The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-17
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BY the way OF Charleston We have Havana dates to
the 10th instant inclusive From the Havana cores
pondenee Of the Charleston Courier we make the follow
ing extracts:
l heard last evening from the captain Of New York
packet ship nearly ready for yea that he had but
two boys Of all his board-the Others being in
the hospital from the fever and he also told that Of
all the American vessels in this port the largest portion
indeed nearly al-were In similar position To this
amentabe fact have TO add two recent deaths of Amer
leans in this eligible first, Mr. Jeremiah Fuller Of Bos
ton who, understand leaves large family unproyided
for the other Mr.. Vim. Pierce, of New York. Both
these gentlemen engineers and, believe have but
recently arrived. ulH a.a oi sf4a8 tlst
The 3oth ult the last day upon which Indian corn
the produce of foreign countries admitted into this
island at third of the ordinary duty Ii would have
been supposed that would have been taken have
had large quantity of such hand yet such not
the fact the stock being comparatively quite small The
last received per j. j. Day from New Orleans has not
tendency. a
There have been one further arrests OF parties
concerned in the African slave trade and one OF lieu
tenant governor of Jurisdiction this city, who Is
| cused Of having received a bride Of the slavers.
The of the barque that brought the coolies from
Hong Kong &C., is the Taskina, and not .Hskins
the auth1 rites here reported It, and whose report copied
in my last letter She sprung leak shortly after leaving
port and had touch Pernambuco repair damages
Three days after leaving this latter port she again sprung
leak and 1t only by keeping the pumps going she
was kept free, and this done with some difficulty.
Whilst she has been in this harbor learn 1t has been
requisite to keep hands at the pumps constantly, She
lost Ga coolies in the passage, but only four of these after
| leaving st. Helena a#siI ,4a 9l tat s.ft
sorry to be compelled to add that yellow fever has
again broken with redoubed violence within the last
| 48 hours. There were than deaths in the
hospital st, Juan dc Dios day before yesterday.
The SLAYER baque Mazeppa, which, as you will renern
ber taken recently near Cardenas with consider
able number of Africans board was brought into this
harbor where she will be formally condemned. Among
the passengers who arrived here by the French
steamer Cadiz is the captain who is believed TO have
taken the Abbott Devereux from this port to the coast of
Africa to have returned in her with cargo of slaves
and to have received 900 for his trip After dis
charging his cargo of slaves this island he probably
obtained passport went to Puerto Rico whence he
turned here his way home to the United States with
his pockets filled with rocks He will cut quite daa h,
doubtless, in the rcty of fithfuness, where, under
stand his wife resides The Africans brought slaves
in the Mazeppa and which too i'll to be landed
he time of her seizure at Cardcnas have been disem-
barked from that vessel during the present week in this
city They have entirely recovered their sickness and
will no doubt make hardy, useful aborers.