The " insurrection " in Cuba turns out to have
been only a second invasion by Lopez ; which, so far as our present information exteuds, has been a more disastrous failure than the first. None of the re- sident inhabitants appear to have shown any sympathy with the American Sympathizers. Of fifty-two prisoners shot at Havanna as pirates, the names of forty-nine are published, and they are all English with the exception of two Spaniards. The official account of the executions attributes the invasion to the instigations of the New Orleans newspapers. The public feeling in Cuba appears to be strong against the Americans. Some passengers in the American steam-ship Cherokee, who were present at the executions, were in- sulted, and it was dangerous for an American to be alone in the streets at night. An American steam-ship on her way from Chaves to Cuba has been fired on by a Spanish war-steamer. The American newspapers, on the other hand, affect to speak with admiration of the heroism of the " 'patriots " ; and are filled with stories 'about the maltreatment of the bodies of the persons executed, by the mob, especially by "Negroes." In other words, the Cuban Spaniards are enraged by the plots and machinations of American desperadoes to get Rossession of their island, and the Americans seem more than half-inclined to fasten a quarrel upon the Cubans for their natural i expression of anger. It s obvious that a strong party in the Union will endeavour to impel the Federal Government into courses ending in the annexation of Cuba,—unless prevented by the in- terference of stronger powers than Spain ; a consummation which even that interference might only retard, and do so at the expense of a general war.
