New-York daily tribune., 1844-12-04
nr,t,.h Ineendiarism In Cuba.

DUH S1reenS ana "A. IL. EvefettS OF tus th"S ~
subserye their own base purposes-imports thai
Great Britain, through her agent or Consul, 9
Mr.. Turnbull, was the exciting cause oil the con-
spiracy for Slave Insurrcction 80 bloodiiy sup
pressed, a few months since, IN Cuba. 1t car
hardly be necessary TO assure the intelligent thai
this yross irnputation on the British Governuen
is sustained by no evidence whatever-none, a
least, that would suffice to hang dog on. Fol
hesake Of the suspicious and spi,eful. it may bt
necessary to elacidate the mater.
By Treaty with Great Britain, in lel7, Spar
bound herself 10 abolish the Slave Trade,-par
italy at once, and wholly after the Both OF May
1920. England stipulated to pay her, and &C
tualIy did pay her 100000 sterling, or neal
$4,000, 900, in condition of the agreement or
an it was stated, TO make good the losses which
Spanish subjects must sustain from the Aboli
ton Of the Slave Trade. But Spain has never
begun to fulfil her engagements. The Slave
Trade has been actively carried on BY her people
under her flag, and with scarcely p1etence o
concealment As an evidence Of this, If can only
be Necessary TO state, that the Slaves in Cuba
who wero by the census Of 1927, only 2S6,942
had increased in l84l to 496, 6,495, and it is be.
lieyed that this later enumeration, dcsignedy
diminishes the real number by at least third,
and that there are now not less than S0O,O0O to
9OOO00 Slaves on that Island. All the authori,
ties connive at the traffic and are enriched by it.
All the Governors, except Gen. Valdez, whom
the slave traders soon contrved to ge, nd Of have
regularly winkel at the importation of Slaves,
and received their dollar ahead for every one
safely landed. There are good reasons for be-
lieviug that at least onehaf Of the present Slave
population Of Cuba are Illegally held in bondage,
having been introduced in direct violation of tht
subs;sting treaty with England.
Ofcourse, the British Government demonstrates
from time to time. and that of Spain makes far
promises in rapiy-promises broken as fast ss
made. The British Consul at Havana also
urges on the Governor the necessity OF s'op
ping these outrages, but to no effect. Gen.
O'Donnell, the present Governor, who has amas
sed great wealth by his grstuitv of dollar ahoao
for every Slave landed has at length nearly thrown
off all disguise, and refused to answer or notice
tha freuuent remops.rsnccs of Mr.. Turnbu
against these iinuumsrable acts of pefGdy.
At last, serious conspiracy was detected
among tho dreadfully abused and maltrea.eo
Blacks of Cuba, originating with the more intel
lgens Free Blacks, and it was repressed with 3
bloody hand. O'D.nnell, who hated TurDbull.
the British Consul, and vas resolved 10 rid him.
sefof 20 troublesome an observer of his lniquites
resolved to impllcate him as tho secret author ano
head of the conspiracy. Accordingly grea'
number of the detected or suspected consprators
were whipped or tortured nearly or quite to death
in order to induce them to say yes to string
of confessions prepared for them-in some cases
of course, with success. But that the British
Government ever mcditated or instigated rebel:
lion in Cuba is an absurd, atrocious falsehood'
and would be if fifty more negroes were whipped
into confessing it, and a hundred mora Duff
Greens and A. H. Everetts were to endorse the
foul calumny.
LoNo ISLAND RAILRoAD-OpEYINo OF THE
Tunnel THROUGH BnooKLYN.-Ihs great work
is at length completed, or SO far advanced as to
render it fit for use, and was yesterday formally
ouened in presence of some hundreds OF persons
uhom the Directors of the road had invited to
witness the ceremony. After passing with the
train through the Tunnel and back again cold
collation. was spread in the Depot at the loot oil
Atlantic street, and short addresses on the bene-
fits of railroads generally, and the Long Island
road in particular, were made by GEo. r. FISH,
Esq, President of the Road, tIs. SrRAeuE, Mayor
of Brooklyn, Mr.. SPooNER, OF the Brooklyn Star,
SAMUEL. BRooKs and ]. De PEysrER OGDEN, OF
New York city.
The grant to the Company to construct the
tunnel was passed by the Common Council o.
the City of Brooklyn in April last and the work
commenced in May. 1t passes under AT
lantic street, commencing at Columbia and tsr'
minating at Boerum street. The width of ths
tunnel is 81 foet-suffciently wide for TIC
tracks which We learn it is tie design of tht
Company to construct. The walls on each side
are II feet high, being SIX feet wide at the oast
and four feet at tho top, built OF species OF gra
mite from Kipp's Bay. The arch is of brick ant
is twensy.one inches in thickness and designed
to be water tight 1t is laid in cement as are ais'
the walls.
The whole length of the arch is 1913 feet, AM
the entire cutting 1900 feet, or over half mile
There are three ventilatois, one of which u
in the centre of the tunnel, and the others S2s
feet either way from il The approaches are tt
he properly walled and rai'ed TO prevent scclcents
-a----
~ Our streets were probably never IN mucl
worse condition than they are atthe present time
They are muddy and filthy in the extreme, Ell
remain SO from week to week. We receive na
merous complaints from citizens in almost ever.
section Of our city, requesting Us TO call the at
ten,ion of the proper authorities to this subject.
FRoA BRAzh.-By the arrival OF the bn
Henry, 81 days from Bio GraDde, we learn i, wa
rums,ed at Rio Grande that General Rosa had de
clared war sgains, the Brasiliaus, and that the
were making preparations TO defend themselves
case of an Invasion. Business ofall kinds IS com
,~1o,alv ota cnafnd