The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-12

stll closely confined on board the Spanish trgateH
Z soberano; in chains many of them having died,
and those that survive suffering extremely. ThsI
information is not altogether reliable, for theseI
Underwriters have had no means of access to the
Eprisoners to have ascertaned their actual
cendiiion but there are some facts which we dol
Hknow-that citizens of the Unted States wereI
Ataken on board the vessels above mentioned, andI
<carried by force into the port Of Havana, where
6they are now detained in close custody by the
authorities Of Cuba That many Of them, as has
been represented, have suffered death in conse-
4qunce of their imprisonment and the harsh treat
ment to which they have been subjected there are
flew on this side Of the Gulf who will hesitate to
believe for there are few who are ignorant oil
he barbarity and cruelty characteristic alike of
( Spanards and Spanish rule
There is but question in regard to this matter Il
Had the Cub n authorities the right to make this
Seizure and thus to detain these men to undergo al
atrial for piracy? They either had the right, orI
they had not Ii they had, then any interference
on the part of our Government in behalf of these
unfortunate is wrong if they had not, failure
on the part of our Government promptly and with
the least possible delay to interfere for their pro-
Election and release would be not only in fragrant
zdereliction of duty but, in the peculiar circum.
stances of the case, highly criminal.
A Our Government has already taken the position;
by its Secretary of State, that if the captured men
lwere guilty of any acts for which they should be
punished they responsible alone to our Govern
4ment and not, in any sense, to that of Spain and
lin the taking of this position, we have no doubt
& the Government will be sustained by the entire
Scountry. These men had not invaded Cuba--it isl
not pretended that they had by the authorities
IS who have seized them they had committed no act
q of hostility toward the Cuban Governmental isl
Zsnot pretended that they had they were not taken
Mn waters under the jurisdiction of Spain-even
this is not asserted. But without making any in
Evasion, without committing single act of hostility
.5wihout even approaching near the shores of Cuba
5they forcibly seized, put in close confinement
szand in chains upon the dank and filthy decks of a
ssSpanish frgate, to undergo trial-for what? For
'ahaving intended to participate in the invasion
aagainst the Island of Cuba The intention to do
criminal act is not punishable by the laws of any
lnation but the act alone. In this case the cap
ured persons, fair trial. would have little diff
lculty in proving that they had not only not been
guily OF any criminal acts but that they had never
HAD, had altogether abandoned, the intent to en-
3gage in this expedition.
A But Secretary Clayton has assumed in his pub.
lished instructions to he u S. Consul at Havana
that the persons taken on board the Georgiana and
Susan Loud, having been captured in waters moi
aunder Spanish jurisdiction, and on board vessel,
Sailing under the flag OF the United States are re-
sponsible Gf responsible to any power0 to til,
5Government of the United States. The capture
therefore, was wrong from the begi inning, both as
ITO the persons and the esses and by the very
sact OF capture, the Spanish Government did dis
Nhonor to the flag of the United States and rem
.1dered itself liable to an immediate demand for re-
dress II the Cuban authorities have not the right
ato put the captured men in close confinement, to
3SPiace them on trial for any offence with which
s5they may be charged, and to punish them with
death if they should be able to prove them guilty.
q (all which Mr.. Clayton denies by the assumption
Athat these men are alone responsible to our Gov
AernmentD then it is most clear that they had no
fright to make the seizure; and, by making it. the
3Spanish Government has become responsible to
Aour Government, not only for the wrong Of this
seizure ITSELF but for all the consequences of thi,
wrong-the detention of the vessels and the de
privation of citizens of the United States of the
liberty, and many of them Of their lives in eonse
quence OF their protracted Imprisonment and the
severe treatment towhch they have been subjected
heavy responsibility but one which we hope
our Government will see fully discharged
"a The latest intelligence we have had from Wash.
Y ington City in regard to this matter is that Com.
lamodore Morris has been dispatched, on the war
7seamer Vixen, to Havana with instructions to de-
Nmand the immediate release of the prisoners. We
2should like to know whether this is all he is in
7structed to demand; whether he has no instruc-
Htlons to require an immediate, ample reparaon for
4the detention and close confinement of the prison
saaers Alas what reparation can now avail those
Apoor fellows that have persisted in chains in the
s oathsome hulk of the Soberano
3 We shall await further intelligence with anxiety.
n LAKE SUPERIOR Iron, Erc.-By the London
we have the Lake Superior Journal Of the 18th,
Hwlth late intelligence from the northwest. The
M ournal urges with much force the construction OF
1.-the Ste. Marie canal, national work Congress has
E3too long neglected. ship canal of only three
&3quarters of mile, the Journal truly remarks
eSwould remove the sole barrier to the union of the
brotherhood of lakes into one common chan.
e|ne OF navlgabe waters, extending about SOC
kAmiles along the whole line of our western and
Aaorthwestern frontiers; from Fond du Lac, at the
Ahead Of Lake Superior, to the river st. Lawrence
kN About forty tons of iron in blooms had reached
3the Saut from the Jackson Iron Company at earn
Frlver, en- route for Pittsburg, for market The
Journal says this iron has been thoroughly tested
s}lby every manner of use, having been drawn into
&catd' teeth wire with perfect satisfaction, and man
S4uaetured into good article OF steel. For heavy
aron work It is pronounced superior to the best ar
y ticle heretofore used.
IS The jackson Iron Company are about to greatly
3enlarge their works. and extend their business anc
Twill erect new furnaces the present season. The
q Journal says:
IA This locality embraces large portion of the
Iron Mountain, and contains a sufficient quantity
so supply the whole country for centuries Ii is
APPLIED up in irregular stratifed Masses easily spill
Aor broken up with crow-bar and sedge hammer
~ and one may break aud throw together fifty tons
kdot this ore in day. To make bar-iron from this
More is cheap and simple process, and the day is
inot far distant when the markets around the whole
chain Of lakes will be supplied with their best arti
aeles OF iron from the Iron Mountain of Lake
2 YSuperior."
Ia A new IRON company is to be Immediately organ.
EYized by Pittsburgers. John Hays Esq, Of Pitts
burg, has entered several tracts Of land ia the Iron
T jMountan region, and is his way home for a
ts9large force OF men and supplies.
IA The copper operations are progressing success.
E1ully. Twenty-six tons Of native copper in masses
( some weighing over 1000 pounds, from the Min
E,3nesota NINE, reached the Sault on Saturday
lLarger masses are ready TO ship and the Mime.
asota bids fair to rival the noted Cliff mine
The arrangements to remove the Chippewa In,
idians from Lake Superior are producing much dis.
Satisfaction among the Indians and the whites
"a The Indians 10th to remove and the whites to
4 et them go, The policy of removing them is con.
4 idemned. Many OF them are partly civilized and
1--WE cannot find country better fitted and more Out
,lol the way for the Chippewas.-C IeUelaNd Herald