The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-19
Late and Interesting from Cuba.
OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.

AS0eo 010 xut0xost1nA from C0Dos
OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
HAVANA, October Q, 1858.
Cooved american Citizen held in Slossyy in Cubd-A Gu
'iors and Interesting Cde-Aiiaa,y Rr,ieg, dc.
Not day passes that view is not impressed
upon my mind of the slave trade, OF the past the
present New Developments Of crime to us with
every days experience and of most extraordi-
nary character of the many that undoubtedly exit is
now being exposed to the light after conceament OF
forty years. few days since negro man found his way
TO the Office OF the American Consulate and there claimed
protection free born citizen Of the United States His
department and the singurty of his story, which sur
passed the power of invention attracted the most respect
full attention and his tongue evidently touched with
the fire Of TRUTH for all that heard believed He solicited
in terms that could not resisted that his might be
investigated and that he might be restored TO the free
dom for which he had been waiting in chains for forty
years He represents that he was born in Charleston
S. c. gives the names Of father mother one brother
and two uncles and states that they were all free
that they emierated from Charleston in 1903, or
that time went TO Florida, and subsequently
went to Nassau New Providence that he quite small
but that he remembers every with the greater
dsticness for having had nothing else to reflect upon
from his youth TO old age and that he had early made
up his mind to struggle for the freedom of which he had
been deprived by robbers lie remembers and thinks he
something for him to do hired him to the captain of
small trading soop, cabin boy, BY whom he
fully treated and he thinks he (the captan) in
accessory his being kidnapped That the of his
voy ages among the islands the business of Captain JIM
took him to Havana with small cargo of shells and
goods bou CHI Nassau That ieing ashore the village
of Rea ut the head of the bay and waiting by the boat
for the return of the captain of the men, to
beard the sloop, he suddenly seized by white
man. of the class OF boatmen of the harbor and carried
oil with violence. That when he endeavored to make
outcry he found such violent pressure that it seemed
like death and he afraid to attempt it more under
the impression that if he persisted in it, he would
lies of the pirates of Havana and of their cruel
ties That he carried apparently to the back part
Of the town, into house Of low and dsagreeable
appearance where he was placed in the stocks for safe
keeping in the back part of the premises In this posi-
tion he remained hours when he was taken out,
he thinks midnight following his capture and placed
upon horse with another man. which was put to his
speed for the country that in this way at slow
when the roads were bad and fast when good they ira
yelled until the dawn of day, when they reached
farm houses where he taken oil the horse and placed
in cabin chained that he was put at work the follow
ing Gay, der the immediate Of his MASTER and that
when here not armed white force him suli
cent to keep him from getting away, he has always
chainsand they scarcely Inconvenience to him.
accustomed had he become to them; that a soon
he had acquired language he explained to his pretended
manded that he might go to Havana to make application
for his release. Finding this only increased their vigil
lance he made more efforts, but determined to wait
quietly until an opportunity should occur, which he
believed would come later and that he would
have justice He says he has kept himself from
losing the knowledge OF the English language he
his life to himself in English, enumeratng every incident
and all the Of his family and friends That his
miles from Havana died in 1885, and that his estate
only distributed among the heirs few weeks SINCE
when he brought to Havana by parties having
knowledge of his former history having been pun chased
apportioned to them, he knows not which Being
here the past to have aroused the sleeping energy
OF the man, and his first business to find out the
America which being finally understood and explained
meant the American consulate. His rkabe will
be brought to the immediate attention of General Canedo
commercial
will undoubtedly have favorable issue for the poor negro
The small planter who bought sBen was kno xn as Don
Antonio Cateeno and the person who carried him from
Regla to Canas his nephew who is living in this
vicinity and has been recognized by 'Ben who took him
to the Office of The American CONSUL where his admissions
quite sufficient to establish the truth Of ''e as
story without duplicating himself in the CRIME Of kdnap
ping.
review of the troops took place the other day in honor
of the husband of the Queen 1t was most magnificent
display in qualty-and beggary account of empty ranks
in quantity. Some eighteen or nineteen hundred men
dragged upon parade, many of them looking if
they had escape from the grave yard. The Captain Gen
era and hissuite appeared to advantage but
although the Paseo was the parade ground close to
the city walls the crowd Of curious spectators
ally Swaziland very few people from the city
trouble 90 and it, The troops are always
well dressed We preparing 10 have good times about
fights and chicken fxens" theatres and dancing fire.
works and professions. Our Justice is still the hand
maiden Of the three Yankee sailors.
HAVANA, Oct SIX A. NJ.
Tie George Law Steamer-n Ercui0a-Sate of Socay in
the Island.
The George Law in this morning from New Orleans
a magnificent steamer she is, and her new machn
cry has attracted great attention from the novelty beauty
compactness of its form Both the French and Eng
Hsh engineers tired OF examining it, and the
general appearance and beauty of the steamer has made
q great sensation here But the news
poor fellow, eighteen years DID, garotcd for muir
der here the soth OF September at O'Clock A. NJ The
Jadp of Of IL
tions the Inquston read of in the last century
The mock nourners six eight negroes, dressed
in black and carrying the cross marched behind the
prisoner who dressed in white, with white cap
his head The priest walked by his side, and gave him
all the religious consolation the Catholic Church ao
As be mounted the steps, some six eight to the plat
form Which the garote set up, "a staging six
feet square surrounded by 10 iron ralng) the doomed
repeated the creed and the moment he said 81 be
eve in God, the birth of his only by the Holy Virgin
Mary and in the Holy Ghost" the dreadful screw was
turned, his head fell forward Ais limbs trembled like
under the effects of electric shock and life extinct
The crowd dispersed and he left until three O'Clock
in the afternoon terror TO evil doors. Some four
five thousand persons present, and two hundred
soldiers to guard poor defenceess man. bound hand and
foot.
Many murders have been committed in different parts
Of the island but the newspapers never say word about
them, and then comment upon the notices of murders
and robberies in the United States, published in the
papers and ask their readers to the effects of epub
lican form of governments disorders murders, &c. &c.
in contrast to the good order and morals Of their
The fact is dare go cut two leagues from any city
village the island without arms for he is liable to
get robbed and in many parts Of the island letters
sent to certain PERSONS polite asking them TO leave
Of money at places indicated If they wish to their
lives These are facts and resident the island
deny them. In answer to their abuse of u.s.
need carry in the United States except he Is
a mind to- and that most of the famous robbers have
been foreigners and most OF the murders have been
itted by them and not few by the Spanish themselves
moral, upright, and religious as they say they
The london Tunes a prohibited by royal order to DO
kept out Ct the island The HERALD get and then
and learn somewhat that is going on at home.
CARDENAS.
AWFUL FATALITY AT HAVANA, MATANZAs AND ELSE
wHERE-vIoLENT STORM, ETC.
From the New Orleans Picayune, Oct. IL.
The steamship United States, with adyices from New
York. via Havana arrived yesterday with advices from
the latter city to the evening of the It'll inst She left
New York the 3Oth ult and during the first two days
txperien very heavy weather.
correspondent of the Dario de la Mina writing from
Matanzas tie ID int states TINT the