The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-06-24

The Weather Intensely Het-Bankins Aaairs-
sssar Market-Enect Of the Rains- Freishts.
az A'N MATANzAs, June 10, 1868.
We have had daily very heavy showers Of rain
and the weather still continues very changeable.
The heat Is intense. .-r, ~ ~
Within the next few days the branch Of the Span.
ish Bank expected to be inaugurated here, while
the lBanco de San Carlos. after many fruitless
deavors Of their directors to collect new capital for
continuing business, viii be nQuidated as eadvan-
tageously as possible. This should have been done
The sugar market is quiet with ofers for No. II Of
re-. per ar, which are generally rejected. Ausco
M to good roo rnns He late rains have compeed
all estates In this vicinity to cease grinding Accord
island the excess Of this over last years crop may
finally be assumed at ten per cent.
are more or less nominal at ~ osT per Shd 81 90
TO 81 Is per box sugar, and s. rs to - per 10
The Narvaez ObseQuies-Taxes-A New Ly-
ceun-Queer Conduct Of the Press Censor
A Sample Of Cuban Dctectives' Ability.
SANTIAGO, June 10, 1888.
Funeral rites and high mass, In honor OF the late
General Narvaez, were observed yesterday morning
at the cathedral It was shabby, miserable affair.
Very few genuine natives attended, IS sympathy
with Spain or anything Spanish is here very limited.
before last at the Governors house. with the object
Of considering the best and speedest means for
forcing the payments OF the property taxes. 1t 10
expected that before another month has passed the
dreaded collectors will be going their rounds.
The Philharmonic Society has converted hs estab-
lishment into lyceum, literary and scientific in
stitution In imitation OF those already established IN
the society's rooms and the programme OF themes
required for composition published in the daily
papers. Santiago Is determined to progress or at
The new weekly paper, called E. semanarto, VIII
every Monday and Thursday. About week ago the
mighty censor thought mt 70 suppress column
o was a to pubsH stousn the Very same mstser
had already appeared an at least three OF the Jour-
mails Of the island The se,r,anarto was in conse-
quence delayed day In Its publication. The censor
insists upon seeing all matter for censurng purposes
In printed form.
For the past month we have had incessant ana
heavy rains. In the interior the streams are 80
swollen as to be totally impossible. Many sugar
estates have been nooded and wort Therefore
by the inclement weather are considerable.
A number Of our merchants had be summoned In
court by certain shopkeepers before they would pay
the expenses incurred In the late festivities in honor
OF Captain General Lersundi The Commissioners
were unable TO pay their debts az several merchants
had refused to pay their allotted contributions.
These summonses have brought them to their senses
".a certain e Captain sy mon who has been long
while an exile from Port au Prince, has Just left for
S s Ss o via "a as strength "
Three little white boys, Of highly respectable fami-
lies, have lately been released from the city jail,
where they had been confined for month on sus-
picion of having sent an anonymous and highly
threatening letter to the proprietor OF dry goods
store The said letter requested the recipient 70 de-
dry fountain, on o certain day and hour. Unfortu.
nately for the little boys about the specified time
upon they seized by the police and thrust into
jail. One OF the real authors OF the Offensive letter
haQ IN n NOT
priest, BY whose interposition the boys Innocence
manifested, and they In consequence set at
liberty. Strange TO add they were made 70 pay for
their board during their months involuntary resi-
dence with the inhospitable jail authorities.