Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-07
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP,

Inc Cuban african Slave Trads.-The Ha.
Vana correspondent IF the New York Tribune
writes rs follows:
HAVANA, May %, 1855
perceive statens ut in the Key West cor
respondent of the Charleston Courier dated
10Th inst, that "tbe brig Horatio, then lately
picked up of Sand Key, had landed a cargo of
4oO slaves on the Cuba coast, 240 of whom
were taken by the British cruisers wh.n she
was abandoned and cut adrift" Now, this is
to'ally an error. The Horstio, it is known.
landed 900 Africans near Bahai Honda, of
whom only siZty-one were arrested on shore
through The exertions Of an agent of the Bril-
IIsh Coosul, as informed you at the time
Inc error Us not, perhaps, of great conse.
quence' yet IL Is as we'll that II should be cor
rected.
The Spanish Judge of the Mixed Commits.
sion has resigned, and consequently when b.
successor shall be appointed all proceedings
before that court will have TO be BEGIN de mr.
eco Ihe Fulton, San Jacinto, and Cyane
nave LEI; Us, and there is not at this time a
United State' national ship in this harbor,
"nlie the British team-fTigate Termagart,
steamer Medea and schooner Scorpion are
hero. The frigate bears the fay of Commo.
ooIe Henderson.
Everything, politically speaking, appears in
n state Of quiescence just now The weather
Is TOO warm for lazy Creoles to even think.
much less to act, at this time
We learn from authentic sources that the
e Horatio" was found by the crew of a Kew
West pilot boat, in the straits of Florida, near
to the coast of Cuba, entirely aband oned. and
being carried into Key West was libelled BY
tnem TO: salvage before the Admiralty Court
The dereiict vessel has been sold by the order
Of the court, the gross proceeds amounting to
sone 5000, Of which the salvors we're decreed
sixty per cent, the residue some s24O, remain
Ing in the registry of the court to await the
application Of any claimants that may appear
The name " Horatio could be seen painted
On the vessels stern, but the name of the port
TO which she belonged was defacsd and not
distiRsaishaele. She is an hermophrodite
brig OF about $50 or 10 tons burthen, and
though carrying large spread of canvas, was
not oy any means rakish looking or clipper
Quilt craft 1t is supposed she Is eight or nine
years Old. Whether Of British Colonial, En-
gl;sh, or United States build, has not been
certainly ascertained, and there are consisting
opinions, some insisting sh. is Boston. others
81 johns, and others q Leeds or LIVERPOOL
built vessel. Liverpool, it will be rscollected.
owes its Use chiefly to the African .lavs t,sd.,
and 1t ia net impossible nor improbable that.
taking advantage of the present embarrassed
and distressed condition Of the British ,overn-
ment ~hilstengaged in the siege Of Seba.topol
some Of lis enterprising merchants and shin
owners have been melted by their cupiditv IN
engage in this traffic. We forget whether
Noval, Wilberforce, or Clarkson, who some
haii century since told the English Parlia-
ment ard people that /" the very bricks in tn.
houses and stores Of Liverpool were cemented
with the blood Of unhappy Africans d,apu.d
into West Indian bondage by her slave ira.
ders" Since the great increase of the cul.i.
walton CT cotton, Liverpool has beeom. IN.
chief English mart far that article. and n.
prosperity is mainly dependent on the animal
crop Ct the United States, of which IL rsce;v..
each season some hundreds Of millions Of
pounds
Looking to the past course of the British
Government In relation to the African ,lav.
usde-to It's conduct and career in the East
lndies-to its attempts, since the adont;on in
1885 Of the suicidal West India emanc;n.,ion
acts, to procure and introduce COOLER there in
lieu Of the smaneipsss, and to the cruel treat.
nsnt Of these coolies, as to which We rave a
couple Of months ago in the Star a horribl.
account, extracted from the same official re-
port In the Jamaica papers-we should not b
All surprised if the British Government had
u - socn course by British merchants
Ihs Philanthropy of the British rulers has
ever been somewhat regulated BY THAR ;n,,,.
e't'; and it is historical fact, tina, thew in.
sisted upon condition, in treaty with sn,;,
made during the last century, that Ena,;.s
merchants should be allowed the priyiI,o. g
supplying the Spanish West Indies with
"Guinea niger" rs slaves, under what wa.
called the "Assiento contract" and before
the revolution Of 1875 the Royal veto was re
peatsdly intesposed as to laws passed by the
colonies abolishing such trade. We therefore
feel that our misgivings as to the real policy
and acts Of the British rulers in reference 10
ne African slave trade are fully warranted By
P.t acts, and, indeed, by tho facts existing
" 'nis time. How is it, that, despite the
frosty between the British Goys,uuen, and