The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-16

protectoral division Of the CAptsinGenerl Of Cuba,
BY the oAioers Of the army and our writing chief.
1t was msgux6cencs q small things-no supper,
no Creole ladies, no dust jam, and very Gonsid.
cradle quantityof modification, at which the french
officers seemed to curl their noses and mustachios
towards heaven in awful scorn.
The Captain'General has sprung the registration
upon the planters by surprise, having published
that the law to 60 into effect on the LIST OF Au-
gust. He now determines that it shall be done in
eight days, more or less according to distance from
the city; and 80 it will be, and the most exceeding
humbug yet-of Cuba-will be played upon, or by
consent, Of vice regal intelligence. My substitute
must carry on the balance; have to go back. You
will see me shortly after my arrival in New York.
God speed the right; and You and your readers may
have one comfort, no matter what happens to the
weeping child of the ocean,, you have the last Of
TROUBLE.
Our Relations with Cuba--spanish Views.
(From the New Orleans Bee, June IL
The Diar10 de Ia Marina Of the oath Of May de-
votes over four columns to elaborate examination
OF the charges Of outrage, injustice and iniquity
preferred by the Washington Union and other jour
mails against the Spanish government in its relations
to the United States That our readers may com
prehend the view taken of the question by the Off
cial journals Of the Cuban authorities, we sha sue
cinctly epitomze the article in the Diario combining
ourselves to rapid condensation of its statements
and positions. It will be seen that the entire con
tents of Mr. Soules note to the Spanish government
have evidently been placed in the possession of the
editor.
The Diario commences the array of grievances
with the case Of the seizure of the American YES
sells Susan Loud and Georgana, which, it says, was
fuliy justified, and Is an illustration Of the impair
tality OF Cuban Justice and of the benevolence of
the Queen, since liberty and pardon were granted
to THOSE who had rendered themselves amenable to
penal sentence convicted as they were of an I'M
| successful attempt at invasion.
| The firing upon the Falcon in August 1851 and
on the American schooner Lamartine in February
Of the same year are next investigated. The Diarto
admits that had these been really outrages, they
would have called for reparation but contends that
these vessels repeatedly refused to hoist the flag
when summoned to do so, and that this refusal was
intended to provoke o difficulty.
The expu lson Of the Crescent City from Havana
on the Sd October, 1853, and the prohibition by the
authorities to send her mails ashore il treated by
the Diari0 rs follows:A
The Crescent City sought impose laws on our port
wished to assume the position Of foreign fortress within
Spanish port wished to exercise the right of intro
ducing corprators into the country to insult
thorities to their face after having DETAINED them in
New York II was necessary to make her understand
that in the port of Havana Spanish laws and authorities
alone prevailed and that he who failed to respect them
not know that the obsnacy Of the attempt Of the super
cargo supplied of difficulties, and brought
about another wished for bone Of contention, palo
deseado.
The case of the detention of the Ohio in March,
1852, during three days in Havana is treated as an
absurd complaint-it being universally acknow-
lodged precept of municipal law that useful and
they may create individual hardships.
The boarding of the schooner Manchester by a
Spanish vessel of war, and her detention for TWEEN
tyfour hours, is treated by the Lia,io as lawful
islands Of the coast, having deviated from her
route without apparent motive. The Spanish cruz
sers the look out for clandestne expeditions
at the time, and boarded her. The Dia,io adds
the Manchester had got aground, and was relieved
and taken into port without any charge for salvage
having been made.
The next charge is that in February, 1885, and
subsequently, the mail sacks of the United States
were broken open by the authorities of Cuba. This
says the Diaro, was done in consequence of the i'm
mense number Of seditious papers, tending to sub
vert the government, with which the mail bags
were filed 1t argues that the act was justified BY
existing laws which interdct the admission OF such
documents and that while the law stands on the
statute book the authorities cannot be censured for
enforcing its execution.
The seventh accusation is the arrest during the
month of May, of the same year, of three American
sailors, on suspicion OF being engaged in the slave
trade. This the Didrio admits and justies adding
that the sailors were released upon establishing their
innocence, and that the United States would have
acted similarly, had the case been reversed.
The other outrages referred to by the Union are
the arrest in lS5O'51 OF two American citizens and
the expulsion Of two more in 1858. The Diario de-
cares that the first two were strongly suspected of
flitusterism at period when the country threat
ened with "pratical invasion" The third was
expelled for connying at the printing Of incendiary
procamations, and the fourth was banshed at the
request Of his own father, whose family had been
disgraced and ruined by his disordery conduct The
Dia,io implies that these four individuals though
claimed citizens Of the United States, were sub
jects Of the Queen of Spain.
The case Of the Black Warrior closes the cata-
logue Of complaints. This contends the Diario, Is
purely case of enforcement of the revenue and
port laws, and is 30 viewed by European journals,
and by the moderate portion of the press Of the
United States itself.
In the note addressed by Mr.. Soule to the Spanish
government, he mentions q number Of causes of
complaint not referred to by the Union, and on the
other hand oits all notice of nine of those stated
by that Journal abiding only to three Of the latter
The Diario undertakes to examine Mr.. S0ule's
charges. One Of them is, that in 1874 the bark
Juliet was fired upon by the fortress of Tarifa and
that the government Of Spain offered explanations,
but did not make reparaton. These. explanations
must have been satisfactory, according to the DID
rio, since from 1874 to 1854 the two governments
have preserved friendly relations. Another is the
disapprobation expressed by the Spanish govern
island Of certain articles Of consumption in conse-
quence of the hurricane Of 1874 The damage to
American commerce is estimated at two hundred
dollars, which the Diario considers somewhat in
sufficient motive for plunging two nations into war
A third source OF complaint stated by Mr.. Soule,
is that of the heirs of Alexander Asang, and of a
captain OF vessel named Goofral, who were ruined
by the compulsory payment Of certain duties. The
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cases but oHsetts them by that of the captain Of
the Spanish brigantine San Jose, who, being dis
masted near Baltimore by storm the 9th Of Sep
TENDER, and having reached Baltimore on the 10TH
was compelled to take tow-boat, with view Of
being made to pay more than thousand dollars by
| way Of salvage. The court reduced the demand to
/ forty-eght dollars, but condemned Captain Tonga
to pay altogether, the sum Of $4s4 sOlO0-viz $3.50
as bonus to the pilots, fortyeght dollars for pilot
dues, and forty five dollars and ninety cents as costs
! of court
mn
The case OF citizen Of the United States arrest
ed at Sagua la Grande in 1850 and that Of shot
fred at the Black Warrior in March, 1853, are dis
missed by the Diario, with the remark that it il
not aware whether any claims have been based
| upon these occurrences.
The case of the vessel North Carolina figures
| largely in MIR. Soule's note. The Diarios account
OF this affair is, that the North Carolina was wreck
ed in November, 1850, at Guanico, on the southern
coast Of Puerto Rico, and the crew were taken to
Mayaguez, and lodged in the barracks of the nfan-
try during the judicial investigation of the AFFAIR.