The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-17
IMPORTANT FROM CUBA,

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Important Arrivals frsD MexAoo-G Great Mo-
notary ExPansaon and Joint stock Mania
Failure OF the Germ Crop-Injuxy q To
bacco and Sugar Crsps-suictdc Of Chinese
Envoy to Warrington 70 ARA the
American Protecterate for Mexico,
&c., &c., dse.
BY The Empire uty have receive our Letter and
full nles Of the Diario de "a Marina and Pyessd Ha
vana 70 the 10th inst nom which we extract The oow
Ing Interesting toms Of news
The whole sand SEEMS 10 be involved In . general
whrlwnd Of speculation and financial expansion, which
contains abundant germs Of . disastrous oommercsi
crisis ut no future day At present. however, every.
thing seems TO be going on with the most wonderful
prosperity. the OF speculation meets with NO
check and banks and associations Of all kinds for specu
stve purposes brought forward with rapdity that
oan only be looked upon ~ public mania.
Branch banks arc proposed In Astan,as, OArdenas
villa Clara, st. Jaso and many ether places Az ~ evil
denoe Of the tone the public mind We nnd thai lists
opened at Havana and Aatanzas for subscriptions
to bank In the latter place. with capital OF $500 900
The lists remained open but . short time, and when
closed the subscriptions Havana amounted TO SA7o oo0
ana In AAtanxas 10 $S46, 500
Gas companies are proposed also 70 light half dozen
small towns the country and railroads are 10 DO con
sructed ell directions This Juror will NO doubt reach
limit and shall have 70 chronicle great revulsou
Of all this fictitious prosperity. Among the schemes
one for . grand credit mobier, with capital OF four
millions OF dollars Il was found that the Captain
General deemed his powers insufficient 70 grant the
charter and to be asked nom the Queen u Madrid
The DsarIo announ seq that the Germ crop has failed
throughout the greater part Of the island and urges the
government 10 suspend time the duties Indian
and meal II states that these articles arc not only
necessary large quantities for the CATTLE but that they
form portant item Of food 10 all Of the aborng and
poorer chrses The amount of imported IN 1854,
when Cuba made . full CROP was 1854 900 arrobas, (of
70 pound) and the demand this year upon the United
States must be immensely larger.
ICuba raises two crops Of corn annually amounting In
the sgsregste 70 seven millions OF bushels The
Of the winter CROP which said 70 have suffered largely
may be estimated ii three millions Of bushels.-EDs
HERALD
violent hail and rain storm had been experienced
in the tobacco district which had done much damage
The tobacco plants, and feared would produce
serious eneo. upon the crop. The plant had also
suffered greatly.
In the sugar district in the vicinity OF Bsurbs grea,
destruction had been caused 70 the standing by
IRE which first broke In the woods and spread to the
cane fields Eighty seven fields said to have been
burnt, but from some of them the cane had already
been cut.
party OF four OF the imported Cinnamon had oon
mitted suicide, Ut Guanabscoa near Havana by taking
large quantity Of laudanum mixed with poison. When
found two Of them lay apon their wooden beds already
dead, and the other two expired shortly arer.
project foot TO build another large thesre, 70
rival the rscon to be called the Concha theatre. The
subscription very nearly filed up aud the Presa
says that 1t was certain that Havana would have
other gran trdtro.
The same paper states. that DON Joaquin Rangel had
arrived In that city from Vera Cruz, on bis way 10 the
United States. II 10 said that the mission Of Senior Ran
gel IL 70 arrange tina plan for protectorate OF the
United States over the republic Of Mexico he would
remain q short time In Havana before embArking jor
New York. The Prsnsa adds that II this plan carried
out would be the poisonous shade that will finish
thai unhappy republic.
and great length the Of the Spanish Charge
from Mexico and the closing Of the Legation there The
comments have warike tome however, the neares.
pproach to II beiI valiant editorial Of the Preasa
which AXIS Mexico II thinks 1t has sufficient elements
TO prevent Spanish squadron from doing With ne coast
towns what the Americans did with Greytown In 1854
Col Jose Lopez Santa Anna Of ex President San
n AnIa-no~ In Havana-and Don Lois de Vidal, .
Mexican both address letters 10 the Presa denying thai
Gen Santa Anna authorised senor Oortez 10 offer 10
bring Mexico again under the OF spain thai
gentleman recently pubsbed In Madrid. They launch
long euloges OF Santa Anna who according 70 their
letters the only pure and patriotic man Mexico ever
possessed.