The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-06-14
FROM HAVANA

ANOTHER CIRCULAR FROM THE CAPTAIN GEN
| ERAL.-By the arrival of the Crescent CITY. at N.
| Orleans, Havana papers to the Sd inst, have been
received.
| The Gazeta dc Ia Habana publishes a circp,ar
from the Captain-Gieneral, dated the 2sth ult in
| which he again explicitly and emphaticaIly pro
| nounces the reports of the emancipation of the
| slaves being contemplated calumnious and RI
diculous He calls the authorities to repress
chastise the propaeators ofthem with strong hand
/ and to confirm the confidence of the inhabitants
OF the Island by assuring the owners of slaves of
the legitimate, peaceful and constant possession of
tneir property, now and at all times He speaks of
the pseudo philanthropy OF abolitionism, and the
character of the natives of Africa with decided dis
appreciation and says, that though the honor of
humanity iorbids them to be taken from their ma
i've country, when placed they are in Cuba, in a
s;ate cailed slavery they are Thousand times hap
pier than certain European classes who eujoy no
lning OF freedom but its name. Neither prvat4 4nor
puoilc interest alone, he says, moves the govern
hent 70 the oil the welfare and increase
iar slavery, nut humanity. He concludes his crcu-
| lar ny saying: DO not neglect to inculcate this
on all minds, or to remind all that they ought to
keep tranquil under the paternal provisions of that
government which has raised the island to degree
OF rlcnness and welfare, which are now the objects
OF envy and cupidty of powerful nations-of that
government which feels itself as strong to destroy
tue plots OF intriguing and venal perfidy as the ar
maments OF hllibustere, which perhaps at this mo-
10 Pi iuS iUT our troops, ana fOr our lOV
al Cuoans, fresh occasion to exalt their names in
the service OF the Queen and the country"
The Havana correspondent of the New Orleans
plcayune comments upon this circular with much
freedom. He gives an extract from the Captain
Generals decree of the Sd of May, as follows:
The time has now arrived when the life of the
Creole bondman should be made more sweet than
that OF him, who, under another name, labors to
exhaustion in Europe"
Placing this in contrast with the more recent de-
cree, he proceeds to give two of this sudden
change in the mind Of Gen. Pezuela:
He has become alarmed at the general panic
which his 'mad career" has created here among
all classes of the Cubans, the weather. portion OF
whom are making great preparations to leave the
country. Another cause is the course of the old
Span1ards, who have almost unanimously signed
petition to the Queen, against these dabolical de-
crees, and have demanded ofhs Excellency to send
1t to the Home Government The Marquis resisted
and tried to put them down by threats but thew
boldly deied him, and asked him if he looked to
the Cubans for aid, if he turned against his own
countrymen
The Picayune's correspondent maintains how
ever, that the Aricanzation policy has been decid-
ed on at Madrid, and means will be sought
to carry it out. 1t is stated that Pezuela
privately acknowledges. that he sees but one
way now of effecting his purpose-that s, by
war with the United States. "He chuckles over
this hope in his privacy (says the correspondent
and boast of the royal order for the immediate
emancipation of the slaves upon declaration of
war, saying this will conquer their obstinacy' and
pierce is an imbecil, q give you the Spanish noun,
for its vgor Of expression ia not transatable) who
is playing into my hands,"
We close our summary with the following ex.
tract relative to the Black Warrior affair: s-,.
The papers from Spain by this last steamer deny
completely the assertion that Mr. Soule is making
good progress in negotiation They show him up
most ridiculously in connection with actresses &c,
and prognostcate that ne will ba kicked cut of Ma.
drid as Mr.. Bulwer was lsit possible that any man
in America dreams that this island can be purchas-
ed by the United States before the slaves are eman-
cipated or that it will be after they are.