The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-22
NEWS FROM HAVANA.
ArrNAl OF the Quaker City-Tne slave
ssamsntp CITY OF Norfolk Statement

ArrfwAI OF the 0uakcr City-The eiAve
Steamship CITY OF Norsoik-stssemsnt
Of Her Crew, &c Sc.
ne steamship Quaker City, R " shoeial, commander
arrived yesterday morning At O'Clock from Havana
having left that port Ast Monday t5sn a. one ocio;g
NJ me Quaker oty has encountered heavy northeast
ga,es, which blew with force Of hurricane afn'a'
eonl!Ipousiy up 10 the q arriving a. sandy hoo1
The health Of Havana COED, bat Toe weather hsi
favorable, raining he greater portion q
The time.
The $50 cAptored Asr az aiken from he steamer CITY
Of Norfolk had been carried into Hayssa
The uni,ea states steamer Crusader, COMMANDER MAI
n,t arrived al Havana l2h irst rom hey "es' soa
WAS "a "a, a. he I5th or1se 10 tue eastward
me report 4 Market vas Tor NO Il sS asa
,ea,s per arroea muscoy.do nominal white, lalih;
s,oos % Havana and hatan@ss, leo 600 oores'
asa,nst 10 eco same time last year.
Exchange % London sixty days, Ii l4}l per cent
New YORK, DO New Orleans, I AZ do.
oug uAyANA CORRESPONDENTS.
HAVANA, Oct. 10, 1850.
The Steamship Star u ne Wsst-Grsct Demand for La
borers u Any Kind, e; dc.
me steamship star OF the West, Griffin, arrived from
New York yesterday evening aud went ont OF port las.
nigst al eight O'Clock, the public half advised
cor New Orleans, when abe mad been previously an
ncunced for eight O'Clock this morning but Divine Prov
defeated agents and ali other powers by bringing
back the this morning 10 perform her contract
with public expectation. 1t is said that 10 haste to get
away and avoid quarantine in New Orleans, abe dis
charged but half Of Havana cargo presume this
. for some Sigh. repairs needed There .
probably not much damage DONE II any, although con
oeAment the order OF the day with ire Old soe steam
ENTERPRISE, aad too much with all
TIE attention OF tae government o. Spain VIII DO caled
70 the pressing want for aoorng hands "a CUBA and per
nisson viii be 1ked TO introduce contr,ct Aoor, rom
any and be hired without regard 20 color
or hair And this right has been recognized 10 it's
ENLARGED sense by Napoleon, u VIII eventually re-
the ss1cten OF the civi1ed world, AMI the STICK
nosi suitable Tor our labor wil IN tme tod It's way
here
our repors the colonization settlements
CLEARLY thai the practice Of returning bush negroes tnere
make homes a st barbarous cruelty. The
masters To whom they gued Tor labor
educaton moet brutal IN their treatment Of the ap
prentices evidence OF it, they desert the drst
chance throw themselves into the hands of soast runners
when they can and them, begging 70 De shipped to
Spanish settle and they not content until they
reach The EldorAdo" Of their dreams, and many have
succeeded.
Too Spanish men Of war, an English guubo.t and the
Crusader looking ont for the City Of Norfolk
At The lime % her recent landing OF slaves The
Iusaoer missed ner py passing 70 luc ea3aSu Vi Ney
Sal under the impression the SLAYER would come down
the Santareen passage
No slavers have arrived % for mouths
though storm King aud Erie nave been anticipated
months past Much bad feeling exists among Span
gh naval officers at the close blockade kept up by the
Crusader and objections have been made 10 her cruising
ne Crusader touched Havana October H. to obtain
Assrant surgeon Sanford, who s ordered 10 relieve
sssiant Surgeon Sheldon detached 70 attend his ex
animation
THE SLAVE STEAMER CITY or NORFOLK.
70 nlx EpuoK
me following is the statement OF the crew OF the
CITY Of Norfolk who conveyed from Havana
70 Key Wet N the United States steamer Crusader
Lieutenant commanding Jno, n. Msfhtt, the being
request Of Mr. Savage United States
wee Consal al Havana distressed American
The CITY Of Norfolk sailed from the port OF New York
the 9th day Of june last for the purpose Nc
informed Of entering the service OF the govern ment OF
vtpezuela az a transport The steamer arrived al ST.
Thomas The passage occupying ten days, where
NAMED six days and discharged part OF the cargo,
sstng Of tobacco and packages OF merchandise appa-
renty the contents or which unknown to Us While
lying this port received board the steamer
hundred Of coal and eighteen large casks the
tenu OF which were not known by US at the time.
We sailed thence for BArcelona-the passage occupying
three days-where took in quantity OF fresh provi
sons for the cabin quantity OF rresh
water for ships Suspicious OF wrong aroused
but again aayed account Of the nature OF voyage
transport, necessarily requiring larger quantity
than trader.
On the afth day out o. St. Thomas, the
ordered below 10 open the casks above mentioned and
found them TO contain RICE beans &c besides number
OF Of spoons small tin cups, and combs This
made the theme Of ward
body requesting 10 be into rmed Of hb enons and the
destination OF the ship, upon which he frankly admitted
that he bound 10 the coast OF Africa for the purpose
Of procuring cargo OF slaves
We expressed 10 him our decided uaw ingnss. TO 60
and that he should have Informed us OF that fact while In
port He replied that he wished to hear from
NJ, ordering 70 20 10 our work, and Threatening TO
stArve into compliance IN case OF refusal We made
the coa.t n thrtysix days. on Sunday August II and
embarked seven hundred and seventy slaves sailed
the DAY for place called San Marine, and on the
10Th DAY out discovered the propeller Of order
me- Of M bod fue e
IN repairing damages by means Of cable taken around
The propeller and stood on under canvass for twenty
Owe days, when removed the cable aud started the
engines, which worked A. well A. usual excepting that we
feared 70 them,
81 he negroes small key, about eighteen miles from
San harno, where the captain WAS lsdei by nsh
var Who were on the lookout for After landing ali
the captain engineers nremen AMI some Of the
sailors took the steamer and stood OUT 70 sea Tor the
pcse OF sinking and removing All vestses OF her Iney
removed the pipe Of the fresh water condenser and the
bottom q The delivery valve secured the wheel 10 GER
der fall head Of steam.
Al daylight The next morning -e found the steamer
Key tina, We bad Anded the previous day.
TIE captain, being alarmed proposed u convey
the plan aposarinr the most feasible bis PROPOSE was
81 once carried otto effect We had succeeded 10 remov
ing ,os negroes when spanish cruiser hove IN sight and
the captain officers bed parts unknown leagng
" look out for ourselves Tue cruiser 10 ancaor
manned her boats and pulled IN for the key Our party
IN Consequence % the overloaded state Of the boat
overhauled and, together With the remaining negroes
transferred 10 her Catholic Msiestys steamer Isabel aud
carried 10 Havana where CHARTERED until the
evening ~ The Th October when Transferred 10
The " tel States steamer Crusader Lieut. Commsn ing
J. kaMti, and conveyed 10 Key West, Florida. where
discharged, after receiving all the courtesy and
nes 1iisliiy that could be rendered.
ovR PORTO RICO CORRESPONDENTS.
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me No GecerOr-Ru rapQPulany and DssPotl"-
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taA Vac, dc
Il with much rerret that have 70 u'orm you tha,
e1alr, here have improved lately, and rather have
Occcroe with cur Governor General Echsgue,
who . very aepotc IN all bis ORDER. and calscs