New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-31
HAVANA CORRESPONDENTS.
special Correspondence of the New Orleans Crescenl
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Special Correspondence Of New Orleans Crescent
| HAVANA, October Is, 1853.
The Grenada s#full twenty-four hours behind her
time. /, though have right to complain OF this,
as it affords me the opportunity of writing You an
| extra letter. She is now signalzed at the Moro
Castle, and hasten to my task. Wrote you yes
terday per Capt. Mcconnell, of the Habana, of the
| suspension Of the firm of Fernandez, schimper a
| Co., of this city and Matanzas. Since theh hi'e
! received authentic information OF the result Oh
| meeting of the creditors of the hrm. IL was re-
solved to nut their affairs in liquidation, 1t oeing
| understood that Sr. Leon Crespo, the Wealthy
nlanter and merchant of Matanzas, will enter INTO
| some combination Immediately for securing, con-
tinunr and i,.ysing' the connections OF the firm
both here and at Matanzas. This will be alike ben
| efeia to Messrs F. S. & Co. and to their creditors.
In a few months we shall again see the members Of
that house, hope, in as fourishing condition as
before their recent mshap which is attributable to
| no fault of theirs.
| Proceeding up our harbor last evening, OBJ
| served the schooner Fannie, of Philadelphia on
| the floating dock built at New Orleans some months
| ago On her last passage from Philadelphia she
was ashore thirteen hours the rocks about sixty
miles from Nassau, and sustained some damage,
which can now be repaired here. She is the first
| American vessel that has been in the dock.
| The Government newspaper of this morning
| again publishes the Royal Order" respecting
vessels from foreign ports coming to Cuba, Porto
Rico, ETC., of LIST July last, of which sent you
summary soon after its first publication here 1t
| is to 90 into effect on LIST December next. No
alteration in the dispatching Of mail steamers IS to
take place in consequence of the Royal Order.
| Vessels from foreign ports at which there is not
| any Spanish Consul are exempt fronts provisions,
as are also the fishing smacks from ncighboring
| coasts which are constantly entering and leaving
| the ports of this Island. Won't there be some
q smuggling ~ by means of these fishing smacks!
NY private letters received this morning from
4 Jamaica speak of wretchedly dull times and of
several heavy failures. am not in possession of
the names of the latter.
/. The Maretzek Opera Company open tomorrow
evening at the Teutro Pacon with Il Barbiere.
/ CASTER is to be the Rosina. shall probably be
present 1t has been raining continuously all day,
/ preventing all outdoor business Consequently |
have nothing to add to my report of markets of
yesterday.
The following were the sales of articles from the
United States reported last evening: 200 kegs but
ter at s23 per qunta 800 boxes raisins at So each
1000 cabbages at a reserved rate. Lard sold yes.
| terday at my last quotations.
| Spanish ship (namc not remembered) cleared
| for New Orleans yestesday. No arrivals or sail
| ings to-day. As ever, ETC.,
| OCTOBER 26.-The Grenada is detained until this
morning The following were the sales of Ameri.
can produce yesterday: "a bbls. beans from New
York at II rails per arobe lard, bbls. at SIT IS to
SIS Is, kegs $40 per quintal; so boxes French
stearino candles at s3s per qnintal. Nothing more
| tn add