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BY LAST EVENING'S MAILS.

CUBAN AFFAIRS.

The N. Orleans Picayune of the 23d inst. contains several letters written by the victims at Havana to their friends in that city. They all breathe the same spirit—resignation to their melancholy fate. The Picayune says it has also seen two other letters, in which the writers complain of having been deceived in their expectation of Creole assistance on landing, and one complains of being deserted by Gen. Lopez, and speaks with harshness of his abandonment of them.

The following appeal to the citizens of New Orleans appears in the Picayune of the 23d instant:

To the Citizens of New Orleans.

Not having engaged in the cause of Cuba personally, I have forborne to enquire into the plan of operation further than has been common to all our citizens who took interest in the cause. To-day, however, I have made the proper inquiry, to enable me to form an opinion as to what is to be done, and the conclusion to which I have come is, that if the citizens of New Orleans do not subscribe liberally there is no prospect of any aid being furnished to the brave and gallant young men whose lives are now perilled in the mountains of Cuba.

There is no time for delay. We have had one tale of blood and murder, and we may soon have another. My object is, if possible, to save the remnant of the gallant band who defeated the forces of Gen. Enna, on the 13th inst., and marched into the interior on the 15th.

This we know from the official publications in Havana, and further all is doubt and uncertainty. This, however, is certain, that the same men who defeated Gen. Enna, and compelled him to send back to Havana for reinforcements, when they were only defended by the works hastily thrown up around an old building, will be able to hold him at bay for some time when they reach mountains so well adapted to defence as those of Cuba are. This is more certain if the people of the country unite with them, which is confidently stated to be the case by correspondents from Havana, who, I am fully satisfied, have not made statements which they do not believe.

But, fellow citizens, after examining the position in a military point of view, I am satisfied that our friends and brethren will be finally overwhelmed by superior Spanish force if they do not receive assistance. However anxious we may be to relieve those who are in danger, we must not hazard any more small detachments; we have had enough of that. Whatever is done must be done promptly and efficiently. Whether any thing at all can be done depends upon you, men of New Orleans. There is no time to seek aid from a distance.

There is no lack of men who burn to succor the surviving comrades of the slaughtered Crittenden, Kerr, and their brave companions. It is the means, the means that is wanted.

I therefore plainly appeal to you to come forth generously and promptly. It will require a considerable sum to do any thing that you or I would sanction; for I say at once that I will never consent that our noble young men shall again be hazarded with insufficient numbers and insufficient means.

FELIX HUSTON.
New Orleans, Aug. 22.