The New York Herald Newspaper, June 16, 1854, Page 4

AFFAIRS I8 CUBA. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, June 2, 1964. Revolutionary State of Cuba—Alarm of the Govern- ment—Causes of the Discontent—The Ladies in the Case— Arrival of a Steamer from Cadiz—Mr. revolution is premature, but it will eventuate in a 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- aition for military association with the negroes, which have beon first selected as most worthy of the confidence of the government; besides which, the Tevolution in public sentiment is complete, the island being divided into two parties only. On the ne 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 commercial and agrioultu- ral industry of the island, without arms or the mu- nitions neceasary for organic demonstration. There has been much excitement—many meetings ‘throughout the island; but no plan has been deter- maimed on for action. The government, howover, re #0 much alarmed that they have administered another soporific manifesto, to quiet the reasonable @pprehensions of the people, in which the usual im- Plication occurs that the disturbing matter arises from “the covert and constant enemics of the Spanish name,” permitting no opportanity to pass without dissemina’ their calumnies, promoting pated = eran jon among Re Peano of whio! ita at your le and your press, Soa Which ie bs rus ab Gia batezoe of terarice The cause of discontent, with most humble defer- Ynce to the su; r wisdom of the superior autho- fity, is wholly attributable to the publications of ieces of royal orders and vice royal regulations, ich have entirely confirmed the copies and ex- sr, which lth been previously taken from the of- files and records of the palace, and circulated punenk fe people. Tnese communications, clan- Fs ly obtained, for the publio safety, were not re- upon, ‘until they. were endorsed cad. established by the Marquis , although they were used for the P advisement of the public of the United States, poesibly of your government. I conclude that it is very evident that the manifesto of the maternal royal sentiment, and the vice-royal conscientious- Fale i errs the ees ee the people of in its aragraph, predic: upon a falae stat ent, as those cannot be “enemies ar tne ‘Spanish name” who are themselves Spaniards—as well derived, as peed and as Soren to write, ‘without diploma from the Royal College, as the Mar- quis himself; and if they are so, according to mathe- tmatical 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 and not acted upon by the community, tongues are the cause of the mischief, which negatives the gare assertion of the Marquis as to “the enemies of the Spanish name’—which is ave indefinite allegation to emanate from the erudite 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 uponit a strange paternity, and that the effort todo so be- trays the weakness and trembling of those who hold the silver posinpers for the ‘treasury pap,” which flows s0 abundantly from the “maternal” pressure upon Cuban industry. We had a steamer yesterday morning from Cadiz —the intelligence of ‘which has not oe been per- | mitted to transpire—but we gather of rumors, that to the 13th ult. Mr. Soulé was still at Madrid, re- | maining in favor with Ma—so-so, with the Queen mother's daughter—that all concessions are refused. ‘The Spanish fieet 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 “‘Soberana,” line of-battle ship, to come again, (for repairs required), and the ship of the line, ‘ ‘he Queen,’’ to be finished and fitted as soon as the royal treasury means will permit, and to follow. ‘Au 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 paper.” Iam too ,usy to ask him what he means, although he is eterna’ly looking over my shoulder, which I forgive, because .be is the favorite medium of Old Tubal, in our tel hic communications, and must be kept | in good a@pirh ual working order. Our private writ- | ten intelligencas’ does not give any more favorable views as tothe ~ontinuance of things in their pre- Rent 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, things may be worse, byt cannot be better, as long | mM "the pane of her bondage are held with the phackle-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 of the President’s Black Warrior in course of apolo; , atated “That the coming from the Preai forth-eastern part of the country, had not been used to good society.” aabel II. is a judge of what constitutes good socie- ty, and Mr. Soulé is an able expounder for her en- joyment and appreciation of himeelf. I shall leave t the Isabel, on the 8th, so by that vessel, I shall give-you the last of * ‘ TRovsLE. Havana, June 7, 1854. 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 to Admiral Dusquesne. Aslam about leaving Cuba for a time, for rea- sna previously intimated, I propose giving a slight Ibeush 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 «ame of either fanatics, statesmen, philosophers me Obristians, by whatever name they may be | $ullod, or serve to establish any principle that | hey may affect to advocate in their all-absorb- Jog humanity and benevolence. As I shall stop few days in the city of chivalry, for the purpose of weeing some friends of the “Union party,” of year with the dead, and taking note of progress sinc great anti-light went out, I shall not arrive in Fe York as sgh I expected. One of the car- of the new policy which has been often your correspondent, and upon which ‘anti-slavery philanthropy of the civil- and which has excited to renewed activit; British government, the British anti- fhe French Institut d'Afrique, intended,ameliora- or suspension of the of Africa. England may r she has of ex- the southern coast igilance and watch- especially in the vicimity of great mart for the negro advantage over all other posi- the infinite places of conceal , impervious to the investigation Sacen wo ibe paras of the coast gene- syater of re; , which has been a #0 much form by Fecnl and the violation of with such serious conse- — worthless and impracti- nels be id Mae reginanting” ie present ee force registration. power ‘is superior to the power of the viceroy mement to the voice of the Pe “ controlled by the decrees our friendly | oe eldence.” "The system of evasion to res} already prepared ; the municipai authorities by the law could not be accomplished; but by the lists made by planters themselves and the negroes presented Sn conformity to the officers of registry, being of at the pastarage of the estate or in the with the douceur accompaniments,) ii E on vi $ | the Creole and to cover | you, and we will not trust you.” | circular of the 29th ult., and addressed to the various (all others | embarrassment to procure a piece of honest Spanish humanity that will endure exposure for two months in office. The last two articles were 800n initiated in all the mysteries and the emolu- ments of the trade, and the principal patrons of il- legal gaming in their icts, without the pra- dence or the ability of making decent concealment 80 as to save their chief from the mortifying ne- cessity of relieving them. The game is one of du- plicity and c with governors and to deceive each other, to mislead the unenlightened benevolence of the world, to preserve Cuba in chains, or to throw over her face the black mantle of death. One manifesto of deceit and vocation follows another with the ey ame of Pe- pera ved under the influence of continued changing fears—all in contradiction, and noattempt sie Preservation of the appearance of consis- ney. ‘Te show the working of our vigilance on the south side, where we have two steamers and two of war in constant motion to catch the 18 from Africa, two large vessels have entered their ports, discharged their by pe and are now preparing to take in European freights, unobserved of course. But at the same time, an humble English fisherman comes to an island offthe isle of Cortes to look for water, more than three from the main land, and be: the reach for seizure, with fish in 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 a seconds Ao Har apecee Lana our vice roy: n are to paas by his tcalency without adce othe 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 investigated this people, an the con- trolling sword and bayonet over them, from the cradle to the ve)—how little confidence they | possess in their own payaices 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 @ thought, no 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 | ogres? together of the young for any pumpoee but | e 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 Pousti converted into material for the general de- | fence, or to the restraint of the wickedness of their rulers. It is not strange that the late attempts to organic local action should have failed 80 far. It is this absolute condition of young Cuba, that prevents resistance, and that will con- tinue to do so, unless ia his eagerness to consum- mate “Cuban flor,” General Pezuela should force arms into the hands of Cuban youth, (white as well | as colored,) and teach them what they so much re- ai- | Spanish law | | New York, I was nece! at e | alone arated gy Soo registration has v ublished inta effect on ihe it of Au- gust. Hi 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 fe k. You will see me shortly after my arrival in New York. God speed the right; and cad od readers may have one comfort, no matter happens tothe “weeping child of the ocean,” you have the last of ‘ TROUBLE. Our Relations with Cuba—Spanish [From the New Orleans Bee, June i) The Diariode la Marina of the 24th of May de- votes over four columns to an elaborate examination of the cl of " ice and iniquit; preferred byeine Washington Uwson and other ret nals the 8) in its lons to the United Stat to those @ penal sentence, convicted as they were of successful attempt at invasion. The firing upon the Falcon in August ,1851, and on the American schooner Lamartine in Fe! had these been really outrages, they would have called for reparation, but contends that these vessels dly refused to hoist the flag when summoned to do so, and that this refusal was intended to sale a difficulty. The expulsion of the Crescent City from Havana on the 3d October, 1853, and (pega ree by the authorities to send her mails re, is treated by the Diario as follows: The Crescent City sought to im laws on our port, wished to assume the position of a foreign fortress within a Spanish port, wished to exercise the right of iatro- ducing com@pirators into the country, to insult ourau- thorit to their face, after ha defamed them in ssary to her understand of Havana Spanish laws and authorities 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 anew cause of difficulties, and brought about another wished for “bone of contention,” palo deseado. The case of the detention of the Ohioin March, 1852, during three days in Havana is treated as an absurd complaint—it being # universally acknow- ledged precept of municipal law, that useful and necessary sanitary laws may be maintained, though ce 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 Ziario as a lawful act. The schooner was found among the small islands of the coast, having deviat from her route without apparent motive. The Spanish crui- sers were on the look out for clandestine expeditions at the 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 and aspirations. She has now become idol Louis Na} 's worship, and literal, carries all before her. He enters into all her long- a bitter pr ice our free, enlightened, en- feet y In her conver- ion Judge Douglas, when that Senator visited Fret urt, she took no pains to conceal her feelings of hostility our our le. Em; er to humble what she the arro; pride of the United States; and the ror, @ dutifal and affectionate id, is gratify the “longing ” even at the of forming: an offen- sive alliance with the government of §; Ah! Faster ret ae Se of es das e Rev. wn, they seem ve the one same insane idea to them in the bonds of matrimony, a second attempt is made to deprive usof 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. foceren poodeade the Balt Sun.] spor o more Sun. Lacuarra, May 20, 1854. The Government and Destruction of Foreigu Pro- perty—Bad Condition of the Government—Large Official Defalcation—Small fawey, Wee Tiaanerons icers and Large Pay—Naval otions. ie Co! of Venezuela has closed ita session. Among the acta a pace wi decl: that the government would not be held responsible for any acta of violence or destruction or loss of pi to for- eigners d Political commotions or revolutions, less committed by the legitimate authorities of the government. An act was also passed admitting a claim) against the old Colombian government, of upwards of nee thousand dollars, in favor of the heirs of the late Cap. John Clark, of Balti- more, and Geageirear ope payment of Ligh ig and a half per cent., the proportion patie by Ven- ezuela. Fifty per centis pasate by New Grenada, and twenty-one and ahalf per cent. by Ecuador. ‘This claim was originally in the hands of the U. 8. Charsé d’A ffaires,‘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 Scantin his executor. When 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 Washington, for distribution among the Jawfal heirs, which it is said consist of two daught- ersresiding in Baltimore, and very poor. The governement is in a wretched state of dis- having been made. , 1853, and 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 | is a 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 Pierce and his corps of advisers place confidence | in the report that Cuba is in a state of revolution, | and gives up Mee 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 tee republic. It is possible that this hope may lead to prolonged negotiation with the wiley Span- iard, under the impression that Cuba will work out | 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 trembling” 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 ceag to make excuse to | is coward policy. It would be tar more generous—far more noble and consistent with good soldiership—to say, “ We doubt Ihave discharged my duty in the abc) to put your folks upon their guard!as to what they may do under the force of excitement, which may much em- barrass 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 movement which, if let alone fora little while, would bring the question to a solution—the | same solution that was obtained in the Old Ht | State without bloodshed of their neighbors and | friends. When the negroes became a burthen to the owners, then philanthropy—Christian philan- thropy—stepped in, and conveyed them to the peni- tentiary, the workhouse, and tl 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! the very fountain, birth place, or ‘‘cradle,” in the western hemisphere, should be Ain quality. But I have done. This is none of my concern. They may fol- low the Kilkenny cats in the practice of their phil- ; anthropic robberies; it will not much retard the proj of religious and civil liberty. come down to common-place matters of this belonging. Itis but afew days since we were told by vice-royal authority that the story Lee 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 meral bering ex amon, ge ands Sag eet = | idea of a law it the re of negroes ai whites was utterly nonsensical, and had no place in the mind of the noble Het or his royal mistress, &c. Ihand you herewith the law edict, or vice-roy- al ise 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 b; the priests of the interior, although it has no suc! quality in its framework. It makes allusion, under ast law, to the necessity of special license from the Japtain General for such marriages, which, for the future, may be dispensed with for the cause as- signed, except in 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 commu- nity, and law, custom, or regulation for such “‘inter- laces,” never had the Sppcorat required. Many whites and colored ve been united in mat- rimonial bonds in Lape me Boba bleachdd sub- ae by thinning of the black |—but the proceas 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 child, to give white. Once christened white, tl th black as the ace of spades, no one dare to make 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, ¢ following is a translation of the document:— To avoid the disagreeable questions that may arise on the subject of the intermarriage of whites and of color between the civil and ecclesias-- tical authorities,the Captain-General is resolved that the real dudiencia pretorial shall have jurisdiction without aa 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- Genera! for the marriage of whites with colored per- | sons, will not be necessary for the future; and ho; ing that no further difficulty will arise under the labor will be performed and the law satisfied. Prine be fully, fastified by the facts. I make no mis- takes in these things, as no one better knows than his ‘wice-highness, and as has been demonstrated to your public, from the beginning to this end of my labors. this connection, is there to be any cessation in | the introduction of slaves? Not the least, but in- «reared ¢ thousand fold. Sama aud Blanco, nephews supposed necessity of an express license, | commu- | cate to you now the order from his Excellency and the Senor Archbishop, that you may take judicial cogni zance thereof, and have it duly proclaimed in the ¢hurch under your charge. VELAvos, Secretario, The next charge is that in Feb subsequently, the mail sacks of the United States | were broken open by the authorities of Cubs. 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 es that the act was justified by existing laws, which interdict the admission of suc] 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 en, din the slave trade. This the Diario admits and justifies, adding | that the sailors were released upon establishing their innocence, and that the United States would have | acted similarly, had the case been reversed. H ‘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 1853. 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 Tequest 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 pore a case of enforcement of the revenue and port laws, and is 80 viewed by European journals, and by the moderate portion of the press of the United States itself. i 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 on journal, alluding only to three of the latter. e Diario undertakes to examine Mr. Soulé’s 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 tory, according to the Dia- rio, since from 1844 to 1854 the two governments have preserved friendly relations. Another is the el expressed by the Spanish govern- ment of the remission, by the authorities of the island, of certain articles of coi tion, in conse- quence of the hurricane of 1844. damage to American commerce is estimated at two hundred dollars, which the Diario considers a somewhat in- sufficient motive for planging two nations into war. A_ third source of complaint stated by Mr. Soule, is that of the heirs of Alexander Asang, and of a captain of a vessel named Goofral, who were ruined the compulsory payment of certain duties. The ‘ario does not profess to know the merits of these cases, but offsetts them by that of the captain of the Spanish bi tine San Jose, mo, bang i m near Baltimore, by astorm on the 6th tember, and having reached Baltimore on the 19 ‘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 fory-elght dollars, but condemned Caj ee to pay a ae, the sum of $484 90-100—viz: $3: as a bonus to the pilots, forty-eight dollars for pilot bs ney and forty-five dollars and ninety cents as coats of court. The case of a citizen of the United States arrest- ed at a la Grande in 1850, and that of a shot fired st 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 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- ey cree the judicial investigation of the affair. were detaine r was necessary by the Siarine Assessor, who resided at the capital of the island. An American war frigate, learning the facts, made pre} ions 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 negiony, but not of outrage. The last complaint urged by Mr. Soulé against the 8) government is ita refusal to allow American vessels to enter its 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- BThe Diario vermfuntes ite long revi owi arto ina review by av ite astonishment that the Black Wardoe amie should be regarded as an outrage, when, according to the Union, tbe American republic had patientl; 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 Btates, 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- gente of Mrance, [From the Pennsylvanian, Government Organ. } Wasuinoton, June 13, 1854. The anxiously looked for message from the Pre- sident failed to make its BL aka yesterday, much to the disappointment of those who had been hazarding predictions in regard to its contents. It may have been that the pending negotiations be- tween the new Spanish minister and Secretar; 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 communications to Congress on the subject of our Cuban difficulties, A ball waa given last Saturday evening to Admiral Duquesne and the officers of the French The readers of the Pennsylvanian, no donbt, have stumbled upon # paragraph “going the rounds,” in order. Gellineau the late Secretary of the Treasury, after feathering his own nest, resigned, and left the country; itis said discoveries have been made esti- mating that he absquatulated with halfa million of dollars, after a service of two years with a salary of $3,000 a year. He had nothing when he entered the office. The drafts on the Treasury keep the government very much 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 Mo 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 ndependence, and there remained only two alive, Paez and Marino; the rank has now been conferrad on a person nearly 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 pine Captain John Daniels, of Baltimore, at the ead of the captains of the navy. Now if the captain will return again to Venezuela, and use a little soft soap, Monagas will create him a general in the navy. How clever that would sound- neral Daniels, of the Venezuelean Navy, with a medaland 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 Hes 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 asgertond in the town of Gretna, before Judge Gu: ten,slaveholders, as specially provided for by The court room was intensely crowded by the popu- lation of the town, and a interest seemed to be manifested in the result of the trial. The prosecution was conducted Aten) D. Dreux, the young but able District At ey of the parish, and Messrs, Henry Dugué and Edward Bermudez appeared for the defence. The examination of the witnesses,licited the facts, as previously stated in the city papers at the time of the occurrence. The foll will give our readers an idea of the testimony :— On the morning of the 17th of May, Elizabeth Schlindwein, in bon ltd with her mother and three of her friends, ' on the rear of Mr. Polycarp Fortier’s plantation to gathet blackberries. As they assed near Mr. Fortier’s mill they saw two negroes ring on the h rong bo both Sprang 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 recy das 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, ‘ted the outrage. One ofthe 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 facta. 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 aftera i and careful ex- amination of all the negroes, could not succeed in identifying ae one present as the trator of the crime. The second day they paid another visit to the plantation, and being separate- ly into a large room where twenty-six negroes were assembled, recognized each a different one, until the last witness, a sprightly 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 for a while created a strong impression on the minds of the in favor of the accused, but it ‘was soon counte! inced 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 passed 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. Lap tnd Fortier, being next sworn, related rand forcible words the many circum- in a few o! stances which had led him to suspect Ned of the employ; that oe gn Ned wea, in he Fes 0 is @ lazy negro, se a good ry; an 5 before being taken to , Ned had confessed to him that he really waa Cia A IR The above isa statement of all the evidence given at the trial. The District Attorney submit the case to pnd tee | a bate en a and Nae re marks, id was followed in an eloquent a) Mr. Edward Bermudez. The jury HN | about fifteen minutes afte , returned with a verdict of “ Guilty.” Judge Dreux then 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 @ young, stout, and well built negro, about twen- ty-five years of age, and, although always known to have been somewhat lazy and little inclined to pe et had never yet shown any symptom of vice or villany. The tack makers of Taunton, Abington, Braintree, Bridewater, and other places in Massachuseits, nearly 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 passed resolutions to adhere to and sustain the prices agroed vpon, D | deni fepe dy eee oh | than an hour or two. | slight bruises. | follows: of 7,257 whites, isting pafe in itself or a security for others, must be ‘men known as orn inthis country. This conclusion not been lightly. nor loosely, nor withont painful consideration, arrjved at. with the respect and esteem which their int mee and moral worth the large body of our adopted citizens who ‘and zealously abjure all foreign domination, I constrained to acknowledge unambiguous decided ex; of the T will upon this sub- fests and.it my persone) views @ from those enter- ed by a very large majority of our citizens, I would —the most efficient police being my ee mat ‘] et ea Poy sent may renders ol men inefficient and ansuited for service ed doubt that @ police force com and temperate will C CY, @8} em) to su or lnterrestion stg’ aliens, thea coe cour ae ae pee and this fi = au} 3) efficienc Poem! 1, is for doubt as to the duty of appointing The new Mayor also avows his determination to enforce the law againet the Sunday liquor traffic. ‘The Steam Boller Explosion in Boston. tated of jeir i ‘The steam engine used b facturer, Nos. 18 and 20 hton , exp! yet oon at 8 quarter two o'clock, among the le in that vicinity. The engine was Pithe 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 mits 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 ery the pump which supplies the boiler, at the ti of the Kpesssogy bat is supposed to‘have been thrown across the building. He was found be- neath the outside (Ba his clothes torn off, and ‘his flesh frightfully scalded. His name is Thomas Beach, an Englishman, twenty-three sg of age, and resides on Cyprees street, where has a wife. Besides the ies received from the hot steam, his back was ly bruiged. The physi- cians at the hospital, where he was immediately taken, gave a favorable opinion of his case, th ugh 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 rears of , 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- cine His family have been assured that, though ly scalded, he will recover. Ebenezer Safford, a man of family, about 40 years of age, was badly scalded 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 proximity to the engine, but almost miraculously escaped without serious injury. A boy cuployed on the first floor was thrown up to the ceiling, but fortunately escaped with a few Four of the men were at work di- rectly over the boiler at the time it exploded, and it is a cause for rejoicing that 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, {ndgin 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 Gerne Mr. Ellison, one of ite ayer injured, died at the Masssshusetts Geni Hospital on the 15th inst., and Mr. Beach, the engineer, cannot live more Statistics of Mec! _ 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 Popa! ition of the coun- ty of Mecklenburg in 1850, was 20,630, composed as of whom 3,611 were males, and 3,645 females; of 912 free colored persons, of whom 428 were males, and 489 females ; and of 12,462 slaves, of whom 6,446 were malés, and 6,016 othe ata oie eile valation wee ane of the slave over wi was y being nearly seventy-two per eta more. The free colored ee was nearly 01 as nu- twenty-third part of he whole popolation, twill ent part o! whole be seth that ar the whites the fetuslos exoceded the males in number by the small sum of 34; among the free colored people this excess was 66, while am the slaves the excess was in favor of the males, amounted to 430. Sie ep he get ta 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 lucts during the ten years, but we are informed that such increase was very great. The aggregate ulation of the county of Hali- fax in 1850 was 25,962, composed of 10,976 whites; divided ito 6,427’ males, and 5,549 females; of 534 free colored , Males 268, females 266; and of 14,452 slaves, 7,416 La. males, and 7,036 fe- males. From these fi will be seen that the slave population of fax 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 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 donot know. It hes been that it may be attributed to the higher value set by the owners upon men, and the consequent di ition 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 than that of the males. Halifax county in 1850 I iss 6,485,762 Ibs. tobacco, 146,769 bushels t, 649,896 do. Indian corn, and 365,182 do. oats. bgp rgd eph eens had Halifax In the of Mecklenburg, not only absolut iy. but re- latively--the former luced, in 1850, 448 Ibs. for each slave, and the latter 390 Ibe. Of ail the counties in the State except ou ey oe large cities are located, Pittaylvania m u- fons. ‘The inhabitants number 28,706; and unlike Halifax and Mecklenburg, are composed of a ma- jority of whites, the Fay rtion being 15,263 whites 1 hg slaves. colored population was Lis or Martin Van Boren.—Mr. Van Buren em- ploys. the leisure hours of his foreign sojourn in iting the memorials of his own remarkable career. No man is more capable of giving a Snare teen and just account of the events of the last sixty years, or of wine | themof the false character which mo- mentary P ions and strifes have imparted to them, or of clothing the narrative of greatevents in the elo- uent yet measured language 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 consulta- tion and bb pad op of authorities such as foreign residence will not admit of. Whether a work, thus commenced, ever reaches the public is bably 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 oy ® hurried strife after literary fame.—Albany itlas, June 14. Thomas Ashcroft, of Dorchester, Mass —Fa ln gad in operating cut-off valves for David Prew, of Taunton, Mass—For im ment in cast-iron car-wheels. Casimir Abos, of New Brunswick, N. J.—Fo provement in spark arreaters, John M. Batchelder, of Cambridge, improvement in i telegraph wires. Samuel Childs, of New York, N. Y.—Fo provement in stills fat; for 'y bodies. Silas Constant, of Brooklyn, N. Y.—For lens’ chimney. Nathan lel Dodge, of Orford, N. H.—For imp ment in the construction of bry apparatus. Anthony Faas, of Philadelphia, For imp ments in the construction of accordeons. Eli H. bg of Baltimore, Md—For impt GeorP. Gordon, of New York, N:¥.—For in ed printing press. onl Haste, of Carrol O.—For improvem dey, of Lynchburg, O—For impy BR. Hi 2 , Of Rochester, N. Y.—Fo ment in bed Wm. E. Jones, of the United States Army. ovement in saddle trees. ,0f Newport, Ky.—For impy rating valve for steam 5 lewman, (2d,) and Nc. whit om Lanesboro’, Pa., and G. C. Cole, of Hartford, O —For Si agerens in coupling. David L. Latourette, of St. Louis, Mo—For provement in mills. Bronson Murray, of Farm Ridge, Il., esd a - Spencer, of ction Y. john ight, icago, Ill-—For improve in harvest cutters. David N. Kownover, of Danville, Pa., assigno Richard L. Kownover, of Milton, Pa.—For impro mode ge caning wickets in canal gates. lear Clark, of South Royalston, Mass. to Lyman Clark and Jos. Sawyer.—For for trimming welts of boots, shoes, &c. Chas. Perley, of New York, N. Y.—For imp reli adjustable rails for replacing cars on rac] Chas. Perley, of New York, N. Y—For imprd ment in chain cable stoppers. Samuel Perkes, of London,England.—For imprq ments _in crushi and dlag avarta and m rals. Patented in land, October 12, 1852. Merritt F. Potter, of Charlemont, Mass.—For provement in railroad odometers. Ebenezer N. Price, of Salem, Mass.—For impra ment in bridle bits. Isaac Starks, of Genoa, N. Y., and Lyman Pe 0, of Groton, N. Y.—For improved device for ha fg Pi in spoke machines. lames L. Rowley, of Steuben county, Indian For improvement in Meets eed Ira Reynolds, of Republic, Ohio.—For impro ment in harvesters. Chas. Schinz, of Camden, N.J.—For improvemg in processes for hardening tallow. john Stowell, of Charlestown, Mass.—For proved steering apparatus. Peter Sweeney, of Buffalo, N. Y., for improvema in steam boilers. Wm. Shove, of Elizabethport, N. J.,for impro mee Beare f Zi: ille, Ohio, for im; . H. Spi , of Zanesville, Ohio, for impro ment in Tooling y printers forms. Thos. Silver, of ‘hiladeiphia, Pa., for impro ment in tightening windows. David J. Stagg, of Hoboken, N.J., for impro ment in cperangs bolts and locks, for control series of doors, G. B. Simonds, of New Haven, Conn, and Ab Breaer, of Saugatuck, Conn., for improvement spark arresters. Henry C. Sergeant, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for ig provement in feed-water apparatus to steam boileq Thomas, Earl of Dundonald, of London, Eag., improvement in compositions for coating tel epee wires, and for other purposes. Patented en Oct. 6, 1852. |. C. Taylor, of Camden, N. J., for _improvemer ea compounds. Patented in England, Sept. 1’ 853. : J.C. Taylor, of Camden, N. J., for improvemen in soap manufacturing processes. Patented in E land Sept. 17, 1853. Anthony Vitally and Carl Kolb, of Newark, N a for improvement in securing tools to their hay les. Geo. Yates and Eli Clayton, of Lancaster, P for improvement in looms. Jno. Bevan, of Jersey City, N. J., for railroad c: ventilator. Jas. Wightman, of Pittsburg, Pa., for impro ment in steam boilers. Geo. W. Wood and Lucius 0. Webster, of Utic N. Y., for improved canal lock gates. Geo. We ghouse, of Central Bridge, N. Y., fo endless chain horse Jas. Weight, of Lawrence, Mass., for improve ment in machinery for cloth. Edmund Victory, af Wee N. ¥., ass to D. M, Lindsay and Geo. Goulding, of same place for tmprovement in machinery for spinning wool. Drsi1an.—Apollos Richmond, of Providence, R. I., assignor to A. C. Baratow & Oo., of same place, for design for cooking stoves. \ A New Rovre to rae Pactrto—We learn Gov. Stephens, of Ws ‘ton Territory, has report to Secretary of the nt, wherein he ur of the Missouri to Waw-waw, (on the Columbia,) the distance is but about five hun- dred miles. At present the Columbia is only navi- Goran aireedy. buiy. with preperstel Reeciad are their ye using suitable boats ink will be the industrial py te beyond conception. Mapu Ava Prerrrer—This world renowned , , and celebrated traveller, arrived at New steamer Bl la Orleans on the 7th inst., in the Dorado, from. She is described as asmall gen- teel 1 aes Ser spare, but bly er I intelligent and nt Beita thu of rer Dorado. of the most extraordinary w: say She has reached the age ot sixty, ® comfortable home, and a family of children, who are all settled in life. came ove Cuitp Burnep To Data mm Ornouwatt—On on his wife and children. He struck his wife and child with a poker, and broke up the furniture and threw the pieces into the street. While the quarre! was progressing, the clothes of the child, 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 could release herself the violent seizure of her husband. The child died during the night, in great agyy, and yesterday the Board of Directora of the City Infir- mary gave an order for its intermeyt.—Cincinnate Gazette, June 10,