Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-12-09
Letters from Havana.

THk CAST OF MR. THRAsHER.-The New Orleans
 Picayune contains an extract of a letter from gentleman at Havana, whose opinions are entitled
 to great weight. Speaking of Mr. Thrasher, he says:
 "I am fearful for our poor friend. He has been confined upwards of eight days, inc0nunicgdc
 Solitary con6nement) I understand that he has
 made himself bitterly obnoxious to this govern
 ment, who are fearful that if they send him out of the island his extensive knowledge of the peo pie and country would make him formidable en-. emy. They have, therefore, determined to deal with him in such a manner as to put it out of his power to- do them any harm. One of his best friends alarmed me very much last night by de- caring that the government had determined to bring him before the military commissioners prob ably next week, aud that they would use every endeavor to infict upon him the extreme penalty
 of the law-hinting at the garrote! l cannot ere
 dit that these people will go to such extremes, but
 have doubt tha. he will be sent to Presidio at Ceuta for ten years.''
 Mfr Thrasher's mother is thus referred to by an other Havana letter.
 "I have seen the good old lady, Ms. Thrasher,
 who looks the right mother for such son. She lives at Regla, and came over to ask permission of the Captain General to see her son, but he would not see her, because 1t was not the fixed day Of
 receptions. She IS no woman to weep over this Spanish enornty. She has faith in her son--in his honor-and that comforts her aged heart. Mfs
 Thrasher IS to be tired by a sort of court martial,
 but the sentence was passed before he was arrest ed, and nothing remains but a few fomalitieS to
 conform he proof to the accusation, in accordance with the order of the supreme authorities" Another letter, dated November ist, says that
 Mir. Benj. r. Thrasher, bnther of the gentleman now in the Pan.a Castle, had been arrested and
 bis nancrS c, ;9e1 Those nnns,Sta1 only of ettars
 from his school companions of years back, and 6 few business notes. The writer says: "Beni Franklin ThraSher, brother of John S. Thrasher, will not remain long in confinement as
 his whole life has been unmixed with any sort of
 trouble, life of untring industry to sustain him self and his aged parents, who depend upon his labor for their daily living. The father ot these young men was . citizen of Portland, Me, tthsy
 were born there,) and came to this island eighteen or twenty years since 10 establish a bakery, and the family have ved in quiet industry and the ex-
 ercse of kindly charity towards the unfortunate of their own land, strangers here, as we'll as min
 lsterng to the afflicted of their temporary home. The father IS paralytic, and may be considered as on his death bed and the mother IS incompetent, from her age and sex, 10 manage the business, so
 that much distress follows even few days deten- ton of their son from h.s duties.
 "We are in hopes that Com. Parker wll be here soon, with the Saranac, which will
 be of some service, perhaps, to cheek further out rages upon American citizens, although 1t will probably be too late for the case of J. S. Thrash CT. IL may induce tue prompt consideration of his brothers case, and his release, however,.
 The New Orleans papers, of latest dates, state
 that Com Parker is ia that city. on visit; but il is probable on his way to Havana, in relation to
 the case of Mir. flHasher.