New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-14
A SIGNIFICANT LETTER.
PUBLIC JOY IN HAVANA.


One Of the most intelligent Cubans in this city
gave 10 a TRIBUNE reporter yesterday the following
extract from letter, said to be from an entirely
Trustworthy source, written at Havana under date
of Nov 8 and showing the feeling among the Span
ish population Of the island:
The Joyous demonstrations continue 20 go on in this
city, Telegraphc advices have been received of the
execution Of Gems. Varona L. Cespedes Ryan and Col
Jesus del SOL the captured passengers OF the NrniuF
at Santiago de Cuba. Such rejoicing ought to have
ended last night according 10 the three days rule but
have no doubt that the demonstrations viii continue TO
20 on roI three days longer The reoiOngs OF the first
three days arose from the capture Of the Virgin
ius, and the subsequent three DAYS rejoicing was
for the execution OF portion OF her pms
oners The Palace OF the Captain General Is SorReousy
decorated on its four fOuts; and accordingly all the
shops AMI stores Of the spauards the principal streets
Of the city will also be decorated in honor OF the feast
Of these caunibais aud in uaton Of the blood OF
their Victims L have doubt that the Consuls ut
Santiago dc Cuba viii have demonstrated against the
execution Of these victims but t probable they nave
been answered as the Consul at Havana has
been answered former OccaeiOns-that nc had
not the authority which would enate him to
interfere IN such matters. No further news
has been received here about the prisoners
Of the Vrgnius The first which reached here was pub
shed after the execution took placed The executions
were doubtless performel in haste-n accordance with
their bl1Odthrsty instincts; ana they WeFe pFVudoy
anxious 10 not be disappointed in their bloody feast,
through foreign interference As TO Gen. Jovear the
new Superior Governor OF the island, would remark
that he equal to the mission OF pachcaon which
has been Entrusted to him by Republican Spar from the
fact that according ths address 10 the inhabitants OF
the island not inclined 70 pursue pacific policy
Indeed, ne shows that to suffer as much as we
have hitherto his predecessors This is victory
for the slaveholdng, conservative element represented
here by Dfario de Ia Norma, and La Voc dc Cuba,
which paper will have in Captain-GeneIal JOvel-
lar another Gov. Eyre IN Jamaica. That
paper is now clamoring for the enforcement OF the
law ia regard 10 suspicious parties. The Republican
papers here expected to have a" regime established
according their the arrival OF the now
man chosen for the position by
President CASTELAR, who wont TO say that the cuban
insurrection would be drowned In freedom The con-
servatiye element, saveTades, trust entirely to the
advice Of their correspondents in Madrid, who Informed
them that they masters Of the ed, and had man
aged 20 have sent 10 the island Superior Governor
suited TO their views aud man WHO, by his marriage
with Cuban wife, sugar plantation and slaves
Oh the island OF course. CaptainGen. JOVellar VIII
be likely 70 gag the liberal Spanish element in
Cuba 1t is said that the dev blinds those whom he
wishes TO throw into per1itOn.