Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-10-17
Cuba and hor Captain General.

The Cuban press cvince the deepest interest
in the affairs of the American States. -
The Havana Gazette" explains the position OF
tic Captain General, relative to Confederate
vessels, by the following narrative:
On the 22i of August, the governor Of Ma.
tanzls wrote to the Captain General, submit.
ting a Communication from the consul Of the
United States, asking the latter that he would
either compel the sloop Noank, coming from
Charleston, under the Confederate llag, to re.
cognize his authority. or clear from the port
of Matanzas forthwith. p =
The Captain General replied in a long letter
that the sloop having sailed from Charleston,
q port in one Of the seeded States, it was
clear that it could not come under the fllg Of
the Union or be cleared by the Federal author
tiles, since at that port they have no existence;
that the flag Of the Southern Corfeleracy,
though not recognized, has still bee: tolerated
by the Spanish govcrnlnent--a tolerance based
upon the belligerant conditions Of the North
and of the South, which is a vital consequence
Of the neutral position of Spain. The
Federal Government can prevent TIE exit Of
Southern ships by means Of the blockade, but
that fact does no. give it a right to shut our
(the Cuban ports. IS
Wherefore 'the sloop Noank must be cleared
with the same flag under which she entered,
as would BIZ the same il she came from a ma.
ton having no consular relations with us, aud
the request of the consul, III tic form for
warded to us, cannot be granted"
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The Committee appointed by the United
States Congress to investigate their army
contracts are now at St. Louis. 1t is claimed
that stheir action has been highly beneficial
to the pecuniary interests" Of their country;
which we understand as meaning that they
have detected q great deal of Tguery. This
we do not doubt; and it is very probable that
another committee, set upon their tracks,
would be equally successful in their case. The
operations of the Government at the North
have become so corrupt that it is almost as
natural for an official there to steal as it is for
4 duck to swim.
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A letter to the Baltimore Republican,, from
Kansas, says, that neither life nor property is
safe there. The Federal troops are 4 gang of
murderers and thieves, Of whom jim Lane is
chief.
The same writer gives the following account
Of the battle of Blue Mills, IL niles below
Kansas city:
".When the Federal troops Came down the
road, the State troops opened fire, having pre-
viously killed the Federal pickets, and killed
all the horses to the artillery, the gunners and
MANY others, and took the ~caissons to the az
tillery aud continued the fire Oh ihGFederals,
when they rctreated, followed by the State
troops for q mile and q half. The Federal loss
was &c killed, &c wounded and - missing
State troops, 9 killed and s wounded"
A detachment of troops from the Potomac
fotilla landed near the head Of St. Mary's river
Maryland, and seized the mails at Great Mills
Postofice. Mr.. j. T. Travers was arrested.
The Northern papers exult greatly over the
number of foreigners enlisted in their army
The New York American Messenger" says
that 10000 Germans alone are in the army
around Washington. They arc as truly
birelings as were the ~lIessians Of the Reyolu.
ton.
The New York Express" says the people
of the North are in better spirits now, but
"upon instinct rather than reason. The reason
of events is against these better spirits, as
Missouri is blue and Kentucky, if possible,
bluer."
Gen. Harvey is ia Washington.