The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-23


A correspondent Of the ChasIsston Courie,
writes that paper lstssr from Havana, con.
tanning something interesting to aud abou,
"Los Confelsrados" He rays:
The war has effected come strange changes
Ia the old Cuban metropolis Two years ago
Eagiieh was bnt rarely ep0ken, except among
the educated class The isfux of "Confsder.
ados' has brought sma'tering Of our Ian
Suago into general use, and there is scarcely q
shop In Havana where English is not spoken
TO come extent
The sywpathiss Of the mercantile class in
Havana are warmly with the South. "Loe
JaDkees' are held in great execration, while
the "Coniederad0s'' are received with open
arms. With the C1bans generally somswhat
different sentiment prevails. Two parties exisi
on the Island--ths Span;ards and the native
Creoies. Tho former are in POWER, and are
likely to always remain 90. They emb-ace
among them nearly all the men of intellect In
Cuba aud attached to their interest are the
weslthier and better educated Creoies From
the Captain General down to the soldiers in
the rsnks they are enthusiastically for the
Sorsk. The utmost interest is felt in tae pro
gresa Of the war; maps Of Virginia, the Misss
sppi, aud Charleston hsrbor, ssre eagerly stu
died; ths Photographic aud photographic rep
resentations of Jefferson Davis, Lee, j Jackson
and BeaaregaTd, (who are the great heroes OF
the war in the estimation of the world abroad. ]
ara familiar. to every room, every shop
window, and every lady's album, and the
qualities, political and military, of our readers
~ well as the strategy Of tbs war. sre almost
as familiar to the public mind in Spain as they
are to our own. In no country, am informed
by reeens TRAVELLERS in Europe, does sympa-
thy for the Confederate States 30 universally
pervads all classes Of the community as III
Spain. in England and France there are par.
ties opposed to US; in Spain none.
With the native Cubans the case is different
Thousands Of them have been educated in the
Northern States, and have imbibed in the
Yankee schools lot only admiration for the
North, but, etrange to cay, tendency to AbO.
litiOnisn. There are among the educated Gre
oles open advocates of emancipation
The superior Governor of Cuba, General
Dnlce, IL, of course, restrained by HE official
position fiom active manifestations Of sympa.
thy for the Confederates, but the feelings OF
his heart are we'll known. He has done his
utmost to protect the Southern interest in Cuba
from the illegal OntraKes which have been ut
tempted by the yankees. In Havana are a,
present many refugees from New Orleans, the
victims of the cruel orders issued by Banks g,
expelling them from their homes with scarcel 2
the clothes on their backs.
Among the Southern gentlemen had. the
pleasure Of meeting in Havana were Charles
j. Helm, the official representative Of the Con.
fedsrate States, and the venerable Pierre
S)ule. Mr.. Helm was the Consul General for
the United States previous to the war, and
now act, though unreeognizsd, for the Con.
federacy. Mr.. Soule has been residing in Ha
vana since his release on parole from For,
Lafayette. His treatment in the Bastile was
shameful, particularly in consideration of his
gray hairs, impaired health, and long service
Tor his country. He is now much better, and
is looking forward to his exchange under Tie
recent cartel. l need hardly tell those who
have known this ''old man eloquent" that the
wrongs Of his beloved South still bring the
old impulsive quiyer TO the mouth and the fiery
lash to the eye,