The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-02-07
MIR. Secretary seward i'm Cuba.

Mr.. Secretary Seward in Cuba.
The Havana correspondent Of the New
York Herald furnishes tile following interest
Ing account of the dinner given by the Cap
tain-G General of Cuba, to Mr. Seward :tint - Z
"The distinguished party sat down to the q
table at a few minutes past seven. The Cap
tain-General was dressed in full uniform, 70
with the broad ribbon and cross of St. Fer-9h
tiinand, the rest of tho company being infuli
evening dress OF brilliant uniforms. sga a,oss
Mr.. Seward occupied the seat on the right,
OF the Captain General at the head of the d
table. On his Excellency's left, and opposite .,
Mr.. Seward, sat Mr. Kennedy. Next to Mr.,
Seward sat Mr.. Minor, Consul General of the,
United States at Havana, els a els General 10
Davila. At the other end of the table sat the y
Commandment General of the Arsenal and
Navy Yard of Havana. On his right, Mr..
r. w. Seward ON his left, Captain Walker, -
of the De Soto. The intermediate space be-
ing filled up by the other guests. Forty per-
sons in all sat down to one of the most
splendid banquets ever given in Havana 's'isH
When the dinner had been disposed off,
and at the moment dedicated from time i'm 70
memorial to the interchange of those senti-ii'
ments with which it should he supposed the al
conyiviGlity of the moment has nothing to g
do the Captain General rose to give the first IS
toast. His Excellency expressed in few 40
words the extreme satisfaction it gave him .
to welcome to Cuba the distinguished Score !,
tary of State Of the United States. and the +
honor he felt done him in having at his table
a statesman of such elevated character. He
spoke of the relations between the govern j,
ments and people of the United States and !
Spain, which had always been in the highest
degree friendly and cordial, concluding hy -
congratulation the United States on the fer ' :.
mination of the war, and expressing the hope
that they may continue at peace and increase
in prosperity and happiness ssn7t I-iiic I'd
MIR. Seward thanked his Excellency for the O.
marked attention shown him and the per-
sonal compliment paid him. and, after allud-ig
ing to the prosperous condition which the
island OF Cuba enjoys. he added that the n
United States had no other views or desires
. in these regions than the advancement and
happiness OF these people. it being a matter,
OF indifference by what means or by what d
form of government they attained those lofty
ends. He offered the sentiment that Spain n
is the only European Power that has any
: right to footing in America, since Spain
had always been eminently American. She
has the glory of having discovered and be-
slowed America upon the world. and Of hay
ing peopled and Christianized tie great part
of those vast regions. He, therefore, wished
Spain all manner of happiness end prospect
ty, in order that she might e lie to MAIN
tain her American possess ons and bless
them with peace and all those gifts with
which Heaven recompenses frugal and la
borious people, That these were the wishes
and only aspirations of the United States
He praised the strict neutrality and impartial
diglifed policy which Spain had observed
during the war. and in this connection allud-.
ed in very fistteriIg terms to Mr.. Tassara,
Minister Plenipoteatiary of the Catholic
Majesty to Washington. Who by his frank,
hYal and conciliatory character, had in o
great measure contributed to a satisfactory,
solution to questions which had arisen during
the past five years" u h ..o,e .rsss ~
A st. Thomas paper of the 18th inst, just
received by the British mail steamer. has the
| following paragraph relative to Mr.. Stewards
visit to that place =" Eight days since Mr..
J Seward was in this island, the most important
|, man now in the United States-the real
President He visited while here the Mexi-
can General Santa Anna, with whom he had
long interviews, of which nothing is known
publicly, either as to the object or result In
h some places here Mr.. Seward has been known
to declare that the United States would not
recognize the Mexican empire chat is to say,
Maximilian,) and that in France there would
be an unceasing agitation in regard to the
evacuation of Mexico by the French troops
in the shortest time possible If l do not
give this extract i0sissim,s rsrbis in the iden-
teal language used, it is because translate,
+ it from one of our local papers, .Hqiea 81 ~