The New York herald., 1865-02-23
IMPORTANT FROM HAVANA.
ARRIVAL, OF THE COLUMBIA.
Admiral Parsja Appointed to the ComIHand Of
ths, Spanish Fleet in Mexican Waters.
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MORE BLOCKADE RUNNERS.
The Expected Abandonment Of St..
Domingo by SPAIN.
Terrible Mortality, Among the
panish4TrOORs,,
Sc, d<cs,, &C..
The steamship Column b, Captain Barton. arissd at,
this port yesterday With dalss from havana 70 tas 18Th
inst.
Our H6vanA CorTospaadenca.
The steamship Column b, Captain Barton artssd at
this port yesterday With da.ss from havana 70 tas lsh
Our HSvana Correspeadenca..

Our H6vanA COrrospa0dencos.
HAVANA, Feb Is, loods
we Asoat concluding that winter rs orsr; for
the days open wiuh those bAsany mornings which
the ursforernnors of sultry But cannot
complain, though woad prefer aoothsr month SO
the truly delightful xoather have been enjoying
during tss four weeks, less Those. who
ought say that have nst had 20 cool Awnter
since 1855 I'm MaanIas particularly the cold was rc
markabs tn, thermometsr falling during last Saturday
night and unday morning. to forty four Fahrenheit,
causing derabls deposit OF hoar frost everything
out OF dDosA Here id not quite reach low point
though OF citizens 10 persuaded that no found
bottle of hcophercua his dressing table In half
frozer state
Tho pal iic health has been oorrespondiagly good
there having been only nftyAve Of yellow fever
rgha the entire island during the month OF Janua
ry of walch twenty fatal Smallpox also
has been mlder since Of thrtytwo cases daring the
sans parod only four were.fataL
The harity bazaar viii close 70 o-morrow night 10
ca snlaked that least hundred andgtwcnty i've
Thousand dollars have been Collected much
than sucenA for the wants OF the poor for short
year, leaving besides an ample for tho
rlatd enlargement Of tho poorhouse.
Tie newsnnpor La ISrnsa-the oldest Havana, ex.
nspt perhaps the Gcaza OfeiaI-has changed hands,
one of the proe,ors bsng the gentleman who tI very
recently, vas chief editor Of the Oaro d. Ia Marina
we nays been Tor considerable smsnoa. news
there In expectation cf the speedy abtEdonmens tho
ISLAND by tss spanish government Al an instance OF
the nope hsness o. struggle In which BY far the most
terrible Zoe the ILalste of that would
ton ihs rcgip chi, which has been there since The
CONNIE ement ~ he war cighteca months ago, aud
which loft Hag Ja with nino hundred elective men,
rank M Me retUrstd the week before last with only
fourteen survivors Of that number, The officers did
slis1 la alrron, and much mesc tortanatc,
sine, 1iay have perished This unfortunate rcgi
me- sscs Ia auDihilaon entirely u the climate, tho
casl lss Ia tho Geid being but frpoticn With such
,gt0se their eyes, tho advisers of her Csho
lic Nasty be convinced that they cannot serve
W., ~ ercrts. of better than by Withdrawing the
army at from fearfM q sestholo and 80
uRprObiatis 40 O colony Perhaps they are In search OF
s9ns oit5 principle OF International policy upon which
~ have axi for an honorable withdrawal; but
would sisggsst the meantime that, upon tho principle
OF humanity alone they have high and noble pretex
any hAb redta peism Furnish hope the rumOr
may psgy that the stop has been determined
and " political principle he iDsisted upon let them
an UNI INVASION, and an unrisheo-s attempt at
quesl ois people who, however contemplate natUs
baa, Nevertheless alaim To- - protected In tho nde
ndesce which the world hA accorded them shouid
MT pes sufficient TO admit that IN political economy II
er<vr There gft 10 be Ia these daysa higher psnci
scirAce Of naons otherwfss the world is still within the
sLaLow cf barbaf sm and the day has mot yet dAvned
witch should Tho death Of mcdi1val seas Of
| conquest aud outrage
The steamship Havans arrived st early hear yeser-
day morning, cad will leAvs Wednesday The Co.
umba sails to-day st Having already complained
repeatedly Of s Inconvenience Of that hour VI departure
., the request Of parties Interested W the matter
than |, no more nssd b said, siDce no good eau be
| elected
week from sorneht the Carnival commences; ba,
you wn bear irsm NE again, hope, before then