The New York Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1854, Page 2

AFFAIRS Im OUBA. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, June 2, 1864. Revolutionary State of Cuba—Alarm of the Govern: ment—Camses of the Discontent—The Ladies in the Case—Arvival of a Steamer from Cadiz—Mr. Soulb and the Settlement of the Difficulty. The intelligence that Cuba is in astate of active | the seuth side by the Captain-General, he has been recall, and he finds himself in great it to procure a piece of honest that will endure exposure for two months in office. The last two articles were 800n initiated in all the mysteries and the emolu- Tevolution is premature, but it will eventuate ina general movement if the Captain Gene.a’ carries out his purpose of conscription, and puts arms in the hands of the people. The whites have no dispo- sition for military association with the negroes, which have been first selected as most worthy of the confidence of the government; besides which, the revolution in public sentiment is complete, the island being divided into two parties only. On the ene side the negroes stand pre-eminent in position and favor, sustained by the white military and na- ‘val forces—the rear being filled with the leeches of ‘the various civil branches of the administration; and on the other hand stand arrayed the whole people, representing the commorcial and agrioultu- ral industry of the island, without arms or the mu- nitions necessary for organic demonstration. There | 80Uth side, where we have two steamers and two | has been much excitement—many meetings ‘throughout the island; but no plan has been deter- mined on for action. The government, however, fre @o much alarmed that they have administered another soporific manifesto, to quiet the reasonable Spprehensions of the people, in which the usual im- Plication occurs that the disturbing matter arises from “the covert and constant enemios of the Spanish name,” permitting no opportunity to pass without disseminating their calumnies, promotin, discontent and disunion among the inhabitants oj Cuba, which points at your people and your press, jnd which is as true as the balance of the articlo, The oause of di tent, with most humble defer- Jnce to the superior wisdom of the superior autho- tity, is wholly attributable to the publications of ieces of royal orders and vice royal regulations, hich have entirely confirmed the copies and ex- pas which lt&d been previously taken from the of- files and records of the palace, and circulated among tho people. These communications, clan- deatinely obtained, for the publio safety,were not re- Jied upon, and not acted upon by the community, until they were endorsed and established by the Marquis If, although they were used for the proper advisement of the public of the United States, possibly of your government. 1 conclude that it is very evident that the manifesto of the maternal | royal sentiment, and the viceroyal conscientious- nega in relation to the interesta of the people of Cuba, is, in ita first paragraph, redicated upon a false statement, as those cannot be “enemies of the Spanish name” who are themselves Spaniards—as ‘well derived, as proud, and as competent to write, ‘Without diploma from the Royal Col 2 hth the Mar- quis himself; and if they are so, acco: ing to mathe- taatical science in the palace, then the chief enemy of the State, the arch-enemy of the Spanish name, and the fell destroyer of Spanish fame, is the noble | Marquis de la Pezuela. The introduction of this | “fence” exposition, which has like origin with the | proclamation, charges that the Cuban women are | the cause of the present alarm, and that their tongues are the cause of the mischief, which | negatives the grave assertion of the Marquis as to “the enemies of the Spanish name"—which is avery indefinite allegation to emanate from the ern pen of the Vice-Royal shop. The women de- clare that they are not safe under the present ad- ministration, (so says, or implies, the prepared leader of the Diarw)—if so, the truth cannot be far from their lips—they are the,home guardians, and their prudence and quite perceptious—more sensitive than those of the male, constantly occupied with the turmoil. care and anxiety of business—are barometric for the safety of the home-holds of their | affections. If the females—daughters of those who | gave birth to all of “Spanish name,” are the cause of the excitement at present prevailing in our com- | munity, I deem it unreasonable to force upon it a | paternity, and that the effort todo so be- | 7¥ a of Joaquin Sead terse and S$ thousand chp kehik = Cin ae ‘Spanish chivalry, > great care, on account of thei sent as Governors to the two im it points o} compelled to em! barrassment Spanish humanity ments of the trade, and the Brincipal patrons of il legal gaming in their districts, without the pru dence or the abilit; 80 as to save thelr cessity of relieving them. The game is one plicity and cunning with governors and governed— to destive each other, to mislead the unently kage } ‘tuba in | 4 | The Diartode la Marina of the 24th of May de- aioe the Black | votes over four columns to an elaborate examination pete and et four benevolence of the world, to preserve chaing, or to throw over her tolr mantle of death. One manifesto of deceit and equi- vocation follows another with the rapidity of Pe- zuela-thought, under the influence of his continued | fears—all in contradiction, and noattempt | at the preservation of the appearance of consis- changing tency. To show the working of our vigilance on the of war in constant motion to catch the Ts from aten, evo eae vessels ety entered their ports, dischar; eir ne; 3, and are now miotiog to take in European freights, unobserved of course. But at the same time, an humble English fisherman comes to an island off the isle of Cortes to look for water, more than three leagues from the main land, and be: the reach Spanish law for seizure, without fishin his vessel, and no evi- dence of contraband fishing upon our banks, and he is discovered on the instant, captured, himself and crew taken to Batamanao with his schooner, within five seconds of communication with our vice royal palace and ten days are permitted to pues by his Excellency without advice of the circum- stance to the British Consul-General. The name of this vessel, or that of the captain, we have not yet been able to obtain; but the facts are veritable, and my successor will furnish the items for full advise- ment. The United States are not alone subject to the corsair propensities of this government; I presume, as in the case of the Algerine tribute money, they will have the power to make an effectual cure of the evil, for the advantage of their commercial world. They come to the work very slow, but they will come. In relation to Cuba, and its power over itself for its own freedom, there is much to be said. You cannot understand—(I mean your readers—you have personally anyeasantt this people, anf trolling sword and bayonet over them, from the cradle to the Eeay9) Oe little confidence they possess in their own Be yaoal power for re- sistance, without any of the arms or material of modern warfare within their reach, or the knowledge from practice of their management and use. No free thought, no free action permitted—suspicion of one or the other being high misdemeanor, infidencia or treason. The usual manly exercises of our youth in the open air, upon | the waters, the plains, or the woods inhibited ; the | gathering together of the young for any purpose but the bull fight, chicken fight, church processions or balls, always guarded by a civil police and military | force, strictly forbidden. Not permitted the use, | wear, or exercise with any weapon that could be pombly converted into material for the general de- | fence, or to the restraint of the wickedness of their | to organic local action should have failed | 60 far. It is this absolute condition of Vous i Cuba, that prevents resistance, and that will con- | tinue to do so, unless in his eagerness to consum- | mate ‘Cuban glory,” General Pezuela should force | arms into the hands of Cuban youth, (white as well as colored,) and teach them what they so much re- | quire—the knowledge of the power of combination, discipline and the manual, and familiarity with the , various weapons of defence. The call for the militia isa farce, not intended for consummation, but for the purpose of covering the want of confidence which the government has in the hearts and the arms of their “ ever faithful” islanders. If General trays the weakness and trembling of those who hold the silver poringere for the “treasury pap,” which | flows 60 abundantly from the “maternal” pressure | upon Cuban industry. | We had a steamer yesterday morning from Cadiz | —the intelligence of ‘which has not yet been per- | mitted to transpire—but we gather of rumors, that to the 13th ult. Mr. Soulé was still at Madrid, re- maining mother’s daughter—that all concessions are refused. | ‘The Spanish fiect for service in the Mediterranean | ordered to Havana, to call at Barcelona for 3,000 troops, and at Porto Rico for 3,000 more. The olf “‘Boberana,” line of-battle ship, to come again, (for repairs required), and the ship of the line, “ The Queen,” to be finished and fitted as soon as the royal treasury means will permit, and to follow. ‘Al very nice, as a Spaniard at my elbow says; *‘very convenient for the United States, for the in- crease of her naval force—better than the parade of “twenty-four feet,” which I saw commented up- ow some few days since in « Yankee Benet lam too Quay to ask him what he means, although he is eterna'ly looking over my shoulder, which I forgive, because .be is tho favorite medium of Old Tubal, in our tel: “hic communications, and must be kept | in good epirh val working order. Our private writ- | ten inteltigenca’ does not give any more favorable | views as tothe ontinuance of things in their pre- | sent state with the court. A change in the head, will make of necesa’ty no change in the political construction—and, as far as Cuba is concerned, | thi may be worse, bit cannot be better, as long ro “he chains of her bondage are held with the | Bhackle-keys in the hands Of Pezucla and the ne- negroes—his favorite associates. The last Madrid | “on dit” has it that Mr. Soulé, in smoothing over the lan of the President’s Black Warrior | , in the course of apology, etated ‘That the Present coming from the North-eastern part of tho country, had not been used to good society.” pe Tl. is a judge of what constitutes good socie- , and Mr. Soulé isan able expounder for her en- joyment and appreciation of himself. I shall leave in the Isabel, on the 8th, go by that vessel, I shall mive-you tag lastof ° TRovuBLE. Havana, June 7, 1954. The Slave Trade Unchecked—Pezuela’s System of Registry—Tyrannical Seizure of an English Fishing Craft—Powerless Condition of the Cuban People to Carry Out a Revolution Unaided—The Captain General's Circular on the Intermarriage of Blacks and Whites— Ball toAdmiral Dusquesne. Aslam about leaving Cuba for a time, for rea- #0na previously intimated, I propose giving a slight brush to things which do not seem to be understood atthe North, and are not appreciated by any of your multifarious political cliques or parties. If they were, there would be harmony as to some given line of action that would bring correction | te evils, which as they mature under the present @dministration of Cuban affairs, will not advance the «oause of either fanatics, statesmen, philosophers aye Obristians, by whatever name they may be $ulod, or serve to establish any principle that Joey may affect to advocate in their all-absorb- og humanity and benevolence. As I shall stop Bfew days in the oity of chivalry, for the purpose of ‘eoing some friends of the “Union party,” of year with the dead, and taking note of pak na 3 I shall not arrive in bork pened ply T expe ted. One of the car- dinal points of the new policy which has been often alluded to by your correspondent, and upon which all the anti-slavery philanthropy of the civil- , and which haa excited to renewed activit; overnment, the British anti- jnfameus trafic with the coast of Africa. England may pute check apon it, by the power she has of ex- ‘posure, by placing her consuls on the southern coast a ith instractions to Nigeg bee Seger fulness of these espec! in the vici o Lan great ‘art for the Dexro rant int 2: adv: over all other posi- ‘ment in the , impervious to the investigation Todaro | the aystem of , Which has been led ‘with so much form ela, and the violation of which is te be with such serious conse- guences, will atterly worthless and impracti- cable, even it Pemueia 4 be himself everywhere present toenforce the registration. The power is yr to the powerof the viceroy ‘seu for mement to the voice of the church, and not controlled by the decrees of our friendly “Providence.” The system of evasion to respond do the , are already prepared ; the bor | Yorced upon the manicipal authorities by the law | could not be accomplished ; but by the lists roma dhe planters themselves and the negroes prese mn Sn conformity to the officers of registry, (all f at the pasturage of the estate or in gs with “the nce accompaniments,) ‘the labor will be performed and the law aatistied. ‘This will be fully justified by the facts. I make no mis- takes in these things, as no one better knows than his ‘vice-highness, and as has been demonstrated to your prdlic, irom the beginning to this end of my labors. i this connection, is there to be any cessation in the sstroduction of slaves? Not the least, but in rcasod » thousand fold. Sama aud Blauco, nephews « t finite places of conceak | guards of the coast gene- | Pierce and his corps of advisers place confidence in the report that Cuba is in a state of revolution, | and gives up your national honor to Spanish care, under such fallacious hopes the prize may escape, | Africanization be secured, and a thorn fixed forever to rankle and disturb the peace and prosperity of your republic. It is possible that this hope may lead to prolonged negotiation with the wiley Span- her own salvation, and throw herself into your kindly open arms, for the nation to imbibe the sweets of the rich inheritance, without labor and without cost. Cuba has the “fear and trembljng” under the lash of the tyrant, but none other of the attributes of the Divine command. Cuba cannot be free by her own unaided action, unless General Pezuela does that which I believe him to have just sense enough to perceive would not answer, and which, I am_ well advised, he does not contemplate, unless it be by so small a fraction that he can bury it in such a huge mass of royalty under arms as to prevent the leaven from working to the detriment of the crown and the “ in- tegrity” of Cuba—just enough to make excuse to the Creole and to cover his coward policy. It would be tar more generous—far more noble and consistent with good soldiership—to say, ‘ We doubt you, and we will not trust you.” Ihave discharged my duty in the premises, to put your folks upontheir guard!as to what they may do under the force of excitement, which may much em- rrass the cause they pretend to have at heart. Here | we are 60 far removed from Boston and Worces- ter that the strife there appears contemptible in the face of a mevement which, if let alone for a little while, would bring the question to a solution—the same solution that was obtained in the Old Bay State without bloodshed of their neighbors and friends. When the ne; became a burthen to thropy—stepped in, and conveyed them to the peni- taney, the. wuckioaees and the ve. Such was the foundation of abolitionism in the United States; and, so far, the results verify my declaration, as will be found by any one who seeks to find the remnant of those consigned to the mercy of Massachusetts freedom, which, be’ fountain, birth place, or “cradle,” in the western done. Thisis none of my concern. They may fol- | low the Kilkenny cata in the practice of their phil- | anthropic robberies; it will not much retard the | pro, of religious and civil liberty. | ‘o come down to common-place matters of this belonging. It is but afew days since we were told by vice-royal authority that the story got up by the | “enemies of the Spanish name”’ were all idle inven- tions and calumnies,strewed among the people to promote discontent and disunion—to destroy the eral harmony among the ever faithful—that the idea of a law to permit the marriage of negroes and | whites was utterly nonsensical, and had no place in | the mind of the noble marquis or his royal mistress, &c. Ihand you herewith the law edict, or vice-roy- al permit, ‘which was then laying upon the | table of the Captain General, ready for transmission {to our most holy Roman Catholic father in | the church, which has been since combined in his | curates throughout the land. This gracious permis- | sion is the only law of the land upon the subject, which will be enforced as an imperative mandate by the priests of the interior, although it has no suc! quality in its framework. It makes allusion, under past law, to the necessity of special license from the Captain General for such marriages, which, for the future,may be dispensed with for the cause as- signed, ied be the cases of noble blood or minors. If there had been any passed law, the cedu/a on the royal order would have been cited; if it had been a law of custom or regulation under the ancient ad- ministrations of Cuba, it had become abrogated by the positive enactment of the Cortes, without the ap- proval of which none of the old customs or laws were to be esteemed legal or binding upon this comma- nity, and law, custom, or regulation for such ‘‘inter- laces,” never had the approval required. Many whites and colored ns have been united in mat- rimonial bonds in Cuba—pretty well bleached sub- ta by thinning of the black blood—but the process | — obtained through ministry of the church ‘‘whip- | ping the devil round the” altar, by permitting par- ents to hold their children to the baptiamal font, and in response as to the color of the child, to give white. Once christened white, though black as the ace of spades, no one dare to make the declaration. It is the christened white negroes that have been married in Cuba totheir own or to the natural white, and none other. Of these we have both noble | and plebeian, | the real Gudiencia pretorial shall have jurisdiction without any further restrictions than those imposed by law in the case of minors, and where such mar- | riages are reeerved for his ultimate decision when some noble person isto be united with another of a distinguished family. And I am directed by his excellency to say that the license which it has hi- therto been customary to obtain from the Captain- | others | Genera] for the marriage of whites with colored per- | sons, will not be necessary for the future; and hop- | ing that no further difficulty will arise under the | | supposed necessity of an express license, | comma: | cate to you now the order from his Excellency and the Senor Archbishop, that you may take judicial cognizance thereof, and have it duly proclaimed in the ehurch under your charge. VeLaros, Secretario, A ball was given last Saturday evening to Admiral Duquesne and the officers of the French continue to be effected with im- ‘Two angels of purity that were selected with ir moral worth, and of making decent concealment chief from the epee | ne- du- he con- | rulers. It is not strange that the late bray or he | route without apparent motive. groes the owners, then philanthropy—Christian philan- | hemisphere, should be Alin quality. But I have | | circular of the 20th ult., and addressed to the various | ‘The following is a translation of the document:— | To avoid the disagreeable questions that may arise on the subject of the intermarriage of whites and persons of color between the civil and ecclesias- | tical authorities the Captain-General is resolved that peg he} a py of things—no sepper, Creole no dust, nojem, and a very id- ; at which the Preach to-curl their noses and mostachios towards heaven in awful scorn. The Captain-General has agg the registration upon the planters surprise, having published that the law was to go into effect on the Ist of Au- gust. He now determines that it shall be done in eight days, more or less, according to distance from. the city; and so it will be, and the most exceeding humbug yet—of Cuba—will be played upon, or by consent, of vice regal intelligence. My substitute must carry on the balance; I have to go back. You will see me shortly after my arrivalin New York. - | God speed the right; and you and your readers may have one comfort, no matter what happens to the “weeping child of the ocean,” f TRovuBue. Views. Our Relations with Cuba—Spanish (From the New Orleans Bee, June 7. of the charges of outrage, preferred by the Washington Union and other prehend the view taken of the question by and positions, editor. | _ The Diario commences the array of grievances with the case of the seizure of the American ves- sels Susan Loud and Geo: , which, it says, was justified, and is an illustration of the impar- | the Queen, since liberty and pardon were granted to those who had rendered themselves amenable to a penal sentence, convicted as they were of an un- successful attempt at invasion. The firing upon the Falcon in August ,1851, and on the American schooner Lamartine in February of the same year are next investigated. The Diarto admits that had these been really outrages, they would have called for reparation, but contends that these vessels repeatedly refused to hoist the flag when summoned to do so, and that this refusal was intended to yeovome a difficulty. The expulsion of the Crescent City from Havana on the 3d October, 1853, and the prohibition by the authorities to send her mails ashore, is treated by the Diario as follows: The Crescent City sought to impose laws on our port, wished to assume the position of a foreign fortress within | that in the port of Havana Spanish laws and authorities | alone plead ort ‘and that he who failed to respect them could not be admitted into our territory. But who does not know that the obstinacy of the attempt of the super- cargo supplied a new cause of difficulties, and brought about another wished for “bone of contention,” palo eseado. | _ The case of the detention of the Ohioin March, 1852, during three days in Havana is treated as an absurd complaint—it being a universally ackno' ledged precept of municipal law, that useful and | necessary sanitary laws may be maintained, though Saat may create individual hardships. e boarding of the schooner chester by a Spanish vessel of war, and her detention for twen- | | ty-four hours, is treated by the JQiario asa lawful act. The schooner was found amon; islands of the coast, having deviate the small from her The Spanish crui- sers were on the look out for clandestine expeditions atthe time, and boarded her. The Diario adds that the Union ought not to complain of this, since the Manchester had got aground, and was relieved and taken into port, without any charge for salvage having been made. The next charge is that in February, 1853, and subsequently, the mail sacks of the were broken open by the authorities of Cuba. This, says the Diario, was done in consequence of the im- mense number of seditious papers, tending to sub- vert the government, with. which the mail bags were filled. It argues that the act was justified by existing laws, which interdict the admission of such documents ; and that while the law stands on the statute book, the authorities cannot be censured for enforcing its execution. The seventh accusation is the arrest during the month of May, of the same year, of three American sailors, on suspicion of being a ates in the slave trade. This the Diario admits and justifies, adding that the sailors were released upon establishing their in favor with Ma—so-so, with the Queen | iard, under the impression that Cuba will work out | innocence, and that the United States would have acted similarly, had the case been reversed. ‘The other outrages referred to by the Union are the arrest in 1850-'51 of two American citizens, and the expulsion of two more in 1453. The Diario de- | clares that the first two were strongly suspected of | filibusterism at a period when the country was threat- ened with a ‘“piratical invasion.” The third was expelled for conniving at the printing of incendiary proclamations, and the fourth was banished at the request of his own father, whose family had been disgraced and ruined by his disorderly conduct. The | Diario implies that these four individuals, though | claimed as citizens of the United States, were sub- | jects of the Queen of Spain. | | The case of the Black Warrior closes the cata- | logue of complaints. This, contends the Diario, is purely a case of enforcement of the revenue and port laws, and is so viewed by European journals, | and by the moderate portion of the press of the | United States itself, | In the note addressed by Mr. Soulé to the Spanish | | government, he mentions a number of causes of complaint not referred to by the Union, and on the other hand omits all notice of nine of those stated | by that journal, alluding only to three of the latter. | The Diario undertakes to examine Mr. Soul: charges. One of them is, that in 1844 the bark Juliet was fired upon by the fortress of Tarifa, and that the government of Spain offered explanations, | but did not make reparation. These,explanations must have been sat | rio, since from 1844 to 1854 the two rnments | have preserved friendly relations. Another is the | disapprobation expressed by the Spanish govern- ment of the remission, by the authorities of the | island, of certain articles of co: tion, in conse- quence of the hurricane of 1844. The to the very | American commerce is estimated at two hundred | | dollars, which the Diario considers a somewhat in- sufficient motive for plunging two nations into war. A third source of com; t stated by Mr. Soule, ; is that of the heirs of Alexander Asang, and of a captain of a vessel named Goofral, who were ruined by the compulsory payment of certain duties. The Diario does not profess to know the merits of these | cases, but offsetts them by that of the ca) of | the Spanish Ue beta San Jose, who, dis- | Tasted near Baltimore, by astorm on the 6th oe tember, and having reached Baltimore on the 19th, was compelled to take a tow-boat, with a view of | being made to pay more than a thousand dollars by | way of salvage. The court reduced the demand to | forty-eight dollars, but condemned et | to pay altogether, the sum of $484 90-100—viz: $3: | as a bonus to the pilots, forty-eight dollars for pilot | pS oo 3% forty-five dollars and ninety cents as costs | of cou: ‘The case of a citizen of the United States arrest- ed at Sagua la Grande in 1850, and that of a shot fired at the Black Warrior in March, 1853, are dis missed by the Diario, with the remark that it is not aware whether any claims have been based upon these occurrences. The case of the vessel North Carolina figures largely in Mr.Soulé’s note. The Diario’s account of this affair is, that the North Carolina was wreck- ed in November, 1850, at Guanico, on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, and the crew were taken to Mayaguez, and lodged in the barracks of the infan- try during the judicial investigation of the affair. 7 mf were detained longer than was Lrg oar’ Me the Marine Assessor, who resided at the capital of the island. An American war frigate, learning the facts, made proce for fight, but was deterred by the warlike attitude of the people of the island. The Captain of the Port was superceded. The Diario says that that officer might have been guilty of neglect, but not of outrage. The last complaint urged by Mr. Soulé against the oy ote government is its refusal to allow American vessels to enter its ports on the footing of foreign vessels. The Diario is not aware of the motives of that government for this determination, but maintains that, though it may be a legitimate subject of friendly negotiation, it cannot be re- garded as an out: y The Diario terminates its long review sree its astonishment that the Black Warrior should be regarded as an outrage, when, according to the Union, tbe American republic had patient; tolerated for years at least twenty-two insults an offences. It extols the justice of Spain, condemns the conduct of the filibustering spirits of the United States, but acknowledges that there are many amongst us who are honorable and worthy citizens, illustrious orators and profound statesmen. The Cuba Question and the Empress Eu- Kenle of France, [From the Pennsylvanian, Government Organ. ] Wasuinoton, June 13, 1854. The anxiously looked for message from the Pre- sident failed to make its appearance yesterday, much to the disappointment x those who had been hbazarding predictions in regard to its contents. It may have been that the pending negotiations be- tween the new Spanish minister and ee Marcy have assumed such a shape as to render it necessary to alter certain passages in the message; but be the case what it may, the President does not deem it advisable at present to send any farther uban difficulties. me | The readers of the Pennsylvanian, no donbt, have you have the last of | but concentratively Spanish in all her feelings, ho jour- Daasenes the Spanish rnment in its relations to the United Stat it our readers reg an offi- . cial journals of the Cuban authorities, we ehall suc- cinctly epitomize the article in the Diario, confining ourselves to a rapid condensation of its statements it will be seen that the entir® con- | tents of Mr. Soulé’s note to the Spanish government | have evidently been placed in the possession of the fall: tialley of Cuban justice, and of the benevolence of ie aSpanish port, wished to exercise the right of iatro- ducing conff}irators into the country, to insult ourau- | | thorities to their face, after having defamed them in | New York. It was necessary to make her understand nited States | factory, according to the Dia- | communications to Congress on the subject of our | stumbled upon a paragraph “going the rounds,” in vn known that the present Emperor, like his i- ous uncle, is extremely anxious to ‘tuate his dynasty in a direct instead of alantin-dicular line; but it is not so well known that the Empress is un- doubtedly in that situation which: ladies delight in who love their lords. This bit of imperial gossip- was received by the last steamer, and of course, has given rise to much piquant talk in the diplomatic circles of this city. These little annual episodes in the domestic arrangements of Queen Victoria have not the slightest influence on politics or the public funds. But the case is far different with the en- chanting . She is not only Spanish by birth, and aspirations, She has now become the peculiar idol Louis Napoleon's worship, and Miterally i er. He enters ey oe ae: ings, and gratifiea her every whim. Now it so hap- wv that the Tnpress hich is an evidence that er education has been sadly neglected—has imbibed a bitter prejudice against our free, enlightened, en- terprisin Seeger Mage cep In her conver- on with Judge Douglas, when that distinguished Senator visited the French Court, she took no pains to conceal her feelings of hostility towards our country and our le. The Empress longs to humble what she the arrogant pride of the United States; and the Emperor, like a dutiful and affectionate husband, is josed to the of forming: an offen- “longing ” even at the sive nner with the government of Spain. Ah! these women folks! From the days of to the days of the Rev. Antoinette Brown, they seem to have been animated by the one same insane idea to deprive us male wretches of a portion of our gar- ments. For the first two years of our existence, when we are wally within their power, they com- pel us to wear When we become united to ‘them in the bonds of matrimony, a second attempt is made to epee us of an article of a; 1 which we are entitled. And, ly, when we are about to be consigned t> the tomb, we are enveloped in a shroud shaped frock fashion. News from Venezuela. [Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.] Laauayra, May 20, 1854. The Government and Destruction of Foreigu Pro- perty—Bad Condition of the Government-—Large Official Defalcation—Small Army, but Numerous icers and ere Pay—Naval Promotions. e Congtess of Venezuela has closed its session. Among the acts passed wasgone declaring that the government would not be held responsible for any acta of violence or destruction or loss of property to for- eigners during political commotions or revolutions, ntleen committed by the legitimate authorities of the government. An act was also [apts admitting a claim} sgainst the old Colombian government, of upwards of eightv thousand dollars, in favor of the heirs of the late Cap. John Clark, of Balti- more, and ip ray Os payment of twenty-eight and a half per cent., the proportion payebe by Ven- ezuela. Fifty per cent is payable by New Grenada, and twenty-one and ahalf per cent. by Ecuador. This claim was originally in the hands of the U. | 8. Chargé d’Affaires,‘and had it continued there, the | award, it is said, might have been much greater. About five years ago Capt. Clark was taken very sickin Laguayra,and had nota single cent to procure any of the necessaries of life; he was in the house of | an Irishman named S¢anlin, made his will just be- fore he died, leaving Scanlin his executor. Wher the claim was pending, and being prosecuted by Mr. I. N. Steele, late Charge d’Affaires, Scanlin took it out of his hands and compromised the matter with with the government. Had it continued in the hands of the Charge d’Affaires, the amount would have been recovered and remitted to the Department of State, at Nieahiageans for distribution among the | lawful heirs, which it is said consist of two daught- | ersresiding in Baltimore, and very poor. The governement is in a wretched state of dis- order. Gellineau the late Secretary of the Treasury, after feathering his own nest, resigned, and left the | country; itissaid discoveries have been made esti- | mating that he absquatulated with halfa million of dollars, after a service of two years with a salary of pe ayear. He had nothing when he entered the | office. The drafts on the Treasury keep the government | verymuch embarrassed. Although they have only one thousand soldiers in the army, they have | twenty-eight generals on the army list drawing pay. and other officers in proportion, and continually | creating others. President Monagas has been created by the Congress General-in-Chief, with pay | for life, $3,600 a year; this rank was conferred by | Bolivar on a few of the most distinguished of his | enerals at the close of the Revolutionary war of | Independence, and there remained only two alive, Paez and Marino; the rank has now been conferred on a person mari unknown. Monagas is, however, in advance of all other nations; he has promoted two of the oldest navy captains to be generals in the navy. The navy list reads thus :—* Generals and officers of the navy, &c.; these promotions place Captain John Daniels, of Baltimore, at the ead of the captains of the navy. Now if the captain will return again to Venezuela, and nse a little soft soap, Monagas will create him a general in the navy. How clever that would sound—General Daniels, of the Venezuelean Navy, with a medal and ribbon at the button hole. Salary $2,400 a year, instead of $1,800, as captain, on the retired list. | ‘Trial and Conviction of a Slave in Louisiana for Rape. THE NEGRO SENTENCED TO BE HUNG. (From the New Orleans Crescent, June 8.] The trialofthe negro boy Ned, belonging to Mr. | Henry Dugué, of the parish of Jefferson, who stood | charged with having committed a rape, on the 17th | | ult.,on the person of Elizabeth Schlindwein, aged | | about eighteen, came off yesterday in the town of | Gretna, before Judge Gor. Dreux, and ai of | | ten,slaveholders, as specially provided for y law. | | The court room was intensely crowded by the popu- lation of the town, and a great interest seemed to be | manifested in the result of the trial. The prosecation | was conducted by Charles D. Dreux, the young but | | able District Attorney of the parish, and Messrs. Henry Dugué and Edward Bermudez appeared for | the defence. The examination of the witnesses,licited | the facts, as daa stated in the city papers at | the time of the occurrence. The following will give | our readers an idea of the testimony :— On the morning of the 17th of May, Elizabeth | | Schlindwein, in company with her mother and three | ofher friends, " on the rear of Mr. Polycarp | Fortier’s plantation to gathet blackberries. As they | d near Mr. Fortier’s mill they saw two negroes | lying on the id, who both apreng up and looked at them as they passed. About half an hour after- wards, when they had reached the woods, they were | met by a negro boy. whom they recognized as the prisoner, and as being one of the two whom they had seen at the mill. He approached Elizabeth and said a few words to her in Eng- lish, which she could not understand, and im- mediately afterwards drew a knife, and, in presence | of the four terrified women, pet ted the outrage. One of the persons present at the time was unwell yesterday, and consequently unable to attend the trial, but the testimony of four intelligent witnesses corroborated in every respect the relation of the above facts. In the cross-examination it was shown that on the | day succeeding the occurrence, Elizabeth Schlind- wein, together with her friend, repaired to Mr. For- tier’s plantation, and after along and careful ex- amination of all the negroes, could not succeed in identifying asingle one present as the perpetrator of the crime. The second day they paid another visit to the plantation, and being adinitted separate- ly into a large room where twenty-six were assembled, recognized each a different one, until the last witness, asprightly little girl of twelve or thir- teen, positively identified Ned as the boy whom she had seen in the woods. It was not until then that the other four were satisfied in their own minds as to the identity of the prisoner. The difficulty that the witnesses had met with in recognizing the of- fender fora while created a strong impression on the minds of the jury in favor of the accused, but it ‘was soon counterbalanced by the testimony of a slave of Mr. Fortier, who said that he saw the bey Ned going towards the woods half an hour after the women had the mill ; that Ned was to have stayed in the mill all day, but did not make his ap- pearance until the next morning, etc. Mr. Pol; Fortier, being next sworn, related in a few clear and forcible words the many circum- stances which had led him to suspect Ned of the crime; that Ned was working in employ; he is ® lazy negro, although 8 good boy: and that, before being en to jail, Ned had confessed to him that he really was guilty of the charge. The above isa statement of all the evidence given at the trial. The District Attorney submitted the case to the Court in a few brief and and forcible re- marks, ind was followed in an eloquent appeal by Mr. Edward Bermudez. The jury retired, and, about fifteen minutes afte , returned with a verdict of “ Guilty.” Judge Dreux then proceeded to pass the sentence of the law upon the accused, condemning him to be hung within the walls of the parish prison, on the 19th day of June. The pri- soner was very much affected when he heard his sentence, and burst into tears, thanking his master for the interest manifested in his behalf, and evincing a state of great nervous excitement. He is a young, stout, and well built negro, about twen- ty-five years of age, and, althongh always known to have been somewhat lazy and little inclined to work, had never yet shown any symptom of vice or villany. The tack makers of Taunton, Abington, Braintree, Bridewater, and other places in Massachuseits, noarly | one hundred in number, held a convention at Bridgewa- ter on Friday, the 9th inst., and adopted a scale of prices, making an average advance of ten or twelve per cent upon the present prices of manufacture, and passod | resolutions wadhere to and sustain the prices agroed | Ppon, ation, on the Lawateiteue Careful and anxious tion and reflection, since the election, have me with the conviction that, in the present state of public sentiment, and under ex- isting circumstances, anygpolice force in'this city, to be safe in itself, or a security for others, must be constituled men known as born in this country. This conclusion # not been lightly, nor loosely, nor withont painful consideration, arrjved at. with the respect and esteem which their int and moral worth galery the large body of our adopted citizens who sincerely and zealously abjure all foreign domination, I am constrained to acknowledge and decided expression of the Popular will upon this sub- ject; and if my personal views ditrered from those enter- tained by @ very large majority of our citizens, I would ates — ne police being my ee the constitation from foreign mat police, as unwise and di . The of an intense and hostile po} sentiment, may render a class of and unsuited for ice service, who ‘would be worthy and well qualified for other stations. It cannot be doubted that such a sentiment now pre- vails, and ‘would render the employment of foreign: ers in the pelice im, not merely in re- gard to their own effi , but their own personal safety, and the preservation of the public peace. Ameri- cans are justly jealous of the com! and secret influ- ences which have been exerted to deny them their birth- right of self.goveroment; they, almost without dist tion of party, assert that Americans are adequate to the enactment and execution of their own laws; and that while the enforcement of our laws Wh our own peo- ple is natural, appropriate, and meet Be oprnied Tespect, obedience when uired, by men other ee oot other tongues, and other modes of thought and action, is offensive, provokes resistance, and induces violations of the law. It is certain that the most organized and formidable poe e the law aa me apprehended from a certain class foreigners; ually certain that a police force of an opposite class of foreigners, employed against them, adds a new vation to the subject of excitement, and is render if not the cause of additional transgreasion, at least wholly ineffective and useless for its Fo pagers Noone can doubt that a police force comp: of vigorous, resolute and temperate Sueteene, wD bi efficient fete exigency, espec' emplo; suppress rio’ = ia omigeney "amon, pf than one constituted of these not born in this country; and this fact—tpeir superior adaptation and efficienc: ascertained, nothing is for doubt as to the daty of appointing power. The new Mayor also avows his determination to enforce the law against the Sunday liquor traffic. ‘The Steam Boller Explosion in Boston. FIVE MEN SEVERELY INJURED. [From the Boston Mail, June 14.] ‘The steam engine used by 8. J. Taylor, hat manu- facturer, Nos. 18 and 20 Brighton street, loded ye! afternoon at a quarter past two o'clock, with a noise that created much alarm among the people residing in that vicinity. The engine was e basement, and the sudden expansion of the steam tore up the floor of the first story of the build- ing, and that of the second from the beams. The lower part of the chimney was badly shattered, and was partly detached from the wall near the roof. The bricks and fragments of broken machi- nery were scattered around in dreadful confusion. The two outside grates in the sidewalk were thrown up, and the office chairs and furniture en the first floor, were hurled into the middle of the street. The engineer, who, according to his own account was in the basement, and just in the act of taking off the pomp which supplies the boiler, at the time of the Frege is supposed to*have been thrown across the building. He was found be- neath the outside (pas his clothes torn off, and his fiesh frightfully scalded. His name Thomas Beach, an Englishman, twenty-three yous of age, and resides on Cypreas street, where e has a wife. Besides the injuries received from the hot steam, his back was ly bruised. The physi- cians at the hospital, where he was immediately taken, gave a favorable opinion of his case, though his recovery must be regarded as doubtful. William Ellison, aman 60 years of age, had his hands torn to pieces, and was badly scalded. His recovery is also looked upon as doubtful. He has } several children, some of whom are married. He is now at the hospital. George Francis, about 40 ey of age, while attempting to escape from the uilding fell through a grate and severely bruised his head and back. He was also taken to the hos- ital. His family have been assured that, though lly scalded, he will recover. Ebenezer Safford, a man of family, about 40 years of age, was badly s¢alded about the face and arms. His wounds were dressed at the hospital, and he is not thought to be dangerously injured. Christian Raake,a man about 51 years of age, was bruised and badly scalded. He was taken to his residence, 46 Brighton street, where he has a wife and family. William Cayser, an old man 80 years of age, was at work in close peat 6S the engine, but almost miraculously escaped without serious injury. A boy employed on the first floor was thrown up to the ceiling, but fortunately escaped with a few slight bruises. Four of the men were at work di- rectly over the boiler at the time it exploded, and it is a cause for Oye ey they escaped with their lives, when one of the huge tubs, at which they were | at work, was hurled from its place, and portions of the floor were thrown upward and scattered through the room inall directions. The end of the boiler towards the street remained in its bed, and a large aperture, displaying an insuf- ficient strength of iron, was plainly discernible from the outside. The other end seemed to have been blown to pieces, {taging from the tearing up of the bricks in which it had been imbedded. The engine was two and a half years old, and al- though of only 25 horse power, had been made to drive the machinery of the hat manufactory, a cabi- net work shop, a blacksmith shop, and a lamp manu- factory—works requiring at least a 50 horse power. Mr. Ellison, one of the injured, died at the Massashusetts General Hospital on the 15th inst., and Mr. Beach, the engineer, cannot live more than an hour or two. Statistics of Mec! i. and Halifax Coun- les, Va. From the census tables for the year 1850 we com- pile the following facts, which be of interest to our readers :—The aggregate population of thecoun- ty of Mecklenburg in 1850, was 20,630, composed as follows: of 7,257 whites, of whom 3,611 were males, and 3,645 females; of 912 free colored persons, of whom 423 were males, and 489 females ; and of 12,462 slaves, of whom 6,446 were males, and 6,016 females. From this it will be seen that the excess of the alave over the white population was 5,206, being nearly seventy-two per cent more. The free colored May pen was nearly one-eighth as nu- whites, and constitat ot, one twenty-third part of the whole Veg mented it will be seen that of the whites the fe exceeded the | males in number by the small sum of 34; among the free colored people this excess was 66, while ree | the slaves the excess was in favor of the males, ani amounted to 430. The staple icultaral cts for 1850 were as follows:—4,863,184 Ibs. » 113,016 bushels wheat, 552,466 ditto Indian corn, 184,695 ditto oats. We have not at hand the census table for 1840, and therefore cannot state the exact ratio of increase in_ these ucts during the ten years, but we are informed that such increase was very great. The aggregate oo of the county of Hali- fax in 1850 was 25,962, composed of 10,976 whites; divided ito 5,427 males, and 5,549 females; of 534 free colored persons, males 268, females 266; and of 14,452 slaves, 7,416 being males, and 7,086 fe- males. From these figures it will be seen that the slave population of Halifax exceeds the white by the sum of 3,476, being an excess of a fraction over 31 per cent, not one half of the excess in Mecklen- burg. Among the whites there was an excess of females over males amounting to 122. Among the free colored ulation there was an excess of males over the females amounti to two; and among the blacks a similar excess of 380. It will be seen that both in Mecklenburg and Halifax, while the females among the whites out- number the males, the reverse is case with the slaves. Why this difference we do not know. It bas been that it may be attributed to the higher value set by the owners upon men, and the consequent disposition to sell the women first. But this theory is at least rendered doubtful by the fact that in very many slaveholding counties the number of female slaves is ter than that of the males. Halifax county in 1850 produced 6,485,762 Ibs. tobacco, 146,769 bushels t, 649,896 do. Indian corn, and 365,182 do. oats. In the a weg gh pee eee surpasses Mecklenburg, not only absolut Te latively—the former ha\ ed, in 1950, 448 Ibs. for each slave, and the 390 Ibs. Ofall the counties in the State except those in which large cities are located, Pittaylvania is the most popu. lous. The inhabitants number 28,796; and unlike Halifax and Mecklenburg, are composed of a ma- jority of whites, the Diy tion being 15,263 whites ae ig slaves. ree colored population was 01 . . Lirs or Martin Van Boren.—Mr. Van Buren em- ploys the leisure hours of his foreign sojourn in ting the memorials of his own remarkable career. No man is more capable of giving a dispassionate and just account of the events of the last sixty years, or of divesting themof the false character which mo- mentary ions and strifes have imparted to them, or of clothing the narrative of greateyents in the elo- — yet measured langua; of history. But the hours which foreign travel or residence afford for literary labors are few, and a work of the char- acter of which we speak would require a conaulta- tion and comparison of authorities such as foreign residence will not admit of. Whether a work, thus commenced, ever reaches the public is probably a contingency that gives little concern to the author, who having satisfied all the ambition of his life, is not likely to vex his tranquil and philosophic age by a burried strife after literary fame.—Albany tlas, June lA. tent One? for the week ending June 13, For sod. Poteet , Dec. 16, 1853. * abeth City, N. C.—Fo provement in three! PP —For feeders. os lowe, of Cam! Mass.—Fo provement in bed geen, — Thomas Ashcroft, of Dorchester, Maas.—Fog, vement in 0) for ste me perating cut-off valves for David Prew, of Taunton, Mass.—For imp ment in cast-iron car-wheela, Casimir Abos, of New Brunswick, N. J.—Fo provement in Sogn arresters. 7 John M. Batchelder, of Cambridge, Maas. improvement in insulat graph wires. uel Childs, of New York, N. Y.—Fo provement in stills for casing OT bodies. i Constant, of Brooklyn, N. ¥.—For lens], C ey. J Nathaniel Dodge, of Orford, N. H.—For impai4 ment in the construction of tanning apparatus. ¥1A Anthony Faas, of Philadelphia, For imp@~) ments in the construction of accordeons. y Eli H. ae of Baltimore, Md—For impr?'4 carriage axle. Geo. P. Gordon, of New York, N. Y—For img, ‘ ed ee press. . M. Harries, of Carroll, O.—For improvemes © bg eof Lynchburg, O—F \ ley, —For 4 ment in bed bottoms. ‘ ly Bernard Hughes, of Rochester, N. Y—Fo# provement Wm. E. Jones, of the United States A: improvement in saddle fea! loseph Keech and Stephen Stilwell, of Watat aoe Pepearesaas 2 vinaow = ig ‘m. Montgomery, xbury, Fo mrp Tis, ral le cl , 0 peareness in exhaust fans. 2 Chas. aw of Newport, Fi ment in rating valve for joie iat _ ri Martin Newman, (2d,) and N.C, itcom!| Lanesboro’, Pa., and G. C. Cole, of Hartford, — For im) its in couy 4 3 Latourette, or at Louis, Mo.—For i" David provement in mills. Bronson Murray, of Farm Ridge, Il., Sohn Se Wright, of CBicago,Ul—or inprow ol ight, icago, ‘or b in harvest cutters. i, David N. Kownover, of Danville, Pa., assigno Richard L. Kownover, of Milton, Pa.—For impro, mode of closing wickets in canal gates. L lark, of South Royalston, Mass., assig",| to Lyman Clark and Jos. Sawyer.—For um for trimming welts of boots, shoes, &c. 4 Chas. Perley, of New York, N. Y—For impr} pe in adjustable rails for replacing cars on} rack. Chas. Perley, of New York, N. ¥.—For imprd ment in chain cable stoppers. Samuel Perkes, of London,England.—For imp ments in crushing and ding quartz and mi rals. Patented in land, October 12,1852. 4 Merritt F. Potter, of Charlemont, Mass.—For #] provement in railroad odometers. 4 Ebenezer N. Price, of Salem, Mass.—For imp: oi ment in bridle bits, Isaac Starks, of Genoa, N. Y., and UN fee Pe 0, of Groton, N. Y.—For improved device for hi g pieces in spoke macbines. ; flames L. Rowley, of Steuben county, Indiana For improvement in Gotti bet } Tra Reynolds, of Republic, Ohio—For improy, ment in harvesters. J Chas. Schinz, of Camden, N.J.—For improvemg| in processes for hardening tallow. i lohn Stowell, of Charlestown, Mass.—For ifj proved steering apparatus. i Peter Sweeney, of Buffalo, N. Y., for improvema in steam boilers. t Wm. Shove, of Elizabethport, N. J, for improw ment in buckles. Ny E. H. Spi ie, of Zanesville, Ohio, for impro' "| ment in iaoking yy peneete forms. j Thos. Silver, of hiladeiphia, Pa., for improv ment in tightening windows. . David J. Stagg, of Hoboken, N. J., for imp: ment in operating bolts and locks, for controllii series of doors, G. B. Simonds, of New Haven, Conn, and Ab Breaer, of Saugatuck, Conn., for improvement spark arresters. f Henry C. Sergeant, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for ig provement in feed-water apparatus to steam boileq Thomas, Earl of Dundonald, of London, Eag., ff improvement in compositions for coating tel yee wires, and for other purposes. Patented land, Oct. 6, 1852. i + C. Taylor, of Camden, N. J., for improvemeg] * none compounds. Patented in Englan: 853. J.C, Taylor, of Camden, N. J., for improvemenyl in Lae | processes. Patented in Eng land Sept. 17, 1853. Anthony Vitally and Carl Kolb, of Newark, J., for improvement in securing tools to their haz dies. i Geo. Yates and Eli Clayton, of Lancaster, P for improvement in looms. Jno. Bevan, of Jersey City, N. J., for railroad ventilator. Jas. Wightman, of Pittsburg, Pa., for improv ment in steam boilers. Geo. W. Wood and Lucius 0. Webster, of Utica N. Y., for peproved canal lock gates, Geo. Westinghouse, of Central Bridge, N. Y., fo endless chain horse Tr. Jas. Weight, wrence, Mass., for impro ment in machinery for nappiny cloth. Edmund Victory, of Watertown, N. Y., assigno to D. M, Lindsay and Geo. Goulding, of same plac for tmprovement in machinery for spinning wool. DrstGn.—Apollos Richmond, of Providence, R. I. assignor to A. C. Barstow & Co., of same: place, for design for cooking stoves. A New Rovre To THe Pacir1o—We learn that Gov. Stephens, of ani Territory, has recently made a report to Secretary of the In terior Department, wherein he urges the necessit; of holding a general council with the Indians of h Terri in which the latter have already signified! their igness to take a part. Among other rea*; sons for so doing, he is said to urge the faot that,| very shortly, the great current of overland emi- ion to Oregon mast take a new chaunel—that , Must go up the Missouri to the falls of that river, and from thence to about Waw-waw, on the Colum- bia, by land; from whence to the Pacific coast by § water, to data, with which he accompanies, the report to which we refer—it having been ascer- tained that the Missouri can be navigated to very near the falls with eighteen inches of water, at the river’s lowest stage, and for much the longest por- cote the year bay oe reer a of water— ies are preparing there iron ateamboate, Einilsr to ficawing only twelve inches of water, with which the Accessory Transit Company have ag es ee og : mane ae dle ‘uan river, » tr 01 on them, probably, hundreds of thousands of pewen - F gers, on their way from ocean to ocean. From the falls of the Missouri to Waw-waw, (on i the Columbia,) the distance is but about five hun- ( dred miles. At preseni the Columbia is only navi- | by steam to the Dalles, but those run the ; it are busy with preparations to extend their operations to Waw-waw, using suitable boats for the shallower water. Gov. 8. is said to his conyiction that there cannot be the.slightes doubt of the entire and success of the enterprise. The shortening of lan vel lon of the over: land route to the far West to but five hundred miles ee We be the great industrial achievement of the , Stimulating overland emigration almest beyond conception. Mavam Apa Pretrrer—This world renowned lady, and celebrated traveller, arrived at New Orleans on the 7th inst.,in the steamer Bl Dorado, from Acptawall, She is described as asmall gen- teel | ig woman, very spare, bat remarkably active and energetic in her , and exceeding- ¥ intelligent and ible. ie New Orleans thus — of remarkable woman:— Madam Pfeiffer, after making the tour —— , Sept. Lf i ab } 4 i 7 I j make a tour of the States, and for that came over on the El Dorado. Madam Pfeiffer is one of the most extraordinary women of her age. She has reached the age ot sixty, has a comfortable home, and a family of children, who are all settled in life. Cuitp Buranen To DraTH iy CINCINNATIW—On | Wednesday evening John Barrett went to his home on Columbia between Rose and Park streets, very ' much intoxicated, and commenced a tirade of abuse on his wife and children. He etruck his wife and child with a poker, and broke up the furniture and threw the pieces into the street. Whilo the quarrel was progressing, the clothes of the child, named Victor Barrett, aged about nine years, caught fire from a lighted candle, and in a very short time her entire was enveloped in flames, which was ex- tinguished by the wife as soon as she conid release herself from the violent seizure of her husband. ‘The child died during the night, in great agyy, and yesterday the tar ice Directora of the City Infir- mary gave an order for its intermeyt.—Cincinnate Gazette, June 10, ’ i lle