New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-27

consist of the usual aIticles-tobacco in leaf cigars
cigarettes. and snuff samples Of sugar, molasses
aud melsdo, cotton and cotton-silk, collection Of
tie various woods Of the island, &c. Among them
are line specimens Of cotton from theisle OF Pines
In Matanzas they have had many fires lately. 1
refer to tie neighborhood of that city principally
the sugar plantations where the ravages have been
eartui IN fact from all parts Of the island we hear
OF nfss on estates the night OF the 18th. ire
Mehoous IRE took place about twenty miles from the
Si'y On we plantations Veosn0, San Lorenzo, and
oaii ha'ael and CLAIBORNE. Pieces OF burning cane
snd astes were blown into the houses Of Maianzss.
twenty uiles. This borders on the Munchausen, bat
lp' violence OF the south-easterly gale renders it.
gtopaVie. We have been suffering for several days
IRON TINS same gale and thankful Yesterday for
The ram which laid The clouds Of duet which had
been blowing iercely out 10 10 obscure tho
Moro and the signals.
We hear Of many wrecks along the coast A
letter from Sagua informs me that the British bark
MAYOR Norton OF Pietou. n. y, 6ot insured IN
Boston, on q voyage IRON Philadelphia, went ashore
on the 18th five niles 10 the eastward Of Ssgus In
Grande and will be total 'oss, with tae exception
Of sais and rigging. part OIL her cargo OF cooper
age stock will aso be saved. Spanirh war steamer
siempted 70 haul her of, bat was obliged to tesist
after breaking her hawser.. The American brig
Nathaniel Stevens Of Boston, came in on the 2Oh.
and tie Captain teIls IRE shat Oh The 2ih OF feo no
found the wreck of the schooner Mira OF I,sIfsx,
abandoned in lat. ;9' and Ion. o9 Ono appeared
TO have been run into while lying 70: Sns was
laden with molasses from Mayacuez. Her bowslrf
was gone, and both masts laid alongside. Tho
Captain Of the r. Stevens TOOK some letters, ~c''
he found on beard, and they go IN to-day by tho
Columbia. There was no water IN Der. IL came ON
10 blow very heavily that night and the next morn
ing nothing WIS 10 5e seen Of hsI. lie supposes she
must have sunk.
The orera troupe were TO have left today but
have decided, am told, to visit CT the cities
Of this sland giving concerts. JOHN 5. Rarey had
crowded houses of the most ellie OF cur society.
Counts and Marquises withoya number, and tho
Performance was presided over by our Captain
Gen., the Duke de Ia Towe, a very unusual
honor. and all were very much T<eaaed ihe Gov
ernGent cent a company OF iancers, Snd u Is 10 70
hoped that they NAV have learned so'ne humanity
for their animals. The Captain-GeDcTal srpianded
several times, another feather in Mr.. EaTeye cap.
On the 18th, came in the English stetTner babana
from New-York in nine DAYS. IL Is reported that
she is going to load here 10 run the blockade.
happened to be in the Consulate when gentleman
', no was connected With the Labuan came m to
state thai he Lad nothing TO DO with her. and that he
had been told she wa going 10 run the bios xAde.
We have had no Confederate aIriva 5rioce my
last aud no cearanoes for Mstamoros. They hegIn
"a find that that game il blocked off. We have 81
shi1s aud barks 50 brigs and IL schooner, in port,
and only two idle. All are chartered, and ine1ghss
have been very lively lately-$b - per hid; for
sugar and 81 for molasses, to Toad al an ou pot ior
one in he United States, has been refused ani To-
day charter ia being made Al s. per mo-, 20 LOAD
Al Sagus for Portland; G3 - is being made ,o-day
FOR Cowes and orders, TO load at Matanzas.
Exchange has gone down on London, at lol per
cent premium; on Paris, 3. a3. dis. New foE..and
Boston, 81 a Il per cent dis. We nave three Con-
Tolerate .ehooners in port, tunuage l07, average
IS. They will probably soon be whi.ewashed and
haunt the Brtish flag. which has 20 disgraeetniiy
been allowed to aid the Rebels, BY falsely covering
their property, often through perjury. There Does
not seem 10 be 80 much activity as last mouth Ono
article Of our exports is conspicuous in compar,-
tive s,atemeut-cofee Up to yesterday, in iS6l. IL
wss 3isrrobas and ia 1862, /. was 4,si0 arrobss
h. reforr alone 10 that stated detained TO Mexico,
South America, Sc. Most Of this has tried 20 ran
rho fIoeIada