The New York herald., 1867-01-30
ouR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE

Havaaa N q General Entrepct-Tho HARRIET
Lane and PeIicaa Aaair-Frsd. sewsd Not
Arrived YETI &c.
HAVANA. January n. hs7.
HAVANA GENERAL xSnHror voR ALL AMERICA
This Ia subject Of the greatest importance. 10 mae
is port ths special depot where oil the produce froA
ns end or America 70 the other could be admitted in
ssposits bond, has been my theme for many years
psl wrote you several months ago that for the bone
q Of the United States. SPAN, ana all other nations,
lssirsd nothing more shan TO sse Havana become the
asi free port Of America BY the Spanish govsrnment
sbolshng that absurd measure. or royal order from
apain. Of the 27th Of March, ls41 Tho natural
advantages which Havana possesses above al other
yDrs In these hemispheTss 70 mako . grand general
depot FOR al Amerca and Europe, arc 20 obvious
Aas asy schoclboy can appreciate them Its central
position at the very Of the Mexican Gulf tho
xcslience Of IL harbor and the vast centre s for OK
ortasloa anA sxeAaaes Of commodities, all tend to
paks what hs nos besn yet on account Of an absurd
pysi erder which, BY restricng fcrsiga vessels from
he sosegn aaA soass sade proved the death blow 70
jpsuish shpplBe m 1861 bill n favor or now set
Y Custom House regulations was proposed in Spar
thile Senior salaverra was Prime Minister; bat,
wing to one Of those never ending changes Of
ninistry which are great evil 70 spain.
he measure was abandoned at tho fall of
hat ministry II included an article which would have
lone away with the barbara order Of 1847 Before the
after period Havana immense depot for Ameri-
an tobacco cotton indigo, cocoa dyewoods &C. which
we're left here by foreign ships IN bond and then con-
eyed 70 Spain BY Spanish vessels while the foreigners
invested their freight money here and loaded Cuban
hoduce for foreign ports This was not only great
enent to Cuba bu, the spanards enabled to buy
he goods at lower prices than when higher rate OF
reight was paid by Spanish bottoms
am now happy to report that some OF our principal
ian Savs saeq n s an aod n
lay, with view Of making Havana great cotton depot
The Rega and other warehouses in the bay are spacious
enough to store large quantity Of bales as the storage Is
very moderate and the warehouses insured against
Ore inEnglish companies have no doubt that the gov
srnment will Il the necessary encouragement
During the late civil strife the few blockade runners
that succeeded In leaving their cotton and other goods
exchanged for coffee moasses sugar cigars and other
producer gave such impulse to the trade that thou
sauds Of persons employed In 1t thon are now without
sufficient means 10 live upon.
~ and ecaciously endorse the above measure TO his
government and take no notice OF what the fsa says
fns Harriet Lane and the Pelican affair is settled If
che money wherewith our Consul Ia TO reimburse the
parties that have taken of the vessels has not yet ar
rived will doubt come by one OF the FIRST steamers
IL s not at all advantageous just to draw bills and
have take paper money for them against which peo
H sun FREDERICK | seward no: having arrived ye. nor
likely, perhaps this way for the present the
Hugh McCuloch may perhaps leave for the NORTH ana
Pelican home 10 her long bereaved parcntsl. This
In only . more supposition Of my own, ana
uuI0a6 the Augn McCuilOCn SnOutO DO uptuicu W
cable soundings Il secms rationai-although the
soundings could be dscreety aken BY the Winoos
kbscauss the spaniards knowing that & sne .smaass e
aescs Of her than Of any other common scqosintance
q speaking Of the Hugh McCuHoch, u sduc 70 say
word relative " Commander MerrinAn Az the cutter
ssrceanss, q we'll as the joarna acknowledge the A.
saon en his part in bringing the Correspondence ana
have 70 srnouucs the death q Nj, WI. Jsnckss, .
q tbs Unised states long ssssssd ,. e As.a1fs
- sugar planter and we'll ccnnectea NM semise v
ensh regretted BY all who know him.
vessels from Great Britain and ireland ars now ez-
fhe Enslsh ship Allan A. Dale, bound 70 Boston. one
hundred and four days out from Sansiosr was zen
y the spanish ma. steamer a 81 E.psss tsS@ cadz On 'o'
6incs the smallpox visited Aatansas vsccinason nas
become % general here that evea the soldiers nsve
srders. rue disease Is rapidly declining 10 Masanzas
me steamer Galafre WoodvlIIe, ten days nom ~ x
ro sv'd y'sss,dsy; ss' nsSsa~ sSs s,a'ss sss
a'ss RE sss.oeay .s.nao tpree... tos oYa4iS1s 4Ss
ns.siy n sss.ss icrn.isssS promises ssasSi esosSoi
4 o.s .sasr sas ssE relieve 20 .,oo,,,..
re p,,,sS pSo,,c ,sSR IN Remedies rcsohDlsa kinds
'.:rS ~ suthoritiss n 81 Thomas, .-xk.d an the
s sss
,osS u,,., and after cos american q sss.%sS isSys
isr Rio J.0sise, J.s sh ss,,c he, way nco 90 :"
sr'u '. "a 70 she Isth inst a, "A. ,.,.,. -.
,er twe telegraphc lPc nav y. s'sds s,s r,o r,o
;Stt,sed, one from % the . esrSce By the ams route.
rSsFs win Be- sins :sasioe' says.-"A goodrenissauce
Tue BCless. q S sns cm sandry custenhousss of
~ Sos 900 has aSrvecer Aguila for our trSsury II
she isiand By the ~ amount cana from Avsna, on
every month an ssbtedncss % us, amounting 10 one
sccoant Of her ms. the crisis would soon disappear
sspe." alt fire broke out on the hsisoda Of
on the eno Luxunarz, destroying the suSr house
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N WEST INDIES.
ous HAVANA c0sEesp0NOeNce