The New York herald., 1851-08-26

persons alleged to have been engaged In the expedition
have capture the coast and have been carried
into Havana and executed. Their punishment sum-
mary and IL stad to have been attended with
circumstances of gross indecency aud outrage Other
accounts represent that the execution was conducted
with appropriate solemnity. There vas no reason to
doubt in view Of the excitement which has prevailed in
consequence prior attempts nd resent roors ofinra
sion that the government OF the iand wonid take san
culinary vengeance upc all who should be found
in any such enterprise The who embarked in 1t had
been duly forewarned by the President of the United
staet in bis proclamation of April last that they were
engaging in expedition that could only be regarded
adventure for plumber and robsery,' that arst
me ct the condemn alton OF the civilized world and forfeit
their claim the protection and int ference Of teir
own government. matter to what extremities they
might he reduced by their Illegal conduct. II the Spanish
horites have considered and treated robbers and
punderers men who so regarded by the lsw OF ma
ti.is the nhunanity or barbarity OF the punishment
which may have been inflicted upon the really
gully cannct mitigate the character Of their Of
fenee II may create general pity for their fate. We
cannot but deeply syrnpsthlze with the relatives and
friends ef the dupes Victims who have paid severe
penalty for thelr ofence omit TO st a.ze
az eth more Thurman and barbarous than the author
ts Of Cuba represented to be- the foreigners who
have dared 10 make shof-s the their guilty
and hostile preparations against friendly power, and
sougat by fasehood and Misrepresentation, to se,ce
citizens, especially the young and inconsiterate
into their wicked schemesan ungrateiul for the
benefits conferred upon them by this people in permit
ting then our country asylum from oppres-
sion and in hagSnt abuse OF the hospitality thus
tended TO them
Under these circumstances comparatively little SYM
patby would have been felt or Lopez and his lower
they had all been shot down in the aeld in the immedi-
ate prosecution Of unlawful enterprise. But the
wholesale slaughter Of prisoners incapable OF further
mischief wit bout trial and without hearing
act OF cold booded arocity that shocks every sen
ment Of humanity and viii excite universal Indignation
IL has received MS demanded the prompt ate non Of
government We und derstapd that upon receipt of
The lsee intelligence from Cuba measures inme-
datey taken TO ascertain whether Of the
summary put to death by the Spanish authorities
American citizens, and II they were such, by what
evidence their guilt Of crime deserving so
culinary punishment was established as also
TO ascertain the facts in relation to Ne
alleged firing upon the United States mail steamer Hal
con by Spanish ship OF and how far this prooed
ing Il in contravention of national rights,
thorized approved by public authority and that for
this purI ose Commodore Foxhsu A. Parker, commanding
the home squadron, will sail from Norfolk for Havana in
the ste am irigate Saranac. to- morrow.
While taking this step however the proper officers of
the have been instructed TO b. vgant and
active in preventing military expeditions from fitting out
against that island in contravention of treaty obl-
cations and the public statutes in suca made and
provided euo:ned by the proclamation OF the Presi
dent.