The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-03

ington March 3ol correspondent OF the N.
Y. Herald. says that Cabinet council was
held the day before, at which our relations
with Cuba, so much embarrassed blythe FL
Dorado outrage, and the insult to the Ameri'
can Vice Consul Thompson, were fully dis
crssed. 1t is said that the following men,
bers were in favor of immediate and ener-
getic steps. The President, Secretaries Da-
Wis, Dobbin, Guthrie Campbell and McClel-
land against ii, Marcy and Gushing. Mr..
Davis, 1t is said, is in favor of the most de-
cided action to compel an immediate apollo
gy from the Captain General.
Orders, it is added, have been sent to Pen
sacola, Norfolk, Philadelphia, New York,
and Boston, to have all available vessels and
material prepared for immediate service. and
instructions have been issued to all naval of
ficers at those points to hold themselves 10
readiness for sea- 1t is thought that por
ton of the Mediterranean fleet, as well as
the Brazil squadron, will be called home for
the emergency.
Another Washington correspondent OF the
Herald, under the same date, confirms the
above announcement, and says that the Pre-
sideat, after another consultation with MS
Cabinet, has determined to draw from the
different stations every vessel which can pos
sibly be spared, and order them forthwith to
ioin the Gulf squadron. 1t is added that a
large portion of the late Navy appropriation
will be expended in providing steamers, os-
tensibly TO transport provisions, but really
to transport men and military stores to our
Southern coast. An extra session OF Con
eress, it is stated, is considered as lmpracti
cable, and President Pierce will take upon
himself all the responsibility which the oc'
casion may demand.
The Herald, which has hitherto discreoiteo
| the idea of beliigerant spirit on the part o.
the administration, seems to think 1t propa'
BILE th at there is about to be movement III
earnest. 1t also learns that several naval
officers on the New York station have AREA
DIV received the instructions mentioned ID
the communications of its correspondents,
and are ready for service and eager for
fight.
We find the folio owing in letter from Ha
vana to the n Y. Express After stating
that MIR. Thompson visited the Captain ten
eral, in company with the American Consul,
it is added:
MIR. was presented to the Captain General as his
prisoner. "My prisoner no longer" was the reply
'EMr. Thompton 10 at liberty to 60 When!and WneIe
he pl eases aud with sincere regret hst so untoItu
nate an STAIR should have happened must oee
that the amount of the pecuniary loss 10 N
NAV have received from his sudden removal, may os
presented to this government so that some lhdelhi
fcation may be made"
VICE Consul THoMPsoN-The Washing
ton Union, in reply to questions propounded
in an article of the National Intelligencer,
upon the late arrest of Mr.. Thompson, the
American Consular Agent at Sagua la
Grande, Cuba, quotes from the General In
structions, in use in the State Department,
prepared by Mr.. Forsythe to US. Consuls,
the following articles:
Of the duties of Consls 1oih respect to the appoint
nientof Consular 5gents.
"ART. 40. When there several seaports in q
consular district which American vessels resort,
it is the duty of the consul TO appoint some fit per
to he consular agent in such port who shall cor
respond with and make returns to him (the consul
who shall transmit copies OF them with hIs own
quarterly returns.
Arr A. Great care must be taken in the selec
ton Of consular agents Americans citizens are to
be preferred when other qualifications are equal; and
when fit persons can be found who are not engaged
in commerce they are TO be selected The consul Ia
to be responsible for the official act of the consular
ag snt appointed by him; aud he must imme dstely
notice to the minister OF the nltsd states near
the government of the country where he resides 10
the local authority OF the place. and to this depart
ment, of such appolntmt nt
The duties of consuls and vice consuls are
particularly laid down in the acts OF Con
gress, concerning consuls and vice consuls,
approved respectively '4th April, 1872, and
2sth February, 1903
The Union farther states that the consular
agency at Sagua la Grande, was formerly held
by an alien; but AS soon as that tact was as
certained the incumbent was removed in
accordance with circular of Mr.. Marcy, re
| curing that wherever practicable, none but
citizens of the United States should be en-
| trusted with the performance of consular
acts. This was in April, 1854, and the con
sui then nominated for confirmation Mr.
J, Thompson, an American citizen, whose ap
pointment was Immediately confirmed by
the State Department, and who has continued
to discharge the duties of the consular of
| fee down to the moment of his arrest by the
Cuban authorities
DISTRESSING CASUALTY During the parade of
the Washington Artillery at Charleston, S. c., On
Thursday last Mr. S. A. Pelot, who was ramming
one of the guns. had his right hand torn of by its
premature explosion. The accident resulted from
the neglect of one of the company to swab the gun
before loading it.
IAPRrsoNMENT OF PRosTITUrEs.-As we pub
lish',d yesterday, Judge Morris of the Supreme
Court of New York has decided the imprisonment
of supposed Cyprians by Mayor Wood, to be Illegal.
He m hde the decision on the ground that although
the overnors OF the Aims House have power to
transfer prisoner from the Penitentiary to the