The New York herald., 1869-09-12
Tue FRIGATE SABINE.
Alleged rIut,nv md Executions.

Alleged Nlutiny and Executions.
BY mail from Europe. dated August 81, We have
the newspaper reports of the alleged mutinous
gpiracy which was said to have existed board the
United States frgste Sabine, In the port Of Cher.
bourg, France as well as Of the execution OF seven
American sailors for the crime. II viii be seen tha.
the English and French journals published the AFFAIRS
as Of actual occurrence
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
[FrOm the LONDON Post, August 81.
The French papers report the execution Of seven
American sailors on board the frlgate Sabine, OF
Cherbourg. Tor an attempt TO blow up that vessel.
The account is most extraordinary, as iollows:-
from the journal du Havre, August 2sl
correspondent at Cnerbourg communicates the
following intenigence:-
ten days In the oflng On saturday morning q cabin
boy, going down into the hold on some errand or
otner, perceived fuse, hghted ut one end, and ny
wnlcn the other communicated with the powder
magazine. He ramp lnraRAiateiy to give iniorma-
tlon To the superior officers, and, as Que may well
imagine, the fuse was quickly extingushed. IL was
none too soon, for lew minutes later the frgate
would have been blown 10 atoms. The commander
on board the SABINE Immediately instituted an in
uury which led to the discovery OF . conspiracy,
having lor ITS object the annlhatl0n OF the Amerl-
can snip and the whole OF her crew. The authors
OF this atrocious attempt did not recoi from Ger.
tam death for the purpose Of inncting fright
ful vengeance Twenty-two sailors were put In
irons. and seven we're ordered to be hung lmme-
dately. For this purpose the commander OF the
Sabine communicated with the competent au-
thOrity at CherDOurT, IN order 70 procure the
auihorzaaon necessary to proceed at once with the
execution. This authorization having been refused
the SABINE weighed anchor aud put out TO sea; and
hardly had the vessel left the onng before the seven
wretched men were hanging from the yardarms
Human Justice was SATISFIED and terrible example
set OF condign punishment. Several bargemen VINO
happened 10 be behind the mole were witnesses OF
the awful spectacle
from the Journal Ofnciel of Paris August 2s.,
Seven American sailors have been hanged In the
onlng before Cherbourg In consequence OF the nis-
coveTy Of a conspiracy, respecting which we have
the details In the Journal du Haure
AMERICAN OPTICAL DENIALs.
Having given the European newspaper version OF
the mutlny story--a very queer case even as It
stands-we proceed to submit the denials OF the
United states government authorities.
on the Slst OF August the American Legation In
Paris pub shed note contradicting q report which
prev allied in the city the previous Sunday to the
effect that seven American sailors had been hanged
on board the Sabine our Minister pronouncing the
story utterly without foundation.n On the same
day thc report was emphaticany contradicted In
London.
From washington, under date OF September Q. we
had the following special telegram which was pub
nshed In the HERALD next morning.
The Navy Department authorities deny the pub.
lished report-the substance OF which was tec.
graphed 10 washington THIS mornng-that q con-
spracy really did occur on board the United states
frigate sabine. The Departments mails received
since the report OF the alleged trouble on that
vessel contained nothing irom her ofcers concern
ing any outbreak