The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-22

The Views.
Commodore Newton, chief the Home Squadron
arrived at Washington yesterday, and il is said his
refusal to salute the Spanish flag durirg the exist
ing difficulty between Spain and this country meets
with the unqualified approval If the government.
The Commodore will not proceed to sea until the
reply of the Spanish government to the demands
made upon it concerning the Black Warrior out
rage is received. He has informed tie government
of the important fact, derived from a reliable au-
thority, that the CaptainGeneral of Cuba holds q
royal decree authorizing him TO emancipate the
slaves the island wherever he shall deem it poll
tic so to do The Cubans Of the sever faithful Isle"
regard the resolutions proposed in Congress by Mr..
Dean, to suspend the sreaties existing between this
country and Spain, rs indicative of on approaching
crisis; and the prospect of rupture has filed them
with eXultation, which exhibits itself on all occa-
sions Notwithstanding the efforts of the Spanish
officials to repress such manifestations. No.
thing of importance relative to the proposed con-
vention between Great Britain and the United
States has yet reached the Department of State.
We present this morning another chapter of the
awful shipwreck on the Jersey coast The letter of
our special correspondent descriptive of the scene
at Long Beach, where the Powhatan was annihi-
lated, possesses melancholy interest. Messrs. c..
c. Duncan & Co., consignees of the p, desire per-
Sons holding papers recovered from the lost ship
and forwarded by the magistrate at Long Beach, to
call at their Office, so South street. Accounts from
Absecom Beach establish the fact that the bodies
which have been washed shore there are those of
aportion of the passen gers of the Powhatan The
Underwater, ashore at Squan Beach, remains as
noticed yesterday Active eXertions are being made
to get her of, and with every prospect of success
The ship Saxony, from Boston for Matanzas and
Liverpool, went ashore to the southwark of Jupiter
Inlet, the coast of Florida on the Sth inst
When the mate left the vessel, on the TIL inst she
had eleven feet of water in her hold. Several small
craft reported to be ashore on the coast Of
Florida; but sufficient time has not elapsed since
the recent terrible gale for to receive definite in
formation from that region. The propeller Prince
ton, from Dunlark for Detroit, was cut through by
the ice and sunk off Barcelona.
We have received the Cuban correspondence as
submitted to Congress. 1t is embraced in dccu-
ment of three hundred and seventy-eight closely
printed pages. 1t goes back to 1885, and takes in
all sorts of insults and annoyances. There are
seventeen aggravated in the record, each one
sufficient beR and good cause for the seizure
of the island. But in all the letters embraced in
this pamphlet there is nothing new; the facts have
been published in the HERALD, and the public fully
posted up in regard to the outrages committed.
We shall, therefore, hold the whole batch for
future consideration.
In another part of our paper will be found an in
teresting correspondence between Mr.. Kretschman
United States Consul at Palermo, and Prince Satr-
ano, Northumberland of his Sicilian Majesty in
Sicily, in reference to an outrage committed on the
branch consulate of the United States at Girgent
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the American arms displayed over the entrance of
the consulate were wantonly defaced by some mis-
chievously disposed person or persons, one of the
public lamps which stood opposite to it having
been previously removed to prevent detection
Repeated representations having been made on the
subject by the Vice Consul to the Intendente at
Gergenti, and that functionary not having thought
proper topay any attention to them, Mr. Kretsch
man properly took the matter in hand, and the re-
suit has been the correspondence which we publish
to-day 1t will be seen from the reply of Prince
Satrano that, with the exception of the punishment
of the offenders, whom his Excellency states the
strictest search on the Iat of the police has failed
to discover, the fullest reparation has been made
for the outrage.
curious picture of Oriental HABITS and customs
is presented in letter from one of our Palestine
Column. The writer is a member Of an arricul.
tural colony of Americans who have settled down
in the neghborhood of Jafi.. Letters from London
and Paris are also given.
The jury in the case of Fenety, tried for arson
before The Court of Oyer and Terminer, rendered
verdict of not guilty.
We are informed by telegraph of two accident,
that may justly be regarded as novelties in these
glnru IA. nv.
explosion ftwo powder mills, located about five
miles from Rochester, the shock of which was quite
poceptble all over that city; the other, the pre-
'cip'ating Ola locomotive, express mail and passen-
ger cars, down an en'bankment twenty feet high,
near Florence "a AT neither of tn sc occurrences
Was there any person seriously injured
The suit against James Collier, late Collector Of
the port OF san Francisco, to recover certain sums
alleged t05e retained by him, is set down for Mon
day next, in the Circuit Court of this city.
The Board Of Aldermen met last night, and
transacted large amount of business. The Com.
m'tee on stress presented report adverse to the
extension OF Albany street through Trinity church.
yard and recommended a resolution repeating the
same. minority report will be presented. The
paper was iaid on The table for the present. The
Board adjourned till the first Monday in Nav.
The Board OF Councileen met last evening at six
O'Clock, when Colonel Sololoff-a Russian officer
General Ward Burnett, wss large number of
members Of the Board were present. German and
Irish naturalized citizens, and fair sprnklinp of
New York fremen, filed the outside seats GROWING
OF the Russ pavement in Broadway the comparative
rents OF the Brick Church property in 1881 and
o. ana The question OF city temperance orylniza.
'ohs were the prominent features Of the proceeding