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Fifty America Shot at Havana!
SECONDISPATCII.
NEw YoaKingast 81. 4p. M

stleF New YoaKAngas; 81. 4p.M.
The steamer Cirokee arrived abou,
3 o'clock this eveDg, in four day from
Havana; she bring San Francisco dates
TO the 18th July, nd s2.64O,6sO on
freight and $1,000 10 the hands of
passengers, OF who she has two hun
dred. She also bngs The California
mails. She passed,e Empire City go.
ing into Havana. @
The accounts fro, Havana are of the
mos, serious characr. We are indebt.
ed to the purser of b Cherokee for the
following narrative:
- The frigate Hebe,while cruising Off
place called Bahia Honna, 40 miles
west OF Havana, capred party OF IF
~ patriots who weRu boats unarmed;
report says they wertsteering for New
Orleans; they werelbsugh, into Havana
by the frigaie on Slukiay morning, the
18Th inst, and WEB shot about III o.
clock the same nioling on Tie public
road to Havana, in re presence OF p
900 spectators. heir corpses were
then dragged alonfthe streets by ne
groes, ahd then ii TO the mob, who
commenced striprlg them Of their
clothes ard carryig them on sticks
through ,ie.ciry, wing like fends.
Ii appears The priots were Ameri-
cans, and MANY ofSae passengers of the
Cherokee, who wei on the spot, wit
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nesscd the executid and were insulied
III the streets III fbst shameful manner
and reminded tina, dy being Americans,
were all of lie pan who would share
the same fate one a these days. Such
was The excited sta, of the populace,
tina, i, was dangeronfor Americans to
De on the streets aftenight.
The following ache names Of those
executed: Col. " Clendenin, Capt.
/. S. Service; Capt. Tictor Reno, Capt.
Il. b. Veney, Lieuieanis James Brani,
]. o. Norice. II. GJames, DR.. Jno.
Fisher, DIR. r. III. Tepuitt. Sargeants J.
Whitaker, and A. M.Caliphei. Adju,ant
X. S. Stanford. Prates, Nj. House,
:. Mile, E. RullmanS. l.. Arnold, Il.
J. Weigh, WinseElaIAuselm, o. Trav-
is, Patrick Billion, 'rhy S. Reed, Ii. l..
lArnel, Phillips. J. l. Nanville, S. n.
Green, J. CuIlerman, Napoleon Collins,
ID. d. Wisher, Wm. Chllding, r. A.
Jones, NJ. j. Hall. Jaies BART, Robert
Caldwell. w. Smith. A Ross, B. Rouke,
John Chris,ad, w. B&'Iuie. II. Conner,
X. Critley, J. S. SAM. James Stanton,
Thomas Harns,. AIex Allen, John J.
Tabbs, S. Ellis, w. Pgan and c. Rob
inson.
The steamer Falco, on her way up
the coast of Cuba, hm Chagrcs, was
fired a, thirteen ,ime by the steamer
Havana, aid was diigrd 10 heave 70,
when she was boards by Spanish Off
GERS. This is the It'll time the Falcon
has heen served inlhs manner.
We learn from passengers on the Fal-
con, that on The morh,gor The 18th, off
Bahia iIonna, the Isccn discovered a
large steam frigale in:hase, standing di-
fectly across her bow ,bu, she kept her
course and let, the ffiate eight or ten
miles astern; she proyd to be the lisa.
bella In Caiolica.' l,rnerly the Cunard
steamer Caledonia. While she was still
IN chase, another steiner hove in sight.
which also gave chas, aud succeeded
in heading oil the Fpcon. aud at first
tired two guns to leesaid, of which she
took no notice; she tlsn ran alongside
and fred third gun across her bows,
though she had Amerian colars Il, ing.
The chase then orderd the Falcon To
hease 10, hich was One, when The olli-
GERS boarded her. ~