New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-09-06
Special the New orleans CRESCENT

HAVANA, Aug. 81, 1850.
M1. Editor-Nothing of any Importance has oc-
CURED since the date of my last letter of the 26th
inst, if / except the sudden disappearance of Sr.
Solano de Alyear, merchant of this city, and ex-
director of the Gaia Commercial, a bank started in
TIE ver-to-be-forgotten year of 1857. 1t is re-
ported that he took passage in the DeSoto for your
port, leaving without passport, but some Of his
former friends, now his enemies, suspect that he
has not left the Island His debts amount to up
wards of a million, and his creditors have little
hope of ever being able to get any great part of
their property. Several Spanish houses are named
as being losers by his stoppage, and one or two
banks. For my part doubt that his liabilities
amount to such an enormous sum, as already in
| 1857 had heard doubts about his solvency, and
| his debts then were certainly much less than now
| reported.
| Sugars keep high, and as there are still 10000
boxes to be shipped and paid for, the money mar
ket keeps pretty easy considering all the eircum
| stances meeting of the creditors of DR.. Manuel
Pradeneia Aguela was called for by the court but
yesterday the order was countermanded.
The prize of 100000, am assured, fell TO
company of players sort of joint stock affair, in
which there are upwards of a thousand members,
each member paying from twenty-five cents up to
SIT for admission. Some of the negroes employed
on the wharf got good share, and part fell
among the band of Fighters. These last were
enjoying the feast last Sunday at tavern outside
of the walls of the city but they got obstrepor
GUS, drinking sherry, manranilla and brandy, that
the aid of the police had to be called and the end
slept that night in the big house at the entrance
of the harbor rather damaged physically and NOR
ally and with the certainty of being forced to pay
long bill of china and furniture broken. Here is
another occurrence in the same lottery:
A young man landed from vessel from Gadiz in
the beginning of last month and after long exer-
tions to procure situation in barber shop,
managed at last to secure one: but the owner of
the house not considering him sufficiently initiated
in the mysteries of the razor, handed him SIS for q
weeks salary, and bid him good luck and a life Of
a thousand years. The poor young fellow, unde.
cided whether to go with some friends on q frolic
to Marianao or to keep his money in moment of
desperation snatched quarter of ticket from the
hands of an old woman that was showing the
tickets to the group and throwing her q four dol
lar piece, bid good bye to his friends and shut him
self up in his room. Saturday last he found him.
self at o'clock owner of fourth of the lucky
number that drew the 10000 prize. He returns
to Spain in the next steamer with the SO 800 he
has drawn.
At ball that took place the other night at q
private house, gentleman named DR.. Rafael
Marin, in the midst of polka, fell down dead,
bringing down with him his partner in the dance,
a beautiful young lady with whom he was in court
ship. The young lady jumped up Immediately but
on the persons surrounding trying tod the gentle
man to rise, he was found dead. Just imagine the
confusion, such shrieks, the women fanting and
almost all rushing to get out before the police
should come in and be called upon as witnesses.
The police did come at last, and the dead body
was carried off under guard of soldiers TO the
Military Hospital, after the worthy functioDares
had taken down the names of all such persons in
the house and in the street whom they could CATCH
You will think this exaggerated, but if you only
knew the veXatons and losses attending this stupid
system OF police regulations current here, you, in
the same circumstances, would have made yourself
scarce In one Of my future letters will give you
some recent examples Yours, truly, ~
The Spanish Mail steamer is lust in: the steamer
Empire City is also signalled.