The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-16
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OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE.
HAVANA, Jan. 8, 1864
NC Collector Of the Customs Ar idls Liberation Of Eman
cipados- Opening Of the Supreme Cost-Amoiian Saiors
On the Sosh uitmo had arrivals of quantity Of
Official osny snd patriotism from another land per Her
Majesty nall steamer Veaseo, consisting OF officers for
ahs vacns branches OF the government treasury and
the defensive arms OF and land 1t Ia understood
that great reforms are promised and the collector
9cnor DIM Joaquin Rosa d. Tgors ia to racsivs per
sent ia ADDITION to lis salary on all the Of duties
he Obtain tbs prseedt year which may be an
.nduceraent for hoAest Aom1 israton OF tte efcs
unless ha make half million more by ths usus dis
Gibutloo OF contrabsnd 9an4ncla This new broom
viii sweep clean for e II hs until he becomes
TO be esteemed Q vigsnt officer, when he will snsgs to
get ths ten per cent spd mot forget the awards from
omitted short entries either In the meantime SNUG
cling out Ia mutt cease until the officials through all
grades bsgin 10 cry for bread.
Amorg other arrivals have Brigader UrAiz Colonel
Martinez de Lera and captain in the navy Mar
timer ViDset The whole number Of passengers 46)
sisted chiefly Of poyes and their families
for whom the native stock must provide and nsder
themselves highly favored by their considerate Queen
The in diligence by this stea from Porto Rico speaks
hvorab5 of The crope the weather. the demand for
products the United States generally There had been
storms which had injured the standing tho low
ground but It supposed .wi,hsancing that the
crop would be large.
The order Of General Pezuea which declares eli the
slaves taken board OF slsvers either BY British or
Spanish authority cruseis, called emanapados to be
neemsn, NO longer to bs held in bondage, pub
ishec the lst day OF January, 1854. IL Is very
strong provisional document and If 1t be Taade to
reach the entitled u freedom, long since may
De Of xeysntnse planting community we'll q to
the negro We shall detail the royal order bye
and by c-poernrg two subjects Remaining for dis
tion BY the Captain the period for nnal ool
ton Of slavery and authorization for the Of
appIertioes coloniss from Africa, amendment
70 the ORDER Tor la,or coorzston OF which you
On the I'd inst tts royal audensa or Supreme Court
WAS opvned In due form and acoordA-c with the an
nual CUSTOM with speech, anal, teal statistical Of
the condition Of justice and crime By the regent, the
Captain General being prstsn The archives Il the res
0vs tribunal At Puerto Prncpe whicn has absorbed
oyour Superior Court have been arriving during past
week and with them all the n;onsres OF that location
that may be admissible for Of their ploy
ent at Havana which is hereafter to be the fountain
head Of all good well justice for the iand There
arc those who think this concentration will be for evil,
cas Of those who sompeed to And it BY pro
etcttnu OF the In through It's ministers, VINO
diately under the personal Lnn-noe of determined
that All shall bend in the erection OF his will liz will
know no law which does not cooforu TO his sword
militant digest Our sailors had . good Ns~
Years dinner provided for them though the various
aoteis urcsr the miDistraton Of Col W. g. Robertson
Acrf Consul and hich they werel permitted to enjoy
through the Of the Acsde OF the racon prison.
1t 10 understood that they will not bs rssassd unless
In due form Of law by the decision Of the Royal
AuSnca-the respon,e TO Jodss Clay toms sppiica
reACe-ss am informed, which vas sent to the lAmsu
consulate from the Palace about one week ago
Judge Clayton made his demand BY Juggling In implca
ton OF bad faith the part of the judiciary or ths
government here in having resssed their own people,
with testimony against them and holding on to American
citizens against whom there testmony-whic hich
being the truth made hs case no stronger hs wished to
obtain What ne ,i.nc. ,ns Srn
New Providence that toe slave Bcn" sometime sin,e
reported Ia free man, having be- held In bondage some
forty years The Consul Mr. Robertson has endorsed the
to General Pezuea. Slavery ccntinues-free
dom conpues-for the slave, ull In Cuba, and the
process Of emancipation works slowly.
HAVANA, Jan, 6--Sx A. NJ.
Fu0so Nens IN Relation TO hc imprisonment of the Amai-
can Sailors Hardna
anos my previous letter despatched the following
important intelligent has reach cd me- which hasten to
copy not being quite certain II shall Be enabled to
prick to the closing Of the Isabsps mail bags
Tho three American now confined In the
public jail Of this city, ned William Atkins, William
Treeburn and Harrey G. Parks, sworn before the
Acting American Consul that thrtytwo prisoners, ex
oludira Themselves AL Spanish except four Manila men,
bad brought slaves from the African coast with the
eepion Of eight who captured BY Eassh cruiser
crAht-tnoy D captain
and seven others, tsailors all spariards-lso crew Of
rventy are oopdr sd in the they In They
sptured the south coast Of ths island having
7reyicu LAND ed two hundred and sy slaves which they
Brought from the coast Of Africa ard are their
ucl schooner. They landed their slaves about month
after the Jaspers slaves landed There were also
tv6frr assisting TO land the slaves There IL also
Spanish nAts, who belonged to the sbp Ellen Parks
which sailed December l3 1852 from New York to the
Mozambique and baok this sand with elsven hundred
sAves None OF the crew were arres thst belonged to
this ship.
o, the o, twenty ging 10 ths schooner who
were tried by the court four liberated .he plea
that they from the One OF those
spoke EpErh, and this inform alton gvcn to the
AmercAn by him; Others to nowsdge,
have been tried The court except the Spanish mate
whom they wish months la OF their Span
tah but vlch he saya he will not give hii
.sseIt The captain ano seven sailors se sers
but in what way we do not tnos-they were not IN tns
same room with
Four OF the twenty have been lioarsted before men
toned the remainder sixteen were liberated about thr-e
weeks pioce. This two who assisted TO AnG ths
have ao le ths prison. and, "a We sintersand
cam, Who innocent, si coDfosd, and pine aud
hpssr in this ioatbsome jail God Of ths Red hshL Arm
~hsrs s thy vepg-apcef There has also been, under
ssrd another cargo Of slaves landed At Tndsd stncs
The Cd inst 6UALrkalo
HAvasA Jan. s, 1854.
Emannpddo-1Ae Introducon f ne called Free Labor
srs into ne Lldnd-Ordinancs Of he Gopernor- General
repeaino Emancipddos-A kwdr-The WeGhr-im
prisonneu Of Thyee american Sai,ors-B Hughes a
Hopand-Negro Fsstiral, DC, dc
Ho / no ha ha land . right good hSary laugh
have had Of IT, ~ the bare thought Of th capital hoa,
the spanards playing of upon John Bu\a The Cap
Ssin6ensral OF Cubs Is issuing procamat onswe hav
had second, (of which serd you y "Ansl>tion,)
declaring the emanoipados free, AM ptov'oins fol
the introduction Of free immigrants. A.'scned te
the procamstions regulations ~Vai'n Pi>'' 'nes'
socsllsd free laborers in positio 'as o' e'o
the slaves Meanwhils, the African sla,'e uA y. ''
"svimmiugiy;" less than ave csrgols o. "''
Ing been introduced during ,ns last gen d'ys Two
these csrsoes, my informant ellis ms, ere snasu ~ ~
pressncs At sasua Ia rspds BIZ the dishh regulatoi
for the introduction OF free sbor.rs power In th
masters hands Of distribu uting the lbor OF the irnmi
grants in manner oonveni.nt to thls,r (he masters
Interests with the condition that ts masAr win 0