New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-10
interesting from Washington.

WASHINGTON, June Z. 1904.
Letters and dispatches received here by the
Spanish Minister, and by the State Department,
/ rive few interesting facts as to the present
Estate of fairs at Madrid.
According to one letter, two messengers had
left Madrid; one from Mr.. Soule to Mr.. Marcy,
md the other from the Government to Senior
Iueto, the Spanish Minister. The last named
messenger bears important instructions to Senior
pezuela. The tone of the dispatches to Senior
Cueto is warlike. The letter also states that
Louis Napoleon has pledged his word to the
Sanish Minister at Paris to the effect that he
will stand by Spain against the United States
in the Cuba quarrel
The statement that 5000 troops are to be sent
to Cuba is correct. They will leave in divisions
of 1000 each
At the same time it is stated that Gen O'Don-
nell is hiding himself in Madrid, and preparing
| for n military insurrection, which is arranged
| to break out previous to the departure OF the
troops for Cuba.
The Spanish Mediterranean fleet has been
ordered to Cuba. For these military and naval
operations much money is needed. Government
| has made an unsuccessful call upon the bank of
| San Fernando.
The Madrid authorities are in q very bad
state of mind about Cuba; they fear that they
will soon hear of another 6libustering expedition
| directed against that island The English Gov
eminent has been questioned as to its attitude
| n the coming quarrel; the answers are unsat-
sfactory to Spain.
| Other letters received here state that Mr.,
| Soule has utterly failed in getting the Spanish
| Government to listen even to the demand made
| regard to the Black Warrior affair, and that
| he has written to the Government here that
| there is no hope that any sort Of redress can be
| had from the Spanish Government, as they do
not believe that the United States are in earnest
| Upon the reassembiing of both Houses of Con-
| .ress, probably by Thursday of next week, Pres
| ident Pierce intends to send in message repre-
| sentng the critical position of our relations with
| Spain, and asking for an appropriation for the
| lutfit and expenses of two special commissioners
| to be dispatched to Madrid, to assist Mr.. Soule
| in endeayoring to bring about q satisfactory
1 arrangement of all outstanding difficulties This
| will be all that the President will deem necessary
! to say in regard to the matter at this time.
| The instructions to these commissioners, who
| will probably be Messrs. Dallas and Cobb, as an
| nounced in the Herald more than week ago
will be to demand the recall of Pezuela to insist
upon the Captain General for the future being
clothed with diplomatic powers, 80 as to be able
to settle any disputes which may arise hereafter
between the United States and Cuba, without
referring the matter to Spain; and, also, to de-
mand reparation for the various outrages COM
| mitted against our citizens, according to the
| list already communicated to Congress.
Messrs. Cobb and Dallas are not to supersede
Mr.. Soue, but to advise with him and act rs
joint ministers. How Mr.. Soule will like it
has, possibly, not entered into the calculation
of the people in this meridian.
4 1t is not believed that Spain will acquiesce in
these demands, but it is supposed by the admin
istration that. by adopting this deliberate
| course, taken in connection with the proclama
ton against flibusters it will demonstrate Il
the world that the United States were not th'
aggressors; and when that is accomplished, wal
with Spain and the acquisition of Cuba will b
a popular and extremely moral consequence
This is the determination of the Cabinet to-day
and as such we give it to you, and voueh for it
being strictly accurate report We will no
guarantee that there may not be change be
fore Sunday.
The State Department have received dispatche
from Mr. Greig, the United States Consul a
| Honolulu, to the effect that the King of TIN
Sandwich Islands had renewed the application
to be annexed to the United States, either as 0
Territory or State, and urged an immediate
decision, on the GROUND that England and France
were pressing him to such an extent, that unless
the United States interferd promptly, there
would no longer be an opportunity of doing so
| Mr., Greig replied, that he was without any in
struetions on the subject, or power to act-bu
he ultimately consented to open negotiations
as private individual, subject to the approval
or otherwise, of his Government, 1t is expected
that the result Of these negotiations will reacl
this city in the course of month, and tina
they will present, directly, an application TO
admission into the Union, unless, indeed, SOM
unforeseen difficulty should arise in adjustin!
the preiminaries between the King and Mr.
Greig 1t is understood our Government i
wholly uncommitted in the misunderstanding
being judged by Mr. Marcy to be the bette
part of valor.