Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-09-02

This will be handed to you by my friend Mr.
'ost: who has been kind enough to take charge
iii. Adieu Robert. die as man, and as
an American should die. Kiss your dear wife,
my good mother, sisters, and brothers, and be-
heve me ever your brother.
(Signcd) VrcroR KERR.
August 16, lS5l-G Id o'clock.
Two other letters have been shown US, but
without the liberty to publish in full. Both
complain of having been deceived in the ex.
pectation of Creole assistance on landing and
one speaks Of being deserted by Gen. Lopez
and speaks with harshness of his abandonment
Of them.
Oar OWL inference from the statements, and
such other circumstances rs we can connect
with them, leads us to the impression that this
party got separated from the main body OF the
troops, retreated to the seaside and attempted
to escape in boats, when they were captured; !;
and that they had resentments against Gen.
Lopez for this abandonment"
One letter expresses the opinion that all the
accounts of risings in Cuba originated or
"were ,rumped up in the United States" This
is rather TOO sweeping generalization, from
two or three days experience at Bahia Honda,
remote from the places at which these rlsngs
were reported; and we happen to know that
whatever their character may turn out to be,
the reports did come from Cuba. But this tes-
timony, under such circumstances. only in.
creases the anxiety to know what has been, in
fact the reception Of these men in Cuba, on
which so much uncertainty hangs.-Picdyune
A Noble misunderstanding Of the COOL
ness and bravery OF the unfortunate victims of
the Havana mas sacre, the New Orleans Cres.
cent says:
"When the moment Of execution came,
many, Col. Crittenden, and Capt. Victor Kerr
among them, refused to kneel with their backs
to the executioner. mo, said the chivalrous
Crittenden, can American knees only to God,
and always faces his enemy They stood up,
faced their executioners, were shot down, and
their brains then knocked out by clubbed mus
kets. The blood runs cold before the terrible
narrative of their barbarous fate, and we seem
rather to record the nhuman vengeance Of
savages than the stern justice of civilized
man."
The Captive Csbans. - The Americans taken
at sea and executed at Havana, were murdered,
according to the received doctrine OF public
law. They were captured 6eyona SPd"'M
jurisdiction. 1t is not denied that if appre.
hended on Spanish territory, they were liable
to the penalties of Spanish law, but not unless
they were caught with arms in their hands on
Spanish territory. The Spanish Government
will have an account to settle with the United
States for this treatment of that portion Of the
fifty men executed who were citizens OF these
States. This is irrespective of the character
of the enterprise in which they were engaged
If Spain claims the benefit OF public law, she
must :abide by al its requirements. Ii she de-
nlauds the fulilmcnt of treaty stiPulatons. she
must conform to the rule or principle, in its let
ter aud spirit, which, beyond that territory and
is operative. The beneht OF any
part of the international code which could have
been pleaded in their favour, they were clearly
entitled to. But if the Spanish authorities in
Cuba are resolved on setting aside civilized
usages, in compliance with popular vengeance,
they deprive themselves of the right to COM
plain when retaliation, guided by similar
spirit as in New-Orleans, falls upon Spanish
subjects in the United States, however much
humanity aud equity may condemn such pro-
ce"dngs.-CharIesion Errni"s Nc~s.
Flibusicrs. The terms Filibusters, Flllbus-
teros, and Filibustiers, which have been applied
to the individuals engaged in the Lopez Expe
di,ion, were famiarly used in the French aud