The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-13
AFFAIRS IN CUBA.
Our Havana Correspondence.

masters, Merchants, Fmancievs and Ladies in Distress or
Pieamre-TAe Money Market AVID Bank Of Havana-
NesO Postal Rules and Isdependeat Letter Cdrers--Op1d
and Theatrical Preporatons-TAs Aurora Boredlis a.
Sen in the Cit-British Resoards for Humanity at SEQ
Noble Requea-A Newspaper Agency Orened-Rains
AVID bad HeanA-Sugar Mdrka Fsei0Au and Eochan9e
Rates--A NeO Staff Of Custom House Lseches from
Spain, dc.
The HERALD is looked upon here as the universal re
dresser of all the wrongs that Cuban oppressed
and can write vernacuar he sends you account Of
his wrongs Is shpmaser subjected 10 unusual annoy
ancc he seeks introduction 70 of your correspond
cnts here tells his tale Of wo and feels that by publ
cation your columns he has obtained ample satisfaction
Is merchant fined and made TO pay double duties by the
customs for having in his entry at the Custom House
stated quantity Of article he has imported from the
United States in American yards instead of Spanish varas
what resort has he but to, he is terms Of intimacy
with of your correspondents ask him TO mention the
circumstance in early letter to the HERALD AS for the
ladies' - Heaven bless them they fairly devour the
columns Of the paper and has but TO be known by
them as your correspondent to be at once treated
special favorie and to have the prettest compliments
paid that can be imagined.
To return however, to tho previous part Of this letter.
Knowing do the great and very general influence the
HERALD here In Cuba and that is looked upon
universally as the only source where wrongs inflicted
here to meet the public oye and perhaps obtain
redress have hesitation in again thus early
ring the wretchcd gh,ness of the money Market and
to point out remedy for the evils that do SO besct com
mcrcial men here.
In my last letter mentioned the fact Of the Spanish
Bank OF Havana increasing the specie its vaults and
of there being at least four millions in the public treasury
Now were the Spanish Bank Of Havana, it should
be- entrusted with the safe keeping ofthe moneys de-
posted in the public treasury, and thus rendered some
what similar in character to the Bank of England, It
would be enabled to expand and relieve the pressure
upon the money market which ut this time hangs like
clog upon the neck Of commerce, bending down as it
were to the earth.
fear there was an error in the figures in my last let
The actual increase of specie and notesbls paya
BILE on demand in specialist week over the preceding
So $685. 92 S. Let these things be done, and
my head to a medic (sxpence) everything will then so
on in commercial world swimmngy.
The Gacea o. me Zon contains prolx circular from
Island Published already in the HRRAID-Ed. HERALD
it be desired this rule should be strictly carried out,
then the of twelve and half cents imposed for
the bare delivery of newspaper from the Post Office
must be reduced to reasonable amount otherwise it
may be safely assumed that nineteen twentchs of the
newspapers received at this port will find their way to
the owner hands without troubling the Post Office officials
Again. will be found requisite to deliver the papers to
their address within few hours after they have reached
the Post Office and not detan them, have frequently
known be the case, three four weeks, and then,
when the 'news they contain has become "lat stale
and unprohtablc' deliver them to the party to whom
they addressed and compel him by force to receive
and pay the enormous postage charged old newspa-
pers, happened TO friend OF mne who, meeting
the postnan the street, handed file Of papers at
least week after they had reached this city He asked
why they had not been before delivered him, and
threw them down upon the pavement, whereupon the
posman who is tall powerful fellow seized my friend,
who is lame man. by the shoulder roughly, and bend
ing him down to the ground, compelled him to pick up
the newspapers and pay thirty and half cents for
them
Postmaster Of the city, You have dwelt in this
city or you would know that benefthas been de-
rived from any such complaint as the following crcum
stance will prove Another friend, eight months
ago had great of complaint against postman alto
gether refusing deliver his letters and newspapers at
his office, but invariably delivered them from store
where the postman stopped to gossip, and which my
friend passed daily his way to his boarding house.
Frequently my friend would pass and the postman not
him. and thus letters Of consequence and newspapers
Of interest kept in the postmans hands for days
This serious annoyance and my friend thinking he
in a civilized country, wrote polite letter Of
plant TO the Postmaster on the subject day two
after the postman met my friend in the street. and taking
from his pocket the letter Of complaint thrust under his
nose with a sneering remark.
But return to the circular Another rule says:-Let-
brought from the United States indies Mexico)
will be paid for at the Post Office the rate of cent
each, and two cents viii be paid for each letter Drought
from any other country. This is an Improvement |
have frequently heard shpmasters who have brought
heavy mails complain that the Post Office would not pay
Senior Aeazar late administrator of the Tca.ro Tacon
proceeded your city the 29th to endeavor to collect
Italian Opera Company to appear at the above named
house, there will be no lack of amusement in this
personnel sent you IN recent letter uii account
Marczek's Italian Opera Company AT the Nillanueva
and Senior Aeazars at the Tacon either alternating with
the Spanish company succeeding them Well they say
Opposition is the soul of trade, and though the pro-
fesson Of an empresaro cannot be called trade any
than professors Of the divine art be considered
mechanics yet if this opposition renders that human
izng, cvizng entertainment the OPERA cheaper in this
city next winter shall rejoice and if there be rival
prime dOn,e won't get up furOre, rather two
three of them that would sare you Of the cold North
and you to set down sheer mad persons but
still there is ''method in our madness, " and would
defy the most staid, music hating (f there be one)
ploye Of the entire editorial corps Of the HERALD office
reside in this city during the Opera without beco
ming a wee bit s'touched"
l translate the following interesting account of an
aurora boreas that was visible in this city few nights
ago. from communication published in the Diario de Ia
Marina Of the 30th ult, condensng much as is CON
sistent with full description
About nine o'clock in the evening Of the 18th u, there
yens beautiful light at first Of pink color whose eeya
and then again elevated se 6u, was Of less Fright
color and remained steady with occasional elevation and de-
the base to the top and became little broken from ihs T.
m at the na e central par ssd se i ss
north II completely disappeared at ten O'clock leaving
other part Of the heavens '''
appeared again morning fixing itself
entirely the north and ascending the polar Between
one and one appeared and disappeared several
being then bright blood colored red with whsh red
ash bells more Or less brilliant running vertically e the hor
penduum like movement from west and rice uersa
same hour commenced to towards the northwest At
quarter TO two again diminished in intensity going
10 the northwest the vertical belts disappearing At five
ues 70 two II completely disappeared but again appeared
two clock with whish belts much to the the
west exhibiting two ashesthe at the east whsh that at
the west reddish Five minutes after both flashes changed
color the one that was white becoming red and the that
was red becoming white. At ten minutes both dsap
peared reappearng three minutes after extending
wards the east between ten and twenty minutes after two
and reappeared six times from twenty
forty minutes past two the light did return to sight bu
that hour the whish belts appeared more towards the east
whose duration were OF two minutes AT fifty five minutes past
TWO the wbnsh belts again appeared whose duration only
hall minute eavnga general whish color all around From
then until four oclock there manifestations
but the last the grand of ALL red at the base
from whence emanaed rays Of different diameters Some
Of fiery color others whsh reaching the zenith 1t
extended more towards the east connuedony ten minutes
after this and five after "a quarter four the whh
belts made their last appearance then the red belts appeared
eclipsing the white
Daylight ensued about this time Such phenomenon
has before been witnessed these atitudes Old
salts imagine foretes coming hurricane What is the
opinion OF the Sage oil Brooklyn Heights? After the
two months have passed by should any us be spared
until then, suppose we shall have his opinion
The British government has RENTED twenty pounds
sterling 10 each Of the spanish fishermen Juan Oreijan