The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-27
The Cnntnv Prisnnsrs.

From ihe translation in the Picayune of the Re-
port OF the Auditor of War, we make the following
extracts
"0n the Georgiana and the Susan Loud were
found, at the time Of the seizure ty-two persons,
Of whom ten belonged to the crew, and forty-two
were Of those who embarked at New Orleans as
passengers. Their names, and the specification of
their class, the vessel in which they sailed from
that port and the number of the pages of the report
on which their respective declarations are found,
have been specified in the relation which accom-
panies this, formed in order to avoid the confusion
of references which would be produced by the null
ttude OF declarations which it has been necessary
to receive from foreigners, whose names easily
forgotten by our clerks. OF these forty-two pas
sengers, only the che named A. B. Moore has con-
fessed that he embarked at New Orleans, knowing
the true object Of the expedition, of which he formed
part as commssary, or provider Of subsistence,
with the rank Of captain having, moreover, de-
cared that the night before his departure on the
Creole, ne present at secret meeting at which
affairs relative to the expedition were discussed
and among other subjects that Of the reinforce
ments which were to follow under command of the
U. S. Gen, Quitman. The forty-two remaining
| passengers have in their declarations persisted in
declaring that they undertook the voyage with a
view Of going to Chagres and California, and that
when they discovered board that the true object
of the expedition was an attack the island Of Gu
| ba, they refused to follow it; on which account
they were left at Contoy, in order that they might
return to New Orleans.
From the letters and papers sent by the Most
| Excellent Sr. Commandant General Of the squad
| ron, taken when the vessels were seized,
and from the papers found in the of Capt. ST.
neon Pendleton, of the brig Susan Loud
| it appears that in New Orleans and various other
points of the United States, adventurers had ali-
ated themselves together for the purpose of inva-
| ding the Island of Cuba. 1t appears from these
papers that the expeditionares formed companies,
with their respective officers and that they offered
to each of those enlisted belonging to the class
of privates from one to four thousand dollars per
annum besides the eight dollars per month from
the day Of sailing and to the officers, nineteen to
twenty thousand dollars more salary, according to
their respective rank. On pages PA, ETC., appear
the original testaments of of the adventurers,
| in which they devise and dispose of the goods
which they expect to obtain in Cuba. On pages
440 is found the original commission as lieutenant
of cavalry, in favor of John Herbert signed by a
Hlssel, in the so-caled headquarters of the Lbe
rating Army Of Cuba, in conformity with the au-
thority vested in him by appointment of Gen. Mar
ciso Lopez, General-in- Chief Of the army
In this document it is also expressed Herbert shall
be appointed I'd lieutenant of cavalry with the pay
and honors corresponding to the said rank and au-
thorizing him to recruit and bring the city Of
New Orleans, the greatest number of volunteers
for the cavalry that was possible destined for the
squadron of the said Hissell. The said volunteers
were to furnish themselves with arms, the value Of
which to be made good TO them in Cuba and
moreover, they were to receive at the termination
Of the campaign, 81 ZOO, equivalent in lands.
The pay of the officers to be in land or money,
according to their rank not losing, in of DEATH
their right to these recompenses, which were to be
reigousy delivered to their legitimate heirs 1t is
expressed in this notable document that besides
the said bounty, the officers and soldiers were to
receive, according to their rank, salaries equivalent
70 IL 4 Il. IL
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 en-
listment From page 497 to 504, is a printed
biography Of D. Narcso Lopez and on pages AIS
etc. three copies OF the printed proclamations
which were distributed on the steamer Creole, the
day after leaving the mouth of the Mississippi"
He proceeds 10 give history of the voyages o
the TWO shps--their sailing with signals-the ship
ment of boxes of arms at the BaIize-the hosting
of the unknown hag-the speeches of the officers,
ETC. etc. The Auditor concludes that these vessels
are justly confscated. He gives the following isl
of forty-two passengers who he thinks should be
liberated:
Edward R.. Davis John Finch, William Penton, David
Finger Smith, James Nj. Gowan, John w. Winter, John
Mefnosh James Foger John Crann, Levi Blown. AieX'
Miller, VIM s. Stevens, VIM s. Lake, Jas. M Martin,
Fan 1y s wv Welsh Ph NO. ooPgPer AeHf p Smelly
Hod s@ss oBoa@ ARa4 Ea Goa
son joel p Hogg, Stephen HovensJow. John L. Carter
blackstone, Charles B. Mathew 5, James Tapey, NJ Nh
Daniel, VIM. Brown.
Only one has confessed-A B. Moore--who is
to be pardoned,
To sum up: in view Of all that has been said,
the Auditor desires your Exeeency to declare
First legal, as founded on Art. &C. Trait 2, Tit 5
of the Ordenanzas de Ia Armada of 1893, the de-
iention at Contoy of the bark Georgiana and The
brig Susan Loud by the most Excellent Command
ant General Of the station and his naval forces af
ter he had opened and perused the correspondence
OF the pirates, according to the powers conceded
by her Majesty in such cases in the royal order of
1903; Second, that in view Of the Individually un-
lawful employment of the said vessels, detained at
Contoy, proved 10 have carried men, arms, NUM-
tOns and provisions for the piratical expedition of
Lopez, they be declared confscaled, with all their
appurtenances, for the benefit of the State Third
that the proceedings against the ortytwo prisoners
already named be confirmed, they being liberated
for the reasons already stated-the most Excellent
Seniors the Captain General of the Island and the
Commandant General Of the station being pre-
viously agreed concerning the particulars Fourth,
that the descriptions Of Capt. PendetOn and three
sailors, who went on the Creole to Cardenas, be
RENTED TO the Captain. General Fifth and lastly
that the process be given to the Cabalero FISCAL in
order that proceedings may be continued against
the above named Benson Grafton, and Hale. the
sailors before mentioned being detained Your
Excellency, without doubt, will decide as you may
deem proper"
1t will be seen that all of the men have not been
released. So long one remains in the Spanish
hulks, so long will American honor suffer. We
hope that in doing justice to other nations, our
Government will not forget what is due to our own
citizens.
The Report is drawn up with a moderation and
dignity somewhat unusual in the diplomatic Ian
guage of Spain.