New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-10-08
slsIp 6)rIsalls 4aip cDrsyttllt.
aEs#tEss %SsTs@ 7 ssss5ssS
HAvANA coRp .sspoNDENcE

gs HAvANA, Oct. 1t lsouss
siss E,itoF--The merchants IN foreign countries
passcsarlg III lie north of Europe, having Of lats
fsf5aassa To purchsse oargoes Of sugar from this
leland aoat by invcics weight, Il having been dls
covered that tle sugsr-boxes imported into thi'
5sIand ii t,e present day weigh ut least thirteen
sxo.,sds s1afq than tho boxes did some years since
when ia taTe vas dSed at forty pounds
scg Ind box and swo foF nails. The principal su,
zarIouses of This city, nearly al Of them nave
xeesntag entered into an arrangement hy Wnioh
t;ss fste Of TIC sugar box Is to be Fixed y SKY
isassaas two pounds additional to he added lor ths
uails, etp., used .n securing the box some rev o.
cur large sugar.heuses have refused % enter ihso
fhis arrangement considering tie additional tare
therebv allowed 4 heing too great and preferring
thAt lie carsoes q sugar shipped BY them shall be
weighed Il ths port Ut delivery.
4 MI j.rsat scarcity Of dwellings,, and the conse-
caunf asEh rsass demanded IN this city, has long
6oet j sIhiecs Of serious complaint houses Of ten
VI twelve rooms renting for from 500 10 $3.50 per
nsonth. This esil, Il nm happy to state, Will soon
1tleast be partially remedied four hundred houses
being about 10 be erected by d company on the
vacant land between the Gerro and Jesus del
Mnntc (two suburbs Of this city9 Three-ffths Of
tbs number Of the new houses are to be of stone,
Wish Tie ropfs, the remainder Of wood, after the
American style. The FIRST class of houses, seventy
ii nufnher IRE each to cost $4,000; the next
sopaaey, eaeh S7o0e; the third seventy, each
$500 hundred, each $500, and the last hun
drsd. eaeh s2soo. The CITY railroad is to extend
to ne Cerro, which viii afford easy intercourse
with the new district, which is to be called, after
his Exeellency the Gaptain-G eneral, :. San An
4onio.M
Tie police have arrested five burglars who en-
i tered ana robbed the premises of Don Juan Fer
reiza, at CULLEN, il the District of st. Juan and
MaF{inez, on THE night Of the 18th inst The burg
lars had in their possession quite an assortment of
arzHs which, Of course, were taken possession Of.
joint stock company has been formed in this
oitg, and approved by her Majesty the Queen Of
Spain, for the purpose Of erecting an extensive
estahIshmenta tie Isle Of Pines for repairing yes.
sals facilitating the navigation between the Isle Of
Pines ana this Island. establishing the hygienic
medicinal baths at the Isle Of Pines the erection Of
large hotel and of casa de saluds thospital.)
The capital of the company is 100000, divided
into 5000 shares.
TAs new bridge at Guanahacoa was inaugurated
on the 24th inst II IS called after his Excellency
tAs Captain General, and Is Light yet strong and
elegant structure.
The RFigadier Marques de Torremejia, the new
Lieutenant Governor and military commander Of
Triuiaaa has arrived at the seat of his government
as has also Don Augustin Jimenez Bueno, appoint
0d Iienfenannt. Governor and military commander
Of Sagua Ia Grande.
The Iate holders Of these high offices had winked
at The Introduction of Africans, and were conse.
quently removed from their Offices.
4ha
period granted for obtaining The required
capital ior tho San Andes Railway, the requisite
Hhares Tor It's erection have, / learn, been sub
sorihed for.
Thrse bandits, all armed with revolyers, blum
aarbusses, dirks and machettes, have recently
hsen arrestsd BY the police, near Matanzas.
A man, named Jose SoIano, was arrested few
evenings ago BY Corporal of the Volunteer
Patrol on the Paseo, near the 4 Campo Militar,,,
haVing knife In bis possession
A man was arrested in this city last Tuesday,
having skaleton-key and a broken razor in bis
possession.
The owner Of the Casa de Curacion de San
Iais,' u hospitall at Cardenas, having caused 4
statement to be published in the paper of that
place which gave rise To the idea that cholera and
small- l-pog eSistad in his establishment, he has
existence Of cholera officially contradcted by the
Board of Health.
IA new barracks for infantry has been erected;
q new jail and military hospitals are soon to be
erected, and new cemetery and several other
public works are in progress at villa Clara, at
which place great impulse has been given to
commerce BY the railway now in tho course Of
erection at fhat town.
T,o,,aJ,
and Tie most excellent dguataatieato Corpora
tion) Of Cienfuegos, 70 erect jail, barracks and
alma-house at that place.
Il deaerter from the chaingang of Pinar del
rio was arrested On tic 22d inst, and handed ever
10 the authorities there.
Hia Excelsncy the Political Governor of this
be Soto On the 27th inst. from the United States,
Whexe be had been for the benefit Of his health
s Mf. j.. Il. Wyman, one OF the publishers Of the
Cuban Messenger, returned 70 this city ON the
steamer Cahawba on the 2Sth inst, after brief
visit To the United States. His health, am sorry
to add, is not much improved by his trip to the
q Issfa of Liberty
The distance between this city and st. Jago de
Gaka b tive hundred and sixty two and a half
leagues. The entire distance, except about "a
miles, can now be Travelled by railway in six days
and four and a half hours. In the United States a
third of that time would suffice to travel like
distance, but here in benighted Cuba nothing like
81 poing ahead' seems to be thoughtof.
a free man Of color named Andrea Zoldiyas,
was arrested at Guanabacoa on the night Of the
2eth inst bio having table knife ground to
point IN his possession. He is supposed to be one
of four colcred men who on the 4th inst, at half.
past one p. NJ, stopped and robbed gentleman
of his gold watch and chain on Queen street, In
aide the walls Of the city. Thus it would appear
that highway rcbberles in broad dag 1ight haven
get been put stop to In Havana.
The following are the names Of the ds5istes who
will compose the Italian Opera Company, at the
7hatro Tdcon, the coming opera season: sig
ncras Lotti Dellasanter, Ines Natal and Villar
Foipini, prime dome assolato; signora Fanny Ma
tall de- Testa, primero contralto assoluto Sgnora
Satili, first treble and compremaira; Signors
Fancini and volpinis first tenores assolntos de
pseza;n Signor =. Testa. first tenore assolnto
i III grazia;ss Sgaor COSTA, second tenore; Sig
nors e. Cresio and Mancnsi, first baritoaes asso
lutos basso profundo, Signor A. Biaschi Il.
Rocco, basao and caricato;f Gottschalk, Nuno
ana Garcia. chefs de orchestra.
Although many Of the above names ara unknown
.