New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-07
HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
Special to the New Orleans ore.een.l


HAVANA, May 3, 1860.
Mfr. Editor On Monday morning last Don
Gregno de Heredrio Tejada, the Alcalde Mayor
of the Colin District Of this city, held an open
court the first open court have ever known held
in this city, in the hall of the Ayuntamento at the
south side of the Palace, for the preliminary trial
of the accused assassins of the late Don Antonio
Gonzales Agueroa, who are named Eulogio Pardo,
Duelheo VaIyez and Ceferno de Cardenas who
are negroes, and two white men named Francisco
Jimenes Zamora and Domingo Palma The nov
eIty of the proceedings attracted great crowd,
and was unable to obtain a yery good position
for either hearing the proceeainps or seeing the
formalities observed. a. far a. 7 could see or
learn. the accused men were not present. but were
renresented bv their LAWYERS. The proceedings
onanad bv tho nrosecuting attorney reading the
Indictment a. We abonId term n and the immense
,,oss of av;donca and organizations alike of wit
nesses and of the accused. which occupied about
4,ro honrs and tber nroceedad with an impas.
.;en,a oaa.asa g., .to f,a,r. ooa;not tba accused
nrono that the neoroea sbould suffer nv the "yile
Carottem AMI tha White ma, h. sent Il nenaI ser.
,tdo u, :. fr;ca frorto sunno.e, for ton vears
~ asa,,oa - - ~ 49, i,onrrod IA IL IL.
demnifv the family Of the murdered man,
Tha soorsad ,rare ~, def.nI,ad Il se,or Doctor
Don Anton;o Gonzales do Msndosa who defended
porao non M;ra1ea Ilemua and Don ponce de
Tloronte cordotre. who annearsd for cardenas.
zamor. and palma. ria dafence ~ va,vey III AZ.
go. CO.. Eo-.a~,.. Lo;u,,.ot,.. i. ...
was read Az far a. conld comnrebend from tbe
distance Of which stood from tbo snoata-s tho
,yb;te man 1ara a acceysor;es 1ef,s 10 foct i
in other words had raanIar1y b;,.ed tho neoro o.
sassins Il murder the deceased gentleman ana al
the accused having confessed their ou;t their aeve
raj defenders could only AK for Al amelioraon Of
the punishment. His Honor. the Alcalde. not pos
sessine the nower If nassinc snch severe sen
tences committed the accused and M doubt ouiltv
man FIR trial before tbe ssReal Audiencia Preto.
rial sunreme court. which was understood to
have been engaged with the case Yesterday. I
| have not heard at the early hour of nv present
writing. what was the decision of the Real Audi
encia y which court sits with closed doors to the
nnbIic
Tho newly discovered exnlosive substance. call
cd Jitro Factorn ia so little liable to accidental
combustion that it is permitted by the authorities
to he deposited or transferred from place to place
with the ordinary precautions against fire to which
any other simple combustible substance is sub
iected. All
| An artesian well il being dug at Cenfuegos, and
| depth of one hundred and seven uaras Spanish
vards1 has been attained The works are being
proceeded with with great energy.
The French war steamer Lucifer sailed Goth ult.,
of which l was not aware when last writing to
YOU.
The Spanish ship Paauete de Cantabia in lat. 23o
| is, N. and Ion. 37o 40 W., captured bird with a
paper attached to it. on which was written in
! French, "Ship Maria ct Geline under the tropic
of Cancer, April LIST. 1860. Restore the bird his
liberty" Was this an April fool day trick? If il
WERE it is silly enough, Mercy knows. ..-
Extensive wooden barracks for soldiers are being
erected ON the hill above the Cabana fortifea-
4 tions.
The recent heavy rains carried away bridge on
the Havana Railroad between San Feline and
Guara, distance of about forty miles from this
| city. sl#ar E5 -t. 44
The Cuban Messenger will soon make its Z" bow
! to the public. ,f 4sgyy i NJ. Il ,sss sE@.
/ I was in the Office Yesterday and found some
four or five compositors "hard at work. - III deem
it Int iustice to its editors to observe thew will
| have To write under a reid censorship and he AK
nosed to heavy nenalties for the most triAnp in
4 fraction Of the rules prescribed for the apressn
Yet donbt not thew will he enabled to produee