New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-15
CIRAN OUTRAGE.

A plaintiff in court, hearing how eoquently his
wrongs were portrayed by his counsel burst into
tears and sobbed out, "Ididnt know how injured
"a being was before" The Fbuster party Of
this country is constantly in this predcament in re-
gard to Cuba. Every now and then some little
abrasion takes place between the Cuban authorities
ard some Yankee ship captain, afordng just
enough ripple to the international surface to pre-
vent straightforward instantly the Fillibusters go
into Court as plaintiff, and counsel makes them
blubber with surprising appreciation OF their
wrongs. Another Cuban Outrage" is now as COM
mon typographical as "A Monster Pumpkin or
Wonderful Birth" One would suppose that this
country was political heaven of purity. that the
mourner's eye dried the slave shackle unrivet-
ed, the moSaliss occupation sineeure in tho thr-
tyone States, to judge by the howl set-up once
month over Cuba which Island after all, appears to
be quite as progressive as South Carolina, judging
by the last advic,s. We have another Cuban out
"rase,"-this time being against the bark c. b.
Hamilton of Portland Supposng the case to be all
a. stated, which we do not doubt isit thing
than we ourselves have done was not the French
Consul laid by the heels in California
contrary to an express treaty stipulation
Was not British subject more than once thrown into
prison in South Carolina-because he had African
blood in his veins-although the international code Of
the United States expressly provides for the sacred
ness of foreign persons Were not immigrants, in
American ships up to this moment, destroyed so
many per cent. BY the bad accommodations rendered
theml
According TO the statement of this new Cuban
affair, Captain Means of the bark c. b. Hamilton
wished to revise bis manifest after it hal been deiv-
cred to the Collector at Havana; he demanded it
back accordingly as he had right to do three hours
after. tie limit being twelve hours The Collector
refused it, and finally, just before the expiration Of
the last hour be did get it back; he then revised it
in few minutes and then il was refused by the Col
lecor the hour having passed In order, therefore,
to clear his vessel, Ibis consgnees were actually
obliged to give heavy bond to secure the payment
"of any claims which might be legally adjudged
against her. It was believed, however, that from
"a case of such clear and manifest wrong the part
of the authorities there could never result any Sc
..rious trouble to the owners; but that the whole
matter, probably would be speedily and summarily
" dismissed. To this end proper statements were
prepared and transmitted to the Captain General
land Captain Means has since made voyage 70
/" Havana without hearing Of il. But, by late ar
rival the consignees of the vessel (Messrs. Drake
"& Coz have transmitted drafts On Messrs Jenness,
"Ch,se & Co., her agents, ard part owners here,
"for the ,um Of ak thousand and eightyseven dol
Glars claims and thirteen hundred dollars expenses,
(which they have been obliged TO deposit in Havana,
10 await the further action of Cuban Courts and
authorities On this case"
This 10 all bad enough, and If it can be substan-
tated , the letter, Spain should be made TO afford
ample redress; but until we can show pure hands in
our own international arrangements, il may be well
to let Cuba live yet little longer, Notwithstanding
her outrages The echoes Of our cannon pulyerisinS
San Juan have hardly yet died away. That real out
rage had better be meowed little BY time before we
storm Havana.