Washington sentinel., 1853-12-08
Affairs In Cuba.
Extracts Of the Herald's Correspondence.

sonage in this island. The Captain General
Canedo will shortly take his departure from
/ Cuba, his successor, General Pezuela, being
momentarly expected-nay, he may possibly
arrive before this letter is closed, he having
left Spain in a war steamer on the llth instant
Not syllable in the shape of regret will,
venture to affirm, be uttered at General Cane
dos departure. He has done no one act cal
culated to win the affections or to command
the respect of the inhabitants of Cuba. Haughty
vain, and anticipated, he is universally declared
to be without sufficient force OF intellect OF
energy Of character to know which course is
the wiser to pursue, or to do it when he has
| arrived at q conclusion.
| Antonio Quiaterio, who caused the soldiers
recently at Cardenas to take themselves off the
island, it is reported has been condemned to
suffer the death penalty by the garotte. It
would not surprise me if this act led to public
outbreak.
A regiment of soldiers recently left this city
for the western part of the island and two
a few days, but where bound or on what errand
no one knows, except perhaps, the administra-
dor of the marine department.
| A disgraceful murder was committed on the
morning Of the 23d instant, by Jose Perez,
upon the person of his wife, Dona Matilde
Dominquez, very pretty actress of the Tacon
theatre. The murdered woman had played the
preceding night as Louisa, in the sem-opera
comique called GEL Vale de Andorra y and
her husband, who is a gambler, having de-
manded money of her, behind the scenes,
which she refused to give him, conceived the
horrible idea Of sending her to her long ac.
count, with all her sins unrepented Of"
Jose Perez afterwards attempted to murder
himself. In this, however, he did not succeed.
He still lives, although in great danger. The
mother Of the murdered woman was murdered
by her husband, and, it is said, with the self
same stage dagger with which this horrible
deed was done. The murdered woman was
stabbed in no less than forty-two different
places. A more brute-like murder was scarce
ly ever heard of.
You may form some opinion of the state Of
the press of this island, when inform You
that only one Of the four morning papers pub
lished here contained syllable next morning
respecting this murder. The cause of this 81
lence is attributable to the murdered and mur-
derer being creoes--of so little account are
this class of persons held in Cuba, amongst
the Spaniards.
Senior Garcia, the large segar importer of
your city and Havana, died recently, after a
brief illness from apoplexy. His daughter ar
rived here just in time to see him before his
death.
A circular has been issued to the captains of
the several counties, into which the island is
divided, authorizing them to call upon all per-
sons whom they may suspect of a want of 10y
atty to the Spanish government, to make
tender of their lives and property to the gov
ernment of this island, and which tender is
to be accepted in the event of any attack being
made upon Cuba by any foreign foe. Should
the suspected "parties" refuse to make this
slender" then they are to be tried as traitors
to the State, by military tribunal" What
think you of this act of moderation on the part
of General Canedo, on the eve of his depart
ure? Is it not conciliatory?
The forthcoming crop of sugar, it is stated,
will be short one. Dry weather and the
cholera having caused the death of the negroes
and affected the canes injuriously. Next years
crop is, however, spoken Of hopefully; by that
period, new negroes, it is trusted, will be i'm
ported. SoMessrs. Cruisers, you are in earnest,
be on the qai rare. BY the way, did Great Br-
tain in reality desire to put down the slave
trade, how readily might she do so, by sur
rounding this island and Porto Rico with her
cruisers,
Can you inform the Americans soiourning in
Cuba when the harbor of the Havana is likely
to be graced with visit from a United States
vessel Of war?
The past week we had one of those death
Jars In our midst, which shocks social relations
by the sequence Of secret crime laid bare and
exposed to public commentary. The actress
Matilda Dominguez, was killed by her husband
Don Jose Francisco Valdez, early in the morn
ing OF the 23d, and the circumstances brought
TO light in connection with the tragedy, involve
the honor and dignity of one high in official
rank. Report says that the lady supped at the
country residence of that functionary after
Leaving the theatre on the night of the 22d, and
because she would not forego the engagement
at the request of her husband, he met her on
her return, with knife inaicting many mortal
wounds, and then attempted his own destruc-
tion, in which he failed. The mother of this
lady came to her death in the same way, by the
hands of her husband and that husband, with
more nerve than the wretch Valdez, struck
truthful blow to his own heart One of the