New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-28

We have received Havana papers to the It'll
inst. by the steamship Gen, Shermrn, Capt. Pen
dleton.
The Diario de la Marina of that date has an art
Gle noticing the formation Of society to raise sub
scriptions "to assist the government in the war
which the natives is wagng against the republics
of Chill and Peru" meeting was held at Il g
government palace on the sth inst, the Captain
General presiding when POS 1904 escudos were sub
scribed by fortyone persons. The Marquis de Es-
teva subscribed 10000, ST.. D. Francisco Acosta
10000, and ten others 10000 escados each. The
lowest subscription was one Of 2O4 escudos, by
Lees, Baquer & Bro. If the escudo meant is the
gold one worth hafa doubloon, the subscriptions
amounted to something like million and three
fourths of dollars in specie if the silver one,
worth eight redles, to much less than a quar-
ter of that-to 500, 304: and if those hypotheti.
cal escudoS are meant whose value is ten redles de
veton each, the amount would be onefourth more
| than this, say somewhat over quarter of mil.
lion OF dollars. The escudo has been hitherto of
| late comparatively so little used in Cuba as a
measure of the value of coins, and the value of
Spanish coins of the same name has so varied
from time to time, that it may be used to signify
almost anything and we should very much suspect
Its employment to be used in this case to cover in
| significance At the same meeting board was
nominated to carry out its objects, Count de Ca
hongo being appointed president
A new tariff is topic of discussion among the
authorities and press of Havana; but we find
nothing Of special interest to Dur readers.
A railroad accident on the Matanzas and
Villanueya line is under discussion in the journals
Our own railroad accidents " are too numerous,
too varied, and too impressive to render de tails of
this of much consequence to us.
The Diario &c la Marina (Havana) of the 18th
inst, calls the attention of merchants and seamen
to the quarantine regulations established here:
but makes no comments. The New Orleans cor
respondent of that paper, however, devotes more
than half column to criticizing them conclud.
ing by the very veracious, which he AYERS is made
in honor of the truth, that the sanitary police
of the city is very bad, since the municipal admin
istration has reverted to the ciuH authorities
His letter is dated March 10th.
The American schooner Topeka, Capt. Blanch-
ard, sailed for this port from Havana on the 10th
On the 18th the American steamer Cuba, Capt
Rollins, and the English schooner Mai, Capt Ha-
denburg, had preceded her.
On the l4th inst, there arrived at Havana the
steamship Morning Star, Capt. Howes, from this
port, and the English bark G. W. Roosevelt, Capt
Herryman, from Mobile.
On the 18th, the American bark Mary C. Ros-
volt, Capt. Wilson, was entered at the custom
house for this port.
The English steamer Mexico Captain Poin-
dexter, and the American steamer Winchester,
Captain Gregory, were up for this port on
the 24th and 22d respectively, and the English
schooner Andromeda, Captain Ashby, on the 25th |
Exchange on New York is quoted at 22l2S ~
cent. discount. Gold at 81.
Cuba coffee sold on the 10th, los sacks at sl64
and 1876 sacks first quality at sl6S. On the l4th
Creole and Puerto Rico sold at slG4.
The quotations for sugars on the l4th were as
follows: white, ordinary to superfne 120gl3rs.:
Derosne q Rellieux's process, low to ordinary,
[2@l24rs, superfne l3@15rs.; foots, (coguchos,)
good to superior, 7a@74rs.; brown, inferior for
expectation, 14@srs., inferior to ordinary S509trs,
good s4@104rs., superior 1l@l1 trs., fine ll4@l2rs.