The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-09-13

10 DO which he rorkoned upon 40 insuroodou
in the country, and the good twill aud support
Of the Spanish troops kncn hn dkemharked
on the shos's ~ A1arhpta t oelook, r. ~,
ith lust, he Daly ne the Oppmiilnu u four
OF five guns, ulhth Wnni fred VI some cpuu-
trymeu frOm ht plaoa and who huniedntrly
afterwards Aga ihoy ibund ihp lBace d,aert-
3D. aid tho dot opened without sad Ia
thenl Colonel crttendsn remained there 10
Ako charge 0f the ssrpIus arms and proyis-
ions which they brought and Lopez ~ the
-hnad III lhG RAJ III Lhr a. uldllinn-- rhnlInund
his march 10 fosaa, without meeting nn thg
road more tliau o few rnuutTymen, who led
\ O. soon ~ llry ftw them nn their arrival
At lG-Hs they found lice town abandoned aud
notwithstanding their every effort could not
Induce flr inhabitants 10 return tlat Gn thn
lneNt day thcy were attacked by tho frOops Of
Ithe Qutcn who retired leaving them in pos
session Of me village General Fmgay Capt
Obrrt0 and about 20 mcu were amongst The
slain Already lhey began 20 b. dlseourpg-
cd ~ the lttlcymrathy fhcy mot With from
the Hhutcn aud this Increased when they
found flWt The troops would not join them, on
twtiriI HUrnUnr tuprEW once determined %
pass over ~ Pinar del Rio but wheihnr vs.
malice az ignorance the guide tonk tem w
the coffee estate 0t friaa, where they had an
other battle with the troops, and lot four or
i've mon, Which, with The previous losses ~
ready experienced reduced the iorce Of tho
Invaders 10 geo men, among which were ~
Of ! { wounded.
Oa the Pct their number was reduced 10
200 mtn when they arrived az Candelara
ard, hiug then o. breakfast, they were sur
prised, attacked, and dispcrscd by the troops
Of the Qurpn, who Obliged them 10 fee into
the cOuutrv, their number being about 100
and old men, one lhul Of thom nnarncd aud
they remained IN the woods without any fur
thcr food than horse, some corn, aud q few
Wild herbs, for the space Of four days, In this
state, Lainc, the dcp0ngnt, arrived al a road
which hr know, and determined 10 separate
himself from thu rrsf mud snrrrnH------rhen
hemg n the Art Of writing y letter 10 his moth,
er 90 that rhrf, from nn lftnte 20 which be
Ind arrived, hc was oyrrtghcn by some Of the
officers Of Gallicin tlrlt one told him that Il
was unnecessary Tor him a. write them, a. the
, Government had declared cessalou Of hos
, tiliucs, and that be wonld have haie lo Ito 20
hereafter, he was then placed IN charge Of
i}rigudicr iosalcs, who sent him TO this capi-
. tai.
IN reply 10 what rtsourccs the expedition
counted upon, both in the United States aud
IN this island, aud who were their principal
agents and corrcs pondcunb both hcreHnd there
he said, that the means were principally fur
lishcd, " not altogether, ly Mr. Segor, a. I.o-
per himself Rad manifested 10 him. having
gwen s1a,o00 for the purchase Of the steamer
Pampcr0; that some pistols aud arms were
purchased ~ public snlq which tho govern
mcnt mnlc of condemned articles; that the
caps aud either munitions OF war were fur
uishcd hy merchant OF New Orleans, whose
name hc did not rcsollcrt, under receipt
from Lopez, which he saw that Lopez re-
cviyod some money aud jewels FROM this'ls-
, land, through some young men who were sent
, hereto collect them that although Lopez
was under the impression that in this island
he would have met with other assistance dur
b. ing the fifteen drys he was convinced OF the
! contrary, NJ not the least aid was rccct ed,
aud it il cyidcui II they had had deposits they
would have vndcavnrcd Ia avail themselves
OF them that the agents ia the United States
were Messrv Scgcr Curhins 4 CO.. aud nioy
fwcru the only promotprs or tlaf expedition
I that Lopez conld not count upon ans pceu-
, ninry assistance la this island without the np-
= probation Of the party IN New York, on ac-
: couht OF their not being Of same mind with
rtsrtIuruunr Hu1t Y hvurrr1, NJ ryyrgTrrv rIu t1r
nation oftho expedition that said committee
- besides the above mentioned, was formed Of
several Cubans, whose names he does not
q know.
: TIL CUBAN EXHEDIIlON..-
Tho Washington Republic Of Yesterday
3 publishes a despatch FROM Commander Piatt,
; .ni the /. ). Ship Albany, lying at Havana,
/ detailing an interview hc had with tho pris-
r onors there, shortly aitor their arrest nnd
= 'lmprisonment
p Capt. Plat states that he told them. before
70 receiving any statement from them. that they
= were in full possession of the Spanish govern
, mcnt, aud that nothing could be done for
= them. lie would, however, forward their
IS statement TO his Governments
- Capt. JAS a. kviiy, acted as speaker for
- prisoners, an the presence of others. The
statement is very similar To that of DIR. Fran
cisco a. Lame, which was Published in the
r Havana papers of Sept. aud represents that
b they had five battles but with what loss to
thutr numbers II MAS iirtirr,svit,iu 10 tcii.--
s They brought with them 5000 cartridges.
z soon after their arrival, they found thcy had
been deceived, and became anNiou to return
TO their homes. They had been informed be-
, fore smiling, that fourteen towns were in pos
session Of the patriots. The country people
generally fed at their approach--not one
= joined them, Worn out with hunger and ia
, tigue,t they threw away their arms and ammu-
} ni,i0n one week before their capture.
Capt. Kelly stated that he had been writ
ten To, and prevailed upon by Mr. Segur, of
' the New Orleans Delta, 90 Join the cXpcdi-
lion, as had also many others
4 ~ 10 Nrihor stated thatw the prisoners
Z were told of the capture of Lopez, cry Of
3 JOY and emulation ran through them all.
Tho whole number of prisoners is 30. Coils.
Scott and Haynes OF lennecsee, az also an
other OF their leaders, is still believed to be
, in the mountains.
; The Republic says TINT on the receipt of
, these dispatches, copies were sent by the
President to the Spanish minister, 10 further
enforce the appeal already madc,to deal mer-
ciiully with the prisoners, in view Of the fact
: that they had been so grossly deceived.
, Ca The following extract from letter of
an officer of the Vermont Central Railroad,
dated Mortified, Sept 2, Is5l,is published
to show the result of the boat bridge over
Lake Champlain ~ a
"a train Of ears with engine and tender at
5 t.tarhed, passed over the "bridge" at Rouse's
| Point for the first time Yesterday with COM