New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-06
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HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
Special % the New Orleans Crescent

4 HAVANA, jan j, 1860.
II lhe steafntug Decatur arrived here yesterda,
rom Gay Hatius, under the able command o
Il captain Geofffy, from whom / ascertained tina
Il her cohslgHees (Messrs. Mora, Alfonso il CO..
h'.a reused TO have anything further to dt
n Will the SHIP, wishing to throw her upon the
hands OF the underwriters. How this is to BIZ
done, am at q loss to know The ship is now
IN safety, and with some comparatively triffne
/ repairs to her boilers, will be in as seawortby a
cohditon as She ever was. True, there are some
\ heasy demands against her for salvage etc., but
/ Wileh VIII not, ! should suppose amount to one
| Iohrth her value, but to defray which she will be
soId Az pubic auction, unless her owners prefer to
pay the charges against her.
Last wednesday evening was the last ON which
| tue bazaar IN aid of the poor of the province of
astuhas, was opened when in single hour the
ehtfe remaining tickets, of the value of $4,000,
mefe disposed OF, and in the twenty-one evenings
! liie pa1aaf was open the large amount of sixty
i've ,housahd dollars was realized. The winner of
spiendid COACH one Of the prizes at the bazaar,
immediately with great generosity placed it at the
aisposal OF the Directors. It is to be sold at auc
tlon, and the proceeds devoted to the several
charitable hospitals Of this city.
a royal decree, dated 18th ultmo, published in
the Government paper Of this island Of the 30th
ult., reads as follows:
Wishing to give signal proof Of nv roval favor
70 the commander of the squadron armada Don
jose kaez de Apodeca Beranger I concede to
hlm the great Cross of the Royal and distinguished
sisen at the Pssee ete etc BY The Royal Hand,
cALDERos coLLANTEs.
At the Cathedral Church Of this city, last Thurs
Day elght officers of different grades, belonging to
the oiuntarios OF this city, each, received the
cross of the order of Isabel la Catolisa,
These crosses, if the system that has prevailed of
late be long continued, will become so common as
to be considered utterly valueless as testimony
OF merit or honor in or to their possessors.
The late editor for rather one Of tile late editors1
n the Preiasd newspaper Of this city, is about TO
publish Spanish newspaper in Paris, to be called
~ Espdhot, and he has issued an address to the
inhabitants OF this Island asking for their support
A new paper is to be published from to-day at
Matanzas. i is to be called Eco de Mdtanzas, and
Is to be devoted to art literature, ETC.
Ihere are vast number of public and private
balls in this city this evening. At certain print
ing office here, where | am on terms of intimacy
"a man cannot forget his old assoeations,) / yes
terday picked up proof Of which the follow
ing is copy, SO that you will that all the pub
lie balls of this city not Of the most respectable
character:
SALooNsoF SANTA GRcrLIA-3 Magnificent Maso,te-
raae aae Beg a tos suaday, January 1900 The man
ager OF these elegant saloons, doing homage to
the merit Of the far-famed daughters of the North
Judges it to be his duty to invite them personaly
70 this ball and has not the least doubt that the
1tyrllts OF the Mississippi Ohio and Hudson win
not refuse to embellish with their presence for that
night, and constitute thereby to the greater ma o.
nhoence of the fee, which he has the honor 10 ded-
icate to them. -,
Do not refuse to come you who have under-
stood the attractions of the Cuban Dance You
cannot. IN justice, lend an unwilling ear to one
who offers you such moments of bliss.
AT half-past s!-Prettfly worded is it not And
quite in fashionable style, too / doubt not hut
that it will be fully attended, and that some of our
young Cuban bloods will be ensnared
The captain Chairman, i believe,) and the crew
of the bark Alberta. wrecked 29th ult near Cane
Antonio, on her passage from Rio Janero to New
Orleans, with cargo of coffee arrived at this port
yesterday in a coasting schooner. Vessel and
cargo reported a total loss
The brig Bengaela, Steele, sailed from Cardenas
for New Orleans 2Sth nt.
The DeSoto has arrived at about 10 o'clock.
A. M.
General Serrano and his condesa have returned
to this city with as little stir and fuss as thew left
it. The General has been unwell, but his health is
perfectly restored. No more newsu
As ever