Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-02-16
From the Charleston Courier.


afternoon Havana on the "
| Oh the evening of the 10th inst.
Havana win be perceived from the interesting letter of
our Havana correspondent na of great excitement
friend also, informs that plot had been formed to
assasnae the OPERA the captain General and other of
fetal The gas have been extngushed and the wsrk
of death traitor however betrayed his COM
rades and the Sth inst Don Ramon Pinto intimate
friend General Concha and thryve influential citizens
were arrested On the following day forty others
rested among them is said, the famous Mor of the OPP
House, and EcheGares manager of the Rail Road
The Governor of Matanzas and Senior Almeda rich and
well known planter of Trinidad have Also is said been
imprisoned Fears invasion entertained and the Gov
eminent is arming every they the galley
slaves
| HAVANA, Feb. 8, 1S55.-Again are agitated BY
rumors ofinvasions expected and the of the
! Government foment the widest of them On Thurs
day last, H. B. NJ snip oftheline Bosco1can, TO- $50
men, with admiral Sir ARTHUR FANsHAwE, c. B., &C.
cOmpanied by the Colossus 80: screw steamer ofthe
line arrived and it reported that they had met
feet of American vessels crowded with Wheth-
err there is truth in this not, 1t is certain that
Saturday the whole Spanish fleet was in movement,
and left our harbor with number of trool board
Some say that the CdhatCba br0ug III adviceS to the
Spanish Government. Reports have circulated that
the troops at Penal del Rio have mutined but as there
cannot be more than about seven or eight hundred
in that district, such all event could not call for
the activity and preparations displayed here The
second in command, General Manzarra has left town
for the south side, embark for part not
known.
On tuesday, the 9th instant. Don Ramon Pinto, a
Catalan, arrested and sent to the Guiana for
participation in conspiracy, IN relation to chang
ing the government of the island. This Mr.. Pinto
is. perhaps, the most remark able and intelligent
Spaniard in the island, of great influence, and
ii is believed that he is member of the Cuban Jun
ta and friend to annexation, although some doubt
his sincerity, and look upon his present
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the interest OF Spain. If we may judge the man
from what he appears, may suppose that he is
OF honor, and is suffering imprisonment
through information laid against him, or through sus
picion on the part of the government He is most
intimate friend of Concha or has had grea deal to
do with himfor he has been in daily attendance at
the Government house for some time past. 1t would
be unwse 10 judge either way or the other from
the circumstances have mentioned, for the Govern
ment may have caused his attendance and command
ed his apparent adhesion therefore II would not be
right to accuse him of dupcity to Concha other
wise
OF course, now, | shall be on the look out for in
formation OF reliable nature. with which TO supply
you, but you must forgive me if do not give you
all the idle gossip in circulation, very exciting and
interesting at the moment but in the end dlseredita
bic, and apt to misead
Amidst all this excitement on the part OF the pub
lie, and Il ement of troops and vessels of
on the part of The Government. The latter, in the
Gaceta, publishes article for the establishment OF
schools in Havana and Santiago de Cuba, one in
each, for finishing the education of Young persons
above the age of twelve years. This looks very
peaceable and secure Also the British Admiral,
and the ex Governor General Of Puerto Rico, who is
here on his way to Spain. have had grand banquet
given them in which doubt the Yankees were
drowned in many ,asts Concha, believe, is rather
humbug, and desires TO save the island often as
possible, AM occur what may, he will always make
as much fuss possible. From what see here. on
the part Of the Cubans, and what hear from the
United States. believe that the time has q. OF yet
come for change II appears to me put off for an
indefinite period
Although we are naturally come what excited BY
the rumors current and by witnessing the embarka-
ton of troops and The sailing OF vessels OF war, still
will require war to work us up as we used TO be at
first, reports Of InvhsOns and outbreaks.
Besides the arrest Of Ramon Pinto, q great number
of persons have been put into prison here, and we
may expect to hear OF the arrest of great numbers
through the Isand for in heart, every Cuban is
consptator. and most of them at the time ready
sell each other to the Spaniards Echevarresi, the
manager of the Rail Road. Creole, is arrested, and
others belonging TO rich families. the names Of whom
it is useless to mention.
Under present circumstances outbreak is almost
impossible here for a sudden outbreak there is not
he material, In Europe and in the United States
too, the soldeIsis from the working classes, the far
mer, sc. Here, the negro corresponds to those
equations and classes. And IN regard to carrying
out conspiracy, the Cubans have not the moral for
that for, as have told you, they betray one another
continually. Besides the Cubans arrested, there are
many SpanIards mixed up in the affair, but can
not get at any thing like knowledge of what the plot
was although it is said that there to have been
a rising here, Concha shot, and then decent Of
Quitman with 5000 men.
A week ago. | remarked, the display made by the
Spanish men war in narbor now there is but one
corvette and a steamer at anchor; the bay is quite
clear of Spanish vessels of war but then have two
British line of battle ships and brig for the proec
ton of the place, and there quite zone of other
British war crafts around the island.
The DiarIo OF the Marina, congraulates its party
on the arrival of the British fleet, in these words;
! This morning. the English squadron, of the ap-
proach of which, we gave due notice, entered onr
harbor. We cannot do less than repeat the sat
lstactiOn with which the inhabitants of Havana wit
ness the presence Of ancient and valiant allies
/ The SpanIards have in The Antilles twenty eight
vessels of way, viz: | rigate of AZ guns covete,
30 guns; brig, 20 guns; E briggs, Is guns; schoon
er, guns: schooners, l gun ! steamer Is guns
8 steamers, guns: steamers, 5 guns; steamers,
guns; 2 steamers gun and transports.
Four companies of sharp-thooers, or tralleurs,
arrived at Trinidad, ii cir way TO Havana, it is
said, but other troops have gone from this in the
direction. Ii is said also, that encampments are
formed at the villages in vicinity, where attacks
are likely to be made. The Galician workmen who
We're at work on the Trinidad and Caseda rail road
have been replaced by negroes The former have
been brought to Havana, and | see them led about
like prisoners Poor fellows they either deceived
themselves were deceived for Cuba is no place for
the white to work as field laborer.
GFrom the Petersburg, South-side Democrat.l
Can it be Possible:
We heard few days since, on high authority,
that three of the propretors of the American Organ
published in Washington City, and understood to be
! the accredited mouth piece of Southern know no.