The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-21

the same brutal treatment from the British officers and
mca Of gunboAt Forward"
Manuel Vidal Perez further states thai he had on
was taken from him."
Miguel soier says that he was robbed by OH ers
and Of the cruiser Aforesaid Of the OF four nun
bred twenty two Spanish doublooDs or ounces winch
he h.a with him. and DON Ae,oaO Flores states that
the Briish officers and crew Of the Forwrd 'ook from
him, with violence, two thousand dollars" |
Tney all declare that they cav AL the snips papers
the government OF Cuba the hands Of the commander
the gunboas cabin OF the Cortes soon or imme
so,Osa hssn Ssrery. and retained he subsequently,
DENYING 10 them on their demanding Of him To return their
passports tina. be bad seen Q. eaa u IN % any
commsnder of the gunboas destroyed all the papers,
although they could not swear 70 H. 'ney naa no, sesn
podv else had possession Of the papers aer 70
board Of Cortez and they wore placed in his ban
nev Ill did and protest against the upjusthabe and
ilersi acts of her Brisannc Msjesi gunboat,
the For ward officers and men, and ssveray declare
iha, they bold her Bittanic Aajesys government re-
spousibs moneys effects taken from them
dv,duAiy, also for damages for the wrongful imprson
s snf sppc Scers and ssrvsn as Wen IS
the injury Of their business, BY virtue Of the deten
ton % which they were subjected, and the total
disruption Of their lawful voyage OF business on which
they were proceeding They DO therefoe in addition to
OF money, property and goods taken from them
deposition Is signed and 10 by Juan Avert, Manuel
Vidal Perez, Miguel Soier and Antonio Flores.
history Of the Oortez nfamy also deposed that thing
done in the power Of the British oicers and crew. 10
the four or five days that the Cortez was kept cruising
impair her honest appearance thai her lockers were
empued many Of her rum Pses me same ana macn Of
the crew many the goods for trading purposes NJ
AnAbon, well ~ provisions FOR legal trsihc, were
broken up thrown overheard ana taken on board the
Forward &C.
All these things done in the presence OF the man.
Lieutenant Henry Davis, nmandsr Of the gunboa who
swore the necessary dispositions for before the
Vice Admiralty Court which 70 hsld session on the
14sh uit. l presume there some mistake as to the
commander" part OF the notice, but there be mis-
take that thai has so sworn as has been alleged
10 his pary portion Of SaSe74 and the value or
cargo and vessel at jamaica that be Is disgrace to the
UNIFORM he wears and the Queen serves. No doubt
the British government will fully investigate the matter
HAVANA, June Is, 1883.
Search for the Styg-Preualence Of the Yellow Fev-Rs
Rapooes-N Novel Nre-7he Spanish Fleet Cruising to
Suppress the SLAVE 7rade-7he Captured STRENGTHENING
of the Railroad from Rs9a to MdtaNsas-1he Aarkets-
The Bark Louisa Fired Into by Spanish Vessel, dc.
The ssaucy Syx" has been neither heard from seen
in these waters since the arrival Of the Fulton
Water Witch. The Fulton, especially has been anxious
70 fall in with her and has sought without finding her
ia almost every direction The British steamer Devasta
toa too understand has been equally successful in
to have important orders but up to Thursday Of
Last week. when hear both the Fulton and Devastation
called Matanzas neither of them knew had heard
anything about the "saucy Styx" Commander Amy OF
the Fulton hear got hint at Matanzas whore he might
possibly find her. and he forth with steamed away after
her should he meet Ssr IN ensass be wiz give ..ss
three months has acted though she mistress OF
Gulf Of Mexico, and other flag but hers had any
right be there Let cut the fulton catch her, and
then I'VE sDall sec what We shall see.'
The smosphere snce the date OF my last letter, has
been dense moist bot and unpleasant 40 you will easily
judge what sor, OF weather We have had.
The yellow fever has never before been known to be
80 mai,spaD, in This city Of June has
been within the last two three days during which,
thanks TO Providence has held up htte Oue Of our
hrst medical men, describing many OF the cases he had
seen compared them 10 attacks Of poisoning from the
joint effects OF prussic acid and sichnine. Among the
recent deaths is that Of Captain r. WHITAKER OF the
bark Iaoorey, OF rha 1epha He had unwseiy treated
himself for cold, board his vessel, for days pre-
Supplying tor medical aid and when the doctor
avail However, ali that science and skill could do 70
save his life was done but alas without beneficial effect
Captain whhakers body has been emoalmed, and will
be sent TO the United States.
four I've days ago large heap OF coal-sad TO
be eight thousand tons-tne property Of Don Salvador
sAma at Casa Blanca adjoining Rega the opposite side Of
the harbor, caught nre from n.aneous combustion.
large number u men have been employed
The coal and in sndeAvorpg 70 extipguh the
ere Up 70 yesterday observed Il still eurnius.
All the Spanish feet, large and small have been ordered
TO cruise TO suppress the slave trade learn ,Na.
sayerp-the ST. Andrew General scosi-are both
pecscd shortly 70 arrive oil the south coast Of this island
from the coast OF Africa The bark reported 10 have been
captured by Brtish cruiser the south side Of this
isspd believed 70 have been the npetcpka She had
previously mace ane Sos A me- 20, oas o me
landed four hundred and ny oat OF seven hundred she
embarked.
be Opened about the 23d INST u will then be completed
lar Gusnabsoos, about a mile ana a half from
Regla. There will be considerable travel over
TINS sbort distance Of the road, the families
OF many mercantile reside at Guanabacos du
ring the the heads OF the families coming 10
city the morning and returning 70 Guanabacoa aer
business hours
sss.I 70 be armly bella at my las. quo..,ioos;
perfectly dry parcels are becoming quite dim ,ult 70 OBJ
TAN stock remains last advised Muscovadcs have
been better request since my last he rates however,
vessels requiring small parcels 10 complete their car
goes; So per seg has becn PAD f~ prime article
viii be losg maintained. NuscovAacs at ou,pos,s
tnue TO command 70 AZ rcsls pcr reg Frcshts have
been rather more active without bo~eser sny improve
men, IN rates Ercnsnses,erilDg has declined 10 IL
per premium United Sis,es, without any alteration.
chsposd 70 meet today Captsso :. Mason, Of toe
bark Iousa which arrived last evening from Cardeuas.
About tvo O'Clock n yesterday. when he about OF
MAispzss he ared into several times with shotted
guns by tore and att schooner bearing the Spanish flag
but hcse shots failed reach The schooner
right the wake Of the bark aud, being kept there,
The latter kept her course and outsAbed Der asssant
Cap, N.ssoo says that although the schooner The
Hpanish nsg hos,sd be believes she Fuglish
se bad be possessed bu, one gun he ~oad have hove
HAVANA, June Is, 1865.
Qvid Psso0, q ne Bidot Warrie-Indignasi,n assiai
~ S'ys-7hs Firing snto ne AMERICAN Bark MtrmiOn-
Sa,e-,nt Of her Cdr<ain-Th> ha~~'on Bros0h 10 and
Board,d 7wloe-Aaemrt 10 Brits ogsers Of tie C'rtes-
A1iroI # Cargo Of "ATprenscss The Revenue ef TIC
hlsrd fcT 1857, DC.
The Back Warrior arrived yesterday 81 half pcs, three
O'Clock IN days, eight and half hours from the city
Of New Orleans her nshorass this portbeter time
than has been made by sny o,her bet the
two pots, my memory serves me right. The steamer
leaves than fou Captain Smith and the officers Of
biz vessel very popular with migrating community.
presume that there doubt Of the capture Of large
SLAYER en- the South side bs, quantty Of