The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-10-02

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tits stated in the Sandwich Island papers
that tobacco seed from the Island of Cuba
has been planted in those Islands. and the
account states that the crop is not only abun-
dant, but that the segars manufactured from
the tobacco are Of the the finest quality and
flavor, equal in every respect to the best
regalias Of Havana.
! CUBAN lNTELLIGENCE.-The New York
Courier and Enquirer of the Goth says:
"We publish this morning additional in
telligeEce respecting the state of affairs in
| Cuba. 1t may be implicitly relied npon
as authentic. The proclamation of the
Captain-General to tie inhabitants Of San
Christovol, the same department in which
Lopez landed and was arrested, acknowEed-
ing the existence of dangerous conspiracy
against the government, and ordering the
immediate surrender of all side-arns, fire.
arms and ammunition, under the penalty of
death or deportation, i9 genuine document
and one of the originals. with the signature
Of the Lieutenant Governor of the district
and the seal of the Captain General, is in
our possession. The issue OF such procla-
nation as this proves most conclusively
that deep discomfort prevades very large
portion of the population in that section of
the island and if there should be any doubt
remaining it would be at once dispelled by
an inspection of the list of those arrested.
comprising as it does officers of the army.
including even some of those decorated for
their loyal zeal against Lopez last year,
members of the secret police, eminent law |
ers and physicians. wealthy planters, and !
others belonging to the most influential class
Of society. The measures adopted by the
government against the malcontents are of |
the most rigorous character; but whether
or not they will effect their object remains
to be seen. So long as no Illegal attempts
is made by persons subject
to the authority Of four own government, we
are content to look upon those Cuban
as mere spectators. We shall
endeavor to give faithful chronicle of
events for we believe them to be of too
much moment to be past over in silened.
Whether to be approved or condemned,
hailed or deprecated, they are undeniably
and cannot be ignored"
England and the U2a5ted States,
The London Sunday News in the
course Of an article on the fisheries
says:
At the present moment the political
and social influence of the United
States upon the people of this country
is incalculable Their example is per-
petually in men s mouths their freedom
from the curse of aristocracy from
State church and from the enormous
pressure of taxation is adduced as an
in favor of democracy. To !.
put a stop to this state of things Lord
Derby and his colleagues would not be
re luctant to pick quarrel with the
United States so that in the blaze Of
passions which would inevitably ensue
On both sides of the Atlantic the peo-
Die here might be made to retrogate
n political ideas while the citizens Of
he Union could hardly fail to acquire
leep-rooted and stubborn preiudices
against us. We know Of no language
strong to characterize the
ltrocity Of such an enterprise. No
riend of industry no honest man no
Christian can ever desire to involve {
treat Britain in war with the kindred |
States Of North America. We are
tut two sections Of the same people !
ivided by the Atlantic and by cer.-
ain amount Of difference in the govern
lents of the two countries,
A DEFECT IN THE GERMAN Lam .
UAGE.-It appears from a decision Of !;
Judge Campbell, Of New York, in a
ase of the trustees of the Forsyth