The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-06-02

Spanish Account Of he Dsfsaf Of Lopes.
The following articles, taken from Havana papers by
the Isabel give The Spanish version Of the attack on Car
denas, and the fight OF the invaders;
Loss LAVE rHs QuExs l--FIxsr vloroRr ovsR raE RI
RArAs .enera Annero. commander D-chief Of The do
psrment. has already made = most impof,an, capture,
Thursday nigh he left his Porin the Pizarro Next day
reached Cape Antonio there he some
lager orcs-were Consy Proceeding lhihsr. be
boat on shore, with Captain uniaet In com nand The
about HUNDRED Of the bandits. besides which made
himself OF all their correspondence, and surprised
by this means discovered that the whole invading
force has exceeded five hundred men, who in their
upon Maanxas, and thence 10 Hayana-to this Havana,
where all rushed enlist volunteers the moment tho
call was made, and where anxious meet them,
Il appears papers seized that the villains ealcuIa
ted upon dividing our propery among themselves Each
der 1900, and lands Tor each of them,
Inhs bants Of Cuba these facts require commentary
Let put full confidence In The authorities of the island
who have already done so we'll and completely destroyed
in few hours the work OF vlany, and the whole under
MAY a. I85o-The traitors and robbers have already
quit the soil Of loyalty The people Of CaIdenas have given
so%e from The lew brave soldiers who were on the spot
Scarcely had the population recovered from the sudden
oy e aea nsbng almost
without arms, upon the Infamous robbers they drove then.
Of them pay dear Tor their daring insolsnce Sri tru,
of that district, with some other per-
sons, have already arrived here with the news by The ra
road train.
CARDxsAs. May 20, is5o.--A correspondent from Car
denas says Time viii only allow few lines. Yester.
ass from seamIoa. They rsd upon the few soldiers
have here, who. like brave Spanards, resisted bavey
OF the village, kept Of till halfpas
in the evening AT that hour the whole population rose
up against them, and, with the few soldiers left, attacked
them vigorously and routed them completely that they
Hight precpiaey, and reembarked in the greatest
They however, carried OIL the lieutenant governor and
captain Of the force which was here, and aerwad. left
the rocks There some losses on both sides
but the pirates carried oil abundant proofs Of Spanish
bravery and Of the dignity with which Cuba 10 determined
such infamous traitors and robbers, came
insult us.
We select from the Charleston Courier and Savannah
Republican the following additional news OF the attack
on Cardenas:
1t is stated that after the capture of Cardenas many
the invaders visited the cafes, in oil which the pro-
prieor especially attentive, furnishing them with
pareniy welcome customers with the utmost obsequious
About the time of the embarkaton Of the exped
tion they suddenly assailed by some 40 mounted
The invaders opened their line, rece ed them with
shower OF balls and not an individual OF the assaing
party horse escaped Among the killed was discovered
the body OF the attentive host who had supplied them with
refreshments Tbswas rather startling piece oiaorma
ton those who entertained the expectation OF being
ceived with open arms by the Cnbans
We learn that when the Isabel left Key West there
manned the island several hundred OF the dveniuers
who reached therc on the Creole without means Of con-
sny point sna sssn ~ o M wa1
i the more % be depored from the tact That such an I'm.
expected accumulation oil would be likely
Il appears thai Ia looking after tho Creole tho Figaro
The group Of islands near Of Yacalan from
whence the expedition sailed The Georginna had on
pany the sIpedion Theses were taken prisoners Some
state that there were but about twelve men
board
General Lopez. after taking the place. explained The
nhabitants that the expedition came TO The Island 10 offer
liberty and not 10 plumber de issued at the time
that properly should be taken without being
paid Tor The ELECT OF these measures was, that the Span
sh sodie put red shirts and cockades like the inva
deI. and distributed themselves through the Town,
the osensibe OBJECT Of concang the people In favor OF
much sion was made this way and il cenan that
the Spanish officers all remained faithful their flag,
e.sss throughout o0orsss worthy Of the days Of old
The Creole aground in leaving the harbor Of Car
dena, remained six la the OF being
oyerhsned by armed vessels She only got oil after
throwing overheard large quantity OF ammunition ana
rne C,eoe In going 70 Key West tho passage,
while Pzo TOOK tho north passage. Thus they missed
While 10. Creole lying aground for elk hours Car
dsnas, with the omenery expectation Of being attacked
by the spanish inen-Cf tho steamer Pizarro
into the harbo night side OF H. In search oil her,
and passed out on tue other s'de without discovering her.
Tue spanish fought the invaders with desperate
courage charging up 10 tus bayonets The iancers
killed almost 20 man oas OF them a common soldier,
retained Alone searching like the French officer
WateIoo ior some point where he might pierce The line
Eighty four douboons were found N the treasury At Car
Of G-nsr. Lopez Distributed Tor The rehef Of the sick and
wounded among tue soldiers
Tho Savannah Republican, In noticing the firing Of the
governors house. and the surrender Of the governor OF Car
denas says ne roof of this house, which was low
gave way and fell but was seriously hart In
condition the inmates, with the hre at their heels, and
the soldiers, danger of being blown up by ihe,f
cartridges, had no choice but To surrender white Ia
was therefore, hong out at the window on the point OF
bayone In the Absence OF anything else 10 servo the
purpose flag Of the young ladies present gnlanty
offered article Of her under garments, which was used
Tn. governors palace was fired by torch in The hand.
Of General Lopez
We copy the following item from letter received in
this city iron the United States marshal al Key West;
have lust returned from the spanish man.of-wa Pr
zano having deliver negroes that the Creole had
brought from Csrdenas-