Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-02

aeispt IN those two particulars must necss5a
rily be worthless, utterly worthless, in in
surins success. This account Of IN eye wit
ness of gres. intelligence indeed, proves to
our satisfaction, If no other proof were at hand,
that the allies are destined to be very badly
bsaten In the present campaign, If but on so-
oount Of the utter insficiency Of the English
forces as at present ofcersd-because they are
% oficerei.
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Letters, by Stamps or othsrvise.-Al our
readers should recollect that under tho law
as altered at the last session Of Congress, which
went into effect yesterday, the only possible
way Of having their letters surely delivered g
addressed is to pay the postage In advance.
The new law itself isa bungle, inssmuch as 1t
seems to pre- suppose that every person will re-
member to pay postage invariably in advance
The Post ONCE Department has done its best
to oure the laws defeat in this respect by Is
suing regulations, under which tho writer
may discover at some future time, that his
failure to comply with the requirement Of tho
Law has forced the Department to fail to dsliv-
or his letter as directed. No Post Ofice reg.
ulations, however, can entirely cure the defects
of the law in question, it strikes Us. However,
invariable pre- payment is q positive surety
against delay in tho transmission of ones
and invsrisble pre-. payment
only.
Cuba-Tho execution of Don Ramon Pinto,
at Havana, Of which accounts will be found
in all the newspapers to-day, has created great
excitement throughout the Island of Cuba
greater excitement than has existed there
since tho landing of the Lopes expedition.
His alleged crime was oonspiring against the
life Of the Captain General, Concha, his init
mate friend. Tho only witnesses against him
wore two notorious criminals (who have served
In the galleys as such) and outside OF tho little
circle Of Concha's court, no one believed them
Tho President Of tho military commission that
conA ,mned Pinto, refused to sign the judgment
OF Ia ground that the characters Of the Wit
net was such as to entirely discredit them
Pinto died like hero, protesting that he was
wholly innocent and was the victim OF an In.
trigue. But for particulars of tho execution,
We rcfer tho reader to another column Of tho
Star. The probable political effeot of this 80
atrocious judicial murder is what We have TO
deal with this afternoon. Concha, az the
Asia's mail tells Us, has notified the homo gov.
ernment that unless 1t changes its Cuban pol
10y, 10000 troops will insufficient to hold the
island much longer. Now, his act of murder.
ing Pinto, than whom no man on the Island
stood higher, and was more universally respect
cd and beloved, will 90 far to wards rendering it
certain that in no event can 10000 troops
assure Cuba much longer to Spain. 1t 10
evident to US that, however reluctant the
Government of the United States may be to
quarrel with Spain, and we believe them to
be sincerely anxious for peace with hsr not
the publications to the contrary
with which distant newspapers teem, matters
are coming to such o pass in and around Cuba,
as to mako war between the two Powers al
most an inevitability.
Not day passes, of late, in which some
thing fails to be done by Concha and his Of.
hcials, in which American rights are invaded.
The very last is tho refusal to give Felix and
his companion in misfortune their rights ION
their trial. as American citizens-rights guar
snteed to them by treaty. The affair of the
arrest OF Consular Agent Thompson, It seems,
is settled, as he was promptly set at liberty on
being taken to Havana, and after an apology
was made to him, the Governor General also
rendered to him pecuniary rsparation. The
treatment Of the other two prisoners mention.
cd above will, however, in all probability.
prove the basis of q rupture between tho TIVE
Governments, as, In the present condition of
affairs there, it would be madness on the part
OF the United States and to insist at ell hazards
that any and all American citizens % unfor.
tunate as to fall under Concha's displeasure
shall have the benefit of all the small guaran.
tees of fair trial stipulated by treaty to be
accorded to them.
No other journal has moro strenuously Cd.
posed fllibustering than tho Star. In oonsid.
Grafton Of the fact that our form of Govern
mont is deficient in its grant of powers to com.
pol our people to abstain from meddling in the
affairs Of neighboring countries, We have boon
willing to smooth over various infractions OF
eur national rights, perpetrated, evidently,
through fear Of the assaults of our lavless sub
jects. We cannot, however, stand everything
under that pretence. Voc cannot stand system
alto Interference with our right to navigate
tho Gulf Of Mexico unmolested, or the treat
ment Of all Americans, who are lawfully on
tho island, as though they are engaged in
plotting the overthrow Of the Government.
"The last feather" that breaks the eamsl's
back" is we'll nigh already loaded on, and
there is no telling how long We will DO at pesos
with Spain. We would not insure peace with
her for three months longer. A rupture of
our present relations with her would make
revolution on the island in ono week after the
fact should be known there-a revolution that
must necessarily provo successful, inasmueh