The New York herald., 1850-06-27
AFFAIRS IN CUBA.
Additional Accounts by tho Ohio and Isabel,
and Arrivals at New 0rleans

Our Havana Correspondence.
HAvAsA, june 10, 1850.
Important Intelligence from Hapana-Nsw Mode Of Tyans
Wsitiims Government nstrsefons to ConsIs-Sad Csn-
diio~ Of the .dmeviesn Prisoners Hspsas- Conduct
efhe SpaniA .authorites, $c. re.
What must have been the surprise Of the American
Consul at this place whom informed by the New Or
leans Payune OF the letters addressed to him by
Secretary Of state Mr. Clayton you well conceive
Up to yesterday morning he had not line ofn
sructions from worthy Secretary to how he
to act In the humlating and painful position he has
been placed in for tho past three weeks, with tho
authorities hero and the rst information he had that
any instructions had been given him by his govern
ment was from the Pesyuns Of the 18TH which gen.
tleman handed him to read, and which was given to
this gentleman BY passenger before the mall
assorted
This is one way Of carrying on . State correspon-
dence peculiar to our countrymen fact, the Span
to Cen Campbell before the General himself had seon
them However, this is only fair sample Of the
should not think it strange The spanards themselves
think. as Mr.. Bulwer wrote Mr. Chatheld that IL II
weak government; they begin really to believe that
or make any demand for the two American vessels
which were captured on the coast Of Yucstan and
American residents begin to be of the opinion for
there has not been government vessel In this harbOr
for some time, although we are told that they
the cruxinc ground perhaps in Pensacola Key
that seems TO be the favorite cruising ground on
this station The passengers and OF the vessels
captured BY tho Spanish navy, are still confined In
the dungeons at the Moro Castle that s what Is left
OF them for we occasionally hear, through the sol
diers stationed to guard them that death disease
are amongst them No one here mot even the Consul
knows how many Of them there at frat, and. Of
course can give no Information TO government
weakness OF the American flag, which should protect
them. Had it been English or French, how different
would have been their fate
In the first place the spaniards would never have
dared to capture them and should they have done it.
they never wsud have dared to refuse the French
Engsh Consul, the privilege of commune ating with
tn, they know too well the weakness the American
government and act accordingly. Our people at hsme
DO not to understand the facts this case or
they would not be so tame the subject, / am GER
tain. trust the truth will come out BY and by, aud
the Eagle Mr.. Clayton speaks of viii get reused up
the New Orleans papers for Chagres and took cargo
freight, and several passengers were engaged before
ths nr,sopsrs ndprea % srese are nov
the arsenal. There are something like dozen Of them
who seeing the vessel advertised for Chsges engaged
and paid their passage for that place being on their
way TO San Francisco they had idea Of any invasion
ofCnba, when they sailed They were first informed
outside of the river that their fellow were
part Of L. pez's petition who endesvoea persuade
them to j,i th,m IN; this they refused and persisted
to the last they were honest people bound Cafor
MIA and left board the vessel when the Creole
sailed awsytwh the rest There part Of the prison
ers wasting away In Spanish dungeon by disease sar
row and broken hearts that their will not
step in to rescue them from such a damnsble posi-
ton. Even II they had been part Of Lopezs men,
they surely had cone nothing against the spanish
government, as they were never the Spanish
territory; they and the vessels, captured the
coast OF friendly power In the most high handed pi-
rstca manner by the Spanish armed vessel Pizarre;
they taken out OF their vessel by force and taken
as prisoners board the Pzarro and rope put round
the captains neck and he was choked until he
fessed Just as the General Of Marines wished him to-
and this confession taken down In writing to be used
In the trial against him Also OF the passengers
was treated in the same way. This We know to be
fact not from the poor fellows ely .s no Sns ss
count of the wrongs done them, but from the
himself-ths valiant General OF Marines. He told
Of his friends that the scoundrcis began BY telling him
toChasres; but, says he, II soon made them tell
choking them a little.n
These the poor prisoners incarsersted in
disease, whsh our papers, lately received BY the
Isabel speak Of as pirates but hope the spanish Go
verbment will dos lepcntly with them. Lonient, in
deed; and ie that all folks say! Had they been
Of Lopezs gang, II would have been different thing
Let them then suffer the conteq Of the risk
men who are nnoeent-Americans,t taken BY . Span
ish man ofwar, on friendly coast, and brought In
here heavily ironed not allowed intercourse with their
copsel, any one else tried and condemned by .
torture ana now dying In dungeon, what consola-
tion TO them must be- II they could only know that
of our Northern editors Of hoped that
the spAnish authorities would be- lenent with them
However they kind to hope, ss our government do
not choose to act And you may be certain, that
the Spanish authorities would do such thing They
TOO well convinced that the American government
dare not put any threat In execution they think
England and France would have some interest In the
coincide In that way Of thinking, from what we see
TRUTH.