New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-07
HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
Special to the New Orleans Crescen..l
Havana 0ctoher n

Messrs. Editors The Puerto Principe cores
pondent-under date Of the 18th nlt.-of the Diario
de la Marina Of this city, whose letter IL published
in the Impression of that paper Of the 28th, gives
the following account Of two murders committed in |
the country on the 9Th and 7h ult: The first was on
the person OF Don Mariana Zazas, the proprietor Of |
sundry lands about sixty miles from Puerto Principe
he had been to Miron to collect some money, and |
received draft payable at Puerto Principe. On
returning to his house he found four men there, who
demanded from him the money which they supposed
he had received. In vain did be assure them he had
not received the money but only the draft, and be
was murdered.
The second murder was committed on the person |
Of Don Ignacio Betancourt Agramonte, young |
man who was on his way to the plantation =" Ell
Cercado,' eighteen miles from Puerto Principe On
the road bis servant noticed asso spread out and
drew his masters attention to it. But it was too
late the lasso vas drawn, and shot in the breast
brought the unfortunate man to the ground, when
three runaway negroes fell upon and killed him. The
servant made his escape and reaching the plantation
related what had happened
The overseer and some other parties Immediately
set out in pursuit Of the negroes and succeeded in
coming up with one Of them, who after some resist
| ance was captured. I am induced to send you the
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seldom mentioned in the papers of this ctyit being
desired to convey the idea to persons in other ands
that Cuba is o strictly awabding country, and that
deeds of the above character are rarely committed in
it-indeed, remember a few years ago case in
which the jealous husband of famed actress brntay
murdered his wife and nothing was said about the
matter in the papers here until the correspondent Of
| a New York paper twitted the conductors OF the
press of this city for remaining silent upon such
brutelike matter. Now permit me to relate case OF
stabbing, of which have seen nothing in the Dia,1o
de Ia Marina. On Saturday, ,i24th ult, q man who
had been making his weekly collections, which, as is
the fashion here, be carried in bag in bis hand and
who was on his way to his home, was met on the
road to the public slaughterhouse by two negroes,
one Of whom stabbed him with knife, inficting a
severe wound near the Kidneys whilst the other at
tempted to drag the bag Of money out of his hand.
The wounded man, however, held fast to his money,
and help approaching, the negroes fled.
find, upon further inquiry that the report alluded
to in my last of its being intended to purchase three
irstclass steamers, to run in connection with the
Quaker City, and form semi-weekly line between
New York and this pert, was somewhat of an ex-
aggeration.
1t is contemplated only to purchase one other
first class steamship to in connection with the
Quaker City, a steamship to depart from New York
and this port every Saturday; but it is by means
certain that even this proposal will be carried out.
l must crave pardon for having sent you the exag-
gerated report but really my informant is a gentle
man of such high standing that felt it would be in
sultng to doubt any statement made by him and it
was only some days after the date of my last letter
that happening in" at the Don l. N. Z,nguniz's,
the consignee and large shareholder of the Quaker
| tIo,c +ar Al. L..
harm 10 obtaining the desired knowledge by a little
diplomacy, and therefore congratulated him upon the
great success that had attended the Quaker City
since she had been placed on the line between New
York and this port, and which had led, as had
heard to the intended purchase of three other steam
ships, etc. etc.
Don /. NJ. Zanguniz, in his reply, informed me of
the proposal to purchase one other steamship, not
three and therefore thus far the matter may be
sidered authentic, although yet it is only in en-
bryo.
Don Luis Pedroso has been authorized by the Cap.
tain General to establish the great "Western Rail-
way in this Island, the entire capital stock required
having been subscribed This railway will lead
through and from the celebrated Vueltro Abaio,
where the finest tobacco for manufacturing into
cigars in the world is grown, and as have box
, open of Antonio Caargas' "Regala del Rey," than
which no better cigar was ever grown, shall drop
. my pen, stretch myself in the grass hammock that
swings in my room, and enjoy one of the uxures Of
, | life.
, patent has been granted for FIVE years to Don
Jose San ches Lulian for an apparatus invented by
him, which, by the means of chemical apparatus
renders the contents Of letrinas (uameless append
ages to every we'll regulated dweling) liquid, so that
they may be pumped out. Twas present at as pretty
quarrel and fight at the "Dominico' on the 3Oth
ut. as one would desire to see between two gentle
men-Commandante Escalate and Don Manuel Pie
dro.
know not the cause of the dispute, but sitting al
a distant table from the two gentlemen slipping my
? refresco, (sugar iced water, with flavor of lin.
n Iuce,) when heard loud words passing. believe
there are but two other railways in the world tina
have proved as successful the Guanabucoa branct
!, of the Regla and Matanzas Railway. 1t has only
been in operation about fifteen months, and ha
already returned to the shareholders 81 per cent.
the capital stock If the present rate OF traffic con
tinues for two years longer the entire branch viii
n have paid for ITSELF l have some recollection o
reading some time since of railway at or near Paris
= aud of the London and Blackwell Railway, havint
paid for themselves within three years Of their gon
iuto operation, but with those exceptions do not be
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completely successful as the above named brancl
!, railway.
( Three old women, patients in the hospital of 81
. Nicolas, at Matanzas have severay attained the ag
;. of 1O4, SO and 80 years! How is it there are s.
many old women and so few really old men in tn
= whole world?
At Bayamo on the 18th ult., negro, the property
- Don Juan Jose Lopez, was killed by lightning willis
working in the field and at Puerto Principe, on th
oath ult, two children were knocked down by th
lightning.
!, Permission has been granted to Don Guillerm
II Knight Can American, reckon" by the name,) t
9 open mine of chapapote (asphalte) in the jurit
y dicton of Guanajay.
!. l have the pleasure of informing you that Signo
Albert Muretzek, the brother and agent of the
auerable Maximilian has obtained the Tacon theate
y for the next Italian opera season, and hazard bu
little in predicting one Of the most brilliant oper
g SEASONS ever known in this city for lovers of th
v "Dvine Art"
The I'd inst was the feast day of the Virgin of th
% Roses, and grand High Mass was celebrated
honor of the Virgin at the church of St. Domingo
y which the most excellent Ayuntamiento of this cit
assisted.
We have northerly wind blowing at intervals. a
companied with heavy rains, the past three or fol