New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-18
HAVANA.

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HAyANA, Tuesday, May :, 800.
The Spanish man-oi-war General Lsso re-
Gently arrived in this hsrbOr from Bahia h'naa
having on board sixty-one Of the last cargo .,
afrcaps which we're landed near that place sn'
Of which you are already informed H''' pa
,v-epe Africans were arrested, as learn i'oi"
nr;vate aavices. through the ezertions o. the
NTH Acan, resident near Bahia Honda. Many
,ooro Of his csrgo might have been aPPrehended
but that Gen Coneha somewhat inconsistent!
refuses TO permit the estates where they are De-
lieved to have been placed to be visited, unless
ssrtsin officials are permitted to be OF the visiting
marty. BY which means sufficient opportunity Is
.forded 10 secrete the Africans so that they can
no, he found. There were also brought by the
General Leso three prisoners from Bahia Honda,
named Don 4. Golomer Ia man OF great wealth,
Don Ramon Costa, and his son, Don Jaun Costa
the latter, l understand, are both persons who
stand well in society They are accused OF beng
concerned in he Ian ing of this cargo of Africans
and reU ain sti in durance vie.
The ieut. Governor Of Pahia Honda has been
suspepded from his office. The Captain OF the
Partido de LEspOusas aud two Police Officers are
in prison All the above named stand charged
with being concerned vi b or having connlSed a,
the landing OF these Africass, and II due punish
ment b. melted out to them Il will possibly go tar
10 prevent rinar crime being repeated hereafter
by others, although / must repeat my conviction
that nothing short Of the African Saye-trade
being declared piracy by Spain viii ever put
finale 80 the Infamous traffic
Nv the schooner Florida which arrived here one
day last week with dispatches for Gen. Concha
from Key West. we learn that the brig flora-
tio. of Portland, Ne if mistake not had been
found derelict at sea. The Horsuo mad an IN
usual number of water.casks on board, and there
we're other signs of her having recently landed
slave cargo BY an old log book, the only doca'
ment found on board Of her, the name OF her cap
tain is ascertaiued to have been PendietOn. Ia it
not disgrace TO the United States that vessels
built in their borders should be knowingly fitted
out TO engage in this inhuman traffic in human
flesh
A boat belonging 10 the brig Carthsgena. which
contained her Captain, named Wilson, AMI a sailor
belonging 10 her, was run down the LIST inst
by the steamship Cabawba, then on her passage 10
New Orleans Captain w narrowly escaped
drowning: he has been seriously uuweii since, but
is now learn nearly restored TO bis usual health.
Hereafter all persons who may arrive at any
port ia Cuba without passport are 10 be placed
in prison for fifteen days, during which their object
erty they possess, means of support, &c, are to
be ascertained Should the result Of these in
quiries prove satisfactory they are to pay fine of
$40 and be discharged, but il il be discovered that
their object in coming here was an improper one,
they are to be detained until information is sent
to the Superior Government, who will compel
them TO return whence they came.
The last Spanish mail steamer brought some $50
additional troops Officers and mem to this Island.
The Mexican war-steamer Santa Anna arrived
here from Vera Cruz on Sunday last. She does
not bring any news. Her officers represent every
thing as being quiet in Mexico!
Willie engaged in writing this letter have as
certained that the Africans before referred TO VINO
we're brought from Bahia Honda are nat to be APP
prenticed to the planters has hitherto been Gus
tOmary, but that they are to be retained by the
Government as assistants at the public works.
This understand is deemed quite an adv antage to
them.
The PreRsa newspaper of this city Las recently
published several lengthy communications in favor
of and against DR. Humboldts system Of prOphy
Tactic incubation against yellow fever. The dis
cussion having however degenerated into personal
recrminaton and argument as to the grammatical
construction of sentences, the editor has very
properly refused to publish any more letters upon
The subject except as pad Advertisements. The
Government of this island appears iayorably i'm
pressed toward DIR. HumbOldt's system, several
unacclimated officials of respectablity having re-
Gently been inoculated
MAY is usually wet month in this island, aud
Yesterday forenoon we had quite shower; pre-
yiously the weather had been delightful. have
not ANYTHING interesting beyond the foregoing to
write. therefore farewell for brief period
PS--A ne,o set of regulations respecting
the landing Of passengers has been issued Tx
cept however that il is necessary To obtain bag
gage suffrsnce" before the landing of baggage,
/ perceive nothing new in them. There is the
old system Of annoyance perhaps little more
fully developed. No correspondence is to be per-
mitted to be conyeyedby passengers, and all whom
business or health does not compel to come 10
Cuba are far from wise TO come and he subjected
to such annoysnces.
HAVANA, Saturday, May - 1855
Having heard there was large number OF Chi
uese employed at the sugar warehouses at Regla,
| crossed the BAY or harbor to see them the after
noon before last found about a hundred of them
engaged in dischareing boxes Of sugar from vessels
at the wharf box of sugar weighs about eight
hundred pounds-quite heavy load for very
strone man to move off with when placed upon
hand-truck These poor Chinese were naked from
the waist upward, and when the! did not move
quickly enough to please their " drirer they re-
ceived several sharp cuts on their bare backs from
the lash of whip which he carried in his hand.
More complete slaves have never seen, nor any
more cruelty treated.
Ii is currently reported that some of the Pris-
oners who were in the prison hulk have made their
escape.
TUr oJrTp1Cp TO THE ray CITY