Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-09-03
PARTICULARS OF THE CUBAN NEWS,
VIA NEW ORLEANS

news from Havana, oY me Umpire Clty, al
that port. Much light is thrown thereby
on the points of intricacy and doubt in
the news, which have heretofore been
SO perplexing. From the accounts il ap-
pears that there had been desperate fight
ing, that the Spanish Court Martial did not
condemn all the Americans to be shot, tho
Haynau Concha himself did, and that the
Americans were only taken after gallant
resistance, and that they had neither desert
ed nor been abandoned by Lopez. 1t ap-
pears that the people assisted Lopez, and
that the revolutionary movements, are still
going on in diffelen. parts Of the Island
studied Spanish suppression to The contrary
Notwithstanding.
The Empire City left Havana on the night
of the 18th ell, two days after the Cherokee,
whose previous accounts come by way of
New York.
From the New Orleans papers, Of the 23d,
we have the following additional particulars
Of the capture of fifty Americans:
Letter from .4djutant Stanford.
HAVANA, August l6, 1851.
Dear Huling-We arrived on the Island
Of Cuba after the most horrible passage you
can conceive Of, cooped on board with 400
or 500 men.
We arrived on Sunday last, | believe
dates have slHost forgotten. The next
morning, Lopez, with Gen. Paraguay and all
the commanding officers. ef. us mean
Cfitlenden and his ballalon.) We heard
nothing more Of him for two days, when
quesied we should join him at li,,Ie town
some six or eight miles of, leaving Us in
The meantime TO take care Of all the bag
gage, SC.
We started for him on Wednesday NOM
ing at 2 o'clock, A. NJ, and had proceeded
only three miles when we were attacked by
500 Spanish soldiers. In the first charge
received very severe wound in the knee.
We repulsed them, however. They made
another charge, and completely routed us.
We spen, two days and nights the most
miserable you can imagine, in the chaparal,
| without nything to eat or drink.
VIC uldut we USSb III our way W tue sea
shore, and found some boats, with which
we pu, TO sea. Spent nigh, upon the ocean,
and next day, about IL O'Clock, were taken
prisoners by The Habanero, were brought to
Havana las. night and condemned 10 die this
morning. We shall all be shot in an hour.
Good-by and God bless you. send the
Masonic medal enclosed in this, belonging
TO my father. Convey it to my sister, Mrs.
Pm, and tell her of my fate. Once more,
God bless you.
STANFORD.
To this letter the Picayune .appends the
following explanatory remarks:
From this and from a comparison with
the official reports of the Spanish officers,
we are enabled to construct more connect
ed and probable narrative of the events
which led to the unhappy catastrophe than
has yet been given. Gen. Lopez, on land
ing near Bahia Honda, with the main body
of his forces, consisting of about 300 men,
advanced towards Las Pozas, small town
a few miles in the interior, leaving Col.
Criltenden and his command, ia strong,
in charge of the baggage. That night, or
the next day, the steamer Pizarro landed
700 Spanish troops at Bahia Honda, and
these advancing towards the place of Lopez's
landing, cut off Crilenden's men from their
companions. On the second nigh, after
wards this party determined to attempt to
form junction with Lopez, but on the
road was attacked by an overwhelming body
of troops, and after a shor. struggle were
on The second charge routed and dispersed.
After wandering about in The ihickets, fifty
of them got together aud made their way
to the sea shore, where they seized four
small boats and endeavorcd TO make their
escape, when they were captured as has
been related in the official report Of Admiral
Buslillos. There are still sixiy-four OF this
command to be accounted for. OF these,
forty were surprised and shot al small farm
house. A Spanish Lieut.. reports that on
The 18th he came upon twenty "pirates'
guarding en- equal number of wounded COM
rades, all Of whom were Immediately put TO
death. The remaining twenty-four, or such
of them as had not been killed in battle, pro-
badly continued to wander in the vicinity
until, we are forced to believe, they also
were taken and slaughtered.
The other party, under Lopez, it seems,
received the attack Of the SpanIards, in a
farm house al Las Pozas, and bea, them of
with severe loss, al least so it is to be sup
posed, since the Spanish official reports stale
that they desisted from the assault. in order
TO receive reinforcements. Whether any
subsequent fighting took place at this point
we do not know; a. all events, Lopez held
his own for two days-till, on the 18Th, he
left for the interior, and was not moles.ed
on his march by Gen. Emma; all Of which
we learn from the Spanish official accounts.
This was the state of affairs on the 18Th,
the date of our last advices from the scene
of action, through Gen Enna's dispatch,
dated a, $50 on tina. day. If Gen. Lopez
reached the mountains in safety, he will
discover soon whether he has relied with