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1 c nre here, before you, gentlemen, that I re
main faithful to all the sentiments of my
lather.and that I will persevere in the line
of political principles which served as a
rule to tny uncle, the Emperor Alexander,
ftnd to my father. These principles are
those ot the Holy AHianre, But, if that Al
liance no longer exists, it is certainly not
the fault of my father. His intentions were
always upright and loyal; and if tecently
they were misunderstood t.y some persons,
I do not ‘doubt that God and history will’do
him justice. lam ready to contribute'to a
good understanding nu the condnions’which
he accepted. Like him,-1 desire peace, and
wish to see the evil* of war terminated ; but
l if the conferences Which are Rbout to open
at V ienna do not lead to a result honorable
for us, then, gentlemen, at the head of my
faithful Russia,-I will combat with the
whole nation, ands will perish sooner than
’yield. As 1 to my personal sentiments for
your sovereign, (here the Emperor address
"ed Baron de VVorther, Minister of Prussia.)
” they have not varied. I have never douht
•ed the fraternal nfiection and friendship
which his Majesty the King always had for
my father, and l told yon yesterday how
grateful 1 am to him for it. ’1 am deeply,
sensible of the kind words whitfh the Empe
*ror has caused to be tnausmitted to me on
this occasion. (This was addressed to
Count Esterlnzy, Minister of Austria ) His
Majesty cannot doubt the sincere affection
which my father entertained'fur him at an
> epoch which he himself has recalled by the
order of the day addressed to the army.—
Be kind enough, gentlemen, to communi
cate my words to your respective courts.
MIIITARY MANIFESTOS OF THE
CZAR.
The Emperor of Russia ‘has addressed
iho following rescript to the Cossadk'troops
-of the Don :
To our IVell Beloved and Faithful Army
Cossacks of the Don:— The cruel loss
’which has fallen on Russia, in such an un
looked for manner, will be painfully fell by
the greatful hearts of the Cossacks of the
Don. fn bis constant kindness to them, my
‘well beloved father had granted them an or*
ganic regulation which completely secured
their welfare. Only a short time ago the
Emperor Nicholas 1. declared that he loved
his’valiunt children of the’Don, and that he (
was proud of them. In proof of these sen
timents, his majesty frequently appeared
before the ranks of his faithful army in the
uniform of a Cossack of the Don Wish
ing to manifest to these troops our gratitude
for their faithful and glorious services, we
make them a present of ‘the uniform w’hifch
was worn by the Emperor. Let it be pre
served among the insignia of the army of
the Cossacks of the Don, and remain in its
treasury as a sacred relic and an imperisha
ble souvenir for generations to come.
ALEXANDER.
FH'is Majesty has likewise addressed the;
fallowing to General KhemnutdlT, Hetman,
ocum tennis of ihe’Gossncks o( the ! Don :
Gitnera-l—By an order of the day. I
nave named my Well beloved son, the Ce
snrevitcli. Nicholas Alexattdrovitch. Het
man of all the Cossack troops, and Chief of
the regiment of the Hetman of the Don,
which takes the name of Cossacks of the
Corps f the Hetman of the desare
vitCh, hereditary Grand Duke. May in’y
brave Cossacks of the Don see in this'how
dear they are to my heart. I love them, 39
my father of itnperi hable memory d'id, aud
they will bo equally beloved by my atm.—
Personally, it will be always pleasing to me
to rockon myself in lire ranks df the regi
ment nf Cossacks of the Corps df ‘hrs Im
perial Highness the Hetrran, a regiment
with which 1 hail identified myself.
I remain invariably affectionate towards
the brave troops of the Don.
ALEXANDER.
I UNF.RAL OF THE CZAR.
.[From a St. Petersburg letter ot March 12]
Tne funeral f the Emperr took place
yesterday. At day break, an
ry movement was observable in the capital
—people hastening to secure places to wit.
nes< the procession. In some houses which
were well situated, windows were lot for
ns much as 100 roubles (ttio rouble is some
thing oveT four fr-ancs, or about 78 cents
At nine o’clock in the morning, the first sal
vo of artillery, fired from the citadel of Hi.
Petersburg, intimated to the public that the
ceremony was about to vommenco. At 10
o’clock, a second salv was fired to an
nounce that the cortege was to form itself
in lie order fixed by Count Gurjew, Presi
4et of the commission for the funeraU and
*t eleven o'clock a third salvo announced
that the funeral cortege had commenced
its marcti. I cannot describe to you the
anxiety of the people to render the last ho
mage to him whnta they were accustomod
to consider a demi god, and as, at a biter
period, charged by the Divinity to combat
for the holy orthodox religion aud holy
Russia. Everywhere* 89 the body passed
the snectalors made tb6 sign of the cross*
and most of them, when they knelt down,
touched the earth with their forehead wee
ping bitterly. At the different churches the
procession halted, and the various ranks of
the clergy paid homage to the ashes of the
chiel of the orthodox Russian Church.—
Prayers for Divine mercy to the soul of the
deceased weie offered up in every place of
worship, and Nicholas himself was called
oil as chief of the Church to address pray
ers to God to give force to Russia to com
bat with success for her rights and for her
Territory. Cannon continued to fire Until
the coffin reached the Cathedral of Paul
ami I’etar. The service for the dead of the
Greco-Russian Church was theu celebrated,
and salvos, fired by the troops, announced
the end o’ the ceremony. The evening was
far advanced before the crowds of people
who assembled to witness the ceremouy
had ceased to fill the streets, In addition
to the thunder of artillery, the roll of the
muffled drums, aud the sound of military
music playing funeral marches, was to be
rf |° ath of 1,10 Czar has produ
’ * c rfain degree of agitati-n. which onr
government, autocratic as it is, has not been
able to prevent. The cetemony displayed
a character of magnificence and grandeur
worthy of the deceased Czar. Everything
passed off in good order.
The Emperor Alexander afterwards ad
dressed this letter to the Military Governor
Ofihe capita!:
‘Profoundly moved at the circumstances-of
all classes of our capital of St. Petersburg
having taken such sinc-re part in our com
mon soriow, in the funeral cortege of the
remains of our father and benefacror, forev
er memorable, from the Winter Palace to
the Cathedral of Peter and Paul. I charge
you to testify to the inhabitants of the cap
ital the lively gratitude both Os ourselves
and of our beloved wife. May the remem
brance of the father of rill of ns, the Empe
ror Nicholas 1., be forever preserved’in our
henrt * ALEXANDER M.
A grave event has just occurred at Mos
#3 he large bell of the tower of Ivan
Velik, in the Kremlin, fell to the ground at
the moment when the ’■eeremony of swear
ing allegiance and fidelity - to'tire <oew Fm*
peror was going on and by its fall ’Crushed
nearly'loo persons. For a people sU super
stitious as the Russians, this disaster has
appeared a most sinister omen, and the let
ter which gives an account of the event
states thru the effect on the public mind
been that df.great consternation.
THE LAST WORDS OF NICHOLAS
in Relation To France. England and
the United States.
A Russian Noble residing in St. ’Peters
burg has addressed the following Idfter to
an •• eminent foreigner” now in New-Or
leans. It is published, as literally trans
lated from the German, in which it was
written, in the i?ce of that city. The Bee
assures us that ; it * may he regarded a*en
tirely authentic .”
3 o the attention of those of our readers<
who think our sympathies have been too de
cidedly expressed on the side of Russia, in
her contest with France aud England, we
desire to commend in the strongest term,
the dying words of the late Czar—a sover
eign whom our country, at least, never
knew but in the character of a friend. It
‘is long since we published a document of
more’iriterest than that which follows :
St. ‘Petersburg. Feb. 1855.
Before my letter reaches you, you will
probably have received intelligence of a lossf
that Will spread a gloomy veil over all*Rus.;
sia; foi the death df Sutfh a man is h blow
that not only strikes his own country, but
resounds from the shores of the whole
world, In my last letter I did not dare
openly to declare what we were expecting
from day to day, for we were unw’illing to
accustom our hearts to an idea which our
minds were-incapable of conceiving. The
last days df ourdEfare a whole century :
in the history of Russia, and will never
forgotten by those who witnessed them.—
Do not imagine that he was exasperated
with his sues. Quite the contrary J Im
partial y, like a prophet, he gazed upon the
present situation of the different European
powers and predicted the future W it’ll the
accuracy of one who looks far beyond the
present.
“England,'’ said he, “has reached her
culminating point either for life or death.--
There is no middle path for her to pursue.
One thing alone may Rave her, and that is
a free’cnnfession, not only by ihe govern
ment, hut by the whole aristocracy, made
to the people, that they have been absurd
from first to last, that the Crown is unable
any longer to maintain fts power, and that
the people most rise and unite together as
one man, to sYve the honor and preserve
the independence of the country. A candid
acknowledgment of the truth may even
now save England, if her corrupt aristocra
cy can he brought to the stool of confession.
France, on the contrary, can maintain her
self only by falsehood and deception.”
“ The Emperor may proclaim to his sub
jects that he governs and influences the af
fairs of all Europe, that not a shot can he
fired without his permission, aud that
France is the power of F.urope ; hut a siu-i
gle shock, one speech of a demagogue may
ovet throw him, and darken the star of Na.
poleon forever. I have offered dim ray hand,
the hand of reconciliation, but he has refus
ed if. He wishes to avenge Moscow upon
me* sand St Helena upon England. Short
sighted man* Who seeks to aVcoge the sins’
of the fathers upon the children? As for
Germany, Austria ail'd Prussia-, they Would
out now exist* if I had not saved them,
when they crouched at ‘my feet six years
ago, they think to strengthen themselves in
the mighty struggle between the other na
tions of Europe. But they never have
been and never will be more than seconda
ry powers, satraps holding authority by the
clemency of my House or,by permission of
the Western Powers. Yet one consolation
is left to me in the midst of all this ingrati
tude and villany, and that is the silent sym
pathy of that high-hearted people tin the
other side of the Alautic, the only hearts iu
which I hear au echo of my struggles a
gainst umied Europe. Never have I for
gotten the smallest kindness shown to me
by the least of my subjects, let my children
never forget what we owe to America, and
if ever au hour of danger darkens around
the Union, let her find a faithful ally in my
family.”
These words may he ofiiltcMest to you, my
friend, became you are notV living amongst
the Americans ; and I mention them know
ing that your sympathies have bound you
to a foreign laud nearly half a century;—
One learns to recognize his true friends in
(he hour of danger, aud you may icly upon
it, that as long as a Romanoff sits on Rus
sia’s throne, the American 6tales will nev
er need a frieud.
The above, says the Bee, is a faithful
and almost litteral translation from tho let
ter which is written in German, by one of
the uoble® of Courland, residing iu St. P
tersliurg From she source whe ore We're
ceived ii toe have 1 no hesitation in guarantee
ing its authenticity■ ;
Ds published 1 by authority of Ihe
Convention.
Term*—sl,so Per An mini*
(C?“No paper wr ll be bent unless ihe cash
accompanies the order.
Hamilton, April 35, 1 £55.
TcT MrTSfICES? ~ 1
’ Qoes. Ist. When the’perfect sth is taken
up, or founded promiscuously ‘upon any
number or sound in the octave, does it con
’vey as smooth and pleasant -■a sound as
when founded on Ihe Tonic’*?
An*. They a re - nut altogether ; as perfect
in any other position as the Tonic and Do
minant, from the fact, that the voice does
not act on them with the sstrte ease and
solidity, hence-tbe'coucordance not so full
andUm Id.
! Q.2d. Why does not'the tortic and a sth
below,’when Bounded together, convey as
smooth and. pleasant r sound, as when
fouuded on the Tonic?
A. Because the voice comes in contact
with a sound'whicb is not so susceptible of
pressure on the sth below the Tonic; and
also. it appeal* *to more'fully - recognise a
Key below. an|d hears Its relation to said
key, to which jt becomes a ‘4th.
Q. 3d. Does the ’tonic and 4th a'hove,
whensounded together, sound as Smooth es
the tonic and 4ih beloW ? If not, ‘why so,
wlien the interval is thename?
A. It does net. because the voice par
ticipktes in some proportion on the 4th he
low. in the Character df n dominant sound.
Q~-4. la ihq seventh sound ib the octave
the sub,tonic or leading note'?
sth. What is the next sound after the
key called, in minor music ?
A. In the major mode, the 7th sound is
the leading note. The 7th sound in minor
music is the sub-tonic, The 2d sound in
minor music is the leading note. The 2d
sound inTnajor ‘music the super-tonic.
Q. 6th. Whrit reaTlo£ical right have we
to call the Bih soUnd ’in ‘lhe Scale ihe sub
mediant 5 ? ,
A. Because of its being a -desedhding 3
from the -octave, and midway between rhe
sub-dominant ; and Ihe Octave. Ills a sub
because it hns ho position in fbe'scale ‘with
out relying cin foutkHttlon.
Miss ALBtA~-Your questions aYe before
us and one a very difficult’ character to
answer, from the fact, that several of the
questions have a bearing on she same an
swer ; in answering one we might respond
to several*in,the same words, (or nearly the’
same,’) Rut We offer you something in the.
shape of fc’n tfns'wer-:
Ques. Is . What Is the Yule for’com’men
cing a pieerfof music ?
Ans. Station your key. jour artifice, and
your relatives.
Q. 2d. What is rule for controlling
through the progress of a piece?
A. The strength of the key is consulted
‘in coiirfoUlng together with the ‘mediant
and dbminrnt sounds, and especially guided
by the s’ti'sngrh and measurement of the
Foe t ry.
Q. 3d. Vtfhatls the rule In drawing, and
that of closing a rune, or ending one?
A. Enrr drawing a tune, first arrange five
parallel lines about one-sigteentli of an inch
apart, the length of your tune, and when
yo’u get to the last eftd Os your tune, insert
tw'o strong btifs, —and It is usual to let the
last note on the Bass rest on the key sound,
preceded by the dominant.
Q. 4th. What governs ifi selecting time
or mode foi a piece ?
The spirit of the ’Air and the accent g‘ov
erhs time. The structure of the air. in obe
dience to the poetry, governs the mode.
Q. sth. What is the object fn view in
composing mU'sict
A. That God may be praised in the
strength of ihe union of sounds,—the heart
of man enchanted, and his attention to the
subject induced by the powers of harmohy.
Fort Gaines Academt LotterV.—By
au adVerlis'emeut in to-day’s paper, it will
he schn that Samhel Swan, Manager of the
Southern Military Academy Lottery; has
accepted from the Crtmmissioners the agen
cy of the Fprt Haines Acadehiy Lottery,
and established the principal office ill Atlab
ta ; he intends conducting the Lottefy On
the same plan as that of the Montgomery
Lottery. The first drawing will take place
on the 24th of May, Vrheti prizes to the a
raount of sixty thousand dollars will be dis
tributed.
The Empire Statls. We learn from
the Anie lcati Uomn that there is to be a
new paper started in that plaice, on the first
of May neit, under-the above title. It will be
Dethocratlfe fiitts principles ; A. A. Galjld
ing, Editor aud Proprietor. Success attetid
him.
The Weather dry, wells auil springs failing.
general Intelligence •
i£From the New'York‘Herald.]
NEWS‘FROM CUBA.
By the arrival of the steamship United
States, we have dates fiom Havana to the
3d of April. The f United States left’Mobile
bay on the 30tb of March, with a full cargo
of cotton, and after a Short and rough pas
sage of tWo days, anchored on Sunday,
Agrtl’l. in she ; harbor of Havana,’whereshe
remained until 5 45 # P. M.. Tuesday. On
leaving she passed between two Spanish
ships Yf'war, ihe ! Francisco ; Deacis and The
‘General Ldzo, ■vfhii'h were anchored close
together. The box of the'United
States struck the end of the spanker hn<-m
of the Francisco, and broke it-off. She ar
rived Ass Sandy Hook owSaturday evening
after a passage of three days and twenty
three hours from Havana, the’quickest on
record. She was detained twelve hears at
Sandy Book so of a pilot.
Tb e’tnost tnipoi'tatit news from Havana
is the execution of ’Estrampes, as'before
given in the Herald ‘He was*garrdte<l on
Saturday morning, the ; 3lsr of March. *He
died bravely “while sCated'upon the gai rote
stool, and before the fatal screw wasapplied
he exclaitued—“ ; Deaih to rhe tyrants—
Long life to liberty ! ’—when the dedfeniug
noise of she drams nihere'd him into etern
ity. Several other prisoners are in the
Moro, aud it is feared they ‘will suffer the
same fate.
We are indebted fdr lat&’papers. to ‘Mr.
Perkins, the purser’df the Uniti and Stales.
Ooeof the passengers writes as folidWs,
on the state of affairs in'Havana :
During my slay in Havana, I Tdund
gloom, and terror and despair depicted on
th'e'Cduutenam es of all l met. ‘On inquir
ing I learned that one of Ihe chief’eauses of
so much evident de.-pair was ’fa ‘conse
quence of the cruel mariner in'Which Pinto
was put to death. His’crime’was solely of
a political nature, for “w hich this Hunch es
teemed naau, affectionate husband and kiiid
father was sent property
levied upon, and his wife and’nine helpless
children left and dependa-nt'iipOn
the cold Charity of strangers—arndng whom,
1 am informed, she. with her little ones, in
tend taking up their future abode, Previ
ous to the niiirder of Pinto, Concha was
considered, even by his enemies, chivalrous,
brave, noble and generous-; hut now,■•■-poor
soul,’ he has belied truth, betrayed'eodfi
dence, silenced conscience, and is cOhsider
ed, even by the Catalans, destitute of dve'ry
generous attribute that ennoblcs nian. This
last atrocious act adds thunder to the dark
cloud that is apparently gathering over the
destinies of Cuba, which must, on some'fu
ture day. burst forth and wreak its ven
ge;Wce rin those who now have ihe power
to destro’y. /\ Passenger.
sTaVe r y Not to be kdiaLisi ied
•IN CUBA.
Corrdcl Text nf Hen or LiteuriagaV
Speech in she ‘Corrcs ‘in He'plv to General
Serrano. Translated fro'fn she -Gazette de
Madrid, for the New YdVk fterald.
Her Mwjestj’s government ! has rt’ceivrii
official news that a conspiracy ha's been dis
covered in the Island ol Cuba, w hich, if it
Hiadffroken out.’might have been attended’
wish serious consequences, but hich has
fortunately been detected iu time. The
government has the safitffacii'on of being
aide to-jgive the t epufies Rod she country
the aWr dee of the great ‘confute tide which
it feels that this conspiracy kvHl Ife Suppress
ed a'nd rhat'public tranquility'will'conffnu’e
to be completely? secured.
The government entertains tins Hvell
founded confidence because, in addition'to
the’fidelity, tlte eiiefrgy and the intelligence
of rhe authorities Who represent it in that
Country, it counts on an army iitraieYous.
faithful, brave and decided, to % aft) tain she
integrity of oor territory. It depends,
nioreoVe'r, On the sentiment of of the
population in general, and on the energy of
a great part of that population w hich is de
cided to sacrificeieVen life itself, if necessa
ry, to maintain our territorial integrity.
Gentlemen, for this reason the goVertri.
ment thinks it its duty to make an appeal
so your patriotism. The Deputies ghOuld
neV’er lotfe sight of the fact that in all ques
tions “having reference to the island Os Cu
ba, there is a secret Spring of action, Which
we all pretend to ignore, of which We Vnay
be eventually the iUnocent instruments, Uud
•which necessitates good ‘d’eal of circum
spection an'd reserve when questions con
nected w ith the island are under discussioU.
This cause, which may give rise to sOme
ankiety, is the idea which has fermented
in some restlesshimcfSof a combination leS
ding to annex Cuba to a Neighboring Estate.
This tendency woUld not he daOgerous if
it were not associated with ahother idea
With Ih'e Potion of annexing Cuba to the
Uutted States isO’onuecied that of acquiring
by this means the certainty of preserving
slavery in the Island or Cuba. We must
nttt lose sight of ihese considerations, nor of
the fafct that territorial property and agri
cultural property, which form the sole anti
great wealth of this island, depend ob the
preservation of slavery ; and that conse
quently as soon as this principle is in dan
ger, property becomes alarmed and all pro
perty holders feel impelled to go where they
find this principle guaranteed.
Gentlemen, when we Speak of slaVery
our feelings of philanthropy are naturally
aroused, as well as other considerations in
separable from that idea. But We must
keep one thing present to obr mind&. and
that is that the Island bf Cuba Cannot cease
to beau integral part of the Spanish terri
tory. but by one of tWo means: emancipa
tion which would be the cbmplete extermi
nation of the white rabe, that is to say, of
all Spaniards and natives of the island Who
oWe their origin to Europe, or the combina
tion which would annex Cuba to the United
States, and by this means the enemies of
slavery would not obtain its extinction,
Gentlemen, the government is firmly de
cided to maintain the treaties which forbid
the .slave trade, to execute them faithfulfr
and with sitleerity: and I can give the as",
surartce that they are'vigoroiisly executed,
and'will continue to be so. ‘But. at the
same time, the government of lidr lllajesty
entertattislhe profound Yonviction lhai 1.
very is a necessity aiid an indispensable coo
dition to the ‘maintenance of the territorial
property of the island of Cuba, and it f h{?s
deemed it right to anifeipate the opinions'of
the Deputies by giving to the Creoles dtid
to the proprietors df /he island of Culia iH
assurance that no one has an idea of tdudb
(iog that principle. I thit/k, gentlemen, tho
I have replied to the jtr'it solidiiude of t | lfc
Deputj who fas addressed to’me this inier
pellation. as well as that of Wu a f|.
1 conclude by repeating that vou have
reason to be tranquil. Government has :,!
ihe'moral and material force nccessan to
preserve the island: for greater srcurjtv it
is About'to send reinforcements there. Ti e
‘firit detachment will depart by ’the next
mail-steamer and the others will follow
ought to say in addition, that the danger-'of
this fconspiracy Would he found aggravated
by the coincidence of a piratical expedition
which had been prepared in ci njunct o,
*w.lh it. -Every thing leads to the conch,
sion that that-dxpedit'ion has been defeawe
‘•Butsupposing'this not to be the case ihe
authorities of Cuba have collected all'ti e
means necessaryto annihilate it if it Pll „
foot on the island. J think I haves,',,
in the ndme'Uf the government to
re-assure the Chan her on this subject
The Chamber adopted on the moment a
proposition of M. Olezaga conceived i„ ,|, e
‘following terms:
I call upon the Cortes to declare th„t
ihe s midst of the grdve dvenls taking P | ap ,.
id Iheisland'ofCuba, it has heard with h
Wo4rcdmplate satisfactidn the explanatio, s
that have jitet’been given by her majesiv’s
grfveritment. Signed
, SALUSTIANOtoE OLdGAfcA
Palace of the Cortes, March fB, J 855.
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A’FTAfR s tfF TfIfE®LAOK WkRR UM
[From the-Taris Sieele, March fg'l
The news is fully Yon'fi, mcd'that fht ‘af
fair of the‘Black *Wafrlor has bedn rirr,dg.
ed in a'ftianner satisfactory to the ! UnVc<
States. Mr. A-UgustUs Dodge, son. CrU a
Senator, has been chosen b\ the goVdVir
medt'of the Uuidn, to represent it at YKt
Court We are assured that VY
Dodge'has aYcYpied'these ‘important ‘fu,',
lions. ‘Orders have been despatched ! |,\
the‘Amcricftn Secretary of the Navy to -N.
York, Boston, and New ‘Orleans, to ge'dd
immediately to
erntneut Stedmers in those ‘ports. Tftete
vessels have ofdCFsio arrest the Amerfc;'n
expedition whi.ii i v s abriut'fo attempt laml'ii.t
on the Island df ? Cuba. The steHinsfifo >
('onde de Regia, will leave Cadiz tin tVe
IBth. for ‘tff Ma
rine artillery; leg.V
destination
1 1 ap
tm>re ■
the heßrdecis fate , f a j|
loiv it inbNck
pretty well aserTtain<d. 3'he audit'or of
Scar, whose assent to the sentence of a c'af -
ital punishment ’is demanded by the law's and
rhe island positively refused to sign the \va.
rut, on the grotnid that no sufficient oat‘e
bad bVen Mnade o’ut against Pinto. Ti i
chief,,if not the sole witness, was a vii'i
wretch who h’ad been previously cobdib.n'-
ed for fefoilies and pardoned, a. and beca, e
now the tool o's the Captain General, in
hfoody purpose against his former friend
and Sectetary. The refusal of the Auditor
ot W ar seemed'only to have excited UoYr
ch'a the more, Ru’d contrary to all laW,pr*e
edent or hu'manity, he instituted an arbitrarS
court ol four, which should revise and ovei -
rule this decision. But, so flagrant was the
wrotsg. that even this court was equalh rii
viefed. when Coucha, bent on the life lit ‘ i
victiYn, aud Incensed at the protection
which law and irercy threw aroUnd hib ;
decided the question himself, and ordered
Ffituo’s ex'ei utic'n in m enty hours. He me
his fate caimly and bravely, protestiujg his
innocence with his dying breath. Such are
briefly the facts of tl L foul murder.
It is asserted, and not witholit plausible
-justification, that Pinto, in his relations as
secretary o! Concha, Was possessed of eVi
deuce going to show that Concha himself
had meditated frea&on against Ih'e Spanish
govommeut, and the establishment bf a dic
tatorship over Giiba. To Concha’s guilty
soul,lie jvfls therefore a conlinlral. dread.—
Hence the resort to such proceedings against
him, auo’ fiendish malignity with which he
pursued him to bis death. He was determ
ined to rid himself of the w itnesses to his
crime at all hazards, and without regard td
lab? or light.
It is not for us to meddle With thb deafr
jngs of other governments ivith their sub
jects, Still less do w© advertise ourselves
as the champions of the oppressed iu all
quarters of the globe. It is enough if we
protect our own soil from tyranny and cru
elty. But there are acts which strike a
chord bfcotrthou sympathy—acts so lumin
ous in their enormity and their outrages up
on humabity, that we would indeed be un
worthy of the barae of men, if we passed
them by unnoticed. Such was the murder
of Mauuel Pinto, Aud a people among
fahom such things cau be done. Openly and
With impunity, are entitled to the sympathy
cl - every brave apd generous heart. It is
unfortunate for Spain, that hef’officinl dares
so to act, at this time, when all over the
country the fate of Cuba is f-eg arded with
still deepening interest—when the Govern-t
ment is compelled to practice the sternest
vigilance to prevent the attempts of cold ad
venturers—iv hen our relations with Spain
iu regard to this very I&laut’ have become