New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-31
HAVANA.
rom Our Own Corre.pondent.


HAVANA, Tuesday, Oct. "a, 1854.
On no previous occasion has the duplieiy of the
Spanish (creolel character been made manifest to
me as since the period when last had the pleasure Of
writing you.
At that time, &c wrote you believed the feelings
Of the ereoles had been soohed down by the acts OF
the Captain General, and that they were likely to
realize, at least for brief season, the blessings Of
peace and con;entment.
Such was the conclusion at which had arrived
from conversing with the leading members smong
the creole fsction-men who are looked up 10 as the
leaders Of any movement among then-wealthy
individuals who are, or have been, ever foremost
with their means 10 aid the "good cause Yet
these very men, who TO me professed themselves in
the manner / have attempted to describe. were at
that very time, have since discovered, engaged
in positive conspiracy 20 have various persons
asssssnatedsent suddenly to the other world, with
all their sins unrepented Of and unforgiven.
One of the first persons who has been assassinated
is ]. Antonio Caster ado, the man who took Lopez
prisoner and delivered him up to the tender me ces
Of Spanish jus.i,e He shot with pistol on the
evening of the 18th instant, while playing billiards
at a saloon outside the walls Next morning was
saluted by OF my Creole acquaintances such men
i can never again consider worthy Of being termed
friends in the following words: well, lsuppose
"you have heard the agreeable news this morning
"Agreeablel" replied, do you call il, 70 send
Imam 10 that bourne whence do traveller re-
:" turns unshriven and unforyiven" After the
manner Of true disciple OF Loyola, the doctrine OF
"evil that good may come was then rejoined upon
me- and feeling il in vain 10 attempt TO argue with a
man who could thus calmly speak, | bid him good
morning eoidiy, and we have not met upon our pre-
vious intimate terms since that period.
There are rumOrs in circulation Of several other as
sassiDations having taken place in different psrts OF
the leland. have heard the name of Senior hentsz-
abal, whose brother was the Minister OF Eli
nance in Spain during Esparteros Regency, end
who resided in the District of the Vuelta Aba
10, in this Island, mentioned as that Of per-
son who had been shot, and also, the Commau
der OF the forces Puerto Principe, whom il is stated
was masacred by blunderbuss; bat these reports,
am happy TO add, require confirmation.
There have been seven arrests OF suspected per-
IONS, supposed TO have been concerned in the shoot
ing of Castehado-one or two of whom, though
creoles by BIRTH citizens OF the United States
The arrest Of one of these named Augustine Montono
Just he in the act Of going on board the Back
Warrior, to return TO New-orleans, where he now
belor Is, has caused some little excitement Another
too FAMED Colin claims 10 be citizen Of the United
States l have reason however, for believing that it
having discovered that the suspicious entertain
ed against these parties groundess they will, ere
many days shall have elapsed be set at liberty.
Great complaints are justly made IN relation 10 tue
new arrangement that has been made relative 10 the
Tribunals. Formerly the Acaldes and the " Minis
teis' Of their Courts were paid by the fees they re-
ceived and they performed their duties to earn their
fees, At present the Government takes the fees aud
pays the Alcads each a salary of $4,000 per annum
and each of the Ministers, two oREas, 1891 per m 1nth
The result is that bribery is requisite to induce them
10 perform their duties, while 1t is thus rendered
extremely difficult for the poor creditor TO recover
lust debt from rich dishonest debtor
The Marquis de la Pezuela, with his wife and chill
dren embarked for Spain on the 18th inst, board
the mail steamer Colon
The Spanish chip OF war Soberano is aground on
Point Sotaveno in this Island having been dsmasted
in the ST. ptember gales She forced to return to
this Island and upon going into Guantanamo was run
ashore as above detailed.
The Brtish sloop of war Espeigle again arrived in
this harbor the 2lst There being some difficulty
as TO the jurisdiction of the Court Of Mixed Comms-
sion, the Espege has not taken away her prize, the
SLAYER Grey Eagle
A mounted night patrol is about being established
in this city.
Robberies on the road to the village of Caazabal,
some ten miles hence are OF very frequent occur
renee. An acquaintance of mine, who mad recently
attended bali at ST. Jago de la Vega, stated in my
that be had accepted of the escort Of noted
bighwsyman, TO him in safoty TO his residence at
Calazabal
remains of elderly gentleman named Robert c.
Keen, who had died of vomi'c after three days ILL
ness.
This gentleman was native of England, but had
resided for some years at Boston. He had only been
a very brief period in this Island
The weather for few days past has been delight
fully cool For the ensuing four five months this
city will be enabled 10 boast of possessing most
agreeable climate but which with all its excelencies,
frequently, even in the winter months, hurres the
new conner 10 the silent tomb with most unseemly
haste.