Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-15

ment; but this fact, it says does not justify the
surrender Of the additional security derived
from the revival of the colonial law Of Slavery
Let there be no Compromise, then, it exclaims.
aWhy emasculate the Bill, by attaching to it a
provision inconsistent with it's principle and
object? Why embarrass it's progress by an
amendment obnoxious to the Democracy of the
South? We do not assent to the Compromise,
we rcpudate the amendment We want the
bill in its original shape. We 90 for the repeal
Of the Missouri restriction, without squatter 500
ereignty or Badger proviso."
THE BLACK WARRIOR DIFFICULTY.
The following was despatched from this city
last night
WASHINGTON, MARCH Alt is now well
understood here, that the Cuban authorities
have made the most ample apology to our Gov
eminent for the unjustifable detention of the
Black Warrior, and have offered to pay all
damages for loss Of time illegal seizure Of car
90, &c. The President will therefore, in all
probability, settle the difficulty without laying
the matter before Congress"
The New Orleans Picayune is informed, by
passenger from Havana, that several sailing
vessels had been treated as having infringed
the revenue laws, under circumstances similar
to those connected with the Black Warriors
case We suppose they will al be liberated in
like manner.
A morning paper says:
"On the perusal of that statement coming
from the agents of the Black Warrior our
memory reverted to several events of similar
character that have occurred in our own ports,
some Of them within a few weeks, and others
not extending back more than one or two
years. We allude to recent seizures and con-
fscations Of goods illicitly brought to New York
and Boston on British steamers and the seizure
of those steamers, also, for infractions of our
revenue laws. On two occasions, within the
time named, have British steamers of the Gu
nard line from Liverpool been seized and for
feited in ports of the United States They were
afterwards released on heavy bonds, three
hundred thousand dollars in each case and
the bonds subsequently cancelled, and heavy
fines inflicted on the owners of the vessels It
may turn out, we repeat that the Cuban Gov
eminent is in like manner enforcing its reve-
nue. laws, and hence we find some difficulty in
discriminating between the cases, unless the
usage is referred to as having heretofore pre-
vailed in reference to American steamers
touching at Havana, shall place the affair in a
different light"
The New York Evening Post says:
"The facts in regard to the seizure Of the
Black Warrior by the Cuban authorities, do
not keep pace with the excitement
GAS yet we have had nothing but the en- parte
statement of the agents of the Black Warrior,
whose interests to the amount Of several hun
dred thousand dollars would naturally give
bias to their opinions"
The Boston Courier says:
"The Spanish Government has passed law
that.v which call at their ports shall en-
ter all their cargo at the custom-house, and
the owners and captain Of the Black Warrior
were well aware Of this, 1--WE have heard that
she has entered the harbor of Havana three
times since the order was promulgated) but
they saw fit to disregard it, the vessel was
seized for violation of the law, and the cap
tain refused to enter into bonds to contest the
validity Of the seizure but abandoned her to
the officers The Black Warrior is not very
valuable craft, and her owners would make
profitable bargain If they can dispose Of her
to the Spanish Crown ut four times her worth,
through the aid Of our own Government and
receive monstrous costs beside"
A Key West correspondent Of the Mobile
Tribune writes:
**** "The bales Of cotton taken from
the steamer we're subjected to rigorous exam
ination, every one being cut open, as it was
suspected that they contained arms and muni-
tions Of war;
1t is stated that the two Cunard steamers,
seized at New York, for containing Gods not
manifested, were fined $4,000. There is q
precedent supplied by the action of our own
Government which should calm the excited
rage Of the press We have nothing to do at
present, but bide the facts.
The Baltimore american thus states the
case;
aWhen the steamships between the Allan
tic and Gulf ports made Havana an interme-
dial port for the landing Of mails and passen-
gers they at first also undertook the delivery
Of freight there. 1t was found, however, that
under the embarrassing regulations Of the port
the delivery of cargo invariably caused a de-
tention Of from thirty-six to forty-eight hours,
! in consequence of the formalities necessary to
be observed. The companies consequently
adopted the plan Of refusing to take any freight
for Havana, except specie, which is not con-
sidsred as cargo; and to this rule they rigidly
adhered. In order to give to these steamships
every facility for rapid arrival and departure
from the harbor, the late collector Of customs
at Havana admitted the custom of entering
and clearing the ships as in ballast even sew
cral hours before their arrival, whenever they
were expected to arrive after custom-house
hours and with this latitude the captains have
followed for some time the practice of entering
their manifest as in ballast. This course saved
both trouble, delay, and expense and was fol-
lowed with the full knowledge and silent ac-
quiescence Of tho port authorities For two
years this course had been observed, and had
become almost invested with the binding force
Of an actual law
The late collector is here spoken Of. There
being new collector may account in Havana,