The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-19

me steamship MORO Castle, Captain Greene nom
Havana the l4,h Ask arrived u this port yesterday.
me purser will please accept our Acknowledgements Tor
promps delivery Of our dispatches and files.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD
Tho Residence Of Baron Masnus Said TO
Have Been Broken Into by Order OF
Juarez-SaIo OF Spanish War Vessels In
Cuban Waters-Sltuation OF the Havana
Bapks-Cabls Celebration-Sugnr Market.
HAVANA, Sept 10, 1867.
am informed upon the best authority, that Baron
Nasnus the Prussian Minister living in secuson
q San Luis Potos needless Of the orders ne received
fom his government to abandon the Mexican territory
He was supposed TO be insane My informant assures
me that the Barons Of popularity, as long as he
remained In Mexico, had caused him many annoyancea
was supposed that he had the custody OF documents
ind correspondence Of the greatest Importance
contded to his safe keeping BY Macmillan
and. in order that they should be transferred
INTO by order OF the present government to take pos
session Of them. After long and scrutnizng search,
however nothing Of the kind found there and Is
presumed that he must have given the documents to
ethers, else found opportunity TO remit them to
Europe
According to the Madrid Gazette OF July 25 and &c. the
Spanish government had determined to sell at public
auction. three ofts sarg ships.owarthc Santa Cecil
Ma Francisco de- Asis and Cortes-all three being
dersd useless for modern service 1t further
That the government intends TO make general reform
IN Abe navy, and order to effect this, the intention
q to sell the greater part Of the l32 sailing
visw OF constructing a number OF monitors and IRON
edea In the Pacific campaign the sailing vessels were
q transports they Afforded bad results on which account
tho Spanish foot suffered innumerabe hardships BY
the above measure it IL calculated that the Spanish ma
Inn will VooAk lAc0 md INV n
many millions annually.
It Is confirmed fact tina. the Banco Espanol continues
70 buy all tho gold coin 1t obtain at one half per
cent premium and quarter per cent for brokerage
This speaks volumes as regards tho total disregard to INC
managing such affairs it now confirms that depreciation
70 be Dc facto.
An extra telegraph Is TO be established between Guam.
say and hare the solicitation OF the Board of Health
In Narel being considered absolutely necessary owing
70 the want of rapid communication with the capital.
Your readers are doubt aware that I'll vessels with
cooie emgrAns have to undergo quarantine at Marie
before being allowed TO enter the port of Havana
According to the statement which the Ddro de la Ma
sina Publishes monthly, the situation of the Havana
banks in the aggregate follows on the 3lst Of Au
gust last, as compared with tina. the day in
1850 decrease in cash account, $3.5l7,775 25 in
bills receivable, So S35, 4S0 10: in share account,
co. IN deposits on IN ss ss2 o.
In loan account, $1,54s, 924 IS; in real estate, &c,
@l4 81 in The reserve fund.- s1as2s 27 and in profit
and loss $26S 075 &c. The situation therefore, tho
slst ult inferior to that OF last year by sl75So o
The austrian Elizabeth arrived here to.
body Of Macmillan is to come in larger vessel. The
Havana municipality made a resolution recently to the
quses were to be celebrated in memory OF the unor-
tunate Archauke.
This afternoon the inauguration Of the cable commu-
ncaon opened to the public is to take place. for which
purpose his Excelency the Captain General has invited
70 DO present all the corporations civil, military
&C., the General presiding The FIRST telegram
win be transmitted to her Majesty Queen
Isabel. during the ceremony and that or the Nunic
patty will follow Immediately in representation
inhabitants. As your correspondent will have to step
IN Immediately after VIII close the present letter ia
her mail at two p. N.
The unfavorabls advices about sugar received from
the centres 0 consumption have depressed market
completely Yet find no holders that will part with
their goods under the recent basis Nothing doing in
holders pretty firm London, 1s1 Premium Paris, So
% premium; United States currency "a per cent dis
count, and gold bills, ca per cent premium
Government Interference with Industrial
Improvements-The Authorities and the
Standardization in Duties hallway
HAVANA, Sept. IL, 1887
rumor is anoat lower classes to tho onoct
tbat the government had not permitted tho Of the
nsw machines OF Susn for the manufacture Of cigarettes
On the plea soldiers Of the garrison and The door
Keepers Of private dwellings tmos of whom have served
In the army win thereby DO thrown out OF an employ
msut which enabled them 10 make up for the low re-
=
were there any the above report more than four
thoussud men in Havana alone would be deprived OF
that branch of manual industry and they would nnd 1t
ddlcult to apply themselves to any other.
10 quite unusual In this country 10 hear Of srike"
among the operatives But what with the facilities
afforded b. continuous commun cation by steam, and
the still enlightenng elements Of the telegraph,
great changes are coming this island, and among
other matters have to report serious strike among
the cigar twistes Of Havana few days ago. Such an
"eyent,n 30 common and harmless in tho United
States and elsewhere has been declared criminal act
IN this country according the restrictive laws pre-
vailing and deemed indispensable for the perfect main
ssnance Of the public tranquility. Tho details Of the
Incidents are as follows:-The cigar twsters made
similar move last year, but the attempt to obtain
higher wages account OF the increased value Of food
and the scarcity Of money, completely failed, and they
mean to say that they another class Of people
and OF frugal habits they could not make very good
,ro Su ins %. nsy ao u
such emergency a. tho above few days ago the
second attempt was made, and more .nan .~en
oil determined TO unite AGAINST them and
having decided shut up their factories rather than
tho wages OF the twisers the men had no aterna
tive but return TO their work the old terms The
circumstance, however soon got TO tho car OF the Gov
smor, and 1t is presumed that In view OF the speedy
measures taken shall have occasion to recur to
the subject Of 'slrikes in Havana for long time to
To-days o0cia, Gasege publishes royal decree order
ing areducton all railway material to come In force
the LIST OF July, 1858. The decree OF April 2s 1893
prs1xed the duty at six per cent advaorem by Spanish
bag and per cent In foreign bottoms Those will
year be follows:-0f Spanish construction BY
national nag free Of duty; OF foreign make, by spanish
nag four per cent advalorem, and the same In foreign
bottoms SIX per cent The materials considered as Tor
railway Locomotives, carriages, wagons
and their appurtenanccs rails, nails bearers Platforms
water tanks, nail machines, &c; iron bridges iron
covers, telegraphs and teerraphc apparatus &c
The steamer Georgia from Vera Cruz Is expected on
the 7th, 10 sail for New York next day.
The stock OF sugar in the three Rcgar warehouses on
the 3lst ut compares 4l boxes and 453
hhds., against 1851 boxes and 30l3 bids in 1885,
17o e5s boxes and LOIS hhds in 1885; 22s 3il bcxes
and 1905 hhds In 1854 and 1SpTs1 boxes and 533
hhds IN 1863 Tho quantity OF received between
September and December 81. was as foows:-2i14 las
boxes aud 90 hhds In 1885, 10 32 boxes and 24l hhds
in 1885, 81 $40 boxes and s25 hhda 1884 and Is l34
boxes and 65s hhds. In 1863.
The sugar market continues in lul for wan OF the
mail and holders show disposition to make any