The New York herald., 1850-06-10

American Consul Is completely powsrless, although
HIS duty and in whom all his hsvs the ut
most csnhdence-yet h- is treated Ike mere vuppet
he 70 not supported by his government at hcms Inst
ss be was upon the point OF ascsrtain.g some.
thing from the Captain General respectinr The ssn-
ture Of two American vessels, with serrors ana
passengers bound from New Orleans to Charrss
General o, Marines % the 81 ra%y asy On the part Of the
der fstnall. arrives with dispatches from Presders
Taylor 10 the Captain General placing the Anerican
siu"oron under bis order to in concert with tho
spanish navy This relieved the little doubt he had
before, OF the pusiisnimity Of the Americans, ana
Their geverumsBt He rad the huiliatinr dis ,stch
thanked the gentemeD, and said they (ths spanisS
naton visbed for assistance sas their force wa.
quite suheent Tor he defencs OF the island but should
he require their services he would let them know
With THE lie d mss-d them and strutted OF With his
hands under the tails Of his military coat, and has
since treated our Consul In the most eontemptuous
manner. having no communication with hinn-has
sent back his official notes, with out degning TO read
them
Our squadron indeed do rot blame the captais
General for not accepting their services they ars
aeomplote disgiace and make us poor Anercans here
sink into noihingn ahcD asked by the Span
iarGs. why have your men-of-war run sway-arS
they afraid General o ~ srnes will capture them7,
Good God have been brought so low rs TO be con-
tinuelly insuted by the vain covardy SpaniArd-anI
that, TOO by the acts OF our governmentl oh, thai
we were Eneinh. French, anything but Ameri-
cans-wouid they US, and treat our
Consul n the way they do, No, never. II is
the Raran. and lac and his officers danced about for
few Gay, showing heir epGuletes and auay uniforms
TO the admirDg sn0rtas and slipping their Ice creams
at the Dominica when they got tired and decided to
go In vain a petition, signed by all the Aneri-
cans ia the city well by some OF the leading
foreign persons, requesting him stay let one OF
the vessels OF the station remain here for
the protection OF the Americans and their pro-
psrty No he must go, and away be went,
singing Yankee Dondie about the ocean, I sup
pose. Then came Captain Randolph in the Albany.
lie sent boat in to get some r-fseshments, aud by
strong enireaties from tie Consul he at last in
with his fhip The toiloSing day the Germantown.
in; then had some hopes partic culariy when
Consul TO ID. Captain .nsra and iuq lre IL the
vessels captured we're Americans and II they coulS
communicate Win the Iri- sncrs which brought
in by the Spanish steam' r.ofwar but We found that
they treated with contempt by that greater
than kings and denied even rn audience. Wo haS
then some hopes irom the high gcound and boasting
Of the captains tbat Lbey would so to and
capture the prizes. aud get some OF the prisoners,
If they had to capture the brig of aabanero.
They did 20 to srs in IL hurry even got steamboat
sidtbey 90 way let the iaoanerc pass under thsir
noses without saying word, with the prisoners
board and she with h ing oolors came into port anc
our brave bOasers Oyer TO Key West. where they
have been since. The steamer saraaac, With
Captain 1attuah came In, as | said before with
his despatcbe.--wSs contemporary received BY
svery one both in the navy and civil depart
raents lie then cosied up his steamer, and went
cut Key West. and brought Judge Marvin
end Mr po0slss the csll,ctor, thinkns perchancs
they might have sonn influence with noble Chief
but even t&sy v-.. not admitted TO an audcnse anf
had 10 ros's hss VII, they similar to adog
when he gsss s~ck behind IL is said that Commo-
dore 1stnss sick nor la body, but in mind, as he
has doubts II he h. acted right; at all events h. has
been here three days 10 raid TO Key West to
carry back the of ciods officials. Judge Haryin and
Collector Douglas. and then TO communicate with
eur government To know what next Is TO b. done,
and. In the n-sntime. these poor innocent pas
scpeers,. and chips crews Of the bark Georgana
and brig Suson Loud in irons. going through q
trial board of tn. Spsnish four. They
not ailoWea counsel OF any knd ttey can bring In ne
witnesses to prove their innocence; ths kmericaR
Consul has in vain requested to see them; In
allowed; they tried by Spanish naval inquisso1,
and undtrstant that the captains ana crews OF the
two vessels have been condemned to be hung AZ the
yard arms OF the srven -four, and the passengers w
most probably be Condemned to work In abe chain
Now, AK you. is not this CALLING to Americans
Key West; least II would appear not to wit
ness the hanging uf American seamen whilst poor
devils, shore who have business 70 detain are
looked upon With suepici0n, aud are huRted 10 the
6ust with the feeling that W have government to
protect US. Several instances OF personsl insults
have occurred, which dare not rsfentone in par
tcuiar, in which the paroles run some rsk Of their
lives 1t was on Wednesday morning, after they had
heard that the Americans had fed before few
of their troops, that an American merchant, being
over TO the public stores, at the Regia. to at
csrtain OF the bark Murlo, invited him to take
seat in his boat 20 across TO the city whsh he
accepted and the boat laid outsids Of two Spanish
sehooners Which we're dschArgn2, they were obliged
to cross their decks to get into the boat aud whilst
crossing rome oi the cried out. There go the
AmeucHns-kili them and several OF them raa for
bilets OF wood asd than probable II the psrtics
had not great presenee OF mind, and the merchant
fpskiIg spanish, they would have been seriously 10
jured and perhaps killed. There IL redress bs
got through our Consul, and 1t Is fault Of bis,
NJ he always makes claims for redress whenever
requested, and formerly With success; but Il 10
useless May not hope that government
vii take scme Notice Of General Carapbels constant
representations and send impress awe
upon the authorui.s uf this island. In government
do not choose to call them account for capturing
our vessels whilst onth. gh pursuing their yoy
eye, and bringing their in prisoners. to be
u and hung ~ the dsueial of Marines chooses they
might thsst in there dai gerous times for American
interests allow one OF the AIMED y-fes TO remain here
fer the support a the Consul ant protection OF Ameri-
cans and their property
MERCHANT OF HAVANA