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OFFICE OF THE MILITARY SECRETARY.
| The Colonel Of Staff, Joaquin Morales de
| Roda, in communication dated Artemis, Au-
gust 80, transcrbes for his ExcelIency a report
| of Col. Ramon de Layo, of which the following
| is the substance:
| Your ExcELLEHcY-Col Ramon de Layo,
first commanding, writes to me what follows,
| from the village Of San Miguel, undeSdate Jf
this day:
As l said to your Excellency, yesterday
morning, the forces of this column were stu
ated at Bermejaas, Mercedes, Chircota, aai
Santa Cruz. l charged the Captain Jvragiu,a-
da to make battery at the foot of the hiit of
| those two latter places. He copmencea the
work at O'Clock, p. m., with part &c tho
company of grenaders of Leon, and ts Captain,
Pedro Procurull, when he received notice flon
| two of the inhabitants, that the traitor Lopez
had been taken in the Pins de Rongel.
Immediately the two captains ran in that direc-
lion, and had the satisfaction to encounter him
| at the coffee plantation of Chico, accompanied
by the guide, Jos, Antonio Casianeda, whom
had commissioned since the search which took
place the day before in that direction. This
guide, followed by fifteen other inhabitants, had
made the capture in the Pins of Ron-ei H.
sent to the said Captain (Joraquemada1 The
traitor, with seven of his partisans, and they
were sent to Santa Cruz, where was the corn
l.
immediate notice of that event SO satlsfacLory
immediately ordered Captain Joraquenala,
with the company of grenadlers of Leon, to ac-
company the prisoners, and to join me the
route to San Cristobal, where | wished to pass
the night
Immediately communicated the news of this
important fact to his Excelency, the Captain
General, and gave notice of it to the Lieut..
Colonel Felix Sanchez, stationed at San Chris-
tobal; but rejoning the prisoners al s44s
Cross Roads, Capt. Joraquemada informed nc
that this news had put the whole country. in
commotion, and that from all sides the people
were running to meet the prisoners. | had also
observed the same thing-and, for the purpose
of deceiving the people in their expectations to
meet the prisoners, so that they might not irter-
rupt my night march--for it was already
o'clock-I took Lopez, with the forces which 1
had, and causing the others to be conducted to
San Chrstobal, directed myself by another
route to Pcnkelosia, in order to pass the night
there. Your Excellency joined me on the
route, and think it useless to relate to you
what we have done since.
The first officer of the army who was charged
with him was the Captain of the staff of the COL
umn of the unfortunate Gen. Emma; the first
military force was the company of Chasseurs Of
Barcelona, belonging to the same column; and the
first chief, a dear brother of that General Prov
idence, always just, could not do less than to
conduct events thus!
As have only announced the result to his
Excellency the Captain General, without giving
him any details, beg your Excellency to give
them to him when you may think proper. This
is what have to say to your Excellency, in the
exercise of my duty, and in sending to you the
list of the names of the prisoners.
And by order of his Excellency, this docu-
ment is inserted in the official Gazette, for the
information of all PEDRO ESTEVAN.
HAVANA, Aug. 81, 1851.