The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-14
RirhmonG pispatch.
FROM HAVANA.

AN~NA ~
We copy the following from ,ecsn. letters
from. Havena:
San <asRstta del Piimar, May I, 1SGl-Ys
have Just arrived herf-2isvsn C'cIaca-and
saved this place from the flames. Since we
LETT Ixtnpa we rave seen nothing but columns
OF smoke ali the way. f!h rec hundred florss +.
mon. that were II yiDg before us at a Distance
OF about six miller, were burning everything
before the1n. ana all the farms and huts we re-
burning aS we passei then. This wrs don a
by order OF JnartZ, to prsYeat US from findiu z
any support or Resting place or the way. nc
prevent any mere Of .asse :,arbarous acts We
sant detachment OF oayaiTy after them aDd
thus prevented their setting II; e to this II isca
but oar men scccsaueu Ia cutting down only
ono OF their dragons, rs they fed with all
speed.
GneCholas, MAY 2. 1862 wa arrive. ners as
10 O'Clock this morning. The enemy cc,tia-
nes to retreat. 1t is feare-i thai Henerai Woii
Will not arriya asra az scoE AZ 1t Was expe IT.
cd. We have Just bean Informed that coo Q I
Iuare13 troops are passing at fifteen miles
distance in The direction of Fusbla, aod the
conservative Genaral Marquex' is at Choluia
with 4, 900 nnsn, all cavalry.
Acnizia9o, May 3, ise2-w halted here IT
10 O'Clock this morning, and learned n sL t. .
enemy IS concentrating his forces III Pushla
where there are q. present l200n rnsu count.
Ing the forces OF Dohlado and Cor ziisz Or
taxh. Some say that the enemy is golns to
fight before we get to pCebla. Others say
tnat they are likely to do go at t.hu.aIpf
which ia the place where General Miranion
was defeated. The !9t!sr n!ace is uaar to Mex.
leo. AS we shall be in Pneola day after to-
morrow we shall soon know for cerlain where
the battle IL likely TO take place.
We learn from the CANARY ISLANDS that
there is nc hope OF saving the Spanish mail
steamer Cantaoria, which got aground there
some time ago.
Thestrsets OF Havana are nov ,urroyins
mucn as regards the pavement, Whth. fpr
many years past b az bean ill an awful state,
especiaiiy during the rainy ssason, when the y
looked more like canals thsn s.reass. the
Writsr OF ihia was very nearly drowned ir:.
summer when going home to dinner In s. cab
-The iInProveine ents are. howe yer, far from go.
Ing on ns rapidly Sc could be desr ed or ex-
pected, considering the large sunis Of money
granted for this purpose.
According to !etters received from Eerida,
the capital OF Yuca an, of the 2Sth April, the
state Legislature Of that city ad closed th Q
business On the 9th ult, after having been
occupied for some time chisfiy with matters
concerning the Interior DEPART tment aud econ
omy Of that Stats such as for in stance the
elections, the adm Illustration Of Ius.ice pub.
lie education, the responsibility OF ludg S. nd
suppression OF judicial coats, &c.
1t appears, from the reports OF the civil ana
military authorities Of ta!iadolid, iZinlal III
cui, EspiLa and TiZimil, that the ordar .,t
things remained unbrokeu ii those pi-ess as
we'll Us in Hertda.
We learn from st. Domingo tnsta sei.ams .s
on lOot for establishing rail road betw ssn san.
tazo and the Bay ofSamana, i'll tbs said ia.snd
and It Is talk I'd of making Samana 4 tree rort
liks tpa: OF st. Thomas.
Tne Queen OF Spain has approved ofa pla1
Tor the construction OF rev cemetery at
Havana. In Spain they call the IsIuLil OF ;uba
the Cemetery OF SpGiu, Cn sccount of tns srea.
numbers OF Spaniards that yearly emigrats
from the nother country to this place, and OF
whom 90 many only find an early grave, iu-
stead OF sesing tcsir bright hopes of fame a,d
fortune realized.
In the parish Of S1nto. jurisdiction CT Villa
clara, tney are bdtldirE Ii rev and handsome
church. This Is u pIe>saus aisu in O. country
when people think more OF building siu .no obs
aad theatres than churches.
Cur theatres and public p.acaa OF e1nuso-
IGsnt are ~ present e tier 2h!t II :, Oh lie35 yc
We have no opera during the summer, uor
any circus people. There is only s. Spanish
dramatic company here, which, with Il Gisia.
ter-St8nu2ts truly magnantmous, continues to
perform 10 empty benches at the grand III ga
TIRE OF Taccn. We have also q Gsrman yio-
iinist here, Mr. Augustus Hitler. who has
given somo concerts, aud been very much an
piauGad by the psop.e.
The Town Council OF Havana hes ,roro.ed
plan for the extension ard Improvement OF
the port, which Will make it the finest and
most capnciouS in the Western hemisphere
Ihs TCrt, as i. Is now, is capable OF aoicing e
about 10000 ships, and IL Is calculated; tna.
1000 ships enter the port every yaar. or say
twenty every day on an average. II nns been
SukSeS.tu ds the sStue tlme 10 convert cS. tain
unhealthy and filthy quarter Of the town ia to
dock, which would be Of great i'm por ta cs
even II wa merely lcok at it lii Il sanitary
point of view.
The public health IL at present very good
We have heard OF Il few cases of sInail rax, ,bu .
this maiady Is SubsidiLg. Of the yellow tassi
We hear nothing, hutiti is true that ths rainy
season has not com mmerced yet. The weather
hax been extremely hot and dry lately, and
IL ~ only to-day and yesterday that vs. have
had come refreshing shower.
The Coolis trade, Which bus for q long time
been dormant, s6ema TO reviss. We hear OF
company, with plenty II capital, being
fcrmet here for he purpose CT iaLrol ucir <
white labor in this Island. The term Of ap-
premiership for the2e iiborels Is eisnt years.
during which time their owner or ''empiCyer''
(et Us use 81 p3iito terml has to urOviGs en-
with food, clothing aud logging, and ST. 20 per
month.
There are already immense nun bera Of
these 'ceiea.ial' chaps On this island, aud
they are very useful to the il habitantx as
they are generally sober, industrious, an d
very intelligent; however, they cannot be
com mphred to tho Legroes Tor herd work in the
fields and plantations, and q few of them IRE
addicted to stealing and gambling, anc &c
committing suicide Ga ths 'sior.ea. notice
when their dignity is offended.
The city Of Santiago ds Cuba hes Just lost
one CT lis most distinguished citizens, Don
Apdros Dusny Reriilado.
We learn from Venezuela par:. .ha. ths
Governor eI st. Thomas nr. Ii. II Berg, has
died aftsr ioEg and protractsu iilue.s.
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