New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-27
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We nuhIisf to-day, with great pleasure. the fftst
letter from our own correspondent III Ru1san; y
point which IS now attracting some astentio1. and
is deserving OF much nsgre fruni tie Sasl4hs ~
rnishap, the letters Of have
been q great while IN reaching us /: but sc truat
they will be found far from uninterestfag, and at
for the future they will reach their desGnation in
due time. 35a Il 81 a.
IS Rusras IsssSp Meg efss4
h Mobile Mercury AccegdIng 10 promise, nov
proceed to send gen my first c0ninIancafigns Hy
voyage here was not unattended by gaIea aud ter.
yic storms, for one of the most fearful captain
had evsF encountered osertook as on ths slgy Of
grand. awful and appalling To te midi tiatsd but
our little Schooner ttlie !. Is Taylor, de seventy
tufss oniy) stood 1t bravely, and though tae w9gea
ran mountain high, not sea was saippsa After
a ran Of nine days, we made this lovely sIiHt on
which ID seems the great Creator has displayed his
most beautiful handiwork. As stood forward on
the deck and viewed it in all it, magnificent SPLEEN
dor. its rolling hills covered with an everlasting
collection Of greenest yerdure its bright, enchant
ing valleys, III rmufing rvnlets niy heart eapt
with gladness; but. as we neared the port and
espied the miserable matched huss, surrounded BY
the waving cecoanHt and graceiui 5anana ! eeuid
but silently muFmur, {. 0t sons Of the Southern
States, where is your vented activity WIZ re-
main in snch inglofious lethargy when so lovely
spot invites your action To allow such an Eden
to grow full of Yankast weeds II criminal II
The population Of the island " about two tAoas
and about forty of whom are whites. begging, I'm
ploring American emigration. IRE negroes arr
kind but to some extent suspicious and ever ieal-
GUS The adjacent island Of Usilis IL inviting is
hourly to take up onr abode there 81 there q
Mebilian who would live in the Land of Paradise
RI So send him along. Should he bate iHacSi9Ns ne
may soon be accommodated otherwise. Thefe IS
considerable interest manifested IN regard tn the
late treaty between Honduras and England. ~
ratified the q Bay Islands, are returned to Hon
turas on The oath INST. In this ease Raatan VIII
declare herself independent, and DEFY poor mrs
cradle, weak Honduras. II.
a dos. ANDANf,g5
From a latar favor of onr correspondent 6 An
dador,,, we obtain the following copy IF the
Queens proclamation, Tie only one which has
| been sent to Mobile, as !. Andador y informs rs.
We publish ii, hoping il may be ef interest 20 our
readers:
A PRocLAaArIos ~ THE QgErA - N hereas We
/ have found ourselves constrained. by paramount
motives of State policy to separate the Islands Of
| Ruatan, Utila, Bonacca. Barbarats AeleHa and
| Morat, commonly known as the Colony DIT bay
\ Islands, from their connection with nnr Crown
and whereas. we have, II fIrtherance thersoi,
iuras, by virtue Of which the sad islands are 10 b,
coded to the said Republic.
I Now. therefore, having received information tina
\ the notifications of the said trenty have been ex
changed at Comaguagua. know ye, that we shall q
early day, Of which further notice wilt hs given
proceed to cede the said islands to such Commits
sioners as may be appointed BY the Preside at g
| the said Republic to receive them; upon which
cession our sovereignty in and the said Colon.
4 will cease and be determined, and our loving sub
jects and other inhabitants Of tile Bay Islands vii
now take notice thereof aud govern themselves &C
A cordingly.
i Witness His ExceHency Thomas Price, Esq, on
acting Lieutenant Governor in and ever the sait
Colony Of Bay Islands, this list day OF May, in tn
| twenty-third year of our reign, Ammo Domin, on
thousand eight hundred and sixty n.
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