The daily union., 1854-02-07
Important from Cuba.

The correspondent OF the New Oreans picayune wri-
ting from Havana the 2lst January, throws ad-
donal light upon the introduction Of free labor from
Africa
He saws that the ordinance declaring the emancpados
free created very great sensation here, and those IN the
city began 10 come up, with their masters and some
without Them, demanding their free papers; and reports
OF those plantations were sent IN 10 The local govern
ors with the query il the must take them al once
10 Havana But the measure cut where It bad not been
npated, and buzz raised about the OF
The captain General which he had not foreseen He
found that the holders OF eTancipados were nearly If
not quite all Spanards, personal fElends OF former cap
tain generals, and some OF them intimately connected
with persons very high in authority and very near The
us personal fagors IRON the government They al once
went 10 him and loudly demanded that the order should
be escnded and that The negroes should not be taken Oh
the estates lust the beginnng o. The crop. Fortu-
Datcly their known opinions and connexoDs-for there
was not a Cuban among them-enabed them 10 talk
pretty sauclly and loudly and you may well believe they
ere some hat violent and vociieuus They have not
attained the resembling oil the proclamaiion but they
have obtained tue issuing OF orders 10 the local governors
in the country stop the sending o The negroes to the
city, TINS is only tempoizing measure; the seed oil
decontebt is among The and must frnctfy
The operation OF the order here has been Hale DIT.
feren,. The negroes have presented themselves and
some FIVE hundred Of them now IN the government
depose. They demand Their free papers al once, and
fuse TO be sppreucsd again. The British consulate is
some hat troubled with hem for they all think and say
openly that the English government protects ibem Zen.
Pezuea is little nonpussed, but Yet he holds IN his
original determination OF carrying out the new policy TO
its end.
The stopping OF the slave trade is only apparent The
African expeditions ited out IN our own haoor, and
In the harbos the coast th greater activity than
ever and several cargoes have been landed lately.
have II from good authority, no less than that OF three OF
the leading traders, that the capain.general has
received his peiqnsIies each negro landed II ir ut
Tie strange that The English have all been with
drawn al this unciure, but the rest OF my letter must
enable your readers 10 judge TO the ultimate Inien
lion of the government as TO these newympored Atr-
cans.
Ga the 18th inst the following circular addressed
privately by the government 10 the several boards that
constitute the administration, aud 10 few private ndi-
yfduas high in its corhdence:
GourKRNo CArrANIA- -GKsERALi Beirg desirous Of
porting 10 Majesty accurately ard 10 the labor
pcsbe la this island agriculture request that you
lay before yonr opinion up0R this sutleot hkng INTO
aud studying the situation OF The slave race resuye
Internal and external relations, and Tue manner 10
which labofe be Increased Ia sufficient numbers 10
ehoa by y-lns,ituied system OF colonization,
The proprey resoung with due respect 10 our
with other nations regarding the slave ade 70 tue
introduction OF African apprentices and hnaiy, the lon
and in which this sen eau best be established d,
whatever else may upon ihs subject oi
so great i'm porauce God preserve yoo many yeatst
Ell MARQUES DE LA PEZUELA.
HAVANA, Jan, 49, 1854
In addition this, inform you tba, il Is positive
ly asserted betrc hat the establishment OF The system oil
African apprentices is already predesuned, and N at
licenses for their importation have already been gfanei
to several parties. This fact may explain the ptese md
activity in fitting out slavers.
You may look for much splling OF blood in this island
before the year 1854 closes.