The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-08
DOU BIZ f SH T. E T..
ghe News FROM Havxns-Ths Ressnsratisn
OF Cuba.

ghe News from Havsns-Ths ReSsnsratisa
OF Cuba.
The public intelligence from Havana, to the ls,
net brought by the steamship Georgia, Is Of con-
siderable interest, as Indicating the progress Of
Cuba dudng the year l.50, and the present condi
lion of hat important island. We have made CO
pious translauons from the Dtarto de Ia barrna,
which will be found 10 another columa OF this
mornings paper We were pleased 10 see that The
D,a,to had done for Cuba and Havana, on New
Years day, what the New Ymk Herald did on the
ssme day for the United States and New York.
Our private adyices from Cuba are also full Of
infere,t. New light ID breaking over the Queen
Of the Antilles" Under he vigorous and enight-
ened sway Of Conchs. the new Captain General, a
better day for Cuba il Electrified al last by
the spirit Of the present age. which IL moulding
Een and nations for the future, old Spain has
walked from her long sleep. Relying upon the
force Of ancient treaties rather than upon her own
abilities for defence, she thought her Cuban pos
s~ssion secure Abuses crept into the admin sua-
tion of the government Of the island, and without
doubt there war spin, Of dissatisfaction with ths
late Captain General, and with the policy of the
home government Some change was desired,
and IL became evident that change looked
nor, and must come But neither events nor Cuba
were ready TOT pfhucni tApeuiuon
and his men Such an affair might have suited
bsrbarous age, had the Adventures been brave
cavaliers, instead Of charlatins AS it was. the
sI|editon smacked more of the honor Of Algiers
ihan OF America.
But Spain found remedy for existing evils, in
The adoption Of a wise and enlightened policy. A
all periods, meH are more potent than systems.
However trying the crisi-, a fitted for the
all hray he
longed 10 the awc,tr regime. His sympathies and
his habits were OF the school Of Don Carlos, rather
Than Of Isabella. lie would have done wei
enough in the las, century-be would not do IN
1850.
Cuba belonged 10 Spain, and she was loyal
But standing az she did, "the Sentinel Of the Ms
sissipyi, "the Gem OF the American Sess''-ss the
old spsnifh poets called her-and feeling. from
her proximity to our shores, something like hum
sation in tho contrast she and the world were
always drawing with the great republic and her
self i was natural che should aspire 10 higher
and better state--lo a more liberal government
10 a fairer, a broader, and a nobler field for adj
vsncsmshL The Spanish cabinet knew this, and
felt H. Had Lord North Understood the spirit Of
sLe British colonies in America as well, the
brightest lewel in the crown oi George III nigh,
lave rlstrned there still, and the double Anglo
Saxon empire might now have dictated laws aud
civilization TO mankind Spain felt tina, the way
10 save Cuba was to crafty the ambition Of her
p.oplc--to launch them on the new current Of
progress whsre, in The noble strife Of nations the
prize ID won by the brayest and the most enter
prisnR.
Isabella sent new Captain General TO Cuba,
and, with consummate wisdom, chose Concha,
the man, perhaps, who, above all others, was best
aued to control such an island, and take her for
tunes into he hands, at tuch a time. Experienced
IN civic and military afIairt--of large fortune and
Renerou, isposition--accon piished In letters and
manners-honorable as an old Hidalgo, whose
word was he hfe--aboye all, a man who, while
etershlng the m0st chivalric sentiment OF loyalty
tswsrds his sovereign, felt the spirit Of the new
49,. IA l.sI wa not I75l-who saw that, for
snx1or1s - - stable and quiet al home, aad pre-
s~rrs Lsss osl0alss .tsos1, tb~y mus, march with
- gssgss1s - iss.F ,~O5is. md advance with the
sosancsfss.f1 = - -.
<s,sl.cns qua .ssasrs tsts.1 eli tbg, and the
Esousst AZ - ~ - - isiSne "a Cuba, new
49, pgrnse lYQ4 49, = ggs>y cLssses, tbs Etts
"a sorray .i.f asaassst sis ~etlgny Dsrehzsts ssS
glsEsra--ssr 10. as~ " - ssgts - gA<Ee9
go mare l.ssft.. ros~ac eBDy.ssys sssrt n -
Dryrse &C. casEsg. cpnlsasfgs fose sl1eIgsss ar
culture, sA8 adventure 80 fa18sxlr sDsls.g 49,
Of things appeared Horlli1y sro eiscons@s, s,ea
away The idee n rsbeihos, which. even under
Alc0y, existed only tie BRAN u LQJez and ne
Planield inancier., and their dsludei folio ~efs,
was secuted. The sentiment ~ loyalty, never
sltinct, ives ialiamcd end nvgorated; and the
new Captain General now beloved res yected,
and admired, ~ the people
A man az Concha's experience AMI abilities pro.
h,ed by the occasion, and what would have IN
yoly,d, and, perhaps, utterly oveuhrown another
man. he turned 10 the Advantage Of his sovereign,
% The island, ts capital and commerce, and 70 mis-
own reputation And with biz talents for execu-
tive administration, and with his enlightened
statesmanshif, H. bad everything TO encourage
him Cuba + NJ most valuable, the largest the
most productive AMI beautiful island on the coar
Of The western world Starting with the prestige
cf having been discovered 81 Columbus himself
with sn extent q nearly ei.ht hundf-d miles from
east to west, viii nesn breadth 81 hfty niles
reckoning an area Of IS 000 square miles.-wtb a
population Of million; fruitful coil, win som.
sinous ridge running the length of the i.t..d.-
fwo Of wlose peaks are nearly y ,hr hs.gh. X
Nouni BlsnC--and plains on either side co501sly
wstered; rich tn mineral wealth, aud f3r,pasts
and abundant IN OIL tropical products: with thee
hundf I'd schools for esucsiion and perh,pa above
Rl, inspired with o spirit q progress, -Wtih sIsh
. iislmc a. 4Ais q gaze On, i 10 NJ, sglngs bat