The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-05

gold In New York, ut IN per cent premium. Buyers
wn mot pay ID cent the last rate. for short sight
gold bills
HAVANA. Sept %, 1864
MpHgosMkSY RzLxAsa AMERICAN unzxs.
Mr.. Franz Hilgost, the gentleman alluded 10 in pre-
vious letter having been imprisoned In the Punta
Castle the plea Of suspicious circumstances and tho
Of INDIGENOUS language derogatoy 70 the Spanish
nation such the charge upon which he arrested
is young Of prepossesslns appearance native Of
Coblentz but American citizen who served " Massa
chuset,s regiment during the late war. He came
passenger In the American schooner Clara Brown from
Boston, II appears that while In quarantine at Mare
where most probably he did not keep In anything like
equanimty, he got int the mood common to Ger
mans Of making notes and perhaps using some harsh
terms with regard to Spanards and all that h Spanish
When released from quarantine, the first article among
his luggage causing suspicion formidable carbine
found In ms trunk and then whom his papers were
amincd low and behold, ont came tho portentous and
voluminous "Notes on Cuba and the Spaniards" Be-
sides, "Germsn from America" will generally BE-
bostcrous any country tainted with political restrictions
than two Amereansand such having been the with
the gentleman In question you easily imagine that
he immediatelya marked man, against whom the
police could show their of1cousness with impunity.
But the Consulate not invoked Ia vain, Official
despatch was once sent to the Captain General
ocquantng hs Exceency with the fact OF the imprson
mpnt OF an American citizen, accompanied with n most
peremptoy "hope that the should be Immediately
looked into and the released from confinement
Before three days passed. the gentleman released and
dteno reply given by the Captain General TO the Act
ing Consul for the United states OF America who
allor went board the WnOoski, with salute Of nine
guns almost believe, that had the reply from the
Captain General not we'd 50 soon tho Acting Consul
would have presented himself personally to the General
accompanied with Commander Cooper. TO demand the
immediate release Of the American citizen in question.
Captain Adams OF the steamship MORO Castle,
charged $s6 for four visits OF the DOCTOR sent on
board by the Health Office On behalf Of young female
who arrived in precarious OF paralysis and died
on board before the vessel got out Of qusrantnesad
charge Of course, independent Of SIT daily lee
charged by the San tary Board
QUARANTINE AFTAR.
Everybody says that our merchants are 70 dilaory
about this abominabie quarantine tyranny, that the
Board will fondly continue to cling 70 for indefinite
time, unless Senior Tassara should be conaiderate
enough notify the Captain General that the cholera"
will most certainly not interfere In the matter without
the approval Of the Board until he gets the report
oGcio from the Spanish Minister Washington. People
may well shy ssWhat immense injury has been done
by the Spanish Consul In Philadelphia by that oficous
diarrho,a he deserves TO got one-laf the spois"
am myser persuaded that had he suppressed that
muncation quarantine restrictions would ever have
boon thought OF.
HAVANA, scpt. -, 1850.
An awful fire broke out the 9th inst,
o'clock in the night, at the wholesale grocery store OF
Trotcha rornaqusra r. Co This entire building. occupy
"Lonja in ORoilly street. facing the east side of the
palace, together with all its concnas, wss totally de-
sroycd The loss variously estimated At from oo0
$3.50 600 $50 600 Is insured IN the Northern Assnr
Company, through one Of the agencies here. The
hooks kept in the iron safe and from $4,000 GOO
hand, saved The Gre was discovered by one OF
the scnnels duty before the Treasury and his calls
mot receiving any reply, he battered down the street
door, and thus saved the inmates from certain DEATH
because the conagraon increased rapidly that
Of them had to get the roofs In two hours the
whole h0nss in complete blaze. and all destroyed
Being IN 20 prominent part Of tho city and fears being
entertained tina, the fierce element might communicate
with the palace, unusual force OF nremsn had
gathered thse from all parts including the of the
ships of in the hsrbor The from the arsenal
gnes Of the Honradex Cigar Manufsctory nsusi
the first on the spot and did sho most effective service
ings, the present uona'' aud billiard saiooBs and
tho Dom mica Sweetness Confectionery, sufsTed very
The hre was prevented from spreading by being confined
within The four walls cf the edince, which beiongs
The Hen,f1encio, founding asylum. This institution
has not sufficient fluids ~ rebuild H. At eas DO, for
time 20 come
The solden highly u.eful in removing The many
packages Of conbusiiDe articles from nsishborng
houses which had be rapidly conveyed away Keep
out Of contact with the IRE.
The municipal Law Of August 1861 Ia. long been dir
regarded prohibiting the storing Of AL combustibe
xoods and the authorities have sxued order again
prohibiting IL, and At the time ordering all goods
Of such to be removed from the city within
month.
MIHrASnlx
The sugar market has varied little, and, IL anything,
the tone rs nrmer The pretensons ~ planters and
other holders being the basis n ~ and upwards
Tor No. IL, buyers are prevented from operating Freely
and indeed the business done continues limited.
In freiFhs there inquiry for the United States
loading the coast 50 per hogshead sugar hse been
paid Fer Remedies to Now York
Exchange the Cnlir states hes become hrmer;
gold drafts ~ 90 days con.nf nj 81 PER cent premium
st-rlng has advanced ing at iaH ~ Dor cent
premium Francs relatively 50, say 81. 70 per o~n,