The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-01-11

beratng Army Of Cuba Learned for the first time after
getting TO sea- that the steamer going to Cuba Arms
were distributed to the company in which he enrolled
after leaving the Susan Loud Arrived Cadenas about
hafpast three O'Clock in the morning. All the landed
before daylight Heard firing before his company left The
boat. and sharp engagement commenced in about
hall an hour Understood that about twenty five thirty
men killed their side. Witness with portion of his
company board the Creole when the evening fight
took place There but very little order observed and
the men who were on board the boat there without
orders Witness engaged go to Chagres by Colonel
King The terms to be 81 per month"; with $4,000 He
was asked whether any advance paid him. and he replied
very promptly that he hadn't any yet Does not know
exactly what command King heldonly knew he called
Colonel King Witness had his put down on list.
1t being three O'Clock, the Court adjourned five the
| evening.
EVENING SEssIoN-.John Reed recaued-Wit-
ness was asked to join Capt. Mzelles company by
young man name John jackson, and he was en-.
| rolled on the list of that company the next dav
| He shipped for Chagres. He was told il was an
| expedition, but what kind of an expedition, he
| knew not. Does not know John Henderson: never
saw commission for any officer in the expedition
Cross Examined - His expenses were paid, but
| does not know who paid ; has no idea that Uncle
Sam did. Considers that he was hired and not en-.
listed considers the expedition a military one.
Witness is yet to know for what he was to receive
| 81 per month and $4,000 at the end of the year
neither did he know who was 10 pay him - but he
gesses that when he reached Cuba he sorter knowed
who was to have paid him. uaughter)
Mr.. Redding, sDorn Resides in Cincinnati
left there in April last for California by the wav Of
Texas; was engaged by Capt Hardy, who also
| engaged about $50 others, who started with wit
ness 1t was represented to them that thew were
going to work a mine then in the hands of the In.
| dians. Staid in New Orleans about six weeks and
recollects distinctly that he did not get enough TO
| eat; lett here in the Georgiana; a custom house
officer came on board and shook hands with Cant
Hardy, and then left the vessel. There were some
| nine or twelve boxes of muskets on board they
were taken from fishing smack at the bar the
gentleman who afterwards went by the name Of
| Col. OHara was on board At the mouth of the
river, were tod by Col O'Hara that thew were 90.
ing to Cuba, and were going to fight. Captain
| Hardy made speech to the boys at Lafayette and
pledged his honor that they were not going to Cuba
but TO California. This speech was made in con-
sequence of the great excitement which ragged in
the camp, caused by some newspaper rumors. No
one but Capt. Hardy had any command over wit.
ness and the rest of the men while they were in
New Orleans. Col. O'Hara told them at the bar,
| that those who did not wish to go to Cuba, could
return on the towboat none left the vessel. After
beating about the coast of Yucatan two or three
days, ran down to Contoy and came to anchor
Some twelve or fifteen men remained on the Geor.
gana after the Creole left. Witness went on the
Creole to Cardenas. Capt Hardy was there and
was recognized as Major. He assumed the com
| mand OF the regiment when Colonel O'Hara
was wounded. Colonel O'Hara read letters to
| The men on board the Georgana; a cores
pondence between himself and Gen. Lopez in
| regard to the expedition. 1t was stated that men
would be promoted according to their merits. Wit
ness was made an ensign, and the flag was given
to him; witness and the men with him first found
themselves In military expedition at the Balize
when they were told they were going to fight the
first military organization was at Contoy, when the
men were informed who their officers were ; the
first guns in the hands of men, which witness saw
was az Contoy. They were United States mus
kets. 1t was proclaimed that those who chose to
go home could go, but those who had Joined mus
ter roll, were compelled to go on board The Creole
at the point of the bayonet, and other who ex-
pressed wish to return were told thai thsy could
get nothing to eat when they refused to sign mus
| Ter roll. The men who came back could get no
ratons from the commssary, and lived on the men
who enrolled, but Gen. Lopez, on leaving, LEFT
provisions for Them
H. Finch, sworn.-Is from Cincinnati; was at
public meeting there, and was told that Captain
Hardy was fitting out an expedition to California
every thing was pictured in glowing colors the
men were to receive the pay of United States sol.
ders, and at the end of the year 1000, with all
expenses paid to California witness joined and
Capt. Hardy gave him line to Pickett, Perkins 81
| Co, in New Orleans witness endeavored to see
Mr.. Pickett here, but was unable to do so he
wanted to have a perfect understanding, as he
heard some rumOrs about Cuban expedition ;
witness finally met the company aud Capt. Hardy
at Lafayette, and lie asked Capt. Ii. whether he
, was for Cuba or California; Capt II replied that
he didn't know why people should think they We're
| going to Cuba-that they We're going TO California,
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r undeceived, in regard TO the expedition, when he
saw arms brought on board, at the mouth of the
river; Col. O'Hara then said they were going 10
Cuba; witness, with several Others wanted to re.
! turn on the tow-boat, but she far from the
, vessel that he could not get board of her; as
soon as they got over the bar the tow boat left and
went out TO sea witness was getting his carpet
bag out of the hold at the time.
The remainder OF the testimony of this witness,
did not differ materially from that of preceding
ones, and we omit it.
The prosecution produced the clearance of the
Creole, Captain Lewis, for Chagres, names of
shippers Hank They also produced bill of sale
of the Creole, by which it appears that she was
sold by j. IL r. Geddes, J. L. Day and A. K.
Wolfe represented byy RnhAr. 6~iA--- - war: TT
urAs.o>, -foU0U, and the money received. The
prosecution intend to prove that this sale was
fictitious one, and that the real purchaser was Gen
| Henderson.
At eight o'clock, the Court adjourned to ten this
morning.
THIRD MUSICIPALITY COUScIL-A special meeting OF