Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-09-18
Later from, Havana.

RELEASE OF FOUR PRISONERS
The Schooner Isabella arrived at Char
lesion on the llth. with dates from Hava
ma TO the 9Th inst Affairs on the island dad
assumed a more quiet appearance. and bu
slncss was Improving.
-Four oftle prisoners Of the Lopez expc
dilion had been liberated Ivy order of the
Captain General Two of,hem had taken
passage on the Norma bound for New
York, and another was on board the L. s
trigate Albany
LATER STILL.-By the arrival OF
the ship Alexandra, at New Orleans, on
the llth inst, the Editors Of the Plcayunc
have still later dates from Havana. \
despatch from the Office Of tia, Journal
says -
Gen. Contha has granted pardon to
prisoners Kelly, Haynes and Van Vich,cn,
and paid their passages 10 New York -
The Captain General said he ould have
pardoncd the " hole but ipr the riots at y.
Orleans on the 2lst uli.
Capt Plat, of,he U. S. ship ALBANY,
had intercedcd III behalf OF the prisoners,
but he was told that bis plcadings were of
no avail, and that the remainder would be
sent to Spain
The Faro Industrial newspaper has
been stopped by the Government
"a dedication to the amount of $50 =
coo has been discovered in the. extensive
house Of ]. c. Burnham & Co, al Havana.
"The u. :. steamer Saranac was Ia port
when the Alexandria sailed,
The steamer Wingfeld Scott, from New
Orleans, arrived at New York Friday eve
ming, having on board Mr.. Philip S. Van
Vichcn, Lieutenant in the Cuba expcdi
ton, and one Of the prisoners pardonel by
Gen. Concha. He came passenger in the
I. S. sloop-ot-war Albany to Key West,
at which place he took passage on board
the Winfield Scott. The n Y Express,
IN noticing his arrival, says: Mr.. Van
Niehien bears some marks Of the prison,
his head having been shaved while at Ha.
vana. He is glad enough to be where he
Is, and is fortunate in being one Of the three
who have been pardoned. He regards HIM
self, we believe, as having been dupcd to
~ pI b'FdId Ailc L dliltftLO-
1t. Van. |ichcn has furnished the y.
T. Herald with history Of Tie Lopez cx-
pedirion, which, on account Of its length
we are forced to .!efcr. He animadvelts
with SOME severity. upon the gctters up OF
the expedition in this country--says he
was induced tojoin it under false reprcscn-
tations; and that instead Of finding the Gre
oles friends. as he had been taught falsely
TO believe, he found them most bitter enc
emics-iar more than the troops, who
treated those taken prisoners with the great
est humanity. Lopez, he SAYS, was caught
with blood hounds, III the mountains, on the
morning Of the 29lh August. The dogs
beng some distance in advance of the men,
bit him badly in the left leg. There were
seventeen countrymen in the party who
captured him. each of whom was public
ly presented with $1,000 and cross OF
honour. Immediately after his execution
He thinks Lopez was probably as much
Or more deceived than any other man iu
the expedition. His ambition led him to
be the tool and victim of hear,lcss spccn-
lators in this country. AvaIIcc. not phi
lanthropy. says 1t. Van Vlch,en. was the
main spring Of this expedition. All the
letters published in this country. purport-
Ing to be from Cuba, he pronounccs base
fofgeries, gotten up for the express rur-
pose Of deceiving the citizens Of the United
States, and advancing tic sale Of Cuban
bends.