The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-09-17
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OFFICIAL DESFAlNh fhoh tlibAs
We have been favarFd with tlle sub
joined exuaci fram = despatch % The Ma
" Department ifain cemVsnslef Charles
r. Plati. commanding he Uni,ed slales
Aip AiblHy. nov = Havana. Tbs dea-
tari Is dated
Hstaa. SsFlrulheI 4.
: The Ellsuess q Iapsz hssirg heen
sukssly dispersed. and a nsmbrr Of PR
ssnsrs rspor.sd IS hnsxhs 10 Iris pisce
ga al,e 9Th nliims. addressed ielirr 10
he Captain Gfnsr.i requesting permits
sian 10 lspld an inieFirw ~iih any Ame-
rirsns Who might be among lhem. This
permissinn - readily seronied IN = re-
piy, xhirh Is fmrinxea.s The in<Fssex
sss postponed until iI.e moIainx a he
30lh. slse prisoners having IA ihr mrsn
lime besn transferred N Ille Castle OF The
!. Puniz.' anal same srrrssians having
lbrea made 10 lheir number. The Co.a
m.nd.nl af lIlc csslle ini.ssned me that
il,s whole nnsnher oi pficnrn was hiiy-
seven. Of wham about thirty nr ihiFiy-hse
were Americans. rs We iesrned irom
themselves. This officer was presenl
il,rsughoul tl.r inirrs~w. Another gem
llrmzn. who was inirodnrsd rs Inspector
az Prisons. came 10 during us continuance.
and remained until is clnse. The prison.
ers we're heavily hnned. were clad in
prisan nnilnrm. and had their hair elusely
cut. They werr confined in an arrhed
gallery. 90 which arress was had through
iva grated dsinis. The inner one being en-
iirely OF iron. In the liule ante room be-
tween these Iwn daors lay The garments
woin hy the prisoners al The time Of their
confinement.
.On our eniranrc the Americans were
ordered io advance Ia the front. and all
foreigners were sent 10 The other end Of
lhe rell. Inquiry being made far the Of
irers. The following presented themselves,
viz:
.Jamrs A. Kelly. Of New Orleans.
Immrrly Of Bayon Sara. whp held the
rank &C rapiain in The expedition; Robert
N. Order. nf New Orleans, native Of
/ kennrky. lieutenant in The same; j. ID.
Baker. uf--, also lieutenant.
mo oilirr officer nf the expedition pre-
scented himself. They were informed thai
! had nbtainpd permission To ,isil them.
aud thai my object was To Obtain from
them any inflammation they might choose
20 give. whirIl wanld be forwarded 10 the
Government 81 the United States. and
perhaps might be- the mems of lettering
OILERS of our tmnlynen from placing
themselves in The same heplorshIe si,ua.
tian. They were lnld dislinciIy that they
were IN the power Of the Spanish Gov.
crnn,rnl, and II,atno,hing could be done
far III, m rs Americans. inasmuch as The
Pres,dWl's proclamation had ,leclui that
any pessuns joining an invading fnrre
would thereby forIrii the protection OF The
Government nf the United States. This
was said TO prevent their forming any false
hopes from my visit.
'.The information attained was given
IN the prrsrnre of The entire party hy The
aforesaid oflirers. and. being unrnnlradir-
ted by any al them. may be regarded as
The testimony Df the whole.
r ri hss NV -s U iefs ahs n The s,ea%s1
.Pampero.' They were mol sure Of the cxac,
number comprising il, bun ihonghi il was
4S7; that il certainly did moi amount 10
i've hundred. Before landing in Cuba
they anchored near Key West. where they
remained several hours. and were visited
by snme citizens of that place. They
landed IN Cuba about two o'clock af the
murning 81 the 18th August. Their first
tight iook place ON the l3lh. From thai
period they had losi al rrruI;eriinn oi
dates. They had five engagements. bun,
conld moi Tell how many al their number
had been killed. They were armed with
r"n'emne, mnskeis; had no rifles; bu,
many in,li, I,llals had REVIEWERS and
knives. They brought will, them so.
600 cartridges. and captured many more
alter landing. They had no arllllcry.
Sum after landing they found they had
been deceived. and became anxious q re-
inrn home. They had been informed be.
fore sailing that fourteen towns we're IN
possession 81 the . Pat,iois." 10 use their
own language and that the whole Island
was ~ sale nf revolution. They sun.
pose that the City men t'splnred with Col.
Cril'enden were culeavoring Ia make
their esrape. They 50 inter. from The laci
that they were all dispiriIed by lie recpp
iion they me-. with. and Disguised. as they
SAID. will, tile lies and deception prac
tlsed towards llrm.
Tile rnuniy people generally lied al
their approarh. and none joined them.
Worn nnl wrh hunger and fatigue. the
men comprising thus body threw away /,
their arms week or ten days prpviousIy
they could mi distinctly rpmember
when. They had not. al that time. heard
OF the oiIrr uf life Ia such as would give
themselves MP. but their intention was 10
t'r"w themselves upon The mercy of the
SPansl, Government. They did no, come
~ all i"geiher, bul in small parties. and
AZ different times. They had subsis,ed
eia,, ilv npnn lruii. and the last mea, Thai
some 81 Them had pa,en ,v,s !, n,r,;.,. ..r