The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-09-11
LATER AND vEnY ImpoRTANT.

4 F'o'H "'o AfoW OilodHs PoPSIo " wy
23d, we have the following additional
PARTICULARS Of the capture of the Fifty A.
mericans: .'hfi sI'l i'f t''r'.s' 'e''''i I.
'" Letter from Adjafdnt STAFFORD. n .
eos rg t'- HAyANA, August 16. 1851.
Dear Huling I'VE arrived on the Is.
land Of Cuba after the most horrible pas
|sageyou can conceive Of. f.couped on bjard
with 400 or 500 men. '.' 80 ''a"'
We arrived OH Sunday last, Ibelieve-
dates lhave almost forgotten. The next
mprnDg, Lopez, with Gen, Paraguay and
all the commanding officers. left ns-Qs
mean Ciitlenden and his battalion.) We
heard nothiig moreof him 'fortwo days,
when Crttenden despatched pute. He
then requested we should join him at a
htlle lpwn some six Or eight miles off.
leaving US in the mean time To take care
ofulltae baggage. &c. -''.e" Hff'
We started for him mn Wednesday
m3ruing al 2 o'clock. A. NJ, and had pro
ceeded on nly three miles when we. were
attacked BY 500 Spanish soldiers. In the
first charge ireceived a very severe
wound in the kpee. We repulseG them,
however They. made another charge
and completely rnuted Us. We spent
two days aud nights the most miserable
you car imagine.in the chapparal,without
anything TO eat OF drink. 3s.+' -tu.,..3
We made the best Of our way to the
sea shore. aud found some boats, with
which we put 10 sea. Spent night up
on the ocean, and next day about 1901
clock, were ,taken prisoners by the Ha'
banero, were brought TO Havana last
nighl and condemned to die This morniug
We shah all be shot IN an hour.
Good by aud God bless you. I send
the Masonic medal enclosed IL this, be
longing bl my father. Convey i to my
sister, Mrs P ---u. and tell her Of my
fate. Oace more, God bless you.
STANFORD.
To this letter the Picayune appends
the following explanatory remarks: rg1
b, From ihi, aud from comparison with
the official reports of the Spanish officers,
we are enabled to construct more con.
uected and probable narrative Of the O.
vents which led To the unhappy catas.
trpphe than has yet been given. Gen.
Lnpez, on landing near Bahia Honda,
with the main body of his furces, con.
ssting of about 300 men. advanced to.
wards Las Pozas. small town few
miles in the Interior, leaving Col. Crit
tenden and his command, Ia, in charge
of the baggage. That night, or the next
!! day, the steamer Pizarro landed zoo
Spanish troops at Bahia Honda, and these
advancing towards the place OF Lopez's
landing. cut off C.i,tenden's men from
their iricompanions. 7On the second night
afterwards this party determined 10 at,
tempt to torn a jqnctinn with Lopez, but
on the road was. attacked by an over
whelming body oftroops, and after short
struggle were on tho secont charge rnut.
ed and dispersed. After wandering a
bout in the thiekets. fifty of them got To-
| gether and made their way to the sea
shore, where they seized four small boais
aud endeavored To make their escape
when they were captured as has been
related in the official report of Admira
1 Buslll'os. There are still sixty four ~
this command 10 be accounted for. D
these. forty we're surprised aud shot at {
small farm house. A Spanish Lieut.. re
ports that on the l4th he came upor
twenty "pirates" guarding an equal alnum
ber Of wounded comrades, all Of whom
were Immediately putlo death. The re
naming twenty four, nr such of Them a
had not been killed in battle, probabl,
continued to wander in the vicinity until
we are forcedto believe. they also were
taken and slaughtered .@''
The other party. under Lopez. it seems
received the attack uf the Spaniards, il
farm house at Las Pozas, and brst then
off with severe loss. at least 81 il is'to b
supposed, since the Spanish official re
ports states that they desisted from lhi
assault in order To receive reinfnrcements
Whether any subsequent fighting tool
place at this point we do not know; at a
events, Lopez held his own for two day
Till, on the 18Th, he left for the iuterinI
and was not molesed un his march b
Gen Emma; all Of which we learn fror
) the Spanish official accounts. This wa
! the state oi affairs on the 10Th. the dat
: Of our last sdyices from tho scene of ac
? tion, through Gen, Enna's dispatch, dal
| ed at $3.50 on that day. If Gen. Lope
! reached tIe mountains iu safety, he wi
discover soon whether he has relied viii
9 too much confidence on the. assistance 9
the native inhabitants.
: The True Delta also publishes the foI
y lowing letters from two Of the victims:
2 On BoARn,THE Manor WAR EsPgRAEzA,
!. August l6 1851,
| Ny Dear and A6sctioaate Sisters an
! Brothers; Before | die. | AMI permiile
n 10 address my last words in tbs tcoyid.
O Deceived by false visions, | embarke
in the expedition for Cuba We arrived
2 about four hundredinnumber, last week
:. and in about an hour from, now, we.
. mean fifty IF Us, will be shot. was TAX
u en- prisoner attor an engagement, aut
- with Hftyolhers, am to be shot in anhou
= l. die. mysdear br'thess aud sisters,
T. : tepentsnt. sinner, having beenblesse
2 with the last rights ofour holy religion
u Forgive me Tor all my follies Ofimy Gft
. aud you. my dear aud affsctionale sisters
Z pray for my poor soul "a aa'+tos ea5
' "A A--.golo my dear mother and cor
= sole her. 0hlmy dear childykiss her