The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-06-06

the ammunition aud stores Of the expedi
ton on the cars. In an hour the work
was done. when cfdeIsta TO place them
back again on the steamship. In an hour
this also was done, and the work was also
accomplished when the battle of the
evening begun in thegtowD.
This was occasioned bv an attack from
a party Of abo II thirty mounted i%ancers,
and from eighty 10 a hundred infantry who
charged upon us with great holiness. but
who were repulsed after loosing a consider
bic Of their number in killed and wounded.
The Lieutenant Colonel ofIbe Kentucky
Regiment during the evening had marched
his force into the town, and they with the
Louisianians did their whole duty.
The Lieutenant Colonel and the Major
in the command e the Mississippi Battal-
ion at the steamship, against the positive
orders of the Genrral-in-chief formed their
men and quickly Joined their fellow soldi-
ers in the city. The enemy had been re-
pulsed, however, with great loss, by the TIM
or their arrival.
Gen. Lopez nov ordered the whol" force
to reemtark on board the steamship, and the
vessel stood for sea. A. three o'clock in
the motniny she ran hard aground. The
weight Of the men and the ammunition
made il clear that she would remain a.
ground and be captured BY the first Span.
ish man-of-war who discovered her, unless
lightened. She had no art lleryla man-of'
war could stand off and batter her to pieces
In this extremity, the Commanding Gen
ordered the ammunition to be thrown over
board. With the exception Of a small
number Of boxes, this was done, and the
+ vessel at daylight was aloat.
The troops soon enquired to what place
they were bound. Gen. Lopez informed
I them that he desired 10 proceed to the
town OF Mantna, in the North. west, coast
of the Island, and again attempt the liberia
lion Of Cuba.
: Many officers expressed themselves will
q ing 10 go with him, but nine-tenths Of the
: soldiers positively refused. They assign
ed the weiehtv reason of the scarcity o
ammunition, the absence OF artillery, the
. scant supply Of coal for the vessel, the lin
tied quantity Of vatcy, the hardness with
which the Cubans at Cardenas joined tn
. Liberating Standard.
i, They demanded TO be taken TO the near
. est United States port, and soon The officer
generally concnrred with them in so rea
n soneble a determination Gen. Lope
II was forced TO Weld to their wishes, ant
gave up the command Of the vessel.
' The next day, as we were in sight O
Key West, Florida, a Spanish man.of-wa
steamer came quarteripg down upon U.S.
She had been huniing us from Cardenas.
We led her into the rort a very few mc
2 ments hut owing to the quarantine regula
tons OIL the tow we could not land.
q The Spaniards bore down on MS, an
n would with her Paixhan guns have deslro,
ed US had not the United States Revenu
q Gutter informed her that we had surrend
ed ourselves 10 the authorities at Kew We
r and that he 1.-THE Spaniard) must not int
!. fere with US.
h 1t is proper to state that not one artic|
i. Of property was molested hv US at Card
rs mas; not one woman or child injured or il
r suited. The officers and men Of the exp
Of lition paid literally for what they had q
& drank. A large swellerv store came int
our possession during the fight. hut a gual
IN of soldiers was placed over ID and not a
10 article was touched.
70 The emigrants from the United State
N at Cardenas were az hostile TO Us as Il
- Cubans. One Of Them rave som Of OF
be officers a sumptous breakfast 10 the morr
ing, and in the evening he was kilip,
10 charging us at the heal Of a company
nd %lancers.
on In estimating our loss, I set il down
from thirty 10 forty killed and wounded
il. that Of the Spaniards at one hundred XII
no ed and wounded.
NJ The people Of the United States shou
10 remember that at dark on the evening
N, the nineteenthswe had again repulsed a
II. silenred the enemies il Cardenas, and hi
quite possession OF the place, and that
q. Gen. Lopaz's positive orders we abandon
~ it, and stood Quito sea, instead Of march,
-, into the interior Of Cuba, and fighting
its liberation as mos. Of the troops desi'
10 do.
Az ny Tie following is the list OF Manager
the election 10 take place on the 10th Of Y