Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-09-01
our obedlent servant.
HOW CORR
Messrs. John Rutherford, N. Bass, r. a.
L. Atkinson, and others.



Correspondence Of The Journal IF Commerce.
HAVANA, AUsUsT 16, 1851.
will give YOU short, though probably more
correct account of the new invasion, of which your
newspapers will certainly make most extravagant
stories.
LOPEZ landed the 18th instant near Bahia Honda
some 90 or 25 leagues to leeward of Havana with
about 900 men, according to the report ofthe p-
lot taken BY force from of Our coasters The Gov
ernment, before the landing, had heard of the pre-
sence Of the suspicious force the coast, and on
the same evening had sent four five companies to
leeward, and orders to all the military command
ant in the Vuelta de Abaio to be the alert, and
march to the place of landing with part of their
troops Those sent from this place landed at Bahia
Honda. "a hours after Lopez, and marched imme-
diatey 10 Las Pozas village where Lopez had en-
trcnched and barricaded himself with the material
of the frame houses pulled down for the purpose
On arriving, General Emma perfectly well he
could force the situation, having artillery and
Immediately sent Havana for four or five pieces,
which were Immediately shipped TO him in one oftho
merchant steamboats-but in the meanwhile some Of
the Spanish rural militia, passing incauiiously at
short distance from the entertainments, shot at
by Lopez, and some were killed. The troops then
marched against the formal order fthe General and
were twice rcpused and one ofthe companies were
nearly destroyed. The General then succeeded in
calling them off During the retreat which the in
vaders mistook for flight they left their entrench-
ments in pursuit, but were soon beaten back with n
considerable loss. Afterwards they attempted to
reach the mountains, . or miles of but found the
passes too well guarded and forced back
TO the village where, is stated they entirely out
Of provisions. The artillery sent from here was
landed at Bahia Honda yesterday morning, and must
have been on the battle field at about H. and we are
infinitely expecting the news of the final battle
butchery.
At this moment some fifty prisoners are landing,
who no doubt will be immediately shot
All this proves to a certainty two things-frstly,
that the Spanish troops will fight: secondly. that the
people all generally disposed rise before
they be assured that harm will come out Of it
Lopez was four days the spot. In the first affair
he had decided advantage, and not one man from
the country has gone over to him. If the Cherokee
usual, does start before her time WILL pro-
badly, be enabled TO give you the conclusion of the
tragedy
deplorabe incident has arisen out of this. Of
the young men who had taken arms at Villa Clara
and Trinidad, seven have been sentenced to DEATH
but they surrendered without firing single shot
the Colonel to whom they surrendered had promised
them that his influence, and the much more pow err
uiniiucnce of the Captain General would be exer-
ted nthcirfavor. heCaptan- General himselfhad
suspended his approval ofthc sentence two or three
days, and had promised the relations of the cuprits
TO do all that he could do in their favor-but as
soon US nc he;ifu oil the landing OF the Amer1canS.-
He unprecedented that act of clcmency would be
construed by friends and enemies into one of weak
ness or timdity and the poor fellows were ordered
to he shot. The insurrectioni>ts at Principe, much
guer than those oil Villacara, iftheir cause be ser
fenced after success at Las Pozas may have better
chance.
Eleven o'clock-Thc prisoners landed this NOR
ming are fifty in number, they taken with four
launchers trying get across the Florida coast
They will not be shot this morning. The main bo-
dy OF the invaders have chosen to await the ar
tillery and have dispersed different points ofthe
country. They pursued in all directions by the
troops, and the Peasantry. 1t is not probable that
many viii escape.
Would you believe that--such was the foolish
confidence Of Lopez in his popularity. and the good
disposition of the inhabitants of the country, lie
landed with two kegs of gunpowder. one hundred
pounds of shot bullets, two barrels of beef and
halt dozen barrels of buiscu, for all ammunition
and provisions Tho man must be perfectly in-
sane-and that such a mailman could have embez-
zied thousand men, suppose only FIVE hundred
in such practical country US the United Suites
True it is said that two-thirds of them are boys not
over IA or ID years Of age.