The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-30
TWO CENTS.

the Ship Channel, the commander Of which inouSrsA
OF him IL any steamer had arrived with an unusuA
quantity OF mon, which our pilot denied The spanish
man OF war then changed her and stoed s6
At about nine A. M steamer was discovered oning
down under the reef and arrived at about clover
NJ, which proved to be the steamer Creole, having
on board some six hundred to seven hundred armed
men, under Gen. Lopes Whilst coming in, q Spanish
steam man ofwar also coming In chase a
nor and arrived and came to anchor The Creole ran
20 Ins wharf Of Y. A. Browee, and before the boat
could be made fas armed men wero seen jun ping
Ashore to tho great surprise Of us all The wharf &
wn,eh ,ney landed exhibited from flag sta the Spa
appears that this steamer Creole is from New Or
leans the regiment left port on or about the "a
o. nay iss. ~ Dafx, and AT given point met said
landed ut Cardenss Cuba and after severe fight re-
tsned md took possession of tho city some sixtssn
hours I'm prfsoned the Governor Lieut. Governor ana
Secretary, burnt the Governors house and from the
appearance Of white nag from the authorities
Increment, however, arrived frsm Mstan,as ana
other ports, and fighting recommended. The insur-
gents lost. In killed and wounded some 30 but
The inhabitants 1t is estimated lost from 20 to 150
They continued their 6ght In retrea. until they
gained their steamer Got under weigh and ran Tsn-dis
arrival OF the steamer she has been seized under tn
Passenger Law. She is now in charge Of Lieut.. -
OF s. Survey schr Petrel," Lieut. Comdg, Rogers
Many OF the regiment being wounded have found
Portable quarters amongst our citizens and at ths
Bsrracks, which were application, delivered to
them Lieut. Jones Of Alabama, is now recovering,
having received ball through his right side Hell in
comfortable quarters at private boarding house AZ
the steamer still retains her stoam IL Is presumsa
Ksr wrsr. May 22 1850
have. In much haste collected the following partk
culars Of an engagement at Cardsnas between the
patriots and government troops. These particulars
were obtained from young doctor attached to the In
vsdng force Who has nov as much as he can do In AZ
tending TO the wounded.
ACCOUNT or THE ExrKDITIov AGAINST cuBA.
On the ID May, 1850, the brig Susan Loud left the
city Of New Orleans having on board l60 officers and
men, under the command Of Col White. and AFTER
cruising In the gulf for about seven days met the
steamer Creole, which had on board 175 men, under
the command Of Col Bunch and q en- Lopez and staG
The men board the brig embarked in the steamer,
which steered for the Isle OF Mugcre where took In
water. We remained there two days, and again
Soi ans ss a
met Col. 0'iIsrs, In the bark Georgisna, with
400 men VINO 'o,n.a o ~" mayns onr sun
under and arrived at tho Of Cardenas Cuba},
oD sunday morning lay 10, at aboutl A. NJ and imns-
disely landed forces At half past A. M took up
the line Of march to the Governors mszsoa In front
Of the Plaza and when but short distance from the
sixty yards Of the Governors residence when
welcomed by sshower OF bullets from all quarters,
particularly from tops Of houses windows pisxzas Co.
which wounded Coils. o'Hars and white, and many
men, mortslly. We then commenced to show
mem ,ns, We were On nana saa are 10
all the advantage. After engagement Of About
hour, the white flag was displayed from win
dow Of the Governors residence, which caused our
firing 10 cease After waitisg suitable time to
hear from them, they recommended firing, dan
gerously woupding Lie utenant Il L. Jones. Of Com
pauy X. Louisiana Regiment. and slightly wounding
some 10 The Governor residence was then bred,
which caused Its inmRtes consisting OF uovsrnor
and staf TO surrender He together With his STAG
and troops In sll 100 placed under guard In their bar
racks Welbersted about $50 prisoners whom FUND
In jail All init ion horses &c collected
from the citizens for We remained In quiet pos
sion o the city until dusk Of the evening during which
time tho entire force except Gen Lopez and stan and
comma nd Of % under Capt. Logsn of Kentucky
Regiment had returned board o; steamer % rest,
when. TO surprise, tho command was attacked by
100 TO 200 lsncers and cavalry, all mounted Captain
logan defended his position until reinforced from tho
steamer The lasted about threequarters
Of an hour Our loss in killed aud wounded amounted
20 II tutng Capt L., who was mortaiy voun ied and
died On board the steamer The enemy lost all except
twelve men. During the engagement wo keptrs-
trsaing, (having urdgrstoed that they We cyr.tt.
a r,infoFotment). Got the steamer under way ON
--.., ~ ,... spour 10 o'clock having lost in all 8
kiled aud ounded. At II ", on the morning OF the
the seuhwsrd and eastward sppsrcntyin In chase OF
We kept our steamer under heavy steam png on bbls
of rotin aud coal. and at about A ~. Of 2lst .
steamer TO wibdward. Procuring pilot OF the reef
Of Florida run Into Key West, where arrived at
shout II p. NJ and landed, being chased up to that
time.
On fret landing at cardeu,s. Col Picket of the
Kentucky regiment, with 30 detailed ia
take possession of the railroad depot. q cut on All
communication with Matanxss and did not return un-
I'll late In the evening, but in ample time participate
in our iast engagement, nj which time comm nd Of
% spansh scsrs and soldiers Joined us Of whom
vas tlehiy wounded
TrosnIe5-CoI whcst or whit. n tho Louisiana re-
gnsnt slighy Col Oiiars Of the Kentucky r,gim snt
eighty; Gen. GonrsleE. do. gbtlyi Capt Logan, 10.
do. mtrtally (sncs dsd Capt. emith. do do slight
ly; Lieut. Jones of the Louisians regime MT seriously;
Col. -, ot the Genl stan slightly; Or. Master sex-
ins of the Mississippi regiment mogtsly. tdead Col.
80, Of Gcn s,sd missing; Major Hawkins Of the
kentucky regiment, seriously.