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ia Bpain. They make no comments thereon, but neem to.acknowledge tacitly that the reign of Qneen Jaabel' ‘may, one of these days be brought to an ebrupt termination. a! 3 a ft z iti ; i l i i i EERE He ul FH # EEREE EES pull 3 i Zz iH li E ref ae nie ae Tage i : te a i AS t i the po- OUR BAVANA CORRESPONDENCE, Havana, Angust 2, 1854. 0a— Feeling of the English in Cuba—The African Blave Landings—The Captain-General and the Repost. « Ouy community was again much disappointed in wet finding Hapatns on board of the Cabawhe, so that we are measurably in the dark as to doings in fie peninsula—as to the actualities. We have our own Spanish versions, which are very well, poasi- Diy, to circulate among the “ever faithfuls” of the interior; bat we of the superior orders of faith, in- talligence, and amor yairia of the capital, wish to Jearn the facts of t:e whereabouts of twelve or four- teen “ever faithful” Spanish Geoerals, who went out from Madrid and from the side of the Bourbon, where tbey have been nourished in the maternal bosom only to prove vipers, according to the present fashion of conversation. The Diario de ta Marina, iasue August 1, gave us selections, by the censors scisso:- | @4 to suit our patriotism or loyalty, of the battle @f Viealvaro and the associate incidents, reports , from the yarious military districts, orders of promo- | tion, and the trial by court martial, or ‘military | eommission,” of Colove) Antonio Maris Garrigo, of cavalry. If the story is true as we have it, them Mr. | O'Donnell may hang up his fiddle and get into Prance ag scon as he can, or he will pay the penalty — of the mostak-chair, which puts to sleep forever. Through the reports of the British offixers, consul and naval, recently, at. the late town of Gre ve bave s of its bombardment by praia Holling; of tbe, Cyane, which is, I suppose, a grosa misrepresentation aed perversion of the facts. The made by the commanding offiver of the Dee, ae commande’ ot th aie Ber acd | ie sloop-of- the esnsul, are calculated to throw discredit upon eet Captain Holling, ag well as upon the | 2 fend} ie red feu Saf i Lin ry repared from them, ia pa the Daily gy A aly publiabed at Kingston, apd furoished to our press by Eaglish agente, who, of coarre, vouch for the truth of the arp rtions therein mece; and you will find the ver- sion ‘m Ibabeilo’s in the Diario dela Hos vernacular Movina of Avgost 1. The English folkshere ae ite furious at the p esumpti on of Captain Hollins Vig wt punishment thia setilement, charg- ing ct was cowardly and conte mptible. @ with « friend recently from the gouth 5 added up the known victing which have deen landed since the publication of tle pro- bivitory edicts of Pezaels, find the total exceed- fourteen thousend five ‘huindre t Africans for that alove, of which the government have -not able to detect and secure the one-fifth part. sional Shape pe Sole en Rent vernment captat fovtons bundered ena any of theresboute. Thess have been many landings effected of which we have no accounts whatever, other than shadowy iatima- thens, without date—as many 4 if not more, [eee which have wy Pete nd Mach intelligence received ‘Spanish Lene lq derived from the i i ry Lj : k rf 3s? aft F f ? | ey t a i : Mh ihe } i F FogF ff i v i ie i i i i : td i 3 E 2 as : i Hi APPT tieaship and Slavery— The Greytown Af- nation—Deferices of Cube—The Local Press and the San Juan Warriors—Anether American Sail- or in Trouble, Se., $¢- + Since my last advice we have reports of the land- ingof another cargo of Africans in the vicinity of Behia Honds—five hundred, more or lees—which are receiving all the attention possible, by the active of the authorities, under the untiring vigi- lance and urgent preasure of the British Consal. A few have been captared, to reap the tender mercies of British soprenticeship; but the larger part have eacaped to the lesser evil of slavery, so ruamored— to be confirmed, as it strikes me, unfavorably, from the source. I should be glad to bélieve that ap- Prentice bondage was a less evil than the institution of slavery, aa. it exists here; but with the practice of the one and the custom and obligation of the other constantly before me, it is impossible, unless Tclose my eyes to the truth. Even the unnatural advance ef the negro in civil, social and political Privilege does not ameliorate the condition of the emancipado or apprentice; if they live through the ordeal of toll, nnder moat exacting taskmasters, it is possible that these after blessiags may visit the aged and infirm. We have not yet exhausted the affair of Grey- town, and nothing else is to serve to vindicate the wounded honor of thé Protectorate but humbie apo- logy of the United States, or bombardment of the village of Gotham, if we are to jadge from the furi ous and awful thiogs that fall from the lips of our brothers of Fatherland in these diggings. So you will please get down on your marrow bones as fast as possible, tosave yourselves from being gored by the mad bull, The fassiness and pompoalty of Borland we do not consider material. Having been to my usaal telegraphic points, I do not find confirmation of the negro introduction at Bahia Honda. Under particular information fur- nished the Captain General by the British agents, and the prompt action of commissioners sent down to Ortigora, about seventy more Africans of the gargo of the Gray Eagle have been brought in, leaving about two hundred or more unaccounted for. In this, case it would seem that every possible ef- fort has been made on the part of the Marquis Pe- zuela to force all parties to the honest performance of their duties, and the success has been remarka- Ble, the only weak point being the escape to parts unknown, or the United States, of every seaman and officer of the brig Gray Eagle. I have, since my last advice, received information from one of the crew Howell, who was shipped on eaid schooner it the alt LOW who was on + York, in March last, for “4 Z F i E pst pon mtdeenetbeenrcr meee ge — as mate on the homeward voyage,’ pe ten Portuguese sailors at the piace enn H iy of the negroes. The flag was 1d but once on |\the voysge to Cubs, off St. when the American flag was raised for a few moments, taken in, and the Spanish flag substituted, which was hoisted for an hour or #0, Af practicable | she waa free and men. detained a few days, they pice paleo te dad on horseback, taki wo | seamen that they were \ . From. Trinida peber s Ser i by, asked for pare or money on the route—and arrived at is city on the, 90th of sul finding private accommodations provide for them. This case has not been inciu in my previous pd rt or estimates, and there are mauy others of hike character, which are only exposed and broarht tolight by accident. The American captajn of this slaver embarked for New York from river This continues the demonstration of the necessity Keep that government. posted up aa to the fact, it government up se ; ano as a restraint the ora. The | negroes were as e00n as they were landed. I have heard that the main facts of this expedition have been furnished from the American Consulate, for the advice of the British Consul, Mr. Crawford. The American berk Millandon, formerly a packet i : i p : H Bs tf i fi A Fi fitted out for a voyeqo to the coast of Tepairs, an s the coast de] her career is finished. The facta, I think, were advised through your former corres pondents at the time of occuirence. If the government officers, United States District and Collecter, would take advics anxious for an honest and intelligen’ discharge of their public fonctions. George H»well, formar seaman of the achooner Julia Mista, left this place by the Ameri.an brig Volante. Among the last week’s murders aod assassina- tions we have cre of a rather remarkable ani pro minent chazacter, from the subject and the circam- stances asso: iated with the crime—s sequence of crime in punishment of crime. A captain of the dirtiict and acting Governor of the Pinar de Rio, Commandant Morales, was waylaid near bis resi- dence on last Friday night, and received three stabs a knife or dirk, his bosom, it half past ten o'clock re sev i] lo eee ade Hie! i ne ite Fr a ik F gr, i i i eigttitety EPA HUTEpTEE lene aaa efictl wf 3 i | ue Ha all ave rasone Gleab # ff | a3 2§ id 3 two powers, it would some of the h of England. oo b ae forth order bas pri fort! uthorities ine mails of ‘e have had a ited week market, and an sdvance ral qualities of the season. ing. Our health is better, bat some intimation cholera spree ben: Exchange —Some sales New York ey at 14 premium; other 3 12 premium; To; 13 to 134 premium. freights very little doing, and the rates not aes ing. The stock of sugar on hand is about tl boxes. Napa Mas. Havana, August 8, 1854. An Executive Emancipado Order—Arvest of African Cargoes—Royal Imprisonments—Rail- ways—City Districta—The Electric Telegraph— War Steamers and English Engineers—Will Spoin Scli Cuba?—Maritime Matters— More Troops from Spain—Editorial Glorisication—Re- ligious Procession—The Weather— Health of the City. The African slave traders appear to have taken every advantage of the indirect permission given them to continue their traffic’ until the Ist inst., Pprier to which, as you are aware, several cargoes had arrived, and they now exclaim against the Captain General because he has caused almost every cargo that bas arrived since that period to be ar- rested. There have been cargoes landed near Pinar del Rios, and upon a key about three miles distant from Bahia Honda, which, at my latest advices from both pointe, had not been arrested. The Gaceta of the th instant contains an order, of which the following is a translation:— GOVERNOB, CAPTAIN GENERA. AND SUPERINTEN- DENT DELEGATE OF THE HACIENDA (EXCHHQUER) OF THE ALWAYS LOYAL ISLAND OF CUBA, SECRETARY OF THE GOVERNMENT:— 4s the number of Bozales that have been apprehended in these last u7.'a, different parts of the ‘and, is con- siderable, at which parts they have been secretly intro- st the express robibition of her Majesty, B distributed by the Board of Pro- lon. ‘This order fs pul in the G@acefa by the direction of his Ex , for the notice of all, and to the pur- pose that the aspirants (thore desiring emancipadoes) may direct themselves to the above board. vara, August 8, 1854. JOSE ESTAVAN, His Excellency the Captain General belie’ hitherto uaperaontns peas canael hap Eb ratty cipadoes, which labor ( has for bis weak is ‘now com, of eight, instead of seven departments,as was formerly the case. The signs department extends north to east of Jesus del Monte, and of Arroyo Apollo. It would not be sufficiently interesting to warrant my occu- pying your ‘with the other boundaries of this e which is called le portof St. rita (Zaza) will cease to be a 7 of entrance” after the lat of next month. e “Junta de Fomento” is to superintend the erection of a new line of railway on the south si ie of this island, from Macegua Ville Clara. this appear as Speia intended to sell Cuba? A new electric ph station has been erected within the walle, called the Pezuela station, in Caile San Jgpacio, at the corner of Calie Muralla. Hith- erto the telegrahh did not extend within the walis, which poset axterangl dnvorssionk to send meseages when pressed for a Two pA ag fh Engtand, who were engaged in Lendon toserve on board 8; war steamers for three years, arrived here the other dey in the steamebip Philadelphia, from New York. [ would pot, to use a West’ India creole phrase, “put my mouth upon them;” dat unless one of them should become more abstemious than he has been darin the few days he has been in Havana, he will no! a a of earth. direction of the administration of maritime affairs, has been removed from Trinidad de Cuba to its » called Casilds. central board has been established in this city, of which Jose Manuel Espelius is the prin ‘ipalcom- tolssioner, to ruperintend the distribution of the 1d for the benefit of the political themeelves of the late amnesty. The tet sin are to be given away by the Gov- ernors and Governors of districta, who are to unite themselves with the Ayuntamlentos, or Muni- cipal Jantas, who are previously to be. convinced of the necessity of the applicants for relief, and to put themeelves in correspondence with the cent board, to which any money remaining on hand after the distribution is to be remitted: On the 4th lost., the iah steamer Blasc> de Garay arrived in this brin; the mails and 234 hombres, of the regiment of {aturias, had old Awe ha Entiocnattc ta de is larina, in paper the 5 +) pompous announces this arrival in an article which is lodl- crous ¢nough to warrant my sending you a transla- tion:. to Tae : i The steamer of her Majesty, Blasco de Garay, entered caviknaiats evening frum Cadiz, whence she sailed on the duly, the ordinary mail. The Blasco de Garay bas on board part of the new regiment of As. turia’s, and she annoances the arrival at Porto Rico of ‘the foberano and Ville de Bilbao, as also the departure from Caciz on the 12th of July of more troops, in the wich ing Tro promptoese, regularity ad ¥ res 1 The promptness, r * Tepley nfia wiich thoes trcope depart trom the Peon: via is highly gratifying. Im vational questiona there is no difference of opinion. We are oli Spsniards ani are ready to sacrifice the last dollar, and the last man. Ts not this ?.with @ revolution in Spsin tost. may send Isabella Segunda forth as an exile, and when a bee see od for the sal: of thie island to the United ‘ x » and after passing round a few squares, it returned to the eame edifice. The day not even being marked with a single cross, I was induced to consult the calender to ascertain what this procession was for. In the calendar the day ie noted as “ /a invencion de &t. Estaban, Proto Martir;” but what thia in- vertion was we are Jeft to guees—I have not been De encemen at seemeees on oe areas i ", inst., was ‘ansfiguracion fel » and there was Allow me the pleasure of giving our readers « deacri tion of our trip from Havana to this city. ‘We leftthe Moro Castle at 7 A. M.on the sth inst., after a elight detention caused by the non-ap- yearance of a New York gentleman, who was de- teined after being regularly supplied with pass- port. He soon succeeded in showing the officer of the Spanish government that he was all 0. K., and we soon had him on board again, to ¢ ntribute to our mirth and pleasure by his witty jokes and ever cheerfel face. After a pleasant ran of efght hours, daring whic but* few of our parengéra grew sca sick, we ar- “yWedat Key West. “Here wo re z i es l t nt # Fg t E58 = z 4 i | fi i + 3 E ah Fe: : fe ful H z fs i : gE , ng occured of impor- tance, except the excitement of seeing a whale and. meeting the re; packet steamers bound to Charleston and ‘Eeann dn and the Empire City for Havana, where they will quarantine her, I think, as when we left the cholera was reported to be raging in New York. As we are now near Sandy Hook, this scrawl by retur the very best thanks of all my Tallow poengers to Capt, Wim. Rollins and his very attentive purser, Mr. Son Wanoaey_an well ac tse rest ae toe olecre at ‘this good old ship, as I have to arrange my baggage to receive the doctor’s visit, and am anxious to get on terra firma to-night. 1 will leave the reat for some other time. DLR Md WO ET Pomrar. Latest from New Granada. PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION, Manacaino, July 14, 1854. Since my last; per Addy Swift, we have received but little news from New Granada regarding the progress of the revolution there. Tt can be summed up as follows, viz.:— All the troops that marched from the provinces of Santander, Pamplona, Tunja, Socorro, &c., in favor of the government, have been met by the troops of Melo and routed in detail. These encounters, how- ever, are unimportant, as none of them were be- tween bodies sufficiently large to be considered as decisive triumphs, The definitive battle will no doubt come off at Honda, where the government was assembled in considerable force, awaiting the organization and discipline of their army previous to any farther “The following letter from Dr. Manuel Murillo, Ww T translate from an attested copy of the ori- 1, will better explaia the position of affairs on 27th ult.s— Ocana, June 27, 1854. Senor Mancet Mari Rawine, Governor of the Province of Santander, &c — My Dear Sin—I am passing through this part of the country to ee faa in the struggle at present on. I left Honda on 10th, and was in Barranq jhe 16th and 16th. I there saw General Mosque: ball pro- from hence go on to Bucaramanga, if, as I hé munciamento of Collazos there doce not turn out to be more than a drunken bravado. T have bere succeeded in awakening public opinion; also in Mompos, and some of the other towns on the Magdalena. @ can now count on the decided and ac- tive cooperation of the province of . Honda re- mained as I left it on the 17th inst.at4P. M., at which hour the steamer Anita left here; and Iam of opinion that although Melo sbould have attacked it with his 2,000 men, he will have been |, a0 it wae well defended by more than 1,200 men, well armed, and with upwards nt 100,000. ea and plenty of artillery. pro- vinees of Antioquia are entirely free of enemies, and troops are fer yy ae topend to Honda, General were remained uilla, with the steamers and Mansanares at bis 1, alao the veteran of Cartbagena and Rio Hache’ awaiting 2,00) muskets which he had contracted for with the house o° *4oe2%%, and which ought to arrive the 20th inst. atSanta Marta. He was to send the Fstrella for them; from her they would be transferred on board the Man- zanares and up the river. To morrow or next day they would be at Mom; and soon here, unless the General on direct to'Honds, ss when in Mompos I met an officer who was bo oy the nomina:ion as Commander-in-Chief of the forces in flonds. Please communicate these details to the provinces ia ne vicinity. I forgot to toll you tha’ the eatire coast in favor of the Constitutivnal orver,’and although Mosquera, of course, had bai hia difficulties, thero was mo tear or Melo being seconded there. Nieto was com- pletely a Sustain yourselves a little longer and we shall be saved, Truly , ANUEL MURILLO. Affairs in British Gutana. We have received our files of Georgetown (Deme- rara) Journals, dated to the lith of July. They do not contein mach news of interest. The Royal Gazette of July the 4th, says :—This day, the 4th July, being the anniversary of the in- eependence of the Uni States of America, the Britieh shipping in our river, jointly with thoae of America, showed their respect for the day in hoist- ing their various flags at an early hour this morning and Gisplaying them until eveniog. Tne American maste-s of skips in the river give a quiet dianer at ‘the Clarendon this evening, to which, we believe, several of our most respe ‘table citizens are invited. The R. M. 8. Packet Company's new ship Tamar, Captain Rivett, came to anchor at Georgetown at 5 o'clock on the morning of the 11th ultimo, having accomplished the voyage from Southampton ia 135 daye. We find the following items in the Royal Gazette of July 11th :—We have been requested by the Se- cretary to the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society to publish the following extract from a let- ter acdressed by H. Cartwright, Eeq., resident commissioner of H. M. penal settlement, t> the, Hon. J. E. Roney, dated Massarani, July 4th, 1554: Thad presented to mo, by order of the President at Washington, some gos of seed of the fine kind of tobseco produced the celebrated Vuelta de Abajo, neer Havana, which had been obrained at consideravie exsense by the American ment, for digesmaication in the United States, and f should feel glad it you would be 20 good as to precent it to the Hoyal agricultural So- ciety at apy of your .meetiogs, or dispose of it in any other way you may think most likely to be productive ot benefit to the colony. Mr. Roney has placed the seeds ia question at the disposal of the society,and we are requested to state that parties who may be desirous of trying the cal tivation of this celebrated tobacco ia this colony, wil, be supplied with a limited qnantity of the seed on pic ion to Mr. Wataon, the secretary of the sock t; ry. In tee Surinam Courant, the government adver- tising peper, of the Ist Jnly, a motice appears, not without its interest to us. aan has Deen entered into, it appears between her Cutholic Majesty of Spain ard the President cf the Mexican republic, by which the free labor of Yucatan may be intro duced into Cuba. The Governor of Sa-inam is about to 3p ly to the department of Foreign Affsi-s a aa Tora share of the loaves and lishes for ur 1m. A few days ago a schooner mailed from Oporto to | Madeira to receive colonists for Demerara, but this Wes only to enable it to take provision, water, and , “in order to gato Ambriz to take negroes to Caba.” | This affair isao public that it is talked of everywhere; there is not ® porter or lightermaa who don't know it— the cate whom the oe widow Metpbis, came up & few Benner, strapger in Porey, x: is family. Sosploion tmmedixtely fastened Jawis Benner and his seeond son. Mra. | believes that. as. the act. They hare heen arested, have ee bond to appear he- fore Ja-tice Carson. re is considerable excite- | ment in P over this outrageons occarrenes, and | if the offewders can be. brought to bus, and Una) in a fair way to recover. Ei . > Roane ae | Interesting from Venesecia, Manacaro, July 14,°1654, Revolutionary Movemenis—Resow-ces of the Coun. try—Imports and Exparts—Shipping Enter. prise— Phe Steamboat Speculation, Venezuela, also, has her movements. On the 5th instant news was received here from the neighboring province of Coro that Colonel Juan Garces had risen in arms against the government, and was in possession of the peninsula of Para- guans. Since then we have had no reliable news from there, more than that five hundred men have been sent from Caraccas to put Garces down. Herea genera! impresament has taken place to form a regi- ment—all the horses seized for a squad of cavalry, and the authorities are ralsing what funds they can the owners of vowels under the Venezuelen fag, seiling out of this port, hevesome time since 8. banged their flags u jn Curacao or Bt. Thomas; consequently none Baye been evlzed, aa thes’ were Jast ' ‘Tho natural resources of this country can be judged of when I tell you that during the last four years we have not had six consecutive months of peace; still, the ex; of coffee a-c increasing, and most extracrcisarily. The balance of trade is in favor of Venezuels, as her are worth at least one-quarter more than her this letter ee ‘e cor ra many years, and is deservedly popular cho, ‘His vessels always have « knack of ‘ ahead” faster than any trading here. Success atten the worthy Commodore. Tre tteamboat enterprise on this lake is succeed- ing well, the trips being performed with the utmost Tegularity and deep-tch, The American energy of Mr. KF’. C. Gillett, the unde: of this arduous enterprise, has conquered all difficul- ties which invariably present themselves in theae new tr Seer i L believe nothirg more can be added to this letter. Time will show the result of this unheard of a:t of revolution in New Granada. Ga. | Later from Brazil, OUR PARA CORRESPONDENCE. Para, Baazit, June, 1854. Arrival and Promises of a Correspoudent—Pre vious Accounts of the Country—Shipping Items —The Rubber Market. Your special correspondent, the undersigned, ar- rived in this place in most excellent health and spirits, on the 20th inst., afters very fine passage; and, after the first ‘‘rush” of the necessary prelimi- naries was over, began, of course, to look out for some of that ‘' information for the million” which you have my premise of receiving. In my future and present correspondence I do not intend to bore your numerous aubscribers and read- ers about my diet, whether it be monkey soup or parrot pudding; nor of my own privations, suffer- ings or personal feelings; neither shall I tell you when I was rick, or ‘felt bad on rising,” or “took a little gin and sugar to produce an appetite.” No! You require information in respect to Brazil, the Amazon, its tributaries and islands, channels aid currenta, the mineralogy and products of the coun- try, and other items relating to soil, to climate, the forms of government, and the general manners and customs of the inbabitavts ; and, in doing so, I shall not be governed by information derived from parties, residing in the city of Para, never having been ten miles from it, and consequently do not suffi. cient koowledge of the country to impart it to others; and although my correspondence may not consist of official documents, -yet I hope, from an experience of ten years trave! through 'the val- ley of the Amazon, to give a , trae and faithfal account of the afo esaid region, and endeavor to re- move many erropeous impressions now existing among my -ountrymen relative to it. T have examined all the wo:ka publishes on this subject, and find them moeely composed ef thrilling ventares, us pet peers and s:reaminug parrota, (ger (2) Indian girls and larkaat f 8. t do the millton care about knowing the num- ber cf faite mr Dover’s powders necessary to cure an squaw of the “romadiza,” or how many drops of laudannm checked the padte’s sister of @ painful diarrhea? Bah! But enough of “sy pete re the ribs” at former travellers and venturers, at Sovernment te aad fovernnient emissaries, who have hereto! visited this region—this silent bone of contention, thi, mighty ght closed, fast locked casket of jewels, to peli o oe upiverpeh Yankee pelo ia now caeting suc! ing, et eyes; an acend in shis,as in all my eaneathie minciogciahaaticals, to the plain, honest, unvarnished trath, untinged with ro- mance, and untarnizhed with misrepresentations and faleehoods, From what we bave read of this great and mighty valley, and its no Jess mighty river, from the days of Louis de Vingnol, of giorious old Piza'to memo- Ty, down tothe last effusion of that kaledioscope- seeing eavant of Uncle Sam’s navy—all, without ore single exception, have misrepresented it in various ways. Some of these namercus writers have fallen into this error from a previous!y formed opinion, or to gratify some ceitain eect, class, or nation. Some from oid, vulgar superstition. Others have done so becauce their range of obeervation did not extend far enovgh to compass the whole truth, or were pur- Jy misled by the natives, or, what is more Pabie stil, from ignorance of the language. 0! i a ol Ww sgain, and they sre mag, urposely aud wilfully distort the truth “to make” them: selves herces, aud their books interesting and & source of profit to their publisher; others bave performed the duty and reported upon it, merely because they are acting under the orders of their superiors, and enter upon this to them un. pleasant servi ¢ as.a Texan slave hoes —28 & machine—ard forthe name of it; and, last of all, there appears one who, armed with the ‘‘paper” of our venerabie uncle, and with lead line in hand, Jeyps upon the stage of action and vomits forth upon the world his most curious prodaction, which (as be assured afriend in confidence whom he en- countered in his travels) “would astonish the na- Ped no nom ae cei And, traly, it rs ci e natives, for such extraordinary develope: ments, cured by hia eyer-to-be admired system of “pumping,” never were before brought to lignt upon the face of the esrth, Unfortanately, the sucker of his pump did not always work. save in one respect, jndging by the frequen-y of his allusion to that delightfol and gentlemanly beverage ‘“cachaca,” which is spoken of ia glmoat every page of his tra- vela. But bis work is as well-known now to the mtlemen of the various cities of this empire as it is to Americave, and is regarded very mach in the seme light a» the “ adventures of Don Quixote,” producing many a hasty, pleasant laugh and aly wink upon the reading of some particularl¢ carioas parsage, an if some of the listeners were in the se- cret of the joke therein written. I intend, myself, to eatisty my mind upon one dubious point relative to the horse that was “knocked off nis legs” by that eleciric eel, and should 1 sncceed in alscovering him, will forward bim to Barnum fortuwith, to be exhibites to the cyen of the incredalous as a proof of the accuracy and varacity of the voucher of this extraordivary fact. Bus I must close my present epistle, from the fact 0s bay-ng been so busy that I nave duiayed writing you until the last moment. In my next] hope to prove more interesting, aad qill give you an ac- count of a cruize down the river to Marajo and among the adjacent islands, avd up the Amazon to not an on which expedition we start on the Sth of July: Rather ta steadily on the incraare, and saveral foreign vessels are in the barbor, also five Brazilian tteamboute, (inclading onewar tteamer,) and one Americap bermapbrozite b ig, the Wm. D. Miller, of New York, now loading for that port. Dow Ram. News from Porte Rico. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE ST BAN JUAN. {From ttect, Thomas Times, July 1.) Md Spanish schooner za, from the capital on Thursday , (Sane 29), we learn Shinn pre fa ie 2. 8) pedo te agi eS dh had been its ravages that it to barn to the 27th, the day of the of the Peptranza, and at which time no pa! accouct of the con- had been We are .the' com- to make me of what is Koara have hy private letters, and mast walt patiently the arriv: Of the steamer, by which, no doubt, we shall be put of, detailing statements et = ye wo, hs we pol ageei Ag to about contents; this ia not remember aripht, be 4 are editic Much yetee Bence , is due to She ianys08 General, who by his presence much exertion. By these means the been so wite spread as it been; even the srsenal, which at one time was feared, es. d by the element being cut off in its progress tefore reaching the vicky of that da rout de. imper part of the city. Nebrask ar’ OUB NEBRASKA CITY CORRSUPONDENCE, Nusmssea Orr, N.T., Aug. 1, 1964. Fertility of the Soil—-The Yield of Wheat— Raising and Prices of Stock—The Food Markets—The Indians— Location of the City. Thinking some of your million and more readers might like to hear from this aun-eet region, I send you a line, Tam aware that Nebraska fills quite a space in the public view, fiom the agitation of jest winter, and from other causes. It is, certainly, ene of the finest parts of the great valley—the south eastern portion of it at least—reabing from the Platte aleng the Missoari to the line of Kansas, and. one haadred miles, at least, westward. The tract included in the above lines (s about sixty miles north and south and one hundred from exst to west, and has as pro- ductive a 2oil as avy part of the West, while the face of the country being considerably rolling, it ie per, fectly drained of all supersbundent water, and is, therefore, far more favorable to health than the more level States. No farming has been done here of consequence that I know of; buat across the Mis- fouri, in western Iowa, with a sell amé’elimate pre- cisely the same, corn aud wheat grow as heavy as they’ do in IMinois; wheat especially, I think is the plumpest and heaviest I have ever seeu, except it may be that from the Biack Sea, of oh I have seen some remaikably fine specimens, The yieldof wheat his aera re this 9 has been from thirty y eis per aere, very indiffer- t cultivation; corn promises to average a five; many fielos will ie over one hundred pm Rqually crops ‘on be raised in Nebraska, I _ of stock leone bus. Cs ersapey oor an uD Tapge ol | ature, and plent; for the caving, and “stock needpino’ shaites_ th wiever Cae sas a ws igh as ne Eee tates, and are likely to continue so, some years at leatt, as the emigration over the'Plains takes off a large amount every spring, Flour this sommer, bas been $4 not likely to be so big aguin soon, but yet will not be very low for some tinie, oti ‘socoudit of new comers here and the passing emigration, Water is universal gocd, but wells on the higiy land ‘have to be sun! eighty to one hundred feet. There ie wood along the Mimouri, bat. generally it is searce, There are undoubted ingications of coal.at no depth, bat na.one has taken the trouble to bore for itthus far. Fences can be made much ditch and bank than they can of wood;'if this is ac- companied by a hedge, which itmaybe at a grees coat of fifty cents per rod, it makes a permanent fence of the best possible kind. The Indians have not delivered posreksion yet to the United States, but admit whites to se‘tle in va'ous places by pay- ing them @ trifle. Several hundreds have availed themselves of thia state of affairs, and are busily at work building bourses ard making farms, This pl | Rice ee, Sos eae ne | 18 The Indians are en amped eae aad most perfect good feeling prevails. courage settlers 60 con, as each pays them a trifling compensation, of which they are mu the agents of the government have been remias, worse, in sending them »: omised supplies. ii piace a five town aite, about eighty miles | below the mouth of the Platte. The Missouri here washes the limestone biuff, securing a géod landing at all times, with no fear of washing. b ascent of a quarter of a mile carries one to of old Fort Kear ey, where the city is laid out on beautiful plateau, communding a View of the ‘and bottom, here ten wils wide, and the bluffs Jowa ie ame and a abe, sm an x view over rol prairi groves of woodland, This is quite aa'thorale a point to ores the Mis- couri with @ railroad as any other, and’ many who are acquainted with the country comsider cidedly the best point to reach the valle: Platte south of the river, where allagree is ‘the favorable route tora railroad. Thereis tivalry between different pointe, and local i Rp Tailroad to some otner point ae a8 good. ° Theatres and Exhipitione Dowggy TaraTne—The receipts of e ; are for the benefit of Mr. R. 5 ments consist of the fi'st ast of “Ireland as It Is,” Mr. R. Floyd as ot Pat. The next feature will bethe “Courier of Lyons,” for the second time in this couptsy, Mr. Pope, Mr. R. Johnston, aad other actors of atic celebrity ia the cast. The con- clading piece will be a ‘Glance at New York,” Miss Herring sustaining the part of Mose, and Mrs. Place as Lize. Mr. R. Johnston takes his benefit to mer- row evening. Nipio's Garpsn.—Burton and hie company are apnounced to appear this evening. They draw very large audiences every sight they perform. Burtoa and Johnston a:e great favorites with the dramatic ple of this city. ie pagans for, this even- ing consists of the comedy of tie “Breach of Pro- mise,” and the comicel farce of' “‘Orimson Crimes,” Barton ss Ebenezer Sudden and Fright; and John- ston as Mr. Jabber sod T:emor. NarionaL TaRaTRs —The popular ayy of the “Larboard Fin’ is anuwounces ao the first piece for this evening, Mr. J. R Soott as Bobstay. The Lon oae at present evgaged at this theatre isthe best we bave seen tvere for years, and: tt is is evi- dently the cause of the house being well filled every night. The burlesque teiry spectacle of “Aladdin” is produced in fine style—it will be presented again this evening, wich Miss Hathsway ag Aleddin, and G. L. Fox as Karsor. The fares of “Good for'Na- thing” concludes the amusements. AmEBICAN MusKUM.—The selections for this af- & e i a8 i fl if pepe hag Lota ‘orty ani ty” and “Fig! the moral drama of the “Old Bre > Ktosern Clark, Hathaway, Miss Mostayer and other favorites in the cast. The united twins, the living roino- ceros and other curiosities can be seen by the visiters. Hirroprome.—Frauconi «ill exercise bis horse Bayard this evening. Awong the entertainments are the romantic end chivalrous Games of the Uro- sadera, chariot racing, gymuastic feats, &c. An evening can be spent at thie place of amusement with great pleasure. Woon's Minstrits.—Reprerentations of the Northern négrces will commence she entertain- mente. Among the melodien announced are, the “Lost Child,” “Ly Dale,” Ada Blane,” &. The burlesque opera of the “ Virginia Cupide” will con- clude the amusements. Bucsiey’s Opzka Hovsr.—The new burlesque of the ‘‘Bohemian Gar)” iv ora»ing crowded houses, and very deeervedly so, as the music, singing, Ac., ave excellent. The scenery ts beautifal, and the decorations and mec'ine'y are capital. The masi- cal accompaniment of F ederick os Med the violin, a6 by the pianist and vivl player, deserve the applause given every evening. Tue FLorency Benzr17—T ris affair takes place next Saturday evening, at Niblo’s Garden. A fine bill will be presented. i Benxrit or L. Hygn —Mr. Hyer hae bsen @ suf. ferer by the late fire in Spriug ‘street, and will re: ceive a complimentary benefis oa Friday next, af the Stuyvesant Ivetitute. Christy’s band have vulanteered on the occasion. SanvrorD’s Orrna Taoure-—Mr. Sandford, well known as the originator of burlesque o,era a the Italian Opera Houre w Astor Place, has leased the Stuyveraut Institute, aud wiil commence his w tic entertainments on Mo»day evening, 28th . with the original company, #hi h comprises many ite best vocal and instrumental performers the Btatee. Common Pleas, Before Hon. Judge Daly, MOTION FOR AN ATTACHMENT AGAINET rue conc RATION OF NeW Yorn. Mox Maretzek os. the Corporation of New York. ae ites plied to the gone for an (esa ment againe! r. zier, mmissener 0: Btreets ‘ba Lampe, for violating up the eerie aie the natare and not they contracted another party for the work. Adjarsed to Wednesday. Toe Mo. to escepe, but yptured and lodged in jail. The parties were BT ieee Peatsot toons, Aug, 10. _—— ee Mar. Ronsen Agaxsrap.—Dr. J. O. Patterson, postmaster at MoWhirtersviile, ia this county, A arrested by General Clements, U. 8 Marsh, brought before Commis-ioner Me: morning on a charge of having robbed ‘the mail. The charge was sustained, nad Patterson commited to hie wial beiee Oe Tyl.-2 OC) Rates Union, ug