The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-20
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u'emet Of Mobile and his fellow passengers ON ths
Back Warrior TO ka~n that he In fast rec ,veriuR from
the ssciSent that occurred to him here and that in all
probability he VIII be able to return to Mobile via Ns~
Orleans tn the Crescent Cy expected here on the lsth
inst. wM H. ROBERTSON, Acung Consul
Our Havana Correspondence.
HAVANA, August IA, 1853.
The Captain General and his Organs m Nc,c
York and Ne.o Orleans.
The Spanish journal La Cronica, notwithstand.
ing the considerable ability Of its director, Mr. San
Martin, having been found not to answer the pur
pose intended at the time Of its establishment in
New York; and La Patria, with all its subsequent
aliases, having become utterly extinguished at New
Orleans, it has been sought by this government
to obtain the cooperation of an American Jour.
nal in each of the two principal cities Of the
Union, who would guarantee to devote themselves
entirely to the Spanish cause, and to use their
best endeavors to throw discredit upon all in
tellgence, however truthful, unfavorable to this
government, which might be received from Cuba.
That their plans have partially succeeded in gain
ing over one or two Of the New York newspapers
has, during the last few months, been well known
at Havana, and therefore we are not at
all surprised that the spurious phrase ntroducednto
letter purporting to have been addressed by Gen.
Arista, on the Of his departure from Mexico to
the government Of that country, should have been
seized hold Of by the Catalan interest in New York
as proof of what little confidence ought to be
placed in news from Havana, and to insinuate that
the spurious phrase above alluded to was the work
of the Havana correspondent of the NEW YORK
HERALD.
Nobody can regret more deeply than we do the
improperly which evidently had been too much
practised by former correspondents of greatly ex
aggerating every trivial circumstance which came
under their notice here; but may safely ventureto
assert that during the six months that we have
been residing Oh this island we have never been
guilty of reporting to the HERALD aught but what
we had previously been careful to ascertain was
founded in fact, and no further proof Of this is re-
quired than that those very parties in New York
who are so tenaciousy disposed to defend the cause
OF the party they have adopted have been unable to
contradict one single statement which has been
made by the Havana correspondents of the NEW
YORK HERALD, at least, during the last six months.
Nor would those parties have rushed so blindly
into the question Of General Aristas letter. had they
taken the trouble TO look upon the original CORES
pondence upon that subject, published in tho NEW
YORK HERALD, which ut the time clearly informed
it's readers that the Arst0 letter was translation
from the Dfdrio de Ia Aarina Of Havana; instead
Of which, however, they allow their anxiety to please
their Spanish patrons to get the better Of their udg
ment, and make statements which only have the
eeOt Of exposing their real object or their utter ig
nOrance to the public.
But as these parties appear to be very anxious to
know the source Of the spurious letter purportng to
have emanated from Gen. Arista, it would perhaps
be well to afford them the information. as it is
understood in Havana, although it may not per-
haps rebound to the credit Of their Catalan friends
1t Is said that so great il the anxiety Of the Spanish
government to reObtain once more a footing in Mexi
CO, that they are cOneit to receive piratica slave
trading captain as minister plenipotentiary from that
country, through whose intrigues they expect some
thing and that any kind Of trick however mean, un.
der the name Of diplomacy ought to be resored to
accomplish the ends they have in view Accordingly
the spurious phrase inserted in the letter purporng
to have been addressed by General Arista to the
Mexican government, on the eve of his embarkation
to leave the country is ascrbed to Spanish cunning
intended doubtless for the purpose Of utterly ruin
Mexico and by that means leaving the road clear for
the operation Of Santa Anna and his Spanish plans.
There is one thing certain and that L., that during
the two days that General Arista remained in Haya
ma, the people of the DiaYtO de Ia Marina, who, Of
course, were under the orders Of the government,
took very good not to publish General Arista's
letter with the spurious phrase alluding to annexa
tion with the United States; but the very day after
Of his being able to contradict it, then the Didrio de
Ia Marina came out with their spurious letter. com
mentiDg upon It In the most savage terms-taking
care that the fullest es Of their journal containing
il should be sent to Mexico for circulation, doubtless
with the malicious intent Of running the interests of
Arsta and his party, and for tho strengthening Of
Santa Anna and his.
And with regard to the information received by
the NEW YORK HERALD from its Cuban correspon-
dents, We viii only soy, that whenever certain par
ties In New York have any doubt as to the correct
ness of the intelligence which comes from that island
and is published in the NEW York HERALD, If they
will take the trouble to inquire at the Department Of
State at Washington and the officials should con-
descend to favor them they will find all the infor-
nation which is furnished to the NEW YORK He
RAID from Cuba fully corroborated at quarters.
OBSERVER.
HAVANA, August IA, 1853.
'SponiM Ndral Force at Havana-Ihe Stare Ira
der Zulueta-1n Missing american Sailors {
the Brig Jaspar-7he Cuban Deputy to London
The Yncatan Indian AGair-HeakM of Ha-
cana, &c.
With reference to the somewhat grandiloquent,
but by no means uDjustifable pride, demonstrated in
the editorial which published in the Dario de Ia
Marina, Of this city under date the 10th inst, with
regard to the really splendid feet Of steamers and
other vessels Of at present in these waters under
the orders of Admiral Bustillos Commander-inC Chief
of the naval station at Havana 1t may not, perhaps,
be unnterestng to some of your readers to be made
acquainted with the names, number Of guns, &C., Of
these fine ships, while atthe time It cannot fail
to strike many with wonder how on earth 1t can be
possible that, with such large squadron of actively
employed vessels constantly cruising around the
island, they should never, by any possible chance,
fall in with pira.ical SLAYER =
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