Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-09-02
I.nte.a rvo,n 1,uba.

lFInibasierian hambSg. BaistS have been feaghs. sieseries wsn, ihe blood of the pstro, creole. and
 gallant "a srcan sympaihissrs has eousserntsd ihs soil i1evecably dedicated so lbsriy.
 On Sunday the 10th alts the steamer Pampere landed Genl. LopeE and 500 or 800 meo about 50 mics west of Havana. On Monday Gent. LoPsr and ParsguAy proceeded np the eosntry, having Col. CsilieB6sa and Capt. Sawyer and Kerr with about fifty men in eharge of Iss 6sggage, with orders 10 Oia them again at Iite tsa atsat sight
 miles off.
 ! Col. Cfiienaen's command star ed on Wednesday
 bu. wers immediately attacked by 500 sPsaisa so-
 diers. whom they at first rePalsed but by whom
 they were fnaIly eeiesied and driven 10 the chap
 peral Two days after they escaped to sea in thfee
 snall boats bat were eaptsred by the Spanish war
 steamer Habanese, aud carried 10 Havan,. where they were most IahumaBly murdered, on The 18th
 uh We fiDd la leter 10 the N. O. Delta, inc
 following description of tis mos bloody earberoas ! transaction;
 .'rhe most painful news 10 record is the execu-
 ,on of lilgs ore men, 35 AmeFcans) who were taken
 nrsoasrs near Bahia Honda. They were out in small
 boats at the ime. They were pa, on board steasn-
 er taken te Havana the i6th, and shot tae sanic
 day. They not permitted to go on sh re in ths
 city but were immediately taken to ono Of ths for
 tscaiions oppeae the city and there most brataiiy l muads.ed Aftes the discharge ef Inc iHfaniry.
 those who we're not instantly killed, beat apon 1 ,hs head with the mu.kets until lie was eKtnct. | The maBxiei corpses then inteTred amid tbe shouts and cursss of blood thitsty rsbbie. All
 this occurrei within sightabd h~afing o the vessels l in the port. Among those shot was young ad of 1 hnt Is years who beseeched them on his knees to h,sa ha eauId Snaak En0zn. kuk
 his request was unheeded and he shared the fate of he others. The names of tAOse shot will be found 1 below.
 1 Col. W.S s. Crittenden. Capt Fred. S. Sawyer,
 Capt Victor Ker. u. Jas Bra1dt, Lt J. 0. Bryce, ! L.. Thos C. James. Surgt juo Fisher, Capt; ". ! I. Vsasy. Corp. aA-A. Teurniquet, Serst J Whit erens, Sergt A. NJ. Cocheti. K. C. Stand ord, pri- yates Wm Chilling, G. 4. Coos, 5. Q Jones. M. 1 fl. Bali; Seret Napoleon Cail,ns, Robt. Cs'dweI,
 Sergt U. M. Green, SergtJ M. solomon, Privatss c. |. ". Smith, A. Ross, P. Barrourk Jno. Chris I tides Wm H. Homes, Sam, Mills, Ed Rulnan,
 W. Dittle, Geo ". Arnold, B J. Wregy. Robert Can,ley, Jpo. G Sanka, Wm Niceman, l.. |. Col 1 lins Jas. Stanton Thomas Hasnatt. AnselIno T. Hernandez. Pat Dillon, Alex Mclcer. Thos Hear s.y Sam'i Reed, stubbs. James Ellis Il T Vienne Vim Hogan. NJ Phillips, Chss A. RoDinson, Jas l.. I Manyills."
 Wh,is .his tragedy of unparalleled barbari'y was enacted at Havana, two battles fought
 Bahia Hon Ia, Is leagues west of II ivana, ia both of which the patriots under Lopez were successful. At the tirsi attack, ons whole company of SpAni- ards was entirely destroyed, save % men, who made tieis escape, severely wounded The second attack of the Spanish soldiers WAS equally ss disastrous as the first The fOss on the Spanish si e so far As ascertained was about 900. Abou. 70 were brought to Havana, wounded A whole regiment of the Queens troops had joined Gen, LOpsz.
 Two steam5oats, loaded with the wounded. and having on board the bodies of General, Com modore aui Captain of Marines, landed at Havana oa the 18th an 4th inst. Those killed were buried with much pomp.
 Fifty mea who tried to desert in Havana, were apprehended and confined on board Spanish fri gaie
 The inhabitants were joining the insurgents in all direci lions.
 Another account states that ls3 wounded had been brought 10 Havana and that the Spanish loss
 in the first engagement was 42s.
 Lopez was supposed to have had 2000 m'n under his commani.
 The spanish vesseis ot war wGre insulunsiy boarding all American vessels. even the regular steamers which should be well known 10 them.
 The above conprizss the substance of the news received from Havana. IL is the beginning of the end, wha, that cad will be now can dnubt.- The free flag of Caba has waved over hattie fields in which liberty was successful. The blood of the patriots has been spilled in the cause of Freedotf and the doom of the spanish government in Cuba has been fixed by that cold bioodsd batehery of fifty Amencan volunteers
 We can find no terms in which to express our honor of this ''bloodiest picture in the book of timev It surpasses in barbarous cruelty all she inhamanity thass has yet been recorded. The blood of these slaughtered men cries aloud for vengeance and they will be, aye, terribly avenged. From the mountain and the vally, from the hill top and the plain the forces will gather 10 the rescue of the gallant band of patriots under the intrepid Lo- peg. Cuba will be freed from her galing chains, and these murdered patriots be signaily avenged in the externination of the Spanish demons who have sanctioned that massacre. They died like Iaen, their lives were sacrificed upon freedoms altar, and their blood will nourish the tree of liberty which will grow q living monument to their mem- ories. - Letter from Adju,ant R. C. stanford. Anotasr ef the rieiims of Cuban craehy.-The gentlemen to whom the following letter was adS dressed, has, al our request politely furnished il to us for publication. t Is ihe first publication thst explains the msnncr ia which CsIttendens com mand were made prisoners:
 HAv4Na. August l6 1 Dsar Haling: We arrived on the Jaiand of Gu l ba. after the most horrible passage you con 1 ceiye of cooped on board with 40O or 500 men, l We arrived on Sunday last, beiieve--dateS { have almost forgotten. The next morning. Lorez, with General Paraguay and all the commanding officers left us--I mean Criiienden and hls batta ion.) We heard nothing more of him fcr two days, I when Critienden dspatohed note. He then re queste1 we should join him at li;tle town some six or eight mics of, leaving us in the meantime ] to take care Of all baggage, &c. 1 We started for him on "Wednesday morning at