The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1859, Page 2

Z NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY a] atory part of a frst actor of farces, and ordered bim to present in the Ayuntamiento a motion to the end of sending to her Majesty an address expressing the repugnaace with which the people of Havana bad received the idess of the President's message respecting the purchase of the island. Thus the thing was managed: All the members of the Ayuntiamiento said amen, and the address was despatched. But the municipality, afraid lest on some not very distant day the people might re- proach them with their weakness and servile condescen- sion at the voice of the tyrant, induced some of them in turn to sign the document together with them, so that they might say we are equal; both of us were the play- things of force, which overruled us, without leaving us the liberty to act conformably to our conviction and to our conscience. In consequence of this first degrading step, enforced by the supreme authority of the island, as by order similar motions have been presented 10 all the other Ayuntamientos and corporations, to which the order was transmitted or the news was brought of the old and discredited play of the capital in such pressing cases, It is not difficult for whoever is familiar with our pas- sive way of living to perceive that, in consequence of the exclusively military system which governs us, how- ever numerous and base those manifestations may be, they bave no signification at all; for they are the result of an order which cannot be resisted, and not the free and frank expression of the general will—since the latter is wanting in all such populations, which, like that of Cuba, have their eyes hoodwinked, their ears obstructed, their’ mouths closed, their hands tied and their feet shackled—so as not to be able to see, to hear, to speak, to write, to act or to move, save at the pleasure of that oppressive force that handies them at discretion, If it is sought to sincerely know the true opinion of the inhabi tants of Cuba with regard to the sale of Cuba to the United States, leave them in full liberty to discuss the question through the press, under the solemn guarantee that they will not be pursued on account of it, and within two or three months from this day Jet the votes of ‘yea’ or “pay?” be collected, and TL assure you that paper Would be wanting for writing out the number of the former one. And the reason thereof is clear; for people wonld be very stupid to slavery and to liberty and well being. The government knows it too weil, and for this very reason it sticks to its old system of that ‘infamous farce to which all have to consent, belying the truth under penalty of experiencing the whole weight of its barbarous revenge. 3 We do not recollect whether it was in the year 1854 when the same Governor General, who to-day oppresses us, Don José de la Concha, despotically dissolved the Ayuntamiento of Puerto Principe, and nominated new members, because they ventured to address to her Ma jesty the Queen amhumile request, by which they sup- plicated her not to remove from their territory the Royal Audiencia which for so mapy years had been there, the only element of civilization and’ progress for that popula. tion; and for that motive his Excellency declared, ina very. severe phillipic published in the periodicals, that the Ayuntamientos of the island had no right of ‘petition, prefer misery but merely a conaulting vote when it was deem- ed fit to ask it, their attributes being limited to the mere administration of public affairs, since the government of her Majesty well knew what was suit- ing to her subjects aud what not. After such a recentand severe lesson, will there be found any one who believes that there is in the whole island any Ayuntamiento or corporation bold enough, were it only ina dream, to make representations concerning a matter nothing less than one of high polities as that whether the island is to be sold or not? This is impossible, unless the almighty Captain General orders it himself; for, otherwise, nobody wishes to expore himself to be treated like the members of the Ayuntamiento of Puerto Principe, or much worse, on ac- count of the present matter being graver and more im- portant than was theirs. And the proof of the will of the Captain General being sovereign in such cases is that in the first case of the intervention of the Ayuntamientos and corporations the Captainyencral became irritated, scolded apd punished; and in the second he welcomes and approves their intervention in so grave a mat- ter of high government; and what is still more, the opinion of private citizens en masse, while they are probibited by an express law to give it in'a larger number than three, under penalty of being declared rebellious—if he bad not ordered the motion! Wo to those who would have ventured into such an abyss! They would already have been seized, imprisoned, expelled, or sent to Spain in order to learn there how to express themselves with patience on the good or eyil they receive at the hands of their masters. ‘After having proved that those pompous addresses are buta faré of the government, and consequently do not express the will of the people, let us only cast a glance on the conduct of the Ayuntamiento of Havana, which is the type of the others; and let us examine their arguments, which seem to be dietated purposely by some disguised filibuster, to render ridiculous not only the muni- cipality, ‘but also the government, of which then they were gardonically mocking themselves, as if saying that tyranny is wanting of friends—all that surround it aro false and hypocrites, who extol it, whilst behind they take advantage of and calumniate it. ‘Their inflated address says that the wish to purchase the island of Cuba is ‘doubly insulting to the nobility of the nation and to the dignity of the sons of Cuba, who are treated like a herd of slaves who may be sold like private property.” We want to ask that illustrious Ayuntamienso when it has been considered as dishonorable by the Euro- pean nations to sell, to purchase, to cede, to exchange, to conquer, to plunder, to inherit, or to receive as a gift any portion, "more or less considerable, of territory in the shape of apeople ora nation? The history of diplomacy is full of such cases from immemorial times up to this day, with- out anybody having imagined that in politics they are not permitted nor dishonorable. We could quote an infinite number of them, but as this would cause us to dwell too much on things universally known, we shall lumit ourselves to some which happened iv and to the profit of Spain. ‘Whosoever is acquainted with the history of Spain knows that the Peninsula was composed of different king- doms. Well, all of them were, by little and little, an- nexed, s0 as to be fused, either’ by treaties, or by war, or by intermarriage, or by inheritance, &., into a single monarchy, which is the reason why, even at the present time, this latter appears like a mosaic, composed of dif- ferent physioguomies, dresses, idioms, customs, manners, rivalries and antipathies. By heritage she was joined to the German Empire, suffering all the vexations of a colony which is deprived of her liberty, spoiled and il) treated. Since then she lost the territory of Portugal and Gibraltar, areal and eternal cause of debility and ignominy, for thereby foreigners took possession of her own territory. Charles IV. and Ferdinand VII. ceded to Napoleon I. Leaving apart a number of facts, as the acquisition of N ples and Sicily and their loss, joined to the dismembering of territoy which came into the possession of other crowns, we have bere in America other recent examples, as the cession which Louis XV. made to Spain of the vast terri- tory of Louisiana, with which she did the same as Napo- Jeon did, who sold it to the United States, and from that fortunate epoch it is free, flourishing and Jnappy; the sale of Florida ou the part of Spain to the same United States, that of the island of Jamaica to England, and that of St. Domingo (Hayti) to France; and lastly the acknowledg- ment of the incependence of the new Spanish-American republic has been sold for money. This is the more ini- quitous auc degrading as after having be routed and dri- ven out from that territory, leaving behind torrents of blood, heaps of corpses and fearful devastations and cruel- ties, she demanded money in order to declare herself the victor, and to renounce the Quixotic and barbarous right of being allowed to reconquer and enslave them anew. If wo all this is added that Spain has the island of Cuba iteelf affected by the guarantee of the great English debt, then one will be convinced that a portion of territory may be sold as it may be mortgaged, just the same as private property, without there being any mo- tive for such bravadoes When hearing of the proposition to buy Cuba, believing that to sell her was a dishonor; which, being supposed a8 real, would finally be nothing else but adishonor. But let those who are 80 sus- ceptible as to the national honor, consider as a consolation in this question that Cuba does not belong to the nation; ig not au integral part of her, but a property of the crown, which it acquired with its own resources and governed for iteeif, without the intervention of the national Cortes, which, doubtices, did recognize that right in a tacit) if not in an express manner. Lastly, if'the repugnancy to sell it. proceeds from the circumstance that he who buys, or rather who ransoms it, be a stranger, let him negotiate the liberty of Cuba with her inbabitants themselyes—which would be a liberal noble, glorions, and, moreover, advantageous'act; for, be- sides the indemnification which Spain would receive, a treaty of commerce and alliance of considerable profit to both people would be concluded. Only in this manner Spain migbt convince the world that ghe respects honor, morals and justice; that she loves glory, aud that she knows and takes care of her interests in the present and for the future. The other point is ridiculous, viz.: that the President “regards us like a herd of slaves who may be sold the Same as private property.” Although we be in realit slaves, we are no domestic, but political slaves, for whicl reason itis a barbarity to suppose that we are sold like a chattel in cage the island should be sold, Moreover, the ‘United States do not pretend to buy men, nor the jacds of Private property, but the right that the Cuban people may Constitute a free and independent government like any other of the States ofthe Union, conforming themselves to the General constitution, and that they may enjoy her great- ness. This is not, as it is said, to buy slaves, but to re- deem them and to ennoble them, This would not be to buy their property and to deprive the owners of it, but to render them secure and to open to them the field for ac- quiring other still greater advantages. This is noble, great, glorious and worthy of the —— and the praise of all just men, and of the biessing of Heaven. What a con- trast! A magnanimous nation, which does not regard mo- ney, in order to establish the fullest liberty at a point of the earth basely enslaved, and another which, under pre- text of false honor and feigned dignity, is obstinate in maintaining it enslaved and de! |, for the aake only of the jure of domineering over, tormenting and abusing po. Private property, a8 says the illustrious Ayunta- miento. ‘The letter adds that Cuba is ‘‘an integral part of the na- tion, a province of the monarchy, in every respect similar to that of Castile.” A shameful aid insulting le which could proceed only from a corporation which is the ‘Diind and servile instrument of demoralized a. I sees eee, as far back as when the laws of India were issued, and as such we follow ing » by which we are oppressed, phun- 8 when ticy fear leat tho vi m y may cecal Breediness and tyranny, they try to Fut it Dslep by the endearing names of hter, sister, and b; 4 ous ides of nationality; but, fortonaiely, the Guten lances at and despises those false al) he well ion who works ded b: a 8 we surrount y the bayonets ot the Spafish that the most stayid and government, and miserable inhabitant of the Peminsula believes himself to be his born master, and insults and outrages him, bei the elements of foro aud power ars Spanish Aft thes elements of force and power are . e806 Slight considerations what a ridiculous effect produces ‘upon us the address of the first municipality of the island ‘When expressing itsolf in these torms:—" The Ayunta- miento believes that it finds itself in the case of raising its voice to her Majesty when it saw written that i of humanity and the enlightened century in which we are | principles admitted and recognized by international laws, Prove Ss ‘attempted only to satisfy the speculating aspira- tions and interested views of a country by means of the | opprobrium of an honorable government and of a people which see in the color of their banner a lowg array of glory, of everlasting recollections of greatness and heroism.” 'As to this assertion we shall only say, and of those who signed the address whilst making mockery of it. The fang ‘said to the other:—“ Do you kpow that our friend C. is more than malicious, for he wrote the address with such evident irony that T do not know how it could escape from the perspicacity of the Governor.” And relative to the passage just quoted b; us, he continued in this manner;—* Yes, all this is ironi- cal, for the outrage of humanity and the century wherein we are living, is the brutal state in which we are kept, without rights, representation and guarantees of any kind, at the mercy of a soldier whose will is the law, and who, bent on enriching himself and on keoping us in sub- mission, makes us feel all the effects of his greediness and the whole rigor of his insolent pride. And what will you say,” he continued, “ of that government go suscepitible as to its honor, when it has just bungled the question of Mexico in the most ridiculous manner, because it did not dare to declare war it, and finds itself always under the dependence of France and England, which are constantly importuned by it in order to be protected by them in its quarrels with North America, whose provoca- tions it endures without even daring to threaten her?’ But the most infamous and most disgusting of the whole affair is that which speaks of the long series of glories, 0 great remembrances, of heroism and honor, which it is pretended binds the Cuban people to the’ colors akd flag of Spain. But this will not do; for there is no one who can believe that Cuba could, even for a moment, confound her flag and colors with the flag which was borne in the battles against the Moors, or with that which was waved at the very conquest of America by Old Spain, or with that which floated to the breeze in the hard fought battles of St. Quentin, of Pavia and Lepanto. T can see nothing but sarcasm and irony in all this, inas- much as in the present colors and flag of Spain we be hold none of these boasted glories. We see nothing but defeats, disasters, losses of batt! races which the Spanish fag has encountered in all the four quarters of the world for the last hundred years. These, surely, are not the exploits of the armies of Tolo and Balan- uinga, - Here we all burst out into a loud fit of laughter. When the merriment was over the Regidor of the Ayuntamiento said, “The fact is what I and all people now behold in these colors and flags of the present day is the folly and ranny of Spain and our own oppression and disgrace.” ig naturally fills us with hatred against Spain, and with the desire to join any other flag whatever which would be able to rescue us out of the humiliating position in which we are placed. But especially do we desire to join the glorious banner of the stars and stripes, which, wherever it floats—even on the barbarous shores of Africa—carries along with it liberty, civilization, wealth and material well being to all people Blessed be the day when that flag sball wave over us, Then shall we be free, then shall we be our own masters, and stand before the worid in the character of free and noble citizens of a great nation, and not as miserable colonists ot the most de graded and most vain glorious nation in the world. Gentlemen, said the other member of the Ayuntamiento, half frightened and half pleased—while he rather hung down his head. Gentlemen, said he, let us drop this thusiasm; recollect that ‘‘the walls have got ears.” Ha: ing said this, he made himself scgrce, and went off in a great hurry. Upon this the rest of us'also dispersed, and went away in different directions, looking each of us with some anxiety first on one side and then on the other, as if perchance some one might have overheard us, even in the retired and secure place where we had conversed; fora man can never feel himself safe in any place in a country where tyranny rules and spies are scattered abroad in every direction. The Governor of our island, however, may repeat his old and convenient tricks as often as he pleases; all the world knows that his management in this matter and other similar aflairs area mere laughable scene of the theatre. We Cubans are ashamed of being his miserable tools. Our hatred against the degrading rule and domination of Spain increases daily more and more. Every day we encourage ourselves with the delicious hope of speedy redemption; we continue laboring with faith and firmness to obtain deliverance at the soonest possible mo- ment. Such are our aspirations, and sooner than yield them up we would prefer to perish in one common ruin with our oppressors, and see our country buried in the burning ashes. Every day we put up earnest prayers to heaven that the Congress of the United States may second the noble views of the wisest and most illustrious of its Presidents, and would take measures to enable us to en- joy a share of its ample liberty. Such are our prayers; ‘and may they be answered, or else Cuba, in its despair, will, like a second Troy, become the prey of destroying flames, and be buried beneath the ashes of the oppressed and the oppressors. SOME OF THOSE Who may have signed the memorial to the Queen. Sentiments of the People of Cuba. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. . Havana, Jan. 12, 1859. The reading of the message of the President of the United States has produced an effect here quite marvel- lous—in the majority one of content and hope, and in the very few one of sadness and grief. The latter, who are those who govern, and those who consider that if the prize goes out of their hands the mine whence they gather their fortune will be exhausted, have resorted to the customary manceuvre of manifesting a political feeling contrary to shat which the generality privately feel. To this effect a mo- tion was made in the Ayuntamiento of this capital, by a certain count—a lively image of the Duribeau of Eugene Sue—with the view of getting up a representation to the Queen not to sell the inhabitants of this island like vile slaves. The same has been reproduced by the other Ayun- amientos, ad interior municipalities, by various corpo- ations, and even by the women; but the best of all this 8, that the general will was not consulted, but these re presentations have been signed velit nolit, and one for a great many; that is to say, one person has written the bames of five hundred without their consent. It will be seen that by this mode the number of signatures could be multiplied to infinity. But ail this is done m Cuba, be- cause the people have no voice, and these means are resort- ed to to make them seem to have it. But much as it may be disliked by those who wish to sustain themselves, the Cuban people are enlightened, and aware of their rights. They desire to throw off the odious yoke which oppresaes them, which degrades them, which seizes the fruits of their labors. They’ desire their liberty; but as this cannot be accomplished by the Cubans themselves, by rea- son of the contrary clements which encompass them, and the system of society which exists among them, they wiil biess the powerful hand which may extricate them from their anomalous situation, ‘The Cuban people know that, incorporated into the Ame- rican Union, they will be a soverign State, tree and inde- pendent; that they will regulate their expenditures, vote their taxes, give themselves laws, and govern themselves in the same way as any of the other States which form the Union. The Cuban people feel in their hearts the surety of all these benefits, aud they know that the word sale means redemption, and not enslavement, as this govern- ment pretends in the famous representations which it has caused to be signed by the slavish Ayuntamientos and mu- nicipal bodies of this island. Our political condition is Here there is no spontaneity. We have neither laws nor government, because everything is subjected to the will of the mandarin, who holds all power, who med- dles with every act, who opposes all deliberation, and who, when he encounters opposition, gratifies the most ig- noble passions; for a simple report to the court of Madrid covers all his crimes with impunity. This simple sketch of our system of government comes from the system of centralization pianted to domincer over us, whose principles, established by the celebrated Cardinal Richelieu, brought upon the people of Europe ig. norance, misery, ‘degradation, and the Joss of the sacre:| rights of man, which have not yet been re-established, Lay pee the quantity of blood which has been al le Lastly, the Cuban people know that from their present situation the American people only can extricate them; and as this is 80, let so great a good not be delayed, that Cuba may occupy the place to which Providence has des- tined her, and that she maybe great and magnificent among the peoples of the earth. Therefore, sir, employ the influence of your journal, that the worl! may be in- formed of the will of the Cuban people, and that it may not be believed that they have expressed those degrading representations to the Queen which the all-powerful officer who oppresees them has caused to be signed. Exeure the fact that this communication has not my name attached to it, as it would be suicidal to your faith- ful servant, A CUBAN, ‘The People and the Army for Annexation. Havana, Jan. 14, 1850, To James Gorvox Bennett, ‘Tm Esucrrexep Eprror or rar New York Heratn:— May it please you to insert in your distinguished and enlightened paper the following opinions of a Caban, which carry the seal of truth, and more 0, aa they relate to things belonging to his country, for which be would like to eee insured a bright future, that no doubt one day it will have. Knowing that your paper approves of the politios of Mr. Buchanan, and being informed that you read with interest whatever comes from any Cuban, this will congequently find, I hope, an interested reader in yourself, and after being put by you into the elegant Eng lish you are accustomed to employ, you will in flaming type print it and make it known to the world, so that the government of Spain and of this island, all Spaniards and also all Cubans, may read the truths stated here, they not being able to express their free feelings in this country, 80 deserving of better fortune. The President's message hae had a great effect on all gradeg of the inhabitants, as much among whites of afl classes as among the blacks. Among the educated whites, including Spaniards whose children are born Cubans, the excitement has been #0 great that they do not hesitate to say that the project will be realized; they are not adverse to the change if but their lives and interests, and those of their beloved chil- dren, are only guaranteed, as Americans aro accustomed to do—these having more of the Cuban than of the Spaniard in them from having acquired love for the country, also the wealth that they possees in it. The poor Span. jards, or artisans, who have also families, are of the same mode of thinking, provided their interests are aafe. The unmarried Spaniards, the young clerks, having lore, and not having any intervet in this beau: do not hesitate to make public their rancor against the President and all Americans}'not excl all Cubans who think of the liberty of their countey. young men, who are both dent and ignorant—for they come from that region of darkness which is called Spain—say, in their habitual cowardly language, that they will the march of the destiny of this island (as if it were im their hands), and dream of the great power of their country; and when aby one among them shows that Spain is really woak, the others assert their living, by which with contempt and regardlessness for all repeat what we heard two members of one Ayuntamiento | | belief that England and France will aid to save them; and | the mage} reflect whether it is possible for England and France to oppose the colossus of America when it is to their benefit to go hand in hand with that country which supplies them with a great part of the Yaw materials for their manufactories, and with a great amount of provisions, and in return takes from them their manufactured stuffs, ke. , maintaining with each other such commerce. © WFould those nations prefer to be more in harmony with Spain, with its bad government and its misery, its grow oppression of its colonies, of the peninsula itself, and ticularly my native land, than with those lovely, | Rites. the legacy of Washington and Franklin? It is not possible—reason tells us the contrary. Nations, ‘as well as men, always look to the most perfect and most useful, and more 80 at io pemee time, when European tics are not on & very stable footing. oot the Cubans desire the separation of Cuba from that unnatural mother, which, as Mr. Buchanan very justly remarks, holds her in a mostsubjugated state, og command of @ despotic authority; and saying this, enough is said. And what proves ths more are the means that were taken for the Ayuntamientos to send expositions to her Majesty, which committed their members 80 far that some of them, and among them iards, refused to give their signatures, but were obliged to do so, be- cause they wore living among Caligulas and Neros. These forced expositions have had thesupport of several of the grandees of Castile, i. ¢., that of the Count O'Reilly, Marquis de Campo Florido, &c.; but among these, algo, there are exceptions, such a8 the Marquis de Almendares, who was obliged to giye his signature, but his lady re- fused giving hers. A great more respectable gentlemen and ladies would not sign but that they were obliged to do so, so that the lists are not very full. All were invited to go w the bouses of the Regidores in order t as few went it became necessary that some o (hem id go about and hunt up persons. Such was the case with the Marquis of Agnas Claras, the above named Count O'Reilly, he self-congeited Gabriel de Cardenas, and in particular he Sor, Sarabia, who made the butchers and the dirty sell- «rs of beef in the “Barrio del Horcon” give in thoir sig- natures, The police guards of the “Barrio” also did the ame. These gentlemen bave not miscalculated; they know very well that when the change comes they will have to rapsform their aristocratic grins into democratic laughs; and then poor they! Many of my compatriots, decorated with the crosses of Carlos III., Isabel la Catolica, &o., make great show of these distinctions, as a safeguard un- der this despotic government, as wellas from the educa- tion they have received; and, notwithstanding, so great is the propensity of the Spanish government to brutal out- ‘bursts that it often chastises, without cause, persons who bave received honors at their own hands. Nor does it respect bankers and heads of mercantile associations. Many months have net elapsed since, for some whim, the respectable Sor. E——— was imprisoned, and now resides in your hospitable country. Mavy more of the same order I could relate, but I am afraid to extend this too far with examples. Be it known to the world, and to Spain in particular, that the Cubana will gain (much as they feel their lack of education) by annexation of their country to that of the United States, for in this way they wiil cease to be looked upon politically as a thing and the target of the despotic Spaniards. By this they wili not belong toa monarchy, toa weak and time worn nation, which, at a distanee of 1,600 leagues, wishes to gover our great destinies, By that means we shall greatly improve our unhappy condition; from being colonists we pass to be free and industrious men; our fortunes will be augmented, our lovely island will prosper; we ehall have a eountry, social rights, politi cal franchise, freedom of conscience, the liverty of the press, and we will be members of a free people and of a powerful and happy nation. We, too, will be happy, and our children more 80; for our education has been moulded in vice, imbecility, and in a horrible servility. It 1s solemnly declared by all sensible Cubans, together with myself, that we desire annexation to the United States. “We do not wish, on any acount, to be in the same situation as Mexico and the other neighboring re- publics; not only that we may avoid the anarchy that ruins them, but that these nations have everything except “legitimate indépendence;”’ for we all know that those countries have inherited from their predecessors, besides their customary vices, the poison of their souls, which is being still inoculated by the more than direct intervention of their Catholic prelates, captains of the army, and their unwise counsels. Neither do I exclude here the desire of the free negro and mulatto population, who, to be revenged of the atroci- ties practised on them in 1844 and subsequently, are with us, They do not ignore, either, that the mildness of the new condition will be great, and that they will not pay head money, and will be, in fine, considered as free men, which they are not at present. The others, and above all, thoee belonging to estates, know nothing of what is go- ing on. Our country people, also, although notas enlightened as those of the cities, have looked with no good feelings on these expositions, as there is not and never can be amang us a spontaneous expression. They are obliged to sign it at the stores and inns in the country and at the headquar- ters of the captain of the district. Being men of action, they desire with all fervor that what the Washington Union said may come to pass, viz:—‘‘ That the Spanish govern- ment would find an open enemy in all the people of Cuba as f00n as a great American liberating army should make its appearance in their waters.” I cannot but also notice here how ineubor- dinate the troops of this city are; and this is increased by the knowledge that they would cease to be Spanish soldiers, and many of them, if not all, would desert the flag where they only receive opprobrium and degradation. Their chiefs and officers, accustomed to despise, ignorant as they are, everything that is Ameri- can, have also anathematized the President’s message. In conclusion, I cannot but express (and with me allCu- bans of any reasoning faculties) our thanks to the en- lightened and eminent President of the United States, to the members of the Cabinet, and to the enlightened representa- tives of the meritorious houses of gaid United States, for the attention they give to all our misfortunes, and for the constancy with which all show themselves, most espe- cially the President, in furthering the amelioration of our hard fate, as it is also our duty to applaud with fervor the sincere sentiments of all the orgaus of his administra- tion, Without excepting your enlightened paper,and the semi-offictal one, the Washington Union, which, in one of its late articles, supports ts with great courage, Al- though there should be some of my countrymen and many sensible Spaniards in this island who would pro- ‘er the Island of Cuba to have its own and independent government, they are the minogity—those who do not know that with the education we have received from our fathers we could not for one month sustain our govern- ment alone and independent, We all should in general consider that idea as a utopia, when we see the sorrewful examples that all Spanish-America gives us; and they do not ignore either that many of them, especially unparalleled Mexico, has had and bas many annexationists who wish for ana believe it to be anecessary means of salvation. This has been the legacy of our predecessors. Not to molest you any farther, although having material for a long dissertation, I am, dear sir, yours, A . How the Priests Help Tyranny in Cuba. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. The present communication, written in the silence of night, for fear of being surprised by some agent of the police or secret spy of those who watch for this poor city, bas no other object than to give you counter testimony to the expositions published by the various Ayuntamientos of the island, attacking the Message of the worthy Presi- dent of the United States, in the part which alludes to the acquisition of Cuba by purchase, and at the same time of making apparent the means by which the majority of the regidores of the municipality of this capital were obliged to subscribe the exposition referred to, Hardly had the Cronica, of New York, which contained @ part of the Message, began to circulate, when the never- to-be-sufficiently-praised satellite of this stupid govern- ment, Count O'Reilly, ran to see the political and military Governor of the city, President of the Ayuntamiento, and requested him to assemble the Cor] for he wished to make @ motion against the nefarious message of Presi- dent Buchanan. The foolish courtier was gratified, and the Corporation summoned, of which, fortanately, some men of honor form a » and the still unpun- ished assaesin of Atarés was invited to ide. Then was the siege of Troy. Among the opponents of the motion was a worthy Spaniard, who, with just reasons, opposed such a measure, and he was fol by the ma- jority. The Captain General was consequently defeated, and left the hall of meeting ina very mood, be- cause, for the first time, he had found that he was oppos- ed by a Corporation that had always been at the disposal of the Captains General. The record of “= of was not made until the fourth day,on which, by his order, the Secretary of the Ayuntamiento went to gather the signa- tures of those opposed. Did they sign? will ask those who have not lived in Cuba; and they are answered that if they should not have obeyed the tyrant a process would have been formed against them as glibusters. The other Ayuntamientos of the second order have for- Molated the same exposition. Among those whica attract much attention and provoke laughter is that of the Indians of Caney, in Santiago de Cuba, ‘This, I assure you, that if the name of any Cuban appears in the list of signatures, it is only stamped by the genius of terror, to escape a criminal prosecution, Let the freemen of the American Union understand that our firm and conetaut syinpathies are for an accession to that briliant constellation, by the force of arms, by pur- chage, or by whatever meang might occur in the policy of that wise government. There is, them, MO reason to doubt for a single moment. You may laugh at the threat to Africanise Cuba, The people of color, with whom the despotic and ivsufferable Spanish government dB to frighten us, will aid the creoles in the day of the conflict £0 iniquitously held up to a people who cannot move them- selves, because they do ne abit @ continent, and for that reagon are without fron which could protect them tyrannical government has in its hands at present all the elements of strength and resources; it has the mili- tia of the Jesuits and other congregations to pervert liberal Principles; and so truc is this, that everywhere these sa- crilegious ministers of the Lord rate, abandoning their holy ministry to mix tienda te, in the affairs of Catholic Rome—formi: temporal government, 4 la ng. another of the many sources of discord in ble families, who before were models of qi y are spies of a higher category, at the disposal of the Spanish ewe Tribu of ¢ Tribunal of Penitence—ss the friars call the act of confession—is the laboratory in which is dexterously forced from a child or an incantions virgin the ideas of their parents; I will mention one instance. In San Antonio de ios Banos occurred this horrible offence, and the like has taken place in Santiago de Cuba during the Arch- bishopric of the fanatical Fathor Claret, at prosent the of the Queen, and godfather and maintainer of Concha in power. A Jonuit confessor of an wo. man committed the iniquity of r , 12 @ sermon which he preached that there was th and be painted her £o faithfully that the woman, who was present, went out of the temple ashamed, and died of shame in four days, rofusing meanwhile to take any food, Our motto pense | all the Cuban people is fasion with the American constellation. These violent manifestations, moulded after the ideas of General Concha, for the purporé of continuing his com mand in the Jaland of Cuba, area balm to his aspirations and to those of that corrupt party of coamps who stain its All the boautiful mentieonte of lie bo irae comprencad what cy , whe eae bly teebaes enous to ites the Dota Whelr dfoaine fe abominate the Queen, and all the tyranto, whi Weak us worse than the Austrians troat our bretlvon in (laine bis yg Buchanan his projoota ints eMtunt t Mr. Pp late elliot, avon though his m choad meskes tnoamen Nile wletlenne le Cuba, of enthusiastic annexationists, Let hii finglebe the adie of Me his duty and take up the glove, which, wv Douglas, General Concha bas sent to him) and jaye to this canaille that the President of the great Amer ivan nation is to-day the same Mr. Buchanan that he was in Ostend, Cuban Hatred of Rule. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, Jan. 12, 1859. We here in Havana have read with a ploasure and satis- faction which is quite natural, the noble and magnifloent Message of Mr. Buchanan, the Prosidont of tho United States. You cannot imagine what unuttorabic pleasure ‘we have felt on reading those lines of the Mossago relating to our island which have sprung from the illustrious pon of the eminent representative of the Amorican people. Marks of the greatest gladness wore visible on the coun- tenances of all us Cubans; we wero hardly able to speak for joy; all we could do at that moment, when first we read the words of the Message, was to utter in silence an ejaculation of hearty thanks to the man who go nobly guides the helm of your government, aud who s0 gene rously feels for and takes so much interest in the misfor- iunes of our greatly oppressed country. Not content with feeling alone, wo have also resolved © take up the pen for the purpose of making known to'the public in the United States, by the medium of your widely extended journal, the gratitu’. which we jee) towards Mrs Buchanan. Sure we are—) 10st po- sitively certain we are, that all true Cubans, ai se men who detest tyranny and despotism, and who desire to ad- vance in the career of progress and liberty, “0 not look with indifference upon the truths in relation to Caba which are so frequently contained in the columns of your estimable journal. All admire the truthful manner in which you have ex- posed the servile obedience and submission to old and antiquated customa under which our country is kept en- slaved. How different is our situation from that of your bch where the individual who occupies the presi- dential Chair gives every year in a friendly way his views with respect to the diflerent rolations uxisting between your country and the other nations of the world! Who is there that feels within himself that he haga right to liberty, who would profer to remain subjected to des. potism and tyranny, and who would not rather hail with gladness, and bless the hand which is generously stretched out to him by a nation which has raised itself above the age, and is more exaited than any other people ? It gives us great pain to think that you should look ‘upon us as Bo degenerate as to be willing to submit to the worship of despotism. Despicable indeed is that man who obeys the command of a tyrant, and licks his feet like a wretched and hungry dog. We deny that that man isa Cuban, whoever he may be, who on the perusal of your President's Mesgage, does not breathe forth a sentiment of gratitude, anc ‘cel glad to embrace the protecting hand which is stretched out to us. ‘We repeat it again and again, there does not exist a single genuine Cuban who has heard with indifference and without, sure the words of the Message of Mr. Bucha- nap, You, sir, will understand better than we can ex- Press to you how it is that we dare not make any move- ment, and how weare obliged to submit to all that the tyrant who oppresses us is pleased to command. This will enable you to account for the memorial to the Queen gotup by the corporation (ayuntamiento) of this city, and how it has been filled up with signatures. @All the names subscribed to the memorial have been obtained by force and obligation; none of them have been signed spon- taneously, or by free will. Most of those who signed have done go in the base submission of their necks to the yoke imposed upon them by the despot of Cuba. To-day, on this 12th of January, 1859, several officers of the tyrant, the butcher of Atares, have set sail for Spain. One ‘of these, young Pedro Pablo O'Reilly, son of the Cuban aristocrat Manuel O'Reilly, has been specially appointed to place the memorial in the hands of the Queen. This memorial, among other signatures, bears the names of several ladies, such as countesses, marchionesses, &c., persons who}could not refuse any- thing at the bidding of the monster who oppresses us. ‘The whole affair is a matter of force and nothing else. Don’t believe that we, the Cubans, can remain content- ed under the government of Spain. It would be ridicu- lous to su; sucha thing. A freeman can never feel aby sympathy or fellow feeling with a tyrant. Ever since the Cubans woke Aeon the lethargy in which they were eviously sunk, they havo despised and abhorred the Spanish government; they have done so ever since they have discovered that its flne speeches and fair promises were falsehoods and seductions, which only ended in es, By these few lines, traced upon paper by a hand still trembling from the effects of on and al jitated by in- dignation, you may learn that the whole affair of the ayu- tamiento and its memorial to the Queen is nothing in the world but a subtle trick and cunning devise—in a word, it is allof ita lie, No Cuban can ever be satisfled with the tyrannical notions and retrograde sentiments of the Spaniards, or of the Spanish ent. The Cubans have a model to imitate and follow, namely your nation and people, Cuba has incessantly her eyes fixed upon your people ana the progress of your republic. She con- templates too carnestly and too intently the lil enjoy in all your States aud Territories, ever to be content or to sympathize with a government of Spaniards. The sentiments of the Cubans is one and the same with your own—namely, Lady Pog and liberty. In conclusion, we are anxious that fae should pablish his letter in the columns of your widely circulated jour- nal, and we are your most devoted servants, and BROTHERS AND CUBANS. Spanish Farces and Actors. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. ' Havana, Jan. 13, 1859. As you are, and always have been, the firm friend of the cause of Cuba, and the most intrepid champion which the oppressed sons of this soil have found in your country, permit me, through the columns of your universal journal, to express the feelings which, as a patriot and a citizen, animate me in favor of the Cuban community, which for more than three centuries has groaned under an arbitrary power, irresponsible and tyrannical. The occasion appears to mo to be most opportune, inasmuch as the supreme chief of that republic has not hesitated to declare before the world what are his policy and intentions reapecting the Island of Cuba. Inasmuch, then, as this open declara- tion has produced in the ayuntemientos and some corpora- tions of this country consequent protests and representa- tions against the idea of negotiation, if silence is main- tained at such a time, it will be believed by the American people that the majority of the creoles are at present hos- lle to that saving measure. I suppose that the American people will know how to give the importance which they deserve to the protests and representations of our ayuntamientos and other so- styled corporations; because no one who is acquainted with the milltary system and the complete centralization which reigns here can believe thai they have any free will, and much less thatthey represent the opinion of a community enslaved and dumb. All our ayuntamientos, juntas, municipal bodies, corporations, and every kind of society which have any representation or official charac- ter, owe their creation and existence to the government, and are, in everything and'for everything, the blind an docile instruments of the local military authority. But I know very well that the whig press will not fail to lay its hands on such protests and representations—servile and drivelling as without doubt they are—to make war against the present administration, especially if we, who are the most interested in the sale of the island of Cuba to the Union, should keep silent. To satisty you, who have stood forth as our intrepid defender, and to confute the whig press, I will pass to inform you first how the pro- tests and representations have been forged which our masters make so much noise over; and then I will give a sketch of the stato of the opinion of the country in respect tothe gale of the great Antille to the American Union. You ought, without doubt, to know that the Spaniards constituted in authority—at least from the time that they had colonies—have always for the most clever farce makers in the world; but that which, perhaps, you do not xnow, is that Concha, the present Captain General of Cuba, surpasses all his countrymen in the art of re] ting cemedies and tragedies. ‘These plays of the government of this unhappy colony, it is necessary to confess, no one bas known to act with more cleverness and dexterity than he, since his advancement as Captain General of this place. ‘You will remember how he was clevated to the rank of Captain General of the Spanish army. He conspired in Gallicia, was reconciled with the government, and was immediately sent to appease the insurrection, when he shot, right and Jeft, his own companions and accomplices, and obtained a grade. He conspired afterwards in rid, and fled to France, and there be obtained for a second time the office of Captain General of Cuba—an act with. out any example in the mR colonial history. There, from Heance,be conspired with Don Ramon Pinto to raise the ery of independence in this island; but they made him Captain General of it, and he came with cajolery and sweet words to get possession of the documents and letters which compromised him, and immediately, he eeizes and garotes his friend and accomplice, and obtains the title of Marquis of.Havana. Willhis ambi tion not be satisfied with so many titles, honors and money as he has made in the latter yearsyof bis government? No. He is a General and a Marquis, yetghe is not grandee of the first class, and he is inwhase of the Toison de Oro—the Digheat order of Spanish knighthood. Mr. Buchanan, with his Message of last December, has bo sented him with the occasion for which he aspires of ar- riving at the pinnacle of grandeur. What connection ‘will the Message of your President have with the ambition of oo Captain General of the island of bat We will Bee. For a long time before the appearance of that important document, the American papers, which are translated’ here, bave excited attention, pointing ont the points that would be touched, showing the direction which the affairs of Nicaragua and Mexico had taken, and the reclamations, each time more pressing, from Washi in Madrid, on the question of the restoration duties to Amo rican citizens, and the outrages to the flag n the waters of Cuba. However much might have been the alarm of the authorities of this place, they certainly id not expect that the President, known for his profound policy and firmness of Jeast of all served until now the face of the world, in & manner #0 official, the inten- tions of the government at Washington in to the Island of Cuba, going even 80 far as to ask for funds to make an advance to Spain, and to facilitate the negotiation. A form so frank ‘and impervious left the iat of the garrote here in a state of stupefaction. ut here began the mance of the comedy. Concha ie fo hl ee his ‘chee does not extend but to Febrnary—the cross, de oro, would excape him. But to the mance: ‘Tho Motmage having: a rived, Concha read it the first, and in order to rotish and gomment on it he went to call to the bis 185 9. companions and frien’s, the Count O'Reilly, the po- lies! Governor Ecbavaria, Chief of Police, self roads in a loud voice, and the othors ‘fand hé doce ngt well arrive at this € in Genoral of Cuba is invested with general despotic a ity”’—wheon the whole break out into outcries ‘Againet uchsnan, and hasten to gay that there is no such despotiam. But that which exhausted the patience of the hearers and the reader was in the other passage, whieh runs thus:—“It may become indispensable to suc: conn that I should be entrusted with the means of making the ish government,” &c. ‘How,’ and cha fr ‘a voice louder than. his bere filibuster, Buchanan, figured of the illustrious tamiento, A presented by the same count was discussed and ado without loss of time, reduced to this: it raised to the throne of her Ma- Jesty a r tation ex, ve of the indi lon which was kindled in the minds of those and loyal inhabitants by the of tho Pre- sident of the United States. Bachiller y Morales was ap- pointed Secretary to com) it. He composed it at full | peed, and go it went forth. You have, however, read it, and can gay if there was ever published an official docu: ment more uncoothly composed. But incorrect and everything, the representation was approved, as I told you; the official Gazelle published it, and the other towns of the island could not do less than follow the eye of the Ayuntamiento of Havana, ap- prehensive of the indignation of the Captain Goneral aud the rest that might take place, in view of military system and universal centralization which have oppressed us since the government of General Tacon. You will seo, nevertheless, that not all the towns in which dhere are Ayuntamientos, or munivipal bodies, have represented; that only those incorporated have done #0; that is to say, those bodies which bave an official character, or which immediately depend upon the government; that'the plant- ing class in all the island, as well also that of merchants, have kept silence on this'solemn occasion. The silence of these two classes is go much the more strange inasmuch ag they are more numerous, more wealthy, more inde- pendent and more profoundly interested in the question of the sale of the island than the other classes which compose the heterogeneous population of Cuba united. For this reason, as is usual in cases like these, they have not published the representation with the signatures of the persons who had adhered to the official mani- festations. For this reason they have not been able to ‘boust of other signatures than those of {our or six mestizos of Caney, still as ignorant and as savage as their pro- genitors.’ For thie—with the exception of the interior towns, in which the Lieutenant Governors passed circu- lars to the Ko rae of districts with the view of com- pelling the inhabitants here in Matanzas, in Cardenas, in Cienfuegos, in Santiago de Cuba, &o., to sign, only the fg of the government have given their signa- ures. In these extraordinary circumstances great has been the conflict of the authorities and of their agents, govern- ing and governed: to one pertained the intimate convic- tion that if the Cabinet of Washington is firm and de- manding, that of Madrid is weak and vacillating, venal and corrnpt; reasons why—from the point in which the most profound statesman of the day, clothed besides with the Presidency of the North American confederation, has not hesitated to give an official and public character to the negotiation for the Island of Cuba—they have con- cluded, one and all, the governing and the governed, that the sale is’ casy and practicable, even if at this hour both governments—that of Washington an that of Madrid—are not agreed upon§ the thing and upon the price. To this intimate conviction is to be attributed the air of legality and spontanesity which it has been de- sired to give to the representations of the Ayuntamientos, Buch as those of Havana, that of Bayamo and others. If, by what has passed in tbe representation of our Ayunta- miento you proceed to form a judgment of the others of the island, which are those which give the standard of opinion, even among the very agents of gévernment, you can already assure youreelf that the plan of Concha’ has completely crumbled into ruin. Here, as in other points, it ‘was resolved to make out as many copies of the represen- tation as there were members of the corporation, and that one should be put into the house of each one, so that the inhabitapts who might desire to give in their adherence might go with more ease to place their signatures at the foot of the representation. So far as I know no one pre- sented himself to sign voluntarily—no one; and of seve- Tal respectable planters and merchants, I kuow of my certain knowledge that they were taken by the arm, in the Btrects, by this same Count O'Reilly, so that they might ‘enter, his house to place their signaturos, I know that they peremptorily refused to do 80, some of them giving such reasons for their refusal as left the offi- cious Count without a reply. With reference to the representation of the ladies in this city, it may not be feasible for me to speak with the same certainty as of those of Matanzas and Santiago de Cuba; but I can assure you that the representation has not come to anything but fruitlessness; for, as concerns signatures, it has not obtained more than that of its authoress. ‘The general mass of the Cuban population, in short, has kept itself cold and im; ble at the spectacle of a move- ment which, from the eginning to the end, displayed the sign of its especially official character. But you must not, nevertheless, from this impassability and indifference of the people, form any doubtful idea concerning their patriotism or their dignity; because, if we have 1o spéak with ciear, silver tones, patriotism has died here a long time ago; and, what is worse, the dignity of the Cubans fell with it. The proof you have in sight. On this occasion, as in all, the Ayuntamientos have assumed the right to declare before the world their opt nion touching their future fate, and of the most vital tbi to man constituted in society--which are his life and his property; and with all this, as I know, they have not raised the voice to protest, if they wished, against a usurpation no legs flagrant than barefaced. The Ameri- can press has circulated throughout all the Cag, eee ot tne Union, and over all the world where the English language is read, that the Cubans are contented with their {ate of a colony; that they owe gratitude, attachment and loyalty to the master who despoils them of their rights—who op- presses and robs them; that their glory is that of Spain— ‘what thoy have of great honor belongs to the Latin race; and that their ambition is reduced to living and dying un- der the shadow of the banner of blood and gold. These words have been so often repeated, that even you, men of freedom and reflection, have come to believe them. And, notwithstanding this, there is no Caban, nor society of Cubans, making a powerful effort to falsify an opinion as calumpious as it isextended. Concha has performed his comedy with such ability that I am to believe that he has not only deceived you Yankees, and all as you are, but ‘Spain and the whole world; and the Cubans in their su- pine apathy have not been men to remove the mask and to discover his game—things, if not casy, viewing the op- pression in which we exist here, and the espionage by which all are surrounded, it is at least practicable if there had remained among them a little dignity and moral energy. ‘The truth is, the incentives of valor and patriotism are not for slaves. In vain, is it saidto the Cubans, al- ready are Pm odious to the government, because you de. sire to be free; five evidence of one thing or another; de- fend yourselves hey please; speak, work; look how you are despoiled of what js yours; look’ how you are appres- sed; look how you are calumniated, and in your impassa- bility and in your silence your oppressors found their ini- quitous empire. A lostsermon! Lost, I say, because if it is well known that the hatred is profound and the desire to be free great, the apathy is even greater, and they re- main annulled. But, you who know what passes among us—you who have always come forth to the defence of the weak against the strong, and of the oppressed against his oppressor— will not foliow the current of the generality of hie Ame- rican press; you will not abandon in a critical situation a People 80 helpless as the Cubans; all of them desire some change, and the majority are for the sale of the island of Cuba to the United States, the only means by which they could immediately from the condition of slaves to that of freemen. The Spaniards themselves are pro- foundly disgusted with a government which robs them when it robs the creoles, and that oppresses it when it seeks Led res the subjugated race. Rarely the discontent of a people radiated ther or more generally than at the present day in Cuba. ry the official budget of the year in which we enter you will see that there is annually wrung from us 24,000,000 of hard dollars; that the Ayuntamiento of Havana raises a loan of $500,000 to bring the waters of Vento; and that to humor Concha and his satellites $60,000 were wasted in the shows at the inauguration which were celebrated:in the field; that the Jesuits have monopolized the education of youth, both male and female, to sow in their hearts monarchical ideas and servilo feelings; that the system of centrali- ha has left independence or which is here called government; that the various direct contributions to which he has subjected property is the culminating point of the same official spoliation, inasmuch as there is nothing that does not ey, indirect contribu. tion in this country; and that, in , the insecurity in which we live has no comparison except ip the inso- lence and shamelessness of those who command. We do not cease to r that the fortunes and peace of which we are possessed are the envy and admiration of civil- ized nations. UN LOPIZTA, A Protest Against Loyalty in Cardenas. TO THE BDITOR OF THE HERALD. Canpenas, Jan. 6, 1869. As interpreter, on this occasion, of the patriotic sonti- ments of a large number of Cubans of this jurisdiction, who cannot here manifest as they desire the Joy they ex- perience, as well as the grateful emotion on reading the meseage of the President of the United States, addressed to the Congress of that great and magnanimous nation, I take the liberty of directing to you the accompanying pro- test against the measures and machinations practised by the mandarins of the Spanish government, which they have formed, that it may be transmitted to your office, re- uesting that if it mects with your sorroreuns cat inconvenience you, it mi be published Kt of Foe eta bo mee in the columns of the edit in that ire of my tact and digeretion, you seston city; = a he ‘the and cd an ia “ CUBAN. oY i i of this i sg sas 22e g g by ite citizens, and citizens, nor municipalition ical, Mterary and cannot’ be, the j 2 #8 § 5 Z vening his orders inapired in them that could have induc agreat number of those who signed to place their at the foot of go ridiculous and uutrue an exposition, Rather, onthe contrary, do they acceptin all its p the contents of the said messege in reference to the js! of Cuba, although they would prefer to obtain their om: cipation’ by means of ‘a general pronunciamiento, asaiat | by & powerful force, as by themselves they cannot acapy plish it, or adopting the second extreme of the prog! Bition, in order that in this manner might be realized ¢) lofty and sublime idea inspired, discussed and judicious ean in the great Congress of Ostend, by, the wi and illustrious Ministers who conceived it—‘‘to acqui) ba, whether it be by means of @ pencetul ry honorable negotiation, or by the course which the laws self-preservation demand”—which we confirm im tl document for eternal evidence. Canpenas, Janvfiary 1, 1859, Cuban Enthusiasm Run Wiid. TO THH EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Please to publish the following lettor:— ‘Tynanitayts oF Tat Banta! e Spaniards, if you have sense left, hear! heart ‘The son of the Count O'Reilly has gone to Spain by steamer of the 12th instant, to present to her Majesty most loyal manifestations of the Ayuntamiontos of ! faithful Island, indignant at the idea of being sold to | Americans. “And, who is this Count O'Reilly?” you will ask. He is the man—hear!, hear!—from whose brain was ba the great idea of making the manifestations in qi | He bas such a talont that oven for his own business is obliged to be under the control of a gentleman wh ibe true proprietor of his plantations. Now for his p Ve career, and shame to him. O'Reilly belongs toa respectable family, and he ought to occupy a better p tion and do something in favor of this unhappy island. ‘This man was selected to propose the idea of the festation to our Ayuntamiento, and right away ord were sent to all the Ayuntamientos and Tenientes Gob nadores to do the same, Of course, the genteel sq! a é la Punta, is enough to make sign those that don’t kh how to write. Of course, O'Reilly will be created cal; his son @ large cross, and Concha a new laurel to victories. I call your attention to the Diario of the 13th in the budget of our Ayuntamiento:— Public instruction... Public and secret police 44;7! ‘We have 200,000 inhabitants, ae York 800,000, They employ $2,250,000 schools. Flour and grain are free in Spain; but hero—we Chinese, L.suppose—we pay $10 on a barrel of Ameri flour to support Santander. Sugar pays in Spain $2a hundred weight, anda miles in the interior 100 per cent, Articles from Spain pay here 7 a 8 per cent. Spanisb honor never was sold. The whole Audiey has been changed because they were gelling justice. Spaniards, don’t you see it is better to be iree than whistle and toil to keep up 80 much rascality. Sha shame, on such a people! Shades of Pinto, Lopez, trampes, get up! give some fire to this corrupted set! scqundrels. They know we have to be silent a8 a co in a coflin—but God is great. Spaniards, you have to die more than fifty per cen keep up all this misery. We want you as brothers, not as soldiers, They you away from your happy homes to one of yellow fe God hep us! Viease to correct it ag you think better; but leave facts—they are as true as light. A VOICE FROM CUB Send a paper to Concha. Court of General Sessions, Before Judge Russell. ASSAULT AND BATTERY. JAN. 21.—The first caso tried this morning was a cl of assault and battery, preferred against Appleton @ smith by Jeremiah A. Coughlan on the 22d of Septem! at 112 William street. Both the complainant and d ant were very respectable looking men. The jury found Oaksmith guilty, and the Judge remanded him for f ment till Saturday, in order to afford him an opportu to prepare affidavits in mitigation of punishment. Daniel and Jerry O'Neil pleaded guilty to an aggra assault and battery on Patrick Lyons, and were each to Biackwell’s Island for one year and fined $250, and dered to stand committed until the fine was paid. GRAND LARCENY. John Belden was convicted of stealing, on the 11 January, afur cape worth forty dollars, the prope M. P. Whitcomb, of No. 71 and was sent to| State prison for two years. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Edward West and William Miller were tried and victed of highway Tobey eres on the 9 at eee assaulted Frank Webster, residing 28034 West Nineteenth strect, and stolo $2 90] money. Ji Russell sentenced each of to imprisonment in the State prison for ten years three months—being the lowest penalty the law 0 the Court to impose. Henry Ward pleaded guilty to petit larceny and sent to the Penitentiary for six months. RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS. Wm. Messer was tried for receiving $470 in monoy, pro rty of Exgibert Bried, knowing it to have been yy Catherine Sherer. The JUry fuund hin guilty. all ‘Was sent to (be prison for two years snd months. The woman pleaded guilty to grand laro and as that was her first offence, she was sent to Sing for two years. 4 FELONIOUS ASSAULT. Patrick King, a youth employed by Pudney & Ru was tried for an assault with intent to kill Timothy D by stabbing him in the side with a large knife, on the of December. The jury rendered a verdict of assault battery, although the evidence and the Judge’s ch was strongly against the accused. He was remandod| sentence. DISCHARGE OF THE GRAND JURY—PRESENTMENT IN REFER} TO THR INCKEA3® OF CRIME. The Grand Jury made the subjoined presentment :. ‘The Grand Jury cannot close their labors without p to the Court and to the public the important fact that a large portion of the business which bas occupied its has arisen from the sale and use of pecgin eget ly all the cases for murder and assault and battery which Deen investigated (and the has been great) have found to spring from these causes; and the Grand Inque ‘See NO reason to expect any diminution ot these crimes #0 ‘us the present almost entire absence orfusutficiency of the for the suppression of the sale of intoxicating liquors ues. It ig well known thatthe number of places for the such liquors has greatly multiplied within the last few and this may account in some measure for the great incr of crime, pauperism and taxation of Geb § and the ine business of our criminal courts. THe G Jury is weliay that this subject has often been presented to the conside: of the Court, ari suggests no remedy; this It leaves to the| dom of the ture; but so long as the evil exists ta alarming degree that it does hes a #0 will & der the denunciation of all good and the! best effo abate it. They also endorse the action of the two former grand j in presenting ss a nuisance West Washin; market an yunds attached thereto, with a recommendation that power give the matter immediate attention. THEODORE MARTINE, Fore! Fretcnen Harrer, Jr., Secretary. New York, Jan. 21, 1869. Judge Russell then discharged the Grand Inquest, th ing them for the prompt manner in which they had formed their duties. ‘WHAT TRE CITY JUDGE HAS ACCOMPLISHED. It is only due to our efficient and able City Judge to that more prisoners have been sent by him to the § during the term which has just closed than m sent since the organization of this court. Over cases have been disposed of, and forty-two persons been sent to the State prison. Term. ‘ Before Hon. Judge Sutherland. THE BURDELL ESTATE. George D. Bulen and Wife ws. Wm. Burdell others.—This is an application for about $10,000, for| vices alleged to have been rendered by plaintiff b the Surrogate.. The motion must be denied, with} costs. After a careful examination of the papers I fi legal or equitable principle upon which the motion c granted. Tho plaintiffs’ papers certainly do not sho there was any THE Blatedell vs. Henry J. me A there was e ed da other portions of the complaint ic jut certai er ions com] ma stricken out, which will be ularly ind! on of . No costs to either party o TO Jan, 21,—Alvah no. im) setting out in ner’s inquest. i the granted on paym to plaintiff for 0; this motion. Dunmel vs. and others.—| it of $10 Costs of this motion. der granted. P. Dawis, Receiver, de., vs. Raward H. H ‘The defendant's (Hudson) motion must be denied wi] conta. John Bowman va. Thos. C. Winthrop and othert.- not think these papers show a case for substituted ‘under the act of 1863, a Tames Cock vs. Feng Tad be an entered that the ff ler on Aine Sever Gi omen) P