The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-14
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Tho steamer Liberty, Captain Balm. from New
Orleans the ID, via Havana on the rth arrived Il
Baltimore on Sunday.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE sf TINE EnAll
Fearful Accouat Of the state &C business
Project % Aa@it Osbaaa sssar FREQ Of
Duty int Spain JTho Late Assassln aaieus.
HAVANA, May I. 1857.
The topic which continues TO absorb considerable e.
citemeas V the nudds sxisae bsswssn our merchan
and tho provsioA dsaissa The former arc quits b..
widered Several have large sums q stake and lack
the sagacity and intsigsacs - nsoesssfy 10 the
chant on any critical occasion like the present. when
they have 70 deal with practical men like the latter
class The dsaiera taking advantage oG the suatson
and knowing the tmpunisy with which they banter
their CREDITORS have bssu shifting from one proposition
70 another for the settlement Of pending liabilities ali
moro or less unacceptable TO the merchants their cred
itors and the result is that nothing dsane has YET
been arranged Several msstisgs have boon again held
up TO last sight, and all 70 purpose and another.
given out a. the final meeting Is TO be held on Wsdnes.
day lto.morrow) whom all probability the merchants
will have TO accede to such propositions may appear
the least detrimental to them. Il Is calculated that
about $40 600 900 In all owing by the dealers OF
which So, 500 900 have become due lately. II appears
to me, on looking at my horoscope, that the end Of
all this will be the failure OF OF mercantile
firms, who will not be able TO Withstand the shock at
when the banks and others shut their doors to
tho ordinary facilities for dscountng, at exorbant
rates Of interest From tho bank statement which the
Diario de la Marina publishes monthly find that the
situation Of the banks in the aggregate Both u
was worse by about $751; 600 900 than the 30th Of
April 1885, The differences are a. follows. Decrease
S7248 6O9 in the general cash account S. 1888 251 in
bills receivable. and SOL 1888 in shares account THIS
increased debts and 81 252 SIG decrease In deposits
find that the total falling Off In business amounts the
enormous figure $40 $50 Therefore the situation
far from Improving continues 10 compare every month
more and more uufayorably with that Of last year go
The Custom House Affair of the three vessels that
was before Two Of them paid the heavy fine inflicted
TIA. is is to say the having insisted on tie ne
and II viii hsnceforth become . case Of diplomacy
between the United states and Spain.
According to the public journals from SPAIN recently
Cuban sugars into Spain free Of duty This II pat into
practice would be OF great importance both 10
Cuba and Spain One or two moves Of this kind p,ac-
measures Of similar or even greater Importance II
Spain had ministers that were born merchants what
countries
me loincs"ons 10 sno neos U "ouoc1 Nuho1 CONTINUE
There sre No Amero.n or other than SPANISH man OF
war nov Ia this port =, 4. 81
According 70 ne copy OF an omc,s paper wnscn mas
MI ~, ;s. ar shs Ppers ~ ~ Ars,i,ess .hsre
are only six thousand hundred and ten Individuals
that can vrits out OF population o. snou
.~.u.vnrs ,hn"ssra savan hundred And nftyssT -
arc ignorant or tho first rudmens Of In
sructon ~ '1s w.ra .n Ia sss s.us'vd "a. M
IL one or those wards wnere the moor are in Rrcater
number. On the other hand Il cannot DO denied that
noe scnooS sfe foquS'e "nO's % "u0a 'sao'snoO
continues deaf 70 al cxhortaton harder sinner has
not Oesn gasrosea TOT some ON lime pss. n@ Enc ap
I whiia for sddtonsa Evidence agsinst So aocom-
picss Of whom has not yet been discovered, and
ny Csoee = 81 oas ossc ws1 rmcse ma - no. ~.
AZ hs would n al PROBABILITY have -
capped owing 70 the deficiency Of The police and the
now 0.. - =" -. - 49, ssssss,,a .i.s No.
Tho sugar market ls Quot yet some sales have been
made since Saturday on the basis Of 70 6x rails for
70 :. - . '0s On sH 70 gov 'eua's soa
We have received fair supply Of specie sv ths many
steamers arrived rsosayTsa bring something e.
YORK currency % discount 49, lHE-T8 : n 4
Chartered American schooner A. r. Ames Saxua, to
Roat0u = fAL uer no callons molassea ~ - III AZ
--'&-7A' Tf'- IL -
an,
~" S.. - 80 Nm. G"S a"
MeAios-ocssN'SO - - A~ Ueo.s 80
HAvAsA, Nay 9, 1887. 8,
number Of men and some officers who served out
;. -. .,.. - 49,. 80. -..-. -
snoir ume III snc SPa"s" s'"y nsS0 "A0" Passage -
the French steamer Panama. which leaves to-day for
Vera Cr,x A the greater part no like any other pri
-. ,.,,s,.,. "a 80 c.;rsd nm .mor. .rrnh.. os
va'e ind'vduAh 'ano arc "Aeo Up smons no"osl
other passengers, ! cannot ASCERTAIN to-day the
nnccse number that intend 70 suragc in the iperaIlst
..-, -, =, 800, .. ..i,.A :. .,,,.,r..,. -
fanKs on arrival cannot % cshea On onis'"ens, %
hey sign articles here They appear TO 60 on the
,enture lint they arr given 70 understsnd that thev
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WI ses tar oc'sef pay IN mexico snan IN inc spanish
xmy. AS 70 bounty OF advance money, that Is out OF
=. aa'Ss'o.. On y ~.a...a :, 80
perisliss, have the latter any open credit here
II the Information obtained from different parts Of the
leland ran he copsdered relable n would apnear that