The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-23

Hodge and q Cuhon-Are all doing well.
Seven additional prisoners were brought here the
night before Last sne of them had been terribly
i'll treated, having been bayoneted nine times in
the back, beca~ss he did not move as fast alone
the roads as the soldiers required him to do, and
which it was impossible to do, being wounded in
the feet; another, who had delivered himself up &c
three peasants, was struck from behind, by one o.
them, with large knife; the blow being aimed Al
his throat, took him across the left eye, and laid il
completely open The poor fellow made des
perate struggle for his life, and succeeded in de-
spatching one of the three wretches when the Other
two fed. After suffering dreadfully for more thar
week, the naggots having got into the wound, nc
at length lell in with a humane negro whs assisted
him to dress his wounds and gave him to eat, and
finally conducted him to the head quarters OF the
commanding officer Of the district Of Bahia Honda
| who had his case duly attended to.
Understand that General Rosales is under arrest
| for cowardice, in not having seconded General
Emma in the attack in which the latter lost his life
II HAVANA, Sept. IL, 1851.
The Singular Conduct of the american Consul
The E,rautiOa Ct the Fifty Wee their Remains
Mutilatsd ?-Arrival of Mrs. Doicna-Iaterie,,
nith the Bishop.
A series Of letters have appeared in the columns
of the True Data, of New Orleans, said to have
been written by respectable Americans. endeavoring
to exonerate Mr.. Owens, the American Consul, il
his want of attention TO COL rite nden aad his un
fortunate companions, who were executed at Ha
vana on the 10th ult. Either those respectful l,
Americans are very easily to be imposed upon, o,
knew nothing whatever Of what they pretend to do
with regard to the recent executions, they never
could have been induced to make such nissta.e
ments as they have done. In the first place, they
said, "that Mr.. Owen had no idea that the pri
soners to be shot were Americans, but that he be-
lieved they were fifty of the Havana citizens Now,
this goes to prove that he that there
were some parties to be shot, although the cores
pondent pretends to say that he knew nothing at
all about the execution until it was all over To
state, too, that the unfortunate men were put into
collins, is beyond my comprehension.
A SIX tie Cuban government whether or not they
provided collins for those fifty that were shot.
Commodore Parker, however, will answer thai
question; he will also fully satisfy his government
TO the truth of the facts Of the mutation of the
dead bodies of poor Crittenden and bis brave fol.
lowers, inhumanly shot under the walls of Atares
Any person who ventures to say he saw the remains
mutlated is instantly confined in JAIL as was the
case Of youpg man ned Pritchard, who has
been already, days under close cor inement for
having had the temerity not to deny that he saw
at the Dominica.
Mrs. Downer arrived on the Cherokee, yesterday,
from New Orleans in the hope of rescuing her only
son. who is one Of the survivors of the expedition.
She brought letters to several Influential prties
here, and among Others, one to the Bishop, who
promised every thing in his power for her; but her
son had already LETT in the Isabel la Catolca for
Spain. The Bishop informed her, among other
things, that at his interces ion the Captain Genera
had determined upon shooting only eighteen out of
the fifty, and that had the American Consul called
upon his Excelency and pressed the matter, thirty
two lives would have been saved; but com mission
from the Galatians having learned that such
his Excellencys intention, waited upon him (Nlr
Zulueta was one Of the commission) and stated
that, unless the whole fifty were executed, the
Spaniards would not be satisfied
After the execution Of those men, the Prerd, one
OF the journals of this city, pabshed an extra,
which has since been called in from the public Ii
braries and ofiees. you will take the trouble to
refer to it-for here there is not to be got-you
will find this remarkable fact, which is the cause
Of its suppression -"After the execution Of the
pirates, the people fell upon their remains, &c,
Netos), ana then il was the mutiation took place.
The government seeing the great excitement which
that inhunan act caused in the United States, are
doirg everything in their power to throw dscre lit
upon the assertion, ard therefore it is that such
wish to preserve their liberty careful not to
knowledge what was seen and known to the whole
Of Havana.
The Cause OF the Failure OF the Lopez Rx-
petitions.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE YORK HKRALp.
HAVANA, Sept. Is, ISL.
In reading over in your well con iuc.ed periodical,
to which am a subscriber, your extensive Havana
correspondence, it has much surprised me to have
found that none Of its writers have been able, or
been willing, to give you tie true cause Of the
success Of Lopez and his followers, in their tive en-
terprises to aid the Cubans TO proclaim their in
dependence
trust to deserve Of your well known impartiality,
and love oitruth, that you will give the following
lines to the public in your paper, repeating it in
Jour WEEKLY HERALD, that may derive the bene'
ct Of a copy
Let me begin by saying that am q creole, heart
and soul, native Of Havana born Of creole parents
and have, therefore, right to take an interest In
the welfare Of my native land; and defy any man
to love his country and countrymen more than
Go Cuba snd the Cubans. have been educated in
the United states, ana have lived there during my
bOyhood for many years, during which time made
many stauneh friends, whom ! esteem to this day
consequently / simpathize with the Americans in
general. mention these two circumstances that it
may not be ssid Of me- either that / am bought by
the >psnisrds, Gas has happened to others who
NefS ~ tN+S Ne'yNNttl VI tHat Il Dcdl al
will to the Americans; for, however, much may
desire their welfare, in a case in which both they
ard the Cubans are concerned, naturally give the
latter the preference.
have said that love my country. I do not en-.
terrain the least doubt all my cour;rymen do 30
likewise with the same fervor, with the same dis.
interes,ness; but there are great many ways Of
desiring the welfare Of ones country-ihere are
many kinds Of patriotism, AMI il hss mach grieyed
the better educated and more civilized class Of
Cubans, 10 see the erroneous ideas aad runous De.
sires expressed BY patriots in all the American
papers and it would grieye them much more that
il should be supposed tina; those ideas are the
adopted by the above mentioned class. " one
swallow does not make a summer" and, there.
fore, the few who have written to Lopez for aid
ard cent money to him for the getting up Of eKpo
ditions, must not be classified a. Cubans but as a