New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-03
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HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
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81 HAVANA, March so, 1860.
Ea nasot,it mil capture of tie two steamers
General Aisan,on and Marques de Ia Habana, By
6hsj tinted States sloap-of.war Saratoga, appear.
te lcssbis par Spanish brethren exceedingly.
they cannot, OF rather teiu not, understand the
pfincipas npon which the art was done. This, you
viii raadiIy rcrceive upon tho perusaio Of TWO ecu
tprial articles on the subject in the impressions Of
Ale Diario sle "a Marina or the 27th and 18th
SnatanS
In the frst article, II il evident it, writer was
badly informed. d he attempts to ssthroE dust "
fhe eyess III his readers. and BIZ misrepresenta-
lions w nisiesd them 1t asserts tbe Saratoga
rot uffIer weigh al night At Vera Cruz to go to
dntoni, 15sarlo, Ind fllere 1t that unreasonable
h<s,,r rss,ra5 fse Mexican steamers TO hoist their
1ssjt. ,,ich il maintains. ssthey we're not bound
il in because Tic fact Of the expedition had been
ngss;ouzlp intinased to tie American vessels Of
4 ~ aid Shat the capture of the expedition had
bsen previously threatened. That the Mexican
vessels passed III front of SACRIFICES, where there
we're English, French and Spanish mon-of-war,
without interruption. they were not suspicious. Z
X II also asserts that the capture Of the two
steamers took place because they refused to show
their coIora and that the first act Of aggression
wAs Nv aflng ball At The Genea, Mransoa BY
81 the Saratoga.
The article hi Che impression Of the Dia5io de "a
N Musafta II thc 18th instant repeats the ohserva-
lions, 81 nearly sos Of The previous day, and to
show fhas the presence of Americans IN Mexico is
disfastcful ~ thu people III that conntry, quotes
zengtfily from he Tampice correspondence of the
Picsyune, ID which Il Was stated that, upon the
i laniixaa 81 d detachment of sailors and marines
from fhe nrpokiyn y Tampico, they could not OBJ
5az1 lodeiogSzon ahore, and were compelled to ac-
h cepH n akAitet on board an American vessel in
xaint hxrbor.
The dataehznent Was landed from the Brooklyn
hi tHs protection Of the United States Consulate
at Tampico, and the fact has nothing to do with
the capture Of The General Miramon and the Mar
sques de i Habana; consequently do not feel
bound to make any reply II the Did,-io de u Ma
siiid s observ Aliens IL relation to It.
The anair Of tue slayer bark ]. ]. Cobb is at
Ieneth cluseds III ri AZ this island i concerned
The expenses incurred proved to be about $1,000.
Tie claimants were mot willing to advance the
anDns VI md tAs limited States Consul General sent
Nj. Charles Tying and Mr.. Walsh, underwriters
agents hezes en- beard. They yaiaed the vessel, in
hef present depreciated condition. At from one to
tNo thousand dollars, aud Consult General Helm,
en- the 27lh instanI. sold the vessel to Capt Web
ater; Win III Viii attorney or the owners Of the
schooner Cnmberhnd, which brought the u. j.
4 Cobb into Ills port, and also Of Captain Symmes,
THUS De laAt chapter of lie history Of the j. ].
Cobb viii he closed, ~ mn Al Cnha Ii concerned,
when III Consul General gives Captain Webster
his sea letter to take her % New York. III ss
The Il ax- Collector Of Property, 4 Don Manuel r.
III Asrfnga, being defaulter. three houses iii the
city Of Matanzas given BY him a. security, valued
"a SOL afe ordered to be sold.
Matanzas folka held tickets ID tho last drawing
81 the lottery which gave them more than s1s5, 900
ID prizes. Il
Parties ii possession 81 THO emancipados, whose
period of expired With the last year.
are required ID call at the Government Secretarya
nfoe, ID VI informed Of the resolution Of the Cap
tain. General especting the emancipados.
II is stated in paper Of this city few days ago,
chat hen had been recently killed ut Bijabo, in
whose inside were found Eve eggs with hard shells,
and one containing fedged chicken. A friend Of
Kline assures me that some time since, upon break
ing hardboiled egg, be found d small egg with d
regular shell, III tie middle Of the yolk. How will
Tho naturasta account for these strange things?''
The aurora bnrealis was seen III this city On the
nghfs Of the oath and 25ti inst. Il extended in a
narrow belt from n. n. d until lost in the horizon
III tEe South West.