The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-08-30
WHOLE NO. 735.

sssEsRsai that o. the HanEaing af the -ltth
they collected near Harbauas, with the de-
sign ofrsembarkinq. Of bat were prevented, and
P1dsugd-by riTU- -trDoI1- a5-'-'ea by
a body offorly peasants, well mounted aud
armed. They were obliged 10 sbandon their
positions, aud a. the aios. accounts we're dis.
psrsed over tho mountains, back Of Bahia
Honda.
General Bustellos, Of the steamer iiAbane-
no, alao makes a report concerning the cap.
ture ~ Tins four boafs. He ropcais the story
Of Cen. Lopezs party being very much dis
trartcd and depressed and statcs that they
are attempting 10 seek safety in flight la
relation TO the execution OF the prisoners. The
DariA de Ia Marina, says
"Atii o'clock this morning, lhe 90 armed
pirates captured In Cay LavisA, aud its neigh.
borhood, were shot on the southern side 0f
ihs Castle Of AniRrca- After the punishmcni
10 which hey would be- coutumh6t, II theg
had dared TO approach these shores, had been
announced in the country from which they
came, as la this island the terrible execution
Of the law could surprise no one, May tho
blood shed fall a. an additional reproach on
those infamous persons " no have drawn thess
unhappy criminals To their pcrlitiou On sea
and land, the conrourae Attracted together by
the execution, was immense not berause our
population chcrishcs sanguinnry instincts, nor
from an impulse foreign TO a people as hon
orablc, peaceful, and laborous NJ ours no,
but because the insult offered to their nobleat
sentiments, the attack directed against their
loyalty the depreciation Of our faith and our
nationality Glled with tho Indignation which
converts, Tor the moment, At least, the most
gentle into the most fierce aud energetic char
actera.
In tho Faro" Of the 18th, 'is an official
document, giving an account Of the cruise or
the Hnbancro ailor the 6Ny men taken in tho
boats. The document says that on the 10th
the officers Of tho IIahancro were advised by
some countrymrn that on the previous night,
about ten O'Clock, number of the yagnbonds
had embarked in four boats, under The orders
Narriso Lopez and that il was their inten-
ton tn prurnrd 10 New Orleans that the lis-
borero Immediately set out in pursuit 0fthcsn
,,,at- at-t -t..i',-l laaI- eiglaaR-inilss
without seeing any Of the pirates" a. il was
supposed thcy had taken refuge among somo
OF The keys.Ihey changed their course to-
wards the pass of Alcrancs. At ten o'clock
in the morning, they came up la the fogr
boats, which wcro then cruising along tho
coast, but not close enough Tor them 90 cs-
cape. Amer smart chase, IL seems, the IIa-
badero camo up with the boats, and captured
all the men but two, who escaped, leaving
their arms behind them. Twenty-Five of tho
men were taken IN tg 'ty1stg, BTyi sr-,,sty 6Hn
others among the rrccsScs OF Key Luvisa,
whcro thcy had hidden themselves. Among
the iity taken were one colonel and Eve 9TH
or officers, all armed. Il is represented that
the party taken were much dispiritod, aud
that the greater part Of them, doubtless, in.
tended to seek safety by flight, rs the valor
oi the Spanish soldiers had convinced them
of the small encouragement their doctrines
would receive ia the country. The commu-
ncation goes on further to say that the COM
mandcr oftho Hanancro communicated i'm
mediateiy with the frgate Esperanza, and de-
livercd the prisoners 70 her, after which sho
went Immediately again to sea.
Other communications in the samc paper,
published officially by the government, say
that the inhabitants Of the country, in tho
Of Bahi9-llonda, Havana and
Cabanas had risen, mounted and armed them
selves, and had gone with the Company OF
Barcelona in search OF Lopez, who was said
to be strongly entrenched in the mountains
near Bahia Honda.
A Key West letter says, the following aro
the names Of most of the leading men who
wcro supposed TO have landed at Cubanos,
from the PNmpcro:
General Lopez, header Of the expedition;
Col. j. Pragay, late of the Hungarian Artil-
lcry, formerly Adjutant General to General
Klapka, and second in co,nmand at Comorn
when that place was capituated-hc goes
second in command to General Lopez; Cen
eral Crittendon, late ofthe United States Ar
my, and nephew of the Attorney General
Col. Bolman, of Georgia. who served through
the Mexican war; Col. Chase; Maj j. a, Kel-
IS, who served in the Florida war and tho
Mexican war, and was once a leading whg
editor in Louisiana; Capt. w. Scott Haynes
Capt. A. j. Daily; Capt Ellis, late of tho
Hungarian Army; Capt Victor Kerr, do.
A Havana letter states that it appears that
'lose into the entrance Of that harbor, Lopez
ell in with n schooner, from which he took
'ut the Captain and mate, to serve him as pi-
OTIS on the coast of Bahia Honda, the naviga-
ion of which is very intricate. They arriv-
d oil Bahia Honda about 7. NJ, when they
commenced making signals to
he Shore by means, of rockets, &c, which
lad probably been previously agreed upon
letwecn the libentors and those on shore
zen. Lopez did not effect landing with hrs
men undl 4 A. NJ. But the debarkation was
'one in so mastery a style, that before sunrise
&c had not only landed his troops with all
heir munitions of war, but was on his march
D Las Posas a town few miles distant from