New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-23

ceedsd Gen Pragay. ALTO had been severely wound
"a IN the battle Of the morning lie gave tap-
KelIy the particulars Of the battle, ard stated tht'
me- rad beai of The enemy with considerable loss
CAPT Keiiys men we're mostly as.efp ana on .1-.i1
woke 70 and ordered % march thfee 81 il.ih III
Frank Breeclove. John Tnmo.s an -- ii-,
we're as Is supposed, lei bciAad asleep, rs i-ey
we're not aga n seen. Capt. h. had gwen p4I,-,i.-
directions 70 his men 70 see that ali were woke up
Dui Il thought that II the excitement OF ne i.iD-
mem these men were overlooked M r.y.Diiy2
Killed II ring ~ ind theIr comrades ile Aeh. @df
On theig mach 20 the tOsn. CAPT. 4 conilAh-
passot over the battlefield, when va iiieii.iy
cred with The dead bodies Of the spanish Nol-tis-
Their loss must haze been very gFea'. lhey Ntie
CHALLENGED hy the sentinel H1o, I'd Els t1-e4nes-'
FORGOT Ms duty f4ras 70 asE j my We fl'ii
,o,7s men TINS was the frs, ln'lmailon IaD,. he!-
~ ha5 received that Crittenden Va not Hlth Lopez
CAPTAIN X. Immediately reported hlistl % 1e"t,
raj Lone WtO approved Of MS course and Ape aleu
extremely glad 20 see hin. dp,an heLy = lsntl -
60 pack and ascertain what Ad1 become OF ' Ii.sCH
den Who mad eighty VI the be-; men IN the command
with him General Lopez replied that ne q 40 stht
TWO companies that afternoon, 70 trttenlchs r.
lief and that they hadreturned ana sta'ei ma y " =
Ossible 20 get through that his troops were Al
ready under aTchIng orders, and thai y "i> t'>o-
luteiy Necessary he should leave mere MAJ nlsh q
he would be again attacked by the Spanish troops IN
the morning. WITH artillery. lie ln,enoca 20 NAT
for the mountains, = here n cdi uia'et '' meet v
Creole who were SAID 20 be m arms there
Cart Kelly saws that Gen. Lopez appeared 70 %
,-erv 4nrious 10 ION with Col. Cnitenden. on IL
vas al -0iutelv necessary that he should Leave ms
present situation before the spanish comnahuei
could receive ms artillery. rs tnen position "2lIu
soon be rendered untenaOle. zen. LOpeI htU 10
artillery nor did the PamperO BRING over any A. re-
norted He expected 70 find Creole force IN the
mountains with artillery. as ne mad oeen informed
Las POzaS is situated about twelve miles from tht
sea.shore land al the foot Of the mountain forming
the region called the Vuelta Aoalo. About twenty
minutes after Capt. kelly's ARRIVAL, the wnoie com
mand were on the march, and shorty amer CON.
menced ascending the mountains ABOUT oaynsm'
cd soy
OFce for the district. and about mile further on
they came across another house. where the men g0'
breakfast, which thev ate with a rlght COCA Will
They rested here until the afternoon, Whlch "ds
much eeded, as Capt. r. men had now been on the
march for two nights and one cav,
In the cool OF the afternoon, they again tooA upthe
line Of march, and arrived at haciendt formerly pc
longing 10 Gen. Lopez. apoui or 20 CLOCK on me
morning OF the 10Th While taking bre iAidSi, parry
of about two hundred lancers charged down upon
them but were soon driven back. Almost mined
latly after. news was received that large force OF
Spanish troops were III a field about mile of, and
Lopez Immediately marched thither, "here ABOUT
fve hundred OF the enemy formed 10 receive theH
He Immediately attacked them with ms diminished
force. and after short but sharp condlct, comPety
routed them, they flying IN all directions !" me
woods In this fight General Emma was killed
Alter this Lopez resumed his march and crossed
the mountains passing through 4 thckly settled
country until they reached Il coffee estate where
they got something 10 eat. They continued maIch-
ing about until the DIST. when their guide brought
them 70 within a fow miles OF san thrisioodl' where
as Gen Lopez learned from cOuntrymdu, there
were upwards OF 800 Spanish troops. Ihey p;o-
ceedCd to the top OF small hill, whence they Sa" the
troops patrOng the valley below. They renamed
here all night exposed to a heavy ram, and IN the
morning started back about fifteen miles over road
rendered very bad and slippery by ne rain OF the
night before
house Of friend, where they intended 10 res' and
nut their arms which had been much damaged OF
he rain IN order. While taking bre aka, the next
morning stho 23d), they were attacked ny large
force Of spanish troops, Capt Kelly thinks between
four and fyo hundred and here the invading troops
met Their first reverse owing 10 the bad condition OF
their arms 1t deemed adyis able to retire 10 the
mountains, and Lopez gave an order TO that ehecl
some twenty or thirty men LEFT the man BODY ana
made for the WOODS Some of the others, who re-
manned with Lopez, threw away their guns.
BY the time they reached the mountains, II com
menced raining, and rdned iurlousiy or ABOUT lor-
weight hours. This completely ruined thelf 70
NAMING guns and all their ammunition besides pre-
venting them from making fires and getting any thhg
to eat. When IT cleared of. they killed and ate Gen
Lopez's horse, the last food they had consula,
ton OF officers was now had. and they demanded
that Gen Lopez should take them AT once where The
Patriot forces he had spoken OF were Stationed or
nj least reach the coast, where they might embark
for Jamaica or Nucatan. Lopez consented 10 Their
demand and they starCdiOT the Patriot rendezvous,
to the south. The guide, however, nstooA the road
and led them again 70 san Crsiooai- mere tneN
found themselves In front of large BODY OF troops,
who ordered them TO surrender and on Their REFUSAL
hred upon them, but the balls passed over their
heads The Americans attempted TO retlnn the hre,
when they found that not gun IN the communal
would 20 of Before the Spanish troops could again
load and FIRE TIE invaders scattered n all dlFecuons
and took 10 the woods.
From ths time until his arrest Capt Kelly states
tina, he and the few men with HIM, wandered ABOUT
the woods and rocks, living on the pth oil Inc PAL
metto tree and manages
On the 20ih weak and half starved they were over
taken and arrested by party OF counirymen Mho IN
formed them of the pardon proclaimed bN taS zap
tam. eIeral. They were taken 10 Dana hohud
placed on board the steamer naOcncro. ana orOught
TO Havana.
Some az the dates IN The above state Geni MAY ot
wrong, as they are given from recollection, on me
man facts are correct. Capt. Kelly sid'cS lhdl 20
ms know ledge bat two CreOleS jome1 thein ana
they were both killed. He and Col. flames BON
scout al the idea that Lolez purposely abandoned
CrttondCn and hS men. and say ihdl he Wou.i nav
gwen his richt hand 10 have had them "lth ANA
Cdu; H. thinks thai after Col triitendcn leii hlh.
he concealed himself IN the woods with the view OF
drawing the enemy INTO an ambush, ano lhAi on ms
return, finding THAI Capt Kelly had leit the t6adH
and not knowing which Way he had marched ne dud
ms men, beng without guides through The country,
had concluded 10 make FOR the coast ana put out ID
sea IN the hope oi getting on board OF some Amen
can or neutral vessel That ne must have had >one
fighting is evident from the fact that, when ne ieil
apt Kelly. he had eighty men. ana when arrested
there were but hity with him. What has recomo o!
the ihiriy others Is nay Stery that Will probably ne' er
DE solved
Statement OF Nr. summers,