Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-10-21
letter from csp, KsIlr...caa .. ', .,.,...L ,,


 Dear Sir;--i sec letter soias the rounds of Ike acwSpaPaTs ssaa Alien F Owen, United Sss.x Coas3i St Havaas Permit me. thrnARs. ,he rn,' af'tS Q; yagf paPcf, to correct some ct his sialn. mEh'S q, regat3 Co hiS conduct towards coi trf 'eht'ehS command and a,hey Aansrscaa g.weas,s siace confined ia tbe Puasa ct Havana. in ,ss. hfSi place ho sa9ss
 FeSiS'e aaa,t lang m.lcs from ths place. sr5 a9' oetfs wei oa the morning of le,a. sis nat l'aca ny eiAoe N.l soiae ti.ne after tea ,seieck #hesc, iof tbe hss1 lme. heard af t6c espfpfr sg A23a' ai'f ai the ulea wAe-Aaa come win l.oe~s ta '"'s stand % the steamer pasrpero | ,, fhn l.i'+e ae@fa Sa' issa FTasoHr had been tired o,ns suisH, conaelancd, ordered ta De esecn,.a ilc l o9@et 'o' theF execution sent forward and ina, '"S3 "S'e s"oat oeliag removed fFesa the hSrt,0F where They werr lo ;he place os execution ,ss h@ IS the most perfect collection of ralseb,o} i ey%i met w1lh. a0a s only equsised .n ahSpnll.v n' tbe aadacity cf tho man, ln thus aftysnting a lSSe'ti aS r"Hddci thfogsh tar Amenean nfexs - 'ie eeeS not lave !JaF In,eS ani af town eog ,yav 'e SIeN ~ 'se i''ne referred to lie d,a know m ''aie ot te @1iest oi Get. CFricnsea snd bs nargy "'"' was sent tor 6y them, aud poSitiyely refas.d sS sN' iHt'h' ea tRe score that they wefe outlaws lAe Amencau. German. and Encl.sh e,ttyens res, upon. " e"''s0 iRe aRlercaa Consals assertion, thai th,, nr,s eners had been tried. found gully. aad eoo,,pnes; iS laiSeEood; tbat every Eaan in the TmtsJ ,,ai, al all acquainted wIlh spanish law and spaaish rue must see at once. II K net the custom 10 .ly PEisoRets ia faySssa other than bv the ,r,y,,,,e m Gy shooting in tue back, which Mir Owen knew the tune he penaea his letter. as welI as lhe Governor General did himself. and judging from Nil Owens conduct, Slould ih,ak he was nore ln dread of getting a prison hunself thaa aaSious t0 get others out The Governor General exeFcl SeS great inf uencc over eowardly wfe,rhes ike Alien F. Owen. no matter what country they nav hall ipsgn. Hence account, "a q great measarc for Als neglect ofdaly, in permitting the Americans 1 to be shot.
 1 Wtth regard 50 the other prisoners his conduct ! IS equally outrageous. W hen l reached the pr,. son, found eight or len 0l my comrades there and they all sald that the Consal had not been to see them. also Sent the same evening. by an Ameri- eaa merchant at Havana, 10 Mir. Owen, and he refused to come, sas lag tha. our own government 1 did not recognize us When Capt. Plat, cf the ! s4oop of war Albany, visited us sent to Mr 1 Owen by hlul, and Ae agasu refused fa come. ! EIen, Lieut.. Taylor, Of tbe Albany, ssid he would " make hun come,' aad the aeSt morning Ar. Owen pad us visit with Capt Plat .As he ! cane ia, lhe Americans gathered arlaad h.rfAand ! far some reason-fe had bae eSea through the dNsl and held conversation with us with ttf grsfes iiM igryeHing. l then asked him 10 aSsist me n cofN responding wlia my furnds ln the United States tlc refused to help lae, and sad taaG i would be sent to Span. 3 Many of the pfisoaefs then gase up ait hope of ! assistance from the American Consul and threw 1 themselves oH the protection ot Mf Crawford, the British Consul. Two of the MisslsSppi vuunteeu. IAse,4eaHs. called themselves hisAsaeta in order to obtain assistance from the English Consul
 Afler 1 was released and while grmslning on board he snip Norma, the Amerean consul asked q friend of EaAc, itom New Orleans, If knew why was released. My friend sad no air ow- en then sad, that be dld aot want the credit or the blame of my release io rest upon hirn.
 My object III publishing this letter. s to defend the reputation oi ny gallan, companions now m pusoa, by refutng the falsehoods in Mir Owens letter. and to show 10 the American people the tue character of their consul al Havana.
 Wa the papers that have published Mf. 0w- en's letter give this place n their columns7
 J. A. KELLY, Late Capt CaLNa exp.