The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-15

ARRIVAL or THE QUAKER CITY.
The Crted States mail steamship Qusser City, r. W.
saufedt, commander from MotiIs the bth and B.vana
1T eleven O'Clock tie morning Of the 9TH arrived q
the Lght,hip Wednesday evening" at seven o cloek
lorr days ard eight hours from the latter port bat
account of the tee prevented from coming up tbs
bay until YESTERDAY morning
Owing TO the low stage oethe water in Mobile bay D
Quaker City unable ID the outer bar until In
O'Clock on the night OF the 9Th Crossing the Gulf sAa
encountered q continuous gale CT wind from the eou<A-
wa-d and eastward, accompanied with heavy raia; TO
NAMED twenty four hours in Havana. From that pert
here she experienced very severe weather from he
northwerd and westward.
From Havara learn that tine stan. rainy weater
is sst destroying all hopes OF large sugar crop frsa
Cuba the pressed vii not dry, aud Cor want A.
proper fuel than hall the cane would be LETT
standing in the feds the planters being unable grin
it.
The carnival This year hsptup with great spirit
Several fancy end marked baus given by the Cap
lten General AMI other ssbi natles of vtnA All fes
tvtss prior TO the actual of Lent were
to close the 10Th iust with grand masquerade ba1
for che ttoeh. Ct the Orphan Asylum.
An usuA large number o. strangers from the UaiteA
States have been spending the winter In Havana
the island. Every facility has been aiforded them e
render their visit agreeable especially by tie spAni
ocias As taa Quaker City ceraipg oas of the hax
Dor she passed l. S. sloop Of supposed the Cyan4
going up to her anchorage.
Tie E1glish mail steamship Zee, from Vera Cruz ar-
rived at Havana on the 9th.
On the evening Of ths I'd, Geasrsi Conchs held his
annual review oe tho D3sokined Eorse Militia, on ths
Campo Marie. jI syusdrons tarnsd ont on the oes-
sion, All we-e highly congratulated by tho CapssAa
General the correctness cf tasr eyolutions and
peerance.
The following clever swndie is related hy one of or
>at~G ~ L.
trip <on Havana, the North Star Obliged to put
back into port ia orcer to put shore Who had
been toanc secretsd toarc without passport. rhe
facts connected With his attempted escape tbssA
lawyer OF HaYsaa named Lima defending lawsuit
which bo;e the appearance OF being very expensive
OF leng durstion. To senor Lima, The man found o.
boerd fhe North star wen Rud stat ID that re
thorized ty the plaintiff in the suit 20 settle 1t
sideraton Lima, gai % get his Client out ef ueiy
lawsuit, agreed to meet the found board uan
North star, at mouse in Gale Mao.a and did So Here
5000 was sgreed to De paid full settlement Of tia
lawsuit. OF which sum $500 paid down, and thu b.
lance promised ct not distant day. La,a departed:
but on returning to the house in cay two the usn
the people the house denied a knowledge Of or indeed
of ever having him wereupon Lima went to
General Concha with his complaint General C0achA very
properly gave orders that all vessels leaving the port
should be ca efuly searched but the fellow managed
secrete himself on board the North star where hAyizr
been discovered earlier than he had anticipated he vH
very properly brought hack by Captain VANS ch ard 10
f. Tow II jail to for his swindie The facts &C
this matter do not speak very highly for the cuteness
Senior lima
The Carnival had commenced With number or bril-
liant balls amongst the fashionable society of Havana
The project OF ccopzng Cuba with African coolies In
again revived IL IL proposed apprentice them fr
eight years, and to pay them four dollars month.