The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-08-19
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CUBA!
New YORK. Anvust 10

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The Herald Of this morning has importan
intelligence from Cuba. 1t is stated that
demand or request had been made by tn,
BRITISH Government for the appointment of
mixed commission, which commissioners ar,
to be Authorized to search the estates and al
places in Cuba where new importations from
Africa are supposed to be sheltered, and tina,
the Spanish Government had given its assent
to the proposition of Englands
1t is stated that the Captain General, prcv
GUS to receiving orders from his Government
authorizing the proposed mixed commission
had searched several estates from which he
had taken great number of negroes.
The present agreement between England
and Spain, us proposed by the former, is as
folows:- '
lst. England consents to the importation
into Cuba Of apprentices from Africa, who
shall serve ten years apprenticeship, at the cx-
piration of which time they shall be free.
I'd. A new census, ,enumerating every slave
now in Cuba, is to be taken by the mixed
commission, who are authorized to search
every estate in the island, so that in future
they can ascertain whether new slaves have
been introduced.
Sd. In fifty years from the acceptance of
these propositions, and liberalization of the
treaty based thereon, the present slaves in
Cuba, and their children, are to be set free.
The passenger trains on the Amboy Rail-
road came in Collision yesterday afternoon.
Two ears of each train were smashed to pieces
Five persons were killed and twenty. three in.
jured. Seven Of the latter received serious
injuries. A child of the Rev. Joseph Purvian,
Of Mississippi, had its thigh broken. The
accident is said to be the result of gross neg
ligcncc.
Late intelligence received at Washington,
from the fishing grounds, causes much uneasi-
ness Fifteen vessels have sailed from East
ern ports, fully armed, their crews resolved
to fight if interierrd with.
The steamship Illinois has arrived at New
York, from Chagrcs, bringing one million
three hundred thousand dollars in gold dust
Adviccs brought by her from South America,
represent affairs in that country rs being in u
very unsettled condition.
"A train on the New Haven Railroad ran off
the track last night killing the engineer.
The Cotton Market Oh Wednesday was
dull, and prices unchanged.
THE Policy OF LOUIS NAroLEoN--A cor
respondent Of thc' Courier dcs Etuts Unis
says that great apprchensions have been felt
in Paris lest Bonaparte' should adopt one of
those sudden and violent resolutions, for
which he is remarkable, and put an end at
once to all propositions for peace. lie has
been very restless on account Of the dilatory
proceedings Of the English Ministry-and
ments of Russia. Count Ncsselrode's note
declaring that the Danubian occupation was
induced by the advance of the English and
French fleets, and would not be rclinquishcd
until those fleets retire from the Egcan, in
famed him still more. II this Russian pre-
tension that the waters of the Egcan are not
Free be allowed, she will not only have
bulied France and England, but gained n
point more important to her future designs
than the occupation of the provinces.
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