The New York herald., 1867-02-18
OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.

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our HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
A Case OF DisloyaIty-The I.so GaIe-The
Spanish Iron-ciad Tetuan-A Missing Auseri-
can-Connerciai InteIiixence, &c.
HAVANA, Feb. IT, 1867.
The disloyalty case. previously announced was
publicly tried before the municipal court in Maianzas
on the 1st inst. Don Juan Belldo dc Luna and his
nephew, Don GuiIlermo p Gonzales stand indicted for
external conspiracy against the security or the State
In accordance with the mode Of proceeding as or
dsned In these cases. the declarations all the witnesses
IN court were read aloud during the tria-in none OF
them any charges dispositions made against the
accused-and although inSne solitary instance an in
florence conjecture Of suspicion did tanspre In the
nsurative acceptaon anaogica between the and
tho style Of two writings published In different journals
yet when the witness behalf OF the accused was
called forth by their attorney ray his Testimony he
contradcted HIMSELF thus annulling the opinion which
he had erroneousy formed making his nrst declara
ton. After the examination Of the Witnesses
cudsd the presiding Judgs gave leave to the Attorney
General 70 speak, but the latter deemed unnecessary
oraScs proossdnss q % which Viii S i. had asked
speaking WAS then accorded 70 Senior Francisco Bosch on
behalf OF the accused. He accordingly, and In
few brief remarks spoke 10 support Of the written de-
fence already presented to the court and then moved
for the free pardon and immediate liberation release or
the prisoners hs clienta This closed the proceedngs
at two r. M after having occupied the attention OF tho
court three hours The case now returns TO tho At
torney General prior to final Judgment
persons Who Ware ss1er 10 near the nrocsSdin~s ars
compelled to remain outside the building There Is not
the sghtest doubt existing the mind Of the public
liberty returned to them. Tse whole case brought to
light It's insigndcance TO have served personal
pque and the took cognizance Of IL for
poses Of It's own
The weather became changed on Saturday afternoon,
the 9th inst and towards the evening great gusts Of
wind announced gale not far OF which continued to
increase the whole night till II became quite bosterous
and even stormy. The English brig, A. Smith, Capt
Dexter which sailed in the morning for Cienfuegos
port between eight and nine o'clock at night
Only other vessels sailed out that day,he steam
ship Corsica for Nassau and New York and the English
brig Sir Robert PEEL for New Orleans the former lot at
her usual hour, shortly after three ?. M when the
weather good and the latter few hours later when
the wind got northerly, and she was towed out The
wind, accompanied with much rain, increased the
night advanced last IL became quite squai and the
lent between one and five o'clock the next morning
Several houses the st. Lazaro road along the shore
suffered much damage.
The officers Of the formidable iron clad frgate Tetuan
having kindly accompanied in visit OF inspection,
am enabled to lay before your readers the result The
Tetuans length Of keel is three hundred and twelve feet
five inches her extreme breadth, sixtyone feet two
inches and her depth Of hold, fortythree feet Her
measurement r Is seven thousand s tons % ourtnsn. .
with eight boilers and thrtytwo furnaces When navi
eating with all steam up she consumes one hundred
Of coal per dem and can stow away twelve hundred
tons She is manned with six hundred and six mari
ner commanded by one commandante and his ayudante
second The other officers attached 70 the ship con-
sist Of five superior eutensn four upper class ensgns
lieutenant Of infantry two engineers two doctors and
surgeons purser and chaplain The engine Is un-
der the charge Of ono head machnis eight ordinary
achinisss and seven assistana The armament Of the
Tetuan Of guns OF twenty centimetres
and ten OF double rined guns Of dimensions,
vhlr prOi0ctnQ steel miSgiloS The
protecting plates Of the weasel being OF nve and one
half inches above and one inch % the waters rem
ders her be equal 70 the best Of her class The can
pear better placed than those Of other ships Of similar
character for instance as the Spanards thnk tne Dun
derberg and other iron-clada
On approaching the Tetuan one is astonished At her
sud s h.r ws e other Inc III he
line. When the English and French adopted the screw
their larger deckers they had 70 extend the
the middle Afterwards those splendid ships the
Prince Abort, the Duke Of Wellington and
extraordinary the latter being two hundred and hlty
four feet English But the Tetuan is even larger Her
width, however is still more remarkable The Rima-
iaya, sImla and others OF the West India Companys
ships certainly little longer than the Teuan bnt
they are mot 20 wide The Great Eastern 10 no doubt
Of The interior Of the Tetuan appears
to be arranged according 70 the most modern improve
located In way which will be found In very
vessels of any class The anchors and chains Of the
TetuAn CdunOt, Oi COuTsoy DC IN
We ali know that It impossible TO furnish cables In
proportion TO the size Of such SHIPS and we are besides
taught the weight Of the post anchor should os =. lne rate
ordinary post anchor Of the Tssuan should OF $50 cw
and tho sheet anchor $50 cwt There are very few an
chors made Of 125 cwt, and vessels OF the Tetuans
class have better security than that which the engine
Offers
As this may meet the eyes or friends or rela-
tves I have to mention the strange disappearance
from OF hotels Of young inmate named VIM.
O. Bradford supposed to be native OF Maine, ana SAID
a.x,n hooo nj in prpzc n
arrived Matanzas in the laor part OF last month on
board the American Lloyd from Boston, with travel
ling companion Before leaving home he had an attack
Of paralysis and his mind somewhat effected On
tho lst inst he TO this city, on the 3d ut midday
he walked out for stroll and up to TINS moment ne mas
though the inquiries have been instituted both
by advertisements and the search made ON the part OF
the police. II ~ supposed that he may have been rob-
bed and then got into trouble besides.
According 10 statement which have formed OF the
situation principal banks In this city the 3lst
is clear that there deficiency In the assets Of
ssos5 $40 In the cash account S73 In bills re-
ceivabe, while the increase in loans was 81, 500
On the side OF liabilities there q
dimnution OF So 16s 2ss deposits The account Of
pront and loss exhibits very fair result the increase
being nearly $3.50 600; but this Is owing to moro
Of those establishments not having paid out the dividends
Besides the many sample boxes Of cigars going to the
Paris Exhibition, among which there are some magn
cspt specimens Of the Paragas manufactory, notice
about twenty boxes Of sociological and chronological OBJ
jects OF this island belonging to Dr. John Gundbach,
German gentleman long resident In Cardcnas and other
parts the country. These will 20 forward together
with more cases from other amateurs Of natural history
good deal Of activity Ii observed In s that relates
to tho military department Of this island General Count
vaImaseda seems TO be most indefatgable soldier con-
tnuaIly travelling all over the country inspecting the
military administration. good deal OF change place
movements consequently occur, which are quite en-
iivepine II Is rumored that We are shortly TO be
treated with . general simulacre shamnght The |
Captain General II Is said will make visit next week
10 ali the barracks in this capital His Exceency re-
Gently Inspected the military hospital which occupied
him four hours
The United States schooner Nonparel In on Sun
day morning the 10th from Key West but she has
brought the Eagles New York bag for Havana taken
Key West by mistake in the Cuba.