The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-08-22

birth occurred~on the Falcon, on her passage
rom Chagres-a fine girl, and was named FaI-
o,sstts." A subscription was raised among the
Ulcers and passengers, which is to be expended
or handsome silver cup for the newborn babe.
The steamship Union was wrecked on the Mex
lean coast, $50 miles below San Diego, on the
the 4th July. Sine had on board $50 pas
sengen, and eSo0,o00 in geld dust The panen-
gers he1shs shore by means Of rope, and the
aid Of small boats They dispatched . messenger
to San Diego, who fortunately arrived in time to
meet the steamer Northerner, Captain Randall, ON
her passage down. She Immediately went to the
relief Of the Union, took the oficers, passengers.
and specie on board, and conveyed them TO Pana-
ma. There were no lives lost. 's,ss.'
They were Aftesen, days on shore from the
time the Union struck until they were taken Of
BY the Nor.hsrnsr. The Union is . total wreck.
The U. 8. sloop-of-wsr Albany sailed from
Havana ON the 18th. The Empire City left
Havana ON the night Of the 18th; she has made
a short trip over. She is one Of the finest ships
in the line, having excellent accommodations for
passengers. This is her first trip to New Or
leans and is well worth visit from admirers
Of beautiful steamship. .sjf
Proclamation Of the Governor Of Cubs.
The Captain GsssyelsAsp Of ths svw faithful
Lszsnd Of Cuba. -
Oyucs o. THE SECRETARY or WAA.
His Excelency, the Captain General, has boon
pleased 70 direct that publication should be made
of the decree, rendered ia the summary proceedings
instituted against tho fifty pirates, arrested by His
Exeellency, the Commandant General Of the Ma z
rine. and whom be hes placed at the disposal Of the
supreme authority Of the Island. t
Having declared in the general order Of the 10Th
of April last, subsequently republished. the fate
which must befal the pirates who dared to profans
the soil of this Island, and in view Of the declara
tons Of the fifty individuals who have been appre-
hended by His Excellency the Commandant Cen
ea of this station, and placed at my DISPOSAL from
which is proved the identity Of these persons a.
belonging to the horde led by the traitor, lopez,
have resolved, in accordance with the provisions
of the royal ordinances, Of the general laws Of the
kingdom, and especially Of the royal order Of the
18th Of June 1885, issued for this particular case,
that the individuals whose names are contained
in the following list shall suffer this day the pun
ishment Of death by being shot, the execution of
Il
e4a9 Joss DE- La CpxonA.
| Here follows the names, which we publish else-
where.] sa5g as
His Excellency, the Captain General, has re-
ceiyed from the Lieutenant of the Regiment Of
Bailen, Don Manuel Hurtado, commanding. de-
tachment in San Diego los Banos, . communica-
ton informing His Excellency that at III AN, of
the l4th, he entered that town and defeated party
of pirates, composed of some twenty men, who
guarded an equal number of wounded pirates, and
that, having shot these. he seized many guns, ps-
tolls. carbnes and munitions, which he had distri-
buted to the peasants who accompanied him.
The first Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment del
Rey, commander Of lancers, Don Antonio Sencs-
pleda, writes from Guanajay, at o'clock this even
ing, that he is informed by communication from
the Captain Of Cayajabos, that the pirates were
marching to that point from the coffee estates Of
Beancon and Laron, where they were met; that in
view Of this intelligence, and having incorporated
with his command company Of the regiment Of
Baen, which had just arrived BY railroad from
San Antonio, he would move from that point at4
o'clock in the evening for Cayajabos.
By a Communication from the Lieutenant Gov
ernor Of Bahia Honda, it Is known that at p. M,
on yesterday, the troops under the command Of
Gen. Segundo Cabo, entered that town, and 1t
o'clock at night those under the command of Brig
adler Don Manuel Rosales. The first would leave
) at IL o'clock at night, and the second at this
morning, in the direction Of San Bias in pursuit Of
the dispersed pirates who at the latest intelligencs
were moving in that direction much fatigued, ~
leaving scattered behind them arms and ammun&
ton, which were picked up by the enthusiasts
peasants who harrassed their rear. Ths Colonel-
in Chief Of Estado Mayor, was, with the forces
under his command, at the hacienda Of 8. Dieeode
3 Tapia, four leagues from Bahia Honda, and situa-
ted in the centre Of the hill tops with the design Of
obstructng the retreat Of the traitor Lopez The
same communication says that on yesterday morn
ing three pirates, taken by parties Of PEASANTS had
been shot. esfs
All Of which, by order Of his Exeellency, is in
serted in the official Gazette for general informa-
. ton. PEDRO EsTKBAN.
HAvANA. August 16. 1851.
Spanish Account Of the Capture OF Col.
j. Crittenden and Party. A.
d The following is the report Of the Commsndant
Of Marine, Bustillos, the capture Of our unfor-
tunate compatriots:
e Yesterday, at day break, left Bahia Honda in
!, the steamer Habanero, for the purpose Of recon-
uoitering the coast Of the Payitas and Of Morrillo
in order to prevent the escape Of the pirates from
the island, well to prevent the arrival Of any
other expedition which might aid them in escaping
At seven O'Clock in tho morning communicated
g. with the ranches Of Morillo aud learned from the
d resident propretors that on the day before, II
o'clock ?. n, considerable number of the rabble
10 which landed under the orders OF the traitor Lopez
to had re.embarked in four small craft which the
IN found the place, for the purpose Of making the
" way towards Newt Orleans, and Of seizing the fin
" kvssasls that they might find
e.. Cansdering the hour of their departure, the dis
finnce they could 60 in the ten hours that had clap
n I'd, and surprising that they had steered toward
~ the West, went eighteen miles in that di
/, recon with all steam but not peTceiving the yes
: sells which sought, discovered that they mus
or have passed in among the rocks. Immediately
" went towards the Pass Of the Alacmnes, in orde
to enter among the rocks, and to try by all mean
to catch the fugitive pirates.
u Al 10 O'Clock in the morning was near the Pass
4. and perceived the four small vessels sailing alon
:" the coast, but near the land that doubted tn
he possibility Of catching them In order to succeed
er put up all steam. do not exaggerate in sayin
TO your Excetlency that the steamer went at III
ey rate Of than thirty miles hour; nevsrthe
mi less, this space was not sufficient to enable us
take them all--only one was captured. Two other
" took shelter among the mangrove trees, and III
d. fourth boat among those Of Coyo Levisa. Ate
having taken the men Of the frat boat, armed tn
small boats of the steamer 70 pursue the second an
he third ones who were aground under the msngrov
he trees. -
The officers of the army who were in the boat
ne and the marines, well rs the supercarg0 Of u
I, ahina IUnncio AralIano and tho cantain Of III