New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-22
HAVANA.


Prom Our Own Couespcnasnf
HAVANA, June IA, 1857.
Since the departure Of the Clara B. Williams and
the landing Of the two cargoes mentioned in my last
the slavers have been rather quiet; however, they
have partially contra eted for another OF the New
Iork packets. Ii they succeed in coming to a
determine ton on the sale viii inform you IN time
10 prevent her leaving the port OF New-fork, where
she must be ut present. They intend to send her
from your city if possible and thus avoid exposure
IN the letters Of the newspaper correspondents
The plan is nice one but is not likely 20 nave the
desired effect particularly aer the horrible threats
uttered by the Captain Of the Clara Is. Williams
and bs abcttors in this city against the whole press
and all connected with II. The gentlemen ought
not to get into n passion at the publicity gwen to
their proceedings, when we all know what Is daily
transpiring around us. We see the newly imported
slaves with their "cedataS;" the fine vessels fitted
out in our port: the evidences Of fortune 80 amply
DISPLAYED by the heads of the concerns; and why
should our Northern people be deprived OF the
facts 1t must not be SO.
Senior Marty has sold the Tacon Theater to the
LiciO, and has retired from business entirely. lie
received 500, 900 for the building lot and -eneres,
&c. He has also disposed of his fisheries for 3d.
600 cash. He left this city by the last Ncw-Orleans
steamer en- route for Mexico, to make arrangements
for bringing us some more Yucatan Indians aln
informed by one Of the parties concerned IN the
speculaions that Marty has entered again INTO the
business relying on the speedy return OF Santa Anna
70 whom he has paid $50, 900 for the privilege OF
taking away the Indians. The willy General pocketed
the money and then refused to continue the privilege.
Marty dare not return to Merida until the affair is
settled rs his conduct tO~the unfortunate fucatecos
was anything but humane. lie will remain in Vera
Cruz until there il favorable change i'll the Govern
nent by which he will profit to perfect bis plans.
He is backed by several wealthy Spanish houses
and Cuban planters, who calculate on immense pro
fits 10 be made by the introduction of this class Of
laborers into the island.
One Of the Colonization Societies, as ! mentioned
in previous letter, has applied TO the Government
for permission to bring over from Spain whole fam-
lies of emigrants and establish them in the extreme
western and in the central parts of this island,
where as yet the population is sparse and slaves un
common. The land can be purchased very cheap,
and sugar-cane will grow in perfection The So
ciety is to build the mills and sugar-hOuses and pay
the labOrers for the or give them per centage
Of the yield. The plan is noble one, and if thor
oughy carried out, might work radical change III
our domestic system 1t has met with great OppO-
sitiOD, hOweyer-nOt on the part OF the planters
themselves, but the Government is totally ad-
verse to it, alleging, as one OF the many III
superable objections, that it is unwse policy to
increase the white population of the island to such
an extent, the children Of the cO0nlsts would be
creOes in the bad sense of the word aud eventually
lose all affection for the home of their fathers |
was surprised 10 hear that Gen. COncha was the
first to raise this objection; but should not won
der much at it, since he has lent himself 20 com
petely to the savetraders in the last year of his
government. The day is not far distant when En-
glsh influence will succeed in having good honest
man appointed to the command OF the island, who
will cause the treaties to be observed, and lend his
influence to enlightened plans.
Beyond the national amusement of bull lighting,
we have no pastme in which to while away our
dull Summer evenings. We are literally baked
every morning until II o'clock, and then drenched
with rain and treated to muddy streets into the bar
gain. However, the city continues, comparatively
speaking, healthy, except the usual diseases com
mon to this season of the year.