Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-08-30

I'll generally disposed to rise before they be assured that
harm will come out of Lopez has been four days
tho spot In the first affair he had decided advantage
and not one man from the country has gone over to him
the Cherokee, usual does start before her time,
will probably be enabled to give you the conclusion Of the
tragedy.
Adeporabe incident has arisen Of this OF the young
men who had taken at Villa Clara and Trinidad,
have been sentenced to death but they surrendered with
out firing single shot, the Colonel whom they surrender
cd hid promised them that his influence and the much
poeul influence of the Captain General would be exerted
in heir favor The Captain General himself had suspended
Of the sentence two three days, and he'd pro
m the relations Of the cups do al that he could do in
thr favor but he heard Of the landing Of the
Afefcsns, be sppehended that act of cemency would
beenued by friends and enemies into Of weakness
tu1, and the poor fellows ordered to be shot, The
in1sctonss at Principe, much guer than those Of Villa
Cpfe Their cause be adudeed after at Las Pozas
md have better chance.
3kpen Oelock.-The prisoners landed this morning
6ln number; they taken with four launches, trying
% scsos the Florida coast They viii not be shot this
1ong. The main bDdy Of the invaders hsvs not chosen
visit the artillery and have dispersed 70 different points Of
the country They pursued in all directions Ivy the troops
and the easantry It not probable that will escape
Would you believe that such the ,sh confidence Of
Lopez in bis popularity and the good disposition Of the in
habans of the county, he landed with two kegs Of gun
POWDER hundred pounds of shot bullets two barrels
Of beef and half dozen barrels Of biscuit for all ammunition
and provisions The must be perfectly insane and
md0m0n
suppose only five hundred in such practical country
the United sates Tue it is said that twothirds Of them
are boys not fourteen or ifteen years of age.
rRox THE SAME
1t appears that Gen. Lopez and his men effected landing
at o'clock in the morning of the l3h Instant Caba
nas about forty miles of Havana and soon ae. march
ed to Posas village not far distant Here, in the
Of the day, they attacked by body of Spanish
troops said TO have been 1000 strong, who had been
from Havana for the purpose under Gen. Enns next in
command to the Captain General The result was not dec
sive either sde but the assaants repnsed with
siderable loss. One letter says that they had about eighty
five men killed. including COL Rada and ot!er officers
The following notice Of this affair translate from the Ha-
vana Gazette Extra Of the evening Of the l4th
"As had anticipated the pirates yesterday
counered by part Of the column under the command Of his
excelency General Emma, second the Captain General
They in the village Of Posas, and sheltered by some
works which had been thrown up; but brave soldiers
for moment daunted by such Obstacles but attack
ed the bandit with extraordinary vaor causing them
siderable loss Although complete result could not be gain
ed at the moment could not be long delayed General
Emma continued in observation, and the panes which
left Bahia Honda to act against the pirates
pected every moment This force would also be joined Ly
the column under command of Morales de Rada Colonel Of
the Staff and the other column of Pnar del Rio The
pee and speedy determination of the pirates therefore
inevitable"
sOn the I6th the Captain General received communi-
cation from General Emma, dated Coralo IL o'clock p. NJ
Of the previous day, in which he states that the pirates who
the sugar mill de Ia Union, intending to retire
to Cubanas Mae perhaps for the purpose e-embark
ing, of the Encouragement and dispersion
by the action Of the 18th, and by the assembling Of the
troops Of this district He also states that he had instructed
the Commandant General Of Marine dispose Of the naya
forces 90 q prevent the escape Of the band believing ha
every day they psmsned the island the prospect Of their
telaa axtemnstioa was inesssnn1 49, IN ssi zg4
sfTh6 Oopen General had received Communication from
the Luenant Governor Of bahia Honda, stating that
O'Clock the morning Of the 18th, peasant arrived wht
mir md hv
columns at Posas and San Miguel had abandoned their posi-
tons, and skng along the verge of the mountains
the direction Of Bahia Honda and San Diego de Nunez
where the inhabitants prepared to epel hem being
animated with the greatest enthusiasm"
The result be doubtful force of less than fou
hundred men, in strange country can have chance
against the five thousand to eight thousand Spanish troops
which on the 18th already said be
vicinity. The advices will probably announce
their destruction capture and in the latter
they will share the fate their companions in miso
| tune.
These fifty men, appears undertook to proceed by water
in launches Csbanas where they attack the fort by
while the main body under Lopez, should asa by
land II designed to be night movement the launches
having started O'Clock in the evening of the l4h. II
appears from the sbove dispatches that the main body
Of the invaders left their positions Pozas the night
and moved toward Cabanas along the skirts Of the mountains
The arrangement doubtless was that joint attack should be
made upon the fort Of Cabanas in the of that night
in the hope Of taking it by SURPRISE Bot by
light returned and nothing remsiaed for the party but
shelter themselves among the adjacent islands until the fol-
lowing night hat Of the l5th until heland force should
heave in sight In the time the Spanish seamtr Ha-
bsnero made her appearance and them, the Spanish
accounts saw without the least Perhaps they
sdered resistance hopeless and anced that least their
would be spared of surrender but they estimated
the magnanimy Of their foes and under estimated the afro
city of the which they engaged The cap
ture and destruction Of the party Of course have
embarrassed the land movement and the adventure su
cien,ly desperate At best.
As the coast in the vicinity of Cabanas vigilantly
watched by Spanish and other craft we see nc
chance for any assistance reaching Lopez party time to be
of any use hem at ALL For The reason there
have been chance for their escape from the island
And have said above their chance Of successful con
ct with the hosts Of Government troops against them is
too slight be worth naming. Their capture destruction
or BOTH have doubt has been effected before this me
| We shall soon know.
Surprising the result Of this second invasion be dsss-
Lopez and his companions appehend, the
next thing to be looked lis effect in the United States
Nothing 10 better fitted the vengeance of that large
class Of Americans who sympahize with the Of
Lopez-Ue not Of the number-han the whoesale mas
sace pepeated Havana the 10th instant The mas
Of Famine regiment in Texas prepared the way for The
battle Of San Jacno the capture Of Santa Anna the nde-
pendence Of Texas, the between the United States and
Mexico and oil the consequences which have since followed
1t aroused the vengeance Of who, combining high
of honor with desperate spirit of adventure coveted
precisely The mission which fell them, of netting out the
pensty due to such an airocity.
Something Of the spirit fear, will be kindled now.
But it must be dscounenanced and resisted We may
denim the measure and denounce it. and hold il up public
niamy, but It does not give o title Cuba, nor make
that just and wise which before be deprecated the
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