the vessel to escape large
share Of the very considerable remittances which is
mentioned in your Yucatan correspondents letter OF
tho 9th ut having be received there from Havana
On account of the Lady SuGoks Disbursements
Moreover, but for The accurate descriptions Of this
AmOus SLAYER in the New York HERALD, and the
perseverance with which that journal has followed
mp the Lady SuffOlk's track, from the moment Of
her departure from New York to Cuba, in November
last, and the consequent notoriety to which she has
attained it is not unlikely that but for those cir.
cumstsnces she might have arrived like the
rest OF Spanish slavers who have it seems, re-
Gently been visiting LaguLa, and no notice what.
ever taken Of her coming there. You may de.
pend upon it they will nov resort to all sorts
OF tricks In their endeav0ss TO disguise the appear
ance OF her adyship you must no longer trust to the
figure head Of Fame, with the trumpet in one han /
and wreath in the other all that must long ere this
nave been put In the fire, but bear in mind the fol
lowing description, which cannot easily be altered.
The Lady Suffolk, alas the Mariana is full-rgged
very upright the cutwater soping forward under the
bowsprit-she has top gallant fore ecastle, rather
short, having been cut of far enough to leave
room to secure the ends Of the catheads. She car
ries three royals and main sky sail, the mainmast
head pole purposely being much longer in proper
fion than the fore and mizen masts. Should Miss
Fame still have been retained AID not burnt as |
suppose, You will recognise her by being painted all
white, the left hand extended holding wreath the
right arm is straight down by her side, aud in that
hand she holds the trumpet. Her ladyship is said
to have cost Julian Zulueta, altogether when fitted
out for the coast Of Africa, $4,000. 1t is TO be
hoped that she will fall into the hands of one of our
smart Yankee shippers. Julian Zulueta has fretted
himself into violent dysenteTy, and the rumor in
town to day is that he is desperately unwcll.
san Martin has beer prevailed upon to return and
take charge of La Croaica at New York, and leaves
accordingly this morning on board the Black War
rior.
The difficulty between Mr. Editor Galeano and the
Captain General has been arranged, the former being
permitted to remain in Havana.
have only this moment seen the frightfu attack
which Is made in the New York Commercial Id
cettser OF the 9th utimo upon your Havana cores
pondent5, calling upon you TO explain where you got
the information from with regard to the extraordi.
nary phrase introduced into letter purporting to
have been from General Arista. hasten to enclose
herewith an important statement made by the editors
Of the DioYio de la Marito upon this subject which
will enable you trumpnanly to rebuff the slanderous
charge brought against you and your correspondents
With regard to myself, The plain truth is, that the
people here who have recently been shown up by you
are filled with CONSERVATION and alarm, because OF
the wonderful truth and accuracy Of all the informa
ton which has for some time past been published in
the HERALD; and therefore, do not be surprisedtha
all sorts Of tricks should be resored to for the pur
pose OF endeayorng to throw discrcdit upon the IN.
formation afforded to you which other journals do not
receive Rest assured that from LIE you need ex
pect to receive anything but the truth and nothing