Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-09-02
Arrival of the Steamer Crescent City
IMPORTANT FROM CUBA!

IMPORTANT FROM CUBA!
The U. S. mail steamship, Crescent City,
reached New York on the 18th ult., from
Havana. We copy the following items from
the Havana correspondence of the New
York Herald:
l cannot help thinking that something is
about to be attempted by the creoles, from
the numerous arrests which occur daily.
Surely the Government would never con-
descend to notice, as they have done, the
mere phillipics of the New York Sun, or
publish such an extraordinary editorial as
the enclosed, (from the Diario dc la Mari
ma, so full Of menace, did they not fear a
conspiracy Of some kind on foot.
Arrests and searching OF houses are of
daily occurrence. About seventy persons,
up TO this time, have been taken up in Hava-
ma!
A quantity of powder and ball cartridges
were discovered last weel, in the Calza de
San Lazario, and at Regla, in the houses of
persons Of no great note. 1t is however,
absurd to suppose that these creoles can in
any way oppose the government, and the
least attempt at instruction will certainly
lead to the destruction Of those engaged in
it. Nous UerronS.
The only novelty in this line of policy to
which the Cubans must now have become
accustomed is, that women, who have hth-
erto been considered exempt from such
treatment by all former Captain G eneras
are now, by order of General Canedo if
suspected of entertaining ideas inimicabc
TO the Government arrested as well as men
OF course, as the subatern officers appear
to be clothed with unlimited power, many
persons are arrested under the most frivo-
lous pretexts, their papers seized and them
selves thrown into prison; and although in
some instances, parties have been almost
Immediately liberated again, /. e. in two or
three days) the satisfaction OF being so
speedily restored to their families is hardly
a just compensation for the fright which
such sudden proceedings throw ore into, or
for the loss and confusion into which their
papers are subjected by the inquisiters
sent to overhaul them, in tie hope OF dis
covering reasonable cores ondence. Thus
the most valuable documents, deeds, &C.,
are carried of by the police authorities,
who do not even allow you to take note.
much less give you a receipt for them, and
consider themselves by no means response
bic for such as may be lost by their own neg
ligence.
Asssassinations and robberics, attended
with unheard Of atrocities. have recently
prevailed 10 great extent about the sub
urbs and in the city Of Havana. All this
arises from the inefficient state of the police
which has become very lax since the depart
ure Of General Concha whom the classes OF
the community lament as the on Y man ever
scnt,trom SPAN 10 govern Cuba, who inter-
ested himself in the welfare of the inhabi-
tants, and who understood best the true in
terests Of the people committed TO his charge
] The Government have not yet discovered
the secret press from which is weekly is
sued and secretcly distributed the sediiious
paper, copy of which you will ere this
have received. Nothing OF Importance has
occurred here since my last.
Never, even in the worse time of Gener-
al Niva's administration was the the police
OF Havana SO inefficient as at the present
time: it is quite unsafe to be out after dark
ana assas sinations and robbereS, the most
audacious, are rife at Havana.
That You may not be mistaken with re-
gard to our new Captain inform
you of the fact, that about 500 negroes from
Africa, have been landed at OrtigoSa, in
this island, and that two ounces, ($34) Der
head were paid for winking at the business.
The police have found in one house fifteen
thousand cartridges, and scmc loose powder
and balls, which, it is said, were prepared
for PronunciamientO OF some part of the
Island. The owner of the house is Mr.. n.
Naldcs. and he with several women, has
been put in prison.