Washington telegraph., 1854-02-15
From the ". O. Pieayune.l
Important from Cuba.
HAVANA, Jan 81, 1854.

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fact that great many Of your countr1men
deem all correspondence from here tissue
Of exaggerations. prevents my running this
risk except upon extraordinary occasions,
and when can advise you Of things done,
rather than Of things contemplated. Nv
last was 10 advise you Of the announcement
by the Governments organ here of a change
in the policy OF the Government regarding
our Domestic institution, which trust you
received, though the prohibition Of all news
papers here deprivcs me Of any knowledge
Of that fact l have row TO advise extraor.
dinarv, and. 10 many here foreseen steps
b. tie Government, in its determination N
abolish slavery.
| have admt.ancc TO sources of informs
tion here moi possessed by any correspond.
ent, and by few foreigners or natives, and
YOU may implicitly rely upon the truth of
what l now send you. My sources Of in
formation are Spanish and are, also. official.
will first give you succinct relation Of
matters regarding the enancirados-
You are no doubt aware of the publication
on the 1st inst. of the proclamation by the
Captain General. declaring All the emanci-
paios free, and directing them 10 be brought
in at once Il caused a very great serlsa-
ton here, and those in the city began to
come up. some with their masters some will
out them. demanding their free papers, and
reports Of those on plantations were sent in
to the local Governors with the query if the
owners must take them at once to Havana
But the measure cut where it had not been
contemplated. and buzz was raised about
g al. ~
had not forescen. He found that the hold
ers of enaEcipados were nearly, if not quite
al Spaniards. personal friends Of former
Capfan-G Generals, and some Of them init
maiely connected with persons very high in
authority and very near the throne at home
in S;rain, who had received these negroes
as personal favors from The Government
They at once went TO him and loudly de-
mande that the order should he reScinded
and that The negroes should not he taken off
III Is atcs just Tt the beginning Of he crop.
Fortunately their known opinions and con-
nexiona for there was not Cuban among
them, en;rhlei them I'd talk pretty saucily
and londly, and yGn may wei believe they
we're sonev hat violent and vociferous.-
! They have nOi attained the resembling of the
proclamation. hut they have obtained the il
suing If orders to the local Governors in
the country to stop the sending of The ne
groes TO tie city. This is only temporiz-
ing measure the seed Of discomfort i sown
among the negroes aud must fructify
The operation Of the order here has been
a little different. The negroes have pre-
sented themselves. and some FIVE hundred
,.f ff.a n
it. They demand their free papers at once,
and refuse TO be apprenticed again The
British Consulate is somewhat troubled with
them. fir they AT think and ny openly that
the English Government protects them
Gen. Pezuela is little nonpluSScd, but yet
he holds to Ii- original determination Of
carrying ont tie new policy to is end
The stopping of the slave trade i only
apparent. The African expeditions are
fitted out in our own harbor. and in the har-
bors on the coast. with greater activity than
ever, and several cargoes have been landed
lately. | have it from good authority. no
less than that of three OF the leading slave
traders. that Tie Captain-General has re-
cciyed iis Terqnisite on each negro landed.
1t i little strange that lie English cruis-
ers have all been Withdrawn at this juncture,
but the rest of NE letters must enable your
readers 70 judge rs to THE ultimate intention
Of The Government as TO these newly i'm
ported Africans
On the 18th inst, the following circular
was addressed privately by The Government
10 the several boards that constitute the ad-
niuistration. and to few private individu-
alS high in iis confidence
"GnR-ERNoY CAPITANIA GENERAL
Being dc~irnH~ II reporting to Her Majesty
accurately in regard 10 the labor applicable
in this island to agriculture. ! request that
You lay tcfnrc mc Your opinion uron this
>nlject- taking into view aud studying the
situation If fhc slave race relative 10 our in
tcrnal and external relations aud the man
ner in which laborerS can he increased in
sufficient numbers ID c0yer those require
mems Of agriculture which are not reached
by the newly instituted system Of eoloniza-
ticn. the prunriety Of re.orting or not with
due respect to our treaties with other nations
regarding the Slave trade) to the intrOduc-
tion OF African apprentices; and finally, the
form and manner in which this system can
be best established and whatever else may
occur to you upon This subject Of % great
importance.
''God preserve yon many years
"EL MARQUES DE LA PEZUELA-
HAVANA, 18th Jan 1854
In addition 10 this can inform You that
1t is positively asserted here that the es,ab-
ii>hinent If the system If African arTren-
iices i already piede>tincd. and that licenses
for their importation have already been
granted TO several parties. This fact may
explain present activity in fitting out slavers.
You may louk tor much spillng Of bleed
ID this island before tie year 1854 closes.