The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-02-22
IMPORTANT FROM CUBA.

The correspondent Of the New Orleans Pic
aynne, writing from Havana on the 2ls, jan
uary, throws some additional light upon the in
/ PRODUCTION of free labor from Africa.
! He says that the ordinance declaring the
emancipados free created very great sen sation
here, and those in the city began TO come nm
some with their masters and some wtiIou, them,
demanding their free papers; and reports OF
those on plantations were sent to the local gov
ernors with the query if their owners must
take them at once to Havana But The meas
ure cut " here it had not been Contemplated
and T. buzz was raised about the ears Of the
captain general which he had not fosseen. He
found that the holders of the emanc padcs were
nearly. If not quite, all Spaniards, personal
friends Of former captain generals, and some OF
them intimately connected with persons very
high IN authority and very near the throne AT
home in Spain, who had received these negroes
as personal favors from the government They
at once went to him and loudly demanded that
the order should be rescinded, and that the ne
groes should not be ia Ken off the estates just at
the beginning of the crop Fortunately, their
known opinions and connexinns--for there was
not Cuban among them--enabled them TO
talk pretty snucily and loudly, and yon may well
| believe they were somewhat violent and vocif
erous. They have not attained the resembling
ht the proclamation; but they have obtained the
issuing OF orders TO the local governors in The
country to stop the sending Of the negro IS to the
cty. 1his IS only Il temporlzing measure the
seed OF discomfort is sown among the negroes
and must fructfy
The operation Of the order here has beci lit
tie different. The negroes have presented them
selves, and some FIVE hundred Of them are now
IN the government depnsite. They demand
the'c free papers al once, and refuse TO be ap
Prenticed again The British consulate is some
what troubled with them, FOR they all think and
say openly that the English government pro
tected them Gen PezueIa is little nonpluss
ed; but yet he holds in his original determine
ton of carrying the new policy oG; to the end
The stopping OF the slave trade is only ap
parent The African expeditions are fitted out
in our own harbor, and in the harbors on the
coast, with greater activity than ever, and sew.
eral cargoes have been landed lately. have il
from good authority, no less than that of three
OF the leading slave traders, that the captain
general has received his perquisites on each ne
gro landed. 1t is little strange that the Eng
lish cruisers have all been withdrawn at this
junclure, but the rest of my letter must enable
your readers to judge to the ultimate in ten.
ton of the government as to these newly i'm.
ported Africans.
On the 18th inst. the following circular was
addressed privately by the go Iernment t, the
several boards that constitute the adminlstra ion,
and to few private individuals high in its n.
fdence:
GogiERgoY CAPrASIA GENERAL: Being
deslfous of reporting to the Majesty accurately
III regard to the labor applicable in this Island
to agriculture. l request that ycu lay before me
your opinion upon this subject, taking into view
and studying the situation of the slave race rel
atlve to our internal and external relations and
the manner in which laborers can be increased
IN sufficient numbers to cover those rpupired
ments OF agriculture which are not reached BIZ
the newly Instituted system of colonization, The
property OF resorting not (witn due respect
to our treaties with her nations regarding the
slave trade) To the intr ,duciion OF a rcan ap
Pieniices; and, finally, the torm and manner in
which this system can best be es. a5lshed, and
whatever else may occur 10 you upon this sub
Jecl of so great importance. God preserve you
many years
Ell MARQES DE LA PEzUELA
HAVANA, Jan. Is, 1854.
In addition to this, can info.m you that it is
positively asserted here that the establishment
9f the sysse>@E Of Ati!san apprentices is already
piedestlned, and that licenses npoIl2-
lIon have already been granted to several parties
This fact may explain the presented activity in
citing cot slaves.
You may look for much splling of blood il
his island before the year 1854 closes