Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-11-04
Interesting From Havana.

Interesting From Havana.
HAVANA, Oct. "a, 1854.
The Black Warriors mails closed at so in
conveniently early an hour on the morning Of
the 18th inst, that l had barely time to write
Won Of the assassination of Juan Antonio
Casaneda.
His funeral. on the day after he was killed
was, / learn, . scene Of uproar and confusion,
caused by the conduct of bis brother who ex'
claimed, .Bury him deep, or these Creole
wretches will dig up his body, and drag it to
the north.n This silly speech was received
with hootings and the Commissary of Police
interfering, be and his celadors were put to
fight by a vollsy Of stones. A great deal OF
excitement existed among the Creoles AFTER
wards, but the poor trembling wretches scarce
csly dare speak above their breaths upon hear
ing of the various arrests that were made upon
suspicion Of the parties being concerned in
the murder Of Castenada. Amongst other
parties who have been arrested is Augustine
Montond, a native of this Island, but a citizen
of the u. S. He had been employed as a watch
man at N. Orleans, and had obtained leave OF
absence thence to visit his family in this ISL
and. He had taken out his passport and was
in the act of stepping on board the Black War
rior, when he was arrested.
There cannot be q shadow of pretence as to
his having committed the act Of which he is
accused; but yet, from the hour of his arrest,
he has been placed "incomunicado," and no one
has been permitted to have any communication
with him. The acting United States Consul
has, l believe, very properly addressed the Cap
tain General upon the subject of the arrest Of
this young man, but so much secrecy is OBJ
served in the Consulate, except to she cores
pondent of a certain favored paper, that am
unable to state what was the nature Of the re-
ply to the acting Consul's letter.
There has been many other arrests-the son
of Baron Colin amongst them. shos q Is also
stated, is a ciiizsa = he United States. Sure.
h The, Gcsernment of the United States will
interfere ia behalf Of these unfortunate young
men, whose sole crime has been their beco-
ming citizens Of the United States, and in Or
to punish them for SO dong. this murder
of Castaneda has been seized upon as an ex-
cuse to arrest them.
The Commandante de Armas at Puerto Prin.
cipe, it is also reported, has been murdered, as
also Senior Mendixabul, the brother Of Es-
partero's Minister of Finance and who resided
in the Vuelto Abajo district. These murders
the cowardly Creoles boast over rs great a.
chievements. They seem to think, that to walk
behind an u~nsuspecting man, and shoot him,
a great deal of courage, instead of as
it really is, all that 10 mean and dastardly.
The Spanish lins-of-battls ship Soberano,
which sailed hence for Cadiz, on 28th August,
dismasted in the gale Of wind on the 9th,
It'll, and 9th Of September. She put back to
this Island, and in attempting to enter the Port
Of Guantanamo, got on shore on Sotovento
Point on the 9th instant, in 20 feet of water,
where, at the last accounts, she remains.
The cities Of New York, New Orleans,
Philadelphia, and Boston, are to be, (report
says) successfully honored with the visit Of .
feet of six steamers and six calling
vesseIs,-it being desired to exhibit to Ameri-
can citizens, the splendor Of the Spanish uni
form. and the beauty ofSpanish sailors; so Ia
dies, take care of your hearta.-[Cor. ~ O.
Delta.