The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-25
From the Ns,c York Herald.
Spanish OniciaI Account.


of August 10, the following article:
JUsTIcE.-We have Just come from the shooting
execution, at the brow of the castle of Atares OF
the fifty pirates taken by the excellent General
Commanding of Marine of this station having
rived in the morning board the war-frigate
of her majesty the Queen, Espartero.
The justice of man is accomplished. The unfor-
tunate criminals are now before the tribunal Of
God, giving account OF their past lives.
We hate the crime-we have compassion for the
criminals
Please God, that this inevitable and Just warn
ing may wake the understanding and Of
those perverse men who, from foreign land, sent
to death those who are their instruments; the in
famous, who, melted by the most vile passions and
voracity, are intent to bring ruin, desoation, and
crime into peaceful and quiet country, which
spects all the other nations of the world-which is
always occupied with its business, its industry,
and its commerce.
New Orleans pa pers, there is your work! There
is the result of your dragations of your ubiquitous
falsehoods of your pacards with large black let
tiers, and your detestable extras. There we have
that scattered blood, and that will be scattered in
future. There you have it, smoking in accusation
against you perverse instgators; against you, who
have murdered those deluded men whom you have
sent to death-for you know well that they
tainly would be killed. This blood must flow,
drop by drop, upon your heads-ths blood will
torment you in your sleep, for they have lost
their lives when you in security in your houses
Never mind that those stupid men who left them
to be be taken by your demoniac cries have fallen
What interest had you in that if gold was in your
pockets; the gold your only god, the payment Of
the blood shed? The greatest cuprits of all the
papers of New Orleans. But they are in security,
and God alone can punish them. Why did you
not come with the pirates, If you loyalty believed
that you would have been received with open arms,
ye iniqutous?
The fifty prisoners of the Esperanza have been shot
at the brow of the castle of Atares, we have al
ready said. The steamer Habanero brought them
TO the place OF their execution.
The troops formed a square. They had on their
| LIZ. hot tIa~
rival of the troops the cavalry and the civic guard
the multitude on foot and on horseback placed on
the heights, the plain, on the sea, and great
distance upon the edifices OF Jesus del Monte and
ell Cerro, necessarily cheering the Queen nndSpan;
eternal idols of that army and of this people so
much illuminated by the United States.
Sr. Mayor de Plaza read the usual edict, and the
criminals appeared by ten at time; and, after
being shot, were taken away from the place of ex-
ecution to make room for their companions. The
first chief was shot alone, the second chiefs were
shot together, all in the midst OF incessant cries In
| favor of the Queen and Spain.
| Justice being done, the Lieutenant, Rey, in
speech to the soldiers and the people, expressed
himself in strong and worthy terms, saying that
! the punishment inflicted merted by these
men, who, without God without a law, without
flag, came in order to attack Our nationality, our
religion our queen, and all other objects dear to
| our hearts.
The uivas to the queen and to the country were
repeated with more energy; the troops defled, and
the people went to the place of execution, where
| they looked for what the criminals had left.
| Ten funeral cars were waiting to convey to the
cemetery the mortal remains Of the fifty pirates.
| Those ears had been furnished by the funeral
| agencies, and were ornamented according to the
circumstances Of the tragedy.
| The justice of man is complete! God has par
doned the young culprits who have lost their lives
by having trusted their faith to the infamous false
hoods of the New Orleans papers.
Translated from the Gacefa Ertraordinaria, dug. 16.
| Measures TO PREvENT THE ESCAPE OF PA
| he x,alla CoSN hn~
| received from the excellent general communica-
ton written at Correlitto, at eleven O'Clock the
morning of the 18th instant, in which he says that
the pirates had it in contemplation to direct them
| selves towards Cabanas or Ell Mariel with the in
tention OF re embarking, account of the dismay
and the dispersions in which they found themselves
after the actions of the l3th and dsprited by the
junction of the troops in that district. To save time,
l send communication to the General Commander
of the Marine, in order to prevent, with his naval
forces, the standardization of the pirates; for In
| few days | am sure to exterminate all of them.
/ The Captain General Governor has also received
| from the Lieutenant Governor Of Bahia Honda a
| communication, written yesterday morning, at SIX
| O'Clock, stating that he was informed by peasant
| that the pirates, pursued by columns in the
puddles OF San Miguel, had abandoned their posi-
ton, and into the mountains in the direction
of Bahia. Honda and San Diego dc Nunoz, where
the inhabitants animated with the best spirit were
| ready to repulse them.
| BY communication of the Lieutenant Governor
of Mariel en- Cabanas, dated the same as the pre-
ceding, he states, "we were acquainted with the
movements of the pirates who were routed. Orders
| were given to the soldiers and commanders OF the
jurisdiction to with all their dsposable men
| to prevent the GO mbarkaton of the pirates, and
at half past twelve O'Clock all the boats were de-
| stroyed and sunk near the battery"
The captain of infantry and commander of the
troops of Guanajay has also sent mmuncation,
OF the came day, dated at half-past five o'clock in
the evening, in which he says, that according to
| the orders received from the Lieutenant Governor
| Of Mariel, and in concert with the Lieut. Colonel
Mayor, commander of the infantry regiment Bay
| len, he marched at the head of column composed
of company from Barcelona and about forty
volunteers, well mounted, and armed with swords
and pistols, and the greater part with guns, all
under the command of the chief. At ten minutes
past five O'clock they marched in the direction Of
Cabanas, by Pinillos, where they received the ne
cessary notices for pursuing the pirates; and,
during the expedition, volunteers, anxious to fol-
low the column, were coming from all parts.
Published in the Gaceta Extraordinarily in order
| to render these documents public.
HAVANA, August l6. PEDRO ESTEBAN.
From the Ne,o York Herald of Saturday.
| Additional Cuba News.
Spanish Official Accounts-Ihe Effect of the Netcs,
| &C., &c, &c.
We lay before the public this morning all the ad-
ditional intelligence from Cuba that we could OBJ
tain. We give the Spanish and the patriot accounts