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


Special to the New Orleans Cresosnt.l
! HAVANA, May 90 1859.
4 Messrs. Editors: Awaiting myself Of the polit,
attention Of Captain souper, If the new steamship
Indianola which departs early this morning for New
Orleans, l have the pleasure Of now sending you
urinary of the events of interest that have trans
pired in this city and island, since the date Of my
| last letter. -..5-.-.ts. a5.r =
Brigadier Echavania, the late political Governor
and President of the most excellent Ayuntamiento OF
this city, yielding to the wishes Of his friends has
delayed his departure from this island until the 10th
prox. The Ayuntamiento Of this city being DESTROYS
of estfyng their high appreciation of the character
and talent of the Brgadier have presented to him,
rst, the Alcaldes and Aldermen, splendid piece of
p late; the Counclmen, an elegant photograph con-
tanning all their Portraits and the employees Of the
Municipality, a costly walking cane. The foreign
Consuls resident in this city also presented Brgadier
Echavania with an address bound in velvet expires.
sve Of their estimation Of his character and regret
at his departure from among us. Few public officials
have ever left this city who were such popular favor
ties as is the Brgadier Echavania.
By private letters received from Spain by Spanish
friends of mine informed it is intended shortly
to increase the army of the "braye defenders of Cuba
by twenty thousand men, to be sent from SPAIN Let
Spain beware that she does not before twelve months
shall have elapsed require all her soldiers to preserve
some Of her provinces from the grasp of Louis Napo
leon.
There was terrific hail storm at Villa Clara in
this island on the 10th inst, accompanied by heavy
rains; 1t extended distance of three quarters of
mile. The hail stones were as large as uuts, killed
stock and effected great mischief to the tobacco
fields in the vicinity,
The French Admiral Pennaud, in the frigate Cleo
patra and accompanied by the brig of war Olivier,
arrived from Vera Cruz on the oath inst The steamer.
of-war Lucifer arrived the previous day. The usual
official visits interchanged with great waste of
gunpowder Admiral Pennaud dined with the Cap
tain-G General on the 26th inst.
man named Gulego, resident in this city, has in.
vented mechanical coach to run on common roads,
the motive power of which being the pressure Of the
party in it. 1t is very light and its velocity can be
regulated to suit the rider it be easily guided
turned or stopped and will ascend ACTIVITY of six
inches to the vara Spanish yard) without losing any
of its impulse says the Diario de Ia Marina. 1t
was exhibited few evenings ago on the Plaza de |
Armes and inspected by his Excellency the Captain
General. This took place about hour after the de-
parture of the throng of persons usually the plaza
in the evening to hear the music.
The French ship Alexandra arrived on the 9th |
instant from Macao via St. Helena with 39S AsIATI
cos FREE CoLoNIsrs consigned to Messrs. Fernandez
4 Schimeper of this city.
Royal xequatars have been granted to Don Jose |
Maria Francia, Consul of Venezuela. Don Guiilermo
Meier, Consul of Hanover; and Mr.. Hugh Martin is
admitted as U. s. Consul at Matanzas in the charac-
ter of Commercial Agent until he shall be recognized
b the Spanish Government assuch.
Mr.. Aerel P. Francke is admitted as Vice Consul at
Matanzas for Sweden and Norway, under similar con-
lltions to those imposed upon Mr.. Martin.
One of the regular steamers leaving the slip on the
Nth inst, got into collision with Cardenas steamer
no great amount of damage was sustained
oy either of the steamers.
The famed yacht Wanderer arrived yesterday from
Savannah, May 20. AS ever, ~