han has disgraced both sides of the Secession contest for the two
years through which it has been waged. The English are not a cruel
people,--quite the reverse,--but it is a fact that their military
history abounds more in devilish acts than that of any other people of
corresponding civilization. The reason of this is, that they look upon
all men who resist them in some such spirit as the Romans regarded their
foes, and as being in some sense rebels. It is only with those who rebel
against other Governments that those who live under the English
Government ever sympathize.

The capture of the Havana produced a "sensation" in the North-American
colonies. The news was a month in reaching this part of the country, and
Philadelphia, the most important place in British America, had the
pleasure of first hearing it in fourteen days from the seat of war. It
was "expressed" to New York, which town got it on the 11th of September;
and it was published in the Boston "Gazette" of Monday, September 13th,
the same day on which our ancestors were gratified by the publication of
the London "Gazette" Extraordinary giving a detailed account of Prince
Ferdinand's victory at Wilhelmsthal, on the 24th of June. There is not a
line of editorial comment, but the news is clearly and vigorously given,
special mention being made of the spoil, which included, according to
one authority, fourteen million milled dollars. It is stated, in
conclusion, that "the Spanish families that had withdrawn from the city
to the country were all returned with their baggage, and were in
possession of their habitations; and some soldiers and English Negroes
were hanged for committing some small thefts on them." In the "Gazette"
of September 20th there are published some details of the operations in
Cuba; and under the "Boston head" is a brief account of the rejoicings
that took place in Boston, on the 16th, in honor of the great event, and
of British successes in Germany. "In the morning," says the account,
"His Excellency, [Governor Bernard,] accompanied by the two Houses of
Assembly, attended divine service at the Old Brick Meeting House, and a
sermon well adapted to this joyful occasion was preached by the Rev. Dr.
SEWALL: At 12 o'clock the cannon at Castle William and the batteries in
this town and Charlestown were discharged: In the afternoon the Bells
rang; and His Excellency with the two Houses was escorted by his Company
of Cadets to Concert Hall, where a fi