New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-05
Especial Correspondence of the CresceRtl
LETTER FROM HAVANA.
HAVANA, March IS, 1866.

HAVANA, March 70, 1866.
Dear Greseeat-We are dego,atd. The sum
mary manner with which we have had the door o
commerce closed upon us by the establishment o
q quarantine, has tended to put US all in bad hu
NOR. 1t is the more annoying for the entire alb
sence of cause, Havana never having been a
healthy as it is at present for many years past
| However far westward the cholera may have e1
tended its desolatng march, up to to the presen
time it has not made its advent in Cuba. w
were counting much upon our rapidly CROWN
commerce with New Orleans, when our hope
were all thus rudely destroyed. To some exten
our loss is also yours; much of the travel tt
wards your city having been diverted to Ne,
York, and corresponding amount of business hs
shared the same fate. Your merchants reall
should take this matter in hand and have this tel
rible commercial incubus set aside, at least unit
the actual appearance of sickness here shall wal
rant its imposition.
This is Holy Week, and, consequently, one Ion
holiday. holiday in this country is but anothe
name for idleness, the felicity of the Cuban bein
only realized in his ability ito lay upon his bac
and think about nothing" No mechanics vii
work this week, and business is, therefore, com
paratiyely at standstill; but, with the religious
professions towards its close, and the grand an(
imposing ceremonies in the churches there will be
plenty of occupation for the sightseeing visitors
who continue to throng our city. By the by, the
business thrown into Havana by these travellers
is every year increasing. Your high tariffs upon
all foreign fabrics create such marked difference
in the cost of articles between here and at home,
that scarcely a visitor leaves our shores without
stocking his or her wardrobe to the utmost. The
shopkeepers seem to understand this matter well,
and every year regulate their selection Of goods
more in accordance with United States taste,
eschewing the gaudy colors and flaring patterns,
most affected by the Cubans.
Notwithstanding the fact of numerous arrivals
during the past week from foreign ports, the news
market is unusually dull. The mails from Mexico
are barren of interest. Macmillan varies the
monotony of his reign by an occasional quarrel
with his cabinet officers, and additional resigna-
tons are reported. For some cause or other the
Mexican and Imperial Railway Company is becom-
ing very unpopular. It is said to be grossly mis-
One of their tricks recently came to
light in Vera Cruz, which has been stopped by
government interference. 1t seems by their
charter they had the right to import all the
material necessary for their work free of duty,
md have awaited themselves of the privilege up to
he present time, to drive quite a lively trade in
Try goods and fancy articles, to. the great detri-
nent Of the merchants forced to import through
he regular channels. Troops continue to arrive
md depart. A transport is now in our harbor
With 500 on board, on their way to Trinidad.
The railroad frem Puebla to the City of Mexico,
s miles, will be opened in August next. The
highways are reported as teeming with robbers.
md business in the cities dull, markets being
Overstocked. ..rN#@
The last New York papers received here contain
ONE highly colored accounts of an alleged insur
ection near Matanzas, but they are entirely with
at foundation. Some disturbances have occurred
the rural districts, principally among the negroes
n account, it is said, of being overworked bv
heir masters, the crop being month behind
and this year. The many fires we have had re-
emily are attributed to this cause, but no dis
rbance of political nature has taken place
nywhere.
Grau's opera troupe are approaching the con-
fusion of their second or supplementary season
has not been near as successful as the first. but
the whole has paid very well. Next year Grau
romises h1stori in connection with the opera
roupe, though whether the promise is to be real
sed or not is somewhat problematical. Last Sat
rday he advertised stabat Mater at the Tacon.
he subscriptions were all filed and the rehearsals
nder weigh, when the bishop refused to allow its
erformance because the Tacon theater was NOT a
onsecrated building. +. n e,4..s-
The papers of Havana, which from year to year
svote themselves to the abuse of one another
I'VE at last, for wonder, united in a common
use, and are pitching into the Intendente,s pro- |
'sed new tariff with an earnest and curious una.
nifty The result will be unquestionabIy to kill
without hope of resurrection, and postpone the
lch needed reform indefinitely. There must.
viewer, be some curious things about the new
III. The idea of taxing medicines and dry goods
weight, is, to say the least, new.
1t last we are to have the long promised Aspin-
II line. The first steamer leaves here on the 22d
*, touching at Nicaragua, and returning, at
1gston, Jamaica.
sumors of the Captain Generals resignation are
reaslng. Tins year he evidently intends to
ape the lahorious formalities encumbent upon
during holy week by lodging off to the Isle of
aes. Having been witness of his sufferngs :
It year cannot blame him. !
Business shows decided marks Of Improvement
quotations rulAthe same as reported in nv
it. 80
Dur winter season is rapidly drawing to close,
th the ides of March the travelling population
tier northward like a flock of birds. The steam.
from Havana all go crowded with passen-
IS, and ere long the hotel keepers will have to
read alone their banquet halls deserted.n PITY
in our solitude, and try and relieve us of one
necessary pang by raising your quarantine,
los. 5 .,.-. Il
Wilcox q Gibbs Family Sewing Machines are ,
fttly recommended by all who use them. Will.
u Gibbs Family Sewing Machines are abso-
sly complete. Office No. st. Charles street, i
he citizens of New Orleans will doubtless re-
mber the scurrilous Capt. Clark, of Buffers !
!, who conducted the organ of that truculent a
0 in this city during his administration of the {
Of the Gulf The distinguished can. !
was reported to have once been editor and
pretor Of the Life in Boston," and for sian.
Gus article which he wrote for the New Orleans u
To, whilst that paper was under his control, Z