Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-08-30
PRIVATE ACCOUNTS FROM HAVANA.

Mercantile letters received in Boston per III
Cherokee contain but little news of what is nov
going on in Cuba. We extract from the Traveller
letter from Of The first American firms in Hsvans
| under date Of August 10TH says:
Ocs accounts have received Of the defeat Of Lope
and the dispersion of his forces part Of whom have tske
refuge in the mountains"
Another letter contains what appears be satisfaction
explanation Of the occasion othe fifty who being
found where they They probably despaed of Cubar
liberty when not single patriot joined them in three days
The letter says:
We have this day had the sad spectacle of The shooting
of fifty taken the coast in open boats, belonging
the expedition of Lopez among whom about forty Anne
rcans, from New Orleans The people of the United
States very much mised by Lopez and his gang These
took small town and held for several days. and
one Of the Patriots of Cuba to their The
Creoes of this island are very careful Of their persons"
Another letter from merchant of Havana who probably
hoped for the liberty Of Cuba until he asceraned the charac-
Ter Of its supporters there, writes as follows
"Nothng doing in business for the past week. All has
been excitement respecting the landing Of Lopez with four
hundred and fifty men, down the coast, Bahia Honda.
They have acted like perfect fools and the expedition which
landed under every advantageous circumstance has been
crushed, and all shot. Fly young were brought up
prisoners last night IL o'clock They shot this
ing. The Creoles have not the courage TO join
any party who their assistance and hope the Span
sh yoke which they complain Of will be times
They deserve no liberty sympathy from freemen."
Yet another letter to mercantile house from their
respondent in Havana, under date Of August 10TH
Cuisines is Yet in stagnaton from the political
FENCES in island Various reports say that heavy
mens have taken place between Governments troops
and the invaders who being much smaller in number than
the former and finding sympathy amongst the Creoes for
the overthrow Of Government which they naturally
counted are said be- according last accounts Of this day.
in very bad position, being dispersed round about the
try and must naturally expect their total destruction"
The New York Tribune has letter dated at Havana on
the l7th instant, from which the following
"lhe steamer Almendarus, just up from Bahia Honda,
reports hundred and forty Americans shot there and that
on this boat there from thirty fifty wounded prisoners
that they kindly propose to and send home. Fifteen
said were shot in cold blood the deck Of the Spanish
war Gamer Pzaro presume included in the above count
VI Lopez or the field operations we learn nothing"
letter of the same date, 7h,) published in the Herald,
speaks follows:
81 have just received further intelligence from the operat-
ing forces against Gen. Lopez that he had taken the ec
ton OF Artemsa, which leagues from Havana closely
pursued by the Spanish troops and the country people, learn
that last night corps by railroad, by the Captain
General, to that very place, Aemisa that Lopez's
must have all been captured and by this night the will
be closed them The Spanish troops have unquestionaby
shown extraordinary enthusiasm and bravery and what is
still more important the country people manifested the
spirit and put to death the spot all the Of Lopez that
fell into their hands,"