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Show Havana ews-Ilurricaiie Fi-chtiug, etc. Havana, C. A severe storm has prevailed here the past tliree-day3. Several lives have been lost, anil a number of vessels wrecked. , The Spanish steamer -Vm-vos- w;is lost near the Isle of Pines. Of a crew of 20, only two were saved. Severe fighting is reported at various vari-ous points between the Spaniards and insurgents, resulting in the loss to the former of a hundred and fifty-eight fifty-eight men, and to the Litter of fifty-two. fifty-two. The Mercantile bank has suspended. suspend-ed. On the night of the 26th, Gtianta-nalo Gtianta-nalo was struck by the tail of tho hurricane. All vcseclo in port were driven ashore, the routs of many houses were blown off, and other damage resulted to the buildings. Havana, j Sonic damage was ; causal by high water in the streets near the shore. Many 1 anises were Hooded, the dcors broken in and the furniture washed away. Several persons were drowned. Most ail of .tliu telegraph lines are down on the island, and couamunlcaiioi! Is much interrupted. uScaga several vessels, ves-sels, wuut asiiore and - were wrecked. The, cane crop sutUred -Hevereh' at Quitlm iLicna. -All th vii?:igi aiong tiie coast sniH red -severely fioui ti jC floods. . Tilt rhlgh-eb sCtroCiiier -V -'iti-j was wrtvic-d. und ia a total ivs. The civw was snv;d. , . .L'l:j.'iai. n po.-ts suttf feat- -a-.- in-: surgems, une thousand oirong. -or- j prised the Spatiiii Golumn near Hoi- J g'jir, and denng rho cnciseme-iii-tiie Sianiu .coJiiUi.uiiler was wounded and takeu prisoner. The r mih Iu in kLil.'.i, v.vAind"-d and prii-.Tcrs ! was 1S. Ti:e rfmain'br of the j cfiiuinn wai reinforce-1 :u:d pur.-md, the iiiBureiiLs encouiitering tiicm in I their cncani iiuiit in the chapparal. , 'Tun in-.urL'i ill; w-re beat- n arid 'ringed 'ring-ed tu abandon thir cam p. TlieSp.m- ih lo4 in tiax ei-e'ictm- tit was U : KJ:ta and sewr-i wout.d-d. The in- sure nt l(- v. is r-''Ttf-d c- double U"it niinilT. A l-iy of ir..-m,' in j C-r,t;-.d d- partiM- it!, lu-.d- r M..- i i:ro'.o:nw. ana. k-d Smta Crur. D !-sur. !-sur. but i n- i u1- d.K.'.vi;!'. '' kii- I I d ill the vol, -e. Ti.e p.. -h I -?i 1 o!h,er and r, ',;:- khi.d. The ii.-ir-ents atvrwanl :.t;.vk.d aiioth'-r viliag.-, but were n.-puL-i.d with a low of seven kilhd. Two huu- dreil and seventy men of the column of Itiegues rciimtcd and joined the force cf Colonel Eponde. Firing was heard on the -ud hist ftt Gique, between be-tween Ailderon and San Cristonil, w here Colonel Esponde came up with the insurgents. Tlie result ot the engagement en-gagement id unknown. Precautionary Precaution-ary defensive measures have been taken here. |