The accounts from Cuba are contradictory, but it appears to
be, on the whole, probable that Spain will lose the island. She appears to be as cordially disliked there as in her other colonies, she drains the island of all surplus revenue, and she keeps up the old laws against free mulattoes in all their insolent unfairness. The revolt, therefore, has been very general, especially in the eastern half, where there are some 250,000 people, and only 60,000 slaves. According to the American correspondent of the Times, this half is already lost, and the remainder is threatened by the victorious insurgents. The object of the rising is total independence, and it is believed that the insurgents will accept no terms short of the semi-independence now possessed by Canada. The Americans sympathize with the revolt, and we read of filibustering expe- ditions from New Orleans, but none appear to have started yet.
