Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-06-14

1T, =, me rel:i,u III the auihoiiiios ~ respect ms
r; II may be that these are The Inca who were re-
ported 10 have been sio'. .
that that is the easel
rurpRIsoNERS IN UBA-PEITTloNSF FOX Hin
pEIEAsE-THE NUMBER GREATLY Wv EMS -
TED, &c. ,. ,,,s ,b,,
a. Now Orleans Picayune of the LIST instant, states '
w. roubouze who left that city the day previous on TIC
~, c t1r,pa carried with him petition, Signed ny
, mos. respectable residents o! New Orleans oi
S.;h birth soliciting the pardon and release {" the Ae''
- ,,rrcd in The late expedition to Cuba
r pcoyunc hears also that another petition l. IN c'
~ ,lc citizens generally for the object, ana
h, !, l he sent forward by The first opportunity. oo
~ 49, nav orI.an. papers express great indignation at The
a or ,is petition, and all take the ground Win "u'
,ncn, that those who were taken on board ne "'''
; and Susan Loud will only be punished by 'paih 1T
L ,c,iI The true Delta, which was III no way ie'', "
,a i,c xoedon and denounces Lopez as Nenezue''""
traitor. says ms Peh'' " - -
E,uh,lzc and adds
- ,,.r;can .inr that petition II would be- 4 fcarar
=, do sol Were your brother or near relative one "
isoncrs il would forever dcoasc YOU III YOU o ~, -
~ ~ IA, ,i.w of every h'norapo American ~ nav ~,
= .-,v nj the hands nt THIS despcabie power. NV
,,;,, II tf So prisoners - not one when Jus'hs' my =
,i,ion or saIic.ialc on your part lh'y arc h E,s
-, ar;c,n utoection under the strrcs and stripes ana
% lar If their heads can be touched win inlp"niy'-
III we've men returning in American slns b"uiu H''o
Nv, ,r.,;can u,y, They taken on the high seas,
,yIn, sycn tr prc,encc oi having VIOLATED any law.
I'm hro,cst form Of charge against them Is pfesu'u "
m mai thcy had intended, III going upon the coas' u y"
,a =, have uincd i'll hostile descent upon Cuoa bu'
her did not 90 Cuba no: elsewhere "luh oi'hs J'
| i;an SICK or dissatisfied, they rrtraccd and abandon
Cd ihcir Intention and were IN The his seats IN an Ae' =
can shin returning home, and we've thus captured Il ho'
napnlr enough that if Spain were 10 execute men 50 cap
, il would be deliberate, cold booded murder, a. COW
lii ne fcroeuus, And shall Americans 90 down an tiieir
knee to petition The Spanish authorities to grant what "ie
10 he demanded claim ri r1i-ohc ~ hs iiiac II! 'e
yrrv ,ccth Of tie Moro backed by powerful squadron
immediate release Of these men lhI7 "'c design ." pc
ttunng the Spanish government II as "h'c ~ me sou
Thai conceived it, The release OF these prisoners GUY
which belongs the federal sovsInnen ~ "hieh w
tru.t il will respond 10 the universal voice al The people
with prompt, manly and decided action.
Tho number of these priso las also doubtless beer
qrcoty oyersa,ed All the Nsw Orleans papers think 80
and the Picaygnc says
Al Havana ON tho I'D there that justified
tbc b.f thai the number o captured Americans Is any
,hnu ike that named We cannot find that thcrt were any
persons or most mol moro than wn ~ three iei' al 1a
dep,s The uersons spoken OF must be those Captured by
the Spanish steamer Pizarro, near the Iacahn islands II
th Susan Loud and the Genrsint. The number oi them
N the first and exaggerated report was put al one hun
drcd few hours after II asccitancd that the nlhr
o Americans taken only clcvcn-ty which We under
stand ,lat only eleven American citizens were among tn
party taken The whole number OF found on boar
Of these vessels stated by the Spanish Consul at k'l
West Ia have been besides The fifteen twenty
some sick and others who backed out and had concluded i
return.
This s certainly correct and all rejoice that it Is So
Letters from members Of the expedition in The Ne" ugean
papers confirm il. One to the Delta says:
Placing fifteen 1T our men, who were s!ck ana dis
satisfied On the tcorriana and Susan Loud 1" procce
homewar, e concentrated whole force the Creole
The curuana and Susan Loud were captured and SEM int
Havana and understand the Dons III high leitic
over This magnificent conquest ~ they were returning Il
the United States had abandoned The expedition, and ar
American ctiz.ns will b. Tor io"orncnt to deter
, mine whether they hall b. hung with impuny.
One account says there III, aud HAT they would b.
shot in 4 day or two.