New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-05
HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
Special 70 this New Orleans crs.eent.1

Wdnderert now Ia this harbor. He discovered
man crawling about the deck, went below and told
the captain there were robbers on board. The
captain handed him an old horse pistol, saying he
did not know whether it was loaded or not, but
that he could use the butt end of it. Returning to
the deck, Williams found the hawser of the Wand
erer cut, and that the man. with two others was in
their boat He hailed the boat, but receiving no
reply presented the pistol at the boat pulled the
trigger, and somewhat to his surprise, the pistol
went OH, killing one of the men in the boat which,
it has since been found out, belonged to the Bis
cayan barque Fiel, the crew Of which vessel the
three men formed part Of If ever there were a
justfiable homicide, most assuredy the one above
related is one, yet the John Williams has been
arrested, is at present in Jail, and, it is believed,
will soon be placed on his trial for murder!
should hope his life is in no danger; his rights
will, / am certain, be duly protected by U. s. Con-
sui Gen. Helm, who will also take care he has the
best legal assistance that can be obtained.
By royal Disposition dated 7th March, pro-
mugated here 26th. 1t has been decreed, in conse-
quence Of communication from the Consul of
Spain at New Orleans thathe interpreted correctly
the royal order Of LIST July last, that all merchan
disc sold BY weight is to be weighed not measured
or counted, and that the said royal order does not
apply to mail steamers! Yet this same Spanish
Consul at New Orleans has for the last three or
four trips Of the mailsteamsship Habana from New
Orleans, refused to sign her bill of health because
Captain Mcconnell maintained that as mail steam
ship the Habana was not bound to comply with the
requirements OF the royal order of the 1st July
last, and in consequence Of the bill of health not
having been signed by the said Spanish Consul at
New Orleans aforesaid, a fine of fifty dollars has
been imposed by the health authorities here each
time the Habapa has arrived with her bill of health
signed by the British instead of by the Spanish Co n
sui at New Orleans, as it should have been. True,
believe the payment of these fines has not been
enforced, if has been it has or will be refunded
yet the Spanish Consul in New Orleans-whose
name is even unknown to me-is not entitled to
any thanks for this. He deserves, and hope will
receive ga rap over his knuckles - frem his Gov
ernment, because be erred knowingly each time he
SO refused to sign the Habana's bill Of health.
The Consul of Spain in Philadelphia had doubts
concerning the privileges to be used or granted by
or to the mail steamers sailing to the Spanish An
titles. @e
He is informed by royal disposition Of same date
as the previous ones, that the captains Of mail
steamers are not obliged to present the documents
required by the royal order Of lst July last afore
said and that in respect to other privileges no al
teration has been made.
On the 2lst inst, the wife of Mr.. George Mills,
an American artist at Cardenas, approach.
ed pot of yarnish on heated stove with lighted
candle in her hand. The gas from the varnish
ignited, the fame was communicated to her dress,
and the unfortunate lady was burned to death be-
fore any aid could be rendered her.
Senior Mentaos, the military editor Of the Ps'ensd
whom you will remember challenged Senior Limo,
have heard, with his pistols, by accident wounded
his hand very severely. wonder if he has ever
heard Of " children. and f-s being trusted with
edge tools q,
The Dtario de Ia Marina of the 9th instant con-
tains very complimentary article on the intelli-
gence and skill of Mr.. Sheppard Reynolds, archi-
tect, formerly Of New Orleans. He gained the
premium over several competitors for plan of
public abaher, offered by the most excellent
Ayuntamiento Of this city, and has also drawn
plan for college buiings to be erected at the new
town of Carmelo three or four miles from this
city, which are much and very generally admired.
Several fires on sugar estates have taken place
recently in the valley of Trinidad. lam indebted to
the Diario de Ia Marina of the 9th instant for the
following account of them:
The first fire occurred on Saturday, 14th INST, on
the sugar estates Sabanilla and Manuca, which ad-
join each other; six cane fields in the firstnamed
estate, and quantity of cut canes on the second,
were ravaged and consumed.
On the succeeding days there were fires on the
estates called Abajo Cacaibuna and Iona del
Puerto, all of which suffered considerably. On the
following day, Monday, 18th inst, half the live
stock on the estate called San Carlos were de-
stroyed by fire !; and on the same day, the bagasse
house of the estate Mayaguara was destroyed by
fire !; and again, on the same day, part of cane
field ON the estate Alyabu was also destroyed.
The following Thursday, 10th inst, twenty-five
cane fieds-nine with the cane standing were
also consumed.
The fire crossed the river Ay, and extended to
the estate called Las Bocas, destroying its cane
fields and pastures and also more Of the cane fields
of the estate called Manaca. The buildings of Las
Bocas escaped mlraculously.
The estate San Francisco and Guaimaro, were
also visited by the fire, the former losing five cane
fields, and the latter sustaining considerable loss
The fire extended over district of country four
and half miles in extent.
Yielding to the general excitement that prevailed,
and to Colonel Woods earnest solicitation that
should attend was present yesterday at the Plaza
de Taos, (bull ring) and witnessed the fights be-
tween two bull mastiff dogs and the small black
African tiger, and that between gigantic Cuban
blood hound and Hyena, and proceed to describe
what witnessed: Accompanied bya young friend,
| went early to the Plaza de Taos and found an
admirable position had been provided for me in
front of and between the two iron cages, in which
were severally confined the pretty little black tiger
and the savage, untameable Hyena. The amuse-
ments commenced with series of pet races for a
prize of an onza (SlD; but as everything in this
country is done differently from the manner adopt
ed in other lands the several competitors (of whom
there were five or six, all negroes Of different
shades of blaekness, save one, who seemed to be
of Indian descent,) did not enter the race ground
to contend against each other, but separately ran
around the bull ring at the top of their speed, and
he who ran around the ring the greatest number
of times in given space Of time q believe five
minutes) gained the prize.
The agile little Indian had run around the ring
thirteen times, tas often as any of those who had
preceded him) when, in running round the ring for
the fourteenth time, his foot most unfortunately
caught in a cord which had been placed to secure
one of the cages, and he fell to the ground, thus
losing the prize, which was adjudged to the last
an unmitigated blackest of the black,
ungainly negro, who in his hop, step and jump
style of running, believe succeeded in getting
round the bull-rng fifteen times within the allotted
period allowed to each of the competitors. There