The New York herald., 1851-08-22

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beipg the fortune of that they fell into the OF
this they were not afraid to die II would
have been great consolation to these poor fellows
they repeatedly asked to their consul and through
him TO have sent their last sdieus and such little
mentos as they had to their beloved relations in the
watch should be sent to his sweetheart But Mr. Owens
the American Consul did not make application to
the Captain General to these unfortunate country
in their Distress and their sacred wishes In their
last moments have been unattended to- Lastly at the
very hour of their triumph when the people of the
the prisoners which they had taken to Havana
about to take place fred two shots at the
stesmer Falcon of Bahia Honda and notwithsta adding
that this vessel well known to them, having she
had the American flag hoisted, Sc, she detained
turning to their vessel commenced cheering and Kissing
at the Falcon, proud, doubt, Of the impunty with
which they had detained an Amercaa mail steamer on
the high seas, at their pleasure
HAVANA, August 16-1o AN.
Spanish Troops led into Ambush and Fifty Killed by the Pa
tiot-1he lending Of Lop, and his Foorer s-1He Lion
Bearded in his Den-.adrm and Confusion Dtat Of the
Spandrds at Las Pods-Eiglty-sr Kiled-T1ree Of he
Pdmrero's Men Put 10 Death-Ffiy Patriots Captured at
Sed-Ihe Mississippi Yeomany-Postponeaaent Of their
Execution, &c.
Intelligence reached Havana, last week that four hun
dred picked had been sent out into the mountain of
Cosooro by General Lemery who made to believe
that very small number of the insurgents remained
and could be easily captured The result was that the
patriots under DR.. Augustin Aguero Aguero rushed
upon them and killed fifty the spot The rest of
the Spanards retreated to Principe as well as thew
could, in the greatest disorder
Scarcely had the government recovered from this
shock hen their attention called to the still more
serious fact that large number of sympathsers under
General Lopez, had effected landing at Playtas few
miles to the westward Of Bahia Honda which took place
at A. NJ, on the 18th instant. Lopez is decidedly
brave mal-brave almost to rashness 1t positively
believed here, and believe it to be true, that the
steamer sgnaled from the Moro Castle the evening
of the 18th, the which conveyed General
Lopez and his friends to these shores Such daring act
Of audacity boarding it the lion in his den is
most extraordinary.
II appears that close into the enra Of this harbor
Lopez fell in with schoo from which he took out
the captain and mate to him pilots the coast
of Bahia Honda the navigation Of which is very intricate
They arrived tf Bahia Honda about p. NJ when they
imDt datey commenced making Signals 20 the shore By
means Of rockets, &c, which probably had been pre-
viousy agreed uPon between the bertors aad
shore Gen Lopez did not effect landing with bis men
until IAN. but the debarkatiou was zone in so mas
tefly style that before sunrise he had only landed
his men with all their munitions Of war but was his
march to Las fosas town few miles distant from the
coast, where he Immediately commenced intrenching
himself
est excitement The Pzarro. laden with troops under
the command Of General Enna (who command
0cneTPD left
about A NJ. for Bahia Honda one tbousard men bav-
ing previously been tent by the railway cars.
IL must be borne in muc, that such the state of
confusion and slarm into which the government we're
thrown that they bad no distinct idea to whether
Bahia Honda or Msriel The points to which the
hberaters had come How, yer the following morning
are Informed that q. neral Euna had come 90 with
the Iirstes ss they rmed by the and
bad fought with them at Las Poas in which regrets
the loss Of some OF his men and others wounded.
In this the Spanarts comm endsd by
General Emma in person, who had his horse shot from
under him Colonel Rads and officers and about
seventy eight men were killed
So unerripg and deadly the fire Of the brave ber
stors that General Emma was three times repused with
loss. At this moment the Lieutenant Governor
Of Mariel Colonel Gurrea, came up, with about two
hundred men mere, when the colonel received n shot
through his leg. and his men such q check, that
General Emma (as he states in his oca commune
to the Captain General dated half past three O'Clock
the 1ithD the uselessness Of attempting anything
further aganst the pirates without more artillery a,
would be cny exposing his men 70 certain death with
cut any resut oonseqcenily he demanded further re-
iLforcemenfs Accordingly, two steamers the uaba-
nero and the Almendares. leH that day with
iroope to the number Of fourteen hundred that
have been concentratitg from the other districts
they have eot upwards OF 5000 including cavalry
ana up ~, this moment they have only made three cap
stsny put to death Two q these persons saors
belonging to the steamer Pampero who after landing
Lope. ad gone into tavern and got drunk the other
poor fellow found in hut unable to move from
fracture he received when landing
On the 18th, IT. was known that the hberators,
who have been Joined in. large numbers by the
people Of the country. made in the
dr,etion of Diego de Nunez and Cabanss with
the intention Of possessing hems Ives OF the frt az the
latter place when. unfcrt unately fortyor fifty Of
them, Who bad In the most daring endeavo
70 Get there by in four launches ~h the intention
a tAking the spsnsrds the fort by surprise,
themselves after most desperate tsistaace captured
by the spanish Admiral who, with his steamer and
IN mense nnmbsr of men, succeeded In taking than,
aft.r eight OF tour hours.
tsetmputed that there less than 800 sol llers
andtscrs engaged In the capture Of these bravo Dy
klsted with bis success Admiral BusHios hsstened
with bis prize to Havana, where he arrived this morning.
OF the my CITY two who to have been shot
this morning Mt the Fort forty we're Of the
flower Of the Missh sppi yeomanry
All the troops In AID about the Havana were formed
IN square on the ground vhee this wholesale hatchery
was to take place But strange o. say that uotwith-
standing all the great preparai made for this horrd
spectacle up to this moment 10 NJ, It has not beeu
put into Heeuon and the troops have received orders
One handsome, pobe looking fellow. from New Orleans,
among the captured from who these wrechs erdeavoed
to obtain his declaration. Ia the hope getting him
20 impicate others, desired them. in the most
IeremPtory manner, NC to interrogste him-that
Ifced him In their power and that their blood thirsty
character known 10 the world; but that he had
fats faction Of knowing that every drop Of American
bocd she'd by them would call down pom them the ven
peenee OF the whole American nation and that would
b. repaid TO them a hundred fold.
The here tread that the wholesale buchry
Of 81 American citizens should be carried United
States, and have ihercfore postponsdt fs the raep
HAvAN,, August 10. 1851
TN Boc,iy Dy IN Iarana-7se Erecuioa af Fiy Pairi-
os-7he Conduct # the .4perioan Censui- The Rising Of
the Peqie-T1e Reported S'sasses ef ne lnr~icrs SC &C.,
The boodiest day Of the Cuban revolution Is fast
drawing to Its cose and the that Il nov rapidly
sinking In the west has City rrisonerhe gre ter
part Of them young Americans-sot In cold Lood and
their mutilated remains torn and dragged By savage
Popuace the outpourings Of Spain the Of Europe
This morning. about o'clock, the steamer uabsuero
arrived with fty prisoners Of whose capture we have
only the ofncsl report you viii find 1t In the Giseia
Of this morning At IL O'Clock they were shot at the
foot Of the Fort Atare In the presence Of an immense
assembage The list will send toyor II II Is published
in time TO go BY this mail The saddcst portion Of the
history which have relate is the indifference Of tho
American Consul to their sad fate This gentleman as
you are aware, Is Mr.. A. r. Owen late representative
rom eeorgis In Congress, and nominated by Mr. Fill
more to replace Gen. Campbell, the late Consul