General Intelligence: Horrid And Late Atrocities At Matanzas

IIaya.na, June 9th, 1844. Since 1 last wrote you, I have visited Carderías, now another anti-cbamber of heil.- Hundreds of negroes have perished under the laeh during examination, all protesting their innocence to ihe last! The place where the negroes are whipped, bas become very offensive to the neighborhood, fiom the qnantity of putrified flesh torn by the whip from their backs! A short time since, a Florida Indian, a very worthy man, who had long resided in the Island, was arrestcd on snspicion of being one of the insurgente. He was taken to Cárdenas, where, refusing to criminate himself, he was whipped to death! On a sugar estáte in that neighborhood forly-eix negroee weremost cruel ly tortu red, several ofwhom died under the operations. On anotiier estáte, after attempting in vain to extort confessions ofguiltby whipping, those fienda called in Spanish, fiscales, (solicilors,) who applied red hot ron to the blecdiug backs of the negroes! The infatnous wretch who ia acting as Governor of Cardenus, is another Robespierre, and a thing after Gov. O'Donnell's own ïenrt. Many white persons, principally foreigners, ïave fallen under the diep'eosure of the hateful inquisilion. Samuel Moffart of Delaware, William Busby, of Vermont, and a Mr Hogan, a native of the United States, are among the he number. The Jatter has suffered a long confinement for having in his possession a etter írom a friend in the United States ac1visinghim to leave the Idlandü The first wo named were arrested on teitimony extort ed from a negro after he had received tweïve hundred lashes! On being an-ested, they were tied to a jang of negroes, and in this condilion, were driven like convic:ed felone, under the ecorching rays of a tropical sun, through clouds of dust to Cárdenas. Mr. Moffart was confined in the stocks, among the whipped negroes, Ioathsome from their wounds, twenty days, and in ironsten days. liisby was in the stocks seventeen doys, and in irons nine dtfys and would have endéd his days in irons, but for the interposition of a physican, who assured the Inquishion that he could not sur vive twenty-fonr hours longer, being very il of a fever. Thereupon, he .vas taken ou of irons and with medical and other B6sisianc rendcred him, he recovered. While at Carde ñas I learned thut an early rêpreséhtation o these outrages had been made to our Govern ment by our Consul at that place, Mr. Gae and is to be hoped that it will not be passé over unnoticed.The Tribune líos the following letter: Havana, 8th June, 1844. Yon have been rightly informed relaiive 1 our negro troubles - the free negroes ar leaving the Island in crowdö. There are bu tlve mulattoes left. Blakely the dentist, th yellow truisicians f nd artisans are siill in jail. - You may re6t assured that' upwards of thre thousand are in juil; and all the foréigners ar leavingr or have gone; Ihe regiment of fre negroes has leen diebanded. The Government is holding out every in ducement f or encou raging the emigration o white laborers from Spain and the ariary Is lands. The execntiou of the negroes has no commenced yal - in the mean time they ar whipping tiiem into confession. It seems als tliat upon the failure of thé' conspiracy inten ded for theholy week, auotherwas in prepara tion to commence 6th May hst, at öuines but was nipped in the bod " Among tfie conspirators they nünibere some white persons - they1 were alo' to b shot. Sixty benchés are tó bc erected on th ploce of exeöution for the purpose of shöotin that nu ni b er at a time.Jiti Editor' s Occupátion - 'faie edítot ofthe Kennebec Journal, vvriting1 ón this fruitfnl tbeme, indi tes the following, wliich Concerns some'readers as wcll as editórs: "Thoeé who control presses ahvnys find it difficult to stear cléár ofalísnags, whellicr they go straight aheud or not. They have to fight their ovn bfettles, arid those of all their frierids:' and rhoreuver, aré' very often obligéd tó differ with those friendo, andto reject ádvice urgently and sinéerely oöered. - One good friënd will advisé'óna course and another will ndvisé exactly the oppósite. - One will ofter a communicátion' wfiich he thinks first ráté, cutting tip somebody ib grand style,ond thóügh the wrjter 'ia not wilhng to face the rhüs'c hirhfeelf, the editor must pub lish his philipic nnd etatíd the brunt ofthe batle. What business has he to ha vé any scruplea about hurling any sort ofmisoilesat any body?RATES Ö'P POSTAGE:FROM BOSTÓN Miles. By U. S. Ma.li. Independan -U's Portsmouth, 56 10 cents. 5 cents. Portland, 113 J2 u 5 " New York, 225 IK} " 5 Bahiniore, 413 Z'o " ' V 'r Apply thé same calculalron to Albaiiy, Buffalo, Öetróit, nrid Chicago, and consider that rill these places can nóv cótnmunicate with ench other dnily, with at least as great spoed1 as tliróügh the U. S. öiail, at the rate o five cents per' lialfounce and ihen judge Vhai is tó becoöié of the revcnueof the genera post office. The' stupidity of the P. JVf. G. and the criminal apatíhy of Congress will cost the natibri h'alf a mhMjón of dóllari this yédr without meeting the wants of the people. - Busion Ckronicle. A ï)emocrat aslied his liéighbor 'Vhat is the newe from Bahimore?' anÖ wus aiiswered. 'Jatnés K. Polk is noihinated for President,' 'Gooti! excluiihed the eriquirer, first raté, the strongest man wè've got! What diö you CAtL ÚIS AIE?' Rain. We leárri frorti Wend whó devoteü much attêittion io metéorólbgical óbservationsthát tJiere bas fallen iti this city the last twó roontfis, Í6J inches ot Water- 4n May 8 iüche5, and in Juné öL inches. The quntity which usunlly falls ih the cobrse of a year s stoted to bc 34 iaches.- -DtíroU Adv.Central Ruil-road.- The receipts upou hia road for the mouth of June 1844, are as 'oliows : For l'reight, $10,793 59 Prom pussengere, 8,570 85 PromU. S. Mail, 657 55-20,020 Ü9 Amount received in the corresponding month, 1343, 14,647 26 There travelled over this road smce lnst re. ort, Ist December, '43, to SOth June, '44. 3, 199 J paseengers Tlie number trnvelled n ie conespondine time last year.ending 30th une, 1843, 10,151. There wcs brought over this road to the ity of Detroit, since Jast rrporf, Ut Dec, 843, to 30th June, 1844, 85,248 bbls. flour. Corresponding time las:year, 30,320 bbls. our. Total amnunt of receipts since last report, Dec. lsl, 1343, to June SOtli, 18-14, i 98, 547 87 Corresponding time last year, 50,817 10 'Vee Press. tt?" David Lee Child, the ex-editor of he National Antislavery Standard, the rgan of Oíd Organizatioh, has at last ome out openly for Clay, and declared, n a recent convention at Northampton, hat "he should goiniothe political camaign for the VVhig party with his whole oul." It has been apparent for some ime that his soul vas there. Slavénj aiolished in Hong Kon'g. - On fie 28th of February, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong passed an ordinance declaring the laws of England reltive to slavery to bein full forcé, except n the case of slaves? fntroduced by persons not subjects of her Majesty, who, on xamination by a magistrate in the absence of their masters, and on being assured that tbey can be free i f they choose, avow their preference to rcmciin in ?lavery; y et even then they cannot be removed from the island without agnin gong before a raagistrate and declaring that they go voluntarily, and in preference to remaining in the colony as freemen. ÜjJi-hii Tyler and lady have returned to Washington'.