The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-18
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
ITITRIlTIlDAylMoRNIN0. NOVEMBER 10, isss.
CTTRAN AFFAIRS.

CUBAN AFFAIRS.
Tha ruu,orea disturbances and arrests al
paracoa on the Eastern end of this Island
- ar.;, drawn attention to Cuban affairs
rs ;.hab;tants arrested on charge of con.
.n;racv against the Government are among
.he principal citizens of Baracoa. They In
or,de DIR. Perez, the first medical attendant in
the Government Hospital, and his son; the
nnhlic notary, j. r. Cerulian; and six planters
and gentlemen. 1t is further alleged, as our
readers have been already apprised, that
arms and ammunition were found in the hou-
SEES of ALI the prisoners, and that Don Andres
Maurel, was the interpreter to an American
CAPTAIN, Mr.. Chase,w was to introduce arms
and other munitions of war at the harbor oil
lIats, near the city. 1t is also said that the
Government has been guilty of the baroarity
ofissuinr orders to the commanders of the
small districts. that on the occasion OF any
General attempt at revolution, they will I'M
,,aa;ately liberate all the slaves. The cor
rosnondent of the New York Times says that
this intelligence has been so generally spread
about. tnat ttit htStoSS "4S 'S
that they are almost uncomfortable.
The cruelty and barbarity of such an order
sufficiently show the heartless despotism by
which this island is controlled, and prove that
the Cubans have no ties but the strong bonds
of force to bind them to Spain.
The Havana correspondent of the N. T.
Times. under date of Nov. 3, states that the
action in relation to slaves continues, as for
merly, to occupy the attention of the govern
ments of England and Spain, as well as the
speculators in the African materialfor Cuban
industry; and such will continue to be the
case until formal PRONUNCIATION OF the new
doctrine, when more enlarged plans will be
recognized upon which private action has
already been predicated. Two cargoes of
slaves have recently been landed near Bara-
Goa. at the east end of the Island, of which
notice has been conveyed to the Captain
General by the British Consul,-the num-
Der from $50 to 500. And there are lists
of other vessels at convenient points for the
coast, waiting the gathering of their cargoes;
and the capture of a Portuguese SLAYER, with
all her slave equipments on board, near the
port of her destination. on the coast of Afri-
ca, when her cargo was in the Baracoon De-
posts, waiting for her. by British cruizer.
The Captain of the SLAYER was Juan Diaz,
Spaniard, of Cuba, and well known in the
trade-his second officer of equal fame, hav-
ing been twice captured by British vessels,
while engaged in the trade.
The same correspondent states that, from
the circumstance of the dead silence of the
Government uponth esubject of thenewtreaty
with England, Spaniards are inclined to doubt
the foundation of the reporter, rather, to
suppose that the government at Madrid have
not absolutely confirmed the project by rati-
feation, &C. In a subsequent letter, the wri-
ter asks if black commonwealth is to be
built up on our borders, and not one blow to
be struck for self preservation !-every one
of the negroes to constitute this eventual
State to be stolen, and by violence forced
from their homes, for the conservation and
development of British policy, against and
repugnant to the feelings and interests of the
people of Cuba
Several recent DEGREES relating to the in
ternal administration of Cuba appear in
Spanish papers by the Baltic. According to
a summary in the New York Times, the lead
ing one of these DEGREES is intended to carry
into complete effect an internal arrangement
adopted on the Island by Captain General De
la Concha, in 1851 after the troubles at Puer
to Principe dividing the Island into two De
partments only, and SURPRISING that of the
Centre with its military command. Three
other DEGREES are also given, concentrating
in the hands of the Captain General all the
authority hitherto exercised by the supe
rior functionaries of the different branches o.
the public administration. Another empow
ers the Captain Generals to act according tt
circumstances, as Commissioners, Superin
tendents of the Royal lands, &c, in their re-
spective Jurisdictions. Still another gives
those officers the chief command of such
naval forces as may be sent to the Colonies
and the authority of the old Indian Viceroys
OF the military establishments. Gen. Concha
has prepared and presented to the Govern
ment memoir on the steps necessary to pre-
serve Cubato the Spanish Crown, but it has
not yet been published