The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-06-08

.srrmB lhe commanding General ordered
r amWuuIll0u Ca hH thrown Oyrrbnnfd,--
WUA Ile exception Of small number Of
fr,r- dus WIS done, mad lho fHe-rl 90 duy-
HrIt was HlnHt. Tie troops soon iquirrd
20 what place rlicy wcro bound. GEN 10,
ul Informed llrm lUul Boo desired 90 pfo-
coed fD lhr town 0f Nahum, ou ihs north
ursi coasl Ut lho lJ1ud, Dnd gEuln uitrmpl
t- Irritation oi tlhH, NauB llilrla "a
pe yci themselves willing 90 go gilh him,
hoo ulnr-lculhs OF lhc soldiers positively re-
n-ai, They assigned tho woighy reason
% lhr frnrrlly oi ammunition, the hhseuco
ofWlIlry- lhe scnut suppy Of coul for tho
,r--ol-lho limited quantity of water, md
nr mniur-s with which the Cubnus 40 Cur
Lrn1- lnIned the l.ibcnliug Slnudlrd.
TIay d0uundrl 10 Do mkou ~ DE- ufauH
United -lacs port, md soon the ollicors gen,
ruIiy ruururrl win lhcu in 30 reasonable
determination, General Lopez WIS lufrpu
iuN.rld 90 their wishes, uui g1So up the
command Of tlIF ycs-rl TITO next day ~
vr were u sight OF hey West, Florida, a
Spanish wnu,utNar sirlucr cuWo quarter
nl down upon us, Shr had been hunting
%, from Gardens,
We he'd hnr into thr rou in very few moo
wv wv hNlllH 100 100 ilNh.NNliN' ltENNr
IONS Of the town we could not land. The
-pnulrl hoo down upon us, and would,
WIN boz PbINuhu pinr, hnir dosuoyOd. ~,
Ind not Tho l'u'Od -Iurrs Revenue tulicr
influenced her tliut wr Ind surrendered our
selves a. tho authorities nt kcy West, md
't.Ut 10 lthr puuudmust NOT Interfere with
u-.
Il r. proper Ia slaIc tint no article of prop.
,rty was molrsiri les q. 90 Curdrut-i nor ono
woman or rbiid irIuiol or iu-ultad. The
officers aud men ui tlr expedition paid liu.
r1lly Cor what llioy ate aud dlnuk. A large
IuNr'IY store CUUr utn their UuHsCssiuU dur
ms the h,hf, hut guard of -cdrHrs wn-
Ulpcrd over ~, nud unt Hu arlirlr WHH inuri-
Dl. 'lurruugruul- from thr luucd States
n' fHDlrunH were gs.L-sglls io,i's ne thr Gu
I1.s. Our of hgu rave our ofivrr- stump.
CiWus hrrukiu-i ~ the morning, mud iu tine
\ nrutNg hr Wu- killed., charging us ~ the
Nt'd oi'n company oiiunrcU. IN c.tiurtiur
rHI las -iii-4l tl...s 4ttt-f thirty t1tTrfy
. hllvd and wopndcd 'lbo people ui thr I,
Stt'cs should remember lint ~ dark un the
o,cuiug ofthc nlucrruIh we had again rc-
-fu-ard and silGirrd iLr enemy M Eanlrrns,
unl hpd Qu.ct Uo-srrsiuu Of tho place, md
uli hy Gen. l.nprZ's positive urdrrs We %,
lauloucd H. Md stood out fee -rp. iu-icpd Of
mnfrliiu, Wio lho interior 81 cuhn Md Gaht
wF 'orIts llhm.ioh ns most "rtIc troops
desired TO,
Tho Galaw'ur account of the affairs /,
from lhe Havana Gu"rl0 of tlr 23d
"lt r. eight o'c'"cl, iu tic cyonnG2isrinr
I-ssss-!.le .l4a.- il4LuGl hLilALl Ia lhu
UuU of Lieut. tui ul cavalry D.'lipIpucIt
tcrut the wuuhN Lieut. Governor col tur
druns. We have imurdiutoi, -dught 600 uh
ruu iuiuruwiiuu OF lhc orcurrrucr- Whlrt
took place 100 lIHt town -psd, although tli,
d. a.. ~
uir-ilcHis AefiNrh wG uud our trNirrs uuN
luu,ly desire, slil wc rou f1W0isi frrm nu.
hruiic account. nlthc disoricry 0udNNtruy
uruut nttgrpt of ihr rypcdiiiouHfy pr1lcs
~ 3 o'clock on the morning ot the ln,h, il.
NHicl hY Tho darkness of tlio highland When
no one could huVc imagined their prrsrurt
No llusc WUtrI-, the ruhbcrs effected a land
wg 100 tnrdruus. 50 soon az til. was known
l0 The brave Lieut.. Governor -. T. Ccruii lr
placed hiusrlrUt tl,r bond ol the small dr.
tachmcnv ct h mon az hls Disposal, mud op,
pu.gd q lrnly heroic rcsis'uucr, which Tasted
urt i,tur hou,ct, ~ which, q 81 hnd -acodt
-'vry oglnuchoh ihcpsrl,"s were burnt
when thiy felt iutn The hnui1- of the cnch,y
rHrr hsyiog eSp"pdoi lhrir last cartridge. -
Wilde this wu- tnlns plHcc tire population
including lhc women Uud rhlldfru, abandon
cd tie town, thus maniirstlug,iu an uuuJuiy'
urnl manner, ilIc horror aud aversion viii
N''il.'i hil M'i' t.'''H ~ '''' li'.'' ''
No iorcign handful
st h"li.la-l.-iN, iNoy were charged tTy fry
men ufihc Infantry ct Leon, tvcui, kuccr-
aud more than thirty PEASANTS, mostly ntlNrs
of iscHv, who under command of ~ Icon
Forum, military coWWnU'Cr ~ tUUWTrUrr
arrived irom the surrounding country, nud
pa! ilIeal Ia a shameful fight, ohlgiug rhrn
90 re.cuihurl, rrrcipitalcN, leaving many ou
sl.- ield AnaI, ilI44- liii
drd the so called Col White md 10 OF hi.
lnllowcrs
Tho stc0mrr whirh brought them was iho
Creole and The loader ot the pirucs, y. Mar
ESQ Lopez. IN the pUcipimury of their
0glu,thcy allowed to escape at Cuyo Picdrn,
100 the Quito, of lhr hurhnr Sruor tcruti, Sc
nor Srguri, Captain in the lnGnuy of Leon,
aud sub Lieutenant of the same corps who
had been made prisoners.
Oar attention has tocu called more rur-
ucularly To tins circumstance: HAT the sol.
tIUrs orrIc gUrrivur, rvi-urr tr irrtutirr- irr,l
set nt liberty, subs cqmrutly turned their arms
against lhcu, aud gaze uudouhied prootJhn
even 80 rrcnl boon, ns being the gift of pi-
tu'",, wus odnus To them"
Thu rditor oftiio Gncclu further states TINT
tho steamer pi2nrrn, which went In pursuit,
c0pturrd iva vessels Will hundred prison
crs, including fourteen inferior officers, mud
iIc correspondence ufthc invading "Cuhn-
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