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214 AFFAIRS IN JAMAICA. Our Kingston Correspondence. Krvasron, Ja., Jan. 4, 1855. Historical Sketch af the Island—ts Appearance, Srom the Sea—Arrival of the Steamer—Its Pas- sengers—The “Mayor —Kingston—Its Houses -and Streets— Concert in Aid of the Patriotic Fund Sir Henry Barkly—His Last Message—The Bfines--The Races—Exploits of Lady Barkly The Opera—Christmas and New Year's Day— Journey Through the Island—Bath Botanical Gardens— The Medicinal Baths--Scenes and In- cidents, Sc. I waserdered out here by my physician for the benefit of my health, and having made a three months tour in this isiand for the first time, for want of something better to do, I have now come to the desperate determination of giving you my im- pressions of this beautiful country. Jamaica, or Xaymaca, signifying “the land of springs,” was, as we all’ know, discovered by Columbus in the year 1494, on his second voyage of discovery; and not being successful in landing at the town now known a8 Port Maris, owing tothe fle:ceness of the waters, he pushed further northward, and landed at the little town of Ora Cabessa. The Indians numbered, on the first discovery of the island, some 80,000 or 100,000, but owing to the barbarous cruelty of the Spaniards, they soon became entirely extinct. In 1656 the island was subjugs’ed by Cromwell, and since that period has belonged to England. A few years alter this it was that Morgan, the great buecaneer, was made Licutenant-Governor of Ja- maice, in honor of his filibuetering exploits, and shortly after knighted and made full Governor. Port Royal, which had for a long time been the resort of these buccaneers, and become very wealthy in consequence, was, in 1692, with 3,000 of its inhabi- tants, suddenly immerged by a terrible earthquake, and entirely destroyed, together with all the public documents relating to the island. It issaid that the sunken’ houses are to this day discernible beneath the waters ot the ocean. From these frequent earthquakes the island has Sssumed that bold appearance in its lofty moun- tains, deep everglades, abrupt precipices, smiling valleys, and rushing cataracts, that often reaches to the highest pointing of granceur. In 1792 Lord Rodney defeated Count De Grasse in an attempt on the part of France and Spain to retake the island, and to commemorate the event, a splendid marble statue of Rodney now stands in the publio square of Spanish Town. So much for the early history of Jamaica. The traveller as he approaches by sea is first track ‘with the fine appearance of the blue mountaine, rising in the'distance from the sea, their tops covered with beautiful white fleecy clouds, and clothed from the hage t0 their eammits with the most Inxuriaut vege- tation, Ashe reaches nearer he beholds the sea shore lined with immense number of cocoanut ‘trees, whose tall and graceful appearance when ‘bending to the sea breeze haa the most pleasing effect. But,we are now nearing the wharf upon which we are to land, and which takes considerable time to accomplieh. In the meantime the steamer is boarded by tiyriads of natives, who have come off in their camees, filed with all kinds of fruits, their mer- chemdise moving cif much qaicker than I ehould suppose to be the case at the present time in New York—no such thing b:ing known bere as a tight mon¢y market or bank defalcation. While this profitable traffic has been carried on, wumberiess little copper colored boys, as naked as the day they were born, have swam tothe vessel, amd the passengers hsve fouad anew source of amusement if throwing eilver change tothem. The qroterquences and singular gestures of the boys as About twenty of tem Give for a single sxpence, al going down together in oxe spot, and knocking heads together while equirming under the — for the oars & cog the meer al one at coming up wth t! nize, at out in ‘eialee, tn his catenasen gibberish sll ‘this I aay, eemed to me very strange, and in my wind I could ompsre them to nothing but imps of the evil one iving im the river Styx. The steamer has now got longside of her whsri, and the passengers are har- ying on shore and swarming the streets; they are met on all sides by the iemales of the city, who, ressed in their handsomest, stand in long close nes ftom the stesme:’s wharf up along many a treet, Some of them are pretty, and use all their ting, powers to attrast attention. ‘The ar. rival ota ateamer is looked a9 by them as a great ees enon ee oe ee tatanel jo many ne passen; ave clal z and hired omuibuses ior the afcernooa—for they are bourd for Culifsroia, and the steamer will tee Coaled ‘and off in tne evening—and are driving thsough the streets, exchangiog, now aad tuen,a word with some pretty girl they meot. The here, although Lan to see them come, because they spend @ good of money, are, I think, a littie jealous of them; for they have out caricatures: gerry them over crowded fr'se omnibases, with their legs elevated at an angle of many Rig Do above tueir heads, and huge moustaches and ds, aud long nines stuck 1a their mouths, puffing from them large volumes of emoke, like one aes issuing from the pipe of erable sized steamer. Not being a smoker, and having neither moustsches cr beard to boas: of, I proceeded quetly to Mrs. Blundell’s, oyp of the best houses here you msy sa »pose, for I id not even be euspected of going to any other. I bad been recommended to g? to the Date ‘Tree, apother yond house, bul a ‘fat friead” of mine who ceme ont paesenger with me, ia- sisted om my going to the aforesaid Mrs. ‘Blundell's; you msy very naturally, as did the Prirce to Beau Brummeiil, ask “Who is our fat friend?” He shall be nameless; bat I will tel you that on board ne went by the name of “ Mejor,” although I mast d> nim the creiit to con- fess that he afterwards came to me, with an ia- credible amount of megcanimity, and in‘ormed me that he was notentitled to it. He was very eccen- , and arrived here just in time wo leara defeat as candidate for Assembly; upon watch intelligenze he again most magrantmously asserted on no account have served, waich, asa gentlewan, I was boand to believe. ‘9 very large man, with a nose altogether rtioned to nis size, being more like the of a young ¢lep»ant; within bouads, it was fully equal to rix of mine, (albeis I have nota large ove, but it is not to be questi ned on the score of respectability.) Tnis large excrescen’e, (I wish I call it a nealthy one, bat I would not be telling the trath if I did,) he used to irrigate ‘many times during the day, not s:emingly with any j intention of exvending the area of its freedom, bat | i » aa Lacs op & resigned hope of re ioflammatory tendencies. Deter- ‘to do him strict justice, ( waited vatiently until ‘nil of the voyage, at which time I made many examinations, bat could detect, I am to say, no diminntion in eitner. On contrary, as if conscious of its majesty, noe seemed to have defied all efforts towaids the slightest degree of consiliation, and geemed tobe literally barsting from its fettera. often highly amused on the passage, when Jooking down upon him from my crow vest, to tind ‘ing to his great dimensions, (or, ashe it, the extreme smallness of the berth,) he wasunable to stow his whole body in; that was ly entirely out of the question, and admitted ‘Ff cot mo Sanger pn hae _ seemed 1 4 tbankfal even to get eg3 io, and to supply tl waits of the carcass part, he wonld in, pioualy BF £ eee upon them lay the slid part of his the limbs then resigning himself into the aims of Mor, would shortly after;wake me in fright with trombone snorings. It was on (605e Ficus oat, starting trom sleep with a dread idea thst one of the boilers had exploded, I jown from the lofty summit on which I bebold that wondrons being, with NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1865. I ; a fi is 5 g iE f ffl i i fe ef z i £ E 4 i : i “rae iH 8 18 i el E & H H f é i ae SE i=] H ee id 4 i E the affairs ot Jamaica, which proved so trouble- some on account of the trath they contained that in order to get rid of him he was appointed Gcvernor of Jamaica; but he was oaly plain Heary Barkly, and it would not do to send oim out wita- out @ title, so he was knighted by his Quean, and is now Ki Commander of the camels Order of the Bath; and when he appears on pubiic occa: sions he wears his order, which, as near as I can make out, is a red silk kerobief, doubled under his vest to protect his lungs and liver. He may be the able man he is represented, but I think his last speech or @ to the Assembly, was a very Prine pb namby-pamby affair. In it he chiefly dwells on the im: of the copper mines, and advances the idea that if they are properly worked, they would resuscitate the sinkivg fortunes of Ja- Mmaica, and in time take the place of sugar planting. Now, it is difficult for me to understand how Sir Henry, as a practical merchant, can perpetrate sach absurdities. It is a well known fact that mining at best is but an uncertainty, while the cultivation of fey vee been carried on for almost ceuturies, and is oughly understood; and although it has lost ge e last few years, the rum is now pay- ing the planters handsomely—and so encourag- ing has this been, that I know miself seve- fay of them who are this crop tarning all their sugar into ram—therefore, if the present high value in Europe continues for s year or two, the plantera will in that event not only gain ba:k what they have lost on their late sugar crops, bat make handsome fortunes in the bargain. A small estate makin, three hundred puncheons should cet now, over an: above all Gren! twelve to fifteen thousand dol- lars, Now, [ehould like tobe informed what better business than this the p'anter can have. Would he Detter | id’ Froapecks' Oy Giving inte wild mining speculations? nis important matter Sir Heary makes no mention of whatever. It would be, per- bape, uncharitable to attribute the omission to soy want of knowledge on his part of the subject, so will, therefore, ———— he may possibly be an advocate of the Liquor law, and avoided it from conscientious scruples. The great event (so considered here) bas been the races, which were attended by the Governor and lady, and the first ladies in Kingston. They lasted for three days, and were well attended by all classes. ine MeN, rome fn dix cree, ceepeictie yhigd rt en great symmetry ant uty. Tney do not, how- ever, trot, as in our country, bat pt A and gallop. It was curious to see well dressed ladies up in the hustings looking on the scene before them with the gpd admiration. Now and then I could hear a fair creature softly betting with some gentleman frend. 1 must say that, take the affair on the whole, it did not come up to my standard of refinement, nor add to my ideas of elegan:e. To see Lady Barkly seated on a bench on the stand so rudely constructed of rough boards as to hardly compare with the commonest political hus inge in the States, and black men, and colored men, and all sorts of men miogling in the c:owd, while beneath was a rude bar, at which liquors were served up to the noisy rabble—ail chia passing before my eyes, made me hesitate for a moment as to wnethor the lady sitting before me was in reality Lady Bark- ly, the wife of an English knigot. But I am told ‘ste is very masculine in her havits,and takes de- light in pitching quoits and shooting with the bow and arrow, and such innocent amusements. ‘There is a very respectable Itahan Opera Compa- By performing here at the present time in the thea- wre. They have produced,tnus far,‘Lu. ta," “faa Pos. cari,” ‘Don Pasqaale,”and several more are promised chortly. I went one evening, more for the purpose of seeing the style of the audience than to near the elnging. The house had been tolerably well cleaned up, which it needed very badly; the ladies were weil dressed, but [ could not help observing that the audience was pretty thickly spriukled with dark ebony Venuses; the singing was pretty fair, but there was no choruses, and the orchestra was bad, and the prima donna, Madame Viti, caused me much faz, by constantly opening and closing ner eye- 80 energetically, as though she was using them for lemon squeezera; and her eyeballs constantiy rolled like a wax doll whose eyes are made to undergo the same Roku by puiling small wire that runs through its body. do not of course mean to 0887 nor could I by any possibility be ed. he working of Madame’s eyes waa caused by a like process. Thad a deal of Christmas day, and the manner in which it is kept, so I allied out on that day to see what was going on. Lariy in the morning there was exhibited in the market, (not so large as the Franklin, in Old slip,) what they called fine beef, and any day is to be seen mach finer in any ot our markets, and who would you think were there? The first people in the city, who came down in their private carriages to look at and gloat over tape of raw beef; but I was told it was fash- jonable. At night all I could distinguish were the dissor- dant sounds produced Whee) blacks thampiog their wild music on their old kettlss and tambourines, and thus ended Christmas, as [ thought; but the next moining, much to my astonishment, { read a long editorial in the principal paper abou: tno pr ous way in which the day was celebrate I looked for detais, but ali I could dnd was some indistiacs reference made to tie marry way in which the cow boys (i.¢., two or taree, who drove as many cattle through the strest,) cracked their whips and laughed; verily ‘’ts distence lends enchantment to toe view.” A more vapidly stupid ng than New Year's I never passed. T longed tobe in New York, that [ might join ia tue time-honored festivities, So, enough of Kingstoa and its stupicities, and I proceed with my journey through the island. We made ups party and drove from Wap oes along the sea side of tie eastern end of the islaad, comipg to the Yalish’s river, and stopping over | ight at the house ot a planter having # beautifal estate near Port Morant. There is a most magaifi- cent vie v from this bouse of the sea for hundreds of miles, UE geet in on the next morning, we reach- ed Bath at mil day, and Boupes to refresh our horses. The ride, for miles before you come to this place, abounds in the most romautic scenery. On every side are sparkling streams dasbiog from the mountains and meandering through smiling valleys. | 4s you wind up the mountain, at a sud tara, the acene bursts upon you in ali its magnificence. For miles around—and beneath your feet are many fine sugar estates, such as Goll Grove, Herdiey, | and others—the rays of the sua gilding the sugar cane, while the breeze sweeps over the, vas; fisids like the surging of the sea, forms one of the finest panoramic views | ever bsheld. | Here it was that Monk Lewis owned es:ates, and in his “Journal of a West India Proprietor” his fas- cinatipg descriptions are not at all exaggerated. He bay friend of Byron, who wrote of nim when he I would give many a sugar cane Were Monk Lewis alivo again. le weveral stools from the dining table hed | y ‘uta nose, glaring at me not | . | ton, In Esgland, parties have written out here of- At Bath are the celebrated Botanic Gardens, which I had much pleasure ia visiting. They are support- | ed by government, and contain the most rare and valuable placts from all parts of the world, and to me Lag gee as at Ti cha | logue. e many e majestic | palm ‘tree nnd con plant. The people of Jamat- | caare much indebted to Mr. Wilson, tne superin- | tendent; and lately he has placed them under deeper | obligations by the zeal wita which he has developed | end exhibited the great variety of fibrous plants, | Witn which the island abounds, The finest flax and | hemp can be produced from them, and te value since the nt war with Rassia having advansed | so much, there is now wide fleld for tasir oultiva- fering £100 ef ton for any quaatity of the fibre pre- | pared from the plant known as the ‘Jernsalem | and £50 to £70 tor other descriptions. Ail | the different varieties can be produced in large quantities, at s very low cost. If in tre hants Mr Wilbon” has, pre ered mony. pea . mai hich have been forwarled to the Paris ex: Thoee that I have seen would make the i z ; dreds of feet below lim, from the bottom of which ‘tall~ cocoanut trees. The 8& i F 4 bil bi on that point, be made her repeat what ne had said. Her blunéering attempts were so extremely ludi- crous, and so replete with good humor, that we shouted with laughter, which came back to usin 4! = something like the foll “When nig- was some’ lowing : n ni fr me who wite buckra gentleman are, me say berry great big man, him presiden ob de magis- tracy—bim much rich, and him buy all the black- women for himself, and give picanninies plenty of money.” It was quite in vain to endeavor to correst her. My friend told her repeatedly that it was not the president of the magistracy I was, but the President of the United States, laying a ay emphasis on the latter in scorn of the former, but it was of no use— good, innocent old soul—she had never heard of such a person, and she could not appear to compre- hend that riches were for any other purpose than to buy up all the black women in the island, and then ay, ay Eeht re proceeded alo xt e overu: iy an along ne: , Meeting on our way the Plantain Garden river, a pretty stream, views about it. Reaching a small place at night, called Manchio- neal, we reated from our labors, and stopped at the only house in the place, most romauti sally situatedon the sea shore, and 80 close to the sea that re might almost sep from the doorway into it. The house was,a s U. Heep would aay, a very “ ’ambie one,” and I was obliged to make the principal room serve asa dining room by dey ‘and, bedtoom by night; but I enjoyed it, was lalled to sleep by the musis of the waves, washing almost at my feet. In this little house I noticed many old fashioned utensils of solid silver, with the initials of some family name engraven upon them, giving tokens of better days. Had Byron seen Manchioneal he would doubtless have writteu some beautiful lines in memory of this solitary piace. Lesving next morning we travelled through a fine country, generality close upon tue sea, often meating with streams, which we were obliged to drive through, sometimes almost over carriage top. The same evening reached Port Antonio, an important town, but no place. There iss handsome government church here, which I attended, and was much amused. to hear the minister, an Eoglishman, admineter a scorching lectare to his black brethren for Sreatie } voted tor @ black man for the Assembly, instead of a white one. I doubt, however, if any impression was made on their thick alculle. 1 stopped atew Coys at 8 mountain residence, called Provi- dence, a few miles from Port Antonio, where I found the pure air #0 exhiliarating that my appetite soon [Peo upon me toa feartul extent, and there was ikely to be a famine in the place. It was my good tortane to visit the copper district, a short distance from here, which was done however at the risk of tov neck. The roads we were obliged to go over on horseback, were frightful, bsing in many places not over 8 foot wide, and the least slip would have in- stantly dasbed both horse and rider to tbe bottom of the precipice below. haw were the most danger- ous roads I encountered in all the island, aad sbould not like vp ee over them again. Bat I was fully compensated by the grandeur of the scenery. LT bave seen nothing in all the island; some- times poised high up in the air, with nothing on tne narrow road to depend on for safety but the sure- fected horse, the eye would gaze down beneath and around for miles upon the most beautiful land- scepe that can be imagined. fo those who have witnessed Jamaica scenery, any description would fall far snort of the reality. Could Co! » OF & nas- ter genius like bim, hsve come ont here and painted these views, they would have surpassed anything they ever undertook. Oh know ye the land where the plaintain and coco Beans, pines and potatoes grow all in a group, Where tomatoes flourish—where grows the green olero So luscious in gravies, in sauces and soup— Where the rivers are rapid, and mountains are steep, With their summits so Lofty and ravines #0 deep; Where it always is running by night or by day— Where sugar plantations have loug ceased to pay; Where lodes of suriferons ores may be found— Not merely deposite on the top of the ground, But permanent lodes with good walls are seen Of sulphurets, oxides and carbonates green, Where strife worse than that ’twixt theCapulets raged— Where Quashie leads one side and white man the other; Where ’tis man against man, and brother against bro- ther, Tis the parish of Portland, whose virtues must shine To the end of the world —the end of all time. Oh! no man the beauties and wonders may tell Of the parish of Portland, the place where I dwell. If I go on much longer I will take up all your paper; 80 must wind up briefly. { should like to te'l you of my adventares in passing through Baff Bay, Anratto Bay, Port Maria, Ocho Rio, St. Ann’s Bay, Dry Harbor, Rio Bueno, Falmouth, Montey’s Bay, Savanna la Mar, &c. I will say that tae scever; round about St. Ann’s is equal to any in tne island, and worth a visit to enjoy. I must clove with one observation: When I came here first, | was at once struck with the gracefal carriage of even the commonest black girls. My mind was taxed for a long time to learn the ciuse, when I suddenly discovered it. They carry from their earliest years eve: on the tops of their heads without holding on with their hands. seen them walking in the roais with an orange balarced on the top of their head, and sometimes a bottle, empty. cannot be induced to carr them intheir hands, Now the gracefulnese I gj of, any New York lady might well be proud of; and what I suggest it, that the ladies there make use of my bint, and at once commence practisiug privately in their parlors the balancing of cranges and bottles and “sich” like on their bh » and if they do not soon find themselves growing undalatingly graceful, why, then, my name is not Jack RosINson. Affairs In Venezuela. OUR CARACAS CORRESPONDENCE. Caracas, Das, 28, 1854. Banquet for the 20th of January—Field for Ameri- can Diplomacy—Ill Treatment of American Citi- zens. We are destitute of local news, for pease prevails with us. The cholera has preyed upon its victims in the Oriental provinces until it is satiated, and gone to parts unknown. ‘The President has ordered 9 banquet, with one hundred cubiertos, to be prepared for the 20:h of January, on the occasion of the grand entrance of his illustrious predecessor and successor to the capi- ta!--General Jose Tadeo Monagas; and it is to be feared that the United States wili not be repre. rented in the person of its resident minister, Mr, Charles Eames, now abzent a: Washington. Waen he returns he will have a grand field of operation, and an opportanity of distinguishing himself as a Giplomatist, for the e is material enough to operate upon in the shape of long standing claims for spo liation, illegal seizures, infractions of tne laws, vio lations of contracts, conspiracy and falss imprison. ment, decisions of the courts of jastice contrary to law and evidence, and divers other wrongs commit: ted in violation of the rights and privileges of Ame rican citizens, which requires talent, shrewdacss, energy of character, perseverance aod untiring in- dustry to accom lish. . American {uterests and American cit!zens have long been trodden under the feet of the executive, ministerial and judicial anthorities of Venezuela, without any redress or protection from their own government, while the subjects of Great Britain and France have their wrongs 5; and cemand that the most anple justice be meted oat to them, with prompt indemnity for every loss or damage they map. sustain from unjustifiable acts of , domestic fabrica, y flax, do. Ie sbown the mort tifal ladies’ made, which would astozish you the Medicinal Baths, stta- # mountain, huntreds of LHI lige : their offici the subjects of Eogland and France are respected ina much hits Sere by the ‘pt and pe of Venezacla are Al cltizens— rua! the old saying 3 correct a child for its ite to it love you; and ment, when made to Important from San Domingo. CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. San Domingo, Deo. 29, 1854. French and English Interference with the Dominican Governmeni—The Cazneau Treaty— Action of the Conauls—Another Letter to the President-- Present Attitude of the United States, §., &c- If you will concede this grace to a poor Domini- can, I would desire to present to the American pab- Ho the last example of the stupendous wisdom and unbeard.of modesty of the most excellent consuls of France and England. You must be well informed of the fact that’ these gentlemen have taken posses: sion of the Dominican government in the name of their august Majesties the Emperors Napoleon and Faustin and Queen Victoria (Q.D.G.), and that at the present moment it is as dangerous for a Do. minican to call himself the friend of the United Btates as it is fora Cuban. The French and English have a force of one hun- dred guns in our roadstead, and for more than one month we have lived in daily terror of seeing tie rev i negro chief, Buenaventura Baez, landed from the ships and put in possession of the capital. In October minicans were crazy with joy at the conclusion ofa (ehcp with the United States, for we thought the friendship of our great and pow- erful neighbor would ioanose restraint upon the Haytiens, ani bring A! ican emigrants to occupy our rich and cheap Janda; but unhappily for us, it was not the will of England or France to permit the citizens of the United States to render us and themselves this service. The British and French consuls put on their lace coats and went in severe state to tell President Santana that their Majesties Napoleon, Faustin and Victoria would not permit the Dominican govern- ment to make treaties with the United States. Pre- sident Santana is a silent, stubborn man, and made no reply, when he was informed by these omnipo- tent gentlemen that Faustin would bring an army of forty thousand Pere to ravage the sponte ‘while thelr navy would put the negro Baez in his place in this eapital; but, mark me, the insult will never be forgotten by Pedro Santans, or aay other true Dominicas. Presently the American plenipotentiary enters the Palace, in nis plain black suit, and passes quite calmly into the dent’s private cabinet, where he remained s0 late that an officer had to be sent to the St. Carlos, or Conde gate, to order it kept open for ee eee A cag lives in country), to pass interview. The morning after this conference, their consular majeaties were notified that “ theirobje>tions to the American heyy must be put in writing.” The French consul, Durasse, sent an express to Hayti for O iver le Dain Raybaud, and declined doing anything more until he came; but the British consul was asa enough to fall into the snare and ex: Ul ge ou arrow of his government to ene Bree lice of the United States, in a fi; protest. He lainly tells President Santana that the French and Eo goverpments must give their consent be- fore he can make any treaty whatever, and partica- Jarly with such a dangerous power as the United States, which, he says, Lord don and the British Cabinet are convinced has some suspicious design on the Dominican people. When Raybaud came he thought this letter a magnificent piece of diplomacy, never observing tnat this insult to the United States—made so ex: we and offi- » 9 the Brit As pattie eyond remedy commerce! interests of that page in America, Bat there is no limit to the blind arrogance of this pompous Frenchman. He is vain to insanity, and thinks nothing of talking, at the curious banquets he — for the a tinged blacks here, Soave lesson France aci and are Beeparing ve the there! Bite they have the chastise- ment of Russ’ This bossting, and the solid fact of the French fleet before his eyes, had a moral force on San- tana, and he did whatever M. Raybaud commanded him to do against the United States, however bitter to the Dominican palate. Nevertheless the last act of the consuls has in- spired us with the idea that M. log has allowed bimselt to be finally caugot be theAmerican Com mis- sicner. Gen, Cazneau manifested extreme coldness ‘and reserve on account of the childishness with which the President allowed the Congress to adjourn with- out faperthing, the coer d pec a geen) he at promised, rwards itting - Powneey, to force him to submit it to the Constituent Assembly that had been convened to revise the con- stitution, which body had no power to entertain any subject but the revision of the constitution; yet at M.Raybaud’s command it acted upon the treaty, and pretended to ratify it, (with many in- sulting amendments Babe geh by M. Raybaad,) efter + Cozueau had withdrawn the treaty. Of f that bedy i aull ana youn, 20" “at the action o To keep matters from becoming altogether aes- perate with the Americans, this government accept- ed the advice of Gen. Cazceau about making the eorsuls commit this interference with the United States to writing, which at that time they no doubt con:idered of minor importance, but which has now they have discovered these writing” are placing the interference of ce and Eogland in such a conspicuous light that it will be De eras for those governments to deny it, or to make an honorable explanation why their agents were se’ instructed to attack the American treaty, and push the weak and friendless Dominican republic to insult the United States in a manner wi neither of those great nations would dare offer in ita own neme. I beard Senator B——a speak yesterday of a new letter from the consuls still more foolish and com- promising tvan Lord Clarendon’s assauit on the American treaty. This letter, which was signed by the French and Engliah consuls, dictates tne con- ditions on which France and England will mediate @ long trace with Hayti. All these conditions are levelled at the United States, and Hayti is equally to be mediated into subscribing to them. These consuls demand, on the part ot England and Frauce, that no land in the D.minican territory shall be sold, given, rented, or lent for any period what- ever to any foreign power, and that no mari- time .or establishments be permitted, nor factories, nor wed to any nation; nor any treaty be ever made with one which shall contain any sipulations new or different from those now existing in the treaties made with France ard England. ‘This refers to the article in the treaty of Septem- ber, which these consuls induced the ative Gy threats and Her Britannic Majesty’s war steamer vastation in front of the city), to break, which opened the superb and central bay of Semana to American commerce,and made its abandsnt coal mines available to yoursteamers. France and Bag- land command your country and mine sir, to resign forever these fountains of commercial wealth. But will you obey ? The next condition is intended to prevent the Amevicats coming here to develope sne stagnant riches of our country. It stipaiates “that mo pore of adventurers, armed or unarmed, shail allowed toland in the Dominican Territory.” Thie would empower the consuls to forbid any party, though composed put of one family of “ un- armed” settlers, from setting foot on our soil. ‘The lsat article is only a silly flourish to excite the colored clases, ba Tg to a superlative care and evangelical ty for ir interests. It stipulates that “the Dominican republic shall never make any treaty which does not guaraatee to ali ite citizens in the territories of the other power, the same treatment, the same rights, the samo ad- vante ges and the same privieges, without distinc- tion of race or color.” It this article has any real meaning in favor of 8 of cvlor, why is it that France and Eagland Lever introduced it or even proposed to intro- duce it, in any of their own treaties for the benedt of their own colored eul ? More, how can they pretend they will compel Faustin to make “ no distinction of race and colo’,” since all the laws and institutions of his empire rigidly exclade white men from “ equal rights, pri- eee and treatment?” * Teil me,” eaid Senator B—-s, after giviag this ‘Mall me if the American Pieu!potentiry ought not “tell me, jpotentiary oag to be satisfied with his work? He has placed the executive so completely in the wrong tha’ he can have no choice but to accept whatever conditions the United States may please toimpese. He allowed M. Raybeud to our Congress into @ ridiculous ard unconstitutional action on the treaty, ia order to excuse himeeit from ba recourse to it in fatare; and finally he has provoked the stapid consuls into making this ridiculous display of the maiicions in- bm of their governments towards the United What will the proud and powerfal repablic of the North say to the insulting iiterference of the medi- ating Powers? Will the United States now sustain, in the face of res hich tha Nove mies sik ghty , of wi ve such han, preclamation to the world. Santiago. " Affairs in Honduras. OUR BRLIZB CORRESPONDENCE. Batam, Deo. 16, 1854, Wrecks —Destitute and Shipwrecked American Sea men at Belize--Cool Weather—Vessels for Ma. hogany Frights Hard Times Anticipated— Fears of Filibusterism, §c. Tre loss of the American schooner Empire, of which I have previously sdvieed you, makes six vesssln Gast away in this vicinity within » few months, aud bids tal to make a very disesrous your | Rsilroad advanced 1 per cent. or money, and with no person to take csre of, or provide forthem a passage to the United States, ‘This ought not to be, and your government should do something to remedy this evil, as the poor fellows are to be men wandering about the streets bare" , bareheaded, and with stomachs, or what is still worse, they meet in the gro; shops, who very worst kinds of b: liquor, which soon carries ‘them to the grave. This, Wee ration ibe wa We ie atuaed We are situated, an the fact that these men ions, come under the ob- servation of the wealthy os liberal, and the still ES your gover: flac for these men, they yy are | tied and destitute. fe have bad the most delightful cool weather imaginable for over two months—such weather bas never been known to have lasted so long at a time before. It is clear weather, with a cool north breeze every day. Deeeietely. & gale ot wind from the same quarter will biow wil great fey or afew fair weather again. hours, then it lulls and We have wi & The French brig Ossian, from here, with» cargo of logwood and mahogany, was lost on the northera Triangles; her officers aed crew were brought in here bya vessel, with a portion of materiais, jogany. are now very busy shi last r’a cuttl, which were unusually ee Tre on quaneity ot small wood cut has brought down the price of amall wood so low in both England and America, that it is almost valueless here now. Those who sold to and solvent houses when the pri: up, are “all right;” that is, if the houses are able and willing to stick to their bargains, which is not always the case. We exvect hard times, and ity of it, next year, as the price of logwood mahogany being very low, nearly onethird of the gangs will be broken up, and wages will also be reduced from 20 Pteceela are in clroalat generally here ports are ion very ly that the Yankees are about making a descent on this town a la Greytown, ill ne absurd report causes some trouble and no Coase our sable and colored population, who fear the object is TO" ions ie vi owl 0 their being so high in Now Orleans, from on Shee we get most of ours. TRAVELLER. Santa Anna Turned Slave Dealer. Porr oF Sisa, CAMPEOHR, 21 Dao, 1854, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Being in delicate health, I thought I would try a #ea voyage, and arrived here a day or two since in my schooner the with a general cargo. I shall leave this for New York in the course of a few days; but in the meantime I avail myselt of the brigantine , departing for the States, to inform you of @ very curious affair at present going on at this place. There are here now upwards of forty Yucatan Indians, which are, I understand, to be shipped in & day or two, on board the Mexican schooner Ja. cinto, and sent to the Havana, to be sold as slaves. Iam also informed that there are upwards of 150 more of these poor wretches in the prison at Merida, who are expected to arrive here in the course of a day or two, and will be shipped to the same destioation, Cuba, by the brig Antonita, now fitting out @ little way down the coast for that pur- pose. I have been fortunate enough to obtain au- thentic copies of the solemn protest entered by the uofortunate Indians ‘inst their being torn from their homes to be slaves of in 8 strange coun try, as well as Santa Auna’s decree authoriz ng this barbarous proceeding, which you will find herewih inclosed at your service. Yours, truly, Frepggick Voormres. (Translation.} SOLEMN PROTEST. To His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF YUCATAN; We, Raymondo Fun, Juan Cahinch, Diego Pac, Fernando Chan, Victoriano Chim, Ensebio Aamil, Desiderio Uc, Juan de 1a Craz Han, Vicente Fua, Jose Maria Fun, Pascoal Fé, Eleturio Tamay, Pas- cual Tamay, Antonio Xul, rey rn Nahuat, Lu- ciano Xib, dro Han, Juan Mercel, Diego Cai, Pedro Han, Joze M. Chan, Jaan Noh, Juan Pio Tuz, Laureano Camal, Victoriano Chuc, Esteban Cab, Jose Day, Jose Chim and Andres Uo, now in the ics xs hte city, accused of being — ~ omy, Te) " lency with the most protound respect 7°" = That we have been told and assured as a thing certain, that in accordance with an order of the su- preme government in relation to prisoners of war taken in this department, we shali be sent into sla. very in @ foreign country. This information has caueed us the greatest grief, and we have decided on placing oureeives under the paternal care of your Excellency, in order to escape, if possible, such a terrible inisfortune. We would represent that curs is not a case which comes uader the order above mentioned, as we are not prisoners of war; we were not taken with arms in our hands, nor do we belong to the ranks of the rebellious fadians. We Lee in Ma a in MR van fle concea, event the government troops (if we were aopvered) confounding us with the revel Indians, and to escape at the same time the revenge of these latter if we encountered them; but we neitner belonged to their party nor did we partici- in their revolutionary ideas. If, for this mis- ortune which bas befallen us, we deserve to be ban- ished from our homes, we pray your Exceliensy that we may be not sent to a foreign land, but to some place within the republic, as it would be grievous to us to be altogetner banished from the country, without being knowingly gailty of any crime. In this behalf we have the hopor to pe’ition your Ex- cellency. Taxacto Mswcucurtt, on behalf of the petitioners who are unable to write. Menipa, Dec. 14, 1854. Orrice or THE SEo’y oF ForzEIGN RELATIONS, Mexico, June 22, 1854. } Most ExcsLLent Six:—His Serene Highness the Presi¢ent of the Republic, having taken into consideration the communication of it Exceilen- cy in which the Colonel Don Manuel Jimenez, re- leona red house ofthe brothers Goicourta, mer- charts of Havana, asks permission to export from this department pauper [naians taken in the war now gvirg on, in order to bring them to the island of Cuba, and employ them there as servants, &c., a orca conceded by the supreme government on 23d of January last, has been pleased to decree:— roposale made by the Senor 1, Instead of the R Jimenez to take two hundred of the rebellious [n- dians captu’ed in the war, and give for them $15 per head, the Semor Jimenez shail pay $20,000, in two parts, into the proper offices of this department ‘ag soon as the Indian prisoners are given over. 2. Tbe Commandant General of Yucatan will give to Senor Jimenez half of the prisoners of the de- partment, to whom shall apply the same favorable conditions mentioned in the perm’ conceded «0 the house of the Brothers Goicouria on the 23d of January last, to contract for captured Incians, &c. It is also ordered that this concession gives no privilege wiatever to the house of the Brotuers Goi- couria, since the supreme government of the nation holds iteelf free to make otner contracts of & s\milar nature whenever it caooses. Ic. mmunicate this order of H. 8. H. to your ex- cellency, in order toat you may fulfil its provisions in every particular, giving such account of ita resulta to the supreme government as may be necessary in the premises. Bontuua. To his Excellency the Governor of Yacatao. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, MONEY MARKET, Sarurpay, Jan. 27—6 P. M. There was considerable activity in the stock market this morning, without any material variation in quotations. At the first boar1, Michigan Central New York Contra Bonds declined j per cent; Harlem, j. There was a good deal doing in State stocks, at prices current fat the close yesterdiy. Railroad bonds were notso active or buoyant. Illinois Central was well sue tained. There were no transactions in Erie bonds The new loan was freely offered at 80 a 804 per cent, Cumberland Coal opsned and ¢ osed to-day fine, at 354 per cent. The discoveries recently made on the company’s property, alluded to a few days since, is probably the cause, Harlem is heavy under te ef- fect of the suppressed report and the decision rela- tive tothe over issued stock. After the adjournment of the board the following sales of bonds and stocks were made at su:tion, by A. H. Nicoimy: $5,700 La Cross 5,000 Tol., Norwalk & 16,000 Ohio & Missinaal 10 shares Erie 20 do. 20 nd Milwaukie oat 8's, int. added T7 Ciev. R, R. do R.R. VOL. XX., ‘The following aale was made at euction by A. B Maller & Oo.:— 4 $5,000 Chicago & Miss. R. R., 1st mort.,.int. added. 6936 At the second board the transactions in Camber’ land overshadowed all others, Tho stock advanced this afternoon 4 per cent; Harlem went up j; Erie closed heavy. ‘The transactions at the Assistant Treasurer's of- fice to day were as follows.— ' Received... fa yg . Paid for Assay Balance. $270,066 91, 42,686 54 259,569 72 a 34 ++ 2,881,386 89 ‘The coal tonnage on the Reading railroad for the | week ending on Thursday last, wus 23,850 tons, and for the season 197,102 tons, against 170,122 tons te - the same time last year. The public are cautioned against receiving par- | tially burnt bills of the Blackstone Bank, Boston, as they will not be redeemed by the bank, the same having been cancelled, and supposed to have beyn burnt, but by some means secured from the fire be’ fore entirely consumed. ‘The Boston Teleg aph of the 26th inat. says :— A better demand prevailed for some stocks, however, apd particularly bank shares, which are generally he! at higher figures. Atlas advanced to 103% for » small lot; State 64 bid for about fifty-shares; Granite, 98; and | Commerce, 99. Blackstone 1s in demand at 101 bid; bid; Columbian, 103 bid; Office. City, 102 fle, 105 bid; Ex: | change, 107%, bid; Grocers’ 96 bid; Howard 04 bid; Merchants’, “105 ‘bid; North, 101 bid; North { American, '103 bid; Shawmut,’ 101 bid; Shoe and Leather Dealers’, 108 bid; Suffoll, 128 bid; Traders’, 102 f bid; Tremont and Union, '107 bid; Washington, par bid, and Webster, 10234 bid—all closing frm with « scarcity of stock, The sound railroad stocks were all firm ex- cepting Old Colony, which declined to 79% asked, wi lenty of sellers. Michigan Central improved 1 per Fitch be ins at 85 bid, regular and asked, selle: months; Northern was in demand at 46, without 3 and Providence and Worcester, 80 bid; Central is steady at about 4, that being the asking rate; Ogdensburg | opened at 5%, but closed at 6 bid, with sales of nearly | 1,000 shares, a leading operator taking all the lots; Vermont ani Massachusetts advai to 16, and that was firmly bid at the close without sellers. | Land Company stocks are less firm at reduced pricea, from a few days since. East Boston is an exception’ having turned to move up again, and 14 is bid for sever- | al lots, but only ten shares were sold; Edgeworth declia- ed to 334, Waverley, PP H¢tD1d,.236 ashed;Cary 7 asked, and Essex Company declined §1"from yesterday, selling at 76, which is, however, an advance of $6 per share since Tuesday. The chief engineer of the Fort Wayne and Chica- go Railroad, in his annual report, estimates the total coat of the road, 147 miles in length, including a fall equipment, at $3,143,448, or $21,384 per mile. The stock subscription obtained amounts to $1.625,393, of which $1,205,768 have been paid. Farther sub-- scriptions to the extent of about £400,000 are ex- pected from Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Chicago, and from parties on the line of the road. The total amount expended on the work up to the let of No- vember, 1854, was $1,200,000. SaruRvay, Jan. 27, 1855, 250 shs Cam Ci Co's3 3536 35 82% 30 a A 953% 300 9534 100 953¢ 100 92 8 Mich Cen RR,... 91% 501M Central RR... 25 do. 4000 Louisiana 6’s8., 85 1000 N Carolina 6's. 98 1000 HudR1stmortbs 101 5000 ICenRRBs.b80 7234 25000 a b60 30 Merch’ts Ex Bk. 95 10 Metropol Bk. 19 Shoe 100 Canton Co... 100 Flor & K Joint St 260 Nic Tran Co.. 83 00 a bs 300 do. ¢ _17 Hudson Riv 25 do. BOARD. $1000 Virginia 6's .. 953, 1000 Kentucky 6’s83 103 5000 Ill Cen RR Bd. 72 1000 Erie In Bonds,. 10234 1000 Erie Con Bds 717834 200 Evie Bds of '75, 80% 5 ShaDel&HC Co 93 111 100 d0...... 83 11134 100 Cum Coal Co..93 353g 100 35% 30 3 % «400 do. 3 353g 100 Hudson RiverRR 8644 CITY TRADE REPORT. Saturpay, Jan. 27—6P. M. Asues were unchanged, with small sales of pets at 68 a $6 75. Breapstvurrs.—Flour—The market was more active, with a better feeling in the trade. The sales of all kinds footed up about 7,000 a 8,000 bbis., including about 4,000 bbls. common State, for export, which sold at about $8 12, though the range was from $8 to $8 25; favorite State was at $8 25 = $8 37; common to good Indiana and Michigan, $8 50 a $9; fancy Michigan, $9 12a $9 25; extra do. and Ohio, $9 25 a $10 25 to $10 50; extra Genesee, $10 50 8 $11 50. In the above sales were 200 bbls. Baltimore city, head lined and delivered, at $8 62; and 1,000 do., extra do. do, at $9 50; Canads was steady, with sales of 600 bbls. at $8 87 $9, in bond, and at $9 50 duty paid. Rye four was unchanged and meal was dull at old prices. Wheat—Sales of 4,403 bushels handsome white Canadian were made at $2 35, duty paid; Western, Southern and Genesee were nomi- , pal Rye—2,000 bushels prime North river sold at the railroad depot at $128. Corn—Tho sales embraced aboat 16,000 bushels, chiefly Southern white and yellow, at 96c.a 98c, Oats and barley were unchanged. . Brrswax.—Sales of 2,800 lbs. yellow were made at Te. & 27 ie. Corrxe.—Sales of 150 bags St. Dominge were made on private terms, 500 mats Java at 153g¢., and 180 bags jo at 9340. a 10e. Cortox,—The stock on the market continued light, and the firmness of holders restricted sales. The tran- sactions embraced 1,300 bales, including about 800 bales i» transitu, and 500 on the spot, the market closing at full prices. FxeGuts —Rates to European ports were steady. To Liverpool, 6,000 bi is corn were ergaged at 6d. in ship’s bags, 250 boxes of bacon at 178 6d., 100 hhda. ow at foe » and 100 bbls. pork at 2s. ith 20 bales urement goods at 20s. To Havre, a fair business war doing, without change in quotations, To Bremen, 50 tons measurement were taken at 16s. To Lon- don, rates were quiet and rteady, To California and Aus- tralla they were without noticeable change. Frerrs.—The market was without change, and sales were unimportant, Hay,—About 600 bales were sold at 96c. » 98c. Ho ‘ales of 32 bales were made at 20c. » 82c. Hives,—Receipta dnring the week were light, and the sales exhibited an advance of 1. per lb. over the prices of the previous week. Buenos Ayres are heki at 20:.; Orinocos were held at 18c. The total receipts of the week have been 20,670 hide Tron. —Small aa! $51. sLeATHER.—The market is very firm, although the sales have not been so large this week as the week previous, and holders of prime qualities demanded prices above the views of buyers. ales, however, are more than equal to the receipts, leaving the stock much reduced. Receipts 34,370 siden hemlock, 2,310 do, oak, against sales of 42,000 sides hemlock and 23,860 do.oak. We quote—Onk slaughter and saited, good light, 26. do. do, midéle, 26¢. a 28e.; do. do. 25e. cotch pig, om time, were making at i do Spanish do., all weights, 226, w 260. ; Ayres, Ke., rood light, 19.8 20¢,; do. do., midiie, 19¢. 2 200. do. do, heavy, 1c. a 20e.; de, Orinoco, ke., do. light, Iie. a 183¢6. 0, do. middle, 17e. @ 18%¢¢.; do. do. heavy, Ife. lfc. ; do. and B. A., damaged, all weights, Me. a I7e.; do. do., 10¢. a 12¢.; do, slaughter, n rough, Ic, = 22e., on # 6 months credit, Lanp.—fales of 400 bbis. were sold at 9%¢., and some lots of prime at Ife. ; MoLAssex.—Sales of about 300 to 400 bbls. New Orleaus were im: 8 De. 27 . Naval Stones. —The market was quiet, spirits, while rorin and raw turpentine were at old rates. it 100. for Cits.—The market for linseed was dali at Sle, Other Cescriptions were unchanged. Pacrmone. ‘The we 4 steady, with a fair busi- bers doing. About 400 oF 500 bbls. old mess pork were sold, at $12 50, New and prime ditto were unchanged. Beef.—About 500 bbis. State mess and prime were sold ld prices, City prime mess was at $27 50. Cat meats were in fair demand, and sales of 200 boxes = middles on shipboard were purchased at 8Xc. (free expenses); and 10,660 1bs. dry salted sboulders wore sold atp.n t. re ¥.—Sales of 100 casks were reported at $4 50. TaLLow.—fales of 8,000 lbs. were reported at 12s0. Towacco bas been in good demand through ihe week, | with sales of about 100 bbas, Kentucky at $0, 8c. a Oise. Waiexxr.—Sales of 100 bbls. New Jerasy were male at 24\¢.; and 200 ditto E. D., in gooderder, sold for Ca- ja shipment at 8c.