Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-18
RUSSIA.


rstre.. Of the two captains Who h been accommodating
the position.
RUSSIA.
ST. PErKRnuRo, April rs, 1854.
The following tar Is being levied On trades
men and merchants Of the first guild 500 silver rubles on
All housekeepers without Distinction assessed per
cent on tho actual rent they pay or receive.
GREECE.
Insurgents Nefes,ed with loss Of 100 killed. 100 prison.
ers, guns and 60 barrels Of powder.
Grivas has been defeated near Meirobo, and aed to
Thessay with sixteen men.
Disunion prevails among the commanders, and despon
dency In the revolutionary committees.
ASIA.
Accounts from Asia via Consantinople state that
the snow was still deep on the hills and the weather
severe. Money the Of 900 900 piastrcs Is
required Tor the payment OF :he troops Erzeroum and
kars At Batoum the troops healthy though during
the winter they had suffered much. The 1000 men Who
recently refused to march kars shut up In their
barracks At Erzcroum.
THE VERY LATEST.
SiLrsrRiA, April IS, 1854.
The bombardment has produced no effect.
The Russians expected attack the LIST Of May
with $4,000 men, who will the river under Of
seventeen heavy batteries.
The passage Of the river oonitza Is expected the
same time.
Tho garrison Of Slistria is calm aud resolute.
DALNArtA, April 20, 1854.
the Lands.urm against the Mon,enesrins.
MADRID, April 81, 1854.
Tho three per cents, IS 20.
oRsorA, April 20, 1854.
Sixteen thousand Turks have gone down the stream
FROM Ksafat towards Rahyva.
SkMLrs, April %, 1854.
The Turks, they have advanced into Little walchia
were received with the greatest enthusiasm.
The Russians making tremendous prep for
a regI!ar attack on Sistria.
Lipandis crops will probably attempt to pass tho
DANUBE at Nicopoh
The affiliations Of the AustroPrussau treaty wero e1.
changed hero to-day.
Paris, Tuesday.
Boure very firm, closing at 81 40 and 81 To-
INTERESTING FROM SPAIN
The Black Warrior AnaIr-The Question In Madrid.
Correspondence Of the London Chronicle.
MADRID, April 96, 1884.
The Madrid press has hitherto abstaned from treating
OF the affair OF the Black Warrior; but the Herdido
day goes into the whole history Of the case aud puts
forth what considering its connections is doubt the
version Of the Spanish respecting it. and which has pro-
badly been set forth in official 1t says that the
Black Warrior steamer arrived at Havana the 2sh of
February aud its consgnee applied the Custom House
for entry as in ballast aud presented manifest in hsr
mony with that declaration and subsequently applied for
permit 20 leave, repeating the declaration that
the vessel was navigating in BALLAST that the steamer
hrst entenng acd being visited cast anchor,
officer Of the preventive service delivered the captain
and took receipt for the the regulations OF the
port in Spanish, English. and French, and that, novh
standing this neither the captain nor the copsignee at
tempted within the legal term to the fraudulent
manifest which they had presented at first although
has been falsely said that they did So but al
lowed TO alter it; that the head Of the customs before
granting the permit to leave, ordered the vessel TO be
visited by The commander OF carabneers and that he
should himself that there cargo board
but that there were found board great number Of
bales OF cotton. which being taken, said
from Mobile to New York. and that the vessel was de.
tained and Judicial process commenced against il be-
in accord with the l9Oh article Of the regulations
the captain had incurred the penalties laid down in the
1921 article
1t then gees to relate how the captain opposing him
self to the discharge of the cotton, ultimately abandoned
the vessel and left with all the that the admins.
traitor Of tn, Customs invited tho consgnee appoint
agent to intervene in the discharge and deposit &C.. Of
the cotton, and 10 fulfill the other indispensable ormsl
ties but that this concession; which matter of pure
grace, not accepted that the consgnee addressed
the Captain General conlessing the fault committed and
attrbutng to his ignorance of the usages aud laws Of
the country and asking favor that higher duties
might be demanded from hun than what would be due
from vessel with cargo manifested in transit that
the Captain-General could not comply with this request.
from respect the law aud the national drny-the
cess moreover hayog commenced, and il being beside.
impossible that the parties could be ignor-n,
after the papers given to and acknowledged by the
tain. The Consul of the United States being respectfully
requested 10 be at the discharge Of tho Cargo
fused, stating that part Of his business do
The steamer being thus abandoned, placed under
the Of the commander OF carbneers aud the
discharged ard placed in deposit warehouses coded
for that purpose the authorities 957 bales of cotton
were found on board-some without any mark also lug
gage and some other articles Of traffic. embarked at Mo-
bile and Havana 1.-THE latter of which could ONLY have
| been done fraudulently) for New York.
All the phases through which the process against the
vessel proceeded recounted The tribunal of the
intendency was authorized by the regulations in vpor to
fix the ncs but, at tho proposal Of fiscal the erpe
diente was referred 10 the authorities. aud ultimately sub
mitted to superior junta Of which the administrator
and general visitor OF Customs formed part and which
confirmed the declaration Of forfeiture and ines but left
to the discretion OF the Captain General mitigate the
penalties, it he thought proper to do The latter call
ed on the fiscal to what fine he thought equitable TO
impose and the fiscal stated at ten thousand dollars
together with the expenses and of dschargng The
CaptainGeneia, however reduced the fine TO So OOO
free OF any other expense for dischargng &c and on
the goth Of March the consgnce took charge of the
sell having given security TO be responsible Tor the
lie subsequently presented petition praying that the
hhe mset be further reduced, which baiug beyond the
power OF the CaptanGenera the latter horsed him
TO address the Spanish government through himself which
has been done in moderate and grateful terms that
tast strongly with the noise made shout the in the
United States by the enemies of Cuba the authorities of
which have known how combine milIness and clemen
cy with the iortitude and energy becoming the national
| dignity.
The Herdido concludes by stating that the Black War
ror arrived at New York he 29Ih OF March and treat
ing as an idle report The Of the nc having been
protested against It adds, that Committee OF For
Win respect 10 the pTesi.
dents message.
need hardly observe that the above account OF the f
far in which justice is alleged to be SO entirely on the
side OF Spain, makes it impossible that the government
here can comply with tho demands made upon them and
which, II they have already been rejected will no
doubt be so in due The article OF the Heydido
which have given nearly at length, IL doubtless intend
ed to influence public opinion preparatory TO that course
Correspondence OF the London Tmes1
MADRID, April 81, 1854
Mr.. Son6 is reported TO have said that the setemen,
Of the dipu,e with the United States would be greatly
facilitated by the dismissal Of the present Ministry and
although by vouch for the truth Of this report
aud although such suggestion from a foreign envoy
would be pretty sure with 50 naughty and jealous peo-
pie the Spaniards to defeat s object yot should
the dispute in question unfortunately lead serious Diff
culties between the two countries the early downfall of
the Cabinet might be one Of its earliest results Last
night, in the saloon Of Minister an idle repor,
which obtained credit of hostilites being imminent
between Spain aud the United States brought on a dis
cusson the probable consequences Of such s,rug
gle, especially regards the island Of Cuba Its parr
Of upWards 100000 men, and the that
have been made IN its Notifications since the attack of the
6busteros Afford in the opinion Of Spaniards snci.nt