The New York herald., 1851-09-13

and that ne would remain there until
joiI ed ~ Criftenden Accordingly Lopez marched at
8 o'c6ck, with three hundr,d and twenty three
leaving Critspden at Cahapo., with hundred aui
thirt, men, o'clock that night Crittenden received
and started immediately after 20 join Lopez q
Los Poses
The carts being heavily loaded and the roads bad
prosress of necessity slow not advansng than
a mile hour. About hours after daJ light. ths
mornrg CT the 18Th we reached a house coutsinias .
store and greg shop about four miles from Los posas
The advance guard and main body only had reached
tho house, Qhe guard with the carts being
stiil quarter Of mile behiud) and wers
erssged in eating breakfast, their arms being laid
aside. when they we're surprised by the report of
mmhetry and the whstlipg Of bullets, which
preceded from the advance guard Of body Of
the enemy five hundred strong We immediately seizsd
cur guns and billed nine Of the enemy and made
rrsorer more of our party having been Injured Not
seeing shy more Of the enemy the Colonel c,pclu lie
1t was but forging party that had attacked and
our guard having up with this carts c4iered
us to resuUs our rrsAfasts which did. About
minutes after sgaiu attacked by the whole
Of ihe enemy they wing the advantage OF posision be
irs posted the brow OF hill portiop
with belt OF chappara thr hundr,d yards wiia
intervening over which could DO, fire Cr,ttendsn
m diaiely the order to charge leading himself
aad forced the enemy to retreat TO large body OF
cbsprarnl seme five eighty yards in the
~ their trst POSITION from which they opened hssvy
ffe upon force appeared 1t on the
brew of the hill Finding he could not main. .iu that
positioo Criusrden gave order TO retreat to the
hoase which done, while the enemy resuoed his
pcsiiion On the hill. end sgan opened his fro: uoou
whieh CritIdsp ordered second charge, the same
tira~ Fay ing tina. he wished small party to attain
psicr nj the rgh. hsnk IF TIE enemy TO charge from
that ride at tie same moment be charged from the
font Second Lieu.enonisW. H. Crafts (also ofCoapauy
~ spo ny II vounteered ard succeeded in attaining
pofi with twenty men After Ismsupg ia G foe about
hpif hour and hearing nothing OF Crtendep We re-
iur,ed to the house where We fouud Capt KsLy of
roupany A, with ten guarding the Ia bar could
hear CT rec roIAipg Of Critic n6en Tho enemy snou
after advancing sO~hrds the hou,e compelled co
retreat having our baggage and stores and tb.s night
rather the pezt morning succeeded iu forming a
jurciiop with Lopez a. Los Posas halt an hour before
his march nom that place. At ths same hour that
Critiender attecktd 1T the hacienda, BODY Of
NY eight hundred sirorg. under General Buns At
tGcheo Lor,z at Los Posas Afer hard fight Of over
two hours the enemy retreasd les wing the America
Dssttrs cf the field and hundred of their
her (anong whom several OF their highest ocsr)
dead and woupced-tbc American loss being ia Sllci,
scundsd and missing only about thirty men, among
whom Colonel Drvnma aud L,eutsnant Labizao were
Gouti moItaly wouadsd Alter the actop, the
sual i,h wounded brought in. and as well taken
of circumstances would admit. Lep-z rode en-
trtly uuaimsd Cur the feld through the hottest of
the frt, oecasiora y applying red hide, with
great deal Of visor. t. the shoulders Of such mon
as he thought could he buried into firing "a
i'e faster On the morning of the l;th. at o'clock
Lop,z marched from Los fosas into the irountsius
Il sying there seventeen wounded spaniards and thr-
teen d our side all Of whom bsyouetsd by tn
sptnards. ard thsir bodies piled heap crossuays
at the foot CT ai,L.
Two doyt after (op the le:h Lopez seain attacked
by three hundred iasers and six hu Rdred iuf.utry
while encemred at hacienda which formerly belonged
to himself hut copfscated three years siace
Htrc the action lasted from II to O'Clock. oncot tn
bottest days ever experienced The enemy agiu
compelled to rGircat with loss of three hundred and
tse,ty ana at The moment that the OF
TIE sleSaGs in direction reported to Lopez
bsu,d order to It's force to In the oppo-
site snd ualiy, that day mhde forced march OF
tshtc'p miles in Eve hourr, a mouutsia road.
On the leth. bong still the nountsios. over
tsl'n ty s.y,Te rain storm, which destroyed the
grtaier Portion Of cur ammuu uui.ion, and rendered
cor guDs entirely useless. We encamped the
ing o thsi eay, at rancho at the foot Of The
taifs, about two leagues frcm Bahia Honda We e..
aimed undisturbed that night; aod att cked.
just at breakfast time the morning of the 10Th being
taken bJ tuIrise, the sentry the outpo.t having
LIFT his Pot to wGsh himself In creek where he was
kil.d Owing 10 the upserviceebie condition of their
tims. Ito fcite under Lopez completely routed.
fyirg 20 The mountains ia all directons-L'ppn him.
sh aciy Escaping horseback. Eit the los OF his
sacdir rit,h, apd sVygla-of every thing, in feet,
tut Nlst lie we're That ni.ht he oEoamp.d the
iop Of gne of the hRhcst mountains the island OF
Cu,h eSresd 10 nl ia. violence Of terrible nofthcr,
without ~ ithtr lhCltet fire. or food
AZ a impossible fr To describe tho sufrerpqs of
that night Hesren forbid lat ever pass such another
TIE IAN a II in tcrrrDa while terrible
cii would announce that sme massive tree ha fallen
eLer bftrc thu force of the wind, Tho still gter
EGLtprr. Ttat light 'qnalled ortibary lie tas.
On the nirg ofbe 21si hsvsg BEEN
without eating. we kiied horse. which divided
gnci one burGrrd ana twenty H. u. who all
q at no~ ienaind with Lop-z We wand, red tnr luSh
niaps unable 20 txit.csta ourscvcs mbsl.ting On
such ieayes and could nI until c,id. day OF
uitty The sith. Wten succ.edcd ia reaching al4d
ionriie fr Bahia Honda to San CristDDa slous watch
we aGsspeed Until nesry night. wheo two spanish
ierc,rs were discovered sdsa anci-g. bat I'D on
seeing us A halt WAS iumroiately ordered. and
sn eNminaticn made % tte state of our forc-s
Nh,tb sbcNtd n total tf hundred aud twenty i've
ncn. eighty wufkrts, about twenty II which
v.ctale. ana shout forty dry cartridges Uocer tnis
sse u asir, It was deein.d advisable TO retreat which
Vss trdtrVd sud pursuit coumsnc.d by IN, n.y.
Who lay Va Antush few hund cd Yards ia aiyaace
with ioTce Of min. hundred Ou the approach Of
the emmy the whole foroe Of iopss separated toto
mail lodior, ard oispersd thrcugn the mnustains
throwing a~ay their guns aud every thing whch could
tncvutsr tbeu In tlcir fisht-seveu ony r-m-n-
ing whb The General AisrSe number we're ovsr;aken
al q in mrdietey Kidd l. myseH Of party of
tabt Who bed previously determined leaving Lopez
and attempting to- escepo from the hlaud.
We remained in the moun,aias until tho marn-
irg of Tuesday, The twenty. ixth. when. having
bad but one meal In six days and feeling tba'
oud bcar u no longer we determined to 20 into the
plans. considering that IL would be better to b. killed
outiigbt tlsp die lingering death from starvation,
which we certainly would do in tho mountains.
We accoidluply advanced TO house where were
ues ed with ereat deal of kindness aud received
ucst excellent breakfast An arrangement was made 10
procure guide 70 the south shore with provisions sc
crd We were about &c leave snd ourselves until
light wten. la The twinhIirg Of an eye were
Uuded by two bu pdrtd armed cuuEtr, ucn who inns
oiatsiy topnd ne securely snd inverted eur p ckcs
o'nsiderirR ne contents lawful pluui.r That day
rachsd Ssu Crstobsl tn,il reached san tristnbll
We we're w Ger h impression that bs impe.
diaely tot only consolation being that We we're
TO de Wit fun s'omtchs
On arrival there, Informed that procllma-
ton bs been sue ten hours before our arrest srarins
be lives Of all fiIu syos who wtro made pr-onsts or