The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-17
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The U. B. mail steamer Cahawba, r. W. Shufeldt,
commander, arrived here yesterday afternoon. ct
O'Clock, from Mobile and Havana. having left the
first port on the 25th ult., and the latter on the
18th inst.
Our files of papers from Havana are to the 18th.
Nothing Of interest appears to have transpred there
since our last dates.
The Cahawba has 100 bales of cotton on freight,
and brings l67 passengers.
Our Havana Correspondence.
HAVANA, June 10, 1854.
Pretended Efforts of the Government to Stop the
Stare Trade-Ret,vn of the Captain Generals
Wife to Spain-1ne Black Soldiers to be De
pived of their Uniform for Misconduct-G Great
CONSERVATION in NJ tansas-A Practical Joke
of the Fiiibusters, &C., &C., &c.
In order to afford you some little idea of the
great anxiety manifested by the government of
this island to put end to the African slave trade
translate the following from q recent number of
the Official Gazette. 1t was placed under the head
ing of edicts and will possibly be deemed valuable
by the legal readers of the NEW York HRnALD, as q
new law form.
DON JOAQUIN DussER TEsuRSrE Cscribaro Of the Board
Of Real Pictorial Audience-
certify that in consequence of the proceedings In the
criminal cause brought before this Real Audenca for
the introduction OF number Of Bozal negroes which
landed in the inlet called Rosario in the nrisdc
ton of oienfuegos, the second court Of justice has
ordered by this the third and last advertisement and
Sans the Dat e Mt rsP cap
Chico (litflefellow guardian, and the sailors William,
Manuel 80 Joaquin Joseph Fernando Antonio saorca
gues which carried the said negroes to the sed
place of landing ordering them to present themselves
Jail o al eastle) of this capital that they may dis
charge themselves from the guilt that results against
words shall be hear and Justice shall be administered
towards them and If they do not appear, they shall be
declared conumacous rebels bearing ther shoulders
all the weight Of the Jaw
Now is not this vastly amusing; all the above
named parties were in the custody of the authori-
ties, soon after the landing of the negroes, but
they were permitted to escape; and now they
are called upon to deliver themselves up, when
they probably are again on their way to the
Mozambique Channel where another cargo of
negroes will be embarked and brought to this
island and landed either as slaves or as linden
tured apprentices, as may be found most advan-
tageous The Captain-General, Notwithstanding
his recent declaration that he would carry out all
the commands Of the Queen, to put down the illegal
traffic. 1.-THE quotation is from memory and may
not be in the precise words used has not been ena
bled to withstand the temptation of nine hundred
ounces, which he received recently for permitting
cargo Of negroes to be landed ! have this infor-
nation from the best authority, and yet presume
this letter to fall into the hands of the Marquis
de La Pezuela and its writer known, should be
doomed TO endure cruel imprisonment and then
be banished like felon from Cuba, simply for
writing the truth however, there is some satisac-
tion in knowing that hitherto we have managed to
escape all his spies and secret police, but how long
this good fortune may await us heaven alone knows
The Marquesa de Ia Pezuela, it is stated, returns
to Spain this day. There are various reports as
signing causes for this say the irrascbility Of
her husbands temper recently, whilst others assign
dread OF the vOmito, the of the departure
Of the really beautiful Marquesa. May she have a
safe and speedy passage across the Atlantic. Bo-
reas and Neptune must he more ungallant than gods
are generally understood to be, if they could permit
even The pulses of so pretty woman to be pcrtu-
bated by the winds waves.
The recently enlisted blacks have conducted
themselves SO badly that it is understood their uni
form is to be taken from them, and that they will
be compelled to do some more fatiguing labor than
being drilled for an hour or so morning and even
ing.
The town of Matanzas was startled from its pro-
priety one day last week. by perusing in the paper
published there letter dated from New York,
signed Antonio Maria Pragas' addressed to the
Lieutenant Governor of Matanzas thanking him, in
the most 1attering terms, for his exertons in behalf
of the political refugees" many of whom, it was
stated, were DESTROYS of returning to their be-
loved Cuba, that they would be willing t. do so
.eycn ina sailing vessel The maternal solicit
trde of the Queen also the subject of the
est praise in the letter whilst the conduct OF the
Marquis dc Ia Pezuea, in carrying out her Majesty
amnesty, was bepufed in terms of which our poor
English has not the most distant conception. At
tached to this letter was piece OF poetry, which,
but that it would lose all its richness by being so
treated would render into vernacular for your
amusement. 1t was not, however, noticed that the
first letter of each line Of the poetry formed the
words, "Viya los Fiibusfeyos;' and the Lieutenant
Governor OF Matanzas-good, easy man--was SO de-
lighted OF the receipt of such letter. that he in
stanty despatched it, poetry and ALL to the Office OF
the newspaper, with express orders that it should
appear next morning, which, it being at very late
hour, was with some difficulty effected. Some few
OF the copies of the paper were transmitted to this
city by the early train, one of which, Of course,
reached the palace, and as you may imagine, caused
no slight CONSERVATION among its inmates. The
electric telegraph was put into immediate opera
tcn, and all the copies of the paper ordered to be
was destroyed, and he lived milk and water it is
said. for the day. Reaction has since taken place
and some twenty persons have been arrested.
Sailors are SO much needed in the Spanish vessels
OF war here, that boatmen who have been to sea,
and old sailors, are being impressed. The posses.
sion offour ounces, with which to grease the palm
OF the medical officers, however, secures the m an
exemption from service.
There have been recently sold by the hardware
dealers IN this city large numbers Of muskets and
quantities of ammunition, but for what purpose
know not. The spirit of the unfortunate inhabt.
ants OF Cuba is so completely crushed that they
dare not, begin to believe make even an effort to
sotsn ifeeoom PoUGHKEEPsIE
SUPPOSED MrRDEB OF You've LADY BY HER
BsTgoTBED-It viii be remembered that some
time during last spring an item went the rounds of
the papers, chronicling the sudden death of Miss
Agnes Pharr, of Covngton, Va, and stating that
she was within few days of her marriage to one
DR.. Thompson, her fathers physician. We learn
from private source that it is so strongly suspect
ed that her death was caused by strychnine, admin.
istered by DR.. t., that several public meetings Of
the citizens have been held to consider the matter
The circumstances seem TO be these:-Mss Pharr
had been ndisposed for some weeks and had been