The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-09-10
NUMBER 20.
The Cuban Expedition.


The following description Of the in.
vading force under Lopez and Of that
generals plan of operations, is from the
New Orlcan, Delta of Aug 5lst;-
General Lopez took with him five
hundred picked men, all iha, could be
crowded on the pampero. They were
all well armed. well ihunitioued, and
provisioned. They carried also arms
for much larger force. The greater
portion Of the men had seen active seq
vice. Many of the privates had been
officers III the Mexican war. They wsrs
all sober men. and Of the generals pre-.
cautions was to take not pint Of any
kind Of spurious liquofs.
The organization Of this force was
conhdsd tn Gen. Pragay, late Adjutanl
General in the Hungarian army, who
received an honorable parole at the ca.
pnulation Of Comorn. Gen. Pragay is
an accomplished soldier and gentleman,
and is the author Of popular work on
the late Hungarian revolution. The ef-
fects of his admirable talents for CONS
mand aud Organization had been ais
ready displayed in the admirable dsci~
pline to which te was able to reduce
tie command, Crowded as they were on
a small steamer.
There was alsu Complete corps Of
engineets. composed chiefly Of Hunga-
rians, under Major kugendorf. Then
there was company composed exclu-
sively of Creoles and Spaniard,. includ-
ing the soldiers who deserted TO Gene.
raj Lopez al Cardenas, all under the
command of the gallant Csptsin Golay,
Creole by birth, aud q gentleman Of
dauntess courage aud lofty bearing.
The rest Of the command we're Ameri.
cans, mostly Of this city aud Mississippi,
young men Of good standing aud habits.
These were commanded by Colonel
CritendenI nephew Of the Attorney
General of the United States, . graduate
of the Military Academy; aud by Coils.
Donovan. Of Georgia, with Major j. A.
Kelly. and Captains Saunders. Brigham.
Stewart, Ellis, Victor Kerr, ond others
whose names do not occur to US, all
Young men Of approved courage, and
capable Of any trials or endurance nsc~
cssary in campaign of the character
they have enteted upon. The Psmpes
ro is well oflicered and supplied with
coal for twenty days.
VIII. ~a r,rhl,shsd tha news nf the
arrival of the Pampero Yesterday. we
were not as well acquainted as we are
now with Gen. Lopez's plan Of opera
ton. Bahia Honda was the place al
which he had determined 10 effect a
laudng, for reasons which We do NOT
think proper to expose. Bahia Honda
is about fifty miles from Havana, and is
deep, fine harbor, with small town,
where some ,fade is Carried on. 1t is.
in or near the Vueha Abajo. or tobacco
region of the island, where, we are as
sured, the people have long been rips
for revolution.
The mountains, which are near, AZ.
ford admirable points for defense, a.
gains, an overwhelming force, and som-
mand roads by which the general can
easily march towards The Eastets Dis
uicts. /, is expected. TOD, that another
party 10 aid the Patriots will he landed
in the Eastern Department Of tile ts'
land, aud thus the force Of The Spanish
authorities will he divided and separated,
and if the Creoies prove ttue TO the
cause. they may be cut OF in detail.
All depends on them.