Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-08-03
lars more salary, according to their respective
rank. On PAGES 224. etc. annear the nriuinal

lars more salary, according to their respective
rank. IN pages 224, etc, appear the original
testaments OF some of the Adventures, in which
they devise and dispose of the goods which
they expect to obtain in Cuba. On pages 44O
is found the original commission as lieutenant
of cavalry, in favor of John Herbert, signed by
a HisselI, in the so-called headquarters of the
Liberating Army of Cuba, in conformity with
the authority vested in him by appointment of
Gen. Narciso Lopez, General-in-Chief of the
same army. In this document it is also ex-
pressed Herbert shall be appointed I'd ~lieuten-
ant of cavalry, with the pay and honors cores
ponding to the said rank, and authorizing him
to recruit and bring to the city of New Orleans,
the greatest number Of volunteers for the cayal-
ny that was possible, destined for the squadron
of the said Hissell. The said volunteers were
to furnish themselves with arms, the value of
which was to be made good to them in Cuba,
and moreover, they were to receive at the ter
mination of the campaign, $1,000, or an equiv
alent in lands. The pay ofthe officers was to
be in land or money!, according to their rank,
not loosing, in case of death, their right to
these recompenses, which were to be religious
ly delivered to their legitimate heirs. 1t is ex-
pressed in this notable document, that besides
the said bounty, the officers and soldiers were
to receive, according to their rank, salaries
equivalent to those which were paid to the vol
.unteers in the Mexican campaign, PAYABLE by
the Paymaster General of the army of Cuba,
wherever the said funds may be collected, and
due from the day of enlistment. From page
497 to 5O4, is a printed biography of D. Narci-
so Lopez; and on pages 419 ETC., three copies of
The printed proclamations which were distribu-
ted on the steamer Creole, the day after leaving
The mouth of the Mississippi"
He proceeds to give history of the voyages
Of the two ships-their sailing with signals-the
of boxes of farms at the Balize-the
of the unknown fag-the speeches of
The officers, etc. etc. The Auditor concludes
that these vessels are justly confscated.
Only one has confessed-A. B. .Moore-l
who is to be pardoned. (
ITO sum up: in view of all that has been
said, the Auditor desires your Exeellency to
1eclare--First, legal, as founded or Art, SO,
Trait. 2, Tit. S of the Ordenanzas de la Arma-
la of 1898, the detention at Contoy Of the bark
.eorgiana and the brig Susan Loud by the
Excellent Commandant General Of the
station and his naval forces, after he had open
I'd and pefused the correspondence of the pi-
'ates, according to the powers conceded by her
in such cases in the royal order of
1903; Second, that in view of the Individually
employment of the said vessels, de-
aimed at Contoy, proved to have carried men,
rms, munitions and provisions for the piratical
expedition of Lopez, they be declared c~onfisca-
ed, with all their appurtenanees, for the benefit
If the State; Third, that the proceedings against
he forty-two prisoners already named be con-
they being liberated for the reasons al ]
'eady stated-the most Excellent Seniors the
Captain General Of the Island and the Com-
nandant-General of the station being previous
Y agreed concerning the particulars; Fourth,
hat the descriptions of Capt. Pendleton and
hree sailors, who went on the Creole to Car {
be RENTED to the Captain-G General; J
fifth and lastly, that the process be given to the
Fiscal, in order that proceedings may
,e continued against the above named Benson,
'%raffon, and Hale, the sailors before mentioned
detained. Your Excellency, without
oubt, will decide as you may deemsproper."
1t will be seen that all Of the men have not. :
een released. So long as one remains in the
spanish hulks, so long will American honor sui.
er. We hope that in doing justice to other
our Government will not forget what
due to our own citizens. T.
The Report is drawn up with a moderation
md dignity somewhat unusual in the diplomat
c language Of Spain.'