New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-30
HAVANA.

pewsDsper Of this city, On the 18th insf.' "s'cn
probably has escaped the notice Of tho'e fe.ae''
Who tale lees interest than do 10 such ms'set'
The paragraph simply gave public notice 'hs' the
49,. a., ,,svs. had been delivered to the Co n
nisssries of Police. These " hcen'es' you VIII
remember. under the recent edict OF Gen. Con
Al. have 10 be obtained by the master twice in
each year for every slave, at cost Of 81 for each
housebold slave, and Of l21 cents for each slave
employed in the cultivation Of the earth. This
measure it will also be in your recollection, has
heep substituted for the far more efhGent enact
ment of the MARQUIS de la Pezuela, which COM
pelled the actual registration Of all the slaves ~
the Itland and which was so adfniraoiy adaP'su
for the entire extinction Of the African slaVelraae'
Having in previous letters expresses ~! opnd,
iR-somewhat too freely, Perhaps-"Itn resalu
A. iris licensing system Of Gen. Concha, there
cannot be apy necessity for me 70 dilate upon IT,
T..nnnt boweyer avoid hazarding the remark
a., the ,laye.owners Of this Island, who have
ryoved themselves such adopts at the evasion OF
spy law which they considered averse 10 their IN
ferests. will easily discover the means OF evading
ne plsn Of requiring all slaves 10 possess licenses,
and that the system will be found to work 40 bad
IL that IL will be requisite to reenact and substi-
tute for il som such system as that designed to be
carried into effect by the Marquis de Ia Pezuela;
that 10, if the Spanish Government be really desir-
Gus Of acting up bona fde to its professions to en-
aeavor to put stop to the African slave trade
which, fear, there is too good cause to be dubi
Gus Of.
The Captain General has submitted for the con-
alteration and approval of the AyuntamentO,
project of q new set OF municipal laws, and strange
10 relate the same number of the Official news
paper in which they are inserted, offers to publish
any valid objection that may be made TO thein
This submitting intended laws to public approval,
N presenting such matters in n new light to the
Cubans and ought should suppose, to render
them better content, If anything can do so, with
their present form OF Government. / have care
fully perused these intended new municipal laws,
and considering the city and country for which
they are designed my love of truth compels me
10 confess that find very little in them to which
any Just objection could be made.
In. or rather at, the little village Of Calabazal,
which is situated rather less than three leagues
from this city, church is in the course OF cree
ton. noticed an advertise nent in the Didrio de
la Marina recently, which stated that the Captain
General had given permission that the entrance
money received at the "COck Pit" on five sue
cessye Sundays and Mondays, during the recent
holidays should be devoted for the benefit of the
church now being built This, at any rate, is to
me novel scheme Of raising the wind"
Two marriages have been celebrated within
few DAYS at the United States Consulate here.
The parties, presume, taking advantage OF the
scjourn in this city of the Rev. Mr.. Shepherd (ate
OF Mississippi but now en- route for California; to
get as the sailors cay, "spliced." The well
known DR.. Wilson, Of this city, married the
widow Adams, late of MataDzas, on the 10th inst.
and on the 2Ist inst. Mr.. Amos Huney and Miss
Clementia Wilson united their fates in "matr-
mony's silken bonds" All the parties are, of
course citizens Of the United States.
A new fort has been commenced upon the va
xxf1 4. 10 . nr.G
A Roman Catholic priest who was chaplain To
one Of the regiments stationed in this Island, hav
ing deserted from il at the period when that
sc0urge of our race, the cholera, ragged among the
soldiers Of the regiment, has been, very properly
deprived by the Queen from hereafter exercising
he functions of his sacred Office
There was grand military display on Sunday
last, 2lst inst at the Paseo de Isabella Segunda.
A double line of soldiers, more than half mile
IN length-so you may judge their number-the
Captain General, followed by large number OF
officers, in gorgeous uniforms. and tho usual Life
Guards, and a troop of lancers, gailoped up this
hne of soldiers. As no military evOlutions were
attempted, / am at loss to imagine for what OBJ
ject this great display of soldiers was made I'M
less indeed il was intended 10 awe or frighten
the people into subsection.
There is a German doctor, named Humboldt, I
now here who processes to have made discovery
which acts with respect TO yellow fever, as vac
elndtlOn does Win REGARD 10 he,
am told. inocuates with some substance which is
not made public, which, on the third day, pro-
duces, or causes the patient to yomit blood, and
from which, he infers, they are safe from future
attacks Of yellow fever. AS, however, in my per-
sonal West India experience, have known many
persons who have died Of secopd attack of this
fell disease, / have not much confidence in Doc
tor Humbodts discovery. He, however, is, be-
Reve, now engaged in innoculating the unsccli-
mated soldiers and sailors belonging to this Gov /
orlment.
The weather, which for some time, until day
or two since, has been truly delightful, is now to
Q person sensitive to its changes as your CORE
spondent, far from agreeable. A cold norther is |
blowing, with heavy showers at night.
cswspssSeoss ofThs N. Y. Tribune
HAVANA, Tuesday, Jan. "a, 1855.
When see how even hare, where In general I
people do not occupy themselves much with poll
Tics, the question whether Sevastopol lie taken or |
not occupies Ill minds, can easily guess that a |
correspondence which does not come direct from /
me battle-ground may have little interest. Never
Aelsss there are many things which ought not to !
pass without notice, although they have nothing !
- Do with the destructive war in the East, but |
rather tend to preserve human life. l alude here
10 German doctor, by the name of William Hum !
holdt who gives himself out to be nephew of the
great Humboldt, and pretends to have made the
discovery of preservatiye against the yellow
fever. In town where from the garrison aloae
mere are swept away annually several thousands !