New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-09
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HAVANA April 4, 1851
mr. The Spanish expedition to st. Do
saisjgS, ID whicss referred III my last letter, ap
paa4s Eiaet I'd prove much more serious affafl
iiAEa haa aatie when last having this pleas
srs IL had besr iatendea to have kept the mat
se seoret, for on the sailing of the TIVE war steam
si1sB, the Bltsaoa ana Bitssco de arnss Of which
yoa were duly informed ia my last our city pa
Eefs si,lnly ain0unea thera as having gone to sen
Butshe arrival hereof Two Com niissicnets tsehor
Il Den Afslsnas de Castro and Don Manuel de
Heredia, fforsi santana, who are understood Il
nosasss due 10 enc for the immediate transfer .
II Sc Domingo 10 Spsin, II was felt that 1t was to-
great q tisiag lar Spain To be kept secret and tn
aitaasssz M III In Havana correspondence
stated 6 that BY shis time the flag OF Spain Woult
bio doun Ia 81, sooraing y, \ Or words to tiai
+ eject, far have not seen TIC Afatanzas paper
The pspers of this CITY of 30sh March, enc Of
which xshc Eacetd) i BIZ W. Inc pleasure herewith
10 hansl ynV eonta what termed Santana +
y prcciafpa ion, aasd on tiat morning, in inil
zSnfip and martial array more Spanish troops 20
The number Of at least thousand were marched
Ssawu tes fhe wharf aud enbarkaa on board the
Snanish syaF steamships pofa Isabel la Eatolica
fne 81 taie largest in the Spanish Davy1,
N tbe ValaspU asa the screw frigate Berenguar, AL
of yyhaila Ind their steam mp and inlmed lately de-
parted an their erraEsa for the spread Of Spanish
sway.
descripfien Of the affair. n says, among other
sissv sliings IS At the menient thu ships were
,sassifc The fortress Of the Moro, The dis
charging of III artillery and the ringing Of the
- leIIs which saiHtei the resurrection Of the Re.
deemer seemed alsn TO announce to the world the
resurrection of The aIariss of SPAIN which for so
long time have suffered tribniation and Iaisfor
times. y
I'M friends greas doubts whether the proclamation
ai Santana Published in the papers Of this city is
] bossn-gide whats ~ prstends "a be. Upon this d
mast decline expressing any opinion. but from all
that / have been enabled 10 learn upon the sub
iect III appears Il sort afNrevolutian was to have
been gotten tiE, in ST. Domingo last month that
the aid of Spain was to have been invoked that
the Spanish manof mar, With the troops Of Spain,
III whose Eaiting You already informed, were TO
1,e on hand {by accident of course) and upon the
call pn kspain fnr did being made the troops were
te Nh landed, fhe Spanish Gag hoisted, and ST Do
Mnu6 farInaiis taken possession of by the Spanish
ThEs u she asalne d have heard Ii from
e saSli lis HaAs EN- bless tfemJ in Spanish families
whose lfsasss aFs position to- know the truth OF
hill Ench 9nat tHfs with whom am on terms of
and who. kra wing my VOCATION kindly
keep nss xised of All ma which they think
wiIIilk prove of interesEfo The readers OF the
sad the other ines9ean papers of which
X Will tGsH ziA Tasia correspo fSent.
4 avefA Ting steamers, Rfaong them the Car
dsIass and hear the Ocean Bird have been taken
\ ufs shs vernnent 0f this Islandssto convey
and the mHntio OF war to ST. Domingo.
iii nd ne tina people of ST. Domingo really
desfsA place themselves under the pr0tec-
ton pt the question naturally arises: What
ean there have been for sending 50 large
SlaRAi An8 Eailisary force ID that countryg The
Eeisig has the appearance Of an intention
to snhdHe taA possession at the wish of the
inhabi sants w tAS ~ large aforce could
not he deemed requisite to contend against the
iniggeFs ot they 70 object to having
81 i'll mot the men of Louisiana and the other
Comic sstAa IA aE mi oiUe IN elation to
sIais III it really prove I'd bs the
facs paTn Ii bent upon the reconqnest of
some oflner ferritorty in this heni-
sphere well tO che ckmate her at the
very outset b er ambition wifl after conquer
ing St. Dans5a her to Mexico. I hear it
whispered eeEt Fsell med circles that it
is more than bib theevent of st. Domingo
heiug agas sut.Ser the Spanish flag we shall
ovef he Nj iicome here with the title of
IS tn govern Cuba, Porto Rico and ST.
DoI1ingel |
CONSIDER tlia st. Domingo matter Of more JIM /
gpoftan thaii my have recently had the pleas
ure Of connnni eating TO you, and no pains shall
bespared on my psft to keep the readers of the |
Crescent ass cosraat Of al that may transpire in
regard to iii
BIZ the adyiee of my medical friends, / sleep at
aaabaaaai ID reach which place the branch Of
TIE hay af Havana and Matanzas Railway affords
great gacilities. From s o'cloek a NJ. until ii
HpHfL5a elmer
the branch every ten minutes, and it costs but
twenty cents etearaboat fare in crossiag the har-
heF nGladed} to Ne conveyed from this city to
GHanabaeoa.
I'D M Witnessed at 6uanabaeaa the most
aof 5fnHry kind Of religious procession have
ever seeEss Even ladies' whom know to be good |
religious Das lies could not restrain their
laughter at it. 33
N IT was Intended to represent the Saviour going
ITO ind rnent before Pantius PLATE The Saviour
was duly represented between two thieves, one5oft
whom was a a ggef.ti while PoItius PLATE was II
attendsa biz iictors and centurions, living he.
ings, Dill afessedn character as If for the stage.
Each nj bore long pole, painted exactly
as hsf polea are, IN all parts Of the world Il
have visited, and the fellows who bore the poles
.Wera Gnfnpellad to take two steps, and then by a.
gFeat effort To move the poles after and before
tlsaIb il coming 70 the ground q glthop'' with q
sduli, heav aound. But what was most extraordi.
mary III the WAS that with the exception 4
ef tie priests, there meta white person in it,
all , All were the inevitable niger,
There have again been several fires on Estates in
the country en- 25thu ltmo fire took place upon
the estate dscQu0, near Matanzae, which entrely8I
consumed the hagasse house and its contents f.
Fortunately there was but little wind at the time
5ori the reaut would probably have been Of far Ii
more serious character.
On the next day there was a FIRE on, the estate
called Dalores in thu jurisdiction of Batabnno.
Three cane fields were destroyed ana al estate H,
Yatchtnan sufl0Eated.
N ktnDN Same 5ufl6QlGtlOn
on the estate He'd Rosario. in which nine cane
fields ttsgo Of " hich8 With the canes nncat) were
destroyer 5sFS8 II
On Halg r6arsday yarleas frea took place on
ss ates 10 the District of Bolendron Jurisdiction Of
MatanEaa, on which II il calculated at least twenty
thousand loapes of sugar were destroyed f
Gre als0 took place ut the house. No. Ia San
Rafael efFeet opposite the Lennre coffee house i
aHfsid HE Of this CITY, early ON the morning
Of the Int instant. Thirty FIVE thousand cigars two
teness various ether articles incluiipg
trunk utsining clothing and three hundred 1oi'
laEs in money were destroyed The money ii Is
hoped MI be found among the ruins f3Tss
The Archbishop Of Mexico has taken IN His resi-. J
dsfce AZ the San Francisco Monastery at Guiana. i
bat0a. 'SseS5 Fl
We have had another brief visit from lie d. q.
T0rtugas. 80
Ar. Da lked on bid rope across fhe puhlie
Fgn8Te ST abacoa, on Sunday eyeninp@ 3ist n
NJ ialD@ stretched from The TAI, ~
the MafkNs Mousse 10 that of thu resi6enee N VIZ
Lieut. sof The town. at q height Of ,,er
hapa Ieat from the ground Tho distance
oyer Whaas ope extended ids not Quite Ishould
sas o. a1naFea yards He performed The I,anal
sari az landing on Hid head on ths rf,,,e
sresen ding 70 slip eEe., ete ~ n,
11e made 50 littis money By the rerfar,.,snee
AnsaS AK aa given ont would Id rennat
ea Wltl tricks next evening liz rea3ired
certain an1euft to be made ID heIts se c
InsIleed Mts Ilet being done, The performance
The British ~ arl els Of war Hydra, arrived hers
nn the hi alnaica. N iSt
knoss nVE If she ila# again sailed. There wave
also Two OF siatieos Free Colonisfs !, On
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