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II Sy.snist ITipaFss DR.
rf.e sieem3I Empire Csiy arrived Il New York
% Sasaff1y 3aemcpn. uiih dates from Havana
10 tIe - instl Eho briggs she California mails,
aad fnii eonlifmation Of The capture and execu-
lion 81 Ippezs
TIE ely 81 Havana had been ne scene 81 ~
bike and rei4Iclng Tor he previous thres days.
] owing q iheicaptpre Of General Lopez and lis
\ f0rceAs
The Hewsbf the defeat Of The pafFiof furtes
reached Iiarz,na on The suth nit. s,s demCn-
s,ration Y DETECT produced flags we're hois,ed,
guns fred, &C.
4 Al night HE principal buildings were ilinrai-
mated, and loEeh4ighi procession formed, and
g<and sd imposing parade made.
xjeB. toPez Vas taken In Tie interior, Wander
log alone and neafly exhausted from fatigue and
hpngers re aAket Tor something 10 eat Al farm
house and permission 10 lie down aud resi-.
/ % his followers, OYER 100 are now impsisoned
4 il Havane, and are 70 BE seai 10 spain ior I'm
years sDninemenL IN = dungeon The remain
der ,k4se' either Zen shot Or they have perislletf
/ With hunger.
Those arrested had no arms when taken =
They say their sntIerings before they were Il ken
we're Intense. For Several days they lived upon.
the leaves Of trees. De. The last meat they ale
i was The horse 81 Gen. Lopez.
A Capt Plat. Of the q. y ship Albany. visited
4 them IN prison, and gained some interesting &C.
| counts. Hhich he will Dispatch 10 the States =
\ They informed him that IN every engagement
/ they defeated The Spaniafds, aud eould not have
J killed les than 1000. Gen Emma WAS killed Al
/ lhe head pf al advancing column He was the
fesopd ttiicef = coneba.
AZ sven O'Clock oh'lhe morning ek the III
inst, Gen. Lupez was garpted The sTxecuiiot
was attended By eight thousand troopsand many
| clzens
\ lie assembled The platform and made a short
speech, His last words were Dtg roa nv
nELogip. CsRA I" lie then took his seat. the
machine was adjusted, and 10 Two minutes be
was dead.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The NIX, day, SUNDAY } sfter the announce
ment II Lopez capture, which i . no lfAay there
was daubly so now. in honor, as they said, Of the
victory 81 the Spanish troops. Guns we're fred
from morning 20 night. SHoats and livas for
Conehs and the Queen were continually offered
Lopez WAS shot 10 etiigy in different pasts or the
town. lie was dressed ia the fun uniform OF a
general. and under hislest arm was game cock,
: and nllhis right hsnd pack Of cards. The rab-
BILE amused themselves by shooting at The eEfigy
all DAY. II waa reported on Sunday that the pi.
zArfo had gone DOWN for l4npez. but il was AFTER.
wardsiaseeftafsed that he had been in The civ
all dsg but was kept perfectly quiet ia order To-
prese1t confuss0 Late in The afternoon The
steamfre flsbasero, Aimendares, pizarro and Tsa.
bella GathelicsealI arrived loaded with troops be.
ing NJ remaissier Of those engaged in the seve
yal e1kageme:Ss with Lopez. They were march,
edto The Rlaztse iiefns, where they were insrect-
I'd by Ceacha -asfer they retired 10 their
teniezyousi cesnplelefy exhausted and tired out
AT bali pastssix O'Clock on the Isl Of Sept the
troops were assembled al the. place OF execution,
which was at the hPonio,n at the entrance Of The
ha bor, directly opposite The Moro. There were
oh the ground ii the time o 900 troops. 900 in-
iaatfg, and 1000 cavalry. and about 900 citi-
z rs A few minutes before seven, Lopez was
brought forward and assembled platform, about
rs feet high, on which WAS the chair of exeeatnn.
lie evincPd not tie slightest trembling or fesv-
his strip Vas proud and firm, apd bis voice clear
zsnd, distinct 4 few 4isses and rroans were
beard from the crowd after The exeeuiiop-save
that, Everything was orderly and quiet,
lsopez. when taken, was wandering about the
country alone. There are various reports as 10
the manner Of his arrest Some say he was cap
tured by dogs. Another report. Ina, he went 10
a farhi honso, and asked Tor something TO eat apd
permission 10 Jay down--whieh was granted him;
lie felt asleep. during which time the owner OF
She pace, obtained The assistance Of four men
#h9 bouad Lopez hand ard foot, then dispatched
a PERSON 10 the nearest rendezvous Of troops,
where he was made secure.
There IL no fears otssn invasion. The annihi.
@lation Of Lopez and his forces has restored in
measure, peace aud quiet in the city, and The ex-
ctenent is subsiding,
Among the passengers on the Empire Cityis
Capt! Ward late of the barque Rapid ~
Capt. Ward states that the reported indignitics
to thu bodies oithe fifty Americans massacred, is
entirdv ,rue. lie saws when the bodies were bu- !
RED many had the limbs taken off lie hidself
saw portions Of the bodies exhibited at the coffee /
HORSEPOWER which the Spaniards gloaieG as only I
Spsnihrds can
The death Of Gen Emma, CommandeFin Chief
~ TIE: Spanish army. is eontirined. Oar papers
eoatahl4e mtllafyorders IN regarta 70 his funeral