The New York herald., 1862-01-15
IMPORTANT FROM HAVANA.
Arrival Of the Steamer NOc-Daqui
from Matanzas.
Sailing Of the French Fleet
for Mexico.
Departure of Gen. Prim for
Vera Cruz.
PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT JUAREz.
Spanish Opinion Of the Attitude Of the United
States on the Mexican Question.
Present Condition Of the Spanish
Navy.
TRADE REPORT OF HAVANA FOR 1861,
&e., &e., &s.
Our Havana Correspondence.


HAVANA, Jan. Z, 1867.
After had concluded, perfectly to my own sasfac-
tion that no steamer would sail for New York before
twenty days so, and having despatched letter
by sailing vessel-namsy, the NO fairfield, which
left here the Cd Sd ns-there came to Matazas an
unknown and unheard of steamer, with strange and
sphynx like name but which your correspondent was OF
couree able to solves and this mysterious steamer with
the paradoxical name leaves tome for New York.
and am told will continually in place Of our old
friend the Matanzas. On this account am constrained
to my habual modesty, and explain, for the
satisfaction OF an nquring public that the of the
steamer question, Daqui, means, in the Basque
language Who Knows and that Is something worth know
ing.
Mexican matters grow and more interesting, and
we get news from Vera Cruz every few days, Of
which Is published and some not. intend to give you
both and the other The Mexicans are undoubtedly
preparing for resistance and collected at Peroe to
the number Of 80 900 men and one hundred and nifty
pieces Of cannon according to some while others make
the figures larger This evenings paper puts them AZ
$4,000. / enclose you the proclamation Of President
Juarez Some may find 1t deficient in nerve but all will
admit that its tone is calm and dignihed, without
particle of bombast nonsense and altogether think
1t Is admirable and touching in its simplicity
The city government OF Vera Cruz who had "mpored
the Spanards to and help themselves after the
Of the little roast pigs that about requesting
to be eaten, have suddenly disappeared, leaving us
therefore in grave doubt Of the statement that they had
implored." Under these circumstances General Gas
sett has issued proclamation to the effect that the Gus
tom House, Postal Department, &C., &C., being thus de
serted shall bo administered by officers selected from
the army under his orders and that the Mexican tariff
shall remain unchanged The details of Custom House
business, believe will be conducted after tho manner
In here. The Post Office to transact no business
with tho interior Of Mexico, and the Mexican regulations
there also remain unchanged.
In the meantime events hcken. On the I'd inst. Gene
raj Prim left vera Cruz board the steamer Francis
dc Asis the midst Of the French fleet which sailed
ror tho Mexican tho hour but not for Vera
Cruz you may depend Tho French Admiral is In high
dudgeon with his Spanish friends for having been in such
q hurry get into Vera Cruz before their allies were
ready and viii therefore take his vessels to Tampco
Additional offence has been given by the spaniards ne
gecting hoist the French and English flags the
parts OF Uoa Vera Cruz contentug themselves
with their own exclusively. The following vessels
posed the French neet:-
shipoi line Massena Captain Rose, having board
Admiral de Ia Gravicre.
Frigate La Guerrero. Captain de Selva.
Fiigate l. LAstree. ..........C .Captain Duval
Frigate LArdente.. .............. Captain Guizolme
All propcllers Tho land force board the feet numbers
2s2s men Of all arms. The French steamer Mocte-
zuma which arrived on the 31st ult, sailed from here
yesterday and have still in port the steamer LAube,
which arrived tho LIST ms with six hundred troops
board.
The steamers which accompanied General Prm were
the Ullca and San Quintin.
On the same day (tho 2d) the British steam frigats
Aradne and tho sptoul arrived herethe former from
Vera Cruz and the latter from Cape San Antonio where
she the English cet for Vera Cruz composed Of tho
follovrinQ yesSels.--