New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-14
HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.

Special to the New Orleans Crescent.l 81
HAVANA, June 9, 1859.
Messrs. Editors-A new line of three screw steam
ers is established to between Hamburg and this
port, touching at Santander, Southampton and
Havre de Grace they are to make voyage once
month. The first ship, La Guiana, 10 expected to
arrive here about the middle of the present month";
and is to sail again the LIST proxmo she is to be
succeeded by La Montanesa-the name Of the third
ship is unknown to me they are Of English build.
The agents of the line in this city Messrs ]. N.
Morales Co. and Dieteric Erdman.
About halEpast five o'clock, P. NJ, on the 30th
ultimo, quite crowd attracted to the wharf to
witness the Rega steamer Jor tow up the harbor
bark whose crew consisted only of two or three
men she proved to be an old acquaintance of ours,
the ]. J. Cobb, formerly of New York, which sailed
from this port on the goth December last, as was
pretended at the time, legal voyage to the coast
of Africa She picked up derelict rs miles from
the land, the Pan of Matanzas bearing 8. s. W., by
the schooner Cumberland, of New York, who put
her mate and two men on board the bark to bring
her to this port. Her ogbook of the passage hence
to the coast of Africa found on board of her, but
there is ample proof to the olfactory nerves in
passing her to leeward, that she has been employed
in bringing Africans to this Island. Indeed l am
told by person who overheard conversation be-
tween two welknown slave traders, respecting her,
that she had landed eight hundred Africans on the
Island before she was set adrft.
| From the same source learn that the bark Ar
dennes, about which much was said and written
last year. is daily expected from the coast of Africa
with cargo of slaves.
On the I'd instant the ship Live Yankee, Thorn :
dixie, master, arrived in eightyeight days from
Macao, ria the Cape of Good Hope, with 7ss Asia.
ticos,' free eolonsts They came, according to our
i daily papers, to la Position one of the banks
now in course of absorption in the Alianza.
There are three cargoes more shortly expected, the
earliest OF which is the ship Swallow, of New York
which, in her passage from China last year, with
Asaticos, lost but eight by death. The Live Yam
kee, in her present passage, lost only twelve out Of
eight hundred Asaticos which she embarked at Ma.
Gao. This fact proves that the poor wretches were
well cared for on board the ship. also learn that
cargo of Asiaticos is bargained for to be delivered
the Brazils.
| The French Admiral, with the accompanying yes
sells Of war, sailed on the 29th ult.
| The yacht Wanderer, Capt. Walker, sailed hence
for Matanzas on Sunday morning last, 9Th instant.
new railroad is authorized to be erected betwee
!Sancto Espiritu and Tuna, in this island.
| patent has been granted for five years to Mr.
f. w. ). Walker, for new system of erecting iron
bridges, invented by him; also patent for similar
period to Messrs. Charles Tying Co.. for the intro
ducton Of felt roofing, upon the system of Warren.
| Colonel Helm, United States Consul General in
Cuba, returned to his post in this city per Quaker
City," on the 4th inst. His health is apparently
benefited by the brief period of his absence fro this
"trying climate"
The Queen OF Spain approves of the zeal aud eff.
cheney with which the Captain General has provide
for the comfort of the loyal inhabitants of this island
in respect to the proposed reforms in the tari-"a
measure in which the Supreme Government could
not take the initiative and her Majesty desires "that
as large an amount of ease and comfort may be
secured to the people as is posi- ble."
new spring of pure water has been discovered at
the city of Matanzas where hitherto water has been
extremely scarce.
Our rainy seasons have, believe fairly set in, and
yellow fever may be expected to follow. As yet
there is not any in this city or harbor.
The British Consul General goes to England by the
British steamer in port to advance the interests
of the Cotton Growing Company of this island
which enterprise will probably prove an entire sue
| cess.
My correspondence per British steamer from Vera
Cruz, which arrived yesterday, has not been dev-
cred. As ever, ~