The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-04
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euA HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.

HAVANA, Dec. 20, 1855
N ast4a me SITUATION
rhs ~ ssor-s. topic which continues TO occupy thu
pub,o mind question Of our financial difficulties
Nat ana 70 come Yesterday was not holiday. and
subsequently, bu sines Was partially resumed bus snima
don tagged ssd 10 year will end quite ansuidly Tn
x,v year win soon Be inaugurated fnught with anxiety
and mo- one can fore vss how II il to proceed canno
hsp observing two op tnions prevailing, which the
oxtysmeu Of the cssstio Of the day-sho dismsr
osiIx oupoesd TO the oths Your readers must there
fore be prepared To- rscs,T many conflicting accounts
which will scmewhas puszis people abroad The fact is
there are very person Ia this country who care
much about the general sstuano o.; they think that It
enough for hsu their vn business and cannot
comprshendthss they form part f the wsis on which
thArown intefet dependa Thens there Az not few
know nothing Of their own anars and from an
unacsountabls habit which they mbSse from Unwhols-
some sountans they only trouble theS heads about the
individual affairs of CHER neighbors ansyct are totally
ignorau. about general matters which the CON-
mon weA Havana sosety Of the Lsost eccentric
institutoas upon thefce Of tho world, Gpite orgns
and unique and corsptetsly incxplicable
y CONDITIONS or
Tho banks appear ogo on smoothly, and tte panic
Nth regard TO them appesrs to have subsidized That
last he Banco Espa dol evidently clever
one and makes amends for the previous bunter Of
k1iiing tho asEm The last ruse was as broad hint
to the government - 1t could .prudently' have gwen
out and tho adopted worked exceedingly well
with the Of bhs people Had the bank but paid
twenty-five dollars in gold PER day the effect would have
the same-tho people satisfied by seeing the
bank pay and In sr,scie. This bark pretty well
backed besides, fror, patriotic rather cannsh
tives BY Of its Spanish friends in the event that
the Its vaults SHOULD have than
it proved. In fact large taken out Of the
other banks by rich doostos to too Banco Epanol
ct all hazards told that tho greatest sufferer
thereby va the bank OF Bossier q Co.. and It 10
said that this the immediate OF rs suspension
The general opinion thai hs will sble
raise head again. Many or the grocs do NOS ses
the necessity Of any bank for their purposes,
as. until this creation Of one their credit had
always been undoubted and they wore prosperous,
without diving SO deeply into tho vast specu-
they have large stocks OF -four and other prs articles
and necessares Of life on hand But could they sell,
pricef No. such course would be ruincus ard there
fore their creditors, the merchants will have alterna
Da s o. ,ne
openly declared toexsf and several meetings composed
Of few Of the principal merchants and grocsrs, have
been held for the last few days. which so lar have not
had any very effective results There bsns'doubt
sas the merchants VIII grant them sotne respite II
osher assrnative OK course this will not consiituts
radical cQrs OF the prevailing evil. the final end offwhch
bus in the meantime everybody will have torstrsnch
himself sad curail his business operations such
sasar sad tobacco crops propItiouaa .
anteiated and prices continue good durinths ensuing
VIII e. cheap
By their future guidance and substantias
1871 viii b am mors nemorahas yef, Al things oons
Herewith sond you the list o. Us arrivals this week
- the Hotel ssasa isabsi:H Wear ana LADY snS-E
% Simmons aad lady, g Logiss No I Lvons ana
IS ss sss S o s.s.i g
2aksessa.4 b Thomas, Ph!adsaghia; .. Knowlsoa-
NE. xsss z@os My:s sssr nf,s.esss: 2.
shans 4 Hstchan, Mobile, AlA Rssaasd b INN
TmnSalI nd Thossas 4. Waison Phiiadsphia, II,
oharlss Carpenter Je.ssy Giay; NM wn Ma STORM
Yesk cayi Geo r BIN. London asd Y. Guilion. Phaa-
AFRICANS xAxuso. ! srssAssox.
Lately certain American lady Of hawt ton accompa-
Med her equally beautiful danghterno doubs Fsfth
ne & ~ az and the many oourssiss extended 70 tkss
tbey nuss necessarily ha.e oc.s on here TO heIpths
ADD mode Of living SURPRISES oysrythne that has evcrsp
rsased 4. this city. am told that they Save brought with
hossss and csasss 2. ss ,S M sad
the driving four In hand Their beauty has already
turned the heads Of the Taeos del Louvre several Of
whom RON mems sons, and may probably ba able
daughter. fhave NOT yet found oss their names; my
s Sssa With ne visit o. he.
bridal parties tbs Southwest Of them. by the
merchant add ssch bride sclipsing the ether in
beauty
sDown with Mszamilan' has lately become favorits
cry In the ssrces Of Havana hut the police say
anything about this although they arc ssry nervous
Colonel Charles T. Ke.chum, or Mobile, h among the
late arrivals q southern gentlemen Tnsy do not pro-
United with regret but yet they leave ~ BECAUSE
say they shsy cannot endure any longer prefsrng 70
smsndnsnt, II understand them rightly wc may see
quite n exodus Of Thorn here, and yea know we can
ma Z was The s land where the s1os
tato was RAISED
The English steamer Caribbean arrived from Mobile
on the 25th with 400 bales Of cotton for transit.
Several Spanish vessels have gone to New Orleans and
Mobile to load cation for Spain
Tbs passcnsers by tho English steamer from 81.
Thomas and the congnees Of her Havana freight have
consented TO her proceeding to Vera Cruz aud back
rather than DO detained ten days In quarantine at this
port
visit 0os Honduras TO show the good folks Of that
republic what they may expect they should adopt the
has just returned and, Il may ngura.vely use tho
term might say "highly iaiisned" with the result OF
hor trip. ..,, 49,,
"a question not yet universally decided. II appears
however that supposed to be conclusively settled
by an individual who stole some boxes of cigars from the
siop under the American Consulate and having wrapped
them up In spangIed banner (which perhaps he
had stolen asol no walked OF very lesureiy and quite
unconcerned until the merchandise was captured by
ono OF those land called policeman, and the soap
tain or this freight taken to jail.
According to the Official estimates for January next,
we hnd them composed Of the following ilems:-Gen-
ernI liabilities So4o75; sGraca and justcia SOL 623;
war S033 49, finance, $702 $50; navy $314 Co.'S gov
eminent s1e4 2eS; public works. te2 52s; ordinary es-
tImates s36tT3; Sc Domingo credit extraordinary,
sisis7 Total, $a,2Os.i22 And wherewish to meet
al r this os,u, % s,. IN possessing an autograph
latter OF General sherman which he addressed TO the
Iyceum OF Maanxas written board the susquchanna
| under date OF the 25th November, 1860.
According the Custom Houeo returns OF November
last compared with those Of 1885, there was an increase
in the spanish shipping Of twenty, loaded vssse
or 10 IA tona OF course this includes all the other
ports OF Cuba The increase Of Spanish vessels IN bal
fas was twenty COL TONS and In FOREIGN there
WAS decrease OF three vessels 058 tons Total In
crease Ill vessels inwards Is 34e tons In the out
ward shippng hore was an Of fortytwo loaded