New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-21
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HAVANA CORRESPONDENTS.


HAVANA, Dec. Is, 1850.
His Excelleney, the Marquis de la Habana and
| his esteemed and respected Marquesa and their
| amiabe daughters, took their departure from this
Island in the Spanish steamship-of-war Francisco
de Borga on the 18th inst.
About O'Clock on the morning of the departure
of His Excellency, the United States Consul ana
Vice sulGeneral, the Swedish. French ana or
wegian Consuls, and many other parties OF respect
ability residing in our city, called at the late resi-
dence OF His Excellency to take a last farewell OF
| the Marquis de la Habana.
| Near the close of last week, about 8 o'clock in
] the evening two young Creoles who had recently
returned from the United States, observed near La
| Dominica confectionery half drunken American
1 in the hands of Waterman, who wasstreating him
/ roughly. The American exclaimed 81 will not
| go with you give me my money and my watch
| The Creoles nterfered, asking the Waterman what
! the man had done the Waterman replied he was
| drunk and he was going to take him to the lock-
up. He is not drunk as to stagger nor to create
disturbance, said the Creoles, therefore give him
his money and his watch, and let him go, which
the Waterman did and the American, thanking the
Creoles for their influence, fastened to his lodg
ings. But for the interference of those Creoles
the American would have been locked up all night,
and probably have never again seen his watch or
cent of his money.
Among the further offers of aid to Spain in the
war with Morocco are the following: Don Vicente
Unzagaraga, Don Santiago Gomez, Don Mariana
Luna, Don Miguel Miseo and Don Francisco Leem,
all of whom reside at Tanus, in the Eastern part
Of this Island. Each offer to support soldier.
The parish priest of Santa Maria del Rosario
offers to support six soldiers during the war; The
town of Cardenas has sent Il committee to His EX-
cellency the Captain General, offering to support
a squadron of cavalry, | suppose, but it is net
so stated in the offer, during the war. Don Ismael
G. Alvarez offers four boxes, containing hundred
bottles Of a medical water said to be specific for
hemorhages burns, ETC., for the of the soldiers
| of the Spanish army destined to operate against
Morocco.
IN.
Marina received dates from st. Domingo to the
18th, from st. Thomas to the 30th ut., and from
Porto Rico to the I'd inst.
l translate the following from the Didro de la
| Marina:
| "The executive power of ST. Domingo is in the
hands of the VicePresdent, in consequence of the
| sickness of the President, Santa Ana. The Min
listers of the Treasury and of Commerce, of Jus
tice and Public Instruction, had resigned. and
to those offices had been appointed Seniors Don
| Felix Fernando DeCastro and Don Jacinto DeCas-
| tro.
!" The Patriarch of Science as he was termed
in st. Domingo, the Licenceado. Don Manuel NJ.
1 Valveroe, had died at the end of October.
SAT Porto Rico Royal order had been received,
reducing the period of service in the disciplined
militia from twenty to twelve years"
| From st. Thomas nothing of the slightest mo-
| ment was received.
Don Gregorio Gonzales Morales. of San Antonio,
in this Island is authorized by Royal order dated
9th September last, to assume the title of Cenor
| de Palutena, ne paying into the Spanish Treasury
the amount required by the Royal order of 2sth
December, 1916, or with the alterations to the
engagements required by the preventions of 2itl,
| October, 1851. Thus it is our Cuban nobility OBJ
tain their titles, BY paying to,. tien Thus Spain
replenishes her impoverished Treasury.
| must endeavor to learn the cost of a Countship
in Spain, to inform the Goldfish arstocracy OF
| the United States the terms upon which they may
obtain what they appear so much to coyet, viz: d
title of nobility.
| The weather. mornings and evenings is posi-
have laid aside my linen attire until the warm the
dear, delightful warm weather comes back to us
| The public health is perfect.
As ever, ~
?. s.-Gottsehalk has been very ill, but is now
| convalescent
The Margaret Ann Stevens, Butler, sailed for
| New Orleans on the 18th inst.