The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-29

ny Last Evsnlsss southern Mail.
From The chsrlsssn Mercury. lssirsJ May a.
ARRIVAL or THE ISABEL ne te
By the arrival. on Saturday Of the steamship Isabel,
Of cop GUS details Of the late invasion Of the island Of
Cuba BY the forces under Gen. Lopez which will be
Gen. Lopez and several Of his officers took passage on
board the Isabel at Key West and now in Savannah
and this city Gen Gonzalez one OF Gen Lopez's aids
and Col 0aa, Of the Kentucky regiment, both wound
ed, but not dangerously, remain at Key West Capt Lo-
gam OF the Kentucky regiment died the day after the
Creole left Cardenas and his body was consigned TO the
We learn that dispatches were received in this city by
the collector OF the port, from consul al Havana
stating that there were about one hundred prisoners IN
~ tina, CITY, charged with having been so r.
court martial, and requesting that an American vessel oil
should at be ordered there An absacof these
dispatches was transmitted to the State Department by
The following has been handed to us for publication
by an officer Of rank in the invading expedition:
SEssA ofths Operations Of s late Libsraiing Army Of
Cuba.
of the coast OF Yucstan the three divisions Of the expe-
dion numbering in all six hundred and nine men, were
concentrated on the steamship Creole.
ment from Louisiana, battalion from Mississippi, and
one independent company from the same State.
The two schooners which had belonged to the expe-
don were sent towards New Orleans, and the steam.
ship started direct for the town Of Cardenas, on the
northern coast of Cuba
The commander Of the expedition. General Narcso
Lopez believed that that city could be surprised and taken
in few Minutes, the morning seized and taken and
the whole Of our army landed in Matanzas the same
evening by the railroad.
The General also thought that little resistance wosld
be made at Cardenas that the large number OF smgran's
there from the United States would join the lberating
standard as would the Cuban population, and perhaps
But these expectations of this brave honest and patr
oiic veteran entirely disappointed and the exped-
ton in consequences has utterly failed in accomplishing
AT two O'Clock on the night OF the 18th the steamer
succeeded in landing within few yards o. the wharf,
and after delay single plank was connected with
the shore over which the troops BY single files were
disembarked.
and informed the garrison and city Of our approach, 80
that they were well prepared 10 give US hostile recep-
| ton.
AT least an hour was spent in the Decentralization BY
the previous order OF the commanding general the troops
were landed follows: the Kentucky regiment first the
Louisiana regiment second and the mississippi battalion
third They all got into action, however, within lew
minutes of each other.
Half the Kentucky regiment detached under their
lieutenant colonel 70 the right Of the town. to attack any
force that might be found there and 10 prevent egress
possible, from the place But the latter duty was I'M
practicable
Company A Of the Mississippi battalion was sent to
capture and hold possession Of the railroad cars, eng
neers, employees, &c., who, we had learned would leave
/ for Matanzas at six o'clock, a. m.
After sharp contest this company succeeded in taking
possession of the railroad cars, and in capturing twice its
own number OF armed troops, and retaining them as
prisoners.
The action in the city soon became general The gsr-
rison concentrated under the governor in the cta
del In the efforts of men to storm this place. the
colonel OF the Kentucky regiment was shot in the leg
while calamity fighting at the head of his men. Soon
after, the colonel OF the Louisiana troops was wounded
in the shoulder while leading his regiment against the
same citadel and almost simultaneously the adjutant
general of the army was shot in the leg.
Soon after the colonies OF these regiments were wound
ed, the three divisions, respectively. under their major
and Lieutenant colonies, made combined attack upon
While this attack was being made. the guard Of SOL
ders at the prison. at the Of the great square OF the
town, fired into the Mississippi battalion from the win
dows. The lieutenant colonel commanding immediately
ordered two Of its companies B and @ 10 about face and
fire into the building. The order obeyed with such
ment Under the orders of the lieutenant colonel they
battered down the DOORS and took possession OF this
| important position.
Having left guard in this building. these companies
again joined in the attack the citadel, and materially
assisted the Louisiana and Kentucky troops who were
still engaged in storming that place, with great loss and
In the mean time company d Of the Mississippi bat
talon had battered down the doors OF the house
opposite the citadel and opposite the prison house, and
with their rifles did deadly execution the Spanish gar
rison.
An independent company from mississippi having no
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the four companies OF the rife battalion from that State,
and fought with Il until the lieutenant colonel, observing
General Lopez, without body guard, fearlessy exposing
himself to the fire from the citadel. detached this ndepend
en company to that duty They calamity performed il.
and had an officer killed in joining the General
/ About sunrise torch lighted by General Lopezs
own hands against OF the doors of the citadel and
the building below in flames Nevertheless the
Spanish garrison continued long after 70 keep up de-
suctive lire from the fiat and parapeed roof above.
II was not until II became manifest that tue building
would soon blow up, that the governor OF the CITY, OH
GERS, and garrison came down and surrendered They
/ fought with galantry unsurpassed by any troops.
4 The authorities surrendered the city the killed
both sides removed and the wounded taken
Of. The troops OF the expedition bivouacked in the
i Great Square.
General Lopez was now busy in organizing those who
seemed likely to join them, and in preparing to march
towards Maianzas that evening.
At two o'clock he ordered two Of the remaining three
companies Of the Mississippi battalion Zone being the
railroad dePoD to march TO the steamship and place all
the ammunition and stores Of the expedition on the
4 In an hour the work done, when orders to
place them back again the steamship. In another
hour this also done, and the work was Just
plished when the battle Of the evening begun in the
The Lieutenant colonel Of the Kentucky regiment du
ring the evening had marched his force into the town,
Il and they with the Louisianans did this whole duty.
The lieutenant colonel and the major In command OF
the mississippi battalion Al the steamship, against the
positive orders Of the General chief formed their
and quickly joined their fellow soldiers in the city The
enemy had been repused, however with great loss, by
the time Of their arrival