Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-09-06
THE CUBA NEWS AT NEW ORLEANS.

THE CUBA NEWS AT NEW ORLEANS.
In the New Orleans papers Of the 22d we nave
the details of the intelligence from Cuba conveyed
to that place by the steamer Empire City, which
sailed from Havana on the evening OF the lStn'
one day later than the steamer Cherokee, at New
York These accounts, however, add little Il any
thing to the information concerning the affairs O
Cuba which has already been placed before ou'
readers. The !" Picayune" has the following re-
marks on the subject, in which allusion s made 70
some Of the rumors that have been imperfecsly com
municated through the Telegraph
"The excitement in the city is almost wild rom Is n'en
sty The intelligence itself ss6cently startling ou'
hundred contradictory were circusted wnicn Sev
cd to increase the feversh state Of me PoOlc Ia
were hastily traced to the test or to Do ano
another set was renewed keep up the aslauon Inc
streets we're ihrongsd all day wh eager qussaoners ana
some very disofdery scs regret 70 say were committed
in the afternoon In the most critical period OF the
war We have rarely seen onr people universally moved
sThe ID before readers all at ssst TO which we
could get not based upon mere rumo but we must
add for the understanding by readers OF both ndes
Of the case that have heard that there town accounts
from Havana also of late date, which give unavorabe
reports the progress and conduct of Gen. Lopez than any
have published the effect that be has met with heavy
losses Of wo-hirds Of his command that two hundred ana
seventy have been taken and shot, IN different parties
that the remainder had broken up into small deachmen
and that Lopez seeking the mountains with less than
hundred men, Some letters have been spoken OF from the
victims shot Havana which epove the suthors OF the ex
pedon with having deceived them Such are some OF The
rumors that are circulated We have sufficient authority
for them and part Of them are extremely improbable Is
not likely for example, that military prisoners would De shot
after capure without being sent to Havana a. the hs were
Bu present state Of information we have no means Of
conroverng them, and we cannot say ney are
vaintvh
affair the more So leaving these conflicting statements
that we have no clear evidence yet Of the main element OF
upon which the hope Of the expedition was founded
viz the general support Of the Creole population nave
indeed accounts that bodies Of Ceoes have attempted
Lopez and that others have started intend to join him.
but until we know that they with him IN considerable
force shall not feel under any ccumstances tnat tne
position is strong or their prospects aerng The next in
tegence will be watched for with intense anxiety LOT unfa
yelling these painful uncertainties.
The Delta" which is viewed as the favorite
organ Of the Invaders makes the following attempt
to relieve itself and associates from Just accounta'
bility for the sad catastrophe:
oAu attempt will doubtless be made by the Spanish
mnions n this city to direct the vengeance Of people from
their bastard Government by pretending that the men so
elIy murdered in Havana deceived and msed We have
already heard Of Of the devices Of these ndvduas We
may well anticipate them by stating what is due no less to
the Young men slain than others that they embarked in
the cause with full consciousness of its pes and response
bies that so far from any being employed to seduce
them they came forward voluntarily, and saw in the dan
gers Of the adventure well in the noble purposes Of the
undertaking. sufficient commend to their active aid and
sympathy Let not their memories be insulted BY the base
fabrication that they deceived They went fully aware
Of the desperate character of the enterprise Neither their
eader nor any Of their officers gave any promises or employ
cd any persuasion 10 induce shru, TO 80.
The "Picayune speaks somewhat 70 the same
point, as follows:
By the laws Of warfare possibly the Captain General may
have exceeded the license of the conqeror to take the
life of his enemy captured under such circumstances The
brave who died there paid the forfeit Of the lives they
knew they putting hazard when they went the
expedition But the dreadful penalty 70 thelas
fe without delay, hesitation, remorse in form too which
all describe brutal and unfeeng TO the last degree
ia an oct Of cruelty which will stamp forever rocous the
character Of the Government which infictedt" ~ Z
The " Picayune also says:
"The main fact mentioned in Of our letters-ba
these allowed 10 write to their fiends confirmed
by the receipt Of number of such letters in the city W.
are told that they into the possession of the Spanish
Consul in this city, who designed forwarding them to thu
State Department Washington, usual with the effects
persons dying abroad But strong representation
had them deposited in the post Office, where several Of then
had already reached their addresses"