The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-12-09

81 The obsequious politsness Of the Ad-
minist-ation towards orr foreign relations, rs
contrasted with its unspairing severity towards
the unfortunate victims Of the Lopez expedition
AND their sympIthizsrs- does not seen 10 give
universal satisfaction Tins speaks the saut-
Gus PicGpLrHe
NFw ORLEANS AND HAvAKA-We see Il
staied in Northern papers thHi orr government
mas moi received anv oficia information a the
mutilatIuu IL Havana Of the DEAD bpdlas a
Cri5isnnsu mt me numNgniOns The uystifrI-
1iDn exist. IN TINT word ufhciAl j u ouiT TINT
rhsF nuve mo- been officially Rsca-lETned WAisa
Inrtf reasonably nH- t,aeEnse 10 9ffiaiE hives
tirntion mar bassr ordered We oUubt- Eheihe-,
IN fAct there IL Enr ufhciIl knowledge in ili.
s.srss u the rio1s IN New Orleans. winch IA se
- iI-pt L fEu-t II ths reported 70 lAu82l5o1s o.
Suair Enc We IRE TsrT sure thai the iil-trezi-
1neui q the Spanish cUDs8l and The oisboDOriag
q Ia. SpEr ~ 1BE winch are credited ever
~b.-s- AID made TIE basis o. great deal OF
learned 3is9Uisiiion on the rights and duties Of
nations are not 30 well established as the facts
Of the iii-,reaineni Of the bodies Of the dead
IN Havana The authorities Of both govern
nenis have been dealing with these New Orleans
MASTERS on the f.ith Of common report, or Fl
Dsrts information, and great deal Of that is
gross eIaggeration. IL there is anything Off
cial in their information parties here, who have
q much better knowledge Of them than is APP
parent in the current reports, and who ought to
have had something to say, are not apprsed
of it.
That the bodies of the party shot in Havana
on the 9th Of August were mutilated after death,
is as much a matter Of notoretY in that city as
the sacking of the cigar shops six days after.
wards in this city, was here. We have seen and
conyersed with persons who saw the pieces
paraded about on sticks and heard of them ex.
hibited in cabarets; and with others, who not
seeing them, yet knew the f.cts as well as We
know that a certain Spanish shop down town
was attacked and injured, though We did not see
IL, and did not know the occupant. A mere
clubbing about words would Justly us in saying
that there is no official proof that there have been
riots in New Orleans at all, Just as fairly as for
Others to ignore the occurrence Of the brutalities
in Havana
We must add, however, that there is no re-
liable testimony to show that the Spanish troops,
or any but the lowest class of the Spanish popu.
lation, took part in these outrages. These
rushed in after the execution and vented a fero-
cous hatred upon the cOrpses, while yet warm
from the slaughter and they hung round the
firing party az il returned TO the plaza, shouting
ana e1nolung ueir ghaslly trophies. we DO
not near that TINS oesecrauoh was general, or
that the reVoi'lng ekhio'tiohs were many. But
tnere were some IN tne crowd, ana they were MOI
,s1useo oy mer le'.o"s OF oy tne au'horlues'
we 90 not suppose the government positively
spP,oIteo y. mGu,u nave gwen uirec' sanction
F Paom th" nbaroc,or oe Tho oon,o;, n-., :,
ia not unreaso nable TO suppose, that had he an
tlcPaOeu .uo oooui.oa''' u1 Iouu na.o ''ne y
h,o 60, !, or.,Iv and co. intornstionol ouept;on