The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-09-10

found respect; to Father Lacroix asd Faith.
or D'Hau, mass for the rspose Of my soul.
My dent mother in law. farewell Poor
Tactic is sho, aud sssd BY this time
81 give and bsquealk my dearchil TO you
and you only. Good bye Il; go.d. bye
C and r. did my duly. Good.
byesll.
Your dear Son and Brother,
HoNoRE TACITE yIEENE.
Mr.. Autonia Costa has promised 10 do
all ho can to obtain my body. Il SO, please
have ne buried with my wife,"
"HAvANA, on board a man faar,
so'cleck, S A. NJ. Aug 10 1851.
4" STANTON g. Co.
F." Ny dear friends ~ bout 30 of US, Col.
Cnuendeu's commend, were taken prisoners
yesterday, have not trocei,ed our sentence yet,
but no doubt we will all be shot before sunset.
Lope=. the Scouadrei, has deceived Us. there
Is no doub, but oil those reports about The
Cubans rising were ell tfumps;ed up in New
Orleans. Lopez took nearly his command
and deserted us-ws we're attacked by some
500 or 700 Of The Queens troops the second
day after ~e landed. Our own gallant Col.
Cft;lenden done all that any man could do
bot 40 So we had been deceived and retreat.
ed 10 Ihs sea shore with the intention Of get.
ting of to our country if possible got three
boats and got otl with lhe intention of coast,
ng unit va fell IN with an American vessel
aud We taken prisoners by the steamboat
liahanero.
Explain 10 my family that have done no
thing bul what was irsiigated by the highest
motives, tha, | die with a clear conscience
and like a msu with stout hsnri. | send my
watch to you, 1t is for-lilIe Benny, my ne.
phew Good bye, God bless you all.
Truly yours.
GILMAN A. COOK"
10 reference to the foregoing, the Crescent
remark, as follows;
We scarcely know how to conslrue these
letters. We do not think that they charge
wli!ul desetlion or treaehery upon Lopez
but we DO think they charge upon him a wan,
Of plan aud foresight, aud announce, further,
that rellauce upon the assistance OF the Gu
ban Creoies, OF best II feeble hope. We
csnres wa suspect ihsre IS some point and
force 10 these implied statements
Had there been any actual treachery
any Nillul deserlon on the part Of Lopez, the
fiery Kerr, and the ch,vafc Ctltteaden,
would not have failed to have written TO tina,
effect in terms Of manly and nsienaut denun.
ciatIon. Ii is Ionvense TO suppose that Lo.
PEI behaved treachercYsly or ~ bad faith. -
man has only TO look at his position TO see
this. The fate Of Lopez s 10 the contest, and
now the soil OF Cuba must bear him q con,
Qleror, or cover him corpse. tie has no
alternative between death or victory. lie IS
Cut olf from escape from Cuba. lie IS, with
price upon his head, surrounded by all that
Spain has Of power 10 Cuba. In such a po.
aion he needs men, end every soldier is III.
valuable TO him. Bad faith or treachery
would be the worst Of folly or insanity.
"B But the letter of Adjuiant Sanford gives
key 10 the " hole matter. Crittenden and
his party were assigned the duty Of bringing
up portion Of the baggage, necessary,
psriouS and honoiabls duty. Dscharging
this duty, encountered with the Baggage, 8
Spanish force INTERVIEWED between them sud
the main body of Lopez, aud communication
was temporarily broken off. Befcre ii could
be resumed, as will bc seen from Havana let
,ers we publish TO day, Lopez had some ha rc
fighting md could not communicate viii
Cut,enden. When he did communicate, an,
Cri,tenden started to join him, a large Span
ish force again intervened, md the uRtoftu
nate result WAS as Adjltant Sanford hac
skelched IT,
THAT Lopez should serll whole force L
go to d tachment was impossible, aud con
irary TO all rules Of reason and of war
And yet on this ii appears to US, must any
: complain, solely rest Kerr makes none
CtiUondeu, so for us many of his friends II
this city know, (and they have a letter iron
him,) makes none. Ttsachery or bad faltl
cannot, therefore, from our present lights
reasonably be imputed to Lopez.
Ia reference to another matter, aid from
/, The Cuben Creoss. |, has been long know
. that they have no arms, aud certaiuly I'LL the
have thrse and a respectable force IN th
field to encourage them, q general eut,hrea
on their part is no, 10 he expected, II 4
Q mericans 90 to Cuba, they must, for the pres
g ent, rely upon their own arms 10 sustal
them. We think it proper to say this, in a
fairness A truly brave man looks all cos
- tlngencies 10 the face, and, fairly consldere
aud wisely provided for, he meets them witt
!: out terror and without surprise. As jeurna
ss lists we aim TO state facts with clearaess at
candor. We wish TO see Cuba free, and "
in deem it matter Of plain common sense th
ut this result will be- sooner reached by cal
a. provision than headlong daring-by Wi
of preparation and sober calculation, than
er needless forays aud lll.ordsred expedition
10 This view, we have every reason to belisV
now prevails among the emigranis who "
e. soon land in Cuba, and in calmer and mo
he ihnrnuohly dloaaled views we dare prophel