New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-19

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BY tile arrival yesterday morning of the
steamship Black Warrior, Capt. Bulloeh. We
have news from Havana to the 18th. A list Of
her passengers and oonsignees will be found in
the ship news column. sas19
The yellow fever had entirely disappeared
from Havana, and nothing Of interest was going
on. "a. s,,3.5i5 ys..yss 5a.gs!ss- f Z ~, = II
A treasury return published in the journals
shows that the maritime and internal dues
raised in the island during the month of Sep
TENDER last past, amounted to 1897 ,197, against
1897 ,070 during the corresponding month Of
1852 Fs s95 as@ r. "A as
The son Of Gen. Lopez had been seized and
thrown into prison for some real or suspected
political offense.'
Jose Antonio Santos Castanedo. the Infamous
wretch who hunted down and captured the un-
fortunate Lopez with bloodhounds, has met his
reward at the hands Of some daring partisan Of
the Cuban cause. Castanedo had been but o
short time in Havana. His assassination had
been expected, and he had been warned not to
enter the city but to either seclude himself in
the Island or leave it altogether if he wished to
secure hissafety. From o letter in yesterday s
Evening Picayune we@ copy the particulars of
this affair
81 HAVANA, Oct Ia, 1854.
Since last had the pleasure of writing to
you, nothing of Importance had occurred in our
orderly and quiet city until the night before
last, when it was disturbed in its propriety by
one Of those most cowardly assassinations,
which occasionally occur among our benighted
populace. This was one of more Importance
than usual as the unfortunate victim, Jose A.
Oastaneda, was the individual who captured
Gen. Lopez, and against whom vengeance was
sworn at the time. Soon after he received the
reward, ($6 ,o0o,) which the Government offered
for the capture of Lopez, he went to Spain,
kissed the Queens hand, and received the hon
ored cross of distinction, for his (gallantry, D
and he has but lately returned He had been
watched constantly for the fatal opportunity,
and on the evening of the 18th, between the
hours of and s, he was playing game of bill.
lizards at o coffee-house, called Marie Belona,
outside of the city, and as he was in the act of
striking the ball, with his back toward o blind
on the piazza, he was shot through the blind,
two balls entering the back of his head, which
almost instantly killed him, and although there
were O great number of people present, the as
sassin made good his escape. Gen. Goneha had
had an interview with him on that day, and, it is
said, gave him an appointment as captain of
partido. Goncha feels this as an insult to him,
and has offered q large reward for the appre-
hension of the assassin Yesterday afternoon
he was buried At the time of starting, o mob
collected, and showed a determination to pre-
vent, if possible. the interment. A guard Of
soldiers was ordered out to protect the remains
on the way to e Campo santo,' which was fol-
lowed by an immense crowd, yelling, throwing
stones, etc., and it was with great difficulty that
the grave was reached Several of the civil
guard were badly injured---a number of the
rioters we're arrested, and no doubt will be Sc
yerely dealt with. This Castaneda was despised
by every one; his character was always bad,
and once his life was saved by Gen. Lopez, when
he was President Of the Military Commission,
by his casting vote. Such was his gratitude,
that he hunted the poor man out with dogs in
his hour Of distress, to get the reward for his
precious head. 57S
Z Gen. Pezuela and his family left for Spain on
the 18th, in the Spanish steamer Ceylon. His
departure appeared to cause little regret.