Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-09-06

of the prowess of the Patriots; that one man is
equal to twenty soldiers; that great Numbers
of these are wounded or dead; that the roads
are filed with WORKOUT soldiers, and the hou-
ses of the country with sick.
After the action of Las Pozas, which occur
| red on the 18th, the Patriots continued in posi-
ton unmoles,ed by the Royalists for nearly 'wo
DAYS, when they took up their line of march
| for the hills. Gen. Emma, at the head Of part of
his forces, (leaving 400 men al Bahia Honda 10
guard the artillery stores, sick and Wounded0
crossed the mountains b. 2 different route
than that taken by the Parrots, aiI placed him
self with Rosales on the south side OF he nils.
The Patriots made their appearance in small
parties at different points, which kept the
troops in continual movement. The roads in
the plain are filed with water from recent rains,
aud he repo.ts continually speak Of the labor
of the soldiers i'll mlrcling through continued
sloughs. The Appearance Of Il party Of P.tri-
OTIS near GulIujabos, Il sinai town two or three
'eagues from Guanaj az, drew the troops to the
east. The next day they were announced as
being far west of the army. The troops
gam -ook up The line Of march west, through
the worst possible roads, and on Sunday morn
ing, the l7Ih, Gen, Emma va, advised that Lo-
pez was at a small! coffee estate at the foot Of
the hills, one league fsom San Cristobal. The
estate belonged TO the family Of Lopez's wife,
and Lopez had in former years lived there.
Gen. Emma Immediately put i'll his troops in
motion, about 600 men, and when near he es-
tate divided them into columns, one Of which
he placed under the command of Rosales and
ordered to attack The flank of the enemy; the
other he led IN person. When he came in
sight of Lupezs men they were reciined under
some mango trees, it being about noon. On
tue appearance OF the t oops the Patriots took
to tie trees; when the charge was ordered they
left these and lined a fence. The troops ad-
vanced very slowly. Notwithstanding hat the
trumpet Was blowing the "charge bayonet,"
and the general endrAvored to stimulate them
20 lI"re ;apIi motion, even striking officers
and meu with the flat Of his sword. Despair
in, at their cowardlce, he ordered a small num-
Der Of grenadlers to follow him, and seeing the
snail number Of the Patriots he advanced at a
rapid pace with some ten or twenty brave tel-
lows who followed him. He was received
witl murderou> GOODNESS. Not a man remain
ed standing after The first discharge, and the
only one not wounded was the generals aid,
whose horse received eight balls.
Gen. Emma received II lille shot in the abdo-
l1en and 4 graLe on the temple. When lie fell
Tie column halted and very soon wee in con-
fusion RoSa:e5 seeing this, Instead OF advaa-
eng retfeitea ana tooh UP Il position or & E..l,
The illit!ug column exposed 10 The cool auG
steady fire Of tle Patriots. Seeing their men
TALL Oh ali sides. Tor every shot ted u Oh til
dense mass, began to e tieat, ana sooa broke
into open hight, not Asitrg UNI! they got 10
tie town OF S-n Crlatob.L. Gen. Emma was
taken luto Il nlt by the road SIDE and 4 r1lri
OF twenty men could not lie gathered TO pro-
2ect inn. He was carried In d cot to Candida
ria ahd iled Oh the sugar estate OF Chapctln. on
Ills way To Celba del Aqua, 10 take The cars
tor Town. His death was kept as secret az
possible, but soon leaked out. At San Girls
tobal my Informant counted fifty six wounded
nien aud officers in the temporary hospital.
Hen. Rosa. es took the command, and on doing
SO Addressed The troops and assured them that
the tactics should be changed; that TIE enemy
Should not be attacked in his trenches, and the
soldiers shou d be saved from forced marches.
Since then that column has done nothing.
From the oher co umns OF lie troops no adj
vices mad been published unit! yesterday, when
the Gacet0 announced that Col. E'iZalde had
attacked the pirates at 2 small pI&ce called
Cande alta, near Bahia Honda. The Gaceta
announces & most decisive victory, but the fact
Eii1&.'de. himself wounded. ret:eated " lib
his co!uuI.1 to Bahia Honda, where he was on
the Odd, ;eads 10 the suspicion that he did not
gain quite SO great a victory as he reports. A
lettes was read this morning by a Catalan on
the wharf. from Il eountryman Of his residing
III the seat of war, thar says, since the defeat If
Et'2aide, The acto1e country has joined Lopez,
q d IS making lcar upon the troops. Here oil
IS lost Yours, PH.Lo PATRIA.
tSihee the above has been in type. we have
been placed in possession Through the obIigjng
poiitensss of the Clerk OF the steamer Emperor
Of an evenings edition of the New Orleans
Picayane up to the 4th inst, containing
the following despatch, aud an influx of other
intelligence equally as deplorable, received by
the arrival of the Cherokee, which throws a
melancholy damper on the above favorable
news.
FROM HAVANA